Why I lost my presidential bid in 2011—Dele Momodu

<p><em>Why I lost<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that as preparations for the 2023 presidential elections gather momentum&comma; players and aspirants are re-jigging strategies to emerge victories at both the primary and general elections&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In doing this&comma; experienced aspirants who have contested in the past are reviewing their past experience and retooling the fault lines to gate cracking&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was against the backdrop that Chief Dele Momodu&comma; foremost journalist and publisher&comma; Ovation Magazine Dele disclosed that the reasons he failed in the 2011 presidential contest have been identified and appropriate measures taken to avoid a repeat&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking on Arise TV&comma; Momodu who has moved to the Peoples Democratic Party&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">PDP<&sol;a> said that his 2011 National Conscience Party&comma; NCP&comma; now deregistered&comma; was not strong enough to win a national election at that time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;NCP was a fringe party that does not have the structure to win a national election in 2011&comma;” stressing that it accounted for the reason he failed in 2011&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He explained that like late Moshood Abiola who failed a presidential attempt in the early 80s and won in 1993&comma; he has put necessary measures in place to avoid failure in 2023&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He noted that he is well experienced to manage Nigeria and upgrade the standard of living&period; He urged voters to consider him at the poll&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;