How Jonathan's Defeat was Plotted by Top Leaders
THE OUTGOING President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re-election bid
several weeks before the March 28 poll to a web of plots hatched at home
and honed abroad, Saturday Tribune has reliably learnt.
Information also in possession of Saturday Tribune revealed a
last-minute contest between forces that wanted him to bow out and those
that wanted him to hold out for as long as necessary even when it was
evident that the news from the field pointed at a possible defeat.
It was learnt that as of 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday, hawks around the
president were still at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, piling pressure
on him not to concede defeat.
Those working on him to concede and bow out, reportedly led by a former
Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, were also said to have
stayed put in the same Presidential Villa, persuading him that it was
the most honourable way to go since it was clear that figures from the
field were not in his favour.
