Time to democratize the good luck in Jonathan

Jonathan, the current Acting President of Nigeria started out as deputy governor of Bayelsa state under the Alamiesiegha led government. Then without any effort on his part, he was catapulted by circumstances beyond his control into the driver’s seat of the state under the former president Obasanjo operation get rid of Atiku and his supporters exercise.

He lasted less than three years as governor and was on the verge of testing his acceptance with the electorate when again, Obasanjo found him useful for the main job— his power protection and consolidation exercise. He was therefore, drafted in, after already winning his party’s consent to fly its flag for the 2007 election, as a governorship flag bearer for Bayelsa, to run with Obasanjo’s anointed candidate for the presidency, Umaru Musa Yaradua.

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