Former President Goodluck Jonathan says his decision to step down after losing the 2015 presidential election has earned him accolades on the continent, but not in Nigeria.
According to THISDAY, the immediate past president said he had made sacrifices for Nigeria and was prepared to lay down his life for the country if the need arises.
He also debunked the report that he had opted to go on exile in Cote d’Ivoire, saying he was taking out time to relax.
“I am not in exile. I am here resting. I am in Cote d’Ivoire, I have been here for a week resting and this is my second trip to the country since I stepped down as president,” he was quoted as saying.
“I have no reason to leave Nigeria. I have made sacrifices for Nigeria. I am praised all over Africa for averting bloodshed and for the peaceful transition from one government to another, but it seems Nigeria does not appreciate my efforts.
“I have done my best for this country and if I have to die for it, I will do so. However, I am taking it easy here (Cote d’Ivoire) and when I am ready, I will come back.”
By Sunday, it will be exactly one year that Jonathan handed over to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The former president has received so many awards on the account of the voluntary hand over of power, a rare feat on the continent.
Oga Jona we over appreciate you. Pls come back. Tell Buhari to get up from your seat and go back to his castles. We miss patience and her English. Come back biko
ReplyDeleteGrey and red won't be a bad idea for aso-ebi. How u see am na? Then ur son will hold the card that says, mummy plz marry him. More ideas coming soon. We r planning this wedding the SDK way. And plz, don't pick anyhow dress o else we go fight you. Lol
DeleteLol
Delete"I stepped down". Hahahahahahahha
DeleteJona, you lost the election.
If Buhari knew the exact state of this country,I'm sure he wouldn't have taken over.
Remain there. I only miss your wife grammar.
LMAO @ remain there.
DeleteComments here be cracking me up😂😂😂
I only miss d wife's grammar oo. Lol comic relief. Abeg I no appreciate u 1 bit. See as Niger delta be like sewer very dirty and ugly with black oil residue in most villages. In my village d flaring of gas has left our roof's with black debris. Abeg I don't care abt any Niger delta leader, self centered fellows from this region who only think about their pockets and nothing else.
DeleteAwww I feel so sorry for him though. Don't know why.
DeleteEnjoy your rest sir
ReplyDeleteYour enemies can keep scheming but Oluwa dey ur side
U won't die for nigeria mbok. Most of us appreciate ur effort. U did ur best..
DeleteRest well my president!
ReplyDeleteThey can bark all they want.
Ndiala.
I appreciate you my daddy in riches
ReplyDeleteIt's sad we had you as our president in the first place, your thinking is sadistic and self praising. You for no hand over after losing election since under your regime 17 was greater than 19. And stealing wasn't corruption. ODE
ReplyDeleteGo home and call that thing that gave birth to you ODE!..
DeleteHaba, that was unnecessarily harsh
DeleteThey are asking him A , he's replying Z . How did such a daft man rule us for so long ? Of course u had to hand over power , U LOST!!! What were U gona do before ? Just come and answer ur papa name , and bring back the money you stole . Ur are praised over Africa indeed , why aren't u praised for being a corrupt free decisive leader ...old weakling!
DeleteOde! And a thief on top! Nigerians love allowing rubbish sha.
DeleteU sure u were trained in a home?or a zoo?
DeleteUnam ikot!
DeleteMay God grant you peace Peter that nobody knows atleast GEJ has a name written in the histories of Nigeria, recognized in the world as an upholder of democracy. Peter who are you again?
DeleteAkinwale has your saviour buhari done any better? Fugly hungry goat
DeleteAkinwale thank you. Who appreciates a reckless man like him, who supposes to cover his face if not him. Anyway He should rest quick and come back. Mr stealing is not corruption.
Delete@Akinwale,you must be an imbecile for typing this rubbish!
DeleteAm not surprised you are a yoruba man,you all are SELL OUTS!Thank God buhari is dealing with you people like you all deserve...Idiot!
Osinbajo is officially a slave in Aso rock,vice president my ass!
What do you expect from the O people? He is exhibiting his traits... True Oduduwa son. They seek respect everywhere, but when the person isn't one of them, they disrespect the person. COWARDS, except Fayose...
DeleteIf Osinbanjo is a slave, what do we call the VP of last regime? I can't even remember his name because I heard it like only twice in 5yrs
DeleteLOL
DeleteThank you! Award from where? Delta State Students Association (DSSA) US branch abi?
DeleteYou had all the apparatus at your disposal but you tolled the path of incompetence. Shame on you!
Of course Igbo people worship this man who did nothing for Igbo people. No 2nd niger bridge. Osha-Enugu road in shambles. The new Enugu airport is a mess. His ijaw and Otuoke brothers know that he is a loser. Jonathan did nothing for ndi Igbo. Buhari will do nothing for ndi Igbo. It is hypocritical for ndi Igbo to pretend to love any one of them than the other. But ndi Igbo are too naive politically and worse, too gullible and ignorant to even protect their interests in Nigeria. In politics, there are only permanent interests and no permanent friendship. Chikena.
DeleteAnon 12:55 me sef no understand, wetin Jonathan do for d Igbo's ask urselves ordinary 2nd Niger bridge he no fit build in 4 years. U ppl shld stop being or rather celebrating mediocrity. Jonathan no good and Buhari is also not good. None is better than the other. Mschewww. We better wake up and start holding dem accountable for promises and stop defending nonsense politicians.
DeletePeters he is just what you called him ode. He hasn't come to realization of the fact that his men in prison already and many are about to join them including him and his wife. He allowed everyone around to loot the nation and he is still talking, so many life lost to is weakness. Just continue to hide we pray never to have someone like you again.
DeleteNice one papi! U cn relax 4 as long as u want,being d number one man to run&head a country like Nigeria is stress itself,feeling 4 bubu already,God hlp him.
ReplyDeleteOkay. So you handed over. With all the revelations, I would also handover if I was Dr Jonathan. The treasury was,EMPTY!!! If PMB knew how empty it was, I'm sure he won't have accepted the handover.
ReplyDeletePlease lets be reasonable. So,as long as I help people and sit front row in church and donate heavily and generously, then its okay for me to steal the offerings, commit fraud, look the other way while my friends and family loot the country and eat the food meant for millions etc!!! Please sir, I hope Dr Jonathan didn't say this. You handed over peacefully so that makes all the impunities okay????
You handed over peacefully hoping that'll save you from this never seen before kind of looting. Abacha and IBB were Childs play compared to your regime sir. Please don't disrespect the few of us who liked you as a person even when I personally and constantly said you weren't on top and in charge of your team.
Lol, I wish I could see you face, thinking you're wise and stuff yea? Analyzing like some robot but you dunno shit about what goes on in there, you're super blind like you fellow Nigerians, "the treasury was empty" hahahahahahahahahahaha you need help
DeleteHe handed over because he was given no choice. He should have tried to stay and become "Gbagbo". Moronic, thieving, sociopath.
DeleteThe treasury was empty but bailout funds was released to governors immediately your papa entered above, the treasury was empty and buhari has traveled to how many countries now? The treasury was empty and senetors are buying cars. Whoever you're, you dull abeg!
DeletePls stop saying that GEJ emptied our treasury!
DeleteIf he did,how was buhari able to run the economy in the first 3 months?
Did you lend him money?Mtchewwww?
Yes anonymous, you are blind... Bailout fund came from NLNG
DeleteSome people are just Usu and will remain Usu. Empty treasure, how come all the Governors was granted bail out? Which Treasury sponsors your papa travel, your open brain? The yeye respect you guys earned is still your problem from generation to generation. Because Tinubu mandated you all to follow APC like cowards and gave you just one point (Corruption) all of you refuse to be wise except Fayose. But believe me, Buhari will show you guys pepper. It has started already. He visited cows in faraway Kenya and Daura but cannot visit Lagos, why? He know you guys are bunch of hypocrites. HAhaahahaha, Osibanjo is like Nwa Boy, no word of his own. Tinubu is dying in regret now for sure. You people never see anything. Buhari will finish you people. Hope everybody is buying this bag of Rice for N19k, 4 pcs of Tomatoes for N1k, and breaking news is devaluing Naira to the lowest. Very soon, Buhari will have problem with APC let me know where all the usus' will belong. Of course they can betray their papa and follow power to avoid fight.
DeletePls Jonathan didn't steal up to abacha and IBB pls don't compare his own theft to theirs I take God beg u. If dere was as much accountability then as there is now maybe we wld hv died from Bp hearing d any dey stole. If dey are still returning abacha loot till today and d family isn't poor or destitute den u can only imagine how much may never b found. IBB is wise enough to stay away from d public so dt no body go looking side. Pls don't compare Jonathan with former military militants thieves abeg.
DeleteThat's my presido speaking!...
ReplyDeleteThe only presido that I know...the best thing that has ever happend to this country!...
They are here dragging his name on the mould while he is being recognized all over the world!...
Don't mind Nigerians sir!...by the time that aboki in seat finish dealing with them,most of them will eat sand!...
Relaxe and enjoy your vacation!...you can even call Omoni to scratch your back!...
Omoni the whore u mean, please don't let her go to my president, her mileage is high, with the likes of Uduaghan and Elumelu and others
DeleteAfi "mould". Illiterate!
DeleteHey animal
DeleteKikikikikikikikikikiki!
DeleteDon't let Omoni hubby see this o queen.
Mould? Is he spoilt bread?😂
DeleteKelvin Dat Edo Boi ( Stellz Cousin )
Queen of the blog, it's "in the mud"
DeleteAnd I wonder how this your punctuation always manage to escape Saturday and Sunday laughs.
He shouldn't mind Nigerians? Abeg make he mind me, am his no1 lover, he's my endless crush!!.
DeleteGoodluck nwoke obioma,a peaceful man, a democrat, a kind hearted man, a handsome man, afu dimkpa afu ogonogo imi ya etc... OGA ADIRIRI GI NA NMA!!!
We the lover of good things love and appreciates you!...
You are such a waste of space. Go back to primary school and get some education.
DeleteThis self titled queen and boss. Poorly educated, delusional, borderline schizophrenic woman who comes on here to spew, on good days mostly trash but on other days totally uninformed and misguided rubbish. If in your myopic view, Jonathan was the best thing that happened to Nigeria, all I can hope for is that this your viewpoint is shared by a small minority.
DeleteJonathan is one of the worst things that happened to Nigeria and whilst he didn't legalise corruption, he certainly turned a blind eye to all the excesses that happened under his watch! That makes him culpable.
Get a life madam. You can come under my comment to defend yourself if you want, but you will only succeed in demonstrating stupidity that defies imagination. As you always do.
Hotdoctor.
End time clueless
ReplyDeleteHe really needs dt rest especially now dt change is changing dem
ReplyDeleteNa wa o. What is he saying? Was he not suppose to handover after being defeated? Not leaving the seat peacefully will tell on him too cos I'm sure his loved ones are also here . It's a win-win situation jare n not a favour done to Nigerians. Leave trash for akole.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this one saying? Mtchewwww
DeleteIt's a favor done, you might not be wise enough to see it but admit to yourself that your bubu loosing would have led to bloodshed like it has before. Cynthia stop am no dey show your dullness too much abeg
DeleteEeeya.dis thing touched me now.
ReplyDeleteWe appreciate you as one of us.As a fellow Nigerian and as a human being. But Not just as a leader.
And If I may add,no one hates u.cos even I can tell u are a "good" man but a weak one. Your crime was keeping quiet while ur associates systematically plunged the nation into misery. Who held a gun to ur head?
We appreciate you too much Sir
ReplyDeleteHe handed over peacefully. How was he supposed to hand over before when he was voted out, GEJ speaks like an idiot.
ReplyDeleteAnd your father speaks like an imbecile!...
DeleteThat's why he gave birth to an imbe like you...
Abeg who's this polytechnic girl? You are so razz.Were you a polytechnic Queen too? Tufiakwa!
DeleteI really don't get this guy. Wasn't he supposed to hand over after he was defeated? You did no one a favour sir,definately not me. If wahala land,e go affect everybody. You ain't the first democratic president.Abegi!
ReplyDeleteOga go and sit somewhere! Appreciate you fit wetin now ?
ReplyDeleteFor*
DeleteLmao @ go home and call ....
ReplyDeleteBtw linda omoni should not let mama peshe 'cash' her o. We dont want world war 10 biko.
Oga Jona I like you as a person, you are a nice man good enough to lecture but not good enough to rule a country so large like Nigeria. If you had looted the economy alone, it would have been better after all IBB, Abacha, Obasanjo looted more than you, but you allowed your friends and family loot our economy for their generations to come without even fear of God.
ReplyDeleteOn handing over peacefully, you have no other choice because they would have killed you on that seat when you surrounded yourself with saboteurs and enemies and left the south south and south eastern region with no tangible development. Finally it is time Bubu and co allow you to have a peaceful rest and continue witch hunting your aides with his quaraption.
PDP CHANGE THE CHANGE
Well said
DeleteThank u very much ma.... Gbam!!!
Deletethat is my president speaking!...thumbs up sir. But I miss mama peace o chei
ReplyDeletepeople were embezzling and we still did not suffer like now..no more embezzling and money no dey to spend
Like He will admit if He is actually on the run.
ReplyDeleteQueen you are a clown. You dey implicate your president ooo
ReplyDeleteKwakwakwakwa...
DeleteThis man ur incompetency is second to none. You're the person who have brought this untold hardship on us and you still have the guts to say we didn't appreciate you. You and your friends looted our life away...South east you didn't even do a thing for us you're here talking rubbish. We may accuse Buhari of being a dictator, not obeying court rulings and having rapt knowledge of how the economy works but we all know.... He isn't a thief like you. I prefer him to you....
ReplyDeleteThumb up. The biggest mistake Nigerians ever made after the civil war.
DeleteGo with your real name
DeleteAda, o gini?
DeleteSo of all Africa countries he chooses war ravaged Cote d’Ivoire? A country known for protecting exiled ex-leaders.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe his response and we don't expect him to tell Nigerians he went on a brief exile. I believe he will be back to the country when things are put in place for his return by his friends. If ThisDay as part of PDP tool can write such about their man, someone they benefited from his government then it is true. The report shocked his supporters and inner caucus that's the reason for the statement.
Let's assume his visit to Cote d’Ivoire was to chill until things calm down as EFCC is about to invite him.
Our leaders always think they are doing us favour, forgetting leadership comes with sacrifice. We expected peaceful transition after your reign after all former leaders before you did same.
Of all Africa countries? Nna find a school nearby and enrol, your level of illiterate is baffling
DeleteWhen the queen of bastard children is cursed now they will complain but when she curses people they turn a blind eye. May the curses on her continue and reign supreme.
ReplyDeleteNigerians don't appreciate thieves only Biafrans do.
ReplyDeleteNigerians believe stealing is corruption, Biafrans don't
Don't be like Biafrans
I sincerely appreciate you, it not a day job ruling a whole country like Nigeria with their troubles. Just imagining how Nigeria would have been if you didn't step down. Since you handed over, no more bomb blast, kidnapped in north by the book haram because their leader was enthroned as President. Keep resting my hero. Missing you and mama peace.
ReplyDeleteI wish they will hang the alcoholic by the balls. Why Biafrans support this man baffles me. Someone who dished out the worst disrespect to the SS and SE region by not developing the region. Even his town Otuoke has no clean water. PH airport in his backyard is the worst airport in the world. Why punish Rivers people bc of Amechi? Oh he was not a dictator? How easy people forget how he used Mathew Mbu to harass Amechi in PH. Patience caused all kinds of airport lock down when she flew to any city. Nigerians deserve all the hardship coming their ways because they are too gullible.
ReplyDeleteHelp me ask ooo,I am as confused as u are ooo. How can u defend sum1 who brought no tangible development to our region. Baffles d hell out of me mehnn.
DeleteMr GEJ when you finishing resting, please hurry back to face justice. Also that Madueke and all the rest... you people will still read their stories.
ReplyDeleteSo they think they can harm people I am connected to and just walk like that, just like that?
That one is impossible, their case is a spiritual matter. They stole too much, as a result too much blood was shed and people are still suffering today as a result of their greed.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan your generation is doomed and I know enough to know this. Some people will ask, why GEJ and not the rest, after all they are also thieves?
May God give us all wisdom.
Its a shame he is still clueless, he believes he has done us a favour by handing over power after losing the election. Why didn't you seize power when Yar'Adua's wife and the cabal blocked you after her husband's demise. Was it not the people that protested and ensured you ascended the seat.
ReplyDeleteSorry sir, in a democracy power belongs to the people and they give it to whomever they choose, the people put you in power and the people removed you when you disappointed them. So you didn't do us any favour, stop deluding yourself.
He should go & sit down! He disgraced himself,disgraced any educated person
ReplyDeleteperson.How could he have been drinking while they looted all that was stolen?
Guess u were the one dat gave him d drink
DeleteSycophant
Ass lickers
It is a known fact that Jonathan is an alcoholic. He got so drunk he couldn't even leave his hotel room while he was president to attend an official meeting when he was in Germany.
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