This is the first look of the front cover of the muchtalked about book, On a Platter of Gold – How

Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria, by the National

Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress

(APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi.

The book generated huge attention last week when it

was revealed that it would be released in October,

prompting some commentators to conclude it would

be an exposure of the Goodluck Jonathan

administration.

Mallam Abdullahi served under the Jonathan

administration for about three years and the

expectation is that he would have inside details about

the administration.

According to the press statement announcing the

book last week: On a Platter of Gold is part history,

part political thriller, which answers many of the

often-asked questions about Jonathan’s incredible

rise to the highest political office in the land and his

unprecedented electoral defeat in 2015.’’

The title of the book has also led many to suggest

that it would not be complimentary to the former

President who fortuitously rose to power in 2010

after the death of President Umaru Yar’ Adua. In

reality however, the title of the book may have been

inspired by the former First Lady, Dame Patience

Jonathan herself.

While clarifying her rift with former Rivers State

Governor Rotimi Amaechi, in 2013, Mrs. Jonathan

stated that the Jonathan presidency was an

opportunity that fell to the South-South on a platter

of gold.

“The presidency is an opportunity that fell unto us on

a platter of gold. We shouldn’t throw it away. We have

had people that contested from this region but didn’t

win. We didn’t fight, we didn’t pay. God willed it to us

so we shouldn’t use politics to fight one another or

destroy our kingdom”, Mrs. Jonathan had declared.

Now Libers are the first to view the front cover!

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