Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan has said that he could never have Imagine sitting with former head of state Yakubu Dan-Yumma “Jack” Gowon in a council state meeting.
The former President made this disclosure on Thursday 17th August 2023, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja during the public presentation of the autobiography of elder statesman, Edwin Clark.
According to him he was in primary school when Gowon was the president
“I said Gowon was a very young man, young, but then, he was the Head of State when I was in primary 5. Then, Diete-Spiff was our first military governor (Rivers State), a very young man at 24. When I was in primary 5, I couldn’t have imagined that one day, I would be a retired president, sitting with Gowon in the Council of State meeting.” He said.
The ex-President further commended Gowon for his contributions to keeping Nigeria one during his tenure as Head of State.