PDP To APC: You Can’t Capture South-East

 

Political gladiators in the northern part of the country are warming their political machines in preparation for the 2019 election.

They have, therefore, lined up some prominent political actors for the 2019 presidency.

New Telegraph gathered that while some (within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC) are banking their preparations on the possibility that President Muhammadu Buhari may not run for a second term, others within the ruling party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are hoping that with the performance of the APC-led Federal Government going into two years, the Buhari myth that shocked the whole country in the 2015 general elections might not count in 2019.

There is the belief that with the economic downturn, which has brought hunger, hardship and uncertainties across the country, the president would need a miracle in the last two years of his first term to earn a second term.

It was gathered that within the APC, three governors from the North- West are currently working underground to ensure that they get the ticket of the party.

They are currently banking on Buhari not running. One of the governors, who is believed to be very close to the president, is also said to be warming up for the battle.

Sources said that the governor has also busied himself with mobilisation of forces even outside the APC; mobilising even PDP members to cross over to the APC. A top member of the PDP in the South-West, who is a former minister, was among those contacted by the governor to move over to the APC.

That was before the former minister started having problems with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

A source close to the former minister confirmed that the governor contacted the former minister to join APC.

He said: “The governor has been calling him to join the APC. I don’t know what the situation is now, but they have been talking for some time to join the APC. That was before the EFCC arrested the former minister and took him to court.

He is still keeping his cards open.” Another source close to an APC senator, who preferred anonymity, told New Telegraph that “most of the APC governors in the North are open for the presidency.

Those who are not working openly are working secretly. But as you know, they are watching developments at the Villa. They want to be sure the president is not running before they come out in the open.

Some of the governors are all working and waiting for the president to make up his mind.”

“The problem is that the president is not showing any sign on the direction he might go.

But left with the governors, they would want him to take the Nelson Mandela option; do one term and leave in 2019.

Many of them are hoping that the option would be accepted by the president,” the source said. But while the APC governors and stalwarts like former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar are keeping their plans under wraps and waiting on Buhari, that is not the case with the PDP leaders in the North.

Currently, a former Governor of Jigawa State, Dr. Sule Lamido, has declared his intention to run for the presidency in 2019, declaring that only God can stop him in 2019.

Lamido is currently the chairman of the reconciliation committee of the PDP and has been touring the whole country to bring back the PDP to life.

He was recently in Bayelsa State with a former Governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau to visit Governor Seriake Dickson. Shekarau is also said to be interested in the race.

Lamido has also been to Ekiti, Osun and Gombe states, among others in his bid to talk sense into the party faithful.

Sources close to him said that the visits are not just reconciliatory. He is also selling the presidential agenda to them.

It was gathered that part of the reasons the crisis in the PDP has lingered so long with failed peace moves trailing it is the ambition of the two factional chairmen, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi to run in 2019.

A top member of the PDP informed New Telegraph that while it is in the open that Sheriff wants to run, Makarfi’s ambition is latent and was discovered by some governors of the party, who are not comfortable with it. He said: “We know that Sheriff wants to run in 2019.

He has not hidden it, but we discovered along the way that Makarfi is also interested. That is what is behind the crisis in the party.

Both factions want to install a chairman at the convention that would be loyal to them. That is why we have not been able to make progress in the peace process.

A lot of factors, including the governors and of course, the influence of the APCled Federal Government, are at play here. But the ambitions of some of our leaders are a major factor.”

Although Atiku has severally denied having any ambition for now, his name keeps popping up at both the APC and the PDP camps. Some people in the PDP believe that the former vice president has more than a passing interest in the PDP affair.

But his major obstacle to the presidency remains his former boss, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has ensured that Atiku neither emerged on either platform in the past.

It was further learnt that former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, who has been having a running battle with his governor, Ibrahim Ganduje, who he installed, might also have an interest in the race.

Kwankwaso has kept a low profile, partly because of his battles in his native Kano. There have been speculations for a long time that he might return to the PDP, owing to his marginalisation in the APC.

But it was learnt that the North-East PDP are also up to the battle for the presidency. Since 1999, only the North-West has produced the presidents of Northern extraction – Buhari and the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

The argument is that North-East has more PDP presence than any other part of the North. “This is the only region in the North that has two PDP governors and some members of National Assembly members.

Except one member of House of Assembly in Kaduna State, there is no PDP presence in the whole of North-West. “So, for equity and justice, the next PDP presidential candidate should come from North-East.

You cannot pick a presidential candidate from North- West where the candidate of APC in the person of President Buhari comes from and expect to win,” a chieftain of the party from the North-East explained. Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, who is in his second term in office is also said to be nursing presidential ambition.

The source said it is on the strength of this that Atiku wants to come back to the PDP. Sheriff had alleged that an APC chieftain was funding Makarfiled National Caretaker Committee because the party’s presidential ticket for 2019 has been reserved for him. A minister in Buhari’s cabinet insisted that most people were underestimating the president by his lack of signs. “Let’s wait and watch.

Things will unfold so fast soon. Is there any governor in the North that won an election?

It is Buhari that won the election for both the governors and the APC in the North,” he told New Telegraph.



https://newtelegraphonline.com/news/2019-presidency-northern-govs-others-scheme-buharis-seat/

Buhari still has time to bounce back. If he can bring in coal-fired power plants and do a few other things, he will certainly win back massive support.

north and power is like beans and bread, the economy morass that we are into right now doesnt bother them what they care about is 2019. greedy and useless politician.

igbodefender:
Buhari still has time to bounce back. If he can bring in coal-fired power plants and do a few other things, he will certainly win back massive support.

I agree with you

My People will be like :All these Abokis wey be Mumu.
But, They are the ones at the helms of Affairs of this nation.
They Control The Economy, Military and Politics with much Influence.
Just Look @ hw they are Comfortable Struggling among themselves as if they hv been ordained the Ruling Class, though by Implication of things in Nigeria they are.
And before u know what z happening prior to 2019, they will likely unanimously Agree on one candidate and continue with their neocolonialism and imperialism.
We Seriously need to wise up and Unite Against These Cabals.

They failed to invite me on this important meeting, dis fefol wan remove me from the inner cycle woh

There is the belief that with the economic downturn, which has brought hunger, hardship and uncertainties across the country, the president would need a miracle in the last two years of his first term to earn a second term.





Atiku2019......

SouthSouth =Atiku

Southeast ===Atiku

Northcentral=== Atiku ( Fulani Herdsmen/Farmers Crises)

Parts of Northeast==Atiku

Southwest=== Is all we need to join the ship The Great Jagaban how far na ? We All need your political Sagacity

Atiku2019:
There is the belief that with the economic downturn, which has brought hunger, hardship and uncertainties across the country, the president would need a miracle in the last two years of his first term to earn a second term.





Atiku2019......

SouthSouth =Atiku

Southeast ===Atiku

Northcentral=== Atiku ( Fulani Herdsmen/Farmers Crises)

Parts of Northeast==Atiku

Southwest=== Is all we need to join the ship The Great Jagaban how far na ? We All need your political Sagacity

Let's wait and see

The truth is if a notherner wins in 2019 aside pmb
It's another 8years ,making total of 12years to the north
I don't support that.

Look at how people are playing god when they cannot predict their fate for tomorrow. Buhari should been ashamed of all this open challenge. First time in the history of Nigeria politics people are skimming for presidential position while the Incumbent hasn't completed his tenure which is has two years life span. All because he has failed completely. I believe Buhari still has time to win back the confidence of the masses.

Northerners with their born to rule mentality!


And since they've been ruling, their region still remains the worst!


Anyway,, with APC's present manipulations against the oppositions, I doubt if PMB won't recontest, and if he recontest, I doubt if he won't win.

Nigeria don enter am!

sarrki:



Let's wait and see

The truth is if a notherner wins in 2019 aside pmb
It's another 8years ,making total of 12years to the north
I don't support that.

I can't endure Buhari's incompetence Even the Fight against Corruption is now a one-sided affair

Atiku2019:





I can't endure Buhari's incompetence Even the Fight against Corruption is now a one-sided affair

Let's see how it plays out

sarrki:
PDP To APC: You Can’t Capture South-East

 

Political gladiators in the northern part of the country are warming their political machines in preparation for the 2019 election.

They have, therefore, lined up some prominent political actors for the 2019 presidency.

New Telegraph gathered that while some (within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC) are banking their preparations on the possibility that President Muhammadu Buhari may not run for a second term, others within the ruling party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are hoping that with the performance of the APC-led Federal Government going into two years, the Buhari myth that shocked the whole country in the 2015 general elections might not count in 2019.

There is the belief that with the economic downturn, which has brought hunger, hardship and uncertainties across the country, the president would need a miracle in the last two years of his first term to earn a second term.

It was gathered that within the APC, three governors from the North- West are currently working underground to ensure that they get the ticket of the party.

They are currently banking on Buhari not running. One of the governors, who is believed to be very close to the president, is also said to be warming up for the battle.

Sources said that the governor has also busied himself with mobilisation of forces even outside the APC; mobilising even PDP members to cross over to the APC. A top member of the PDP in the South-West, who is a former minister, was among those contacted by the governor to move over to the APC.

That was before the former minister started having problems with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

A source close to the former minister confirmed that the governor contacted the former minister to join APC.

He said: “The governor has been calling him to join the APC. I don’t know what the situation is now, but they have been talking for some time to join the APC. That was before the EFCC arrested the former minister and took him to court.

He is still keeping his cards open.” Another source close to an APC senator, who preferred anonymity, told New Telegraph that “most of the APC governors in the North are open for the presidency.

Those who are not working openly are working secretly. But as you know, they are watching developments at the Villa. They want to be sure the president is not running before they come out in the open.

Some of the governors are all working and waiting for the president to make up his mind.”

“The problem is that the president is not showing any sign on the direction he might go.

But left with the governors, they would want him to take the Nelson Mandela option; do one term and leave in 2019.

Many of them are hoping that the option would be accepted by the president,” the source said. But while the APC governors and stalwarts like former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar are keeping their plans under wraps and waiting on Buhari, that is not the case with the PDP leaders in the North.

Currently, a former Governor of Jigawa State, Dr. Sule Lamido, has declared his intention to run for the presidency in 2019, declaring that only God can stop him in 2019.

Lamido is currently the chairman of the reconciliation committee of the PDP and has been touring the whole country to bring back the PDP to life.

He was recently in Bayelsa State with a former Governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau to visit Governor Seriake Dickson. Shekarau is also said to be interested in the race.

Lamido has also been to Ekiti, Osun and Gombe states, among others in his bid to talk sense into the party faithful.

Sources close to him said that the visits are not just reconciliatory. He is also selling the presidential agenda to them.

It was gathered that part of the reasons the crisis in the PDP has lingered so long with failed peace moves trailing it is the ambition of the two factional chairmen, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi to run in 2019.

A top member of the PDP informed New Telegraph that while it is in the open that Sheriff wants to run, Makarfi’s ambition is latent and was discovered by some governors of the party, who are not comfortable with it. He said: “We know that Sheriff wants to run in 2019.

He has not hidden it, but we discovered along the way that Makarfi is also interested. That is what is behind the crisis in the party.

Both factions want to install a chairman at the convention that would be loyal to them. That is why we have not been able to make progress in the peace process.

A lot of factors, including the governors and of course, the influence of the APCled Federal Government, are at play here. But the ambitions of some of our leaders are a major factor.”

Although Atiku has severally denied having any ambition for now, his name keeps popping up at both the APC and the PDP camps. Some people in the PDP believe that the former vice president has more than a passing interest in the PDP affair.

But his major obstacle to the presidency remains his former boss, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has ensured that Atiku neither emerged on either platform in the past.

It was further learnt that former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, who has been having a running battle with his governor, Ibrahim Ganduje, who he installed, might also have an interest in the race.

Kwankwaso has kept a low profile, partly because of his battles in his native Kano. There have been speculations for a long time that he might return to the PDP, owing to his marginalisation in the APC.

But it was learnt that the North-East PDP are also up to the battle for the presidency. Since 1999, only the North-West has produced the presidents of Northern extraction – Buhari and the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

The argument is that North-East has more PDP presence than any other part of the North. “This is the only region in the North that has two PDP governors and some members of National Assembly members.

Except one member of House of Assembly in Kaduna State, there is no PDP presence in the whole of North-West. “So, for equity and justice, the next PDP presidential candidate should come from North-East.

You cannot pick a presidential candidate from North- West where the candidate of APC in the person of President Buhari comes from and expect to win,” a chieftain of the party from the North-East explained. Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, who is in his second term in office is also said to be nursing presidential ambition.

The source said it is on the strength of this that Atiku wants to come back to the PDP. Sheriff had alleged that an APC chieftain was funding Makarfiled National Caretaker Committee because the party’s presidential ticket for 2019 has been reserved for him. A minister in Buhari’s cabinet insisted that most people were underestimating the president by his lack of signs. “Let’s wait and watch.

Things will unfold so fast soon. Is there any governor in the North that won an election?

It is Buhari that won the election for both the governors and the APC in the North,” he told New Telegraph.



https://newtelegraphonline.com/news/2019-presidency-northern-govs-others-scheme-buharis-seat/

I am sick and tired of northern governors again queing to take over from pmb government. Nigeria is a secular country with different tribes and religion. So called northern governors should stop their ambition for now. First what have they done to their states. Has the poverty level reduced niii. What they ought to do is to fine tuned the best for their states not eyeing president seat. Pmb will leave and will have to handover to a solid man that has no record of corruption and dirty deals in their states. Nigerians are getting educated and more wiser by the day. The good for them now is to go to their drawing board and provide basic things for their states not increasing more of poverty level in their states.