- IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, blasted former President Goodluck Jonathan
- Kanu said Jonathan is his uncle but he never supported his regime
- Kanu accused former president of being 'weak and incompetent'
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu said he was never a fan of Goodluck Jonathan's regime and that he thinks the ex-president is weak and incompetent.
NAIJ.com gathered that Kanu who granted an interview with Daily Sun newspaper said Jonathan is his uncle but he thought Patience Jonathan would have been a better President than her husband.
Kanu said: “Jonathan is my uncle, yes. I was one of those who said Jonathan’s tenure was more or less an Igbo presidency; it’s on record I said that. But, he knew I never liked his regime because he was weak and incompetent.
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“I don’t support evil; if you do good, I will tell you, if you do bad, I will say it the way it is; I don’t curry favours.
“He was weak, I said I wish it was aunty Patience Jonathan who was in-charge, she would have done better.
“Look at where Jonathan dropped us today; he never finished building the East/West Road, but, he built railway line from Abuja to Kaduna, so they will love him. Who told you that if they did not love Zik, that they will love you?”
Kanu however said Northern Nigeria has produced good leaders in the past and that he is exceptionally fond of former presidents Shehu Shagari and Musa Ya'ardua.
“People think I hate the North; that’s not true, but the only thing is that I say things the way they are, I don’t know how to tell lies to curry favours. People do not know that I love (former presidents Shagari and Yar’Adua more than I love (former president, Nnamdi Azikiwe) Zik.
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"I’m saying this because when we were young and were growing up, the only notable person that built any notable infrastructure I saw with my two eyes was Shagari.
"The Enugu/Igwuocha (that the white man named Port Harcourt) Expressway, was built by the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) government of Shagari and then you can travel with joy because it was smooth and very clean.
“Now, tell me who has ever done that since after Shagari, no, tell me. Which other infrastructure will you be proud of, nobody has ever done anything again.”
"That was why you had the agitations cooled during the time of Yar’Adua. The man was a gentle man; he knew how to deal with people. I never met both men one on one, but these are good people.
"I’m not saying we don’t have other good people in the North, no, we have many of them, even in the judiciary, who are nice."
"But the few terrible, horrible ones won’t allow them to emerge, that’s the problem."
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com reported earlier that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode a former minister of aviation has showered encomiums on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Fani-Kayode on his tweeter handle said Kanu is a lion of the east, the strength of the Igbo and the rising star of Biafra.
The former minister of aviation said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is of courage and conviction.
Watch video of Nnamdi Kanu addressing followers in Isiama Afara, Abia state:
