That President Goodluck Jonathan lost the presidential elections is no more news. What is news is that some of his aides who paraded themselves in the public sphere like untouchables, contributed to the political down-fall of their principal.
Naij.com has compiled this list of Jonathan’s aides who were partly responsible for his loss. Read below:
1. Dr. Doyin Okupe: The administration’s attack dog was a disaster. His contributions to Jonathan’s loss will take a whole book to write down. He courted many enemies for the president rather than friends. Okupe’s temperament and inability to soak in criticisms were his greatest undoing. President Jonathan would have long wielded the big stick on the Ogun State born medical practitioner turned politician. His childish rants on twitter, uncivilised arguements with opposition leaders on television and insult-filled press statements were a public relations disaster for President Jonathan.
Dr. Doyin Okupe
2. Professor Ahmed Rufai Alkali: How do you employ a political liability as your political adviser? That was the question on the lips of political observers after Prof. Alkali resumed office as the political adviser to Jonathan some years back. Alkali has never won an election in his political life. He has only had appointments from government and has relied heavily on propaganda in staying on course in the political sphere. Alkali no doubt contributed to the failure of Jonathan at the polls because he wasn’t effective in his role, he lacks the political sagacity to mobilise people and failed woefully to galvanise support for the president.
Professor Ahmed Rufai Alkali
3. Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd): Dasuki is one aide anyone should not pray to have. As the National Security Adviser, he was a a ticking time bomb. As an aide to the president, he was more of a curse than a blessing. A rabble rouser, the Sokoto-born prince did more harm to Jonathan’s campaign than good. His careless statements, security blunders and silence on major national issues bordering on security was to say the least damaging to the president’s image.
Col. Dasuki Sambo (rtd)
4. Kingsley Kuku: Kuku who started on a good note in his position, was at some point carried away. He joined the infamous gang of Jonathan’s political ‘mercenaries’ whose brief seemed to be “Defend the president at all cost whether right or wrong”. His role in the Ekiti elections also dented his soaring image and that of his boss. He also went on a talking spree that made him goof severally while trying to justify the government’s failures. He was criss-crossing round the world telling all that cares that President Jonathan was the best thing to happen to Nigeria while the gale of unmitigated disasters at home continued unabated. Kuku is one man the president should have called to order long before he lost it completely.
Kingsley Kuku
5. Reno Omokri: Nigeria’s social media community will never forget Pastor Reno Omokri. From the Wendell Simillin saga to his retweet or favourite series to his dramatic demotion towards the end of the Jonathan’s administration, Omokri was a combination of cluelessness and incompetence. Why he left the pulpit for politics is not yet clear, but Reno should have stayed back. His contributions to Jonathan’s loss are enormous, gigiantic and un-quantifiable. He turned a vibrant youth population in the new media against the president through his unnecessary tweets and black propaganda which backfired at the end.
Reno Omokri
Meanwhile, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is pushing for disciplinary measures against Femi Fani-Kayode, for the scathing remarks he made about the party’s leadership.
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