“We are great because of our size, the human resources we have, the diversity we have. If we fragment the country into small components, we will be forgotten by the world. That has been my focal position and without peace, there cannot be development anywhere in the world. We are all working collectively to see that issues are resolved.”

Though some of his former ministers and aides have been arrested and answering charges, the former Nigerian leader, however, declined to comment on the current war against corruption by the present administration.

“I don’t want to talk about that’ (fight against corruption) because there are too many cases that are in court. it will not be fair to make comments, I will talk at the appropriate time when most of these things are resolved,” said Jonathan.

Jonathan, who was just appointed to head the African Union, (AU) Election Observer Team to Zambia, said he had come to brief the President about his mission.

He said, “As you are aware, I will leading the AU elections monitoring team to Zambia, I came to brief the President about some of this external engagement. It is the tradition.

“One key thing is that having been a head of a government, a former President you become a state property. That’s the privilege you have but every privilege has its corresponding responsibility, and once you become a state property, most of your international engagements, that have to do with public addresses and some international assignments become a national assignment, you brief the sitting President.

“Even when I was here, former presidents used to do that and see me. I have been coming, most times I come in the night that’s why you don’t see me. I came to brief the President about some of my engagements.”                                                          The Guardian

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