With the choice of frontline lawyer-pastor Yemi Osinbajo as All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential
candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chiefs have returned to
the drawing board.
The PDP and the Presidency are said to be jittery over the choice of the professor of Law and former
Attorney-General and Commissioner for justice, Lagos State.
The ruling party, The Nation learnt last night, was building its campaign against the APC on the following
pillars:
•If the APC goes for a Moslem-Moslem ticket, it (the PDP) will brand the opposition party as insensitive to
Nigeria’s glaring religious divides; and
•A Southwest candidate will make it difficult for the PDP to win the zone’s sympathy. Now the APC has
picked a son in-law of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who is revered even beyond the zone.
Osinbajo’s “impeccable” personality has dismantled every plan to launch an attack on the person of the APC
presidential running mate, it was said.
The ruling PDP had plotted to latch on religious factor to win the sympathy of Nigerians during the campaign
for 2015 presidency.
There were strong indications yesterday that the PDP has returned to the drawing board on how to curtail
the growing support base for APC.
According to sources, PDP leaders were shocked that APC chose a running mate without rancour.
It was learnt that PDP had expected a slip from APC in order to make a campaign gain from it.
It was gathered that some “attack dogs” had already been positioned to launch vexatious propaganda
against the opposition on its running mate.
There have been consultations between the Presidency and the PDP leadership since Osinbajo was named.
A top source said: “There was gloom in PDP on Wednesday, following the announcement of Osinbajo. The
calculation was that APC will be plunged into a crisis on the choice of its running mate, but that was not the
case.
“The PDP had been looking for a slight mistake to brand APC a religious party after it could not sustain the
bigot stigma on Gen. Buhari.
“Some attack dogs were on standby to hit the APC. All the plans have now failed.
Another source said: “By picking Osinbajo, the chances of PDP in the South-West have become slimmer
because the party had wanted to take advantage of the political dynasty of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo
to make an inroad into the region.
“The Presidency had tried to accommodate the grand son of the late sage, Mr. Segun Awolowo by making
him the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council(NEPC).
“But APC has also made the late Awolowo’s son-in-law as its vice-presidential candidate putting paid to
any scheming by the PDP in the Southwest.”
A third source said: “With the emergence of Osinbajo , the PDP has returned to the drawing board.
“The ruling party is now left to base its campaign on issues than sentiments.”
Contacted, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the party could not lose sleep
over Osinbajo.
Metuh, who spoke with our correspondent, said: “Who is Osinbajo? He was an ordinary commissioner and
we have hundreds of commissioners in the country. The APC vice- presidential candidate is an unknown
individual in politics. He is not a threat to PDP.
“One thing I know is that if it comes to issues and performance we will win the 2015 presidential election
but if it comes to throwing anarchy or chaos, the APC will have upper hand.”
Parties were rushing to beat the deadline for the submission of list of presidential candidates and those
contesting for seats in the National Assembly.
A director in INEC, who interacted with our correspondent last night, said: “The parties have been rushing to
submit their lists. They pleaded with INEC chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega to extend the deadline to 8pm on
Thursday.
“Their request was granted but we will not exceed the timeline.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday shifted the deadline for the submission of
lists of candidates for the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections from December 25 to December
26.
The commission, however, declined to comment on the number of political parties, which had submitted or
yet to summit the forms bearing the names of their Presidential and National Assembly candidates.
The Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, said the date was shifted because it falls on
Christmas Day.
Yesterday was the deadline for the submission of names of Presidential and national Assembly candidates by
the parties.
He said: “For the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the deadline is Thursday December 18 by 8
pm for the submission of form CF001 and CF002.’’
When asked to give the list of parties that had complied he said: “Even by tomorrow (today), you may not
likely get the information from INEC because the law provides that what is being submitted today must be
officially published on December 25
He said the deadline would not be extended. thenationonlineng.net/new/2015-election-panic-pdp-presidency-osinbajo/

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Those who rig elections are never panicked.

PDP will not only panick, there will also be confusion in your camps. Sai Buhari 2015

Feels like a "Scud Missile" into the heart of PDP!

#PDP on the brink.
#Nigeria's redemption at hand.

God Bless APC.

The constant thing in life is CHANGE.

Even bakare wey de popular no work, e come be one unknown osibanjo panic ko packing ni

chukwudi44:
Even bakare wey de popular no work, e come be one unknown osibanjo panic ko packing ni

You are a failure, same way your brother Ihredi whatever failed to become speaker. GEJ using ibos for his political wars and dumping them one after the other.

Is it the puppet below that will make us panic. Its because GEJ have allowed one man one vote that they are making noise after selling the destinies of their children to Tiifnubu. Even in my wildest dreams, this puppet cannot be the VP of my country. It can happen in Lagos O but Nigeria? lie lie

PentiumPro:


You are a failure, same way your brother Ihredi whatever failed to become speaker. GEJ using ibos for his political wars and dumping them one after the other.

Lol who be original use and dump? Nobi Amaechi wey una chop him money come abandon am.As for Tambuwal he is no speaker rather Alhaji Tambuwal the leader of a group of thugs that is why he has no security details

KwoiZabo:
Is it the puppet below that will make us panic. Its because GEJ have allowed one man one vote that they are making noise after selling the destinies of their children to Tiifnubu. Even in my wildest dreams, this puppet cannot be the VP of my country. It can happen in Lagos O but Nigeria? lie lie

See as the mumu de look him Oga thiefnu.bu This guy has no carriage for a LG chairman let alone a vp

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author=PentiumPro post=29013480]

You are a failure, same way your brother Ihredi whatever failed to
become speaker. GEJ using ibos for his political wars and dumping them
one after the other.[/quote]

did ihedioha informed you that he wants to be the speaker? You are thoroughly a stupid person.Buhari or whatever his name is will never,i repeat,will never win the election. i will strongly advice you to keep packaging ur tears for next year,misguided aardvark

PDP scared because of one unknown Osinbajo? Wishful thinking from APC e minions. I see no reason why a failure plus another potential failure will scare PDP in 2015.

The man is an unknown quantity.if Apc like let them pick adeboye, kumuyi or even pope;they will be thoroughly defeated next year.I always feel happy seeing the foolish general cry.i want him to cry more next year.Apc E-monkeys can help him by donating some of their tears incase the generals tears gland quench before the election.

Who is "Oh Sin of Buhari" to scare PDP?.
RestInPeace APC, from confusion you came and unto confusion you will go.

chukwudi44:


See as the mumu de look him Oga thiefnu.bu This guy has no carriage for a LG chairman let alone a vp

d same way d clueless president look like in 2007,even as deputy in 1999.but d difference is that gej is a doctor of animal,while Osinbajo is prof of law.

Jesusloveyou:
d same way d clueless president look like in 2007,even as deputy in 1999.but d difference is that gej is a doctor of animal,while Osinbajo is prof of law.

Reminds me of when he came to Ogun state when he was still vp during OGD's era. He was just floating like a kite in the agbada costume daniel made for him

Jesusloveyou:
d same way d clueless president look like in 2007,even as deputy in 1999.but d difference is that gej is a doctor of animal,while Osinbajo is prof of law.

bad niggah, that's you!

I am popular than the VP(adim popular than De VP)

Swizdoe:

Reminds me of when he came to Ogun state when he was still vp during OGD's era. He was just floating like a kite in the agbada costume daniel made for him

but he is your president today...

comos:

but he is your president today...

But he won't be my president forever

Let no one blame osinbajo is just that two tired sickly can not be in office that why they brought the unknown dwarf,anyway confusion in apc and party in pdp in 2015

Osibanjo is a nobody who cannot win the sw for buhari