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2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by Beaf: 2:42am On Apr 05, 2010
[size=14pt]2011: PDP governors move to checkmate Jonathan [/size]
Monday, 05 April 2010 01:20 Tunji Olawuni

…as party’s NEC meeting holds this week

The standoff between governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Acting President Goodluck Jonathan seems far from been over as the governors have resolved to checkmate him ahead of the release of the party’s guidelines for next year’s elections.

The party will this week hold its first National Executive Council (NEC) meeting this year and the first to be attended by Jonathan as leader of the party in the absence of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua.

Sources weekend disclosed that the 28 governors of the party having been caught unawares by the actions of the acting president especially by the return of Aliyu Gusau as national security adviser (NSA), dissolution of the cabinet and the nomination of some people without recourse to the leadership of the party, now want to ensure that the acting president is not allowed to have his way in the preparation for next year’s general election.

The National Central Working committee of the party led by its national chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor, had last month met with Jonathan and put before him the proposed timetable for the 2011 polls, but Jonathan was reported to have rejected the move and directed that the status quo be maintained.

Ahead of Thursday’s meeting in Abuja, the 28 governors of the party are plotting with the leadership of the party to prevent Jonathan from tampering with the zoning plan of the party. They would want the presidency to remain in the north.

The guidelines for the 2011 elections will top the agenda of the Thursday NEC meeting and the governors, last week, held a closed door meeting for several hours at the Kwara Lodge in Asokoro with the national secretary of the party, Abubakar Kawu Baraje, in attendance.

Sources at the nocturnal meeting disclosed that 19 governors of the party and five deputy governors were in attendance.

BusinessDay also gathered that at the highly charged meeting presided over by Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, who also doubles as chairman of the Governors’ Forum, the recent actions of the acting president were the subject of the meeting.

The governors, it was learnt, took a position to do everything within their powers to frustrate the acting president from tampering with the existing arrangements within the party ahead of 2011 elections.

The governors at the meeting, according to inside sources, resolved to hold firm to the party’s machineries and structures in their respective states as a way of checkmating any move by the acting president.

The governors were reported to have discussed extensively the perceived influence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and retired General Theophilus Danjuma over the acting president.

According to the governors, the actions taken so far by the acting president were made possible by the confidence he got from Obasanjo and Danjuma and they considered the two as stumbling blocks to their aspirations for 2011.

It was, however, learnt that this week’s NEC meeting of the PDP may be rowdy as some state chairmen of the party are demanding explanation from Ogbulafor on how he handled the affairs of the party before, during and after the National Assembly empowered Jonathan as acting president.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9814:2011-pdp-governors-move-to-checkmate-jonathan-&catid=85:national&Itemid=340
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by Beaf: 2:45am On Apr 05, 2010
These are very interesting times for PDP. It seems the party will soon be hemorrhaging several of its "icons".
It looks like war.
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by OAM4J: 6:14am On Apr 05, 2010
In times like this, I wish Jonathan knows the enormous power he has.

The Governors should be lobbying him for their survival and not the other way round.

How many Governors can try 'checkimating' Obj in his days.

All Jonathan needs to do is to tell them there is no automatic ticket for a sitting Governor

You will be amaze, how they start kissing Jonathan a$$ & battle for their survival.
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by Nobody: 7:19am On Apr 05, 2010
The sooner Jonathan realises that the tail does not wag the dog, the better. There is no better time for him to assert his authority amongst these governors, than now.
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by Ibime(m): 7:22am On Apr 05, 2010
I wonder where all these journalists get their info from. . . they dont even quote "unnamed sources" these days.
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by akelliah(m): 12:31pm On Apr 06, 2010
Now that Ribadu is comming back they will soon start singing a diffrient song. They are all corrupt to the teeth, all Goodluck need is to get them all investigated, that in itself will not be difficult task becos there crimes are so glaring that even a civil defence new recrute can investigate, charge them to court prosecute them and get conviction. So let us wait for the first pdp governor to shout "VOTE GOODLUCK 2011 !!!!!"
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by marvix(m): 3:09pm On Apr 06, 2010
akelliah:

Now that Ribadu is comming back they will soon start singing a diffrient song. They are all corrupt to the teeth, all Goodluck need is to get them all investigated, that in itself will not be difficult task becos there crimes are so glaring that even a civil defence new recrute can investigate, charge them to court prosecute them and get conviction. So let us wait for the first pdp governor to shout "VOTE GOODLUCK 2011 !!!!!"






I AM WAITING!!!
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by safeact(m): 3:46pm On Apr 06, 2010
I wonder y GJ is allowing them to point their fingers so close to his face! Its a thread to d presidency and should be looked into, he has his NSA to help him if he lacks d step to use!
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by desgiezd(m): 4:18pm On Apr 06, 2010
As Acting President, Jonathan should start baring his fangs and even bite one or two governors, especially their leader, Saraki. By the time he does this, all the recalcitrant governors would start falling in line. If he doesnt know how to bite, he should approach OBJ, his political father who also is a master of the biting game, for necessary lessons.
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by naso2(m): 5:39pm On Apr 06, 2010
siddon look na dog name.
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by akelliah(m): 1:08pm On Apr 18, 2010
They have stated already. Just for them to hear that RIBADU is coming back they have stated campaigning for JONATHAN to contest in 2011, all this is for JONATHAN to have them in his good book so that RIBADU will not look there way. Rubbish people we have as leaders. sad sad sad sad sad sad sad

http://tribune.com.ng/sun/index.php/front-page-articles/863-2011-jonathan-gets-us-western-powers-nod-pdp-govs-also.html
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by marvix(m): 1:40pm On Apr 18, 2010
@Akeliah, dats d politics I hav always told u abt nd Goodluck surq knows how 2 play it.
Re: 2011: Pdp Governors Move To Checkmate Jonathan by mistakay: 1:51pm On Apr 18, 2010
Truthfully speaking jonathan needs those governors more than they need him.Regarding the party issues just because he is the acting president does not mean p.d.p is answerable to him.Please lets not deceive ourselves here. smiley

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