Nnamdi Kanu: Jonathan was a weak president… his wife would have done better

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB), has described former President
Goodluck Jonathan as a weak and incompetent leader.

In an interview with The Sun , Kanu, who has once
again violated the terms of his bail, said the wife of the
immediate past president would have been a better
leader.

He alleged that Jonathan favoured the north at the
expense of the southern part of the country.

“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,” he said.

“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?”

On April 25, when Binta Nyako, justice of a federal high
court in Abuja, granted him bail on health grounds, she
ordered Kanu not to grant media interviews and to
avoid being seen in a crowd of more than 10 people.

Kanu has not only addressed crowds on numerous
occasions, he has also granted media interviews.

In May when he spoke with Al Jazeera, he was asked if
he was worried that the interview could land him in
trouble, but he snapped: “ I don’t care .”

In his latest interview, Kanu said denying him his
fundamental human rights to speak and to freely
associate when he has not been convicted, speaks
volumes about the “hopelessness” of the Nigerian
judiciary.

TheCable