A fresh move by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to regain relevance in the PDP is being resisted by President Goodluck Jonathan.
President Jonathan is said to have rejected Obasanjo’s prop...osal to replace Vice President Namadi Sambo with Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State as his running mate in next year’s election.Obasanjo, The Nation gathered, made it clear that the only condition that Jonathan would get his support is if he picked Lamido as his running mate in 2015.
Lamido has already activated a machinery to oil his campaign ahead of the PDP National Convention where the party’s flag bearer will be picked.
Although he has not made any formal declaration to that effect, he is the only PDP member known to be willing to confront Jonathan in seeking the party’s presidential ticket.
The President himself is yet to formally declare to seek a fresh mandate.
A few weeks ago, Chief Obasanjo in Jigawa State described Lamido, who many see as his political son, as capable of leading the country.
Obasanjo was said to have told President Jonathan that Lamido has more political value than Sambo but the President was not persuaded by the proposal.
A presidency source said Jonathan said he would run with Sambo and even reminded Obasanjo that one of Lamido’s sons was arrested for money laundering.
The source said:”The president had argued that with Obasanjo openly criticising the administration’s anti corruption credentials, it would not be in the best interest of the PDP to bring in Lamido when the money laundering case against his two children was still pending.
“Obasanjo also tried to convince the president that Lamido would be able to bring back the five PDP governors that defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) if assured of the vice presidential slot.
“But the president countered that any loyal party chieftain and prominent beneficiary of the party’s platform should not necessarily wait to be given a slot before he could be of such service to his party.”
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Pls Mr president don't allow Lamido to be your Vice otherwise he would do you more harm than good.all this enemies of Nigeria progress who are more Concerned about them selves than the entire Nigeria are looking for stooges whom they will use being an insider to run you down and gain relevance in politics,the present Insecurity we are facing now are cleaarly sponsored by both those we hear their voice on the issue and those who claim to maintain silence just to make your administration Ongovernable and creat the impresion that you are unfit,we watch what the leader of house of Rep is doing as he remains loyal and continue to work on the script handed down to him by the enemies of Nigeria progress.as for OBJ continue to respect him as you have always done be careful with him because he is a very selfish person despite his political values.we nigeria still blame you because we believe you don't want to match on toes like some people appear to be above the law,pls be brutal and all your distractors will take on their heels.
ReplyDeleteGEJ please don't mind OBJ. Just remain focus and committed to the good course of this country. Be a man of your own and run with a man your spirit agrees with and not with an imposed candidate with will make life difficult and the nation un-governable for you tomorrow as they act their god father's script.
ReplyDeleteℓ̊ A̶̲̥̅̊m̶̲̥̅̊ ashame of obj, it is d duty of every members of a political party to fight for d survival of d party he or she represent, y telling d president dat lamido will bring back d 5 deficted governor if only he is being giving a vice presedent sit? Obj stop distracting d president attention about tins of d future let face d present, we nigerian r sick n tired of d way our pass leader r handling issue ℓ̊n̶̲̥̅̊ d country. Obj wat happend to ur otah farm? Wo impose candidte o̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ U̶̲̥̅̊ during ur time? Or being a pass president after some jail term has currupt ur memory dat U̶̲̥̅̊ can't reason proper again? Obj pls stay clear, stay out of jona way.
ReplyDeleteIt is only someone who does not wish Nigeria well that will still want Nigerians to tolerate Goodluck Jonathan for another four years of non performance, high level of corruption and non regard of rule of law.
ReplyDeleteNa u get ur mouth,as for me Nigerian is well already, I wil alway suport Jona if he waste any more time we re going to declear for him! I ve already set up a 50 man working comittee in every ward of kaduna state as my contribution for jona n sambo .dis 2015 is going to be d judgement day bcos we re going to protect our vote apc wil not ve any opotunity to rig .as am matter of fact I ve prepare my self for d swearing inn of jona bcos of d kind of massive defection I see frm oda party to pdp.I rest mi case
ReplyDeleteDid I hear someone say is only one who doesn't wish Nigeria well that will ask for more four years for GEJ?pls if I may ask do you think many Nigerians have forgotten the threat to make GEJ administration onGovernable,the truth is that they only succeded in killing innocent souls to have nigerians who are lazy in thinking go about blaming GEJ but for sure they will pay dearly with the most valuable of their lives.we know GEJ is not a corrupt leader even as we have many corrupt Government officials at different levels
ReplyDeleteNaija....u can imagine wah our leaders have at d bck of dia mind while contesting....fixing up d mess in d country is no longer dia agenda...nw abt party leading, showing ego,,rivals, godfatherism....jeez....abeggy...evans..
ReplyDeleteAgreed, we need to change Jonathan but there is no better alternative among all those APC is presenting to Nigerians. GEJ will be lucky again.
ReplyDeleteOBJ. GEJ OR LAMIDO OR APC BY GOD GRACE NIGERIA WILL HAVE A FRESH NEW LEADER COME 2015. THIS LEADER WILL COME NOT BECAUSE OF HIS PARTY OR TRIBE OR RELIGION OR NORTH OR SOUTH BUT BECAUSE GOD WILL ANSWER TO THE BLOOD THAT HAS BEEN FLOWING OF INNOCENT LIVES AND THE SUFFERINGS OF THE OVER 95% OF NIGERIANS IN JESUS NAME.....
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