Nigerians decided their fate, the UK replies Jonathan

by Dolapo Adelana

The British Government has refuted claims by former President Goodluck Jonathan that its former Prime Minister, David Cameron, connived with other world leaders to out him out of office.

Jonathan in a new book, ‘Against The Run Of Play’ written by Segun Adeniyi had accused Cameron, former United States President, Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande of supporting his rival, Muhammadu Buhari to win the last general election.

But in a statetement issued by its High Commission in Nigeria and signed by the Press and Public Affairs Officer, Mr. Joe Abuku, Britain said Nigerians decided their fate during the election.

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It said, “Prior to the 2015 elections in Nigeria, the UK engaged with Nigerian political parties and their leaders to urge them to run a fair, non-violent campaign and allow Nigerian voters to decide who their future political leadership would be. We congratulated President Jonathan on having handed over power peacefully in 2015 having lost the Nigerian Presidential elections.

“The elections were a credit to the Nigerian people and a truly historic moment for Nigerian democracy. This process further strengthened Nigeria’s democratic tradition.

“The UK welcomes the assessment of independent observers, including the EU, that Nigeria’s elections were largely peaceful and conducted in accordance with recognised international democratic norms, and that there was no evidence of systemic manipulation of the process,” the UK government said.

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