What I Told Jonathan to Do and He Refused - Ogbulafor Talks on How GEJ Caused His Defeat Which Destroyed PDP

 

While speaking on the recent happenings in the  country at his hometown, Olokoro in Umuahia south local government of Abia state, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, blamed the  failure of  the party in the 2015 Presidential election to the refusal of former President Goodluck Jonathan not to run for the second term.

 

The elder statesman and influential politician who also spoke on the  protracted leadership crisis in the party and the bail granted to Nnnamdi Kanu, said; “the crisis in the PDP has lingered so long and has made many stakeholders to defect to that All Progressives Congress.”

 

He said that the party’s failure started when former President Goodluck Jonathan “neglected” his advice not to run for a second tenure but to respect the party’s agreement on zoning and rotation of the presidency.

 

According to The Leadership, Ogbulafor admitted that the morale of PDP stakeholders was presently low but hoped that “it will pick up if the Supreme Court judgment favours Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi.”

 

He commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for effectively steering the ship of the nation since President Muhammadu Buhari took ill.

“I have always prayed for the president to get well so that he would resume his duties fully at Aso Rock Villa,” he said.

 

He also commended Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu for his commitment in transforming the state, adding that aside from tackling  the infrastructure deficit in the state, the governor was also paying attention to trade and commerce in Aba, the economic hub of the state.

 

On Nnamdi Kanu, he lauded the nation’s judiciary over the release of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) adding that,the judiciary had proved to be the last hope of the common man.