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jcflex:
An inaugural meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest was held in Akure on Saturday with the objective of outlining a strategy for winning the 2015 elections in the area, with Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose reiterating the party’s old mantra that the presidential contest is a “do or die” affair.
The returnee-governor said the party must be prepared to use its control of the army and the police, which it currently controls, to ensure victory for President Goodluck Jonathan at next month’s polls.
The meeting was organized by the PDP South-West co-ordinator, Gov. Olusegun Mimiko, who shared the high table with Senitor Iyiola Omisore, Mr. Kolapo Ogunjobi, Senator Musilu Obanikoro, Governor Ayo Fayose and various leaders fromthe zone.
Governor Fayose underlined that the presidential election was critical, advising that the party should forget about governorship elections and concentrate on the presidential contest. According to him, once President Jonathan was re-elected, everything else would fall into place and the party could declare the governorship candidates of PDP in various States as it likes
Minutes of the meeting obtained by SaharaReporters shows that some delegates advocated de-emphasizing rallies as campaign strategy, preferring that the PDP should focus on propaganda aimed at tarnishing the image of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari. Some of the delegates wanted to use the media to dent the image of General Buhari.
In that connection, Senator Omisore ex pressed support for the extensive use of propaganda against Buhari, joining Governor Fayose in stressing that the all efforts should be mobilized to win the Presidency because the PDP would be nothing without the presidency.
Mr. Fayose disagreed with the propaganda strategy, describing it as a waste of time. Stressing that attack is the best form of defence, he said that the PDP in general and the South-west PDP should be valiant to face the Tinubus anywhere they are.
He underlined that the PDP cannot afford to lose its control of the police and the
army, which it will without Jonathan being the president.
On Fayose’s description of the presidential election as a “do or die” affair, Gov. Mimiko, obviously aware that the outburst could be used against the PDP, countered that it should not be a “do or die” but rather a “do-and-win” affair.
One of the decisions taken by the meeting was to set up a number of committees, including Security, Contacts, Traditional, and INEC.
The committee on Security is saddled with the responsibility of working with the police and the army. The party leaders also further tasked the students at both the national and regional levels to monitor various institutions and polling booths to make sure that the election goes in favour of President Jonathan.
It was also stated that a national student body had submitted a proposal for a youth conference that will hold in FUTA this month where the South-west students would adopt Jonathan as their presidential candidate.
TEXT OF THE MINUTES OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH WEST
PDP, HELD ON 27TH DECEMBER 2014
The inaugural meeting of the southwest PDP was held in Akure, at the Government House of the State (Ondo State).
The meeting was organized by the PDP South-West co-ordinator, Gov. Olusegun Mimiko. On the high table were Gov. Olusegun Mimiko, Senitor Iyiola Omisore, Mr. Kolapo Ogunjobi, Senator Musilu Obanikoro, Governor Ayo Fayose, a governorship aspirant in Oyo State and various leaders fromthe South-West.
At the beginning of the meeting, the host appealed to all the South-West PDP members and leaders to be united so as for them to be able to gain more votes fromthe zone. And people were given opportunity to give opinion on how they could get more votes forthe presidential election in 2015 and win other positions.
A speaker from Lagos State made a comment that Senator Muslim Obanikoro’s son, Ibrahim Obanikoro, that contested for the position of council chairman in one of the LCDA’s in Lagos State, defeated Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his area but was not given the position.
He mentioned that that they had the key in winning Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and that Asiwaju only claims what he cannot do.
And the speaker further said that they needed the support of the Presidency to do so many things in Lagos State, concerning the forth-coming election.
Also, another speaker from Lagos State emphasized on issue of disbursement of funds for the election.
He stressed that funds were always late for disbursement for elections, so they wanted early disbursement so that they could deliver.
While another speaker from another state said they were happy for the meeting because it would foster peace among the southwest PDP members and that they could move on easily.
A speaker from Oyo State laid emphasis on use of the media and said the party should go more on the media attack on the opposition party (APC). He mentioned that effective use of the media was the weapon being used by APC.
Gov. Mimiko now stated that they made findings of who were the owners of some dailies and that it was discovered that those media outfits did not belong to members of the APC, and thus PDP could equally hijack the media.
A speaker from Osun State that he had told Gov. Mimiko to help them tell the President to use his power and office to quash Ogbeni Aregbesola before the general elections, so that PDP could produce more votes for the President and that the idea of fighting Gov. Aregbesola would be by going to the Court of Appeal which he said could be influenced to remove Aregbesola. So, he urged the honourable leaders of our amiable party to look into the issue of Osun State.
Discussions now moved on to the strategy that would be used for winning the presidential election;
• Delegates present at the meeting discussed more on campaign that they should do less of rallies, instead, they should embark on full campaign with propaganda that would tarnish the image of APC presidential candidate, Gen. Buhari. And part of what should be used use to campaign against Gen. Buhari in Lagos is that he was the one who stopped the Railway metro project of Lagos State 30 years ago, and that instead of Buhari completing the project, he paid the penalty for breaching the contract of the railway metro line project.
• Delegates present laid serious emphasis on using the media to dent the image of the presidential candidate of APC.
Some delegates maintained that the change that the emperor of Bourdillon wanted to change Nig. democracy to totalitarian dictatorship. Members stated that when PDP had no State in the South-west, the President got good votes from the South-west and now that the party has two States, it would be able to win all the other States if the two States in its kitty are well utilised.
Senator Omisore said in his speech that propaganda of any form should be utilised and that all efforts should be mobilized to win the Presidency as without the presidency the party is nothing.
In the speech of Mr. Ayo Fayose, he said propaganda would only waste time and that attack is the best from of defence. He maintained that the party in general and the South-west PDP needed to be valiant to face the Tinubus anywhere they are.
He further said we have the control of police and the army and “I CAN NOT AFFORD TO LOSE MY CONTROL ON POLICE AND THE ARMY” and without Jonathan being the president we will lose the control. Further, he said the presidential election is a do or die affair but Gov. Mimiko quickly countered that it should not be a do or die
affair but rather a do-and-win affair.
Governor Fayose later said they should forget about all governorship elections and concentrate on the presidential election, that once President Jonathan returns, we could be declaring the governorship candidates of PDP in various States as they like, meaning that the Presidential election is very paramount.

As the meeting progressed, leaders at the meeting put Oyo State in focus and maintained that PDP could get more votes for the president there by begging both Chief Alao Akala and Chief Rasheed Ladoja to align their parties with the PDP since they have no presidential aspirant and there is every need to throw out Ajimobi, Amosun with using militant thugs loyal to PDP.

Mr. Kolapo Ogunjobi representing Otunba Gbenga Daniel said they PDP on ground in Ijebu side of Ogun State and they were grassrooters and that they could deliver with good resources.

Sen. Musilu Obanikoro in his own speech said 3 days after he lost the PDP primary election, that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu came to him in private which he said was quite unusual of him.
He said Tinubu asked him how much he had spent and that he was ready to give him 2 billion Naira and a senatorial seat from APC in Lagos State. He said he refused the offer and stressed that they could just imagine how smart and clever Asiwaju is.

He further stated that Cardinal James Odunmbaku (Baba Eto) was almost at the concluding part of decamping to PDP and that he had even concluded with the presidency in Aso Rock before Asiwaju hijacked him back with the position of Director-General of Campaign of Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

He said they could see that Tinubu is the smart type. Senator Obanikoro further said he was the only person that could match Bola Ahmed Tinubu because he said he knew his tactics. He further emphasized that with cash in his hand, Tinubu is nobody.

While Governor Fayose intervened by saying that there was nothing special in Lagos and that he normally visited markets in Lagos every weekend and before the people in the market would recognize him, they would have said so many things in his presence that they won’t know. Govenor Fayose further said he was coming to Lagos to teach people the market approach to sensitizing the people on the need to support PDP and dump APC.

Afterall this, the communiqué prepared sequel to which the press was allowed entry into the place for a brief coverage before they were dispersed again. At the end, they set up various committees on such areas as:

• SECURITY
• TRADITIONAL
• CONTACTS
• INEC etc.

Committee on contacts will meet important personalities to canvass them, they mention people like Jimoh Ibrahim in Ondo, the Ogun people mentioned Sen. Anthony Adefuye as part of the personalities to be visited, and many other personalities.

Committee on INEC would monitor various INEC commissioners in various south-west states and try as much as possible to lure them with money to compromise in favour of our great party.

Committee on traditional rulers would meet up all Obas in the southwest for consultation on the presidential election and use financial gratification to lure them as many of them really need stomach infrastructure, according to Governor Fayose.

Governor Mimiko maintained that many of those Obas are actually hungry and with good amount of money they could get them to support PDP. Committee on security is saddled with the responsibility to work with the police and the army.

Leaders of the party further tasked the students at both the National (NANS) and southwest level, state level to monitor various institutions, polling booths and make sure that the election would go in favour of Jonathan.

It was also observed that the National body of student (NANS) submitted a proposal for a youth conference that will hold in FUTA in January where the South-west students would adopt Jonathan as their presidential candidate.

Some leaders also talked about APC’s strategy of deploying 10 persons per polling booth and that they were aware of it and stated that all leaders should task themselves to use councilors in all their various booths.

Lastly, the South-west coordinator said the next meeting that would hold in Ibadan which would involve fund-raising for the presidential election from stakeholders of the PDP south-west and the meeting would be used to shake Oyo once again urging that the Governorship aspirant of PDP to be prepared.

The meeting ended with closing prayer
from a delegate from Ondo State.



www.saharareporters.com/2015/01/02/governor-fayose-explodes-presidential-contest-do-or-die-affair-advocates-use-policearmy

The only picture this report paints, is that 2015 elections will never be free and fair...

Have said it before and am saying it again, nigeria is centuries away from free and fair elections...with this set of politicians...

eleven:
"Sen. Musilu Obanikoro in his own speech said 3 days after he lost the PDP primary election, that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu came to him in private which he said was quite unusual of him.
He said Tinubu asked him how much he had spent and that he was ready to give him 2 billion Naira and a senatorial seat from APC in Lagos State. He said he refused the offer and stressed that they could just imagine how smart and clever Asiwaju is."

Bros, a gentle reminder in case you missed this part of the report. Thank you.

Whao now i see why there is so much 'defectees' from PDP to APC, immediately you defect you get 2billion naira and probably a political slot ...

And our "incorruptible/messiah" GMB is yoked with people like asiwaju...it might be PDP propaganda though...

But as the saying goes "no fire without a smoke" meaning for every rumour there must be an atom of truth in it...

Barewa college should have gone a step further to post his result on their site, to show nigerians that GMB is not a fraud as some of our e-warriors here have claimed...

Since the school website was quickly updated with GMB's name some few hours ago according to some poster below me...

GMB should put all this certificate ish to rest by producing his certificate, since they won't let him be...IMHO

Obviously not...

The military is right on this one, no institution holds on to someone's original certificate when employing them...They only need the original certificate to verify your claims academically....

I guess the military is stylishly calling GMB a liar...

I will want to believe GMB meant his photocopied certificate is with the military and not the original...If GMB can't find his original certificate he should beckon on the military to assist with the photocopied one since he was once a general in the army...

So as to put this accusations and counter accusations to rest about his certificate...i still give GMB benefit of a doubt on this certificate issue

NgeneUkwenu:
Yes! But the party with the security apparatus tends to rely more on rigging especially where the expected losing margin is not too wide to attract countrywide condemnation and it's attendant violence!

Reason why stated above, that we are centuries away from complete free and fair elections...

NgeneUkwenu:
No am saying South East/South South are the places where jonathan can rig successfully because of minimal resistance!

Both parties are guilty of this offence...

That's good, the power of social media

NgeneUkwenu:
Following your logic, it is safe to say one can only rig where he is popular no matter how you try!

Are you saying there will be no rigging

akaahs:
Clueless president wit old mentality. Mr president we need electric train not locomotive train. GMB 2015

Don't be an hypocrite, if someone has done something good applaud him...

You don't go about calling him clueless for something like this, let always be objective while commenting, rather than been blinded by your support for GMB and see no good in what GEJ does...

#my 2kobo

When was the last time he visited the disabled homes All this gesture is because of the forthcoming elections...A classical example of political stunt

NgeneUkwenu:
It is too late for both parties! Everyone has decided his choice! We are just waiting for 14th Feb to unleash them and defend it!

There is no way to tame both parties from rigging except we want to start deceiving ourselves...

The party that rigs the most wins the election, total free and fair elections in nigeria is centuries away...

Though I don't agree with some of your points...I must say kudos well articulated points...

Did the so called muslim parliament speak out against BH attacks Suddenly when they have someone from northern extraction contesting they decide to start speaking against GEJ now...

The same yeye parliament that never spoke against GEJ and the problem in his government before a notable northern candidate became the flag bearer of the opposition...

This guys are just bunch of hypocrites, they will do more harm than good to the flag bearer of the opposition...I hope the opposition sees through this guys and dissociate themselves from the yeye parliament..

I can see our various e - warriors throwing stone at each other...

PDP e - warrior: Buhari is a liar he never passed any exam, so the excuse of having his certificate with the military board...etc

APC e - warrior: GEJ paid his way to getting all his qualification, tell him to show us his thesis and his student...etc


Make I siddon for corner dey observe...Our APC and PDP e - warriors we are waiting for you guys please don't disappoint us...

Wike can not be as silly as this...but if it is indeed true then he really has nothing to offer in politics...

Can a PH based NLer confirm this...

Qelvin:
He is a yoruba scum, not surprised...nah their way be that.

The best way to hide stup1dity is to refrain from speaking publicly...very unintelligent

doctokwus:
So he even acknowledges corruption is a problem.
Gej's body language,speech and people he surrounds himself with,however,tells of a president who till kingdom come,will not fight corruption.

One thing we fail to remember is fighting corruption is not a one man thing, arresting and parading them on tv would not really stop anything...

The best way to stop corruption is to tackle it from the root, which is changing the orientation of "na my own season to eat national cake" syndrome...

The source is a Facebook page...what kind of credibility does the source of the news have, when I can logon to facebook and post craps like this...

Some craps like this shouldn't be taken serious...

I hope some of our e-warriors will not start blaming GEJ for this...

BTW what is the kano state government doing about this issue 37% now at this rate it might go beyond that, If something is not done...

jamst:
you are a bastard!

Its better to hide stup1dity, than to display it like you just did...

It takes a bastard! to know a bastard!...

barcanista:
Do we have a President?

What kind of question is this Instead criticising the carelessness of soldiers you are asking this kind of question...

Do you expect GEJ to go defend the barracks or what

nationwide1:
Pissed off, fine but your ability to control that little upset while stating your points makes you stand out as civilized and matured folk.

Shouldn't be pissed off abput someone's opinion, that's the essence of discussion threads like this...

Everybody cannot have the same opinion on any national issues and remember you are always entitled to your own opinion

PLEXPLEX:
Many ll come to defend religion now u ll see

Its just an opinion though, even though it will be a source of inconvenience to some muslim folks...but its what we should consider giving what this rag heads do with hijab...

Nice agenda, but what I will want to see or hear is how APC/GMB intend to achieve the highlighted agendas...

Anybody can come up with agendas, how I wish our politicians can be like those of US, where they don't just write out agendas but they tell the voters on how they intend to achieve them...

This issue has been over hyped...One question though what bearing does this issue have on the forthcoming elections

Enough of the certificate story joor...lets face things that are more important

Conspiracy theorists at it again...BTW what kind of useless source did this news emanate from

This is the kind of news that causes trouble, if GEJ wins in those 10 northern states some people will start killing and shouting rigging because of trash like this that floods our media...

We should be mindful of what will use the media for...SMH

eighTHREAD:
CAN ofcourse! Have you forgotten that they are now an arm of PDP?

Unintelligent...

malele:
Thought as much , I don't see how people that rejoiced when a Christian governor died will turn around and protect people oF his religion

Its a season of propaganda...Different kind of lies will flood everywhere

Maku has not even started his political career, he has already started failing...The repercussion of running your mouth anyhow

I guess maku is like ebola which no political party wants to touch...

Its high time hijab is banned in public for the main time, since this rag heads have decided to use brainwashed hijab wearing sisters to perpetrate terrorism...

Kudos to the military the idi.ot has gotten her own share of "72" male virgins...