Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop the consistent vitriolic attacks being launched against the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan.
Fayose said: “Dr Goodluck Jonathan is no longer the president of Nigeria; he should be allowed to live a private life devoid of mudslinging from elder statesmen like Chief Obasanjo.”
The governor expressed resentment at how Obasanjo had chosen the 11th Convocation Lecture of Benson Idahosa University (BIU) Benin, Edo State, where he was quoted to have said: “The performance of Jonathan while in office will hunt the people of the South-South region for a long time to come.”
Venting his anger at the comment in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Monday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka, the governor said the people of the South-South had already demonstrated their approval of Jonathan’s performance while in office by voting overwhelmingly for him on March 28 despite the gang-up orchestrated by Chief Obasanjo and his allies.
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