AHEAD OF PORT HARCOURT PRIMARIES, NORTH-WEST LEADERS SETTLE ON MAKARFI AS CONSENSUS CANDIDATE.

Political leaders and elder statesmen of the North West under the aegis of the North West Progressives Forum (NWPF) have adopted Sen. Ahmed Makarfi as the region’s consensus candidate going into the PDP Presidential Primaries scheduled to hold on Saturday the 6th of October, 2018.

Giving reasons for the adoption of Sen. Makarfi, spokesman for the group Mal. Isa Saleh Funtua, argued that the North West has the highest number of registered voters in Nigeria, and exerts the most influence on the outcome of presidential elections, so must play an active role in deciding which way the 2019 contest goes. Mal. Saleh Funtua said the NWPF dispassionately considered all the talented NW aspirants hoping to run against Buhari in 2019, and initially managed to narrow it down to four candidates who could not only win the Primaries but more importantly defeat Buhari in the Presidential Election next year.

“We considered Lamido, a fine gentleman with the political sagacity to defeat any challenger. Unfortunately the man has an ongoing EFCC case against him, and you know how brutal these APC people are, so he was a few people’s first choice but we could not risk it”, Alhaji Saleh Funtua said.

“We then looked at Kwankwaso. No doubt he is the most popular NW candidate, and perhaps the only one who can actually defeat APC in the NW, but let us tell ourselves the truth – we did a poll among our brothers and sisters in the South and his candidacy was surprisingly the most resisted. We believe people misunderstood his style of governance when he was governor, and now incorrectly think he is a fundamentalist. Some Yorubas are also unhappy with the vocal positions he took in Ile-Ife during an ethnic clash there. He is a gentleman, but the South has formed a biased opinion against him and will not support him, that is the truth.

“The third aspirant we considered was Governor Tambuwal. It is unfortunate that this gentleman has allowed his candidacy be hijacked by Governor Wike. Yes, he enjoys immunity, but Tambuwal hasn't managed to galvanise widespread political support. Even worse, it appears Wike wants to impose him and the North West cannot allow Wike from his parlour in Port Harcourt decide what is best for us, and for Nigeria. That is not democracy! We think it was very politically naïve of Tambuwal to have allowed this happen. We are not the APC that has godfathers like Tinubu who single-handedly decide what happens within the Party.

“So we have settled for Sen. Makarfi as the man whose candidacy best protects and promotes the interests of the North West and of Nigeria. He was a governor of Kaduna state; he has been a Federal Senator, and he showed his political dexterity when he held the PDP together as its National Caretaker Chairman. Sen. Makarfi is seen by Northerners and Nigerians as a man of integrity and perhaps more importantly he is a unifier. Nigeria has never been this divided before, and just as Sen. Makarfi united Kaduna during his tenure as Governor, we expect him to unify Nigeria once he becomes President.”

The NWPF say they are currently communicating their decision to prominent leaders of the country like Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Edwin Clark, Tony Anenih, Ango Abdullahi, Goodluck Jonathan, Ayo Adebanjo, TY Danjuma, Bishop Kukah, the Emir of Kano and the Sultan of Sokoto, including groups such as Afenefere, Ohaneze, PANDEF, and ACF.

“This is not a selfish decision we have reached. We believe the 2019 elections will be a contest for the very soul of Nigeria, and that we cannot afford personal ambition to get in the way of rescuing Nigeria. Buhari must go, and even though he is a dark horse, we 100% believe that Sen. Makarfi is the only candidate able to galvanise the national support from North to South needed to remove Buhari in 2019.” Isa Funtua


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Who be Markafi pls

afamaustin:
Who be Markafi pls

A Great Candidate for Nigerian Presidency

Make Wike catch una.

Ledem endorse, na then know

Not a bright idea. However Makarfi does deserve to be Pdp national chairman.

afamaustin:
Who be Markafi pls

Type that on GOOGLE.. you have a phone but dont research.

Dont know him, we are here reading.

When 2019 comes, we shall know them all..

Congrats

come 2019. Power will definitely change hands.

Dead on arrival

Tonyebarcanista, fielding this man would be a walk over for PMB.

You guys should make it competitive by putting forward someone that can get at least 3% of the total valid vote count

Correct!
Makarfi deserves it.

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You are trying to sow the seed of discord in PDP...Dead on arrival.

Makarfi will not make it.


BTW, This forum is progressively becoming a joke...This article/report looks sponsored.

So many stooge parading themselves in PDP

Ahmed Markafi is a very great Candidate...
I just hope he can Withstand the Pressures involved

The great Makrafi, the destroyer of Sheriff. He deserves the ticket. He is a loyal party man to the core. All other Aspirants are political jobbers looking for their next ticket to loot our common wealth.

Right step in the right direction

The way Rain go Beat this guys for PHC ehn, even Umbrella will not withstand it

No candidate in NW that can defeat buhari, not even NE or NC.

PDP needs to learn politics better or else... You will just be wandering around the bush in the next 8 years

These people drawing Nigeria back

Good , till then

why not baba Ahmed? or is it a must to chose a former governor?

To whosoever it may concerns..
Freedom of speech is guaranteed but Freedom after speech isn't guaranteed...
Will have say my reasons here but I remember no forum or social media account is faceless...

They were nt even lookin in d direction of atiku or saraki

I can't wait for this showdown to begin

Saturday shld come quick abeg

Nahhh..you can have your say, we will have our way...

Anyone that puts forward makarfi as PDP candidate must be working for the APC.
Makarfi is the weakest amongst all the PDP presidential candidates able to defeat Buhari in either a free & fair or foul & rigged election,as APC has taken us back to.

Nice

cant beat Buhari

afamaustin:
Who be Markafi pls

Best Candidate to defeat Buhari. His the ex governor of Kaduna state and lagecy is unmarch till today.

Rubbish...what about 2001 Kaduna Sharia Riot that resulted in killing of several hundreds of Ibos...The judicial Panel of Inquiry, have they finish their work...have Markafi been able to arrest on person...? rubbish