Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, said he was not moved by the Presidency’s dismissal of his advice that possible post-2015 polls unrest be forestalled through an anti-violence agreement by the two major contestants, Peoples Democratic Party’s Dr. Goodluck Ebelle Jonathan and All Progressives Congress’ General Muhammadu Buhari. He said he had done his part. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Sunday Vanguard, on Friday, the Deputy Chairman of the 2014 National Conference replied in one sentence that he had no reaction to the statement made on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati. When asked to respond to a call by Akinyemi that Jonathan and Buhari should sign an undertaking that they would control their supporters against violence before, during and after the 2015 elections, the Presidency’s spokesman said that there was no need for its principal to heed the suggestion by the former External Affairs Minister to sign such agreement.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 00:54:55 +0000
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