Now, about Jonathan's choice as VP! In a bid to clear the way for El-Rufai, Ribadu had stepped on the toes of several Governors of that era. He had also attempted to arrest any who showed interest in the presidency; Gen. Buba Marwa, for instance and threatened to arrest Gen Ibrahim Babangida (rtd). He had betrayed himself in the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF) investigations, going after Atiku Abubakar alone, leaving off glaring evidences of corruption; how over N3 Billion passed through an Obasanjo aide, one Bodunde, how Obasanjo's lawyer received about N250 million as fee for registering a company at the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, how Obasanjo's then Spokesperson received N100 million for pictures for the State House Library, how millions of Naira were spent to provide an elevator for PTDF's two-storey office, etc, etc.
Now, Ribadu and friends played Obasanjo's script against River's Peter Odili and for the benefit of Goodluck Jonathan. Why? Jonathan became Bayelsa state Governor before 2007 simply because his boss, Depriye Alamieyesiegha was impeached. He Jonathan was in Obasanjo's camp while Alamieyesiegha was squarely with former Vice-President Atiku. Jonathan could be trusted to protect the interests of the Obasanjo gang, because he would have much to be grateful for and because he was so terribly meek that you could say he had the soul of a serf.
And that explains why Jonathan also went after Ibori and Henry Okah once he clawed his way into Aso Rock, becoming the worst Head of Government in the leakage of state matters to foreign embassies just like the loose-lipped and Western embassies – besotted El-Rufai and Ribadu. Ibori and Okah both supported Alamieyesiegha and family when others abandoned them. Jonathan concluded that action meant Ibori and Okah did not want him to become a state Governor. I hope this takes care of the nonsense people have been mouthing; that Jonathan went after Ibori because Ibori had allegedly opposed his becoming Acting President. To Jonathan, the battle line was drawn long ago while he was Deputy Governor with sights on the visible prize; the Bayelsa state governor's office. Very early in the morning that day when Alamieyeseigha returned from Britain, a phone call woke me from sleep; the pro-Jonathan group was rousing journalists into action against his boss.
And that is the same Jonathan of whom conventional wisdom says that he has never schemed for any office. - Tony Eluemunor
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