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| President Goodluck Jonathan |
By
Eyenisong
It
is no longer news that Buhari defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in
a keenly contested election that took place on 28th March 2015. What
is news in this part of the world is the fact that an incumbent President has
been beaten in an election he had no business losing. Quite a number of factors
contributed to the failure of Jonathan to secure a second term in office.
Before
enumerating some of these factors, it is however pertinent to point out that
his failure to win a second term is a big blow to the people of Niger Delta and
to a reasonable degree the South East too. The disaster that is the outcome of
the election stems from the fact that these two regions, especially the
South-South appear to have boxed themselves into a tight political corner. How
they wriggle out of this would require a political masterstroke. And at the
moment, I can’t see who, in the region, would be able to anchor such
masterstroke because we have evidently played into the hands of those who
probably never wanted the region produce a president in the first place.
