{"id":6831,"date":"2013-07-20T21:25:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/egypt-coup-jonathan-restates-nigerias-position\/"},"modified":"2013-07-20T21:25:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T21:25:24","slug":"egypt-coup-jonathan-restates-nigerias-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/egypt-coup-jonathan-restates-nigerias-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Coup: Jonathan restates Nigeria\u2019s position"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday in Lagos restated the opposition of Nigeria and the African Union to the unconstitutional removal of any democratically-elected government.<\/p>\n
Speaking during an audience with Ambassador Raouf Saad, Special Envoy of the Interim President of Egypt, Mr. Adly Mansour at the State House, Marina, in Lagos, President Jonathan declared that the Federal Government maintains its stand that only the electorate in any country have the constitutional right to remove an elected leader.<\/p>\n