The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East has described President Goodluck Jonathan as ‘de facto Campaign Manager of General Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr Osita Okechukwu, the spokesman of the South-East APC told party members Jonathan earned the title automatically because of his failure to provide welfare and security to Nigerians.

Okechukwu said Buhari had 60 per cent chance of winning the February 14, 2015 presidential election.

When asked to explain what he meant by de facto Campaign Manager, he said the election of Buhari became imperative because Jonathan failed to provide welfare and security to Nigerian citizens, in spite of unprecedented resources.

“President Jonathan lacks the political will to stem corruption and fight Boko Haram; that’s the GMB appeal, even from unlikely quarters like the South-South and South-East. Nigerians want positive change. Can a president who failed to utilise a good oil revenue regime, succeed under oil glut regime? No! No! No!.

“It is my candid view that our dear president wasted a golden opportunity by failing woefully to fulfill the promises he made four years ago. For instance on 13th May, 2010, he awarded a $23 billion contract for the construction of three greenfield refineries – one to be located at Bayelsa, one for Lagos and one for Kogi. Five years down the line, the money had grown wings and the refineries dead on arrival,” Okechukwu said.