AMID its desperate search for peace, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) seems to have remained
struck in the mud of trouble.
It suddenly put off yesterday a scheduled peace
meeting between its leaders and its aggrieved
governors.
It emerged last night that the refusal of President
Goodluck Jonathan to make any commitment on
his perceived 2015 ambition and alleged
investigation of governors by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led to the
abrupt postponement of the talks, which should
have been a follow-up to the Sunday meeting at
the Villa.
Besides, a group loyal to the President, Media
Network for Transformation (MNT), yesterday
asked the Presidency to discontinue talks with
the aggrieved PDP governors.
In a statement by its Coordinator, Mr. Goodluck
Ebelo, MNT said only Nigerians can determine
the fate of Jonathan in 2015 and not a group of
governors.
According to a source in the Presidency, who
gave an insight into why the peace talks were
shifted, the aggrieved governors were not happy
that they could not extract any commitment from
the President on their demands that Jonathan
should not contest in 2015 and the stoppage of
investigation of governors by EFCC.
The source said: “The aggrieved governors of the
PDP decided to seek a postponement of the peace
parley scheduled for Tuesday as a result of
President Jonathan’s rejection of the suggestion
that the government should put an immediate
stop to probe of state governments’ accounts by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
“Some of the governors expressed
disappointment with the way President Jonathan
waved aside the request that he should put an
end to the probe of governors by the EFCC.”
They were also uncomfortable, it was learnt, that
the President made no commitment on his 2015
plan.
“This is purely a constitutional matter, not
subject to the dictate of any individual or group.
You cannot ask an individual to forego his right,”
the source said.
Unable to get any commitment, the governors
told the PDP leadership that they needed further
consultations before attending the peace parley.
The pro-Jonathan group asked the President to
be courageous to discontinue negotiations with
the aggrieved governors.
The group, in a statement by Ebelo said to
demand that the President should deny himself
what the constitution affords him is intolerable
hubris.
The statement said: “The Media Network for
Transformation has observed with keen interest
recent happenings in the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party.
“Of particular interest is the walkout
masterminded by a former Vice President, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar and six governors during the
party’s Special National Convention at the Eagle
Square on Saturday.
“While we appreciate the right of any person,
including these feuding politicians, to aspire to
any political office in the land, we denounce this
glaring conspiracy to make President Goodluck
Jonathan a hostage of their individual ambitions.
“ We wish to state that the premeditated walk-
out at the Eagle Square, last Saturday and the
demands of these politicians smack of blackmail.
“We, therefore, call on Mr. President to be
resolute and resist this weather-beaten gambit, a
treachery and mischief, designed to cow him. He
should have zero-tolerance to political hostage
taking.
“It is not news that the key persona in the last
Saturday’s display of shame are a group of
politicians with smouldering ambition to be
President in 2015. Of itself, a legitimate
aspiration. But to demand that the President
should deny himself what the constitution
affords him is intolerable hubris.
“We, therefore, call on the President and all
leaders of the PDP, loyal and faithful to the party
to immediately discontinue the ongoing
negotiations with these men with self serving, ill-
disguised ambitions.. What becomes of any
ambition, including Mr. President’s, is in the
hands of Nigerians, not a motley crowd of
turncoats.
“While we welcome the wish of the feuding
politicians to remain in the PDP, we make bold to
say that intimidation, treachery and blackmail
would not derail the genuine intentions of this
President .
“It is common knowledge that a leader of this
group, once left the party and at the end, neither
the PDP nor its presidential candidate (the late
Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua), who defeated him in the
2007 presidential election, felt any pinch from his
absence.
“We are of the opinion that the performance of
the Jonathan administration in the first four
years would give the opportunity to the Nigerian
people to decide whether or not to give him a
second term in office. It does not lie in the mouth
champions of sectionalism to hijack that decision
from Nigerians
“We urge the Nigerian citizenry to be more
observant as we move closer to 2015. We cannot
afford to allow political desperation to derail
democratic governance that caused this country
so much to achieve.”
Source : the Nation

Staying Calm amid the storms

ochejoseph: Staying Calm amid the storms

Nothing de happen.The losers can go to hell

He should not step down. We will give him a resounding defeat in 2015. Having said that, the opposition parties (APC, PDM and new PDP) have to unite. If these three unite, Jonathan will lose, we wouldnt even need a run off. Jonathan should change some of his advisers immediately and he should stop the witchunt of some of the governors that may have presidential ambition.

Just as the governors cannot stop him from contesting, he also cannot stop Lamido/Amaechi from contesting.

chukwudi44:

Nothing de happen.The losers can go to hell

. gej n his team ar already in hell just ask dem dey will tell u hw d heat feels like.

Nashville: He should not step down. We will give him a resounding defeat in 2015. Having said that, the opposition parties (APC, PDM and new PDP) have to unite. If these three unite, Jonathan will lose, we wouldnt even need a run off. Jonathan should change some of his advisers immediately and he should stop the witchunt of some of the governors that may have presidential ambition.

Just as the governors cannot stop him from contesting, he also cannot stop Lamido/Amaechi from contesting.

resounding defeat ke? better ask the crying general to prepare the fourth version of his crying speech.

7 Governors can not decide for Nigerians.God will decide who rules from 2015.

Politicians keep distracting us.

teskyg: 7 Governors can not decide for Nigerians.God will decide who rules from 2015.

Politicians keep distracting us.

Exactly. They key word is distraction. Its all about distraction, distraction and more distraction

Thanks to PATIEN-T!

teskyg: 7 Governors can not decide for Nigerians.God will decide who rules from 2015.

Politicians keep distracting us.

Na una dey allow dem dey distract una bi dat; commenting on these distractions (Politicians roforofo fights for THEIR interest) and leaving out what is the important things that are happening or not happening. There is a thread now on this section on the Outstanding FEAT of 1-hour Cargo clearence at Idiroko land border- an extremely important step for our country, and our businessmen (smtime that has also to sm extent bn happening in d Seaports for over a year now). You chaps should go comment on threads like that as you comment on threads like this one.... We cannot honestly complain of Distractions when we ourselves as Nigerians encourage it

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