Vanguard further learnt that the request was immediately opposed by majority of the senior party officials present at the meeting.

A stalwart of the ACN  was also said to have recounted several efforts made by the ACN and the former Action Congress, AC, at establishing a working alliance with Buhari which he claimed were frustrated by the latter.

[size=14pt]Asiwaju Tinubu it was learnt, however, pleaded repeatedly for a second chance for Buhari[/size].

Following the pleas, the party officials, however, resolved that Buhari must come along with the delegation of the former leaders to state his terms. That meeting took place mid afternoon and a breakthrough on a consensus was reportedly reached.

The ACN delegation was making its report known to the party’s national caucus which was meeting for the second time at press time yesterday.

Original proposals

One of the original proposals offered at the first meeting with Tinubu, according to informed sources, was the offer of ministerial and ambassadorial positions to the ACN. That offer it was learnt was roundly shot down at the first ACN national caucus that ended yesterday.

It was learnt that one of the conditions being canvassed by some ACN national officers was the position of vice president in the proposed Buhari presidency. [size=14pt]That condition it was learnt would require a pre-dated letter of resignation from the CPC’s presidential running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare[/size].

Pastor Bakare’s willingness to go along with that plan was as at press time uncertain.

dem_people:

If Tinubu becomes VP candidate to Buhari then indeed, PDP has a lot to worry about.

I don't support any of the candidates  - even GEJ but whoever guarantees the following, with my benefit of futuristic hindsight, will have my support;

1) Creation of a 6th state for the SE. More economic/political liberation of geopolitical zones.
2) Speedy development of critical national infrastructures e.g. Second niger bridges, construction of large airports and renovation and expansion of existing ones, renovation of existing university infrastructures, massive rail constructions and expansions - all to be carried out under PPP schemes.
3) Strengthening of anti-corruption agencies as well as implementing a more independent, developed and robust national police force.
4) Speedy implementation of the power generation/ reform plan (drafted by GEJ's government).
5) Construction of at least 3 ultra modern specialist hospitals in each geopolitical zones as well as banning of medical trips for government officials.
6) Removal of immunity clauses for government officials. Reduction of government size with each political zone sending only 2 senators to senate, with each 2 senators being under a governor general representing a specific geo-political zone as Custodian.
7) De-centralization of political power from the centre, to the geopolitical zones as well as drastic reduction of financial perks for NASS officials.
8. Renovation and development of more sea/river ports in commercially viable areas around the Atlantic coast of the nation.
9) Speedy construction of refineries.
10) Massive economic revolution utilizing best technocrats to be spearheaded by the likes of Okonjo-Iweala to redesign the structure of the economy.
11) Modern national records and registration of births and deaths.
12) Referendums on national affairs to ensure a people-oriented government.



These are just sparse thoughts of mine. Of course they could be fine-tuned but, these would catapult Nigeria into the 21st century.

sbeezy8:

^^^^ ndu chuks

buhari is not winning this election by the hands of ACN what can CPC offer ACN?

ndu_chucks:

@naijaking1 & Beaf, this is what its all about. Lets go out and have a free and fair election on Saturday without the customary PDP mago mago. If the elections are without blatant rigging, I will gracefully accept GEJ if he wins, a very big if.

Be informed that CPC and ACN agents are being deployed to the known PDP rigging states such Sokoto by the hundreds. Each armed with hidden cameras.  If PDP agents rig, they will be exposed and will have to accept responsibility for the resulting pogroms. PDP agents should listen to GEJ who has asked them not to rig him in. We shall see.

@dasa, GEJ is not silly, in fact he is a decent human being. He simply lacks political sophistication and experience.

Beaf:

Maybe you think its Hausa's and Fulanis alone that know about violence, or you think its defenceless babies of Jos you will be facing?
Dude, if you guys test the national patience out of your born to rule stvpidity, you will reap whirlwinds.

ndu_chucks:

Calm down, nothing will happen if you people don't rig.

Beaf:

You are not in a position to threaten anybody with pogroms as you did earlier. Nigeria is already tired of you guys.
The one thing I've noticed though with core-Northern politics is the constant reference to violence as your main tactic. Dude, its bloody primitive, thats why GEJ ALWAYS runs you people in circles. It will happen again on Saturday, alliance or no alliance. The final beatdown!

ekt_bear:

TInubu's role is not as a political officeholder. That is not how he should serve the nation's interests. If he is somehow smuggled into VP, I become against the alliance.
I am in support of most of those ideas.

Kilode?!:

I agree with you in principle, if this alliance talk is just about sharing positions and making Tinubu VP, I'm totally against that kind of small mindedness.

what happened to ideas?

I don't know the details though.

Kilode?!:

I agree with you in principle, if this alliance talk is just about sharing positions and making Tinubu VP, I'm totally against that kind of small mindedness.

what happened to ideas?

I don't know the details though.

Alj Uche:



i have never seen you use an angry emotion icon before

I am against Tinubu as well, ACN and CPC is all about development not sharing of position and power

Hi folks, in as much as alliance is going on, the north are playing one trick:
1. To lure Ribadu to step down for CPC ( last born wan claim 1st born )
2. If eventualy Ribadu steps down for Buhari, ANPP candidate will now follow suit: making looks the hav a genuine heart for NIGERIA, i mean trying to kick PDP out.
Nigerians should b very careful wit all this men claiming to bring change.what i.m seeing is, the NORTH ( muslim ) has sometin they want to change & i believed that OUR Lord JESUS will deliver 80% votes to GEJ of the PDP.

The North believes that it is their birthright to rule Nigeria. I don't like PDP, but I would rather stick with Goodluck than watch Nigeria fall into the hands of a Terrorist. How can we be saying Buhari will be a better alternative? After what he and his ilk did to Idiagbon? Idiagbon was the one that did all the good work back in '83-'85, not Buhari. What did they do to him? They killed him. And look at the Jos situation. Any time Muhammadu visits that town, it flares up. Those vehemently supporting Buhari just want a change from PDP rule. They will vote Lucifer himself if he came out against PDP. Everybody is entitled to his/her own opinion. Let the votes decide. Stop counting your eggs before they are hatched.

Vote the Person, not the party. I hope Nigeria will still be in one piece by 2015 (God wills it). Fashola for President!!!

EPOMA:

The North this , the north that, I am from Niger delta, common debate our only candidate(PHD) could not come out and defend us. What does that tell you. The most corrupt and brutal governors are south south. I am not being deceived anymore.

The thought of people like Ibori , Odili and Godswll just wanna make me throw up

EPOMA:

The North this  , the north that, I am from Niger delta, common debate our only candidate(PHD) could not come out and defend us. What does that tell you. The most corrupt and brutal governors are south south. I am not being deceived anymore.

The thought of people like Ibori , Odili and Godswll just wanna make me throw up

vanessaven:

Oh, and I am from where? This has nothing to do with that. I'm talking from the past. If you were there during Buhari's regime and were veeeeery aware, you won't be saying all this. If Odili and co want to make you throw up, Buhari, IBB, Abacha, Abdulmutallab and friends want to make you dance? Hmph!

reindeer:

No. Alamiesiegha and Ibori do that.
Come on, the problem is not the hausa man as tribalists have made you believe, it is a particular group of politicians from every corner, mostly aggregated in the PDP.
Look beyond tribes and you see clearer.(for instance i dont see what relevance Mutallab has to these discussions).
Relax and vote wisely not tribally.

vanessaven:

Oh, and I am from where? This has nothing to do with that. I'm talking from the past. If you were there during Buhari's regime and were veeeeery aware, you won't be saying all this. If Odili and co want to make you  throw up, Buhari, IBB, Abacha, Abdulmutallab and friends want to make you dance? Hmph!

vanessaven:

The North believes that it is their birthright to rule Nigeria. I don't like PDP, but I would rather stick with Goodluck than watch Nigeria fall into the hands of a Terrorist. How can we be saying Buhari will be a better alternative? After what he and his ilk did to Idiagbon? Idiagbon was the one that did all the good work back in '83-'85, not Buhari. What did they do to him? They killed him. And look at the Jos situation. Any time Muhammadu visits that town, it flares up. Those vehemently supporting Buhari just want a change from PDP rule. They will vote Lucifer himself if he came out against PDP. Everybody is entitled to his/her own opinion. Let the votes decide. Stop counting your eggs before they are hatched.

Vote the Person, not the party. I hope Nigeria will still be in one piece by 2015 (God wills it). Fashola for President!!!

Kobojunkie:

I was there during the Buhari regime and I can state 90% that what you know is from propaganda and recent revelations, and not much else.

vanessaven:

Propaganda? Recent revelations? I was there, so don't start drawing conclusions. ***hiss***

My dear, this is similar to the point I'm trying to make. Vote for the person, and not just the party. As for Mutallab, my point is that he was a terrorist, but that doesn't make all Nigerians Terrorists. He's a northerner, but not all northerners are bad. SS governors may be bad, but not all SS men are bad. OBJ is Yoruba, but then so is Fashola. Ibori and co did bad, PDP is crappy, but these don't mean GEJ is bad (nor good, I'm just saying). Vote Buhari or Shekarau or Ribadu or Mama Ekaette not because you want PDP out, but because you believe they are good. I can't force an opinion on anybody nor vice versa, but people here are ranting sentimentally. I'm only againt Buhari, not because he is from the north or religion or anything, but because he has done evil to this country. We need new blood in politics. We need to oust out people like him that believe that they will rule Nigeria continuously, again and again because we are their slaves.

vanessaven:

Buhari did not do that. Idiagbon did all the work. Buhari was a lazy assed dictator. And when they felt that Idiagbon was overstepping his authority (doing good for Nigeria, mind you), they killed him.

vanessaven:

And when they felt that Idiagbon was overstepping his authority (doing good for Nigeria, mind you), they killed him.

vanessaven:

Go ahead and vote for him (if that is possible :-P ). We'll continue this discussion after the results come out. If Buhari people go still get mouth. :-D

Nice Discussion. At least we didn't resort to insults. Unlike some people in this forum.

Kobojunkie:

a) there is no proof of this . . . . it is a well known fact that Idiaghon was the most outspoken of the two and so it made sense that he handled much of the speaking for the administration

b) Obasanjo, in his book, hinted to Buhari being an introvert and hence not a charismatic leader but a leader no doubt

c) In communication the US had of the regime at the time, Buhari was continually referred to as the policy maker - - - you rarely got a mention of the VOP, idiaghon on the articles.

d) 100% lie. . . . I think you probably made this one up yourself . . . ROFLMAO!!

e) No need going that way . . . . I am here to entertain your tory!

soloqy:

How come you guys are saying 'Ribadu stands down for Buhari' and I just saw a ACN and Ribadu advert dissing Buhari for not approving metro lines in Lagos when he was in power. The advert totally dissed Buhari and closed with ' 27 years later, Buhari is now coming back and claiming that he would continue with the metro line who is fooling who' .

I dont know what is going on but that cant be right for Buhari.

How come ACN is still allowing that advert to run?