A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South has said President Goodluck Jonathan will not get the region’s votes in the forthcoming presidential elections as the APC will capture the region.
APC national chairman South South, Hilliard Eta told Weekly Trust in Abuja that in the past, the South South rallied behind President Jonathan as a result of the hope that he will help to address the various challenges facing the entire region which he said the president has failed to do.
He said the president has instead created more problems by favouring some people and sections of the region pitching them against one another.
Eta accused Jonathan of exploiting ethnicity and religion using them as trump cards to gain favour instead of showcasing his performance and fulfilling the promises he made to the people when he campaigned in 2011.
The APC chieftain said Jonathan has also benefited from the endless struggles by the Niger Delta people for so many years while he has never in the history of the region participated in the struggles.
“When we were struggling with our oppressors, Jonathan was unknown in anyway. He has never lend his voice for the emancipation of the Niger Delta people. He only benefited from their misery,” he said.
He reiterated that the mindset of the people of South South in 2015 is different from what it was in 2011 as according to him, the issue that forced them to come together to support Jonathan has been jeopardized by the president himself.
He noted that Jonathan has betrayed the people who supported his candidature by portraying them as enemies while enriching people of questionable characters who were known criminals and threaten other Nigerians at will.
