The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, has given insight on why President Goodluck
Jonathan lost the recent presidential election to
the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, Muhammadu Buhari.
The spokesperson for the party, Olisa Metuh, said
Monday that the party headquarters was sidelined
during the campaigns, and that “overzealous”
persons were allowed to run a hate campaign
against Mr. Buhari, thereby making the former
military ruler more popular.
The PDP campaign was characterized by hate
campaigns against Mr. Buhari with little emphasis
on the achievement of Mr. Jonathan.
Some of the most horrific attacks against Mr.
Buhari came from the president’s wife, Patience,
the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and the
spokesperson for Mr. Jonathan’s campaign team,
Femi Fani-Kayode.
Mr. Metuh said, “In 2003 President Obasanjo ran
against Odumegwu Ojukwu, while late President
Yar’adua also ran against him in 2007.
“If the PDP had run its campaign based on hate
speech against the Ikemba Nnewi, he would have
won by a landslide in the whole of the South
East,” he said.
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