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On Monday evening, President Goodluck Jonathan finally had a one-on-one meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state. In attendance were two prominent pastors – Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Ministry.

Nature abhors vacuum. In the absence of a post-meeting press briefing or “communique”, Nigerians were left wondering what the meeting was about. Some reporters quickly guessed that Jonathan came to beg Obasanjo to campaign for his re-election bid, after Obasanjo had persistently attacked him in the media for two years.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) machinery, known for its super-active presence on social media, quickly did its own construction of what was discussed. In a matter of minutes, it started trending on social media. The “authoritative” apocryphal message being circulated is:

Questions from Obj at the mother of all meetings with Jonathan witnessed by Papa Adeboye and Bishop Oyedepo. Matters arising: Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

1. Did u agree to run for only one term or not?
2. What did u tell me was ur reason for not going after Boko haram insurgents even when I told u this will boomerang?
3. What happened to the Nigeria’s external reserve and sovereign wealth fund?
4. Did u give licence to Niger Delta Militants (Dokubo and Toompolo) to import arms in the name of their privately owned companies? If so, for what reason?
5. Did you not get correspondence from the United States consulate that a certain citizen named Buruji Kashamu is indicted for Drug trafficking? Why did u appoint the same Kashamu as South West leader of PDP rather than hand him over to the US? And did the PDP give automatic senate ticket to a wanted and convicted drug baron? Stay tuned!

Brother Jeronathan no gree answer and the clergies seated no fit help him,naim case closed” all readers must share pls

Not to be outdone, Jonathan’s supporters – who are obviously playing catch-up – constructed their own message from the meeting and began to circulate it. It said:

10 ‎​questions from GEJ at the mother of all meetings with OBJ, witnessed by Papa Adeboye and Bishop Oyedepo. Matters arising: Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

1. Did you or did you not admit to me that you knew Yar Adua was terminally ill and that he would die in office?
2. Did you not promise that I have all of your backing, until I discovered that you were aiding and abetting sabotage against my government?
3. Why did you say “genocide and human rights my foot?” That I must go and totally wipe out the entire areas affected by the boko haram, irrespective of the civilian population in those areas, adding that it was being used as a political weapon by the northern power block to come back to power? Why did you ask me to forget about the constitution and enforce a “total state of emergency?”
4. Did you not insist that I drop Sambo for Sule Lamido as a condition for your support?
5. Did you not or did you not advise that I stop the IPPIS and Aquila which have been used to flush out ghost workers from the civil service, adding that it was going to “frustrate” the boys and turn them against me?
6. Did you not tell me that this country, whether we like it or not, belongs to those people, and that all the expiring oil licenses must be put before them on the table again without any conditions?
7. How many times did you call me “you this Ijaw boy?” And then you will say “you think you can transform Nigeria by building railways and reviving agriculture abi?”
8. Why did you call me to express your displeasure over the exposure of Buhari’s educational background and arranged ascendancy in the military?
9. That was when you assured me that Buhari was also terminally ill with very bad prostrate cancer and that you have it on good authority that he won’t make it for much longer?
10. But you severally assured me that you’d give me a free hand to run the government, not so?