APC Says Jonathan Doesn't Know His Duties

President Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to clarify his duties as the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian armed forces since he has ceased to perform this role.

Jonathan in military uniform inspecting a guard-of-honour

The All Progressives Congress campaign organisation in a statement signed by the campaign’s director for media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said that Jonathan’s loss of control was quite evident in the media chat which the president hosted on Wednesday, February 11.


“President Jonathan claims that he had no idea about the plans to postpone the elections. Who then gave the command to the service chiefs to write the letter to Jega considering that the NSA’s line of reporting is directly and exclusively to the President? Did they write it without clearance from the commander in chief?”  the statement in the Daily Times reads.

The statement further noted that the service chiefs, at the prompting of the national security adviser, made presentations to the Council of State.

“Who authorised them to make that presentation since the President claimed that he was not informed about the shift in the polls date, nay by extension the security issue that was raised by the security chiefs for the postponement of the polls?” Shehu’s statement asked.

“Is the President telling the nation that the top brass of the military can act without his consent? If that is the case, what then is his constitutional responsibility as commander in chief?”

This is just one of many thinly-veiled attacks that the All Progressive Congress have aimed at Jonathan. Late on Sunday, it was reported that the APC had alleged the presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were planning to create an interim government by pushing the election dates back.