Ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, says politics in Nigeria is characterised by betrayal, stating that he experienced plenty of it during the 2015 presidential election.
Jonathan, who spoke on Thursday at Mike Oghiadomhe‘s 70th birthday celebration in Benin, Edo state capital, disclosed that many Nigerian politicians cannot be trusted.
“Politics in the Nigerian standard is about betrayals. I witnessed a lot of betrayal during 2015 election,” he said.
“You will find it difficult to see somebody who will say the same thing in the morning and say the same thing in the afternoon and in the evening.
“They will tell you something this minute, and in the next hour, they will say another. For the next hour, they will say another thing. But, I am quite pleased to associate with Oghiadomhe.”
The former president described Oghiadomhe as a reliable and trustworthy person who can “take a bullet” on his behalf.
“For me, he [Oghiadomhe] is somebody you can take his words to the bank. Most politicians, you can not take their words to the bank.”
Oghiadomhe was Edo deputy governor from 1999 to 2007 and later served as the chief of staff to Jonathan between 2010 and 2014.
