The Senior Special Adviser to the
President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe,
has said that he stands by his words that
the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari,
is not
an electable leader.
Many critics of the All Progressives
Congress candidate, including the Ekiti
State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, who, in
the buildup to the March 28 presidential
election, condemned Buhari, had
subsequently apologised after he won
the election.
But Okupe, on Monday said he would
stand by his words that Buhari, who he
said had no West African Senior School
Certificate, was not eligible to contest for
President.
He stated on his official Facebook page,
“These are very interesting times in our
nation. An election has come and gone. A
victor has emerged and the loser has
conceded.
“Yet some of our folks are behaving as if
we have just gone through a war between
two hostile nations. The APC agents all
over the place are unrelenting in their
tirades of abuses, insults and lies against
President Goodluck Jonathan, his aides
and supporters.
“It is shameful that we are still saddled
with denying falsehood and fabrications
in the social media and even by hitherto
highly respected newspapers.
“Missing $20bn found in an account in
Zenith. PGEJ returns tons of dollars to
federation accounts. N2tn spent on
elections by PGEJ. Okupe says Chibok
girls will not be found. How many lies,
deliberate falsehood and evil
propaganda, outright curses and attacks
must we suffer just because we lost an
election in which we were never
disgraced?
“Buhari polled 15m (56 per cent) while
Jonathan scored 12m (46per cent).
Those who talk to us disparagingly
should respect the sentiments of the 12m
Nigerians who voted for Jonathan.
“Of course, we have our reservations
about the results but we will pass on that
for now. We have lost this election but
this is not and can never be a crime. We
are all Nigerians and having lost does
not make us less. We should be allowed
to bow out peacefully and
constitutionally on the 29th of May.
“Yes, I said Buhari was not electable. I
also said his victory will not happen. I
said and I still insist that Buhari has no
WASC certificate. I said a lot of things to
promote my candidate and many things
to put his opponent down.
“I have no regrets for any of the
statements I made. Lai Mohammed said
worse. This is the nature of politics. For
anyone who cares to listen. We will be
back, period.”
