Jonathan said some senior citizens are ordinary politicians and motor park touts

In Jonathan's words this is what he said below
"Some people call themselves statesmen but they are not statesmen, they are just ordinary politicians. For you to be a statesman, it is not because you have occupied a big office before but the question is what are you bringing to bear on the nation?

“Are you building this country? Or are you a part of the people who tell lies to destroy this country; to create enmity and make people who ordinarily would have been living together to fight themselves? Are you planning to set the country ablaze because you did not get that particular thing you want?”


“At the appropriate time, Nigerians will know all of them even though I know most of such people. The younger ones do not know. Some people, including those with big names, are hiding under some clogs and creating a lot of problems in this country. They are making provocative statements that will set this country ablaze.

“How can someone tell   me that such people are   senior citizens. They are not   senior citizens and they can never be. They are ordinary motor park touts. If you are a senior citizen, you will act like one. It is not because of the offices we occupy, it is by divine grace and providence that some of us occupy these offices. But what role are you playing to build this country?”