Atiku said it expressly that he couldn’t leave, while Jonathan encouraged him to “reconsider and consult widely” before taking a final position. SaharaReporters confirmed that when Daniel made the decision public on Saturday, Jonathan called again to make a last-ditch attempt to change his mind, saying specifically that “PDP still needs his participation in the party”.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan leads an array of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders to have called Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former Governor of Ogun State, to convince him to rescind his decision to leave the party.

Daniel announced his exit from the PDP and from partisan politics on Saturday, saying he wanted take on “new challenges”, which include rejuvenating his charity-based organisation, the Gateway Front Foundation (GFF), and resuscitating the “non-partisan Political Leadership Academy (POLA)”, which was “established some years ago as a platform of political education to our citizens”.

However, notable PDP leaders, including Jonathan have been calling him to have a rethink.

Having earlier reported the real reason's behind his exit, SaharaReporters understands that Daniel informed Atiku Abubakar, whom he served as Director-General of his presidential campaign orgnisation, as well as Jonathan, before publicly announcing his decision.

Atiku said it expressly that he couldn’t leave, while Jonathan encouraged him to “reconsider and consult widely” before taking a final position.

SaharaReporters confirmed that when Daniel made the decision public on Saturday, Jonathan called again to make a last-ditch attempt to change his mind, saying specifically that “PDP still needs his participation in the party”.

SaharaReporters has also been told PDP stakeholders, particularly from the North, have been rejecting Daniel’s resignation from the party.

“Calls across the country have been coming; the major stakeholders in PDP have been telling him not to leave, but he has been insisting he has not taken a position for now,” a source close to Jonathan told SaharaReporters on Tuesday.

“PDP stakeholders across the North, governors and former governors mainly from the North, they’ve all reached out to him.”

Oyo State governor-elect Seyi Makinde, described as Daniel’s “very good friend”, has also reached out.

Also, a Lagos PDP source told SaharaReporters that Daniel’s exit will further deplete a party serious struggling to hold some influence in the South-West.

“If he leaves, the PDP in the South-West will be left without a leader,” he said.

“Fayose has been unable to hold the PDP in the South-West since leaving office as Governor of Ekiti State. Lagos PDP is boiling with issues. You can imagine a party chieftain, Segun Adewale, locking up the PDP secretariat and declaring himself the authentic Lagos PDP chairman in place Adegbola Dominic, who was attending a meeting in Ibadan. There have also been complaints of the siphoning of campaign funds in Lagos.

“So, PDP is in crisis in Lagos. In Ogun, it is non-existent. The only place it exists is Oyo State. Fayose is fighting in Ekiti with Abiodun Olujimi. So, PDP leaders feel they still need Daniel’s leadership to hold the South-West together.”

The PDP has not yet formally taken a stand on Daniel’s resignation; however, this could happen at an emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) scheduled for Tuesday.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/03/18/exclusive-jonathan-calls-gbenga-daniel-begs-him-not-leave-pdp

For what

hmmmm

;Gbenga took a stance on national issues and sought to "share the National Cake"with the APC

Jonathan is an idiot unrepentant criminal.They want to regroup and loot our wealth again. Jonathan should mind his business.

Southwest2023:
Jonathan is an idiot unrepentant criminal.They want to regroup and loot our wealth again. Jonathan should mind his business.

don't mind him. Saint tinubu and saint oshiomole want to build a great nation for us and thief Jonathan is begging a former thief Daniel not to join saint APC

Gbenga Daniel is political lightweight

Kaabo pada sile, omoluabi tooto

are you okay? I'm not interested in your sarcasm.

Excaperx:
don't mind him. Saint tinubu and saint oshiomole want to build a great nation for us and thief Jonathan is begging a former thief Daniel not to join saint APC

PDP piglets running around telling us how useless OGD is and how he betrayed their fulani master while their buffoon master is still begging on the phone....

In reality politicians are already strategizing the return of power to south come 2023, Jonathan knows he still has a term left, hence he needs PDP intact, OGD knows tinubu's camp has the rigging methodology and machinery hence his realignment,
Wike already secured PDP structure and NWC through Secondus.

Southeast hopefuls have already been crippled abit in APC, with okorocha fighting for his relevance

SouthSouth Apkabio already silenced while Ameachi is fighting blood for blood to secure reserve base for 2023.

I hope when the real 2023 games begin some people wont scream marginalisation
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Pls stop begging anybody, let the blackship of d family leave in peace.
He will still leave or be a threat or spy. So no need staying bk

Lol. 2 faced Jonathan who betrayed the Yorubas who voted enmass for him in 2011 and allowed Ibos to hijacked his government has got mouth to talk?

Same Jonathan who was seen laughing with Arthur Eze who mocked the Yorubas on national TV, calling them useless amala ewedu people has got mouth to talk?

Same Jonathan who didn't offer Yorubas any position under his executive arm has got mouth to talk? Go and sleep, you're drunk, criminal.

He wants to eat from the national cake I don't blame Him. Political prostitute.

Mortals can't get anything right.

APC ccccccccccccçcccccc
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. change!

Politicians are so despicable.Imagine Atikus campaign head trying to jump ship less than a month after losing an election.

Sahara reporters has just reduced itself to a mere gossip mill.

Who cares

Excaperx:
don't mind him. Saint tinubu and saint oshiomole want to build a great nation for us and thief Jonathan is begging a former thief Daniel not to join saint APC

lol. You gave it back to him hawt, hawt. Did you hear that the desperate apc in bauchi had killed a military garrison commander who was against impunity, fraud manipulation of election in favour of the incumbent apc candidate today? APC is truly the party of criminals and killers.

awelekiti:
lol. You gave it back to him hawt, hawt. Did you hear that the desperate apc in bauchi had killed a military garrison commander who was against impunity, fraud manipulation of election in favour of the incumbent apc candidate today? APC is truly the party of criminals and killers.

Will you keep quiet? Always ranting nonsense everywhere.

Wetin him dey beg am for

A criminal begging a thief.
Only in Nigeria.
Ineffectual buffon himself.
Posterity will judge this criminal that supervised the looting of this nation.
Ogogoro bastard.

will SS and SE allow we d SW to control PDP? no they trust only themselves . In that case we are going to APC, SDP or any party that don't c us as traitors.

Quality20:
will SS and SE allow we d SW to control PDP? no they trust only themselves

go and die

Excaperx:
don't mind him. Saint tinubu and saint oshiomole want to build a great nation for us and thief Jonathan is begging a former thief Daniel not to join saint APC

These nairalanders will not kill person laugh wan tear my stomach

Sowore has invested the 150m loot he got in sahara lol