by Ranti Joseph

The Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Organisation told President Goodluck Jonathan to forget the votes from the South west despite his repeated trips to the zone and the series of parleys he held with groups during such visits.

The group which gave the sweeping verdict said Jonathan erred by thinking the votes of the South west was for sale.

According to the Coordinator of the organisation in Lagos State, Abiodun Faleke, people in the region will not vote for a president who has no record of kept promises.

Faleke, a member of the House of Representatives, who is seeking re-election from the Ikeja Federal Constituency, reminded Jonathan that a promise he made on the power sector in August 12, 2010 has not been fulfilled five years after.

He recalled how Jonathan promised the Nigerians would enjoy stable power beginning from 2012 at the launch of the Roadmap for Power Sector Reforms at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

“Precisely, Mr. President said By God’s grace, by December 2012, Nigeria will not only celebrate one day of uninterrupted electricity supply, but we would celebrate one week, one month and so on of uninterrupted electricity supply,” he said.

Reacting to President Jonathan’s frequent trips to Lagos since the shift of the general elections from February 14 and 28, Faleke said the people will still not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), even if the President moved the seat of power to the Centre of Excellence.

“It doesn’t matter how many weekends the President spends here in the South west; it doesn’t also matter how much he gives out to individual, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will still defeat him. We’re defeating him. His constant trips to Lagos clearly show that Mr. President has lost it not only in Lagos but in the entire Southwest. Of course the people will take his money and still voter according to their conscience. If in the past six years, he has not shown interest in the Southwest, then it is too late to be rushing here every week. The money being wasted as Greek gifts could have been channelled into ventures that would benefitted the society. In 2010, he came to Lagos to promise steady power supply. Has he done that? Do we have power now? Interestingly, the same venue where he made that promise is Mr. President base again. Enough of unfulfilled promises!” he said.

Faleke described as contradiction that the same Yoruba leaders President Jonathan once described as rascals have suddenly become his beautiful brides.

Janeth J