This election is proving to be an abysmal outing for many political heavyweights in the People’s Democratic Party in the North as many of them have their political records dented by their inability to deliver even in their own units.
The National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, failed to deliver his ward to President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday.
In Mu’azu’s hometown, PDP’s presidential candidate, President Jonathan, got only 98 votes while presidential candidate of the opposition party, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, got 2,993 in Kardam B, Boto Ward in Tafawa Balewa council area of the state.
The Senate result also released showed that the senatorial candidate of the opposition APC, Mallam Ali Wakili, won with a total of 2,300 votes, while PDP senatorial candidate and Bauchi Governor, Isa Yuguda, also lost in the same ward with a total vote of 1,600. Barrister Dogara Yakubu of APC also won the House of Representatives elections with 2,347 to beat PDP candidate, who got 1,782 votes.
The PDP national chairman had in an interview with journalists on Saturday shortly after being accredited, said he was optimistic the PDP would win the elections.
According to him, “more than ever before, I am more than confident that PDP would lead despite speculations and animosities.”
This election more than anything seen before has shown a common resolve among the northerners especially in the North West and North East not only to pitch tent with their own but also to shun everybody who is opposed to his bid.
In the previous dispensation the trend was to vote on individual merit, with some states voting massively for the one party for the presidency while turning to another for other levels of election.
The Rainbow/ National Mirror
