Since the last presidential elections were held, there have been rumours that President Goodluck Jonathan lost the electoral contest due to betrayal from his own party men in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who allegedly worked against his success at the poll.
To get to the root of the matter, Nigerian Pilot has spent the last several weeks combing the political terrain, asking questions and getting answers, including drawing telling inferences from their findings. The report below (edited) has the full names of individuals and groups that betrayed Jonathan.
1. Adamu Mu’azu: The PDP Chairman claimed to be the “game changer”, many PDP members now wonder if Mu’azu did not really lead the party to change its fortunes. Mu’azu never went the extra mile to ensure Jonathan wins, even in his own ward as reports had it that he never displayed Jonathan’s posters anywhere near his home. Even some PDP youth groups that visited Bauchi on sensitisation were given cold reception by Mu’azu when they met him in Bauchi.
“He never shared in the Jonathan second term dream. He remained committed to the northern elders’ agenda of winning the presidential poll. It showed all over him. Did you hear him campaign against APC and Buhari throughout the period. He was just there just like that,” said a serving minister in the Jonathan cabinet.
2. Anyim Pius Anyim: He is the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. But as a key appointee of Jonathan, he played critical roles in the buildup to the elections in terms of appointments to the Campaign Council and such relevant roles. However, many PDP leaders swear that Anyim betrayed his principal, given the contracts he allegedly got from the electoral superintendent, INEC.
3. Ahmadu Ali: A former PDP National Chairman, Senator Ahmadu Ali is very old and far past his prime for any political mobilisation. Many are still wondering how come Jonathan trusted him for the strategic position he held in the presidential campaign organisation that tried to market Jonathan to the electorate.
However, not a few watchers hold the view that for members of Jonathan’s presidential campaign like Ali, they saw their appointments as “business as usual.” He ended up enriching himself at the expense of Jonathan’s campaign.
However, not a few watchers hold the view that for members of Jonathan’s presidential campaign like Ali, they saw their appointments as “business as usual.” He ended up enriching himself at the expense of Jonathan’s campaign.
4. Chief Bode George: No one can really tell what role this supposed PDP leader was to play, especially in the South-West axis of the party while the campaigns lasted. One fact, however, was that he was not effective, never seen and allegedly worked behind the scene to undermine the party and its interests. Babatunde Gbadamosi, a PDP governorship aspirant in Lagos took to his Face Book page with a series of posts slandering George of colluding with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to ensure PDP’s defeat.
5. Governor Babangida Aliyu: He is the Governor of Niger State and prides himself in being called the Chief Servant. As chairman of Northern Governors Forum, Aliyu was ostensibly prepared to undermine the Jonathan second term bid. A master of double-speak, many point to the fact that the governor was“APC in Niger State and PDP in Abuja.” Those who hold this view point to the fact that there was no visible Jonathan campaign poster in his state while the campaigns lasted; a role that the state governor ought to have effectively played.
6. Governor Sule Lamido: He is the governor of Jigawa State and co-traveller with Governor Aliyu in all their exploits and plots to undermine Jonathan from PDP to APC and back to PDP. Lamido is well schooled in the art of political manipulations to the extent that he was able to hoodwink an unsuspecting Jonathan into trusting him to deliver his state and influence same in the North. For example, he visited Jonathan several times, vowing to work for the success of his bid. None of his promises was fulfilled.
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