AHEAD of next month’s general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP conducted its primaries last year to field candidates for the election based on the guidelines and timetable provided by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The PDP primaries may have come and gone, but their memories will linger for a very a long time especially against the backdrop of the performance of Jonathan’s men who resigned to contest. Many of them, at the end of the day, came out wounded, some humiliated, defeated while some won with the support of some powerful connection and influence.

One very interesting aspect of the primaries was the mass resignation of Ministers, Special Advisers and Special Assistants, those that could be described as the President’s men who left the cabinet to contest for the governorship position in their respective states. Following the tendering of letters of resignation, the Ministers decided to test their popularity in their various states, by contesting the governorship primaries on the platform of PDP.

Many overrated themselves and some possibly had the notion that their states belonged to them. There were those who felt that the name of President Jonathan rang enough bell to earn them tickets. They believed in the powers of the Presidency to do and undo. They relied on President Jonathan. Having served the President well, it became a seeming statutory right to emerge governors in their states.

If a minister in a President’s cabinet resigned to contest for a higher political office, the conclusion was that such ambition must naturally enjoy the President’s support and approval, after all they were President’s men.

They enjoyed the blaring of siren each time they visited their States and had become not only special but also high class people in their states. Again, as top government officials money was not going to be the problem.

Labaran Maku resigned from his position as Minister of Information for the Nasarawa Governorship race; Emeka Wogu resigned from the Labour and Productivity Ministry for the Abia race; Musiliu Obanikoro resigned as Minister of State, Defence to contest for the Lagos State governorship ticket; Nyesom Wike left his office as Minister of State, Education for the Rivers State governorship race; Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu resigned as Minister of Health for the Ebonyi race; Dr. Samuel Ortom resigned as Minister of State, Trade and Investment for the Benue State governorship race; Darius Ishaku resigned as Minister of State, Niger Delta to contest the Taraba State Governorship position and Elder Godsday Orubebe resigned to contest for the Delta State governorship ticket.

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http://www.rum704.com/2015/01/10/fall-of-jonathans-men-what-implication-for-his-re-election/

Hmmmm

GEJ is going down, just like his old foot soldiers Labara Maku, Koro et al.

FeBuhari14

hmm!

Just one sentence.. "They overrated the selves"

What made it very clear to me that Gej is finished was appointing the cocaine addict fani kayode into his campaign team. I was like, you got no friends, mr clueless? they've all left you dumbasss?