President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the G7 group of aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appeared to be heading for the rocks, following indications that the G7 members may dump Atiku Abubakar and are thinking of Accord Party as an option.
Accord Party is believed to have been formed by loyalists of former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, ahead of the 2007 general election, but was later taken over by former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja.
Sources in the polity, however, told the Nigerian Tribune that the aggrieved governors of the PDP were eyeing the Accord Party, to strengthen their negotiations with other parties.
Besides, it was learnt that the governors believed that President Jonathan was not ready to shift his position on any of their demands, especially the call for an end to what they called harassment from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“The governors are worried that the president will not cede anything to them, as the body language in the last meeting showed. He seemed to have made up his mind, going by the dissolution of Kano State PDP executive in the midst of the talks,” a source close to the G7 governors said.
Sources said the group was being careful in teaming up with the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as the choice of the party’s presidential candidate would determine whether or not they could work with the merger party.
It was also gathered that loyalists of Obasanjo, who kick started the rebellion in the PDP, became uncomfortable that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was becoming the rallying point in the agitation, with Atiku reportedly positioning the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) to reap the benefits of the rebellion.
Sources told the Nigerian Tribune that the G7 team of aggrieved PDP governors had, therefore, decided on the Accord Party as a viable option to achieve many things at the same time.
A source said one of the plans on the agenda was to push the PDP to hasten the acceptance of their terms, while also open up to other parties as the beautiful bride.
A source said the decision had been taken ahead of the October 7 meeting at the Presidential Villa, so as not to get caught unawares by President Jonathan.
“The reason for the decision to move to Accord Party shortly is to prepare our minds for the worst. We are not hearing anything new from the meetings.
“The president appears not to be feeling the heat of the rebellion and the earlier we actualise our option, the faster the message will sink,” a source among the aggrieved governors said.
No deal yet with Jonathan —New PDP
THE reported cease-fire and peace deal between the warring factions of the People Democratic Party (PDP) has been disowned by the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led faction of the party, as it denied ever endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan for re-election in 2015.
The Baraje-led faction specifically accused the Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, of lying about the outcome of the reconciliation talks, while it urged Nigerians and supporters to ignore what it called “the concocted tales of Governor Akpabio.”
In a statement signed by the factional national publicity secretary, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, the faction urged its supporters to “ignore the tissue of lies and propaganda from the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led faction of the party on the outcome of our meeting with President Jonathan at the Presidential Villa on Sunday.”
The faction noted that “the fact of the case is that no agreement has been reached on any of the issues tabled before the president and until we see results, Nigerians should ignore the present efforts by the Tukur camp to deceive them.”
On whether President Jonathan should contest the 2015 presidential election or not, the faction noted that the PDP had “a mechanism and system of electing its standard-bearers for any election and until the time to choose the party’s presidential standard-bearer comes, any speculation on this is just a mere academic exercise.”
The party accused Tukur and other forces around the president of lacking seriousness in the search for peace within the party, noting that “just a few hours after Sunday’s meeting , Tukur-led faction once more showed its disdain for peace by unilaterally setting up a caretaker committee to run the affairs of Kano chapter.
“This was done without recourse to either the leader of the party in Kano State, Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, or other stakeholders of the party from the state.
“This illegality is a clear violation of our party’s constitution and was hurriedly done just to spite Governor Kwankwaso.”
While urging party supporters in Kano to ignore the caretaker committee, the statement said the faction had set in motion, machinery to organise a proper election as stipulated by the constitution of the party.

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If i were gej i will heat up the system, scatter pdp, then conduct a credible election come 2015 only not to contest at the dying moment.

Blakjewelry: If i were gej i will heat up the system, scatter pdp, then conduct a credible election come 2015 only not to contest at the dying moment.

Why will YOU not contest

When good people like YOU get intimidated by rascals and NOT contest elections that YOU are eligible then when rascals destroy things or country who do we blame who will the generations of unborn Nigerians blame

We need to ALWAYS stand-up for what is right and not run to GREECE embassy (+ other embassies) to ANDREW!

If you like shift to Abacha's corpse!
Just make sure the next NORTHERN DICTATOR brokered by OBJ is not a BREATHING CORPSE!!!!

Gooooooooo TIKKKKKKKKKKKI