Emir of Kano and former CBN governor, Muhammadu Sanusi II says President
Jonathan lost the Presidential election because many people were not
happy with him and his PDP-led government. In an interview with
Punch,
the Emir said high level of poverty in the nation played a deciding
factor in the voting pattern in this year's election. He said the PDP
had in previous elections consistently lost in areas that President
Obasanjo had majority of votes when he contested.
"I think in 2011, it was very clear that
Jonathan had lost many states in the North that had previously been won
by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. And it was clear that there was a
general sense by people of the Federal Government not investing in the
areas where there is a high level of poverty. I believe more and more of those states
began to feel that sense of not feeling the federal presence and not
feeling the impact of democracy in their pockets.
