Nigeria’s Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday, April 29, 2017 discredited claims in a book co- published by ThisDay Books, Against the Run of Play, and written by Olusegun Adeniyi, the editorial board chairperson of ThisDay.
Dr. Jonathan said that the book contains “distorted claims” and said that he would tell his personal account of what happened in 2015 in his own book at the “right time”.
The book chronicles event leading up to and after the 2015 presidential election which saw former President Jonathan conceded defeat to General Muhammadu Buhari, a former brutal military dictator.
The poll has widely been condemned as not being free and fair and the umpire, Professor Attahiru Jega, the erstwhile chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been accused of compromise with the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Mrs. Adeniyi, who was a media aide to late president Umaru Yar’adua, saying he would give a personal account of the events leading to his defeat in the 2015 presidential election soon.
Mr. Jonathan said this in a series of tweets posted on his Twitter handle, @GEJonathan, as well as his Facebook page.
The former president said the accounts of the 2015 elections relayed in the book from some respondents were simply not true and that he would be providing Nigerians with the truth of the things that happened.
(1) I have just read Segun Adeniyi's new book, 'Against the Run of Play' which has so far enjoyed tremendous reviews in the media.
— Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017
(2) My take on it is that the book as presented contains many distorted claims on the 2015 Presidential election by many of the respondents
— Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017
(3) There will obviously be more books like that on this subject by concerned Nigerians.
— Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017
(4) However, I believe that at the right time, the main characters in the elections including myself
— Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017
(5) will come out with a true account of what transpired either in major interviews or books.
— Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017
