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President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by Nobody: 11:04am On Feb 17, 2013 |
..."Prior to the last meeting of the BoT, held January 7, where a new chairman ought to have emerged, there very strong indications that Jonathan relaxed, but what happened the night before the meeting was cancelled opened his eyes to the intrigues in the party"... ............................... Sunday Vanguard gathered, at the weekend, that the president, as part of moves to have a total grip of the party, will hold a meeting with members of the G-84, comprising state chairmen ofthe party, members of the NWC, members of the Board of Trustees, BoT, and some select members of the NEC. The first leg of the meeting was held on Thursday, but Jonathan, as learnt, asked Vice President Namadi Sambo to preside, just as the issues reportedly raised were, among others, the need for the party to grow inan atmosphere of peace and unity. At the meeting, Sunday Vanguard that those in attendance commended the president on his achievements especially in the area of the economy, infrastructure and assured of their unalloyed support to the Jonathan administration. Sambo was said to have thanked them for the visit and they pledged their support. According to a source close to the Presidency, a follow-up meeting was being planned where the G84 members will meet with the president on the need to be with him at all times as the leader of the party. Prior to the last meeting of the BoT, held January 7, where a new chairman ought to have emerged, there very strong indications that Jonathan relaxed, but what happened the night before the meeting was cancelled opened his eyes to the intrigues in the party. As the PDP leader, he was said to have found that he was not in charge especially against the backdrop that his favoured candidate would have lost as Obasanjo and his former Vice, Atiku Abubakar, though not at the meeting, were in charge of the events of the day, save for the Professor Jerry Gana-led committee coordinating the parley. Another move was a motion by Senate President David Mark at the BoT meeting to have another five-year tenure for the Secretary, Senator Walid Jibrin, from Nasarawa State and that blocked the chances of Obasanjo’s loyalist and former Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, from becoming the Chairman of the BoT and to pave the way for Chief Tony Anenih, whom Jonathan is said to be backing for the position. To start with, the president, through the PDP National Chairman, Tukur, immediately asked Onwe Solomon Onwe, an ally of Jonathan, to step into the shoes Oyinlola, an associate of Obasanjo. In sacking Oni and Mustapha on Friday, the PDP NWC also axed the Ogun State faction of the party loyal to Obasanjo. The NWC recognised the faction of the PDP which has been in opposition to the former president. ‘Our case for the PDP NEC’ .............................. The chairman of the Obasanjo faction of the Ogun PDP, Senator Dipo Odujinrin, who spoke on behalf of the loyalists of the former president after an emergency meeting that lasted about seven hours in Abeokuta, the state capital, yesterday, said they were taking their case to the party NEC. According to Odujinrin, Obasanjo’s followers were shocked by the action of the NWC in sacking the PDP zonal leadership and the former president’s faction of the party in Ogun. According to him, the Obasanjo group will seek to get the NEC to reverse the NWC action. Odunjinrin explained that their move was in accordance with Article 31 Sub-Section 2( of the party’s constitution. “At our meeting this afternoon, we resolved in accordance with Article 31 sub-sections 2 ( of our constitution to appeal to the National Executive Committee(NEC) of the party which is the much higher body than the National Working Committee (NWC) and we believe that our appeal to that body would receive a favourable consideration andthis injustice is corrected,”hestated. “We put our faith in the National Executive Committeeof PDP and trust that the right thing will be done”. The ousted chairman also said that the impatiality of the members of the South West caretaker committee of the PDP was doubted, stressing that the chairman of the committee, Ishola Filani, was a special adviser (politics) to Tukur. “I believe that the NEC will dothe right thing so that it would not affect the fortune of our party in future elections”, Odujinrin stated. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/jonathan-obasanjo-row-get-messier/ |
Re: President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by confusion247(m): 11:29am On Feb 17, 2013 |
That's a good move, a step in the right direction. |
Re: President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by Nobody: 11:37am On Feb 17, 2013 |
I like the way the president uses his powers INCREMENTALLY |
Re: President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by jmaine: 11:38am On Feb 17, 2013 |
Self destruction 1 Like |
Re: President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by Clerverly: 11:52am On Feb 17, 2013 |
Sincere 9gerian: I like the way the president uses his powers INCREMENTALLY 1 Like
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Re: President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by Nobody: 12:26pm On Feb 17, 2013 |
Sincere 9gerian: I like the way the president uses his powers INCREMENTALLY I suppose it is a case of he who dares wins Fair play to GEJ for demonstrating that he's got a few good cards up in his sleeve, in the battle for supremacy. Let's now sit back to see if he can live up to maxim that states: life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well 2015: Plot To Stop Jonathan ThickensSource |
Re: President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by Nobody: 5:57pm On Feb 17, 2013 |
Clerverly:Whoever doubt what president Jonathan can accomplish, at times without lifting a finger, may enquire from Farook Lawan |
Re: President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by CyberG: 6:07pm On Feb 17, 2013 |
Self destruction on countdown! ...5....4....3....(continues). LOL... |
Re: President Jonathan On The Offensive: Moves To Have Total Grip Of The PDP!! by seanet01: 7:44pm On Feb 17, 2013 |
jmaine: Self destructionHum, this guy |
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