Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, an unconfirmed
report says is leading a pack of top politicians including
his former Vice President. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former
senate president Ken Nnamani and former Cross River
State Governor Mr. Donald Duke, among others, to float
a new political party ahead of the 2019 general elections
apparently in dissatisfaction with the performance of the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government led
by President Muhammadu Buhari, Frontier News reports
It gathered authoritatively, Frontier News says that the
new party formation, which is billed for lunch in
November 2016 also has Sokoto State Governor Aminu
Tambuwal and his predecessor Senator Aliyu Wamako
as coordinator of Sokoto state while Senator Musa
Kwakwaso is to oversee Kano state.
Other coordinators of the yet to be named mega party
our correspondent gathered are Senator Adamu Aliero
who is to coordinate Kebbi state, MrsAll Progressives
Congress who is to coordinate Akwa Ibom, the current
secretary to the Edo State government Professor Julius
Ihonvbere is to coordinate Edo State while Mr. Jimi
Agbaje is to coordinate Lagos state. The name of Ogun
born politician Mr. Bode Mustapha also featured in the
new political arrangement.
Some governors of the South-South and South-East,
who are serving their second terms in office our
correspondent gathered are also deeply involved in the
political arrangement but with the promise of vice
presidential slot while present and former governors of
the North have also been linked to the new party.
Though the name of former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar was linked to the new party, an insider told
Frontiersnews that Obasanjo is strongly opposed to the
inclusion of his former deputy in the party.
A source, who spoke to our correspondent, on condition
of anonymity said ” Obasanjo is blocking the inclusion
of Atiku Abubakar because of their old quarrel. We are
beginning to see the former VP returning to the PDP
before 2019 because the APC will certainly not give him
the ticket in 2019″.
Top political leaders in both the ruling APC, the PDP and
other political parties in the country have also been
linked with the new party as consultation intensifies.
An inside source told our correspondent on Monday that
key members of the National Assembly, some serving
ministers, former governors and a host of other powerful
individuals in the country swell the rank of the new
political group.
The source stated that in the months ahead, “you are
going to see alignment and realignment of political
interests. As for the APC and the PDP, there survival will
be dependent on their ability to manage their crisis”.
Our correspondent’s investigations revealed that APC
strongman Senator Bola Tinubu is already mobilising
his supporters to consolidate their hold on the South
West bloc and possibly reawaken “his old political
bloc”.
Tinubu’s key allies and diehard loyalists who the
source said are very unhappy in APC and with the
President Muhammadu Buhari’s government are already
mobilising to recreate the old Alliance for Democracy
(AD) platform ahead of the 2019 general elections,
another top politician confirmed.
The source said this development is also applicable to
the Atiku Abubakar and the Bukola Saraki’s blocs.
The promoters of the yet to be named political party, the
online medium said were undecided wether to create a
completely new political platform or leverage on an
already registered party and build it into a mega party to
form a formidable opposition party to the APC and the
PDP in the political landscape.

Beer parlour gist!

let it be confirmed before I'll comment

No sauce? Abi na tomato Ebola cause am?

okay o

This is the imagination of the op

Nkogheri.