Chuks Okocha in Abuja
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described the allegation of persecution made against his administration by Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, as a mere figment of his imagination and concocted to attract cheap attention and undeserving popularity.
Jonathan, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Reno Omokri, said the allegation by el-Rufai that he was to be arrested in furtherance of the second term bid of the former president was untrue.
He said: âNigerians may recall that Mr. el-Rufai was on a self-imposed exile during the administration of the late great President Umar Musa YarâAdua.