Until November 2009, he was serving as a low-key deputy from the south of the country to a low-key president from the north. However, President Umaru Yar’Adua was taken to hospital in Saudi Arabia and was not seen again in public until he died on 5 May, 2010.

After months of political wrangling, Nigeria’s elite finally accepted Jonathan as acting leader in February 2010 when the ailing president returned home.

Barely 12 hours after Yar’Adua’s death, Jonathan was sworn in as the new president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Africa’s most populous nation – and one of its most fractious democracies.

Before Presidency

Jonathan was born in what is now Bayelsa State to a family of canoe makers. Jonathan holds a B.Sc. degree in Zoology in which he attained Second Class Honours. He holds an MSc degree in Hydrobiology and Fisheries biology, and a PhD degree in Zoology from the University of Port Harcourt, which he did not finish according to Olusegun Obasanjo. Before he entered politics in 1998, he worked as an education inspector, lecturer, and environmental-protection officer.

Deputy Governor of Bayelsa

On 29 May 1999, Jonathan was sworn in as deputy governor of Bayelsa alongside Diepreye Alamieyeseigha who was named the governor of the state on the platform of the PDP. Jonathan served as deputy governor until December 2005.

On 9 December 2005, Jonathan was sworn in as Governor of Bayelsa State upon the impeachment of the current Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha by the Bayelsa State Assembly after being charged with money laundering in the United Kingdom.

In September 2006, Jonathan was damaged by reports released by Wikileaks claiming his wife was indicted for money-laundering by Nigeria’s anti-crime agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The report proved to be false. The head of the EFCC stated: “Mrs. Jonathan was not in any way involved in any case of money laundering investigated by the EFCC “. Read more http://www.naij.com/381499-jonathan-goodluck-ahead-of-the-race.html

This shows that he is not capable to rule this Country, This is a man that hasn't NAIL a corrupt leader before... I recalled the Stella Odua multimillion Bullet proof Cars and nothing has been done to it till now. #MarchOutGej come March.

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