‘It Was a Legitimate Call’ – Presidency Justifies Tinubu on Jonathan’s Resignation

In the wake of the 2014 crisis, President Bola Tinubu called for the resignation of former President Goodluck Jonathan, and the Presidency has maintained that this demand was valid.

Daniel Bwala, President Tinubu’s Special Advisor on Policy Communication, reportedly revealed this during an interview on Channels Television’s “The Morning Brief” program in response to an earlier statement made by Tinubu in which he requested Jonathan’s resignation due to insecurity and the terrorists’ kidnapping of the Chibok girls.

Tinubu had stated in an earlier post, “Why should any section of this country be under occupation? In any civilized country, Jonathan should resign.”

Speaking on the matter, Bwala stated that while calling Jonathan to quit was OK, calling Tinubu to do so was not.

He claims that, in contrast to Jonathan’s administration, which denied the kidnapping of the Chibok girls, Tinubu has a solution to the present instability.

He stated, “When Asiwaju called for then-President Jonathan to resign, it was a legitimate call. Now, it’s not legitimate to ask for President Tinubu’s resignation.

“Being confronted with a problem is not a problem, but when you lack a solution to solving a problem, then you have a problem. Because in life, there is no place of this globe where there are no security situations.

“I was telling my guys at the BBC that the crime rate in the United States is higher than the crime rate in Nigeria. People in a democratic context have the right to speak what they want, but the next thing is you back up what you said.

“Start the procedure if you think that calling for the president to step down is a valid request; otherwise, the government’s concern about people exercising their right to free speech will be a display of indolence.

“In the days of former President Goodluck Jonathan, they didn’t have any idea of a solution because they were in denial about the Chibok girls’ abduction.”