Former Senate President, David Mark has said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan may have lost the 2015 Presidential elections because his wife, Patience, fought with most of his confidants.
Mark said this in ‘Against the Run of Play’, a book written by Segun Adeniyi.
Mark said Jonathan and his wife turned Aminu Tambuwal, former speaker of the house of representatives, into a political foe because he emerged Speaker against Patience’s wish.
“I took him (Tambuwal) and Emeka (Ihedioha) to the president for a meeting where they gave assurances that they would cooperate and work with the government. But there was always a concern from the Jonathan camp that Tambuwal was an ambitious politician,” he said.
Mark also said the former first lady was suspecting that he was nursing a presidential ambition.
“I guess she (Patience) had the same fear about me even when she never said it to my face. She once accosted Senator Joy Emordi to say, ‘Joy, I hear you are the manager of David Mark Presidential Campaign Organisation’, which was a baseless accusation.
“I had to meet the president to clarify issues with him. So, I would say it was President Jonathan and his wife who radicalised Tambuwal and turned him into a political foe.”
