Strong indications have emerged in Minna, Niger State that former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, could still run for the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2011 elections.

This followed the choice of ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar as the Adamu Ciroma-led committee’s consesus candidate for the North on PDP’s platform.

Babangida, Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State and General Aliyu Gusau lost out to Atiku in the screening carried out by the Ciroma committee.

However, a source close to the IBB Campaign Organisation told Daily Sun in Minna, that over one week after the decision of the Ciroma committee was made public, Babangida had not directed his campaign offices to be closed or be merged with Atiku’s.

The IBB campaigners, according to findings, were still hoping because of certain revelations concerning Atiku which could lead to his being disqualified from contesting and consequently allow Babangida to slug it out with President Goodluck Jonathan at the national convention. The source also said that since Atiku was picked as the consensus candidate, it had also been discovered that “83% of people in the North are not favourably disposed to his choice which could force a rethink by the elders in the region.”

A meeting on the issue and the political future of the former military president was held at his Minna Uphill mansion on Tuesday evening with Chief Raymond Dokpesi, General Ali Akilu, Alhaji Shehu Ndanusa and other prominent actors in the Babangida campaign in attendance. A source said the meeting did not resolve that all the structures of the former aspirant should be dismantled neither did it ask the foot soldiers to work for Atiku as agreed by the consensus committee and the aspirants. “You can see we are all in our offices. Nobody has told us to dissolve or dismantle” , a top official of the IBB campaign group said.

Another top aide of the former General in the South-West, who did not wnt to be named, confided in Daily Sun: “I did receive a message this morning (Wednesday) that we should strive to maintain the structures because negotiations are still going on. It is true we are not dismantling yet, for anything can happen. All these are geared towards the elements of consensus and zoning.

“We are still working and intesifying efforts on the delegates for the PDP primaries. We are exploiting some possibilities for consensus and nothing is ruled out. That is the signal from Minna and we are acting in that direction.” Meanwhile, the Atiku campaign office in Minna had continued to receive more converts. Niger State chairman, Contact and Mobilisation, Atiku Campaign Orgainisation, Alhaji Ilyasu Dhacko, said in Minna that the group was working hard to get the required delegates from the state during the convention slated for next year.

We may be back!!!

@Nisman, Back to the days of the evil Genius??

@ zipper003, we may be back is a statement attributed to ibb on consensus. That may be what it means

IBB structure will be used to campaign for Atiku after the PDP Primaries.

Am glad that JEGA supporters did not plan for Atiku - Playing the IBB card on Atiku is not working at all. There is hope for Nigeria!

egift:

IBB structure will be used to campaign for Atiku after the PDP Primaries.

Am glad that JEGA supporters did not plan for Atiku - Playing the IBB card on Atiku is not working at all. There is hope for Nigeria!

Agreed, ! This desperation for power is worrie-some by the EVIL GENIUS.

zipper003:


Agreed, ! This desperation for power is worrie-some by the EVIL GENIUS.

Are you worried that his campaign offices will be used for campaigning for the consensus candidate?

But at the same time - you are not bothered how GEJ is bribing his way through the electoral process? Bros, what you are doing is called - hypocrisy