Four days after a successful convention of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) where
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd),
emerged the presidential candidate, the
party is yet to agree on who becomes his
running mate.
This is causing ripples between the
governors and National Leader, Bola
Tinubu.
While the Governors are rooting for Rivers
State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Tinubu is
insisting on his ex-Attorney-general and
Commissioner for Justice, Professor Yemi
Osinbajo.
Sources within the leadership of the party
confided in Daily Independent that the
governors including former Kwara State
Governor and Chairman, Senate Committee
on the Environment, Senator Bukola Saraki,
alleged that Osinbajo has no electoral value
and cannot win election.
“He is not a politician and does not have a
national clout,” they were quoted to have
said.
Tinubu on the other hand, said Buhari’s
running mate must come from the South
West.
Whatever the argument both sides are
putting up, a running mate must emerge
today. This has become inevitable as
today is the deadline going by INEC’s
guideline.
“Final decision will be taken today,” our
source said, adding that they are likely to
reach a decision.
Investigations by Daily Independent
revealed also that the party top echelons
have agreed that the leadership of the
National Assembly, especially, the Senate,
should come from the South West.
With the Vice President slot allocated to
the South South, interest groups within the
party are already spoiling for fight in the
quest to clinch the coveted position, with
sentiments being whipped up on which of
the groups within the party, should
produce the Vice Presidential candidate.
It was gathered those interested in being
Buhari running mate are fighting
themselves dirty in the bid to clinch the
slot.
The bitterness with which the interested
parties are going about the struggle is,
however, causing headache for the party
leaders.
Sources said the APC was formed on the
strength of two main groups – the Legacy
Group comprising the merger parties and
the Equity Group made up of the defunct
New PDP.
The two most important seats in the party
for now, the National Chairman and the
Presidential candidate, John Oyegun and
Muhammadu Buhari, respectively were
produced by the Legacy group.
The Equity group led by the River State
Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, is said to be
demanding for the Vice Presidential seat
and is insisting on getting it no matter
what.
The decision of the group to clinch the
ticket, it was said, was premised on the
fact that the leadership of the National
Assembly, expected to be formed in 2015,
which the APC also believes it would have
the majority, have been ceded to the
Legacy group again.
The party leaders it was gathered are well
disposed to having the VP candidate from
the South South, despite the fact that
chairman of the party, Oyegun is also from
the zone.
However, South East stakeholders are said
to be uncomfortable with the zoning
arrangement which seemed not to have
taken them into consideration.
They are reportedly demanding for either
the VP slot or the seat of the National
Chairman, which means Oyegun must
resign if the party wants to please the
South East demand.
However, big trouble may break out within
the party soon as members of the Equity
group are reportedly threatening to cause
trouble if they are totally schemed out of
the sharing arrangement, the source said.
Daily Independent can authoritatively
reveal that Oluremi Tunubu, wife of the
National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu,
has been chosen and agreed upon as the
one to take the seat, in event the APC
secures majority in the Senate, enough to
manage a simple majority win in event of
contest for the seat.
The decision, it was gathered, had been on
the table for a long time, but was finally
agreed on, as a compensation for Bola
Tinubu when he agreed to drop his desire
to become Buhari’s running mate, leaving
the seat for a South South person.
Tinubu as well as Buhari himself is said to
be rooting for Edo State Governor, Adams
Oshiomhole as their preferred candidate in
event of a choice of South South person as
the VP candidate.
Oshimhole is said to be a member of the
Legacy group also.
However, the chances of Oshiomhole
clinching the ticket are slim, considering
the fact that Oyegun is an Edo indigene
like Oshiomhole.
The possibility of taking the slot away from
the South South is also said to be on the
table with the possibility of former Lagos
State Attorney-General, Professor Yemi
Osinbajo, becoming the chosen candidate
ahead of current Lagos State Governor,
Raji Fashola, and former Ekiti State
Governor, Kayode Fayemi, in event the seat
is given to the South West as being
canvassed in some quarters.
However, the party has assured Nigerians
that the choice of its presidential running
mate would be made within the context of
the best democratic ideals, just like that of
its presidential candidate.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday
by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, the party urged Nigerians
to ignore the widespread and misleading
reports in the traditional and social media
about the choice of the APC presidential
running mate, saying the party was yet to
meet on running mate.
It described the report that somebody had
been picked to run with the APC
presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari, as unnecessarily sensational,
downright speculative and totally
misleading.
‘’We are using this opportunity to tell
Nigerians to pray for us as we seek to pick
a running mate for our presidential
candidate. This is because this choice is
not just for us but for all of Nigeria,’’ APC
said.
The party said every one of the candidates
who had been speculated as a running
mate to Gen. Buhari is unquestionably
competent to be a Vice President or even
President, adding, however, that no choice
has been made by the party.
‘’We are glad with the feedback we have
received from Nigerians on the transparent
and rancour-free manner in which our
presidential primary was organised.
“We are assuring Nigerians that the choice
of our presidential running mate will also
be guided by best democratic ideals,” it
said.
Buhari on Sunday commenced moves at
reconciling with other aspirants who lost
the ticket to him at the party primary.
Buhari, it was gathered, has formed a mini-
committee to assist him on his journey to
making peace with those who lost the
party ticket to him at the party primary
conducted in Lagos last Thursday.
The first of the reconciliation trip was
made to the Abuja home of former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar where both
leaders reportedly had a “good
discussion”.
Aside from Atiku, others who participated
in the APC primary were Kano State
Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso, Imo
State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, and
Publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Nda
Isaiah.
A dependable source told Daily
Independent that the meeting held in
Atiku’s house on Sunday, was fruitful as
the former VP assured Buhari of his
willingness to keep to his promise to give
all necessary support to the APC candidate
as he battles President Goodluck Jonathan
for the 2015 presidential seat.
Atiku it was gathered, told Buhari that he
was not bitter over being defeated at the
party primary and that being a sincere
democrat, he had made up his mind even
before the shadow election to go along
with the decision of the party, no matter
what it turned out to be.
“The former VP is not desperate to govern
Nigeria against what the PDP is trying to
sell to Nigerians and APC members in
particular with a view to causing crisis
within the party,” the source stated.
The rest of the losers, the source said, will
be visited before the week runs out.


http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/12/tinubu-govs-disagree-buharis-running-mate/

Fighting to win only to lose to Gej

Its give and take, since madam Tinubu is gunning for senate president, let Amaechi take VP. The east can lead the house of Representatives.

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Fighting to win only to lose to Gej

stop day dreaming, gej has already lost.

See as them dey share the post like say dem don win. VP - SS , Senate president - SW. SMH rubbish. APC is banking on the fact that core North will Vote Buhari out of sentiment and part of SW will vote APC too out of sentiment 'cos they have nothing to campaign on. They will fail woefully.

diluminati:


stop day dreaming, gej has already lost.

comment will only instigate almajiris to start killin peopl and destroyin properties when buhari looses again.

diluminati:


stop day dreaming, gej has already lost.

to who, a serial loser

I make bold to say that what the frog-eyed Tinubu said is what will eventually happen: that no matter what, the VP slot has to be from the south-west.

This is what I and many believe the grand plan of the south-west is: to come back to power through the "back door" and this back door being to be VP and support Buhari & the north now, so after his tenure, whether 1 or 2, his south west deputy will climb up one step to the presidential seat of we country.

I don't usually speak out and ahead of events, but I am so very sure of this, that I can bet my life savings that this is what is going to happen.

(Again, I pondered how a so-called sophisticated group can pick Buhari over Fashola and claim the latter is the best option.... and his emergence, despicable as it may be, only tells that he who wants power tomorrow is comfortable eating sheet today and claim, convince, campaign to others that he is eating beans and it tastes so good. yuuum).

Conjectures and fables.


Everyone awaits the VP candidate, news agencies has thus tap in to the frenzy to dish out fables to satisfy the thirst of news hungry nigerians of the awaited VP candidate.

‘’We are using this opportunity to tell
Nigerians to pray for us as we seek to pick
a running mate for our presidential
candidate. This is because this choice is
not just for us but for all of Nigeria,’’ APC
said.

APC calling for prayers? This is serious. How can a group of Agberos Peoples Community members believe when prayers when they're already known worldwide as champions of toutism and confusion?










**Bows Head to Pray** May confusion and cluelessness reign in APC forever as they struggle to name a vise presidential candidate. Amen.

interesting.

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