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Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by Hemanwel(m): 8:52pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
Southwest party wants to ally with Southeast and South-South. I thought their Nairaland e-warriors said the Southeast and south-south are irrelevant in the scheme of things? |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by able20(m): 8:53pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
APC woos the same PDP they claimed to be corrupt. "Tell me your friend and I'll tell you who you are" |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by Doctor0071(m): 8:53pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
Will dey talk abt the price of food and other things you pple are talk abt f*ck, can dead vote wen hungry dey kill finish. |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by BUHARImyDOG: 8:54pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
There are strong indications that the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) is making serious efforts
towards gaining more grounds in the South-East and
South- South ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The targets of the federal ruling party are some
governors in the geo-political zones.The APC
performed woefully in the two zones in the 2015
general elections, losing most of the areas, save for
Imo State to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
That is in addition to Anambra State, which has been
in the hands of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA). To this end, New Telegraph gathered that top
leaders of the party are dangling carrots of automatic
re-election to some first term governors in the two
zones.
With the exception of the Rivers State Governor,
Nyesom Wike, who has proven a stubborn fly for the
APC, sources said that other governors in the two
zones, who are in their first terms, but do not belong
to the APC, are being targeted for the cross-over
onslaught.
Sources close to the APC indicated that top on the list
of those being approached are the Anambra State
Governor, Chief Willie Obiano; Ebonyi State Governor,
Chief David Umahi; Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie
Ikpeazu; Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade
and that of Akwa Ibom, Mr. Udom Emmanuel.
It was gathered that towards achieving the goal, some
top shots of the APC in the two regions have been
reaching out to the governors, with a view to
convincing them to join the APC and ditch the PDP.
The position of the APC stalwarts is strengthened by
the continued crisis in the PDP, where the two
arrowheads of the combat, Senator Ahmed Markarfi
and Senator Ali Modu Sheriff are locked in a battle of
supremacy over the control of the party.
“The lingering PDP crisis is a fertile ground and a good
excuse for anybody to defect and abandon the party
now. Of course, you know that factionalisation is one
of the grounds allowed by the constitution for
defection.
So, it is a good excuse for anybody to use and leave
PDP for now,” said a PDP leader and former minister.
Obiano, whose election comes up first in the latter
part of this year, is under serious pressure to move to
the APC. His APGA is having pockets of crisis, which
is threatening its unity going into the election.
He was elected in 2014. It was learnt that some highly
placed APC members from the South-East are in the
forefront of the battle to recruit the governor into the
APC fold.
“If he accepts to cross over to the APC, he will pick
the ticket automatically,” said an APC chieftain from
the South-East.
A source close to the governor said that the fear of
the governor’s camp is that the rolling APC machine
might complicate matters for him in the state.
“You can see how the APC took Edo and Ondo states.
You can also see how the APC treated Governor
Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in the rerun election.
Those are test runs for what the APC is planning for
us this year and in 2019. If the governor does not play
his game well,you know the APC will attempt to take
him out.
That is the fear,” the source said. But, the Special
Adviser to the Governor on Media, Legislative Matters
and Strategy, Prince Oliver Okpala, said that the
governor would return for a second term on the
platform of APGA.
Also contacted, the Chief Press Secretary to Umahi,
Mr. Emma Anya, insisted that his governor would
remain in the PDP. But he admitted that the story has
been trending for some time.
Anya said: “That story has been flying around for
some time. It is not today that we started hearing it.
But the governor has been saying that he remains in
the PDP and would not move to the APC.
He has always said that the PDP remains the party to
beat in Ebonyi. The story has not changed.” Ayade has
been in good terms with President Muhammadu
Buhari.
He has visited the president several times and is one
of the very few governors the president has visited to
inaugurate projects.
The speculation that Ayade may defect to the APC has
been lingering for a long time. Christian Ita, Chief
Press Secretary to Ayade, told New Telegraph that his
governor remains in PDP.
“Ayade has stated it several times that he remains in
PDP. The only thing is that my governor has a good
working relationship with the president. For him, after
election, it is governance.
So, Governor Ayade is busy with governance now.
When it is time for politics, he will play it,” Ita told
New Telegraph. Ikpeazu’s CPS, Enyinnaya Appollos,
said “nobody approached the governor to join APC
and the governor is not leaving PDP.”
Highly placed sources within the APC informed New
Telegraph that the party is focused on making serious
inroads into the two zones to ensure its desire to
retain power at the centre in 2019.
It is the drive that has attracted some bigwigs from
the zone into the party. “We need to be a bit certain in
the two zones for 2019.
The two zones are proving difficult for our party, but
we remain optimistic that we can break into the two
zones in 2019. We have some big men from the zone
in our party now. That leaves us with an option to
work hard and achieve our desire in the two zones,”
said an APC chieftain in the South-East. who wrote this nonsense 1 Like |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by Codes151(m): 8:55pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
Truth is pdp is a threat to apc if not , why bother? If it was pdp in apc shoes today, they will worry less..... Apc thinks they r untouchable! Una never see anything yet |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by soath(m): 9:09pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
I think the IDGAF crew are tired. You all actually did give the F. |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by vRendoh(m): 9:09pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
Are the APC states doing better? Are they off the brutal pains of the recession.? |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by nwakibie3(m): 9:12pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
pesinfada: He is a big fool. I don't knw who deceived him to joining APC. PDP would've been better for him. 1 Like |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by Bekimbo(m): 9:45pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
I would rather join Vikings than APC |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by MChaze25(m): 9:55pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
Corrinthians:Abort brain......captain sun......virus detected for mission....abort brain i repeat....abort |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by nkemjacob2(m): 10:03pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
we stil dey 2017 ooooo... all dis refurbish criminals |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by Nobody: 10:30pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
nwakibie3:I'm still wondering wat might ve scared him away from PDP |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by Corrinthians(m): 10:40pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
MChaze25:O*u.
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Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by Peterosky(m): 12:39am On Jan 17, 2017 |
APC should just go away from my governor cos CRS is not a fertile ground for their demonic party. |
Re: 2019 : APC Woos PDP Governors by nonsobaba: 12:40am On Jan 17, 2017 |
pesinfada:PDP is dead na. No more federal power to rig as they used to do in Anambra. The next election is clearly a battle between the party with state power(APGA) and the party with federal power(APC). Only these two parties have the powers to decide the outcome of the polls, so no serious and sensible politician seeking for Anambra governorship in this current political reality would even consider PDP. The problem is that APC doesn't have even a manageable level of acceptability in Anambra that would make a rigged election in their favour look remotely legit. Ifeanyi Ubah is not a fool. He is just a greedy, desperate crook. Obiano is Anambra governor till 2022. 1 Like |
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