Bayelsa State publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Osom Makbere, has said President Goodluck Jonathan lost the March 28 presidential election due to international and domestic conspiracies.

Makbere, who is also a lawyer, stated this in an exclusive interview in Yenagoa on Friday.

He said the divisions in the PDP fold and the overbearing attitude of the President’s wife, Dame Patience, also contributed to the president’s loss.

Giving insight on the failure of the President at the poll, Makbere said, “History has stated that no failure, defeat or loss is a product of a single factor. Jonathan’s loss could be blamed on a multiplicity of interwoven causes.

“Jonathan was a victim and target of international cum domestic esoteric codes and conspiracies. On the international level, the passage of the anti-gay legislation led to criticisms and face-off with the US, and the West.

“The strides made in the economic sphere, especially domestic rice promotion, calculated by the Jonathan administration to flip economic growth, and boost import substitution, also negatively alerted the West. The shift to China for our railway transformation, and recently, the migration to Russia for arms and ammunition to quelling the insurgency also signalled to the West that Jonathan had started constituting a self-reliant and dependent nation-state, a feat seen too tall by the US and their allies in the West.

“The aforesaid international factors found room to flourish given the obstinacy and impudence on the part of Mrs. Jonathan. The end result of her personal ambition to plant ‘self-made’ governors triggered face-offs with some governors.”

Makbere also opined that the All Progressives Congress will perform worse than the PDP at the centre.

He said, “I can tell you that this APC will be worse than the PDP as there is already imminent fear of implosion.

“In Kano, for instance, the APC got all 40 constituencies. This meant that none of the PDP candidates were popular enough to emerge but, the PDP maintained their calm and stoicism.

“We do not know what the APC wants. Whenever they win, the PDP congratulates them, but whenever the PDP wins, the APC would induce the election observers and the electoral officers to call for a re-run or cancellation. That is the zenith of desperation.”

But Secretary, Bayelsa APC, Mr. Marlin Daniel, said the statement that APC would perform worse than the PDP was misinformed and unfortunate.

He said that APC parades men and women of proven integrity and impeccable track records of performance.

He said, “It is obvious Nigerians have seen the people in the APC. The international community knows the pedigree of people in APC leadership. When you go to states controlled by the APC you will see what is on ground.

“The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, is an incorruptible man. So, for anybody to say that APC will perform worse than the PDP is a child’s talk, mere campaign of calumny and propaganda.

“APC is a revolution and nobody can stop it. God’s hand is in this revolution that is why the PDP lost despite all the money they spent to remain in power.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/patience-jonathans-attitude-cost-us-defeat-pdp-chief/

We know before now.

They should stop all these blame game and restrategise... Election is over, re-building must commence immediately.

They actually thought she was doing them a big favour by badmouthing everyone on her way. Shame on her.

barcanista:
They should stop all these blame game and restrategise... Election is over, re-building must commence immediately.

You can rebuild and re-strategise as much as you want. If Nigerians are satisfied with GMB's tenure, there will be no place for you come 2019.
Whatever perspective you see it, PEJ will continue to be a disgrace to the office of the presidency. So amazing how she has gone silent after defeat.

“History has stated that no failure, defeat or loss is a product of a single factor. Jonathan’s loss could be blamed on a multiplicity of interwoven causes.

The factors that conspired against GEJ were indeed multi-dimensional: Jonathan himself with his poor performance, Incompetence, Ineptitude & Improbity.

The Obstinacy & Impudence of key members of his team including FFK, Okukpe, Fayose, Mama Piss, etc. The Sagacity of Tinubu as well as the Personality/cult following of Buhari played their own part.

Or maybe Nigerians were just fade up with PDP and the status quo. We simply wanted Change!

This comment about Mama Piss is particularly instructive, coming from a Bayelsa State PDP executive.

lolaxavier:
They actually thought she was doing them a big favour by badmouthing everyone on her way. Shame on her.

Shame on them too..
They should have made more efforts to censor her during the campaign.

PDP gave her too much airtime and too much power.

stevecantrell:


Shame on them too..
They should have made more efforts to censor her during the campaign.

PDP gave her too much airtime and too much power.

Unfortunately, they are now bemoaning their losses after giving her free run to showcase her idio*cy.

pls welding job needed