Former President of Nigeria and a national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Goodluck Jonathan has replied former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido who accused him of working against the party during the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa state because he disliked the out-going governor the state, Seriake Dickson.
Sule Lamido claimed that the former president supported the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to escape from being probed over his involvement in the Malabu oil deal.
Jonathan in a statement by his spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze, accused the former governor of Jigawa of peddling falsehood that he cannot prove.
The former president said he really does not know why the former governor chose to speak as he did, especially with such hostility, contempt and lies against him, The Cable reports.
Jonathan went further to claim that Lamido is not coherent even in his allegations.
According to the former president, “in one breathe, Lamido alleged that Jonathan worked against his party ‘because he was very, very angry with (Governor) Dickson,’ in another he claimed that it was ‘because he (Jonathan) sure knows his problem with Buhari and his government. And the issue of Malabu, I think, played a key role’.”
Lamido’s accusations comes after a group known as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Elders Forum accused Jonathan of trading off the party’s victory in the November 16 Bayelsa governorship election.
The group’s chairman, Chief Benson Odoko in a statement accused Jonathan of fraternizing with leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the state.
Odoko claimed it was not debatable that ex-president Jonathan worked against the party that made him deputy governor, governor, vice president and president of the country.
