Leaders of Ndigbo resident in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have confirmed that they were given money by President Goodluck Jonathan during his recent visit to the state to solicit for their support and votes.

Making this known is the former President of Ohaneze, Lagos State, and coordinator of Goodluck Jonathan Support Group, Dr Oliver Akabueze.

He said that the president solicited for their support and asked the leaders to mobilise Igbos in the state to vote for him.
He explained that the money received was not a bribe but campaign fund to mobilise the Igbos in the state to vote for the president who is seeking re-election.

Akabueze also stated that the president donated a luxury bus for his campaign and that the bus must be fuelled and a driver must be employed to drive the bus around the state during the campaign for Jonathan.

Though he declined to disclose the amount of money the president gave them in Lagos, sources said it runs into billions of naira.

Investigation revealed that the manner the money was shared has divided the leaders. Some of the leaders are grumbling because some got more money than the others.

P.M.NEWS learnt from one of the leaders that while some got N500,000, others were given N300,000 and N100,000 respectively.

Some of the leaders who spoke to our reporter but did not want their names mentioned, said the money has caused division as some of the leaders who felt shortchanged said they will not campaign for Jonathan, saying those who got more money should go ahead and campaign for the President.

Last week President Jonathan spent five days in Lagos during which he held series of meetings with various ethnic and socio-cultural groups and their leaders to seek their support for his re-election.

During his stay, he reportedly doled out billions of naira to the groups, though his media aide, Reuben Abati, denied that the president gave out money to any group.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/27/jonathan-gave-us-money%E2%80%94lagos-igbo-leader

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Stupidity, is when you charge your phone using generator and later come on Twitter and write GEJ till 2019.

Money brings division... The reciever always wanna keep far more so u can hardly win hearts wit money.

rusher14:
Jonathan is a billionaire, money means nothing to him.

Can't you see his factories everywhere?

By factories, hope you don't mean NIMASA, NNPC, SURE-P, Pension fund, Malabu deal, ECA

No body should blame money....

We know what is right or wrong....

Can choose to do right or wrong....

Bad person can do anything to get she wants....

So how is that ur problem

U see d money live ? Video or I don't believe

and you still dey wonder why the treasury is empty and there is no reserve to defend the Naira ?

The way people mention 'billions' as if it's paper.

Not millions but billions! Make una dey lie small small abeg. Ha!

If this story is true, this alleged billion-naira donation itself can further worsen the attempt by the CBN to arrest the decreasing value of Naira and burgeoning inflation.
The government would lose its moral authority to implement any belt-tightening austerity measures on the general public.

Ivanspring:
The way people mention 'billions' as if it's paper.

Not millions but billions! Make una dey lie small small abeg. Ha!

U just sound like a ghanian,re nt seeing what is going on in dis country?my dear,the way things re going GEJ is capable of doing what u won't believe,if told.

Though am not from Igbo. But Ndigbo, if GEJ give una money, make una take am chop. GEJ is a disgrace to Niger Delta people. He is a disgrace to Nigeria. GEJ is a disgrace to mankind.

Though am not from Igbo. But Ndigbo, if GEJ give una money, make una take am chop. GEJ is a disgrace to Niger Delta people. He is a disgrace to Nigeria. GEJ is a disgrace to mankind. I have never seen, heard or even read on any book a leader mentally as poor as GEJ.

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People are just creating unnecessary noise, false info to cuz tension. Anyway

People have their choice to make.


If I were you, u will Study the two candidate and what they tend to offer and not what they have done.

Vote wisely.