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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has launched a covert plan aimed at defeating the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, in the Southwest in the 2019 poll.

As part of the scheme, Atiku will kick-start his presidential campaign with a zonal rally in Lagos on November 28.

But it was learnt that the weak structure of PDP in the Southwest is of concern to the candidate and the PDP.

Also, ahead of the commencement of his campaign, pressure for posts has delayed the announcement of the full members of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the party.

The list of PCC was still being tinkered with at the last minute to “accommodate different interests”.
As at press time, the PDP candidate was yet to make a commitment to the leaders of the party, especially the Southeast caucus, on whether or not he will spend one term in office.

The Southeast wants power shift to the geopolitical zone in 2023 and it is seeking a firm commitment on this desire.

The six-year plan in Atiku’s manifestoes has created more anxiety for Southeast leaders in PDP.

Checks have however confirmed that Atiku is set for campaign with a hectic programme.

According to a copy of the campaign schedule of Atiku, which was exclusively obtained by our correspondent, Atiku will hold zonal rallies as follows: Lagos (November 28 for Southwest); Kano (December 1 for Northwest); Enugu (December 5 for Southeast); Ilorin (December 8 for Northcentral); Port Harcourt (December 12-Southsouth) and Bauchi (December 15 for Northeast).

Atiku is expected to start a marathon state campaign shuttle from Sokoto on December 18.
A top source, who spoke in confidence, said: “The choice of Southwest, especially Lagos, is to underscore the determination of PDP to win the zone in 2019. With the Southeast and South-south in our kitty, the main target is the Southwest.

“The Southwest has a huge and sophisticated voting strength; it remains a major target of our campaign. With ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s backing, PDP will go all out to change the narrative in this zone.

“We have a big plan to win the Southwest if it means going from door to door.”

It was however learnt that the weak structure of the party in the Southwest has been a major headache for PDP.

A party leader said: “Our party is not too strong in the Southwest like when Obasanjo was in power. This is giving us a bit of concern. But since we will tackle APC on issues, there might be empathy for PDP.

“The people of the Southwest cannot be led by the nose. We want to capitalize on their discerning minds to capture the zone.”

Investigation also revealed that Atiku is yet to release the list of members of the Presidential Campaign Council due to pressure to tinker with it and accommodate some party leaders.

A PDP stalwart said: “Atiku is always reworking the list in order to make it representational.
“There is always pressure to accommodate vested interests. But in the next few days, Atiku will roll out the names of PCC members.”

Ahead of the campaign launch, it was gathered that Atiku has not made any commitment to the party and the Southeast Caucus on whether or not he will spend one term in office.

The issue of tenure was said to be central to the backing of the Southeast for PDP because the zone is after power shift in 2023.

A member of the National Executive Committee of PDP said: “Atiku has not been forthcoming on whether he will spend a term in office or two terms. We are trying to read his lips but no commitment yet.

“Instead, we read of his six-year plan which pointed to a second term. If he spends two terms in office, it will give the North an edge of 16 years in power and it might foreclose the chances of the Igbo. This is why some PDP governors and leaders from the Southeast are being sceptical of Atiku Project.”

But one of the strategists of Atiku, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, has said that there was “nothing in the Atiku Plan to suggest a hidden agenda of two terms in office for Atiku Abubakar.”

He said: “The document is a product of 18 months of well researched and widely consulted hard work on how to move Nigeria forward and to speed up the pace of development across all the critical sectors of the economy.

“The reason the policy document was authored to cover up to 2025 and beyond was simply meant to address the volatility and unpredictability of global trade and economics, as most progressive leaders who understand the intricate nature of growing their economies, draw up 10 year strategic vision plans for their nations, even when they well understand that their term in office will not extend to such a period.

“Government is a continuum and as such a sound and effective development plan can serve several leaders who are desirous of enhancing the welfare and wellbeing of their citizens.”

The campaign strategist cited three examples from Nigeria’s recent past where the current administration continued to implement some major projects and policies of the immediate past PDP administration.

He listed the projects to include Railway projects, the implementation of the TSA and BVN financial policy, by the Buhari administration, which were actually inherited by the sound development plan of the President Goodluck Jonathan era.

“Sadly, the mudslinging intentions and diabolic attempts to divert the campaign away from the real issues that continue to bedevil the country, has been given a new twist by the purveyors of negative propaganda.

“These persons have simply overlooked the salient points contained in the “My plan to get Nigeria working again” document to invoke ethnic and divisive sentiments by insinuating that the document has exposed a hidden agenda of a second term plan by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and by so doing are directly provoking the Southeast or even Southwest into erroneously believing that they have no stake in 2023″
“With all these, it is obvious that “My Plan to get Nigeria working Again”, is indeed a comprehensive work plan that has been structured to outlive Atiku’s stay in office, even if it was to become a two-term presidency.

“The mention of 2025 and 2030 as delivery dates for some of the critical components of the plan is a clear demonstration that Atiku’s vision reflects the sincerity of his intentions to achieve a better more progressive Nigeria and the generosity of the mind of a good leader who thinks ahead in a selfless manner for common good.

“Indeed, working with a man like Peter Obi, who incidentally is from the Southeast and whose sterling track record as a financial guru and economic master-strategist, speak volumes for the expansive nationalistic vision of Atiku Abubakar.”

•To kick start campaign in Lagos on November 28

•To embark on house-to-house campaign

•Tackle APC on issues as SW voters ‘cannot be led by the nose’

•To leverage on influence of Obasanjo, Afenifere leaders

LeOstrich:
Bonanza for SW VOTERS AS BUHARI EARMARKS 150BN FOR VOTE BUYING

The impoverished SW voters are set to get a boost with the President accenting to approving a proposal to increase amount of money budgeted by the Buhari Campaign Organization for Voter enticement in the entire SW.

Our source indicated that the original amount slated for each registered SW voter of Yoruba origin was actually 3,000 naira – one thousand naira higher than what the ruling party doled out in the recent Osun governorship elections. However, the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the flag bearer of the main opposition party, has led to the Buhari Campaign Office to increase the cost of each vote by as much as 7,000 naira which will translate to 10,000 naira per afonja voter.

The total number of registered voters in the SW as gathered from INEC voters’ register is put at 5.4 million. The committee set up within the Buhari Campaign Office to handle the vote buying scheme was however instructed to liaise with INEC in order to sieve only registered voters of Yoruba descent. As at filling this report, the committee had yet to finish their assignment but it is widely believed that approximately 70-75% of the total registered voters in the SW will be of Yoruba origins and given that at most, voter turn-out is expect to be at 60%, the total sum being proposed was put at a whooping 150 billion naira.

When presented with the plan by President Buhari to increase the cost of each vote from 3,000 to 10,000 naira, Mama Iyatade, a tomatoes trader at Osogbo main market, stated that it was ‘’a welcomed development’ and that she prays that God will keep the President and his family happy and blessed. Tajudeen, an unemployed lout who claimed to be a mechanic, told this reporter that if the proposal was true then he can’t wait for 2019 elections so that he can cast his vote for baba Buhari lasun.

We talked to Prof Ibrahim Muktar Gbamgbose of the Ansaradeen Sharia Law Center, in Iwo Emirate if there were any legal reprimissions in buying votes to which he responded,” the quaran does not support democracy but rather calls for Muslims to support only pious Muslims” and added also that “as long as the money is from the national coffers, it was the rightful right of all Muslims to partake of it”.

However, this reporter noted that the committee handling the voter enticement scheme did not extend such program to other regions in the country. When prodded why the BCO will omit other regions, our source within the BCO stated that the scheme was only for SW since it was observed that vote selling was rife and was part and parcel of voting culture in the SW.

It was also gathered that the BSO had recommended amongst several other suggestions that the disbursement of approved sums should not be contracted to the serving governors or APC SW caucus as they are weary of the money not being disbursed but rather looted or at best being slashed by the greedy Yoruba politicians. It is in this vain that the committee voted that a northern member of the committee should oversee the voter buying scheme in the SW come 2019.


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ImadeUReadThis:
lol

you go snitch tire

IT IS FINISHED FOR YOU YORUBA TREACHEROUS VIPERS.

Sell your vote in 2019 for all I care but what you should know is that the rest of Nigeria will be watching you closely and they will begin to side with the Igbos about you being treacherous coward leeches.

midolian:
If you like, kick start the campaign in Tinubu's house on same date


If you like, embark on room-to-room campaign



S/West voters are still breathing fine. It is better than being led by the throat



Same irrelevant Obasanjo that can't influence the leadership in Ota farm?

As useless as "P" in the pronunciation of "psychology" is, we all know it is far more useful than Afenifere.


And in the end, he will know that the beautiful people of the South West aren't stewwpid!

We are not blindfolded in politics and we will never support evil. Supporting PDP is like saving money to buy one's own coffin.

πe×t Le√el, please

ImadeUReadThis:
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coming from an afonja idiot who in this very same thread was clamouring for a known political thug to dislodge Atiku's campaign train in their diabolical poverty encrusted region.

Oshigun:
Emotional mumu. Who do you think mobilise for all Parties at grassroot level if not the likes of Oluomo.You think PDP does not have it's own Oluomo everywhere? The difference is that they won't be paid this time as there is no Dasuki slush fund so they will not turn up and APC leaders will not need to break a sweat and can leave things to capable hands like that of Oluomo.

Does an olodo like you know that Gbenga Daniel, SW campaign boss for Atiku, had one of the most feared killer squad under OBJ and the PDP? You are a lid and an example of the losers backing the Fartikulate doomed project.

dre11:
•To kick start campaign in Lagos on November 28
•To embark on house-to-house campaign
•Tackle APC on issues as SW voters ‘cannot be led by the nose’
•To leverage on influence of Obasanjo, Afenifere leaders





http://thenationonlineng.net/atiku-plans-defeat-buhari-southwest/

Lalasticlala, mynd44
party of looters

Oshigun:
Bruv 'thin skin never wins' so don't take their ish personal. All water off a ducks back while we take them to school and enjoy their pain and toy with them till we secure the victory that matters. Remember that those who throw insults are scared and insecure losers. Enjoy their pain. No need to report them. Laugh at their frustration.