Despite the hard line posture of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the
Presidency has opted to reach out to the
aggrieved governors and leaders of the
New PDP to give room for the completion
of peace talks with President Goodluck
Jonathan.
The aggrieved governors- Rotimi Amaechi,
Murtala Nyako, Abdulfatah Ahmed, Aliyu
Wammako and Rabiu Kwankwaso- defected
to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on
Tuesday.
According to sources, who pleaded not to
be named, a security chief has since
Tuesday been reaching out to the aggrieved
G-7 governors to honour the President on
Sunday by attending the resumption of
peace talks.
It was learnt that the security chief made
the governors to realise that the ill-health
of the President accounted for the shift of
the meeting.
It was gathered that the security top brass
said even if the governors had taken their
decision, it is proper to allow the
conclusion of talks with the President.
A source, who spoke in confidence, said the
intervention of the security chief was as a
result of the likely implications of an all-
out-battle between the President and the
governors.
The source said: “The top security brass has
been begging the governors to return to
the negotiation table because of likely
degeneration of the political situation in the
country.
“His fear is that the implosion in PDP may
ground governance to a halt, in view of the
attitude of some hawks in the ruling party
that the President should adopt a tit-for-tat
measure against perceived political
adversaries.
“The consequence of the crisis on the 2014
Budget became obvious following the
probability of APC controlling the majority
in the National Assembly, especially the
House of Representatives.
“So, there is pressure on the governors to
have a rethink. The security chief has
contacted some key Northern leaders and
traditional rulers to intercede.”
As at press time however it was learnt that
the aggrieved governors, with the exception
of Governors Sule Lamido and Babangida
Aliyu, were yet to make any commitment to
have meeting with the President on Sunday.
Another source said: “Mr. Rotimi Amaechi
told those making the overtures as follows:
‘I won’t attend any meeting on Sunday
since I am no longer in their midst.’
“The governors are skeptical about the
sincerity of the President to the resumption
of peace talks. He is using the session to
gauge the feeling of the governors and
determine when to strike against them.
“The governors and New PDP leaders have
merged with APC; it is presumed that the
reconciliation process is dead.”

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It's just normal to expect this. No good shepherd would want to loose a sheep. No good leader would want to let a follower go out of 'his reach'.