There were indications that the Presidency may have put the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, under close watch, The Punch has learnt.

It was learnt that the Presidency was not comfortable with the activities of the chairman of the ruling party as some members of the party were said to have informed President Goodluck Jonathan of the alleged double-faced activities of Mu’azu.

It was learnt that the Presidency took the action following reports against the former Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda that he was not fully committed to the second term aspiration of President Jonathan.

Those against him were said to have informed the President and members of his kitchen cabinets that Mu’azu did not take any action following the stoning of the President’s convoy in some states in the North.

Specifically, he was said to have kept quiet over the stoning of the President’s vehicle in his home state.

The sad event in the state was blamed on the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, but the state Governor, Yuguga said that those who stoned the President were sponsored by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Muhammed.

The minister is a member of the ruling party.

The Presidency source said, “You can see that Mu’azu has not been vociferous in his campaign for the President in the North.

“He has never organised any rally on his own and has never attended any other except those organised by the party which were attended by the President.

“He has remained silent on the stoning of the President’s convoy in Taraba, Katsina and Taraba states. We have this unclear notion that he’s more interested in having a President from his region than President Jonathan returning. So, we are watching him.”

The source said the sign that Mu’azu could be up to a sinister motive emerged on the day the President inaugurated the party’s Presidential Campaign Council.

“Instead of speaking on the task ahead of the party and the campaign, Mu’azu in the full glare of the television and invited guests, lambasted the President and the party,” he added.

LogicPower:

More wahala for PDP, and another nail in the coffin for GEJ's re-election dream.

GboyegaD:
Indeed, the presidency is confused.

DonaldGenes:
Well, this story or rumour might as well passed for a Blanket Accusation.
The PDP Chairman is too too cool for this

and for another silly news
"Ohaneze’s hawking presidential endorsement like pure water"– Okorie

Opiosko:
Wake up bro, it's noon already. When Takur left and Ma'zua stepped in you gays hailed it as Lamido/Obj coup. Political scavengers Jubiliated and decleared GEJ second term be dead yet he went on to get nominated unopposed, something the power drunk Otta farmer never archieved.... This APC propaganda wont sell at all.

wwwkaycom:
The problem is that GEJ and his unfortunate wife don't trust anybody except that person is from South South, Edwin Clark is their navigator, GEJ'S biggest problem is his lack of ability to assemble a team of advisers and aides that can see beyond their noses, I am beginning to agree with OBJ who said in his book "my watch" that GEJ'S team of advisers are peopled by individuals who are motivated in all things by their hand, mouth and pocket, these are the people who advised him to believe that as long as he can spend money, he will have the presidential election won so easily meanwhile they are profiting heavily from the whole thing, they made GEJ to believe that money will do all things for him therefore he has been on spending spree since the beginning of the 6 weeks extension he forced on INEC, buying bloggers, internet warriors, church leaders, traditional institutions etc, meanwhile all these will add little or nothing to his electoral fortunes
Mark my words, the March 28 election will be an easy walk over for GMB and APC

Change2015:
Even within the pdp Jonathan commands little respect, yet he is the candidate they are hawking all over town. It is just sad to think one person has brought the esteemed position so low. The party chairman is not meant to be the President's lap dog or secondary to the President's wife. People in the pdp need to realise that Jonathan may leave them with a corpse after all the dissension and distrust he has sown with his weak and indecisive leadership. If the captain threatens to sink the ship, throw him overboard!

#change
#GMB
#APC

Charlotte15:
I have said it severally that Jona is programmed to fail. I have suspected for some time that muazu isn't a big fan of Jona. First clue was when he made the comment monkey dey work baboon dey chop, Second instance was when Jonathan was stoned in bauchi state where he was the former governor, 3rd instance was the story in which we heard he complained about the first lady's influence, fourth was when he said on national tv that he had confidence in jega contrary to what the campaign chairman Ahmadu Ali said. The list goes on and on. No one really likes Jonathan. I just wish he would at least be honest with himself. Always strikes me as a jolly good fellow but not suitable for the mantle of leadership of this magnitude. Jonathan go in peace.

LogicPower:



The unfortunate truth is, even many of GEJ's advisers and presidency staff may not have much respect for him; but they would nonetheless continue to cluster around him because they know that even as clueless as he is, he is the president and can dish out material favours like no one else.

And contrary to what Asari, Clark and other SS falsely claim, the low regard Nigerians have for GEJ as a president has NOTHING whatsoever to do with his being from a minority ethnic group; it is simply because he is such a weak leader who does not seem to be in control of anything, or anybody, under his stewardship.

For instance, under his watch, we witness unprecedented level of IMPUNITY in corruption, looting and stealing, mainly because his body language and public utterances continue to send wrong signals to the thieving elite that they would never go to jail, as long as he is the president.

Under his watch, the BH insurgents also seem to believe, albeit wrongly, that they are stronger than the Nigerian military; hence they can seize control of towns and villages and kidnap hundreds of schoolgirls and continue to keep them unchallenged, as if there was no government at all.

Even his party, the PDP, has been badly, and apparently irreparably, damaged by his clear lack of leadership; the hitherto formidable and indomitable PDP has now become a shadow of its former self; it is now like a giant rudderless ship that is destined to hit a huge rock and disintegrate, to our relief!

owobokiri:
For a party national chairman, he has been very very quiet. Although he appears with the president at rallies, he comes across as a mole rather than a determind party head. . , very detached and uninvolved. . It is also very interesting that the only time he came out openly these days to speak on issues was when he rallied the pdp heads to face the public/press and declare their loyalty and trust on Jega! How about the NSA Sambo Dasuki? He might be the one that first mentioned the idea of postponing the elections, but how is it that inspite of all the info he gathers on daily basis, he was unaware of Jegas nocturnal meetings with the opposition untill jegas moves became even more brazen and noticeable?

Change2015:


What Jonathan has done, means the pdp is unlikely to ever put forward a minority member as presidential candidate for the next twenty or thirty years. At least when Obasanjo was president no one saw him as a yoruba president, but now everyone accepts we have an Ijaw president. Believe you me, the pdp will erase every evidence of Jonathan’s presence when he loses this election. I believe Obj and others are just biding their time before they take back the pdp from Jonathan and his women.

#change
#GMB
#APC