He made the ‘revelation’ on Friday, March 20, during a Post National Conference gathering sponsored by Ondo governor, Olusegun Mimiko, calling it “an achievement of the Yoruba people”.

According to him, the PVC collection rate in the North East, which peaked at 80% in Yobe, compared to 62% in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state, would have assured a heavy Jonathan defeat at the polls.

He also called the President “a friend” and dismissed serial accusations that the current administration was corrupt by asking rather cheekily, “Who is not corrupt?”