…reach out to PDP, other political parties

The crisis within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may have prompted some of the party’s chieftains in the South-West to commence a realignment with their kinsmen in the opposition parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of the 2019 elections.

New Telegraph learnt from multiple sources that the alignment moves were at different stages with diverse groups, particularly those who are not pleased with the APC-led Federal Government.

Although a cold war had ensued among the various blocs in the APC immediately after the victory of the party at the 2015 general elections, the relative peace finally got ruptured after the party’s primaries for the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.

The party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s scathing attack on the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, whom he accused of taking side with the eventual candidate of the party, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, against his anointed, Mr. Segun Abraham, brought to fore, the party’s wide gulf.

On the other hand, the developments in the Ondo State chapter of the PDP, where Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), the candidate of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, is currently battling for the ticket with businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim of the Senator Ali Modu Sherrif ’s faction has alerted some party leaders in the zone of a possible plan of political annihilation from some Abuja-based political Turks. Relating the sequence of event to New Telegraph, a source who craved for anonymity said:

“The game has changed and the Northern bloc in the APC appears to have drawn the line against the South-West bloc, hence the need for a fresh move for realignment ahead of the 2019 polls. “It’s nothing new.

The South-West leaders and some governors in the zone from the party are the ones at the forefront of the budding coalition. Don’t forget that South- West is always progressive in nature and this new alignment is aimed at two sets of people; the former allies of Tinubu like the Afenifere bloc and some willing members of the opposition parties, who are ready to key into the process.

“Several accords have been reached and by the time the new path is unveiled, many will be shocked. Two governors in the South-West are involved. In fact, one of them met with the Afenifere recently.”

Choosing to keep mute on whether the alignment would lead to the formation of new party, the source said: “When we get to the bridge, we will cross it, but I don’t think Tinubu’s meeting with Pa Ayo Adebanjo and other Afenifere leaders was on how to form a new party, but on the need to collapse all structures into one for the South-West to speak with one voice.

“We were used and dumped by the Northern bloc of the APC loyal to Mr. President, but we have decided to take the bull by the horn and damn the attendant consequences.

Interestingly, we have the deep sympathy of the people and that is a big factor in the game of politics.” Several meetings have been held between members of the various political divides in the zone.

Though their outcomes were not made public, they point towards the realignment move. Among such meetings were those between Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola and his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayodele Fayose.

The former is a loyalist of Tinubu, while the latter is a known critic of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Some Afenifere leaders led by Adebanjo have also met with Tinubu.

New Telegraph also learnt of another meeting between some chieftains of the PDP and the Tinubu bloc for a possible alliance. A chieftain of the party in South-West, who confirmed the meeting, however, refused to give details.

The meeting is said to have held in London. A PDP source disclosed that some APC members in South-West, who feel marginalised in the party, want to pull out.

“The truth of the matter is that certain sections of PDP want to pull out and merge with some aggrieved members of APC. A meeting was held in London apart from several meetings here in Nigeria,” he said.

He added that the picture of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Governors Aregbesola and Fayose at the airport, which appeared in most national papers last week, was not by accident.

The source recalled that Fayose and Aregbesola have been exchanging visits for some time, adding “but let’s see what this turns out to.” It was further gathered that the Ahmed Makarfiled faction of the PDP had been ready for the alliance months back, but for some leaders of the party who would not want the name of the party to be changed.

“They are against the formation of an entirely new party. They are also saying that leaving the PDP now is not the best option,” the source stated. He said the decision arose following the consistent frustration in resolving the PDP leadership crisis, which started last May. “We know all along that there is external influence in what is happening in our party.

Sheriff is work-ing for the APC to destroy PDP. They are the ones sponsoring him. That is why some people want the formation of a new party. But there are others, who are not in support. That is where we are now,” he added.

While the various camps have maintained sealed lips on the matter, an insider source told our correspondent that “Tinubu’s bloc is presently receiving overtures from some gladiators in the South-East comprising PDP and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chieftains.

This is aside some politicians, who are believed to be out-of-touch in matters concerning the party.” Speaking on the development, the Lagos State chairman of the APC, Otunba Henry Ajomale, told New Telegraph that there was nothing wrong in Tinubu’s bloc aligning with other forces for the progress of the South- West. His words:

“There is no reason why we cannot have realignment of forces to become one and be like we used to be during the Action Group (AG) and the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) days.

“I don’t see anything bad in Tinubu seeing Papa Adebanjo, the late Olaniwun Ajayi and other Afenifere leaders and deciding at this time that enough is enough and that they must unite and come together like they were during the Unity Party of Nigeria and Alliance for Democracy (AD) days.”

Adebanjo, who confirmed the moves, also told New Telegraph that there is nothing wrong in Afenifere aligning with the Tinubu’s bloc ahead of the 2019 polls.

“Why not?” he retorted, adding, however, that, “It is not a question of working together; it is about those of them who walked away from those who put them in office for reasons best known to them.

They should think whether they have got the right thing where they went to or not. If they have hit the wall there, the common sense is for them to go back to where they left and we will welcome them. “In Yorubaland, no elderly man will send his bad son to the lion to be killed.

Tinubu has proved to be a disobedient boy; very stubborn. He has seen it now; then we say, he has behaved badly, but we won’t say because he has behaved badly, we will push him to the lion to be destroyed.”

But, former Minister of Transport and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, played down the alignment plot

. “Let those behind the third force come out and announce a party. Political party is not easy to form.I am talking as an organisation man. Even if you have all the rich men of this world, it is not easy to run a political party.

So, we want to see how they want to do it to make themselves an effective third force. But as far as I am concerned, it is too late for me to start jumping ship,” he said.

https://newtelegraphonline.com/2019-swest-leaders-apc-chieftains-realign-forces/

TInubu is strong force to reckon with in Nigeria politics... watch out he will bring the so called buhari cabals tontheir kneels come 2019. Its. Game of chess and jagaban is a pro player...


Least I forget.. FTC ni o jare....

Its not lady F..... ntoor

a welcome development... probably Yoruba is now ronu......

Whatever it takes to sack buhari in 2019 is a welcome development. His archiac policies is stifling life out of Nigerians

The husband(North) has every right to divorce the wife(waste) if he wants. Meanwhile, Baba is not GEJ that intentionally allowed his enemies to gather and rigged him out. Any unauthorized action of the wife(waste) hmm! DSS, EFCC, and others will handle it with impunity and Justice Baba will not grant bail even if court does.

The 3 people above me are some of our resident pained ipob touts! You can tell from the vile, bile and hate in their comments spilling down slowly over the thread!

This attempt will only alienate the Southwest from national politics.

Southwest sold themselves not even cheaply but freely now it's difficult to redeem theirself














Attackers where are thousands?

Onyejiuwaokoh:
The husband(North) has every right to divorce the wife(waste) if he wants. Meanwhile, Baba is not GEJ that intentionally allowed his enemies to gather and rigged him out. Any unauthorized action of the wife(waste) hmm! DSS, EFCC, and others will handle it with impunity and Justice Baba will not grant bail even if court does.

hahaha you sure say Bubu smart reach that level? Bubu is not obj remember

phemmie06:
Southwest sold themselves not even cheaply but freely now it's difficult to redeem theirself














Attackers where are thousands?

sw no dey make noise, we change things. Ask GEJ after he sideline sw region Wetin happen to am

Good


GoodBye APC

Oro awon agba ni, bi o ba se lowuro, bo pe titi aase lojo aale.

Eni awi fun Oba je ko gbo, aja to de ma sonu ni, ko ni gbo fere olode.


Awi fun awon ara ibi, won ni enu wa un run, awon eleribu, won ti da gbogbo wa si O'God.

Ewe oju'omi kini sinmi, gbogbo yin patapata ni egbe oselu APC, e o ni ni isinmi.

Firefire:
Oro awon agba ni, bi o ba se lowuro, bo pe titi aase lojo aale.

Eni awi fun Oba je ko gbo, aja to de ma sonu ni, ko ni gbo fere olode.


Awi fun awon ara ibi, won ni enu wa un run, awon eleribu, won ti da gbogbo wa si O'God.

Ewe oju'omi kini sinmi, gbogbo yin patapata ni egbe oselu APC, e o ni ni isinmi.

A muni n je a muni, Oloopa ewo n tepe?

Nigba toro tiwa ri bo ri to yii, kinni atunse?

Onyejiuwaokoh:
The husband(North) has every right to divorce the wife(waste) if he wants. Meanwhile, Baba is not GEJ that intentionally allowed his enemies to gather and rigged him out. Any unauthorized action of the wife(waste) hmm! DSS, EFCC, and others will handle it with impunity and Justice Baba will not grant bail even if court does.

Olodo, we are all in this mess together and you and your fellow IPOB tout are the worst loser here.

The motives which lie behind human behaviors are often mixed and complex, they say.

I knew it'd come to this. We have too many people who care about the self than we have those who care about the people.

If Nigeria were indeed a representative state, these set of humans would be held accountable for their actions regardless what party they float.

Electorates who voted for the APC did so as an endorsement of their policies. If they fail, they fail together. As far as we are concern, there is is no separating these lots from the APC. So, nothing makes them different.

Buhari, on his part, must understand that alienating them will only dampen his aura. A gentleman always keeps to his words and promises. If they could help see you to the throne, how could they not help to keep you there?

It's not like I expected much from him though, tbh. We need a Moses in this Country.

Rilwayne001:

A muni n je a muni, Oloopa ewo n tepe?

Nigba toro tiwa ri bo ti to yii, kinni atunse?

Ki Alafia to le wa ni Nigeria, ki ijoba amunisin (APC) to le ri ojura'ye, o di gba ti won ba toro aforiji lowo gbogbo Omo Naijiria fun iro ati ileri alailodunwon ti won se ni igba ipolongo ibo.

Lai'toro aforiji, papa Julo Tinubu ati Lai Mohammed fun sisi awon Omo'Odu lona... ko si Isin mi fun won.

Politics...
Let the best schemer prevail..

Realigning to where? No be the same Nigeria we dey & the same set of treacherous humanity? Ok continue.

patriotic9jaboy:
Whatever it takes to sack buhari in 2019 is a welcome development. His archiac policies is stifling life out of Nigerians

Rilwayne001:


Olodo, we are all in this mess together and you and you fellow IPOB tout are the worst loser here.

So you knew it was a mess all along.Hypocrisy is not good.

patriotic9jaboy:
Whatever it takes to sack buhari in 2019 is a welcome development. His archiac policies is stifling life out of Nigerians

This is why Igbos we never trust Yorubas. You've been marketing Buhari before election till now, but because his policies didn't favour the West, you've become defamatory.

When Igbos were speaking against Buhari, the West tagged us bigotry, haters and losers. Now what is the West?

Thirdly, I've been following you lately, you've been advocating for a united Southern front after betraying the South is a capital NO.

Thewrath:

thats why you scratched faces are called afonjas.you keep running your loud mouths over people's post instead of making your own point regarding your ewedu leaders alignment!

Unfortunately for your ugwu munching existence I am not from their region but I can understand your painment anyway!



No wonder this is what you are currently doing all over my mentions! Lmfao....

History keep repeating itself over and over again, I wonder when the southwest will learn...

Rather than form a strong alliance with SS,SE and NC, SW in their "usual blind rage" decided to form an alliance with the core north all in the name of kicking out GEJ, forgetting that after kicking out GEJ that's when the real work of dominance starts...

As it is now the SW will find it very difficult to bring SS,SE to the table, because I don't see those region trusting anyone from the tinubu led SW...

The south is always it's own enemy, especially my brothers from the SW...SMH

While the various camps have maintained sealed
lips on the matter, an insider source told our
correspondent that “Tinubu’s bloc is presently
receiving overtures from some gladiators in the
South-East comprising PDP and the All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chieftains.



Finally the southern region is getting some senses into their scull. Abi na only me read this part?

all dis realignment will fail - PERIOD. tinubu should accept dat he has been beaten - used n dumped. no form of realignment will catapult him back into national politics.

Sai buhari!

Onyejiuwaokoh:
The husband(North) has every right to divorce the wife(waste) if he wants. Meanwhile, Baba is not GEJ that intentionally allowed his enemies to gather and rigged him out. Any unauthorized action of the wife(waste) hmm! DSS, EFCC, and others will handle it with impunity and Justice Baba will not grant bail even if court does.

u dey mind dem. they ar tinking buari dullard will be like GEJ. by d time he (buari) start dealing with dem na dia dem go know say d word "born to rule" get strong meaning.

fitzmayowa:
History keep repeating itself over and over again, I wonder when the southwest will learn...

Rather than form a strong alliance with SS,SE and NC, SW in their "usual blind rage" decided to form an alliance with the core north all in the name of kicking out GEJ, forgetting that after kicking out GEJ that's when the real work of dominance starts...

As it is now the SW will find it very difficult to bring SS,SE to the table, because I don't see those region trusting anyone from the tinubu led SW...

The south is always it's own enemy, especially my brothers from the SW...SMH

Did SW ever had any pact with the SS/SE? Are SS/SE not supposed to reach out to SW during the last administration? Wasn't their politicians basically scheming before the election? SW politicians are gonna reach out to those they think they want if they like, let them shun the approach. We will all continue to go in circles while the military clamp down on any youths shouting secession. Its an opportunity now presenting itself for the SW, SE, SS and NC. If you SE think bitterness will get you anywhere, try it then.

fitzmayowa:
History keep repeating itself over and over again, I wonder when the southwest will learn...

Rather than form a strong alliance with SS,SE and NC, SW in their "usual blind rage" decided to form an alliance with the core north all in the name of kicking out GEJ, forgetting that after kicking out GEJ that's when the real work of dominance starts...

As it is now the SW will find it very difficult to bring SS,SE to the table, because I don't see those region trusting anyone from the tinubu led SW...

The south is always it's own enemy, especially my brothers from the SW...SMH

personally am for southern unity for one tin - regionalism. but giving d treacherious nature of zombies, sometimes its just better to let d north have their way so dat tinubu loyalis's brains will be hard-reset properly. like u said, they fail to learn from history.
they cant have their cake n eat it after wat they did to GEJ.

I really don't like the idea of any stupid alliance with anybody.

History has shown that ,the only time we progressed more was when we concentrated more on our region .

Political alignments is just the coming together of power seeking politicians that wants power at the top.

It doesn't favor the people. .what will favor the people is regional integration.

We don't want the situation whereby our politicians will go to abuja and they will return by telling us buhari gave us identity, we are the south west, we don't celebrate identity over developments like some will do.

The agitation should be restructuring. We felt we could gain more and consolidate on our achievements by aligning with the center , which was okay. But we lost out in giving lagos a special status despite Nigeria making the core of it's non oil revenue in south west states of Lagos and ogun.

Yes we lost out on that, but that's politics,
Now we need to re strategise but seeking political alliance with other regions shouldn't be our priority now.

Instead we should go back to our age long agitation, which is restructuring. That's the only way to diversification and that's what will benefit the south west people

kernel504:


This is why Igbos we never trust Yorubas. You've been marketing Buhari before election till now, but because his policies didn't favour the West, you've become defamatory.

When Igbos were speaking against Buhari, the West tagged us bigotry, haters and losers. Now what is the West?

Thirdly, I've been following you lately, you've been advocating for a united Southern front after betraying the South is a capital NO.

Do you need me to go down memory lane with you and show you how many times igbo have aligned with the North at the expense of the south.

Most of you don't know history.
All you do is shout afonja upandan.. .