Nigerian President Jonathan Consults Widely In Search Of 2015 Re-election Ticket
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The gang-up by some ruling party (PDP) governors against Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition is believed to be unsettling the President.
It was gathered on that the reality that he might not win the PDP ticket for the 2015 poll made him to raise a team of three governors to meet with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja on Thursday.
The governors, who met with Obasanjo, are Governor Godwill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom Sate; Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta State) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River State).
The meeting, which was held at the Hilton Hotel, first had the duo of governors Uduaghan and Imoke in attendance.
Both of them were with the former President for about one and half hours before they left. It was after then that Akpabio, who also chairs the PDP Governors’ Forum, came and also had a discussion with Obasanjo.
Jonathan, it was gathered, was worried about the openness with which the PDP governors talked about 2015 and referred to him as unelectable.
At least, about three governors have openly declared that the President must honour his one-term agreement with them.
Apart from this, they also said that winning the primary of the PDP would not be a guarantee that the President would win the presidential election.
The President is also said to be worried about the lack of cooperation among PDP governors and how the last chairmanship election of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum had polarised the party.
Presidential sources said on Sunday that Jonathan was also worried about lack of communication between him and Obasanjo, a development considered as being dangerous to his 2015 ambition.
Besides, the President is believed to have considered as very serious, the warning by a former Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar ,that politicians should not allow the crisis in Rivers State to derail democracy in the country.
One of the Presidency sources said, “The President and his close aides felt that he needed to reach out quickly so that things would not degenerate further among the governors and the PDP.
“He is also worried about the security implication of the warnings concerning the crisis in Rivers State and wanted the former President to intervene. Apart from these, the President wanted former President Obasanjo to also have words with some of the governors, especially those from the North who are opposed to his second term ambition.”
The result of the discussions the three governors had with Obasanjo was said to have been the reason why Jonathan visited him (Obasanjo) in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday after commiserating with his spokesperson, Dr, Rueben Abati on the death of his mother.
The governors, who met with Obasanjo, are Governor Godwill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom Sate; Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta State) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River State).
The meeting, which was held at the Hilton Hotel, first had the duo of governors Uduaghan and Imoke in attendance.
Both of them were with the former President for about one and half hours before they left. It was after then that Akpabio, who also chairs the PDP Governors’ Forum, came and also had a discussion with Obasanjo.
Jonathan, it was gathered, was worried about the openness with which the PDP governors talked about 2015 and referred to him as unelectable.
At least, about three governors have openly declared that the President must honour his one-term agreement with them.
Apart from this, they also said that winning the primary of the PDP would not be a guarantee that the President would win the presidential election.
The President is also said to be worried about the lack of cooperation among PDP governors and how the last chairmanship election of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum had polarised the party.
Presidential sources said on Sunday that Jonathan was also worried about lack of communication between him and Obasanjo, a development considered as being dangerous to his 2015 ambition.
Besides, the President is believed to have considered as very serious, the warning by a former Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar ,that politicians should not allow the crisis in Rivers State to derail democracy in the country.
One of the Presidency sources said, “The President and his close aides felt that he needed to reach out quickly so that things would not degenerate further among the governors and the PDP.
“He is also worried about the security implication of the warnings concerning the crisis in Rivers State and wanted the former President to intervene. Apart from these, the President wanted former President Obasanjo to also have words with some of the governors, especially those from the North who are opposed to his second term ambition.”
The result of the discussions the three governors had with Obasanjo was said to have been the reason why Jonathan visited him (Obasanjo) in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday after commiserating with his spokesperson, Dr, Rueben Abati on the death of his mother.
