Jonathan Under Fire For Questioning Buhari’s Victory

Leaders Of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have blasted President Jonathan for questioning the victory of Mohammadu Buhari in the just concluded presidential election.

President Jonathan had on Thursday, April 30, at the submission of the report of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO), questioned the results of the March 28 presidential election.

The president said he congratulated Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), before the final result was announced only for the unity of Nigeria.

The president’s recent comments have however attracted the ire of APC leaders who accuse him of playing on public sympathy.

The party leaders have therefore called on Jonathan to stop seeking public sympathy and ask for forgiveness from Nigerians who rejected him at the March 28 poll.

Reacting to Jonathan’s claims, a chieftain of the APC, Senator J. K. N. Waku said “why did Jonathan rush to accept defeat if he knew that Buhari didn’t have a clear victory? The fact that he conceded defeat early has shot up his public image, but his recent statements are only confirming to the world that he is not the person he was trying to convince the world he is. His claim is shocking. Obviously, he acted contrary to the dictate of his mind, the real him. He should stop being a cry cry loser.”

In the same vein, National Vice Chairman of APC (North-east), Engr. David Lawal asked Nigerians to disregard whatever the president was saying.

He said: “The man was roundly defeated. People are praising him for conceding defeat. What was he supposed to do? He was defeated in an election and what he did was not extra-ordinary. He did not have any option, but to accept the out come of the elections. There is no big deal in the fact that Goodluck Jonathan accepted defeat. Nigeria is a funny country.”

Meanwhile, Chief Olabode George has blamed the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Atahiru Jega, for the loss the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered at the presidential election.

Bode George in a statement on Friday, May 1, alleged that Atahiru Jega conspired with enemies of the PDP to deny the party of a decisive victory through a bungled election process."