Jonathan Distances Self From His Presidential Campaign Posters

PHOTO: GOODLUCK JONATHAN.

San Francisco, April 24, (THEWILL) – Nigerian Acting President on Saturday distanced himself from the campaign posters alleging that he is contesting for the Presidential election in 2011.

Reacting to the sudden appearance of the campaign posters in Abuja, Ima Niboro, Jonathan’s spokesman in a statement entitled: "Those Posters are Distraction", distanced the presidency from it adding that it was a ploy to distract the Acting President from his duties.

"The attention of the Acting President has been drawn to the Jonathan for 2011 posters which appeared in Abuja yesterday. He views this development as a distraction from the crucial requirements of the nation at this time," the statement said.

Niboro said Jonathan’s immediate priority as earlier outlined in a televised worldwide interview with CNN remains providing adequate electricity supply, energy and conducting a free and fair election in 2011 while urging Nigerians to support government’s reforms.

"We ask those behind them to desist forth with. The challenges the nation faces are daunting enough and we must not play politics with them."

The Acting President failed to rule himself out of the presidential race during the interview in Washington DC thus failing to douse speculations that he would run.