Former governor of Cross River state Donald Duke said the former President, Goodluck Jonathan told him and a one time president, Olusegun Obasanjo that he never wanted to be the Vice president of Nigeria when he was selected to be Umaru Yar’Adua’s running mate, an online report says.
The report quotes the former governor, “You don’t give authority to an unwilling person, particularly in a country like Nigeria. Umaru never wanted to be president. He was dealing with his health issues and wanted to retire and go lecture in a university.
“He was really offered an appointment at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. Jonathan, on the other hand, had just been re-elected to be governor of Bayelsa and when he was picked, he was not so pleased. He said to Obasanjo and me, ‘I don’t want this job.
“If these two men never aspired to the office but were recruited to take on a responsibility as daunting as the management of Nigeria without mentally preparing for the office and having a grand vision of where they wanted to take Nigeria to, then there is a problem. The mental preparation is absolutely important.
The vision can be scripted for you, but if you are not prepared and you have no capable team to help you follow through, it is grossly unfair. It is like converting a passenger on an aircraft to a pilot.”
This is an illegal accusation because indirectly you are saying he kills Yaradua? “Let’s always be careful of what we say”.