Jonathan’s camp rejoices over  Atiku choice By Elizabeth Archibong

November 23 ,  2010 01 :36 AM

President Goodluck Jonathan’s political  camp was yesterday agog with  excitement following the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the northern  consensus candidate for the 2011  presidential election. The jubilation preceded the  cancellation of the meeting between  Mr. Jonathan, Mr. Abubakar, former vice  president; Ibrahim Babangida, former  military president; Aliyu Gusau, former  national security adviser (NSA) to  President Jonathan; and Bukola Saraki,  governor of Kwara State. The meeting, which was initially  scheduled to take place at the defence house, Maitama, Abuja, could not hold  following the selection of Mr. Abubakar, however the, senior special adviser to  the president on media and publicity  Ima Niboro said a new date will be  fixed for a meeting between Mr. Jonathan and Mr. Abubakar. The meeting between all the  presidential aspirants, it was learnt was designed to discuss issues of the  campaign strategy with a view to  making it a clean campaign,  considering the volume of offensive  materials so far put out on some of the candidates. “We are totally excited by Atiku’s  selection, because this decision has  made the coast even clearer for  President Jonathan” Mr. Niboro said. Commenting on why the meeting  scheduled between the President and  the other presidential aspirants did not  hold as planned, he said before the  meeting could hold Mr. Abubakar had  emerged as the northern consensus  candidate. A top Presidency source said  immediately the former vice president’s name was mentioned as the consensus candidate, members of the Jonathan’s  camp started exchanging banters and  congratulating themselves


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Nigeria : 2011 - President's Camp Jubilates, Woos Babangida

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. . . . .over two decades ago. The source said: "The IBB camp is accusing Ciroma of vendetta. They are already making moves to seek alternative platform for IBB to run". Speaking further on the matter, the source said the IBB camp is even more aggrieved because "when IBB was chased out in 1993 , after the annulment of the June 12 , election, he managed to win the political leadership of a conservative section of the north and now, they have rejected him. "IBB as you know is likely to go to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) to pursue his ambition but the Jonathan group is making overture to him and the others to bridge the political gap in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). . . .

I even had a botle of alcoholic beer when i heard it