A former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan paid a surprise visit to the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Sunday.
Jonathan is in Benin to visit the Esama’s family who had bestowed on him an honorary Doctorate Degree in November 2019.
The former President took the time to visit the governor of the state as protocol demands.
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Speaking with journalists, Jonathan said “Traditionally, for somebody who has been a President, when he goes to a state, he has to pay a courtesy call to the governor of the state. If you are not free, fine, but at least I inform him.”
Obaseki later addressed journalists over the former President’s visit by taking a swipe at his rival, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Adams Oshiomhole.
The governor wondered why the former Edo governor who knew the protocol refused to follow it.
Obaseki said “He is just extending the courtesy, as the president, someone who has served the country in the highest level and you heard what he said. There is a courtesy when you are going to visit a state, you want to inform the person in charge of the state that you are coming and when you have time during a visit, you can now pay him a courtesy call.
“Unlike the unfortunate incident, we have been having in Edo State. It is really sad where somebody who had been the governor of a state visiting the state and does not realize that courtesy demands that he should inform the governor or the governor apparatus of his visit and the chief executive in charge of his security when he is in the state.
“It is really sad and unfortunate that people who have served, who should know better decided to behave the way they do or behave with impunity and other sense of lawlessness.”
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