HAS the Peoples Democratic
Party resolved that President
Goodluck Jonathan will be its
presidential candidate for the
2015 election?
Probably, given the prayer the
PDP offered for the President on
Thursday. It asked God to allow
Jonathan to win the 2015 poll.
“We pray to you God, to help
our President win the election
and come out tops in 2015 in
Jesus name.
“Father, we pray that the crisis
in the party would stop and that
the President would lead us well
in the name of God,” so prayed
the PDP National Secretary, Prof.
Wale Oladipo, at the
inauguration of the Kwara state
executive caretaker committee
of the party.
At the event were the National
Chairman of the PDP, Bamangar
Tukur; and other members of
the National Working
Committee, who all chorused
loud “AMEN” to the prayer.
Other members of the NWC who
chorused their agreement to
Jonathan’s victory in 2015 were
the party’s National Organising
Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar
Mustapha; National Publicity
Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh; and
the National Treasurer, Alhaji
Adewole Adeyanju.
An aide of one of the NWC
members, who sat close to our
correspondent, wondered
whether the prayer was an
indication that there would not
be any presidential primary in
the party.
“With this prayer and the ‘amen’
that followed, maybe the party
has foreclosed the idea of
holding any presidential
primary to choose its
presidential candidate,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tukur has said that
the party is not moved by the
defection of its members to the
All Progressive Congress.
He said that the defection of 27
out of 30 members of the
Sokoto State House of Assembly
to the APC would allow other
people to join the PDP in the
state.
“They (the lawmakers) have left
already when the governor left.
When 27 people leave, 270,000
will join. This is democracy. If
few had left many would come
in,” Tukur said.

Na wah o,, Jonathan Must win by fire by force kikikikiki

The PDP will still have to conduct primaries though, according to the Electoral Act.