will retire to once his time as president is up on May 29th…it’s his
hometown of Otueke, a small island in Bayelsa State, where he has built
for himself and his family a sprawling estate consisting of several
mansion.
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who visited the estate, soldiers and members of other security
agencies, walk the estate grounds, which currently holds eight different
structures.
According to the report, GEJ started acquiring properties adjacent to
his sprawling country home in late 2013.
He reportedly acquired
properties on an area which runs to about seven acres of land around his
mansion, He paid off the people who lived there previously handsomely
so he could expand the estate.
It is also being reported that after acquiring the land around his
property, he hired a construction company called, Jiito Construction to
complete his sprawling estate.
The Jonathan’s mansions in the estates which had been undergoing
construction and reconstruction in the last 10 years are now ready to be
inhabited.
According to a source, activities at the estate were at a lull until a
couple of weeks ago. Which is why many have presumed it now needs to be
quickly finished for GEJ to move into come May 29.
A security operative at the property said,
I can tell you that the houses are ready. Everything is
in order. It remains only one building where the contractors are putting
window blinds, curtains and air conditioners. I overheard some of the
workers saying that they had been instructed to finish the last building
before the second week of May. I think it is because the President is
returning home. As of now, no domestic staff or relatives are living
here. All his relatives have their homes. It is only military men and
policemen that are living in some of the buildings. Even at that, many
buildings are left unoccupied because the buildings are so massive and
it will take a community to occupy them.
GEJ also own a mansion in Yenagoa the capital of Bayelsa, which he built while he was Deputy Governor of Bayelsa.