Captain Olatunji Shelle, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Lagos State Chapter has explained why President Jonathan lost the presidential elections in
the state and other parts of the country.
Speaking during an interview with our correspondent on the claims that Jonathan lost because he failed to do certain things, Shelle said he had expected the president to have raised some objections when the issue of underage voting in certain parts of the country cropped up.
“I
also expected him to raise issues when he saw a sort of romance between
the INEC chairman, Jega and the APC. INEC is supposed to be independent
but that doesn’t imply they cannot be cautioned if they are going
astray. I think Mr. President didn’t do all these because he is a
complete gentleman.
“I also believed that some authorities who are supposed to be in charge of security worked against Mr. President too. These are some of the facts that many people are not ready to reel out because they want a united country,” he said.
Speaking on how he felt when it was announced that PDP lost the presidential election, he said: “Naturally, I will feel bad as the chairman of the party in Lagos because we worked very hard. We pointed out two areas that could militate against us like the distribution of PVC’s which was skewed in favour of one region against another and card readers which didn’t function maximally during the presidential election, and yet they counted the votes.
“These are some of the irregularities that affected the chances of Mr. President and our candidates in the National Assembly election. In Lagos in particular, a lot of rigging took place and that is why we approached the tribunal for redress,” he alleged.
Jonathan had lost the March 28 president election to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress. He has been named a hero in some quarters for conceding defeat, thereby averting the crisis that would have erupted in the nation.
Meanwhile, since the PDP’s loss at the polls, the party has been embroiled in crisis both at the state and federal level.
The executive Committee of the PDP had sacked Shelle for misusing election campaign funds.
At the national level, some top members of the party are calling for the removal of the party’s national chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, for failing to lead the party to victory. Mu’azu finally resigned last week.
Speaking during an interview with our correspondent on the claims that Jonathan lost because he failed to do certain things, Shelle said he had expected the president to have raised some objections when the issue of underage voting in certain parts of the country cropped up.
Sacked PDP Chairman, Tunji Shelle
“I also believed that some authorities who are supposed to be in charge of security worked against Mr. President too. These are some of the facts that many people are not ready to reel out because they want a united country,” he said.
Speaking on how he felt when it was announced that PDP lost the presidential election, he said: “Naturally, I will feel bad as the chairman of the party in Lagos because we worked very hard. We pointed out two areas that could militate against us like the distribution of PVC’s which was skewed in favour of one region against another and card readers which didn’t function maximally during the presidential election, and yet they counted the votes.
“These are some of the irregularities that affected the chances of Mr. President and our candidates in the National Assembly election. In Lagos in particular, a lot of rigging took place and that is why we approached the tribunal for redress,” he alleged.
Jonathan had lost the March 28 president election to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress. He has been named a hero in some quarters for conceding defeat, thereby averting the crisis that would have erupted in the nation.
Meanwhile, since the PDP’s loss at the polls, the party has been embroiled in crisis both at the state and federal level.
The executive Committee of the PDP had sacked Shelle for misusing election campaign funds.
At the national level, some top members of the party are calling for the removal of the party’s national chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, for failing to lead the party to victory. Mu’azu finally resigned last week.
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