Nigerian people rejected you, not me, Mu’azu tells Jonathan
A former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, has said that he did not betray former President Goodluck Jonathan, who was the candidate of the party in 2015.
Mu’azu, who is also a former governor of Bauchi State, took to his Facebook account to react to the allegation that he betrayed Jonathan during the 2015 election.
He said he stood for Jonathan in the face of persecution and intimidation but the electorates rejected the former president.
“In the face of abuse, insult and open ridicule by our friends and brothers we supported President Jonathan faithfully.
“In all sincerity, I gave my best and all to my party. Those who blame us for not delivering maximum votes to the former President in the north seem to have forgotten that it is the people who vote,” he posted.
Jonathan had alleged that Mu’azu and some other trusted allies worked against his re-election, in a book, Against The Run of Play, written by Olusegun Adeniyi.
Against the Run of Play takes an intense look at Nigerian politics at a time when an entrenched political party was defeated in a presidential election after 16 unbroken years in power. This book offers the reader a narrative explanation and an unusual insight into the major human and institutional factors that led up to the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
The statement by Mu’azu reads:
“Ordinarily, I would have ignored the allegation that I betrayed President Jonathan and my party, but doing so could create the impression that I really did.
“I find it difficult to believe that President Jonathan would level such allegation against me. How can one betray himself?
“As the then National Chairman of the PDP, I have been at the forefront of the presidential campaign train. Those who insinuate that I betrayed President Jonathan and my party are being economical with the truth.
“In the face of abuse, insult and open ridicule by our friends and brothers we supported President Jonathan faithfully.
“In all sincerity, I gave my best and all to my party. Those who blame us for not delivering maximum votes to the former President in the north seem to have forgotten that it is the people who vote,” Adamu Mu’azu said in the statement.
