Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Bayelsa state former governor, has said that
the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo picked Goodluck Jonathan as the running
mate of late President YarAdua in the 2007 election because he, Obasanjo,
wanted to stop Atiku Abubakar from running
for president. Alamiyeseigha reportedly said this while speaking to journalist
at his home in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital.
"For Goodluck, I knew that Jonathan was going to be
vice president of Nigeria as far back as August 25, 2005. Former
President, Olusegun Obasanjo, told me that since Atiku and I wanted to
take his job, that it would be over his dead body; and that unless he died,
Atiku cannot be president of Nigeria. Obasanjo said since Atiku had picked me
as his running mate, he would make sure that he dealt with and disgraced us. He
said he was going to use my deputy to rubbish me before everybody. So, I knew.”
he said
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