President Goodluck Jonathan on
Friday promised to break his silence on his experience
in office and other
sundry issues at the appropriate time.
He however did not give any
indication on when the appropriate time would be.
Jonathan made the promise when State
House correspondents approached him for interview at the end of the Good Friday
Service organized by the Aso Villa Chapel.
“Don’t worry, I will talk to you at
the appropriate time,” the President said amidst smile as he made his way from
the chapel to his official residence.
He was accompanied to the about
three-hour service that featured the Seven Words of Christ on the Cross by
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State; and the Executive Secretary of the
Nigerian Christians Pilgrims Commission, Mr. John-Kennedy Okpara.
The seven short exhortations that
accompanied the seven lessons all centred on the sacrifice the preachers said
Jonathan made to keep the county united.
They likened his decision to concede
defeat in last Saturday’s presidential election and congratulate the
President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of the All Progressives
Congress, to the sacrifice Jesus Christ made to safe mankind.
All the preachers agreed that that
bold step, taken by the President at the appropriate time, was commendable.
They urged him to remain focus
because his future is in the hands of God.
“This man (Jonathan) said here that
he is the most criticised President and he prophesied that by the time he will
be leaving, he will be the most celebrated President. That has come to pass
with the way he is being celebrated worldwide for conceding defeat,” one of the
clergymen, who led intercessory prayers, said.
The service also featured renditions
of special hymns as well as intercessory prayers for the President, for peace
and for the country at large.
Apart from Dickson and Okpara, the
Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Mrs. Joan Ayo; Managing
Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Mr. Ima Niboro; and the Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Ambassador Godknows Igali, also attended
the service.
Wife of the President, Patience; and
his mother, Eunice, were however absent.
Both of them had hitherto been
accompanying Jonathan to such service.
The service saw only the first three
rows of both sides of the chapel occupied by worshippers.
Jonathan refused to speak to journalists , insists ‘’I’ll speak at the right time,
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