Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, Ita Awak, has apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan for what he described as years of "malicious falsehood" against Mr Jonathan's handling of insecurity when he was in office.

Mr Awak, a former director, airworthiness standards at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority under the former President Muhammadu Buhari administration, issued the apology in a Facebook post on Friday.

"I wish to sincerely apologise to my fellow Nigerians for joining years ago to peddle the blatant falsehood that the government of President Goodluck Jonathan was clueless because of the Chibok girls crisis and insecurity in parts of the north orchestrated by milita...