I won’t resign, Jonathan replies Boko Haram • Request is rude and blackmail

I won’t resign, Jonathan replies Boko Haram • Request is rude and blackmail – Presidency


PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said he would neither resign nor convert to Islam as demanded by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as a condition to ceasefire.

Jonathan, who spoke through his spokesperson, Reuben Abati, on a day that fivesoldiers died in an attack on a security patrol team in Damaturu, Yobe State, by a suspected Boko Haram bomber, described the call as “rude and a mere blackmail.”

“The President cannot be intimidated by any group or individual. The President will never resign. He has the mandate of Nigerians to serve his father land and nobody should imagine that he will succumb to blackmail,” Abati told journalists in Abuja.

The sect, in a broadcast on Saturday asked Jonathan to either resign or change to Islam before it could lay down its arms against the country.

“We do not kill women and children but those who have offended us, arrested our people and kill them,” the group said in the wake of a promise by Jonathan to end its activities before the end of June this year.

Abati said it was laughable for any group in the country to hand down such a condition to a President who was elected by both Muslims and Christians.

He said, “When Nigerians voted overwhelmingly for President Jonathan in the 2011 general election, they knew they were voting for a Christian.

“He continues to enjoy the goodwill and support of the good people of Nigeria. As President, Dr. Jonathan is the leader of both Muslims and Christians; in fact; he is the leader of persons of all faiths.

“So, it amounts to sheer blackmail for any individual or group to ask the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to convert to Islam.”

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Posted: at 6-08-2012 04:31 AM (11 years ago) | Hero

WHY IS GEJ RESPONDING TO BOKO HARAM? SEEMS LIKE HE HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO WITH HIS TIME

Posted: at 6-08-2012 07:36 AM (11 years ago) | Hero

Naija i hear say Usain Bolt is origin from Nigeria         E real name na Olamide Olusegun Usain Balogun . Naija una too much oo  coffee wey I dey drink for hia comot for my nose as I read this.

Posted: at 6-08-2012 10:01 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

dis people Boko haram and goodluck jonathan beef never stil finish         Naija una too much oo  coffee wey I dey drink for hia comot for my nose as I read this.

Posted: at 6-08-2012 10:46 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

GEJ, you are confirmed mumu. You are even answering Boko Haram, it shows you are on the same level with them. What they said doesn’t need response if you are really above them. You're not serious about boko haram issue. He keeps saying he knows their sponsors but none of the sponsors have been arrested. The senator standing trial in court was granted permission to travel to mecca. What do you expect from BH when GEJ is romancing them. GEJ is all talk but no action. BH drives cars with registration numbers. Who are the owner if those cars? Go to a Licensing office get the details of the owners, get them arrested. If he was really dedicated into getting them arrested he would. But Boko has a Godfather, Mr. President. 

Posted: at 6-08-2012 05:08 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

YES

Posted: at 18-09-2012 05:40 PM (11 years ago) | Hero