BREAKING: Ex-President Jonathan Meets President Tinubu, Gives Reason

• Former President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed why he met with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja
• The elder statesman said he had come to brief the president on the development in the continental and subcontinental regions
• Jonathan's visit to President Tinuu came at a time Nigeria got a new Senate President, who hailed from his region

Aso, Villa, Abuja - Former President Goodluck Jonathan met with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday, June 13.

Pictures and video of the meeting were shared by @DOlusegun, a member of the President's media aide, on his Twitter page on Tuesday.

Jonathan briefs Tinubu on development in ECOWAS

Speaking to journalists after his meeting with the President, Jonathan said:

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"I came to brief the president about some continental and subcontinental issues, I am the ECOWAS mediator for Mali and I am the chair of the West African Elders Forum, so there are several issues bordering on continental and subcontinental issues that I discuss with various presidents."

Jonathan's meeting with President Tinubu came at a time Nigeria got a new senate president, who also came from the same region as the former President, the person of Godswill Akpabio.

While Akpabio is from Akwa Ibom State, Jonathan hailed from Bayelsa. The two states are from the Niger Delta region in the South-South area of Nigeria.

Roles Jonathan played in the 2023 election

During the 2023 presidential election, Jonathan had kept mute on his preferred candidate while distancing himself from partisan politics and playing the elder statesman's role.

However, he was consulted by the leading presidential candidates, including President Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

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Since he left the office as President, Jonathan had been playing the role of a peacemaker, particularly in the West African region and the African continent.

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Party supremacy, 4 other politics that played out in Akpabio, Abbas' emergence

Legit.ng earlier reported that the election for the leadership of the 10th national assembly has produced Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abbas as the next Senate President and Tajudeen Abbas as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.

During the process of their emergence, there are many politics that played out, and the top 5 of them have been highlighted below.

Source: Legit.ng