₦airaland Forum

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has rejected an invitation by the Chairman of the African Democratic Congress in the state, Kabiru Garba, urging him to join the party.

Garba, at a press conference with journalists in Gusau on Friday, asked Lawal to leave the Peoples Democratic Party and join the ADC “for the progress of the state and the country in general.

“I am calling on Governor Dauda Lawal to leave PDP and join the ADC if he really wants to retain his seat come 2027,” Garba said.

However, Lawal said he remained in the PDP, stating that the ADC had nothing to offer him.

Speaking with Sunday PUNCH , the Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the governor, Mustafa Kaura, insisted that Lawal would not abandon the PDP to join the ADC.

He said, “Governor Dauda Lawal will not accept the state’s ADC chairman’s invitation to join the party. He has no intention of leaving his party, PDP, and will continue to work for the success of the PDP.”

Commenting on the plan by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to join the ADC, Kaura said, “It will not affect Governor Lawal’s decision to remain in PDP.

“The Governor has said it several times that he will not dump the PDP no matter the pressure. As such, he is a PDP supporter for life.”
Maiharaji Altine

TimeManager:
https://punchng.com/i-wont-join-your-party-zamfara-gov-tells-adc/

Ikaeniyan0:
When is Alex Otti going to join Peter 0bi in the ADC?

TimeManager:
I can bet with anybody this coalition won't get one Governor in their party. If you want to bet with me, I don't need your money, wager with your gf. I don't bet with ladies, so no lady should enter the ring.


-Kiss the truth!

helinues:
Zamfara governor has been batisfied.. Let them merge together, so as how they would receive thorough beating from president Tinubu. It's sure for us die

Bentacur007:
Better they merge you are just afraid
Tinubu knew it’s not easy

Bentacur007:
Haba leave them alone abeg…
They did not borrow money from you to create the party
Focus on your party
Nawa ooo

omenka:
Why do you people keep saying this? Why should he leave them alone? This is politics and we'll do anything within the limits of the law to jeopardise the success of our enemies. And you guys are doing exactly the same as well.

If you want to be left alone, stop getting involved in politics. You people sound emotionally childish saying this.

helinues:
You supposed to have get used to those opinion killers. They want to express themselves freely but anyone with contrary opinion, it's a must to shut them down.

So as how Intolerant they are

helinues:
Zamfara governor has been batisfied.. Let them merge together, so as how they would receive thorough beating from president Tinubu. It's sure for us die

TimeManager:
I can bet with anybody this coalition won't get one Governor in their party. If you want to bet with me, I don't need your money, wager with your gf. I don't bet with ladies, so no lady should enter the ring.


-Kiss the truth!

Ikaeniyan0:
When is Alex Otti going to join Peter 0bi in the ADC?

Bentacur007:
Haba leave them alone abeg…
They did not borrow money from you to create the party
Focus on your party
Nawa ooo

TimeManager:
https://punchng.com/i-wont-join-your-party-zamfara-gov-tells-adc/

casualobserver:
People need to be a bit more discerning.

ElRufai wanted to be a minister. Therefore he is clearly still politically ambitious. For someone who has been a governor and a minister what else is there to aim for but the presidency or possibly the VP as a stepping a stone. Park that for now.

Northern ambitious politicians especially some governors want to be president. An opening is coming up for the North either in 2027 or 2031. If you as an ambitious northern politician don’t seize that opportunity, that’s your chance of being the president gone. A Northern president in 2027 cannot hand over to another northerner in 2031 or 2035 especially after denying the South its 2 terms.

The idea that ElRufai, Atiku, Kwankwanso, Bala Mohammed or the likes of Sule Lamido or Tambuwal will work for each other to make one the president in 2027 is to me a fallacy! And to me this is where the alliance unravels. Atiku will run, constitutionally he can’t be a VP again meaning any northern heavy weight supporting him is basically kissing goodbye to any presidential ambition.

My prediction: they will fail to form an alliance or will engage in anti-alliance activities and split the votes again. Be under no illusion, there are ambitious Northern opposition heavyweights who want to be president and would rather wait for 2031 by which time 1) Atiku their main threat would be too old to run thus giving them a smoother path and 2) they would be able to count on undiluted southern votes. Nobody is doing this out of the interests of the people. Where you stand is based on how the permutations serve you politically. It is politically suicidal for any ambitious northern heavy weight to back any northern candidate other than himself. For the same reason the likes of Fayemi, Osinbajo, Tunde Bakare etc contested against Tinubu….they knew it is then or never. After Tinubu the SW will not be president for 40 years….a generation!

For an ambitious northern politician, he knows it is better to back a southern candidate in 2027. Furthermore, he also knows backing Tinububserves his interests better because he can’t contest again in 2031. If he backs a fresh southern candidate like Amaechi or Obi, they could break any agreement to serve one term like Jonathan at which point they would also have the power of incumbency. If Atiku wins he can’t handover to another Northerner so It does not serve the interest of ANY northern governor whether PDP or APC to back another Northerner in 2027 other than himself.

I say this not because I support Tinubu. For me the logical, smart move for an ambitious Northern governor or politician is to back, be seen to back and deliver for Tinubu in 2027. A Sule lamido, Tambuwal, Kwakwanso, Bala Mohammed, even Saraki have nothing to gain politically by backing Atiku or aligning with ElRufai if they nurse ambitions to be president themselves. With Atiku out of the picture in 2031, the SW vote and Tinubu’s backing will play a big role if not determine which Northerner becomes president in 2031.

Politicians make deals all the time, In 2011 despite ACN having a presidential candidate Tinubu made a deal with Jonathan and delivered SW votes. In 2023, Wike and Makinde made a deal with Tinubu. Again I repeat your relevance in politics is predicated on your ability to deliver votes. ElRufai has no votes backing him. The only Northerners I can see as part of any coalition especially are those who are either political lightweights or have no presidential ambition. When the time comes those who have votes and have ambitions will make the right deals for them. Leave ElRufai and his social media content. We know the fate of all social media politicians like Sowore and Fela Durotoye.

So you see, personal ambition will trump any alliance and all that is happening now is just noise.

The difference between this proposed alliance/merger and the Tinubu/Buhari alliance is that the APC merger was a win win for everybody involved in the merger. Tinubu did not want to be president in 2015, so he was happy just to have his party at the center…..win, Buhari became president….win, Amaechi became minister….win, Saraki became senate president….win…..none of the leaders of the blocks that merged were interested in the presidency. The eastern flank represented by Rochas and Ngige were not interested in becoming president. This merger will only produce a win for one and career extinction for the others and that’s why it won’t work. A good deal is a deal where everyone gets what he wants.

Ikaeniyan0:
When is Alex Otti going to join Peter 0bi in the ADC?

Ikaeniyan0:
When is Alex Otti going to join Peter 0bi in the ADC?

TimeManager:
I can bet with anybody this coalition won't get one Governor in their party. If you want to bet with me, I don't need your money, wager with your gf. I don't bet with ladies, so no lady should enter the ring.


-Kiss the truth!

TimeManager:
I can bet with anybody this coalition won't get one Governor in their party. If you want to bet with me, I don't need your money, wager with your gf. I don't bet with ladies, so no lady should enter the ring.


-Kiss the truth!

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ADC clowns 🤡 🤣 😂 😆

TimeManager:
He already said he's not going to join them.


-Kiss the truth!