{"id":17064,"date":"2017-12-04T22:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=17064"},"modified":"2017-12-04T22:47:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:47:43","slug":"why-jonathan-must-shut-up-stop-throwing-dignity-decorum-to-the-winds-chief-oyegun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=17064","title":{"rendered":"WHY JONATHAN MUST SHUT UP, STOP THROWING DIGNITY, DECORUM TO THE WINDS &#8211; CHIEF OYEGUN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">For boasting that his legacies still remained unparalleled after exiting office two years ago, former President Goodluck Jonathan has come under attack of the national chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Oyegun said Jonathan had thrown dignity and decorum to the winds and took to infantility, factors which in his estimation, gave low reckoning to his status as a former President and the office he occupied. Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">He also took a swipe at former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who recently resigned his membership of APC, saying his presidential ambition in 2019 would fail. Oyegun spoke in an exclusive interview with Vanguard on contemporary national issues in Abuja yesterday. Jonathan had, while reacting to Governor Kassim Shettima\u2019s remarks at a book launch last week in Abuja that his (Jonathan) regime wasted the goodwill of the people, reeled out his achievements in office, boasting that the current government in all its critiques against him was yet to match them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">But reacting to the statement, Oyegun chided the former President for not maintaining dignity in retirement, saying he might end up losing what was left of his reputation should he continue responding to trivial issues. He said that the sorry state of East-West road, the dilapidation of Port Harcourt airport and the menace of Boko Haram which he couldn\u2019t tackle, were some evident postures that Jonathan\u2019s administration failed woefully.<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=15304&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Submitting that Jonathan attained the highest political position in the land with less personal effort of his, Oyegun said he blew the opportunity of the south-south geopolitical zone in the presidential zonal arithmetics, stressing that the former President who hailed from the zone did not make the people of the area proud in any way.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">While arguing that Jonathan\u2019s only pass mark at the moment was conceding to electoral defeat in the 2015 presidential battle with President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC chairman, however, said that new intelligence had emerged that the former President tried to reverse himself afterward.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Oyegun said: \u2018\u2019I think former President Goodluck Jonathan is not being well advised. The first thing for a man whom God has elevated with little effort to the position he attained is to maintain some dignity and decorum after office. That he is not doing.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018\u2019Second, the facts of Boko Haram are there. The facts of his achievements are there. He was President for six years, the East-West road is still not completed. He was president for six years, Port Harcourt airport was rated the worst international airport in the world. That is the airport that he uses virtually on a weekly basis. Just those little fundamentals.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cHe was God\u2019s gift to the south-south. There was a massive movement in the south-south to have one of our sons as President. On a platter of gold, God gave him to us. Did he make us proud? The answer is no. That\u2019s one lost opportunity.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018\u2019We don\u2019t know when that opportunity will come again for the south-south to produce a Nigerian president and the south-south has been significant throughout our history in maintaining coherence of this nation through all its difficulties.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018\u2019Finally, we had that golden opportunity and we blew it. He is honored and respected today because of his singular act of conceding the defeat, even though we now know that he tried to reverse himself.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018\u2019So, my advice to him is, let time heal wounds. Don\u2019t answer every little query and question about your Presidency because the facts are all there, very glaring.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cBut because of that singular act to save the nation, saved a lot of lives because the country was so charged at that time. So, accept that respect that the nation and the world give you. He is young relatively. Tomorrow, he will get over this.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018\u2019But if he starts doing what he is doing now, then I am really sorry he may just end up losing everything.\u201d Oyegun also rebuffed pressure to give more details on the revelation that Jonathan tried to reverse himself. \u201cOh, that\u2019s part of our history now but let\u2019s leave it and hope he takes good advice,\u201d he said tacitly.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Speaking on the departure of former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, from the ruling party, Oyegun said the development was no surprise to them. According to him, signs that Atiku will leave the party became glaring almost 18 months ago. The national chairman also refused to accept that the former vice president\u2019s exit was boiling up the party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">He said: \u201cDid you say boiling up? All I can say is that I am totally amazed at the song and dance that the press is making of the departure of the former vice president, Atiku. We are not happy losing anybody, certainly not anybody of his status.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018\u2019But why are people surprised that he left? I can\u2019t understand it. More than 12, 18 months ago, it was clear that he would leave. The only doubt was when and how?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cFor Vice President Atiku, at his age, it is either now or never because if President Buhari serves another, that will be eight years. Convention will have it that the Presidency may go south.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018\u2019That\u2019s another eight years. So, game over for Vice President Atiku. It is either now he make this last throw of the dice or he will permanently forget the Presidency. So, it is something we knew has been coming. The Bennis say a pebble you see coming towards you shouldn\u2019t blind you. So, why are we surprised?\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Reminded that Atiku has also vowed to beat the President in the 2019 contest, Oyegun said it was not possible. In his personal opinion, the chairman prayed that President Buhari would run for a second term in office.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWhat else do you expect him to say? Atiku will say that but there is no chance of that happening anyway. \u201cFor me, it is a prayer that President Buhari agrees to run for another four years. It is a very, very personal opinion. As the chairman of the ruling party, I intend to apply the constitution of the party. So, this is a very personal opinion\u201d, he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Meanwhile, the Northern Emancipation Network, NEN, has warned former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri against making further uncomplimentary remarks on Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">In a statement signed by the Group\u2019s President, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the group noted that the North had great respect for Shettima\u2019s position as chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and as such would not tolerate any insult on him. The group added that northerners would only be disposed to a Nigeria in which leaders from every section were mutually respected.(www.vanguardngr.com)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OYEGUN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17065\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OYEGUN-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OYEGUN-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OYEGUN-272x182.jpg 272w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OYEGUN.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For boasting that his legacies still remained unparalleled after exiting office two years ago, former President Goodluck Jonathan has come under attack of the national chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun. 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