In a move that seems to betray his fears ahead of the February 2015
general elections, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has quietly moved
his children to the United Kingdom.
Presidency sources said the action was based on security advice.
Militant elements from Jonathan’s Ijaw ethnic group have been
threatening war if he loses the election. For the first time, Nigeria’s
opposition has come together to forge a strong alliance through the All
Progressives Congress (APC), whose presidential candidate, Muhammadu
Buhari, is currently making waves across the country.
Jonathan’s Special Adviser (Media & Publicity) Reuben Abati had on
Sunday issued a statement that his boss “left Abuja this afternoon for a
brief private visit to the United Kingdom.”
“The President was accompanied on the trip by some of his principal staff and personal aides,” he said.
Both Abati and Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs Doying Okupe did not reply to enquiries by News Express on
why their principal chose to move his children abroad. Before their
relocation, Jonathan’s children were living with him and First Lady
Patience Jonathan in the Presidential Villa while receiving an education
at an elitist school in the Nigerian capital.
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