Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied receiving N300 million and cars from the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, David Lyon.
Mr Jonathan, in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze, said he never got the money or bulletproof cars from Mr Lyon.
Mr Eze alleged that the allegation came from APC Reformation Forum which claimed that Jonathan was given the money to prepare for Lyon’s swearing-in.
Lyon was eventually not sworn in as governor after the Supreme Court cancelled his election due to his running mate who allegedly forged a certificate.
“In the first place there was no reason for APC or anybody else to offer money and vehicles to the former President for logistics over an inauguration programme in which he was not involved,” the statement read.
“We make bold to state that there is no vehicle in the possession of former President Jonathan given to him by the All Progressive Congress. This is an insufferable lie. If anyone on earth knows of such a vehicle, they should expose the particulars of the said vehicle to the public.
“The claim by this group is, therefore, nothing but a fairy-tale scripted to tarnish the good reputation of the former President whom Nigerians and the rest of the world hold in very high esteem.”
Lyon visited Jonathan twice after winning the governorship election last year.
