Jonathan And Museveni , who is telling the truth?
In an article, “Ugandan president apologizes for stoning of Nigerian
president's car on inauguration day”, appeared in The Washington Post of
May 17, Uganda's President reaffirm, the Nigerian presidential convoy
was stoned, but the Nigerian government had earlier denied reports that
President Goodluck Jonathan convoy was stoned at on its way to Entebbe
International Airport.
The paper quotes President Yoweri Museveni apologizing for what he termed “hooliganism and irresponsibility” attack by supporters of an opposition leader to the leaders who attended his inauguration. The Washington Post, quotes Museveni mentioning out both the convoy of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and DR Congo's President Joseph Kabila.
The Washington Post report also quotes the Ugandan leader warning the local and international media that will be treated as such. Museveni is quoted as saying that: “The media houses both local and international such as Al-Jazeera, BBC, NTV, The Daily Monitor...that cheer on these irresponsible people are enemies of Uganda's recovery and they will have to be treated as such.”
The alleged report was first denied by President Jonathan's Spokesman, Ima Niboro, who was quoted by the Nigerian newspaper, Daily Trust, this suggests that there was no such attack on the Nigerian presidential fleet.
“There was no attack on the president [Jonathan] in Uganda,” the newspaper quoted, the spokesman. Mr. Niboro added: “We only passed by opposition elements whose leader returned to Uganda today, during a peaceful procession on our way to the airport.”
The reaction followed a comment made by the Executive Director of the Uganda government's media centre, Fred Opolot. The media executive director in Uganda, Mr Opolot had said that: “The car belonging to Goodluck Jonathan was stoned by mobs. The security shot around the area, and one person was shot dead.”
“Unfortunately, a (motorcyclist) who was crossing (near) the president's car was shot dead. The security forces mostly used rubber bullets. But he really posed a threat to a foreign dignitary who happened to be a head of state,” Mr. Opolot said in a statement that the Ugandan opposition termed; government's propaganda.
The oppositions say that Mr. Opolot was just defending and justifying the Ugandan police's brutality that fired into unarmed crowd of its supporters who were welcoming Dr. Kiiza Besigye back in the country in which one person was reported killed on spot, although others sources put the number killed to five.
The Nigerian leader Goodluck was among the heads of states that turned-up for the inauguration of President Yoweri Museveni, in Kampala.
The paper quotes President Yoweri Museveni apologizing for what he termed “hooliganism and irresponsibility” attack by supporters of an opposition leader to the leaders who attended his inauguration. The Washington Post, quotes Museveni mentioning out both the convoy of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and DR Congo's President Joseph Kabila.
The Washington Post report also quotes the Ugandan leader warning the local and international media that will be treated as such. Museveni is quoted as saying that: “The media houses both local and international such as Al-Jazeera, BBC, NTV, The Daily Monitor...that cheer on these irresponsible people are enemies of Uganda's recovery and they will have to be treated as such.”
The alleged report was first denied by President Jonathan's Spokesman, Ima Niboro, who was quoted by the Nigerian newspaper, Daily Trust, this suggests that there was no such attack on the Nigerian presidential fleet.
“There was no attack on the president [Jonathan] in Uganda,” the newspaper quoted, the spokesman. Mr. Niboro added: “We only passed by opposition elements whose leader returned to Uganda today, during a peaceful procession on our way to the airport.”
The reaction followed a comment made by the Executive Director of the Uganda government's media centre, Fred Opolot. The media executive director in Uganda, Mr Opolot had said that: “The car belonging to Goodluck Jonathan was stoned by mobs. The security shot around the area, and one person was shot dead.”
“Unfortunately, a (motorcyclist) who was crossing (near) the president's car was shot dead. The security forces mostly used rubber bullets. But he really posed a threat to a foreign dignitary who happened to be a head of state,” Mr. Opolot said in a statement that the Ugandan opposition termed; government's propaganda.
The oppositions say that Mr. Opolot was just defending and justifying the Ugandan police's brutality that fired into unarmed crowd of its supporters who were welcoming Dr. Kiiza Besigye back in the country in which one person was reported killed on spot, although others sources put the number killed to five.
The Nigerian leader Goodluck was among the heads of states that turned-up for the inauguration of President Yoweri Museveni, in Kampala.
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