By Simon Ebegbulem
BENIN—Former governor of old Bendel State, Dr Samuel
Ogbemudia, Wednesday, said that a cabal of sycophants in the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held President Goodluck Jonathan
hostage for six years.
He said that the PDP mismanaged its victory in the past 16 years,
adding that unless they work harder in future elections, it would be
difficult for the party to match the determined All Progressives
Congress, APC.
The elder statesman who spoke in Benin City, said: “PDP is made up
of responsible people in the country, but these responsible people
are people who do not welcome any type of challenge, argument or
interference. So, once they took their decision, they didn’t want
anyone else to know what led to that decision and nobody should
challenge them. Because of that they held the president hostage all
these years.
“Some of his advisers, before they met with Jonathan for certain
issues, first met to decide what they were going to tell him, who
would speak, who would oppose, while the rest would support it and
majority would carry the vote. They would plan it that way before
meeting the President. So, Jonathan would have no option than to
go ahead and they succeeded in a number of cases and that led to
what we have today.
“When the PDP won the first election, it was overwhelming. As a
result, they mismanaged their victory and having mismanaged the
victory the outcome is defeat. So if they want to win elections in
future against a determined party like the APC, they must work twice
as hard like they have done in the past. PDP did not put its home in
order. Most APC members today were formerly in PDP.”
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