Mu’azu responsible for defeat of Jonathan, PDP — Gulak

The Special Adviser on Politics to President Goodluck Jonathan, Prof. Ahmed Gulak, has blamed the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, for the loss of President Goodluck Jonathan and the party in the general election. Gulak, in an interview with Sunday Punch, said Mu’azu should be shown the way out of the party for it to regain its former stature.


He said Mu’azu started the electioneering of the President on a wrong footing when he noted as part of his speech at the commencement of the campaign that there was injustice in the party. He said the coming of Mu’azu heralded the downfall of the party, describing him as a mole. Responding to a question on the allegation by the PDP national chairman that there were moles within the party, Gulak said: “He should tell us who the moles are because there are a lot of people who believe that he is the number one mole planted in the PDP to destroy it. “If the belief of the majority of the members of the PDP is anything to go by, you could say that the party chairman was the number one culprit for the dismal outing of the PDP. “There is no party chairman of the PDP since 1998 that has led the party to such a disastrous outing. “As a result, the national chairman should consider himself one of those that have to give way for the new party to come up. “In fact, he doesn’t need to be told to turn in his resignation.” Asked if he believes Mu’azu is one of the moles in the PDP, Gulak said: “I would say he did not have the party’s interest at heart from the time the party started campaigns. “His heart was not with Mr. President, because when the President was inaugurating his campaign council, it was the national chairman who came out publicly to say there were a lot of injustices in the party. “And the question was: Who caused these injustices? “He was the national chairman; he had the authority to submit names to the Independent National Electoral Commission for elections and he short-changed a lot of people. “Therefore, I will align with those calling for his resignation as a result of this disastrous outing. “Even in his home state, Bauchi, he could not muster 25 per cent (of votes) for the party. “Therefore, he doesn’t need to be told that his time is up or that the PDP does not need him any longer if we have to rebuild the party.” Gulak said it was the position of Mu’azu that also cost the party the governorship seat in Adamawa State where the party featured a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu. Gulak said Ribadu was imposed on the party by Mu’azu despite the fact that he (Ribadu) was not popular. He said: “Ribadu, from day one, was not a known politician in Adamawa politics. “He is part of the impositions made by the national chairman that cost us a victory in Adamawa State. “It has been a PDP state right from 1999 and Ribadu was in the APC. “The national chairman just brought him from the opposition and gave him the ticket the following day. “How would you expect the people of Adamawa State to vote for that kind of candidate? “Those are some of the reasons why I am saying the chairman needs to go and give way for the rebuilding of the party.” Gulak said the party would return to the drawing board to strategise on the repositioning of the PDP. He said those leaving the PDP for the All Progressives Congress in the wake of the loss of the party were politicians of fortune. He said: “We will go back to the drawing board. “We already know that those that have defected from the PDP to the APC are politicians of fortune. “They are opportunists. “They want to look for where they can be accommodated in government, instead of them to stay back and rebuild their party to recapture power. “It’s (about) service; it is not what you get out of the system, but what you put into it. “That is why some people like us are staying back to rebuild the party around credible people. “We have to overhaul the party, analyse critically and then put the round pegs in the round holes in order to move the party forward. “We know that more of the people remaining are going to leave the party. “Even without telling them to leave, they will leave. “There are people that will be told to leave for their misbehaviours and for the roles they played in the dismal outing of the party. “After that weeding out; the good ones will be left behind as good seedlings for the new party to rejuvenate and recapture power in the nearest future.”   –

Culled from: The Eagle Online