shinejackie:
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It was part of it, that book he released few months ago where he castigated Jonathan and went to the west to make several comments against the government was a big negative to Jonathan, recall that the west hold him in high esteem, although, he appears like a saint but he is not.....anyways, l respect your opinion..

double0seven:


People should stop saying this nonsense. His Jonathan a kid, a small baby? He surrounded himself with exactly the kind of people he was attracted to, that he wished for. Those people were doing exactly what Jonathan told them to do. Did you hear anytime that he called any of them to order?

Jonathan is a pretender; a green snake under the green grass who likes to act through proxies while he pretends to hold a contrary opinion.

Even as at yesterday, policemen in Ekiti still teargas APC assembly men. Tell me again that Jonathan is unaware of this.

isbish:


GEJ lost beyond religious factors. Many Xtians voted Buhari...the Xtians who think beyond religion and know that development and progress in terms of economic productivity and social welfare isn't a thing of religion. Take it or leave it, Buhari is a good great man. GEJ messed up big time. He allowed his government creat more glaring division along religious line. Who goes to churches to campaign more? GEJ...it shows he is a president more for the Xtians than Nigerians. He took Muslims for granted. As a leader, never take people for granted. Be just and fair cos great leaders lead for all not for sections.

GboyegaD:
I think 2, 3, 4, and 5 nailed it. Crossing the boss in my opinion shouldn't be seen as a reason why he lost the election.

RockMaxi:
No 2 should not have been a weakness but the real strength of Jonathan. It will take us many years to see any leader with such ability.

babamadiba:
I'm a christian, I and my family voted buhari. My friends are xtains, and dey all voted buhari. All those gej till 2019 idiots are now making lame excuses for his loss. Smh

dammytosh:


You dey mind them.

I am a Christian and at the heat of the election, I will rather name my child Buhari instead of GoodLuck. That is how bad it is.

isbish:


Well said bro. Nigerians never seize to amaze me. They think GEJ didn't try to rig? Funny. He just couldn't cos we masses prayed to God to make our choice count. Videos of rigging are all over the net espcially in Akwa Ibom and Rivers. These are PDP riggers. They undermined the power of God. Many people speak with wanton arrogance that God will never allow GMB to lead Nigeria as if they are God...pathetic. GEJ was a bad leader who allowed midiocre people to sail his government. Ur followers are a reflection of who and what u are. He isn't much different from those clowns that ran his government down.

SirShymexx:


OBJ's book had nothing to do with apathy/dislike in western capitals for GEJ's government. They never liked the guy. Nigeria is a massive basket case, in an egg shell - and any little thing can trigger something grave enough to destabilise a whole region in Africa. Their policy towards naija is containment, till they have time to implement what they think is the solution to the country (Balkanisation) - and GEJ just wasn't the guy.

Buhari got anointed as the next president in the UK as far back as 2013. Heck, he even met the Archbishop of Canterbury. Ditto when Hillary Clinton was the US SOS - she did say a lot of things that pointed to regime change, and both UK/US showed a lot of pro-North sentiments by alluding to the wealth disparities and how extreme poverty was more rife there than in the South. Thus making the two countries open Consulars in Kano.

Obama visited Africa twice but never went near Nigeria. And David Cameron visited only Lagos and didn't go anywhere Abuja. That is the message right there.

kristisking:
Thank you my brother.It is not everyone that reasons like you.Like what one of my neighbours said,he clearly and boldly said that they are happy because a christian will longer rule over them,and I began to wonder what is actually wrong with these people.

Bifwoli:
GEJ lost simply bcoz the muslims wanted "one of their own" and not bcoz of all that hogwash.

GEJ did pretty well in all areas given the circumstance.

shinejackie:


It was part of it, whether we agree on it or not, u don't bite the finger that feeds you, Obasanjo cannot be ruled out in the whole scheme of things, he still commands respect in the North and all serving and retired military generals operate like a cult, they support themselves, look at the first letter he wrote to congratulate Buhari, he hammered on the military institution that nurtured him and others that has been ridiculed by the Jonathan administration, forget all the disagreement u see they display outwardly in the media, they respect each other and operate like a cult, l am not a fan of OBJ but he does command respect in the Nigeria political horizon.......fact!!!

porka:


The same Obasanjo reduced the military to a toothless dog by refusing them funds for weapons and combat training.

During Obasanjo's time, the only training he allowed were the ones subjecting the military to civilian authority. The military was funded for operation last in the '80s during Shagari's administration.

Successive governments beginning from Buhari's have been decimating the capacity of the military to prevent them from military take-over even though Buhari himself came in through a coup d'etat.

On one hand these actions are positive for Nigeria since it has prevented the military from disturbing the civilian governments since 1999, nevertheless, it's the main reason the military has been having difficulty in battling the insurgencies, first in the Niger Delta and then Boko Haram in the North.

A combination of the two will be good for Nigeria. I.e. continue re-orientation to prevent military incursion into politics and training for operations, combat and acquisition of first grade weapons to quell internal aggression and repel external challenge. This has been started by Jonathan, let Buhari not come and be playing to the gallery.

MKO4ever:
Confirmed
The vice president and mama peace were also opposition to Jonathan.
VP--No contribution
Mama peace--negative contribution

ignis:
I think in summary, GEJ is a good man surrounded with wicked and clueless advisers. GEJ really meant good for Nigeria, but the problem is his cabinets and his wife. They are always taking advantage of GEJ's calm nature

SirShymexx:


Lol. You mean Vito Corleone got rid of the useless mofo? There are power-brokers and kingmakers...but this went against all of them and the people, despite having a terrible international image.

There was actually no way he would have won and the handwriting was on the wall time ago. And it was a choice between leaving peacefully or in a coffin. However, most thought his advisers were going to make him commit suicide. But they acted smart by conceding defeat cos ....... (Fill in the gap) loool.

GboyegaD:


If he had done so well, there were high chances he would have won unless you are seeing it from the karma perspective.

cramjones:
Goodluck Jonathan has earned the dubious distinction of being the first president in Nigerian history to lose an election. In many ways, Jonathan was the architect of his own downfall. He made critical mistakes that turned the public and allies against him, and led them to gravitate towards the opposition. Here’s where it all went wrong:

1. Don’t cross the boss

When Nigeria emerged from 15 years of military rule in 1999, Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic party (PDP) was formed by wealthy retired generals to inherit power from the military. One of the godfathers was General Olusegun Obasanjo, who has governed Nigeria twice (between 1976-1979 and 1999-2007). Jonathan made the mistake of alienating Obasanjo; leading the general to write a public 18-page letter containing lacerating criticism of the president in December 2013. A party member likened Obasanjo’s hectoring of Jonathan to a father’s disappointment with his son.

Getting on the wrong side of Obasanjo is the political equivalent of crossing a mafia don
Rather than make peace with the 77-year-old, Jonathan’s office retaliated.

Getting on the wrong side of Obasanjo is the political equivalent of crossing a mafia don. You will pay. Obasanjo’s attacks on Jonathan intensified. In February, an irate Obasanjo quit the PDP and dramatically ripped up his party membership card on television.

Jonathan was naïve to think he could remain president without the support of PDP godfathers like Obasanjo. Although Nigeria is no longer under military rule, many retired millionaire generals call the shots from behind the scenes.

2. Playing fair
Previous Nigerian presidents were too cynical to expose themselves to the unpredictable risk of a fair election. The election victories of PDP presidents during the past 16 years have been partially “assisted” by electoral malpractice. That changed when Jonathan nominated Professor Attahiru Jega as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) in 2010. Jega vowed to reform Nigeria’s electoral process to ensure free and fair elections.

The former university lecturer exuded calm authority and integrity. He has painstakingly prepared for the task over the past four years by studying the rigging methods used in previous elections, implementing an elaborate system of voter registration, training thousands of electoral staff, and introducing biometric readers to identify voters by reading their thumbprint.

Jonathan created the environment for the emergence of these changes and gave Jega the freedom and authority to conduct reforms that led to a credible election. But by giving Jega a free hand to play fair, he allowed Jega to craft the weapons that were used to oust him from power.

3. Boko Haram and the Chibok kidnaps

Jonathan’s relations with party members at times resembled a football coach antagonising his star players
When Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in northern Nigeria, Jonathan failed to realise how much this would capture the public’s attention, both locally and internationally. His failure to speak about the kidnap for several weeks made him appear uncaring. These shortcomings were exacerbated by the behaviour of his wife, Patience, when she met the mothers of the kidnapped girls. Her ostentatious display and over-the-top emotions were mercilessly parodied.

Jonathan’s perceived casual indifference to the suffering of his people was compounded when he was photographed celebrating his niece’s lavish wedding just a few days after Boko Haram had killed 2,000 people in the town of Baga.

4. Bad management

Jonathan’s relations with party members at times resembled a football coach antagonising his star players into leaving for rival teams. His tendency to fall out with colleagues simultaneously weakened his party and strengthened the opposition. He quarrelled with one after another; leading several of them to leave the party in frustration and join the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The alliance between these and the opposition shoved Jonathan out of power.

5. Corruption and cronyism
Nigerians refer to their country’s resources as the “national cake” which must be shared by its citizens. There was a perception that Jonathan gave slices of the cake largely to members of his own community. Many powerful members of his government were from Jonathan’s region in the deep south of the country. Even Jonathan’s wife was appointed as a senior civil servant in his home state of Bayelsa.

There was a perception that Jonathan gave slices of the cake largely to members of his own community
Under Jonathan’s presidency many militant leaders from the oil producing Niger Delta area in the south have become very rich from government patronage and contracts. Some of them have been awarded security contracts to guard the oil installations they once protested against and attacked.

Jonathan has also pardoned a former ally accused of fraud and money laundering, increasing the cloud of suspicion hanging over his government.

These events caused deep resentment in other parts of Nigeria and created the impression that Jonathan ran a government that benefits those from his part of the country, the south, but not many others.

Jonathan even managed to get into a public feud with the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the respected Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. In February 2014 Sanusi alleged that $20bn of Nigerian oil revenue was unaccounted for. Rather than investigating the claims Jonathan fired Sanusi for his impertinence at publicly hinting of government fraud.

Buhari’s victory is historic and unprecedented. However Jonathan was responsible almost as much as Buhari was.

MzJackBaueress:
Is this the topic of discussion?

InvertedHammer:

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The issue is that in their delusion and paranoia, the so-called supporters of GEJ (none of them can point to how GEJ affected their lives positively) fail to acknowledge that people were fed up with the inactions and redundant-committees forming tendencies of GEJ.

They should compare 2011 and 2015 results and ask themselves,"what went wrong?". I am not a Muslim and I fully supported GMB from day one because the center was not holding.

I can only pray that Aisha bring sanity and class into "First Lady"
Some said Patience is a good wife. How? Any woman who flies presidential jets, enjoys perks of the presidency, gets N1bn in refreshments annually yet fails to support the husband as well as campaign for continuity deserves to be barbecued. She was protecting her interests. Some people misconstrue that as being a "supporting and a dutiful wife". Yea right. Let GEJ end up in face me and face you after. Then we shall see how dutiful she really is as a wife. Some people just don't get it.

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