Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s absence from the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Convention in Abuja has been disclosed by Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
There have been rumors that Jonathan will soon defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and his absence from the Convention confirmed those rumors.
However, in an interview with Channels TV on Monday, Okowa revealed that he was unable to attend the convention because he had previous commitments abroad on the day of the event.
Jonathan left Nigeria for Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the 12th African Union (AU) High-Level Retreat on the development of peace, security, and stability in Africa, according to the Delta governor.
He said: “I believe communications were made with the former President Goodluck Jonathan but he had prior engagements outside the country.
“He was unable to attend because he had commitments abroad and he had to meet up with that.”
In response to the country’s security concerns, Okowa claimed that the PDP was prepared to free Nigeria from the APC’s constraints.
According to the governor, Nigeria is approaching the moment when the security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated to the point where even the middle class may be affected by the food crisis.
“We do know exactly what we are in at the moment; there is crisis in everything, in insecurity, in the economy. And a lot of people are really hungry, the number of unemployment is growing, the youths are becoming restive. And they are no longer comfortable with the country they call their own,” Okowa said.
“So when you look at all these things and the fact that the economy is nosediving everyday, and when you look at the kind of budget that is being presented to Nigerians, there is cause to worry, that it is something that cannot take us in the right direction.
“The insecurity is beginning to impact on our agricultural production. And that is not good for our country. We may find ourselves in the next few years going into food insecurity, and that will probably be the worst.
“So looking at this, you will agree with me that we need to retrieve Nigeria from the path we are on now. Something needs to be done. That is why we have presented ourselves as a credible alternative, to take Nigeria back to the path of progress.
“We need to make people believe that there is hope for a new Nigeria and we will not be in a situation where we have deep insecurity crisis, like we have in places like Afghanistan, because we are almost at that level now at the moment, and it is not the best for our nation.”
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