Video: Jonathan reveals how Yar’Adua’s aide block his emergence as acting president

• Former President Goodluck Jonathan has recounted however a statesmanlike adjutant delayed his assignment from becoming Nigeria's acting president
• In a trending interview, Jonathan refused to notation the sanction of the statesmanlike adjutant helium claimed was a subordinate of Yar’Adua’s interior circle
• Jonathan mentioned the accusation of Yar’Adua’s aides' enactment successful the polity and asserted that Nigeria's authorities is shaped by North-South and spiritual interests

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Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has narrated however a statesmanlike adjutant refused to taxable his missive to the National Assembly to alteration him to presume the relation of acting president of Nigeria successful the successful the Yar 'Adua-Jonathan administration.

Former President Jonathan shared what happened to his boss, precocious Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s adjutant and his assignment arsenic acting president was delayed. Photo credit: CNN
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Yar’Adua: “The missive was withheld” - Jonathan

Nigeria's erstwhile president, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died in 2010, 15 years agone portion successful power.

His decease shook the federation to its foundations arsenic the Katsina-born politician was wide regarded arsenic a peaceful, effective, and honorable leader.

But successful an interrogation shared by The Cable connected Saturday, June 28, Jonathan explained however the statesmanlike adjutant (name withheld) prevented him from taking implicit powerfulness successful acting capableness erstwhile Yar'Adua's wellness deteriorated.

Jonathan stated thus:

"There is ever an contented betwixt North and South, Muslims and Christians. And Yar’Adua was a bluish Muslim but helium was the president and helium took implicit from a confederate Christian Obasanjo, who ruled for 8 years. So, the bluish Muslims wanted Yar’Adua to astatine slightest bash 8 years earlier powerfulness could travel backmost to the South and another, astir apt a Christian, to instrumentality over. "But erstwhile the wellness contented came up, and it was the problem. And that is why, adjacent allowing maine to enactment arsenic the acting president, it was an issue. "When Yar’Adua was going for the aesculapian check-up, actually, a missive was written, of people the constitution says that for the vice president to act, the president would nonstop a missive to the Senate and the House of Representatives, informing them. That letter, was written, but the person, whom the missive was handed implicit to on the mode (I volition not notation the sanction to you now), was 1 of the aides of Yar’Adua, helium garbage to taxable the missive to the National Assembly. And Yar’Adua became truthful sick that helium had nary power of issues. So, we held a state wherever the president was not disposable and determination was not acting president. "Yes, arsenic a vice president, you tin instrumentality implicit immoderate responsivities of the president. The president of Nigeria has 2 main responsibility. First, you are the main enforcement of the country, that is the relation the vice president tin assume, they don't request immoderate transfer. And I was doing that, but determination was nary commandant successful chief, that is the 2nd work of the president of Nigeria. And determination is thing similar acting commandant successful chief. But erstwhile you go an acting president, you are astatine the aforesaid time, a commandant successful chief. So, that was lacking and nary state allows that gap."

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Jonathan, Saraki mourn Yar’Adua aft 15 years

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan hailed the precocious President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, 15 years after helium passed away.

Jonathan, successful a heartfelt tribute, referred to Yar’Adua arsenic a patriot and a visionary who dedicated his beingness to nationalist service, promoting inclusive authorities and nationalist unity.

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki besides honoured the precocious leader, describing him arsenic his friend.

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