Bayelsa state PDP publicity secretary, Mr. Osom Makbere
says international and local factors contributed to
President Jonathan's defeat at the 2015 general
elections. He blamed it most on the president's wife and
the signing of the anti-gay bill
"Jonathan was a victim and target of international
cum domestic esoteric codes and conspiracies.
On the international level, the passage of the
anti-gay legislation led to criticisms and face-off
with the US, and the West. The strides made in
the economic sphere, especially domestic rice
promotion, calculated by the Jonathan
administration to flip economic growth, and boost
import substitution, also negatively alerted the
West.
The shift to China for our railway transformation,
and recently, the migration to Russia for arms and
ammunition to quelling the insurgency also
signalled to the West that Jonathan had started
constituting a self-reliant and dependent nation-
state, a feat seen too tall by the US and their
allies in the West. The aforesaid international
factors found room to flourish given the
obstinacy and impudence on the part of Mrs.
Jonathan. The end result of her personal ambition
to plant 'self-made' governors triggered face-offs
with some governors." he told Punch
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