Immediate past President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has described a statement credited to him that he is against the second-term bid of the Kogi state governor, Captain Ibrahim Wada in the November governrship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a mere propaganda.
He said: “the Kogi State gubernatorial election will be a keenly contested one and you should expect any of these kind of media propaganda. I am not the one conducting the primary. Even when I was President, I never interfered in issues like party primaries. The PDP delegates in Kogi will decide that under a free and fair primary. Please ignore mischief-makers who are using my name to cause disaffection in the media.”
Former President Jonathan was reacting to media report indicating that he and other PDP party chieftains were kicking against the re-election of governor Wada, saying that at no point he made any of the statements credited to him in a news report.
This was even as governor Wada has disclaimed reports that he was under pressure to step down from the race, saying: “it is totally incorrect that I am under pressure to step down from the governorship race. Pressure from where? It is those sponsoring these lies against me who are under pressure. Not me.”
The National Working Committee of the PDP on Wednesday, postponed the PDP Kogi governorship primary to Monday earlier scheduled to hold on Thursday. A statement from the party cited logistic concerns. [myad]
