The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate,
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his All Progressives Congress
counterpart, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) may
meet before the March 28 presidential elections.
The PUNCH gathered on Sunday that the meeting which
might hold outside the country was to establish rapport
between the two contenders before the election.
A source close to the Presidency said, “We are trying to
broker a meeting between the two leaders.
“The way the presidential electioneering is going may
create serious divisions among Nigerians. We need to
stop this.
“Apart from this, I think there is serious apprehension
in the camp of the President that if Buhari wins, he’s
going to jail a lot of President Jonathan’s supporters for
alleged corruption.
“This is one of the issues that is causing serious tension
in the camp of the President and we also need to make
sure that in whatever we do, there must be peace in the
country.”
It was learnt that the claim by former President
Olusegun Obasanjo that Jonathan was afraid that Buhari
could jail him was real after all.
A top member of the ruling PDP, who also spoke with
our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said,
this fact could not be denied by the party and the
Presidency.
He said, “You have listened to the press conference by
our campaign office and we didn’t deny that aspect. But
we dealt with other issues.
“That statement by former President Obasanjo is real. It
is true and we all know that. But we know that very
soon, the meeting which we are hearing is being
coordinated by some concerned leaders, might address
that.”
Obasanjo had on Saturday said, ‘‘I believe the
President’s fear is particularly motivated by whom he
sees as his likely successor, that is, Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari. I believe people would have been telling him
that Buhari is a hard man; he will fight corruption and
he (Jonathan) may end up in jail if not in the grave. I
think people would have told him that sort of thing and
he is not the only one afraid of Buhari.’’
Meanwhile, the PDP has called on all political parties
and other stakeholders in the electoral process to join
hands with the Independent National Electoral
Commission to make the 2015 general elections a
success.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh,
in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said all parties must
come together in the interest of the nation and ensure
that measures that create the environment for credible,
free and fair elections were firmly put in place.
He said, “The responsibility of building a united, strong
and prosperous nation anchored on democratic
principles lies on all of us collectively.
“We therefore charge all political parties, other relevant
groups and all stakeholders in the electoral process to
jettison all personal/group interests and put that of our
nation and its people ahead of all.
“The future of our nation is determined by what we do
or say at this point in time. We must therefore resolve
to work together as patriotic citizens and join hands
with INEC and relevant institutions of government to
ensure credible, free and fair elections devoid of
rancour and disagreements.
“At this point, what should be paramount is the well-
being of our people and the survival of our dear nation
and its democracy.
“We must therefore close ranks as brothers and sisters
and resist the machinations of enemies of our country
who do not wish us well.”
Metuh called on the political parties to redirect their
energy to issues that promote national development,
reinforce unity among Nigerians and engender mutual
understanding and peaceful co-existence.
Metuh said, “Nigeria is a great nation. We must
appreciate the resilience of our people and their resolve
to succeed.
“Indeed, we cannot afford to fail our citizens at this
time of our national life. We must work hard to
continue to ensure that the environment that
contributed to the successes we have recorded is
adequately maintained and enhanced”.
He also called on INEC to gird it loins and appreciate
the fact that it was “saddled with an enormous
responsibility and that “Nigerians expect nothing less
than a transparent electoral process”.
Metuh said the commission should understand that
“observations by stakeholders are not intended to
castigate, weaken or destroy the electoral process but
to assist in deepening democracy so that at the end of
the day, Nigerians will be the ultimate winners”.
Also on Sunday, the National Auditor of the PDP,
Adewole Adeyanju, advised INEC to allow eligible voters
to use their Temporary Voter Cards during the elections.
Adeyanju advised INEC to commence the use of the
Permanent Voter ‘ Cards during the bye elections that
might arise from the March 28 and April 11 polls to test
its card reader.


source: http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-buhari-may-hold-fence-mending-meeting/

Let dem. Allow. GMB jail joor,nobody shud steal our moni and go free