http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/02/governor-fayose-explodes-presidential-contest-do-or-die-affair-advocates-use-policearmy An inaugural meeting of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Southwest was held in Akure on
Saturday with the objective of
outlining a strategy for winning
the 2015 elections in the area,
with Ekiti State governor Ayo
Fayose reiterating the party’s old
mantra that the presidential
contest is a “do or die” affair.
Ayodele Fayose
The returnee-governor said the
party must be prepared to use its
control of the army and the
police, which it currently controls,
to ensure victory for President
Goodluck Jonathan at next
month’s polls.
The meeting was organized by
the PDP South-West co-
ordinator, Gov. Olusegun Mimiko,
who shared the high table with
Senitor Iyiola Omisore, Mr.
Kolapo Ogunjobi, Senator Musilu
Obanikoro, Governor Ayo Fayose
and various leaders from the
zone.
Governor Fayose underlined that
the presidential election was
critical, advising that the party
should forget about governorship
elections and concentrate on the
presidential contest. According
to him, once President Jonathan
was re-elected, everything else
would fall into place and the
party could declare the
governorship candidates of PDP
in various States as it likes.
Minutes of the meeting obtained
by SaharaReporters shows that
some delegates advocated de-
emphasizing rallies as campaign
strategy, preferring that the PDP
should focus on propaganda
aimed at tarnishing the image of
the presidential candidate of the
All Progressives Congress,
General Muhammadu Buhari.
Some of the delegates wanted to
use the media to dent the image
of General Buhari.
In that connection, Senator
Omisore expressed support for
the extensive use of propaganda
against Buhari, joining Governor
Fayose in stressing that the all
efforts should be mobilized to
win the Presidency because the
PDP would be nothing without
the presidency.
Mr. Fayose disagreed with the
propaganda strategy, describing
it as a waste of time. Stressing
that attack is the best form of
defence, he said that the PDP in
general and the South-west PDP
should be valiant to face the
Tinubus anywhere they are.
He underlined that the PDP
cannot afford to lose its control
of the police and the army, which
it will without Jonathan being
the president.
On Fayose’s description of the
presidential election as a “do or
die” affair, Gov. Mimiko,
obviously aware that the
outburst could be used against
the PDP, countered that it should
not be a “do or die” but rather a
“do-and-win” affair.
One of the decisions taken by the
meeting was to set up a number
of committees, including Security,
Contacts, Traditional, and INEC.
The committee on Security is
saddled with the responsibility of
working with the police and the
army. The party leaders also
further tasked the students at
both the national and regional
levels to monitor various
institutions and polling booths to
make sure that the election goes
in favour of President Jonathan.
It was also stated that a national
student body had submitted a
proposal for a youth conference
that will hold in FUTA this month
where the South-west students
would adopt Jonathan as their
presidential candidate.

A speaker from Osun State that
he had told Gov. Mimiko to help
them tell the President to use his
power and office to quash Ogbeni
Aregbesola before the general
elections, so that PDP could
produce more votes for the
President and that the idea of
fighting Gov. Aregbesola would
be by going to the Court of
Appeal which he said could be
influenced to remove Aregbesola.
So, he urged the honourable
leaders of our amiable party to
look into the issue of Osun State.
Discussions now moved on to the
strategy that would be used for
winning the presidential election;
• Delegates present at the
meeting discussed more on
campaign that they should do
less of rallies, instead, they
should embark on full campaign
with propaganda that would
tarnish the image of APC
presidential candidate, Gen.
Buhari. And part of what should
be used use to campaign against
Gen. Buhari in Lagos is that he
was the one who stopped the
Railway metro project of Lagos
State 30 years ago, and that
instead of Buhari completing the
project, he paid the penalty for
breaching the contract of the
railway metro line project.
• Delegates present laid serious
emphasis on using the media to
dent the image of the
presidential candidate of APC.
Some delegates maintained that
the change that the emperor of
Bourdillon wanted to change Nig.
democracy to totalitarian
dictatorship. Members stated
that when PDP had no State in
the South-west, the President got
good votes from the South-west
and now that the party has two
States, it would be able to win all
the other States if the two States
in its kitty are well utilised.
Senator Omisore said in his
speech that propaganda of any
form shoule be utilised and that
all efforts should be mobilized to
win the Presidency as without the
presidency the party is nothing.
In the speech of Mr. Ayo Fayose,
he said propaganda would only
waste time and that attack is the
best from of defence. He
maintained that the party in
general and the South-west PDP
needed to be valiant to face the
Tinubus anywhere they are. He
further said we have the control
of police and the army and “I
CAN NOT AFFORD TO LOSE MY
CONTROL ON POLICE AND THE
ARMY” and without Jonathan
being the president we will lose
the control. Further, he said the
presidential election is a do or
die affair but Gov. Mimiko quickly
countered that it should not be a
do or die affair but rather a do-
and-win affair.
Governor Fayose later said they
should forget about all
governorship elections and
concentrate on the presidential
election, that once President
Jonathan returns, we could be
declaring the governorship
candidates of PDP in various
States as they like, meaning that
the Presidential election is very
paramount.
As the meeting progressed,
leaders at the meeting put Oyo
State in focus and maintained
that PDP could get more votes
for the president there by
begging both Chief Alao Akala
and Chief Rasheed Ladoja to
align their parties with the PDP
since they have no presidential
aspirant and there is every need
to throw out Ajimobi, Amosun
with using militant thugs loyal to
PDP.
Mr. Kolapo Ogunjobi representing
Otunba Gbenga Daniel said they
PDP on ground in Ijebu side of
Ogun State and they were
grassrooters and that they could
deliver with good resources.
Sen. Musilu Obanikoro in his own
speech said 3 days after he lost
the PDP primary election, that
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
came to him in private which he
said was quite unusual of him.
He said Tinubu asked him how
much he had spent and that he
was ready to give him 2 billion
Naira and a senatorial seat from
APC in Lagos State. He said he
refused the offer and stressed
that they could just imagine how
smart and clever Asiwaju is. He
further stated that Cardinal
James Odunmbaku (Baba Eto)
was almost at the concluding
part of decamping to PDP and
that even he had even concluded
with the presidency in Aso Rock
before Asiwaju hijacked him back
with the position of Director-
General of Campaign of Mr.
Akinwunmi Ambode. He said they
could see that Tinubu is the
smart type. Senator Obanikoro
further said he was the only
person that could match Bola
Ahmed Tinubu because he said
he knew his tactics. He further
emphasized that with cash in his
hand, Tinubu is nobody.

Wow! I hope he's ready to die because it's a die or die.

The same people would say Nigerian is not anybody's inheritance.

SMH

PDP IS FULL OF RASCALS E.G FAYOSE, THUGS E.G WIKE AND CORRUPT PEOPLE E.G ALL PDP MEMBERS...

Sahara reporters again? Always heating up the polity!

First of all Fayosr is a tout and can such things but he won't say such things out to the hearing of non core members. So this might just be some terrible propaganda. Sahara reporters trying to gain its declining relevance.

Anikulhapo:
PDP IS FULL OF RASCALS E.G FAYOSE, THUGS E.G WIKE AND CORRUPT PEOPLE E.G ALL PDP MEMBERS...

Rascals are in both parties bro. I think for each rascal in APC, PDP match them with at least 3.

Laid mohammed..... Reno, Abati and Otukpe.
Hehehehe

Fayose.... Amaechi