Former president Goodluck Jonathan’s role in the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State has been condemned.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Elders Forum indicated that he supported the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the election.
This was contained in a statement by Yenagoa, the state capital, the forum’s Chairman Chief Benson Odoko.
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Odoko claimed that Jonathan, who visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja before the election, kept his distance from the PDP throughout the campaigns.
Odoko recalled that the ex-President also refused to congratulate the PDP candidate, Senator Douye Diri, who was Commissioner for Sports when Jonathan was governor.
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