Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says President Goodluck Jonathan lost last Saturday’s presidential election because of the mood of voters, which he argued was determined by the economic conditions and level of poverty across the country.
Sanusi, the immediate past Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, said this during an interview with our correspondent on Saturday.
He said the voting showed that areas, which had a high rate of poverty, felt neglected by the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government over the years.
Sanusi said figures showed that the figures of the PDP in presidential elections from 1999 had continued to dwindle significantly.
The monarch said the PDP got fewer votes in 2007, lesser in 2011 and then fewer votes in 2015, causing it to finally lose to an opposition party.
He said, “I think in 2011, it was very clear that Jonathan had lost many states in the North that had previously been won by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. And it was clear that there was a general sense by people of the Federal Government not investing in the areas where there is a high level of poverty.
“I believe more and more of those states began to feel that sense of not feeling the federal presence and not feeling the impact of democracy in their pockets and I think it is extremely important for people to connect with the government.
“When you have such conditions after 16 years of democracy, it was natural that people would want to have a change and I think this is basically what has happened.” Punch
jonathan won the election but jega rig it, simple truth!