dipoolowoo:
By Peter Albert

Following the landslide victory of Mr Abubakar Atiku as the flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, information available to us reveal that the jostling for who will be his running mate has reached fever-pitch.

According to sources close to Mr Atiku, he has referred the question of who will be his running mate to the party elders to decide.

This, many believe, would serve to heal any wounds that may have arisen from his landslide victory over Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, who had been enjoying the unhinged support of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the state delegates loyal to him.

There are many eminent PDP members across the country who are qualified for the role but discussions with top PDP apparatchiks at the venue of the just-concluded PDP National Convention revealed that the front runners for the position of Vice Presidential candidate are Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD), Governor Nyesom Wike, former Governor Peter Obi, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Govornors Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.

OGD is a former two-term Governor of Ogun State and the Director General of the Atiku Campaign Organization who was able to garner the delegates from the south west states, except Ekiti State delegates, to deliver block votes for Mr Atiku at the primaries.

He is believed to be more suited for the job as he would be able to reduce the votes to and the dominance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south west states. He would also balance the influence of the current Vice President to President Buhari who is also from Ogun State.

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State was the only Governor that openly supported Mr Atiku and mobilized support from fellow PDP Governors, in direct opposition to people like Mr Wike who publicly supported Mr Tambuwal.

Governor Dickson’s unalloyed support for Mr Atiku also contributed to his recent victory as the presidential candidate of the PDP.

Mr Dickson has been a stabilizing factor in the Niger Delta and is widely accepted as a grassroots politician with strong ties with the Yorubas being that his grandmother is from Ogun State.

His giant strides in various sectors in Bayelsa State continue to stand him in good stead as a purveyor of peace and development to the people in general.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the renowned Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy in President Goodluck Jonathan’s Government. She comes with immense experience and capacity together with a largely unblemished public service record.

Though not a politician, her candidacy should put presidential hopefuls from the south east states at ease as she would not be competing with them to take over from Mr Atiku at the end of his single term plan. She would also help to rein in sympathetic votes from Nigerian women across party lines and ethnic or tribal affiliations.

Governor Wike is arguably the latter day leader of the PDP who has fought to steady the course of the party in the last turbulent years after the loss of the presidency to the APC. Though he did not support Mr Atiku in the primaries, pundits say that his control of the party systems through his appointed Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, is very strong.

Mr Fayose is the current Governor of Ekiti State who stepped down from the presidential primaries race ostensibly to support Mr Tambuwal. Despite the fact that his candidate lost the governorship elections to the APC candidate, pundits say he still commands a lot of support in the south west states.

Mr Fayose, though considered a rabble-rouser by a cross section of the society for his many verbal engagements, should therefore help the PDP garner votes in the south west states as Vice Presidential candidate to Mr Atiku.

Last but not the least is Dr Peter Obi. He is the immediate past and very successful governor of Anambra State. Mr Obi brings economic sagacity and an unblemished public service record to the table but may raise fears from other possible successors to Mr Atiku at the end of the single term as being vice president would put him in pole position to take over.

https://www.businesspost.ng/2018/10/08/ogd-dickson-iweala-fayose-others-make-atikus-vp-list/

icejoel:
what do you think

sarrki:
Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

badcompany:
the best choice is to chose FROM THE WEST, so as to neutralize the WEST. HE will surely get massive vote from SE N SS.

sarrki:
Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

UD101:

She never did such, our past governors did. Read her book, "Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous"

UD101:

She never did such, our past governors did. Read her book, "Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous"

0monnak0da:

That defence is weak.
The governors demanded that the FG hand over money it was withholding unconstitutionally and went to court. If the FG was so sure of itself why not fight the case in court instead of the endless delays in the name of seeking out of court settlement whilst making illegal deductions.

The fact is the FG share of the total is 54% why did she not save that?
Why is it that within weeks of drop in oil prices she was borrowing to pay salaries? Because she allowed Jonathan and Dasuki to plunder the treasury and was an abysmal failure

sarrki:
Criminal President choosing among criminal vps

sarrki:
Criminal President choosing among criminal vps

MayorofLagos:
Atiku is a businessman and Im sure he knows how to calculate and diminish risks without being told. But thats in business. This is politics and the man is a political failure and will need help to navigate along. Someone need to shout to him that Ndibo is a political risk. Omo ibo support will bring loss. No Ibo VP. A word is enough for the wise.

EmekaMD:
are you guys also interested in the VP of a party you called corrupt? Chai Yorubas and double mouth eehh..

See we despise APC and don't ever wanna come close to them

sarrki:
Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

EmekaMD:
LoL.. your madam Kemi is still hiding under some cupboards in London, while NOI is making giants strides all over the world..

Be the judge, who would you advise your daughter to look up to? The woman that fakes everything, including accent, Nysc cert, hair style or the woman receiving accolades home and abroad for her ingenuity?

Lie and thunder will strike you.. your daughter will actually send you the thunder herself for wishing her evil

richeso:


oga leave stupid talk. she is employed to do a job and she did her job. she is not the president, or vice, or senate to kick against orders from above. this are about Governors demands and has to do with the Presidency and the Governors. don't stain her with that dirty bullshit you should has arrest your governors for. go ask your governors what they do with the money.
she steal your money for nairaland comment, till now why you never arrest her ? abi she be spirit ? mmchheww!

sarrki:
Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

naijaking1:
I am 100% proud Igbo, but strategically, Fayose will be a better choice.
Igbos trust Fayose more than some efulefu Igbo men like Orji Kalu, and Okorohausa, etc!
Go Fayose!

0monnak0da:

Save the advice for your mother not only to leave stupid talk but to abort stupid children