“Financial impropriety a reflection of Jonathan’s lack of capacity” – Senator Anosike

Anosike, who announced his resignation from the PDP, said the party has a long way to redemption because in his native Anambra State for example, the party has been reduced to a family business with siblings determining what happens in the party.

Senator Emmanuel Anosike has said the revelation about financial impropriety associated with the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration, is simply a reflection of his lack of capacity.

Anosike who represented Anambra North in the 4th National Assembly (1999-2003), said this in an interview in Abuja, on Monday.

He was reacting to the on-going investigations into disbursements of $2.1bn meant for counter insurgency operations for campaign and sundry unrelated purposes.

The former lawmaker said while it is true that the President was betrayed, “what happened also has to do with his lack of capacity.

“He was not in control. At a point we had more than four Presidents, at a point we didn’t know who the main President was.

“All the names you are hearing now had some form of control, those of us who were in the party felt very disappointed that people who knew next to nothing about politicking were the people calling the shots.

“The kind of money that we are hearing that were given to people for doing nothing for not knowing what is supposed to be done, you see domestic staff in control, you see chief security officers who should be concerned with issues of security dabbling into electoral matters- people who know next to nothing about polling booths.”

According to him, the President entrusted novices with tasks they neither had the experience nor commitment to handle.

He explained that no Nigerian who would hear the amount of money and people involved and not get angry.

Anosike alleged that ex-President Olusegun Obansanjo cannot absolve himself of blame for the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party.

The politician noted that the former President’s decision to handover the party structure to state governors laid the foundation for the chaos the party is facing today.

He said, “Governors now became sole administrators, governors now became demigods in their states; governors determine who becomes councilor; local government chairmen; those who go to the National Assembly and the governor determines who will replace him.

“The governors determine who handles any position of responsibility in the state and at the federal level. With that, other party members began to live at the mercy of governors.”

He further explained that the same scenario is playing out today noting that these governors have today constituted themselves into a cabal which has foisted Ali Modu Sheriff on the party without recourse to founding members of the party.