This apology was posted on Facebook yesterday Morning...
Dear Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, I write to apologize on behalf of myself and the many repentant Nigerians like me who ganged up against your government
in 2012. Your government's policy to remove subsidy on the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as patrol was completely misconstrued by us.
I was personally deceived by my overzealous comradely towards millions of Nigerians who had traveled to various locations at that time to spend Christmas with their loved ones. I was particularly concerned about NDIIGBO who traditionally returned home in droves during this period every year. Sir, like millions of Nigerians I worked for your victory at the polls in 2011, but I considered the untoward hardship the removal of subsidy on the 1st of January 2012 as insensitive. It was simply seen as going to inflict serious hardship on the millions who voted you to power; hence we arose against it.
Yes I did join the protest, but my dear Sir, I did not consider the long term positive effect it would have on the economy of our beloved nation at that particular moment. We joined forces with the NLC and the TUC, and alongside your political enemies we mobilized hundreds of thousands of people in protest across the nation.
I matched with my colleagues from my then abode in Aguda through Surulere (National Stadium), to Ojelegba, through Maryland, to Ojota where we met a marmot crowd. The police and all other law enforcement agents under your democratic leadership were very civil with us; we were never harassed or molested nor killed. In fact a certain overzealous police man who accidentally shot at a young man in Mushin area in Lagos during that protest was not only dismissed from service, but he was also prosecuted and jailed!
SIR, YOU ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN AFRICA!
There in Ojota, Pastor Tunde Bakare and Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi and Seun Kuti, and many many others were there. Even my brother Okey Bakassi was there too! We sang and danced, we gyrated, we cooked and slept there in the open arena protected by the police, the civil defence, etc.
The next day we woke up matched on to Ikoyi and converged at Falamo bridge, where Ali Baba, Prof. Pat Utomi, and the rich men children were gathered - we had matched through YABA and IDUMOTA, chanting the resurrected songs of King Fela Anikulapo Kuti. We called you names like, the shameless shoeless one, the animal in human skin, innumerable and unprintable names!
Even when you came out in a nationwide broadcast and addressed the people as President and father of the nation explaining why you took that unpopular decision, urging the masses to understand and bear with you for a while, we said no way! We remained adamant! We booed you! We insulted you!
Mr. President Sir, please find it in your heart to forgive us. We did not know what we were doing then; but we understand better now. The same people who deceived us have turned around and increase the pump price through the back door, in the guise of subsidy removal. They have inflicted hardship on the Nigerian masses you love so much.
You were not perfect, but you were a loving father to all of us, you were President and C-in-C to the North, South, West and the East, but we vilified and treated you with disrespect and ignominy.
Sir, the economy that flourished under your watch as President which positioned us as number one economy in Africa and one of 25 fastest growing economies in the world is now at its lowest ebb in just one year of misrule. In just one year of your exit Nigeria our beloved country has become a shadow of herself! The picture is so gloomy, inflation rate is so high! The masses cannot even put food on their tables, darkness everywhere, electricity generation is at all time very lowest - killings and maiming, evil looms; our nation Nigeria is under attack!
May be you could just say a word of prayer sir, "May Nigeria not erupt in flames and violence under the current draconian administration" - Sir I say that because there is so much hunger in the land, and as they say, a hungry man is an angry man! A HUNGRY PEOPLE NA CONFUSION!
Please find it in your heart to forgive and forget, for indeed we ganged up against you wrongly. We didn't know that we were doing wrong to our-own-selves. May God bless you with long life and good health.
Warm regards.
#CitizenNigeria
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*'FANTASTICALLY SHOCKING'' apology.
That's very sincere and humble of him.
ReplyDeleteAll the foolish people here that kept abusing @Jonathan...May your life be this hard just like this present reginew
DeleteUnam ikot
@GEJ my hero of life
@Galore
With due respect...pleass where is @Father Ejike mbaka?
DeleteHe called @Goodluck "bad luck" then
Pls what will you call your @Buhari? @Father Mbaka?
God is watching
@Galore
Buhari has not spend up to one year in office and things are these bad.
ReplyDeleteI guess we are in for more economic hardship in the future.
Very sad.
Medicine after death, fool.
DeleteBuhari has not spend up to one year in office and things are these bad.
ReplyDeleteI guess we are in for more economic hardship in the future.
Very sad.
Tooor!
ReplyDeleteWhen an ex-president gets the letter meant for ur Former Landlord. Buhahahhahahahahaha
Ahahahah!!!!
DeleteOn behalf of his excellency GEJ I say apology accepted!
ReplyDeleteI see fools on facebook regretting and denouncing their support for the original clueless one Buhari and I just laugh out loud.
The electricity 0hour got me rolling on the floor
*In TB Joshua's voice* I say you all have not seen anything.
U took words outta my mouth.God help us
DeleteMy neighbour was all about buhari my dear the second day after buhari won't the election na sack them fire am for work. I lmao!
DeleteExactly. They haven't started yet. Long Live Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. My Hero. Africa's Hero Of Democracy.
DeleteSo anyone who has a contrary opinion is a fool right? Alright oh
DeleteApology accepted. I know dullard worshippers will call you names and come after you, never mind, they don't have a stand just like usu. Buhalies is just starting with them. He met empty treasure, he met empty treasure, even with the empty treasure, we still buy a bag of Rice @ N8k, basket of Tomatoes @ N4k aand fuel @ N87 to mention few. But the acclaimed change man that lacks leadership skill, doesn't care for masses, whose only mission is to punish and jail his opponents could not manage the country for only 365 days. What a shame. He is busy travelling from one country to the other seeking for professional Doctors and Hospitals but denied the masses access to that. Can you compare exchange rate to what it used to be last year? The people suffers when a wicked man is in authority and that is what is happening presently until that dullard leave office.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly Adadioranma. Tell them. Look at the way things have gone so bad in the twinkling of an eye. It will get worse. I laugh in Efik. God help us
DeleteRubbish.
ReplyDeleteAll of u shouting for change and calling my amiable president names hv seen it all.change is here! Enjoy while it lasts!! Whosoever dat fetches infected firewood invites lizard in his abode!!
ReplyDeleteGbam!!!!
DeleteI read only the first two lines. No time for rubbish
ReplyDeleteBlind mofon @ LA Fresh, always feeling belonged. How much you dey collect from that old APC fool that shines your congo? I know that is the reason for the support. Ewu Gambia.
DeleteHBD darling
DeleteNigeria is finished and I don't see it coming up again under this new government ,its a hard truth, we don't know what we have entered yet, shame on the yorubas, fools
ReplyDeleteNigeria is NOT finished. Woe unto yea prophets of doom!!!
DeleteBros, welcome oh! Na now you wake? Campaign after election.
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Kikikikiki
Very soon our dear bvs who re buharis supporters will start sending in their own apology letter
Una never see anything. Make una go read prophet TB joshuas message. Very soon everything will be damn expensive and their will be shortage of food stuffs
Kwakwakwa
Buhari is nothing but a mess
Just negodu uganda. They re mocking us giant of africa.
Kpohokpohokpohokpoho
Let me continue sipping my chilled zobo
Kwakwakwa
There ****
DeleteAnother outburst from an ignorant fool, receive brain. Obviously u ve not been reading the news lately of stolen funds here and there. Nor be only loving!!! To who na??? All these hopeless nollywood peeps, no more free money again na.lol
ReplyDeleteThat's the only chapter you read daily. Can you account for the recovered funds? Better face the reality.
DeleteStolen funds upandan, what has it been used for?
DeleteMscheew
Gbam
ReplyDeleteAnd those BVs that are suffering and smiling will com n say how much wa crude oil during Gej's tenure
Mchewww
Oya buhari apologists, take over the floor and start tearing down this man for being repentant.
ReplyDeleteHehehe
Is he really apologetic or just seeking for attention?
ReplyDeleteSeeking for attention
DeleteIs that the only line you guys have? "seeking for attention"? All your replies to people's comments or write ups is that they are seeking for attention. Gosh you are so f**ing disgusting like a latrine /pit toilet.
DeleteIf you hear your name please stand up
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Femi Idowu
If I forgot your name add it yourself and you all start writing you're letter of apology in advance, did you know that renowned Economists all over the world have started weeping for Nigeria in advance?
From,
The Serious Observer
Brb!
I will bite that bougie ass of yours if you don't get my name of that damn list.
DeleteI'm a die fan of GEJ if you ain't know.
Please remove Chiexotic and put Swag Lafresh
DeleteThis man that stayed near me in Adetola Aguda. Got 2 lovely children and a beautiful wife. Never knew he was a Producer, i would have gone to meet him so that i can act on a good film.
ReplyDeleteThank God you know you all were deceived. You are now fantastically mumufied from lies.
Where did that person buy garri for 300 pls? I will like to know,prolly i'd get 1bag from them.
ReplyDeleteI bought garri 600# 2days ago,I weep for this country.
''Tribalistic'' yoruba confused people will soon come now and comment trash.
ReplyDeleteGod save and bless Nigeria. Our economy will get better and we will be a great African nation again.
Speechless.
ReplyDeleteFantastically Superb
ReplyDeleteMtcheeww..
ReplyDeleteToo long abeg
ReplyDeleteSee him biabia
Truth is Jona was clueless,tagged along and was never a leader.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand,Buhari is insensitive,tactless and a sectional leader.
We just moved from a rock to a hard place all because of change.
You are so wrong, jonathan had a good financial team that would have managed the subsidy removal and given the necessary results, all in good time. He even tried to make nigerians see reasons with him. We were adamant and he heard our cries of ignorance and relented in a bid to be understanding. Please which strong financial team does buhari have? Has he even acknowledged our existence by offering an explanation as it should be in a democratic rule?
DeleteBuhari is the clueless one my dear, add the rest of the names to that.
To be candid, this subsidy matter is the only aspect I agree that Nigerians need to apologise to Jonathan. It was a monumental blunder when it was reverted.. but it was out of respect for aggrieved Nigerians who took to protest, As it merely postponed the financial intricacies which was aptly projected by Lamido, that the government to come after Jonathan would suffer financial set back. And here we are today. Truth is this would have also happened in Jonathan's time too if the subsidy removal was grounded. So it's not like we would have had it so smooth.
DeleteAnd besides, not many Nigerians understood what the logistics of the removal or the non removal of subsidy entails(ed).. many were just ignorantly re echoing what their neighbours were saying. Most of the protesters were clueless, they even used the protest grounds for social gathering with their placards taking selfies and showing off.. Especially the celebrities. That's what we call "follow follow ideas". But I think the understanding is better now.
See confession.
ReplyDeleteoga is too early to give up on buhari.
ReplyDeleteHigh time. A lot of people should do this. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan my all time best president of Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteok sir on behalf of DR GEJ..we accept your apology...hehehehehehehehehehehe
ReplyDeleteMe I will keep saying it o, when they say there was corruption in GEJ's regime things were not this hard. Ok now we voted out corruption for integrity and things are not only hard but worse!.....those who were against the subsidy removal of 137naira then are now embracing it now saying it is for the country to be better. E ma tan ara yin nibe...when a common civil servant salary at the state level is 13000 minimum wage, even that 13000 sef not all states are paying. When the government can no longer sponsor the NYSC scheme. When Fulani herdsmen have killed so many and still killing. so many whensssssss..lol. An elderly statesman said that during Lam Adesina's regime as the governor in oyo state and the fulanis and yourubas had a clash where some fulanis were killed, buhari came to the state to accuse the governor of why his people are killing his people. And he even took it steps further by getting a legal action against oyo. You people should open your eyes to the fact that Buhari is a military man...dictatorship and causing hardship is in their blood...he is also fulani
Before you come under here to spit out rubbish please use your head because for the fact that you had 200naira or more to buy data doesn't make you a better person think about the masses, the market women, the civil servants, the commercial workers...the mekunus in short
*long hiss*
ReplyDeleteHe should have sealed the letter and sent it to GEJ via DHL na.
#WhiteDiamondOut
Hahahhahahahaha
DeleteDHL Fire!
Mode of Letter Sending:Peace Mass Transit. LMAO
Buhari is to blame. No money to buy envelope and post office sef no dey work.
DeleteLmao @ TGW. Abi oo.
DeleteLa Fresh, true. Let's blame Bubu for everything.
#WhiteDiamondOut
OMG! Pastor Tunde Bakare and Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi and Seun Kuti, Even my brother Okey Bakassi was there too! LOL. Ali Baba, Prof. Pat Utomi, and the rich men children were gathered - We called you names like, the shameless shoeless one, the animal in human skin, innumerable and unprintable names! EYaaah
ReplyDeleteGEJ the correct man
I keep asking my Hausa friends -if the prices of goods will ever come down.It will be impossible for the prices to come down esp RICE.
Someone that doesn't hustle all through his life, almost everything he owns is from FG till date.
This hunger will never see us cos we have a living God
ReplyDeleteThough Buhari is corrupt,Jonathan is worse!shoeless boy my foot
ReplyDeleteThis guy is a confused fool jare
ReplyDeleteI've said it b4, Buhari can lock up all those who stole, misappropriated or diverted Fed funds; recover the funds, the Nigerian economy will not thrive. The man has bad feet!!!
ReplyDeleteMoreover and FYI(for your information) , the mam is sick. His health issues very soon will make matters worse. Pray he don't kick the bucket in office.
Ok I just went to collect shipping and terminal charges, found out they have increased their handling charges by 40%. Hmmm which way Nigeria?
ReplyDeleteYet we say there is no other way to generate internal revenue. Soo. Taxes will be increased to 10%, maybe then we will see that take home salary at the end of the month cant even take the average nigerian home anymore. All the powers that be have gone into hiding now, occupy nigeria has been occupied
DeletePLEASE DONT BE STUPID.
ReplyDeleteINFLATION IS BECAUSE OF DOLLARR TO NARA RATE.
DOLLAR TO NAIRA RATE IS BECAUSE OF DROP IN DEMAND AND SALE OF OIL.
DROPR IN DEMAND AND SALE OF OIL SATRTED EARLY 2015.
IF GOODLUCK AND HIS PEOPLE HAD STILL BEEN STEALLING TILL NOW NIGERIA WOULD HAVE CRASHED.
IF GOOD LUCK AND HIS PEOPLE HAD NOT STOLEN SO MUCH WE WOULD HAVE MORE CASH IN NIGERIAN TREASURY.
BE GLAD THAT LOOTING STOPPED WHEN EFFECT OF OIL DROP IN PRICE STARTED.
DONT BE STUPID IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN.
Very valid points. None of those problems were GEJ's fault; the fall in world oil demands is having an adverse effect on the economies of oil producing countries all over the world but it is only Naija that is suffering. GEJ even put the framework in place to diversify our economy from a 56 year old crude oil monopoly which to me is the major cause of our economic hardships. Instead of PMB to put political sentiment aside and build on these foundations, he's busy playing the blame game. Mind u a spokesperson for PMB said the TSA has like 3 trillion in it. It seems like PMB lacks the economic know-how to adequately manage the country in these times. Even Obasanjo said it that PMB is good in military tactics but has poor economic judgement.(not his direct quote). Right now more and more Nigerians are finding it hard to relate with this government because there is less and less food in their bellies.
DeleteWhen I hear Nigerians speak I remember the Isrealites when they faced the Red Sea after being rescued from Pharaoh. We will be grateful to God at the end of this regime when we see things change. Do not be deceived Nigeria had died during GEJ but was just embalmed but PMB has exposed the death and the putrid smell is what we are all complaining about. For those who think you have to be a Christian to be chosen by God, go and read the bible when Nebuchadnezzar was addressed as the son of God. PMB is being used to correct the country.
ReplyDelete#word. Thank you. I fail to see how Nigerians Dnt understand what's truly going on.
DeleteI beg to differ with this your analogy . During the exodus there were palliative measures;manna from heaven, there was protection and safety;Parting of the red Sea and destruction of the Egyptian forces, there was direction; the ten commandments and Vision; promise of Isreal.This country now more than ever needs a visionary leader not a ruler. Buhari's style of single mindedness, micromanagement and indecision is extremely dangerous. This government has transferred is ineptitude as taxes, tariffs and impoverishments on her citizens. Them blaming PDP is counter-productive... Blaming people never gets you anywhere rather it leaves you mentally handicapped to proffering solutions. I'm for one will not complain about this government again..I'd only state facts where I see people are blinded to the current state of affairs. By Gods grace in the midst of all this percieved uncertainties God's people will thrive even where there is a casting down.. peace be with you brethren and I wish you all the best
DeleteSTUPID ANONYMOUS GEJ AND HIS PEOPLE WAS STEALING AND THINGS WERE RELATIVELY GREAT BUT NOW THEY ARE'NT STEALING AND THINGS ARE HARD NO BE U MUM PASS, YOU GUYS HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING YET, KEEP ON DEFENDING THIS OLD BRAIN WITH HIS RIGID ECONOMIC POLICY, I AM VERY HAPPY THAT THIS RAIN IS NOT ONE ONE PERSONS ROOF BUT IN EVERYBODY'S ROOF. SMALL PACK OF SEMO 180/200 IS NOW 400 WITH THE SAME SALARY SAME INCOME PLEASE GET SENSE JARE, NO MONEY EMPTY TREASURE THEY ARE FLYING AROUND AND MAKING NOISE, HOW ABOUT THE LOOTING THEY SAID THEY RECOVERED WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH IT. GOD IN HEAVEN WILL PUNISH ALL THE SUPPORTERS OF EVIL
ReplyDeleteSTUPID ANONYMOUS GEJ AND HIS PEOPLE WAS STEALING AND THINGS WERE RELATIVELY GREAT BUT NOW THEY ARE'NT STEALING AND THINGS ARE HARD NO BE U MUM PASS, YOU GUYS HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING YET, KEEP ON DEFENDING THIS OLD BRAIN WITH HIS RIGID ECONOMIC POLICY, I AM VERY HAPPY THAT THIS RAIN IS NOT ONE ONE PERSONS ROOF BUT IN EVERYBODY'S ROOF. SMALL PACK OF SEMO 180/200 IS NOW 400 WITH THE SAME SALARY SAME INCOME PLEASE GET SENSE JARE, NO MONEY EMPTY TREASURE THEY ARE FLYING AROUND AND MAKING NOISE, HOW ABOUT THE LOOTING THEY SAID THEY RECOVERED WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH IT. GOD IN HEAVEN WILL PUNISH ALL THE SUPPORTERS OF EVIL
ReplyDeleteWho be this one ? Abeg get lost. Who send you message!
ReplyDeleteLike Jonathan wasn't part of the problem on ground. Blind mofo.
ReplyDeleteShut d fuck up. U southwest betraying motherfuckers
DeleteVery idiotic apology! When men cannot reason anymore; simply put, Jonathan corrupted our future and may God judge him!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of economy did Jonathan inherited and what kind did he handed over? This is not about Buhari or APC but Nigerians need to start thinking properly. Buhari can make the choice to borrow and continue to keep us in the debt or we can fast some bit and endure the pain so as to come out of this box we have been caged in.
Things are difficult now because of the wrong foundation that was laid by past leaders, we have come to the point where something must give.