– Former president Goodluck Jonathan has taken to Facebook to slam his critics.
– He said an online publication has spread falsehoods about him.
– The publication in question was not named by Jonathan.
Former president Goodluck Jonathan has taken to Facebook to hit out at his online critics. In a brief statement posted on his official Facebook page, Jonathan slammed an online publication for spreading what he described as falsehoods about him. |
| Ex-president Jonathan was clearly furious when he made his statement |
“My attention has just been drawn to a spurious online publication alleging that I recently made comments on the state of the nation’s economy,” Jonathan said.
“This falsehood must have sprung from the writer’s imagination, as I was neither at any forum requiring my interventions on the state of the economy, nor met with any group of newsmen, as claimed in the write-up.” “I will simply urge Nigerians to disregard such fabrication, and rather concentrate on working for the good of our nation.”
Jonathan’s comments were well received by his supporters on Facebook with some of his followers describing him as Nigeria’s finest president.
However, Jonathan was not without his detractors who slammed the ex-president for speaking out against the online publication. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The former president did not mention the online publication in question however the cause of his outrage is believed to be Weekly Post Nigeria.
The publication posted an article earlier on Monday in which it claimed Jonathan said he could reverse Nigeria’s economic fortunes in four months.
“The APC promised Nigerians a lot and are obviously fading, but I can tell you this, me and my friend Ifeanyi Ubah, we can reverse this mess in less than four months,” Weekly Post Nigeria quotes Jonathan as saying.
“All I know is, Nigerians should not lose hope. That’s all I can say. If your children studying abroad are forced to come back home, don’t lose hope. If the dollar is N600, don’t lose hope. Me and Ifeanyi Ubah are working on something big,”
Jonathan was quoted as saying. Weekly Post Nigeria has so far failed to respond to Jonathan’s statement.
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