Patience Jonathan’s attitude & anti-gay bill made Jonathan lose the election - PDP chieftain

Bayelsa state PDP publicity secretary, Mr.
Osom Makbere says international and local
factors contributed to President Jonathan's
defeat at the 2015 general elections. He
blamed it most on the president's wife and
the signing of the anti-gay bill
"Jonathan was a victim and target of
international cum domestic esoteric
codes and conspiracies. On the
international level, the passage of the
anti-gay legislation led to criticisms
and face-off with the US, and the
West. The strides made in the
economic sphere, especially domestic
rice promotion, calculated by the
Jonathan administration to flip
economic growth, and boost import
substitution, also negatively alerted
the West.
The shift to China for our railway
transformation, and recently, the
migration to Russia for arms and
ammunition to quelling the insurgency
also signalled to the West that
Jonathan had started constituting a
self-reliant and dependent nation-
state, a feat seen too tall by the US
and their allies in the West. The
aforesaid international factors found
room to flourish given the obstinacy
and impudence on the part of Mrs.
Jonathan. The end result of her
personal ambition to plant ‘self-made’
governors triggered face-offs with
some governors.” he told Punch