The Senior Special Assistant to
President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs,
Dr Doyin Okupe said President Goodluck Jonathan's acceptance of the
resulted averted a major crisis.
Okupe on Saturday stressed that
he never said if the All Progressives Congress, APC, survived he should be
called a bastard.
According to him, what he said
was that if they clinch power and survive the next four years, he would change
his name.
Okupe, who made the statement via
his official Facebook account, was clarifying his stand as people had
misconstrued his previous statement.
“Firstly I never said if APC
survives “call me a bastard” what I said was that” I will change my name” that
is the truth.
So the prerogative of changing my
name is mine.
“Bastard is not an alternative.
But u can continue to say that if it gives u the kick.
I really and truly don't care.
Secondly if I make a prediction it is my right to do so.
A prediction is essentially what
it is… A forecast or projected statement about the future. It does not have to
come to pass,” he said.
Okupe also praised Jonathan for
the step he took in conceding defeat.
He said that the USA Central
Intelligence Agency, CIA, had predicted the breakup of Nigeria, and it would
have come to pass, but for the sacrifice of Jonathan.
“The Almighty CIA predicted Nigeria
will break up after 2015 elections. It took the Godliness and intrinsic
humaneness of one man to stop that prediction.
“Whatever it is you guys have won
an election that was keenly contested yet you are not satisfied.
“12m Nigerians voted for Jonathan
while 15m for Buhari. This is nothing to be ashamed of,” Okupe said.
The SSA still emphasized that the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, methods of campaign was justified and lawful.
He also stated that politics was
not war, and life would go on, adding that the PDP will however be back soon.
“We are politicians and in our
business we are at liberty to use whatever lawful means we have to try and
discourage or put our opponents down.
“This is why when the game is over
we down tools and joke with each others again.
“Only inexperienced rascals and
ill bred effusively emotive or misguided individuals will carry on as if a war
has just been won or lost.
It was not a war it was a game.
Please cool your temper. Life goes on. WE WILL BE BACK,” he said.
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