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PDP RATTLED BY BUHARI'S EMERGENCE....PRESIDENCY THROWN INTO FRENZIED REAPPRAISAL




Anxiety yesterday pervaded the atmosphere at the Wadatta House national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the emergence of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Signs of unease started creeping in when it became obvious that Buhari was coasting home to victory. The counting of the ballot was streamed live on the television.

PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, who had earlier schedule a press conference following his party’s expectation that Buhari would not clinch the ticket at the Teslim Balogun, Sulere, Lagos venue of the APC National Convention, tactically shelved the idea.

After waiting endlessly for Metuh till 6pm, one of the reporters deployed to cover the conference was forced to call Metuh on the phone.

But Metuh, who had ‘sneaked out’ of party secretariat, told his caller that he was summoned to report at the Presidential Villa. The PDP spokesman said the briefing could no longer hold.

Directives were given by the policemen deployed in the secretariat to vacate the premises. No reasons were offered for the directive, which was promptly carried out.
The usual practice was for the PDP, through its spokesman, to always await the outcome of major event stated by the opposition APC before reacting. But yesterday was different.

Metuh eventually issued a statement at 8pm welcoming the Buhari challenge and declaring President Goodluck Jonathan as “the best”.

Mutuh said in the statement:”The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the emergence of former Military Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential flag bearer of Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections.

The statement reads: “This will be the fourth time Gen Buhari will be contesting in the presidential elections. On each of the three previous occasions, he failed to articulate a vision of the future that was acceptable to Nigerians.

“On each occasion, his brand of politics was rejected across Nigeria. Apart from changing to a dinner suit, Gen. Buhari, has not changed the tired ideas and provocative utterances that Nigerians rejected in previous elections.

“We hope that this time round, Gen. Buhari will conduct a campaign that is issue based and devoid of ethno-religious sentiments.

“We are convinced that the PDP remains the only truly national political party in Nigeria, a platform on which all Nigerians can pursue their legitimate aspirations.

“We also believe that despite the distractions, President Goodluck Jonathan has a genuine record of accomplishments on which to run and deserves a second term. President Jonathan’s re-election will guarantee unity and stability for Nigerians. His second term will also deliver prosperity to Nigerians.

“Finally, in the words of our own President, the choice before Nigerians in the coming election is simple: A choice between going forward or going backwards; between the new ways and the old ways; between freedom and repression; between a record of visible achievements and beneficial reforms – and desperate power-seekers with empty promises”.

It was learnt yesterday that series of meetings were hurriedly summoned by prominent PDP leaders and stakeholders on the implications of the Buhari candidacy and the need to review strategies for the battle ahead.

A highly-placed source within the party, who confided in our correspondent, confirmed the ruling party was a bit ruffled by what he described as “the turn of events” at the APC presidential primaries.

The source, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent on the telephone that the PDP leadership is no longer at ease with the unfolding scenario.

He said: “I must be honest with you that we did not envisage that the result of the APC primaries would go this way. The various meetings going on among our leaders and other stakeholders are geared towards reviewing our strategies.

“Although the event caught our leaders flat-footed, the party is by no means in disarray because we left ample room for us to accommodate alternative plans. We are not afraid to face Buhari or any other candidate the APC may decide to field against our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan”.

Another source told our correspondent that the PDP was not comfortable with the cult-like followership that Buhari attracts, particularly among the masses in the Northwest and the Northeast geopolitical zones.

According to the source, the margin with which Buhari defeated the four other contestants with votes from APC delegates across the six geo-political zones, has become a source of great worry for the ruling party.

The conclusion of the primaries of the two major political parties has set the state for fierce electioneering campaigns for the 2015 presidential election.

The Man Buhari

Born on December 17, 1942, in Daura, Katsina State, General Muhammdu Buhari, a retired General, was Head of State from December 31, 1983 to August 27, 1985.

Buhari, who joined the army in 1962, came to widespread public attention in 1976, when he became the Minister (or Federal Commissioner) for Petroleum and Natural Resources under the then Head of State, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo.

He had earlier served as a Governor of the then newly created North-Eastern State in the regime of the late Gen. Murtala Mohammed.

Buhari, who is the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressive Party (PDP), later became Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Buhari, who was Head of the Third Armored Division of Jos, became the Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in 1983, following a military coup that overthrew the civilian administration of Alhaji Shehu Shagari.

The late Maj-Gen Tunde Idiagbon was the Chief of General Staff in the administration.

Buhari initiated a public campaign against indiscipline with the “War Against Indiscipline (WAI)” during his regime.

He served as the Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), a body created by the administration of the late Gen. Sani Abacha and funded from revenue generated from the increase in the prices of petroleum products to pursue developmental projects.

Buhari, who contested the presidential election in 2003 on the platform of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) but lost to the former President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

On December 18, 2006, the former head of state was nominated as the consensus candidate of the ANPP to run against his kinsmen at the April 2007 poll, Alhaji Umaru Yar A’dua.

He, however, dumped the ANPP in March 2010 for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), a party he helped formed and nurtured.

Buhari had explained his exit from the ANPP to the CPC “as a solution to the debilitating, ethical and ideological conflicts in my former party the ANPP”.

He ran, as the CPC presidential candidate, against President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Ibrahim Shekarau of the ANPP in the April 16, 2011 general elections.

Though his three previous attempts (in the 2003, 2007 and 2011) to return to the Government House were unsuccessful, Buhari got on the track yesterday by clinching the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (CPC), when for the office of the president of Nigeria general elections.


SOURCE: http://abusidiqu.com/buharis-emergence-rattles-pdp-party-moves-re-strategies/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

you are a bloody liar. who care wed a buhari won d primary or not

Payback time is here. Whether we like it or not 2015 - 2019 is Buhari' s time. Even if he is rigged out again which is very dangerous to even contemplate, whoever takes over the govt after all the wahala will have to govern in accordance with discipline, rationality, honesty and lack of corruption. There is no other way for Nigeria with $60 per barrel oil.

U pple(apc) need to make urself happy before what happened in 2011 repeat itself. GEJ till 2919!!!

Nonsense story.

ekolajossyadde:
you are a bloody liar. who care wed a buhari won d primary or not

Go tell it on the mountain!!!

The PDP that will face Buhari knows fully well the implication of his emergence and also the fact that every attempt to undermine the party and his personality have met with resounding failure hence bolstering the chances and brand of the man Buhari

The prophecy of self implosion predicted by PDP was principally because they felt Buhari can not win a primary election owing to the held belief in political circles that the man with the highest amount of money to induce the delegates as its normally done in all PDP affairs will win the ticket

Also the fact that Buhari could not cover all the states of the Federation to meet with the delegates but chose to send on-ground emissaries made PDP so cork sure that Atiku who toured 35 states and even allegedly bought tickets( for states assembly,House of Reps etc) for so many aspirants in most states who were delegates will ace the primaries.....all these underground information are always available to PDP and even APC insiders

Hence the near-perfect expectation of the Jonathanians that Buhari will lose and his supporters who are very fanatical will urge him to pull out of the party to run under another one.

Knowing fully well that Buhari is the only serious contender for the Presidency in the general election,his leaving APC in the event of his loss would have sent a serious earthquake into the polity


But thanks be to God and to the shame and eternal discomfiture of the devils,the delegates put aside every pecuniary considerations and spoke with resounding unison to elect the People's General

Demdem:
It's time for the curse currently occupying Aso rock to vacate it.

Lol. Junky

And most of the PDP residential nitwits will try to make us to believe that there is no fear in their midst. If their followers can see what their leaders are seeing, I'm very sure they would have since kept shut. Buhari's cult-like followership in the NW/NE alone, is a thing to worry about.

The rate at which APC has also been gathering momentum in the North Central States, is a cause to worry about. As it stands now, I can no longer say that the votes from that area would be divided between APC and PDP. It's now clear that APC has taken over there. States like Benue, Kwara, Nasarawa and Niger shall surely deliver to APC, while Plateau is for PDP; Kogi remains undecided. Don't wanna say anything about the SW because it's crystal-clear where the pendulum bob swings!

I would suggest APC delays naming their vice presidential candidate till January.

Let all potential VP join Buhari's campaign train.

Start with south south with Oshiomole playing a key role. Next south east with Rochas and Ngige playing important roles. Go back to south south with Amaechi leading the campaign. Go to the north east and north central.

By mid January go to Akure. Next 2 days hold the mother of all rallies in Ibadan and there announce Fashola as VP.
From then hold rallies in every southwest state every week including Kwara and Kogi. The party leaders should split themselves around

That would throw the whole southwest into a frenzy that would be sustained till election date. Seal the fate of PDP in sw governorship election and It gives little time for PDP to react

raumdeuter:
I would suggest APC delays naming their vice presidential candidate till January.

Let all potential VP join Buhari's campaign train.

Start with south south with Oshiomole playing a key role. Next south east with Rochas and Ngige playing important roles. Go back to south south with Amaechi leading the campaign. Go to the north east and north central.

By mid January go to Akure. Next 2 days hold the mother of all rallies in Ibadan and there announce Fashola as VP.
From then hold rallies in every southwest state every week including Kwara and Kogi. The party leaders should split themselves around

That would throw the whole southwest into a frenzy that would be sustained till election date. Seal the fate of PDP in sw governorship election and It gives little time for PDP to react

I am not sure that is possible.....there is INEC's timeline to be met

Though in the interim,they might just name someone that wont be announced publicly to fulfill that condition but i dont think INEC will permit them to delay till January

We are already in mid December, January is in 3 weeks, I dont know what the deadline is.

Well let then keep the choice close to their chest as much as possible till the deadline and release the name on deadline day. Meanwhile they should start going for rally, All the potentials till they name the one person

First weekend of February Fashola and other Yoruba APC leaders should report to the Holy Ghost Congress in large numbers and shown on all TV in Yorubaland, Ask The GO to pray for them and lets see how the PDP would stand any chance in the SW

donphilopus:
And most of the PDP residential nitwits will try to make us to believe that there is no fear in their midst. If their followers can see what their leaders are seeing, I'm very sure they would have since kept shut. Buhari's cult-like followership in the NW/NE alone, is a thing to worry about.

Those who come here to bark and boast online are always never in the know of the inner,inate and morbid fear of their principals

That is why the word Propaganda was invented which is designed to use a combination of tactics,bravado and psychological invocations to twist and twitch public perception of oneself or opponent in the minds of the populace

It is only the smart,open-minded,non-gullible and critical thinking that can decipher the real intentions of the Propagandists

soroptimist:
Go tell it on the mountain!!!

The PDP that will face Buhari knows fully well the implication of his emergence and also the fact that every attempt to undermine the party and his personality have met with resounding failure hence bolstering the chances and brand of the man Buhari

The prophecy of self implosion predicted by PDP was principally because they felt Buhari can not win a primary election owing to the held belief in political circles that the man with the highest amount of money to induce the delegates as its normally done in all PDP affairs will win the ticket

Also the fact that Buhari could not cover all the states of the Federation to meet with the delegates but chose to send on-ground emissaries made PDP so cork sure that Atiku who toured 35 states and even allegedly bought tickets( for states assembly,House of Reps etc) for so many aspirants in most states who were delegates will ace the primaries.....all these underground information are always available to PDP and even APC insiders

Hence the near-perfect expectation of the Jonathanians that Buhari will lose and his supporters who are very fanatical will urge him to pull out of the party to run under another one.

Knowing fully well that Buhari is the only serious contender for the Presidency in the general election,his leaving APC in the event of his loss would have sent a serious earthquake into the polity


But thanks be to God and to the shame and eternal discomfiture of the devils,the delegates put aside every pecuniary considerations and spoke with resounding unison to elect the People's General

Your head dey there!

PDP don enter one-chance.

raumdeuter:
I would suggest APC delays naming their vice presidential candidate till January.

Let all potential VP join Buhari's campaign train.

Start with south south with Oshiomole playing a key role. Next south east with Rochas and Ngige playing important roles. Go back to south south with Amaechi leading the campaign. Go to the north east and north central.

By mid January go to Akure. Next 2 days hold the mother of all rallies in Ibadan and there announce Fashola as VP.
From then hold rallies in every southwest state every week including Kwara and Kogi. The party leaders should split themselves around

That would throw the whole southwest into a frenzy that would be sustained till election date. Seal the fate of PDP in sw governorship election and It gives little time for PDP to react

There is a deadline for submitting the name of the running mate which I think is very close.

soroptimist:
Those who come here to bark and boast online are always never in the know of the inner,inate and morbid fear of their principals

That is why the word Propaganda was invented which is designed to use a combination of tactics,bravado and psychological invocations to twist and twitch public perception of oneself or opponent in the minds of the populace

It is only the smart,open-minded,non-gullible and critical thinking that can decipher the real intentions of the Propagandists

@bold, I concur. Most of them don't even have an idea of what's happening in their party, they just come online to spew gibberish!

Why you people in APC refuse to face reality is remarkable. .

Silly threads have been making nairaland's homepage since morning but this beautiful news is yet to? Imagine! I guess we all know why.

baLLoTBOxX:
Silly threads have been making nairaland's homepage since morning but this beautiful news is yet to? Imagine! I guess we all know why.

Without being told!

Not being funny, but its not the first time Buhari has been running against GEJ. It is a repeat of the last election in terms of GEJ and Buhari running against each other for presidency.

Much actually rests on who Buhari picks as his running mate. Also, if Gej completes on major visible developments just before election time, Nigeria may vote for him again.

What ever happens, let Nigeria be the beneficiary.

PassingShot:
Your head dey there!

PDP don enter one-chance.

My Bro

Dont mind the latter day recruits of TAN/Jonathanian School of Unintelligence

If you noticed the sequence of their predictions against APC......it will be easy for you to detect that what most of them come here to say( most often times alike) must have been dished to them by way of briefings following from the inner caucus intelligence reports that their Principals who are close to Aso Rock have

It started with APC's attempt at registration......they said it was an amalgamation of strange bed felllows that it wont pull through.........it did

When the 5 Governors were coming,they quickly induced some renegades and moles amongst APC leadership to start screaming that they wont allow some people to come and displace them,they came and the rest is history

In between,they sponsored several charlatans to also quickly approach INEC to register the same acronym APC..........they were beten to the game......i am not sure where those hungry jobbers are today

They used the instrumentality of contrived impeachment of some Governors,though Nyako seems to fall but his case is still in court.....yet APC is waxing stronger

They moved to propaganda about implosion in APC between Tinubu and Fashola.......the primaries have come and gone.......no implosion,no dissent......'no we no go gree'

Having failed in the Lagos episode,they now congregated on the Presidential primaries.........if you notice,as vociferous as they have all been few weeks and days to the convention,on the D-day of the event,most of them didnt comment online so much

They have probably been briefed to watch the event with cautios optimism with a view to coming back gun-blazing to say 'Did we not tell you that Buhari would lose'

God disgraced them and their Ahitophelian counsel came to nought!!!!!

Now its all about discrediting Buhari again......yet progressively and consistently......people who were apathetic to Buhari all over the federation have begun to see him as the only man who can fight CORRUPTION

And the fact that he won a Free and Fair Primary contest by a LANDSLIDE without any of the candidates stepping down is a big SUPER PLUS for his democratic credentials


PDP is indeed jittery.........recall they have been flying the kite of postponing the election under the guise of Boko Haramian insurgency yet they shall fail resoundingly in that regards too

The level of propaganda that would be unleashed in the socia media against the General will be very terrible. I hope the Buharists are getting their sheild and sword ready. PDP is seriously in disarray about the emergence of Buhari as an opponent.

Jonathan has lost considerable goodwill in less than 4 years.

in 2011 it was GEJ 22million, GMB 12 million.


A lot has changed within that 4 years to send chivers in to the heart of PDP

Smh. All these APC e-thieves and their frustrated dreams.
Smh again!!

AND THEY ALREADY PLAYED THEIR RELIGIOUS CARD LAST ELECTION.PEOPLE ARE WISER NOW