The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), on Tuesday, warned the Northern Political Forum (NPF), not to drag its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, into the raging internal crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the zoning of positions.


A member of the NPF, Yahaya Kwande, had reportedly described Mr Buhari as a selfish man for allegedly opposing the zoning arrangement in the PDP. Spokesman of the CPC, Dennis Aghanya, told journalists in Abuja, said the party is not comfortable with the statement credited to Mr Kwande, saying since the former military ruler is not a member of the PDP, he should be left out of zoning debate in the ruling party. “The CPC is not very comfortable with the statement credited to one of our elder statesmen and a member of the Northern Political Forum, Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, that some northerners like the former head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who did not support zoning were selfish, and that many of them had forgotten that they need the support of the north for their political aspirations,” Mr Aghanya said. “CPC, has made it very clear that we don’t believe in the principle of zoning because it is against the tenets of democracy. Some of the self-styled leaders of the PDP of the northern extraction have continued to call our leader names simply because he has refused to involve himself in issues that do not concern him and his party.”


Worried party


The CPC spokesman wondered why northern politicians keep blaming Mr Buhari instead of encouraging him to realize his ambition of returning to power since he is also a northerner. He also stated that Mr Buhari has suffered a lot of injustice and wondered why he should not be left alone. “The CPC is worried because we don’t understand why we cannot be left out of this matter,” he said. “Gen. Buhari has suffered a lot of injustice in the hands of this same group of people, same with his followers. Why would one subject himself to all sorts of worries when he has a solution to his problem?”


Mr Aghanya also said that the CPC has offered itself as a genuine political platform for anyone who feels uncomfortable with his party, adding that Mr Buhari is the only one who has offered to run under the platform of the CPC during the forthcoming 2011 presidential election. He noted that top members of the PDP are reaping from what they sowed in the past by attempting to diminish Mr Buhari’s influence in the polity. “Their game has now backfired and they are now looking for innocent people to pull into their struggle. For over 30 painful months they made Gen. Buhari and his followers to pass through the rigours of court processes, seeking for justice that never came.”

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Buhari is still a candidate?

yes FSB; He is gonna be the rallying point for the
north in 2010, (I think)

yes FSB; He is gonna be the rallying point for the
north in 2010, (I think)

untainted:

yes FSB; He is gonna be the rallying point for the
north in 2010, (I think)

nOOOOOOO! He is going to be a breaking point. He will help in splitting northern votes! That will ease the way for Jonathan!!

PapaBrowne:


nOOOOOOO! He is going to be a breaking point. He will help in splitting northern votes! That will ease the way for Jonathan!!

Good talk.

Buhari the north will not vote an inch for that guy.They are looking for someone with their interest in mind and knowing buhari,he is most def not the man they will pick,

lord krato:

Buhari the north will not vote an inch for that guy.They are looking for someone with their interest in mind and knowing buhari,he is most def not the man they will pick,

Which buhari are we talking of here? is he not the one that executed almost PTF projects in the north without any regard for other regions? So if someone like him does not protect northern interest , i wonder who has.

apart from that , this guy is loved at the grassroots (not sure if that counts for jack during OUR own elections )

he would win all northern west states in a landslide (he is from katsina state) but


lets c

Buhari in this modern world!! We needed a youthful president that can our problem with zeal. 82% of those in the ruling class in this country are over 57. We need leaders with vision not rulers with authority without vision.

Hmm

^ china again. this isnt the section

na_so:

Which buhari are we talking of here? is he not the one that executed almost PTF projects in the north without any regard for other regions? So if someone like him does not protect northern interest , i wonder who has.

Would this argument not have been used against him in both 2003 and 2007 elections?
FYI when he was president his minister of petroleum resources was Tam David West
When Britain refused to extradite Dikko (a Northerner) for serious corruption charges, he arranged to kidnap the man and bring him to Nigera
And please point to 5 southerners who are not tribalistic?

lord krato:

Buhari the north will not vote an inch for that guy.They are looking for someone with their interest in mind and knowing buhari,he is most def not the man they will pick,

And by the way, this person is saying that he would not be working for the North

Ltrust:

Buhari in this modern world!! We needed a youthful president that can our problem with zeal. 82% of those in the ruling class in this country are over 57. We need leaders with vision not rulers with authority without vision.

What modern world?
The one of bankole, Ibori, uduaghan, Kalu etc
who are even more corrupt than the "oldies?"
I would rather vote for an old man than a bunch of youthful high tech thieves!

Seriously, it does not matter very seriously if we want to vote for GJ by all means
But let us be honest about it and stop using arguments that are untrue

For instance, do we think the North will not be able to argue that GJ is tribalistic?
If we want to argue that Nothern candidates are tribalistic, then we must not support any candidate on account of his tribe