Goodluck Jonathan should be respected for the role of elder statesmanship exhibited by hosting a man who plotted his exit from power – Ohanaeze

Igbo apex sociocultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has applauded former President Goodluck Jonathan for hosting the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC Bola Tinubu who he claimed plotted Jonathan’s exit from power.

In a statement by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze said all presidential candidates should focus on issues-based campaigns adding that Jonathan’s gesture should teach them to eschew politics of bitterness and rancor.

He said; “This is one of the nationalistic gestures that should be considered as a lesson for the political elites, to eschew politics of bitterness and rancor, and interface with everyone irrespective of whether or not there were grievances in the past.

“Ndigbo expected that all the Presidential candidates for the 2023 elections should focus on issue-based campaigns devoid of tantrums and resentment.

“We are aware of what transpired in 2015, and subsequently led to the then ruling party PDP losing to APC championed by Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu; Nigerians will witness unprecedented realignment shortly, especially in the interest of the unity of the country regarding power shifting to southern Nigeria from the North in 2023.

“Goodluck Jonathan should be respected for the role of elder statesmanship exhibited by hosting a man who plotted his exit from power.”