As Goodluck Jonathan returns, #GEJWhileYouWereAway trends on twitter

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After news broke that former President Goodluck Jonathan arrived Nigeria from Ivory Coast today, Nigerians have taken to their twitter handle to relay to him what happened in the country while he was away. See the tweets after the cut.

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