Jonathan's Real Age Is Not 57

The new investigation based on the publicly available information disputes the “official age” of President Goodluck Jonathan.According to the public service documents, Jonathan was born in 1957 and turned 57 November 20, 2014. However a new finding suggests that the President is over 60, which is confirmed by information provided in a book on history.Naij.com received a study by guest contributor Dr. Peregrino Brimah, who after having found one of Jonathan’s earlier speeches suspected that the country leader might older than provided.Speaking in 2011 during his Christmas Carol address, President Jonathan said:“I remember the day I was chatting with a group of elders and they said after the war there was electricity everywhere, they travelled out and so on. I came to live in Port Harcourt in 1955. Even then, it was only Port Harcourt that had electricity, even the big cities, Bonny. But now, government must make sure even the smallest village and settlements have electricity light.”It turns out that not only did GEJ come to Rivers State before his birth, but he also had a cognitive ability to recognize electricity and to recollect this recognition.Thus Dr. Brimah concludes that he was at least 5 in 1955 as such intellectual ability is characteristic of this age.Interestingly in a book titled “World History” by US former Foreign Service officer and Professor of History at Penn State University, William J. Duiker, the author says that in reality Jonathan was born in 1951.It means the politician is currently 63, which is basically close to Brimah’s calculations. See the extract from the book below.

Dr. Brimah concludes his report as follows:

“This adds to a series of questions being asked about Nigeria’s president, including whether he actually completed his PhD as no written Thesis to support this claim is yet available in academic and public domain.As a disclaimer: though some politicians attempt to discredit age as a disadvantage, my reference to the president’s actual age is no such attempt to discredit him. I believe in the wisdom of the elderly and this aiding their ability to make right choices from contradictory advise.”It should be noted that the information comes amid attacks directed at Jonathan’s major opponent, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) running for Presidency at 72.Speaking January 27, 2015 during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State, GEJ insisted that Nigeria’s next President should be younger than him.“Obasanjo was president at 70, Yar’Adua at 60 and me close to 60 so the next president must be younger than me.”