There is pressure on former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Nuhu Ribadu to join the Adamawa governorship race on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The pressure on Ribadu is coming from PDP Muazu and party chief.
Besides some presidential aides, including a top official close to President Goodluck Jonathan, and some businessmen who have the President’s ears, have been pleading with Ribadu to accept PDP’s ticket.
A peaceful march has been fixed for tomorrow in Yola by some PDP leaders and stakeholders to demand Ribadu as the party’s next governorship candidate.
But the ex-EFCC chairman, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has not accepted the PDP’s overtures.
The PDP is desperate to give him a waiver and make him its candidate.
It was gathered that the PDP is after Ribadu to “pull the carpet off the feet of APC” which may benefit from sympathy votes to compensate for Nyako’s impeachment.
Ribadu “credibility” is said to have attracted the PDP.
It was learnt that one of the permutations of the PDP is to use the “snatching of Ribadu” to checkmate the influence of a former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who is still keen on contesting the presidential race in 2015.
In line with the agenda to whittle down the influence of APC in Adamawa State, the Acting Governor, Umaru Fintiri, has forced all local government chairmen to rejoin PDP and all APC chairmen and secretaries in most local governments are being lured back to the ruling party.
Muazu, some principal aides to the President, some businessmen, who are friends of the President, and some respected stakeholders from Adamawa have met with Ribadu in the last two weeks.A source in the PDP said: “Muazu, some presidential aides and some businessmen close to the seat of power have had audience with Ribadu in Abuja on the need to join PDP.
“We are begging Ribadu to join us to be our governorship candidate to prove to the people of Adamawa State that the removal of Nyako was well-intended and not directed at APCper se.“Security reports confirmed the need to re-fix the state and we decided to use our majority in the House of Assembly to remove Nyako.
“Having tried many candidates in Adamawa State, PDP leaders and stakeholders within and outside the state have concluded that only Ribadu has the integrity to save the state.
“If Nyako is gone and another APC chieftain is coming under the cloak of PDP, the people will not see anything wrong.”Asked if the PDP move was not a way of decimating APC, the source replied: “That is part of the game.
After all some PDP governors have also defected to APC.“Adamawa is strategic to the PDP as far as its plans for 2015 poll is concerned. It is one of the targeted states by this party.
“The way the PDP is zeroing in on Ribadu has local content. We want the best for Adamawa State.
“Even some forces in the presidency have agreed on the need to redirect the state.”But some stakeholders have kicked against plans by PDP to “give Ribadu a waiver and readmit him into the party”.Another source said: “There is no way PDP members can accept Ribadu as their candidate; he cannot come and reap where he did not sow.“They are making some of us to regret Nyako’s removal.
Are they saying the Acting Governor, Umaru Fintiri is not good enough to lead PDP to victory? What of ex-Governor Buba Marwa, ex-Minister Aliyu Idi Hong, Principal Secretary Hassan Tukur, ex-UBEC Executive Secretary Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Modibbo, Dr. Umar Ardo and many others?”“So, what will be the outcome of ex-PDP National Chairman’s investment in the ouster of Nyako? Are they saying they are not giving Bamanga Tukur’s son also the ticket.“Some of us will resist the granting of waiver to Ribadu. In fact, the waiver can not work because it cannot be backdated.
Ribadu is expected to spend at least one year in the PDP as a returnee before he can contest for any post,” the source added.
Ribadu, The Nation learnt, is said to be scared of joining PDP.
But we want to hold a peaceful march on Thursday to prove to him that we are serious this time around in poaching him.
“Already Ribadu’s posters have flooded Yola without any party symbol.
Some stakeholders were behind these,” another source said.
A top source in Ribadu’s camp said: “Since the day Nyako was removed, there have been overtures from PDP leaders and some bigwigs but he has not given them any response. “They are just begging him to come and save the state but he has not make any commitment at all. “You know Ribadu is not the ambitious type at all.
He believes whatever is going to be will be. He is also a man of the people and he will allow their will to prevail.”


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No problem

Ribadu is way too smart to fall for this,Jonathan should carry his foul air to another

BTW, when will Jonathan implement Ribadus committee report on fuel subsidy stealing?

Here is their plan. REintroduce ribadu into the PDP, then quickly and shabily give him the governorship ticket without due process, by then adamawa state APC would have already conducted primaries and chosen a governorship candidate(ribadu was the strong man there, so without him, APC will have no option but to field a weak candidate), then some topshots will claim ribadu was illegally given the PDP ticket, that they want a rerun primaries by which they will use to reclaim there ticket back and hand it over to Marwa who by then will have no strong contender and will win a landslide and sideline ribadu to the gutters. So the poor ribadu will end up with neither PDP nor APC governorship ticket

I hope the guy will be wise enough not to fall for this cheap trick

PDP schooling the supporters of APC on Naija politicks since their dubious Merger in 2013

Beautiful bride: “Already Ribadu’s posters have flooded Yola without any party symbol"

Woo ke let me read again
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Don't join the dark side, Ribadu.


PDP= evil empire.

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Good for them.

KIV...

cronsberg: Here is their plan. REintroduce ribadu into the PDP, then quickly and shabily give him the governorship ticket without due process, by then adamawa state APC would have already conducted primaries and chosen a governorship candidate(ribadu was the strong man there, so without him, APC will have no option but to field a weak candidate), then some topshots will claim ribadu was illegally given the PDP ticket, that they want a rerun primaries by which they will use to reclaim there ticket back and hand it over to Marwa who by then will have no strong contender and will win a landslide and sideline ribadu to the gutters. So the poor ribadu will end up with neither PDP nor APC governorship ticket

I hope the guy will be wise enough not to fall for this cheap trick

I hereby recommend you for an Associate Professor on Naija Politricks in the Nairaland Institute of Strategic Studies(NISS). You understand the game plan.

Nigeria politics is a formation of just two parties APC nd PDP,every others re upcoming(lyk we also hav upcoming arts...)

It's either Ribadu accepts this 'greek gift' or will be forced to Till 2019

Interesting

PDP is so scared of APC .....

The same old strategy that was used to stop prof. Charles Soludo from contesting the Anambra election. Ribadu better be wise, PDP will never give you their ticket. They just want to disgrace you out of the contest.

If He ribadu accept it I as a person won't be Surprise are will not in a season of cross carpeting? So anything can happen, nigeria politics is. So funny and dangerous.

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Look at this one https://www.nairaland.com/1834606/1st-security-social-app-need

I don't believe this story.

ajisebioyo1: I beg who knows Drugs to cure snoring

Rest, Exercise & Diet. If you the one taking Beer, please reduce it until you have the grace to stop it

disloman: I don't believe this story.

Naija politricks is the best in the world
#ObamaWillKnow

Ribadu to be giving PDP ticket? That's not gonna happen! not with Buba Marwa and batallion of others on the waiting line.

Why are PDP so desperate? Why poaching on APC? I use to think it was the reverse... This shows that Jonathan crew has lost touch with the reality and self admitting! So PDP is not popular in Adamawa Anymore?

I expect Ribadu to reject this greek gift....they should work on the Ribadu Committee subsidy report. Ribadu should not be a party to corrupt regime.


Pdp shd give Marwa....abi no be dem want power?

Marwa Till 2019 lolsss



#Barcanista

whatlyf: Whay are PDP so desperate? Why poaching on APC? I use to think it was the reverse... This shows that Jonathan crew has lost touch with the reality and self admitting!

I expect Ribadu to reject this greek gift....they should work on the subsidy report. Ribadu should be a party to corrupt regime.


Pdp shd give Marwa....abi no be dem want power?

Don't be hypocritical here
Remember APC has been poaching PDP Governors.
So it is all about politics

PDP going back to its vomit!

I hate politics

ucyoma: PDP going back to its vomit!

I hate polotics

But you have been playing it since birth

Ribadu won't like to be in the same party with the thieves he probed

Mtcheww....foolishnessssss upon madness=pdp.......pdp be clueless since 1800

Ribadu is officially the only politician that wil make me leave d comfort of my house to vote. Pls dnt join d cankerworms

Descartes: Don't be hypocritic here
Remember APC has been poaching PDP Governors.
So it is all about politics

APC did not poach PDP Govs, it was their wish to leave PDP. APC only provide platform for them. I thought PDP said they are incharge of Adamawa? They now enjoy incumbency, let dem prove their worth @ the poll.
I trust Ribadu, he rejected $50m Ibori bribe, he refused to collect sitting allowance as Subsidy Committee Chair, he rejected NNPC Board nomination. Unlike regular politicians, he's not desperate.



Nice try tho