Leaders Of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) have blasted President Jonathan for
questioning the victory of Mohammadu Buhari in the just concluded
presidential election.
Muhammadu Buhari won the March 28 presidential election
President
Jonathan had on Thursday, April 30, at the submission of the report of
the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO), questioned the
results of the March 28 presidential election.
The
president said he congratulated Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), before the final result was announced only
for the unity of Nigeria.
The president’s recent comments have however attracted the ire of APC leaders who accuse him of playing on public sympathy.
The
party leaders have therefore called on Jonathan to stop seeking public
sympathy and ask for forgiveness from Nigerians who rejected him at the
March 28 poll.
Reacting to Jonathan’s claims, a chieftain of the APC, Senator J. K. N. Waku said “why
did Jonathan rush to accept defeat if he knew that Buhari didn’t have a
clear victory? The fact that he conceded defeat early has shot up his
public image, but his recent statements are only confirming to the world
that he is not the person he was trying to convince the world he is.
His claim is shocking. Obviously, he acted contrary to the dictate of
his mind, the real him. He should stop being a cry cry loser.”
In
the same vein, National Vice Chairman of APC (North-east), Engr. David
Lawal asked Nigerians to disregard whatever the president was saying.
He said: “The
man was roundly defeated. People are praising him for conceding defeat.
What was he supposed to do? He was defeated in an election and what he
did was not extra-ordinary. He did not have any option, but to accept
the out come of the elections. There is no big deal in the fact that
Goodluck Jonathan accepted defeat. Nigeria is a funny country.”
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Meanwhile, Chief Olabode George has blamed the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Atahiru Jega, for the loss the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered at the presidential election.
Bode
George in a statement on Friday, May 1, alleged that Atahiru Jega
conspired with enemies of the PDP to deny the party of a decisive
victory through a bungled election process.