Tsohon Shugaban Najeriya, Goodluck Jonathan, ya yi tarayya da tsohon Shugaban Soja, Janar Yakubu Gowon, a ranar haihuwarsa ta shekaru 90. Jonathan ya yabé Gowon a wani taro da aka shirya a hedikwatar ECOWAS a Abuja, inda ya bayyana shi a matsayin wanda ya fi kowa nuna kyawun jagoranci, musamman yadda ya jagoranci Najeriya a lokacin yakin basasa na Biafra daga shekarar 1967 zuwa 1970.
Jonathan ya ce, “Mun gode wa Allah saboda rahotanni da ya yi wa Najeriya. Lokacin da ake ambaton sunan sa, abin da ke zuwa zuciya shi ne yakin basasa. Na kasance dan shekara biyar ne a lokacin na makarantar firamare. Ya jagoranci kasar ta hanyar matsalolin da ta fuskanta.” Ya kuma nuna cewa, Gowon ya nuna kyawun jagoranci da nuna son kasa, musamman a lokacin yakin basasa.
Taro dai ya jawo manyan mutane da dama, ciki har da wakilcin Shugaban kasa Bola Tinubu, wanda aka wakilce shi ta hanyar Sakataren Gwamnatin Tarayya, Senator George Akume; tsohon Shugaban kasa Olusegun Obasanjo; tsohon Shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buhari, wanda aka wakilce shi ta hanyar tsohon Sakataren Gwamnatin Tarayya, Boss Mustapha; tsohon Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa, Bukola Saraki; da kuma Shugaban kasa na kasa na jam’iyyar APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, da sauran manyan mutane.
Sultan na Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III, ya kuma yabé Gowon, inda ya ce rayuwarsa ta fi kowa nuna son kasa da kuma nuna kyawun jagoranci. Ya kuma nuna cewa, Gowon ya yi manyan hidimomi ga Najeriya, musamman a lokacin yakin basasa.
