A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state governor has warned that his party might lose the 2019 presidential election if it fails to address the concerns of party leaders over a plethora of issues he said were drawing back its campaign for the election.

According to the governor, who asked not to be named so he is not victimised by the party, said there is deep frustration in the PDP camp just over six weeks to the election “and time is running out.”

He said “All is not going well with our campaign and the commitment of many top party leaders to the campaign is suspect.”

The governor, who is considered very influential in the party, said he had been contacted by many leaders of the party from across the country who were worried about the preparation of the PDP for the presidential election.

“It seems as if we (including Atiku) have conceded the election to Buhari even though the Nigerian people are behind us. The momentum has fallen, the possibility of victory is getting slimmer every day,” the governor lamented.

He said party leaders were aggrieved by alleged lack of consultation by the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, before making key appointments of his running mate and head of the campaign organisation.

Among the worried leaders he named are state governors Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe, Nyesom Wike of Rivers and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; as well as former governors Ahmed Makarfi, Sule Lamido, and Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Four of the serving and former governors ran for the PDP presidential ticket against Mr Abubakar.

But the governor said the concerns they expressed had nothing to do with their loss of the party’s ticket.

“He (Atiku) did not consult anybody before appointing Obi (former Anambra State governor, Peter).

“They (party leaders) are saying we should have sat down to do a proper calculation on where the running mate should come from, whether from the South-west or the South-east.

“The thinking among many leaders is that the running mate should have come from the South-west because you have from there people like Tinubu (former Lagos State governor, Bola, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who is politically-savvy and (Vice President Yemi) Osinbajo who has integrity and credibility.

“Why will the people of the South-west abandon Tinubu and Osinbajo to vote PDP and Atiku?”

“People believe that we should have instead given the South-west the vice presidency and make a commitment to hand over power to the South-east after an Atiku presidency.”

The governor also said the South-east leaders of the party have remained lukewarm to the PDP campaign because of Mr Abubakar’s choice of Mr Obi as his running mate.

“(Deputy Senate President, Ike) Ekweremadu and many South-east leaders including the governors; their commitment is not total. Obi is considered an APGA person who only defected to the PDP during the (former President Goodluck) Jonathan era because he had nowhere else to go. In any case, what is his electoral worth in the South-East.”

Mr Obi served two terms as governor of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance but left APGA for the PDP in 2014 after falling out with his successor, Willie Obiano, whose reelection he later failed to stop.

The worried governor also faulted the structure and composition of the PDP presidential campaign organisation.

“There is also Saraki (Senate President, Bukola) who like Atiku is a recent returnee to the party. He was appointed the head of the campaign.

“Real leaders who have been committed to the PDP, people who did not leave the party during rain or shine, they have been sidelined by the newcomers. Why were leaders like Lamido and Makarfi not given central roles in the campaign?”

https://all-gists..com/2018/12/atiku-may-lose-2019-presidential-election-pdp-governors.html

TALKING AS IF YOU DONT KNOW HE WILL LOSE BEFORE

Does the governor have a name?

Mynd44:
Does the governor have a name?

UMAHI OF EBONYI

Pdp is going through bad patches they re only doing damage control on the media. Atiku dubai plan and policy was a flop. It couldnt sustain the momentum it gained. The problem of pdp is the governors re preoccupied with relection battle in their various states. Many of them knows atiku is not a match for buhari but they have to play along in order not to kill the morale of the team.
Pdp governors re not ready to bankroll atiku presidential ambition because they believe he is a moneybag meanwhile atiku will go broke if he fund his presidential ambition alone.
Most of the pdp governors dont want to incur the wrath of federal govt by standing on their way during election except for few who believes they dont need federal might to win.
Forget about the noise on social media , 2019 election has been won and lost. Buhari will complete his 8yrs pdp south govs has saved their resources and battle for 2023 when power shift back to southern nigeria

ashacot:


UMAHI OF EBONYI

Who told you?

Mynd44:
Who told you?

The way he openly supports PMB, His Body language.

ashacot:


The way he openly supports PMB, His Body language.

Body language is deceptive.

I don't believe

Another slowpoke hiding...

He should be proud of his statement and stand with whom he think will win...and let's see how the slowpoke will be reelected ..

Funny hateful fool

This is beyond MAY . The current situation is WILL

Herdsmen:
Another slowpoke hiding...

He should be proud of his statement and stand with whom he think will win...and let's see how the slowpoke will be reelected ..

Funny hateful fool

Why so angry?

Spot on

Mynd44:

Why so angry?

The man is funny... Ebony man feeling funky..
In the scheme of things he matters less..
Only hes lucky to be southeast coordinate of pdp..

But won't and can't influence nothing..

Mynd44:

Body language is deceptive.

I don't believe

you openly support the incumbent Govt, that's not an offense, when it becomes a concern is when openly shut down other peoples voice in the opposition by virtue of your position. Don't ban people without them breaking d rules

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Naijaalive:


A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state governor has warned that his party might lose the 2019 presidential election if it fails to address the concerns of party leaders over a plethora of issues he said were drawing back its campaign for the election.

According to the governor, who asked not to be named so he is not victimised by the party, said there is deep frustration in the PDP camp just over six weeks to the election “and time is running out.”

He said “All is not going well with our campaign and the commitment of many top party leaders to the campaign is suspect.”

The governor, who is considered very influential in the party, said he had been contacted by many leaders of the party from across the country who were worried about the preparation of the PDP for the presidential election.

“It seems as if we (including Atiku) have conceded the election to Buhari even though the Nigerian people are behind us. The momentum has fallen, the possibility of victory is getting slimmer every day,” the governor lamented.

He said party leaders were aggrieved by alleged lack of consultation by the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, before making key appointments of his running mate and head of the campaign organisation.

Among the worried leaders he named are state governors Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe, Nyesom Wike of Rivers and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; as well as former governors Ahmed Makarfi, Sule Lamido, and Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Four of the serving and former governors ran for the PDP presidential ticket against Mr Abubakar.

But the governor said the concerns they expressed had nothing to do with their loss of the party’s ticket.

“He (Atiku) did not consult anybody before appointing Obi (former Anambra State governor, Peter).

“They (party leaders) are saying we should have sat down to do a proper calculation on where the running mate should come from, whether from the South-west or the South-east.

“The thinking among many leaders is that the running mate should have come from the South-west because you have from there people like Tinubu (former Lagos State governor, Bola, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who is politically-savvy and (Vice President Yemi) Osinbajo who has integrity and credibility.

“Why will the people of the South-west abandon Tinubu and Osinbajo to vote PDP and Atiku?”

“People believe that we should have instead given the South-west the vice presidency and make a commitment to hand over power to the South-east after an Atiku presidency.”

The governor also said the South-east leaders of the party have remained lukewarm to the PDP campaign because of Mr Abubakar’s choice of Mr Obi as his running mate.

“(Deputy Senate President, Ike) Ekweremadu and many South-east leaders including the governors; their commitment is not total. Obi is considered an APGA person who only defected to the PDP during the (former President Goodluck) Jonathan era because he had nowhere else to go. In any case, what is his electoral worth in the South-East.”

Mr Obi served two terms as governor of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance but left APGA for the PDP in 2014 after falling out with his successor, Willie Obiano, whose reelection he later failed to stop.

The worried governor also faulted the structure and composition of the PDP presidential campaign organisation.

“There is also Saraki (Senate President, Bukola) who like Atiku is a recent returnee to the party. He was appointed the head of the campaign.

“Real leaders who have been committed to the PDP, people who did not leave the party during rain or shine, they have been sidelined by the newcomers. Why were leaders like Lamido and Makarfi not given central roles in the campaign?”

https://all-gists..com/2018/12/atiku-may-lose-2019-presidential-election-pdp-governors.html

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APC should just swallow their pride and pack out of the villa

ORIENTATION101:
Pdp is going through bad patches they re only doing damage control on the media. Atiku dubai plan and policy was a flop. It couldnt sustain the momentum it gained. The problem of pdp is the governors re preoccupied with relection battle in their various states. Many of them knows atiku is not a match for buhari but they have to play along in order not to kill the morale of the team.
Pdp governors re not ready to bankroll atiku presidential ambition because they believe he is a moneybag meanwhile atiku will go broke if he fund his presidential ambition alone.
Most of the pdp governors dont want to incur the wrath of federal govt by standing on their way during election except for few who believes they dont need federal might to win.
Forget about the noise on social media , 2019 election has been won and lost. Buhari will complete his 8yrs pdp south govs has saved their resources and battle for 2023 when power shift back to southern nigeria

Did Atiku tell you that he needs anybody's money to win? You still don't understand what OBJ meant when he said that Atiku has the money to feed 300million Nigerians for 400 years. Use your coconut head and think before all these buffoonery

centoke30:
Did Atiku tell you that he needs anybody's money to win? You still don't understand what OBJ meant when he said that Atiku has the money to feed 300million Nigerians for 400 years. Use your coconut head and think before all these buffoonery

just exaggeration atiku cannot afford to fund his campaign alone or else he goes broke. The momentum his emergence and policy gained has since drained now pdp has left their policy plan to be scavenging for news to react like a nuclear device

There is nothing compellingly existential or fundamental driving Atiku presidency. He is a very ordinary Nigerian politician doing ordinary things the way they have been done between 1999 and 2015.

The economy is improving in spite of pockets of hardship in a few urban areas caused by old structural hangups. People don't want to change old jobs, old business lines, old corruption networks and yet they are complaining.

The SE and SS are actually recovering faster economically than other areas and it is a big problem with trying to demarket Buhari in some PDP strongholds.
Major markets have solar power, Innoson is being patronised, Niger bridge is going up and agric has taken off.

More importantly, Obi's emergence will send more than ten major SE politicians to political death and it's NOT going to happen. These are Governors who cooperated with Buhri to take out the IPOB menace that would have brought unbelievable destruction on the region just finally recovering from the effects of the civil war and successive govt neglects

The SW and North are actually where Atiku should be campaigning but he has ZERO value propositions for them. I will even say MINUS for the North apart from he himself being a northerners.

ORIENTATION101:
just exaggeration atiku cannot afford to fund his campaign alone or else he goes broke. The momentum his emergence and policy gained has since drained now pdp has left their policy plan to be scavenging for news to react like a nuclear device

You are the only one sleeping in your ignorance. Atiku might secretly be the richest black man alive

centoke30:
You are the only one sleeping in your ignorance. Atiku might secretly be the richest black man alive

in your wildest dream