‘No President will say he did not make mistakes’ – Jonathan replies Atiku over ‘inexperienced’ remark

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to remarks by Atiku Abubakar, who described him arsenic a “decent” but “inexperienced” leader.

Atiku, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, made the remark during an interrogation connected Arise TV, wherever helium attributed immoderate of the challenges faced during Jonathan medication to a deficiency of capable enactment preparation.

Speaking connected Monday astatine the 2025 Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria, ARCAN, awards ceremonial successful Abuja, Jonathan did not straight notation Atiku but addressed the criticism.

He said, “So not excessively agelong ago, a precise elder person said Jonathan was excessively young and that was wherefore helium made mistakes.

“If I made mistakes, yes cipher who becomes a politician oregon President volition accidental they did not marque mistakes. All quality beings indispensable marque mistakes.

“Must I beryllium 100 years earlier I tally the affairs of the state?

“If I were truthful naive, I don’t deliberation I would person been capable to navigate that process.”

Jonathan became Nigeria’s President aft the decease of erstwhile President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

‘No President volition accidental helium did not marque mistakes’ – Jonathan replies Atiku implicit ‘inexperienced’ rem...