SAN FRANCISCO, December 03, (THEWILL) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has rubbished a book entitled ‘On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria,’ written by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, as containing outrageous fabrications, bile and sore grapes.
Abdullahi, a former Minister in the administration of Jonathan, is the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Jonathan, in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, declared that the book lacks rigour or indepth investigations towards establishing the veracity of the allegations contained in it.
“On the book entitled ‘On a Platter of Gold- How Jonathan won and lost Nigeria,’ written by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, we have watched for some time as some outrageous fabrications are extracted from its pages day after day by the media,” Jonathan said.
“When the publication of the book with an ominous title was first mooted, we knew it would be full of bile and sour grapes.
“We didn’t expect truth, sincerity and accuracy of narration, given that the author, who was sacked from his ministerial position by the subject of the book, is now the spokesman for the ruling APC.
“We will therefore like to dissociate former President Jonathan from the book’s salacious contents, with all the obvious distortions, lies and exaggerations.
“Its pages are populated with gossip, politically influenced newspaper articles, uncoordinated raw data and unproven claims.
“Sadly, the author did not help matters, as there was no rigour or indepth investigations towards establishing the veracity of the allegations the book contained.
“For instance, it is ridiculous for the author to have claimed that the President was forced to sack a certain minister by another cabinet member when the obvious truth known to all key members of the administration was that the President acted based on the recommendation of an internal committee that investigated the matter.
“This, unfortunately, is the kind of baseless claims and narrative that run through the entire book, and it would be pointless devoting our time towards making a case by case response to all its ridiculous allegations.
“We will like to remind Nigerians of what former President Jonathan said earlier in the year when a similar book was published, that only the key actors in his government and in the 2015 Presidential elections could give an exact account of what transpired, not speculations and conjectures by third party spectators.
“That time will come someday.”
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