Yar'Adua's Aide Hid Letter to Make Me Acting President From N. Assembly ...

Jonathan: Why I was Prepared To Die Inside Presidential Villa – Daily Trust

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has, for the first time since leaving office, opened up on the political storm that followed the prolonged illness of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Jonathan revealed that he was prepared to die inside the presidential villa rather than abandon his position during the constitutional crisis that rocked the nation. Speaking during an interview with the Rainbow Book Club, the former president said Yar’Adua di…

Yar’Adua's aide hid letter of power transfer to me, Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua signed a letter authorising him to act in his absence during his prolonged illness. Still, the letter was never delivered to the National Assembly. Speaking in an interview with the Rainbow Book Club about his memoir, My Transition Hours, Jonathan described the period as one of the darkest and most turbulent in Nigeria’s democratic journey, marred by ethnic a…

Yar'Adua's aide hid letter to make me acting president from N. Assembly ...

Goodluck Jonathan: Yar’Adua Intended to Hand Over Power, But Trusted Aide Blocked It

ABUJA, Nigeria — Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that Nigeria’s 2010 constitutional crisis was deliberately engineered by a close aide of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who withheld a crucial letter meant to authorise Jonathan to serve as acting president during Yar’Adua’s prolonged medical absence. In a rare and candid interview with the Rainbow Book Club, Jonathan disclosed that President Yar’Adua had written the requi…

Presidential Aide Hid Yar’Adua’s Handover Letter To N/Assembly – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has made explosive claims regarding the 2010 constitutional crisis that rocked Nigeria, revealing that a senior aide to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua deliberately withheld a crucial handover letter meant to transfer executive powers to him as vice president. In a rare interview viewed by THE WHISTLER with the Rainbow Book Club, which trended across social media on Saturday, Jonathan disclosed that prio…

“How Yar’Adua’s aide blocked my emergence as acting president,” Jonathan speaks in trending interview

In a trending interview, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan revealed a presidential aide delayed his appointment as acting president during Yar’Adua’s administration.