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Is this registration date applicable across the nation or for some specific states.

I am sure this is what Jonathan is banking on for 2015.

PDP apologist should stop whining. Tambuwal is free to declare for APC with no consequence whatsoever, We know it hurts but unfortunately, we cant help you.

As PEJ wan dey run things now. Make she kuku take presidential form for PDP.

Patience sef know say hin husband sef is daft, na why she dey run tinz like this.

Some Peoples Democratic Party leaders in Oyo State have kicked against a request by the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, for a former governor of the state, Rashidi Ladoja, to be “accommodated” in the PDP.

Mrs. Jonathan was said to have made the request during a meeting she had with the state PDP leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja nine days ago.

The PUNCH learnt on Sunday night that some of the leaders in attendance were another former governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala; the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide; a former Senate Leader, Sen. Teslim Folarin, and Chief Yekini Adeojo.

Ladoja, a former member of the PDP and now the National Leader of the Accord Party, is nursing a governorship ambition. He was also present at the villa meeting.

A PDP source, who attended the meeting disclosed to The PUNCH on Monday that most of those in attendance were stunned when the President’s wife suggested that Ladoja should be supported to realise his ambition.

He added that they did not only kick against her proposal , they also rejected her suggestion to share party offices in the state with Ladjola.

The source said, “The President’s wife asked that we should accommodate someone who is not a member of the party. How do we do this?

“She was tactically telling us to support his governorship ambition because she was saying she knew that Ladoja has the capacity to win election and defeat the All Progressives Congress in the state.

“But we disagreed and told her so. That was what happened, but she promised to convey another meeting soon where the issue would be further discussed.

“But I can tell you that we are not pleased with her activities in our party. We don’t understand where she derives the power to interfere in running of the PDP. In fact, most of us may not attend any other meeting summoned by her because she is not our leader.

She should keep off because if we field a wrong person, we may not defeat the APC in our state during the governorship election.”

Alao-Akala said it was true that the meeting with the First Lady was held, but he said he was not asked to step down for Ladoja.

He told our correspondent on the telephone on Sunday night that the First Lady merely asked them to “accommodate” Ladoja in the PDP.

The former governor also confirmed that majority of those in attendance disagreed with Mrs Jonathan on the grounds that Ladoja had yet to dump the AP for the PDP.

Alao-Akala said, “Yes, it is true that the First Lady met us. But she didn’t ask me to step down. She said we should accommodate Ladoja in our party and we said it would be difficult to do so because he is not a member of the PDP. That was what happened.”

A Media Assistant to the President’s wife, Mr. Ayo Adewuyi, told The PUNCH in Abuja that he was not aware of the meeting.

Ladoja’s media aide, Lanre Latinwo, had said in a statement that his boss was not on his way to joining any party.

“Accord party in Oyo State remains one united entity and will continue to grow in leaps and bounds due to the sincerity of leaders of the party and the genuine love of the people.

“We urge members of the party and the general public to disregard the insinuation in all its entirety asserting that the Accord Party at the moment is not involved in any alliance talk.”

A member of the NWC who, also spoke on condition of anonymity said, “We appreciate her concern for the party, but she’s over doing it.

“We will appreciate it if she can stay off our party affairs. Her actions are making some members to feel that she’s controling her husband and all that.”

Mrs. Jonathan is known to be rooting for a former Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike and ex-Diamond Bank Managing Director, Alex Otti, for the PDP tickets in Rivers and Abia states respectively.

Some of the PDP leaders in the two states, who did not want their names in print, warned that if her activities were not checked, the PDP might not win the states.

Mrs. Jonathan described Wike as a listening and respectful politician who obeyed her when she asked him to drop his senatorial aspiration in 2011.

“You listened to me and dropped your senatorial aspiration. I pray God to protect you, lead you. Please go on with your aspiration, ” Mrs Jonathan had said when she visited the former minister in Abuja five days ago.

“I have handed you (Wike) over to our father, Dr. Peter Odili, and the people of Rivers State. You are going to Rivers State for the betterment of all of us and to wipe our tears,” she added.

After her speech, she symbolically handed Wike over to Odili, who was part of her entourage.

Speaking on the endorsement in Abuja on Monday, another PDP governorship aspirant, Mr. Tamunosisi Jaja, said though as a native of the state, Mrs. Jonathan had the right to endorse anyone. But he added that such aspirant needed the blessing of God.

He said, “I wouldn’t want to react to that endorsement by Dame Jonathan, who incidentally, by the Grace of God, is the First Lady and is an indigene of Rivers State.

“By virtue of the fact that she’s from Rivers State, she has every right to express her support for anybody.

“But of utmost importance to any seeker of public office is the fact that the most important endorsement is the endorsement of the Almighty God.

“As a Christian, my Bible tells me power comes from God and when God says yes, no one can say no.

“I think that what we are praying for is the Grace of God and even whoever she has endorsed needs the Grace of God, that’s the most important thing.”

A PDP chieftain in the state, who pleaded not to be named for fear of victimisation, said the endorsement of Wike by Mrs Jonathan was a personal thing.

“She has only expressed her personal desire. But I am worried, just like my colleagues who are not speaking out that she should not get directly involved in our party affairs. Her activities are not good for our party. They may have a boomerang effect on our performance in the governorship race.

“I know that our national leadership are also worried by her meddlesomeness.”

In Abia, Mrs Jonathan is said to be rooting for the former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank, Dr. Alex Otti, while the governor of the state Chief Theodore Orji prefers Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu.

“Her support was what made the man (Oti) to resign from his lucrative job, “ a source close to the President’s wife claimed.

He however feared that a clash between Orji and Mrs Jonathan over who would fly the PDP governorship flag in the state could give an edge to opposition parties in the state like the APC and the All Progressives Grand Alliance.

Otti, who was at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Monday where he bought his nomination form, has said he would create a Ministry for Aba Affairs to transform the popular Aba market.

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@ OP. Please where did you get the tribunal members' response.
PDP is very desperate.

Why are these PDP sympathisers using Panadol for someone else's headache.

The more PDP bad mouth GMB, the stronger our resolve as a nation to do the right thing this time around.

Sai GMB.

In 2015, history will be made.

theassassin:
do you mean loosing home?
ezi ofia

You are on the wrong side of history and same will not be kind to you.

2015 is the year of APC and so shall it be. Amen.

Red carpet for you Cleverly. God is on our side. We are coating home to victory in 2015.

God will guide APC to victory in next year's presidential election.

The earlier all Nigerian youths realise that we have entered a "one chance" bus with this PDP government, the better for all of us.

Many Nigerian youths paid to the immigration department to lose their lives earlier this year. If Nigerians fail to kick Jonathan out of Aso rock in 2015. We can as well say Adieu Nigeria.

Sai Buhari 2015.

biafranqueen:
Do they get caught? How shameful is that to fail an operation like that he was haiiled? Buhari was in bed with America via Saudis. He handed this country over to the most corrupt regimen ever and even took a position how is that possible if he is such an angel.
Stop blaming everyone outside for our problems we as black people are our own worst enemy. How can people want to vote in a man that handed over the government on a platter after the evening news, a man who now can not even speak coherently because of age. Please APC should allow this man to mentor, not the front leading man. Stop living in the past at a time you were not even born, is being a badass the same as having respect. Maybe if he had the peoples respect he would have won one of these 9 times.

@ Biafraqueen. As far as I am concerned, you are just talking rubbish. I don't know where you got all these rubbish from. How was Buhari in bed with America. Trying hard to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it.

He don see maga. Nigeria don pass all these bobo.
Does the president get rich from legitimate salary?. Hell no!!!. They have so many avenues to enrich themselves.

Sai Buhari.

firstolalekan:
PHEE DEE PHEG,
POWER TO THE PIGS.
Gej till ....

...2015.

zappyj:
I voted GEJ previously but I would be crazy to do same thing in 2015.. The guy has failed woefully! I have started my own campaign for GMB within my circle of control.

Say no to Tribal and Religious Sentiments!!!!

If a Buddhists would be honest enough to change this country let him go ahead, we have had enough thieves using Christianity to cover up their evils.

There is God!

God bless you my brother as you do so.

How you wan take rebrand lies and deceit. Remove the useless government in 2015.

OBITUARY - NAIRALAND.

A Kede iku Nairaland.

In i lai, wai na i lai, ra jiuna - A fi tedun tedun kede iku Nairaland. Eni ti o ku ni ojo kokanle logun osu kewa odun 2014. Okunfa iku Nairaland ni partisanship.

Lara awon CEO ti o kehin Nairaland ni jobless Seun Osewa.

It is not like Africans have never been successful people. The problem with African is that of managing success.

Here is a classical example of someone trying to destroy himself.

To them a football match should not necessarily last 90 minutes. The timing should be determined by when they see the kind of result they want.

We should therefore prepare for a week of voting in the SS & SE in next year presidential election.

castrogee:
There is nothing in the world that will make Jonathan to loose the 2015 election. Unless God says so.

God said it, I believe it, that settles it.

Jonathan will be defeated in Jesus name. He epitomises corruption.

Sai Buhari.

GEJ will lose 2015 election in Jesus name unless he has not stolen money since he became president of Nigeria. I am tired of corruption in Nigeria.

Is it possible to create a database with list of all 120K polling units (according to states and local governments) where we can go in and register results (as well as validate) from each polling unit so that we don't see that we win in our various polling units only for INEC to declare PDP as winner in the end. They always cover their butt by saying you cant judge the general election by outcome of one polling unit.

Please guys let us brainstorm on how we can stop PDP in their track in 2015. The only reason PDP treats us with so much disdain is that they believe no matter how bad they impoverish us they will declare themselves winner in the polls, courtesy if their rigging machinery.

Is it possible to create a database with list of all 120K polling units (according to states and local governments) where we can go in and register results (as well as validate) from each polling unit so that we don't see that we win in our various polling units only for INEC to declare PDP as winner in the end. They always cover their butt by saying you cant judge the general election by outcome of one polling unit.

I am equally willing to put my money where my mouth is. Sai Buhari.

The former Head of State and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), said on Saturday in Kaduna that another four years of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party would spell doom for the country.

The former Nigerian leader said he was personally concerned on the deliberate plot by the ruling party to use religion and ethnicity to destroy the country.

The APC presidential aspirant, who spoke at a Northern APC Stakeholders Interactive Meeting in Kaduna on Saturday, insisted that the greatest problem facing Nigeria was not religion or tribal differences, but the deliberate plot by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party-led government, using religion and ethnicity to polarise the country for selfish gains ahead of the 2015 general elections.

Meanwhile, a competent source at the meeting, which went into closed-door after the opening ceremony, hinted that the APC might pick the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal as its presidential candidate in the 2015 election.

The source, who craved not to be named because he was not permitted to speak on the matter, hinted that the event where the trio of Buhari, Atiku and Kwankwaso could not reach an accord on who should be the standard bearer of the party in 2015,”Tambuwal will be drafted in as the party flag bearer.”

“At the moment, they are discussing modality of receiving the Speaker into the APC,” the source added.

Speaking further, Buhari lamented the militarisation of the last governorship election in Ekiti and Osun states, where a large number of soldiers and other security operatives were deployed for the election.

He argued that the move showed that the ruling PDP was desperate to hold on to power using every means at its disposal to achieve that.

According to Buhari, the abducted Chibok schoolgirls from Borno State by the Boko Haram members would have since been rescued if the Federal Government had deployed such number of soldiers in the North-East where the Boko Haram terrorists had killed thousands of Nigerians.

Saying that 2015 should be another year of concern for the Nigerians, Buhari insisted that another four years of PDP would send Nigeria down the drain.

He therefore called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that the commission did not disenfranchise eligible voters in the ongoing voter registration and to also provide a level playing ground for all political parties and candidates.

Speaking on behalf of all APC governors at the event, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State stressed the need for the North to be united in order to defeat some of the challenges confronting the region.

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I have to time for saTANist, TANDROIDS. Waka pass abegi. Enemy of the nation.

For Nigeria to thrive, PDP must die.

Sai Buhari.

Billyonaire:
So you admit that you were in a drinking parlour with my late Daddy. Hahahahahaha You are not only drunk but dead. APC lunatics are everywhere.

Craze dey worry you. Who called you to put your dirty mouth in my thread. You are the dead man because it is obvious that your brain is rotten. How much were you paid to be this stupid?.

Billyonaire:
Are you drunk ?

Not as drunk as your father. Na me carry am from beer parlour where we bin drink. The guy too heavy do I dump the idiot for gutter somewhere.

Hi Guys,

I am boiling with anger with the state of things at home. I was disappointed this evening to call my younger ones in Nigeria and three of them told me they know nothing about the state of things with respect to the upcoming elections. I was heart broken to hear none of them has permanent voters register.

Firstly, how can someone who hasn't done the registration do it?. Is it not too late?. They are all resident in Ogun state.

Secondly, how do we ensure that we mobilise people for the upcoming election. The way I see Nigeria, is like we are all in a boat that is about to capsize, the task of making sure the boat doesn't capsize rest on all of us and not a few of us so passionate about the nation.

I read a thread earlier today on the possible votes up for grab particularly in the south west. The big question is how do we harness those votes. It is not enough to know those votes are up for grab. Victory is for those who put up a strategy to mobilise people who usually don't come out to vote.

I feel so frustrated right now because this trend cuts across all the people I know. they usually don't vote. They are always bitching about safety. All of these younger ones I talked to are graduates. Infact, one is rounding up her Phd. I thought they should know better.

It is too late to appease Northerners now. They have been bashed for 4 years by Jonathanians and saTANist. Northerners will vote massively against everything Jonathan represents.

Removing Jonathan from office in 2015 is a task that must be accomplished by all patriots.

I am sure he had it in mind that he would present himself for office again (His tenure elongation plan comes to mind) yet he performed so poorly. Afghanistan will be like paradise should this ogogoro craving president remain in Aso Rock beyond May 29th of 2015.

History beckons.