speaks during a book launch in Abuja on December 15,
2020.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he
was not under any pressure to sack the former Chief of Army Staff,
Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirka from office.
Speaking during a book launch in his honour in Abuja, Jonathan
said some people thought he sacked the general due to some pressure
from the north.
“He mentioned my removing the Chief of Army Staff, General
Ihejirka and said that because there was so much pressure on me
from the north, it was not pressured,” Jonathan said.
“If somebody is doing what is right, even if you want to hit my
head. And split my head, I will not (sack the person).”
Also speaking during the launch, a former lawmaker representing
Kogi-West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator
Dino Melaye tendered a public apology to Jonathan for campaigning
against him in the run-up to the 2015 general elections.
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To the ex-lawmaker, his apology is borne out of what he
described as the state of the Nigerian nation, coupled with what
the ex-President achieved while in office.
“Having seen what he did as President and the sorry state of our
country today, I want to publicly say ‘once I was blind, now I can
see.’ On behalf of all of us who shot blindly, we are sorry, very
very sorry,” he said.
On his part, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, commended
the ex-President for conceding defeat in the 2015 general
elections.
He also hailed Jonathan for his administration’s efforts in the
Almajiri system of education in the north.