I Won't Canvass Votes For Jonathan - T Y Danjuma

Former Minister of Defence Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma yesterday declared that he would not canvass support for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Danjuma visited the President at his official residence in the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday.

The philanthropist, who also heads the government’s Victims’ Support Fund, stressed that he is not a politician.

He spoke with reporters after about 10 minutes discussion with the President.

Asked what he discussed with the president, he said: "Confidential. Don’t speculate. I came to visit the president and find out how things are going. I have been abroad. I just came back."

On whether he will canvass support for votes for the president, he said: "I don’t canvass. I am not in any of the political parties. The president is Nigeria’s president."

Gen Danjuma recently called on the president to call some ex-militants who were making what he considered inflammatory comments to order. But the ex-Niger Delta militant verbally attacked him as someone living on the sweat of the oil being produced in the Niger Delta.

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