It appears President Goodluck Jonathan may have reconciled with his erstwhile political enemies, former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State. At the last Council of State meeting hosted by President Jonathan yesterday, he (Jonathan) was seen laughing, shaking and holding hands with Obasanjo. However, what surprised most people was that the moment Jonathan sighted Amaechi, he stepped over and playfully hit him severally, with his fist on the shoulder and the Rivers State governor bowed, laughing and holding the President’s hand all the while, saying “Your Excellency.”

When a journalist asked Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State how that could be translated to the common man on the street who perceive them as enemies that don’t see face to face, he replied: “Politics is not war… you can afford to vote for different parties but the moment results are announced, you will remain brothers and not enemies.”

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