The emergence of a former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), appears to have changed the political calculations in the northern part of Nigeria.

Sunday Vanguard learnt, last night, from very competent sources, that many of the northern political opinion leaders and groups had decided that all necessary support must be given to Buhari to win the February 14, 2015 presidential election so as to return power to them.
Chairman of the northern influential group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, lent credence to the move when he insisted that power, next year, must shift to the North. Coomassie spoke during an interview with Sunday Vanguard.

But the Presidency, through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, said Nigerians will not vote their next President on the basis of ethnicity.

One of the sources, an influential northern leader and close confidante of President Goodluck Jonathan, revealed that since Buhari’s emergence, the ‘entire North’ had adopted Buhari as its political candidate and was not afraid to stand by him to win the 2015 election.

The PDP big wig pointed out that it was shocking to see how the support base of the APC presidential candidate had evolved beyond political lines, with some radical elements threatening to deal ruthlessly with anyone who betrays Buhari in the North.

“There is a serious change in the political mood in the North since Buhari was elected as the APC candidate last week. Right now, the people do not care whether they are in APC or PDP. All they are interested in is that power must return to the North through the election of the former Head of State”, a northern governor supportive of Jonathan’s presidential bid told Sunday Vanguard, yesterday.

“What is really worrying those of us who are perceived to be pro-Jonathan’s governors or supporters is the open threat messages being made directly to our phones”.

It was learnt that some radical northern leaders have also been sending threat messages to some of their governors and leaders believed to be working for Jonathan’s victory in the 2015 poll to stop the support or be dealt with.

The governor, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, showed two of such threat messages written in Hausa and English to him,warning him not to betray the North for the President as he did in the last presidential election.

One of the mails came from a ranking federal northern lawmaker while the other was from a man the governor described as his friend.

It was learnt that the current political mood in the North had since been relayed by the security agencies and some friendly PDP governors to Jonathan, who apparently expressed surprise over the turn of events but promised to do something urgent to swing support in his favour.

The President was said to have assured northern governors that he would fulfill the promises he made to them during his 2011 campaign, but it could not be established whether that would be before or after the next election.

By Soni Daniel

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/north-moves-jonathan-northern-pro-jonathan-governors-get-threat-messages/

Supremacy fights!
Thats what you get in a slave camp!

Luggard and his gang of criminals must be laughng us to scorn!

Meanwhile, i will wait for groups in the south to threaten southern governors supporting Buhari!

The "progressives" will turn blind to this news thread, but if I start a thread to threaten Southern Governors, they will come with lectures, insults and tantrums!

And I am saying. That what is good for the north is equally good for south.

If have people saying power musr shift to the north. Then we should equally have people insisting power must remain in the south.

Wen I insist nigeria must split to stop the circle of blood, i am called names.

No problem anyway, feb 15th is just 7weeks away. And it wont really matter who wins! Head or tail, Nigeria is jinxed.

Power hawkers masquerading as intellectuals trying to impose Issueless. Purpose-less, Unintelligible coup plotter and despot on enlightened Nigerians for ethno-religious reasons using the cover of socio-political activism.




Hypocrites

@ Op, SS started this and has been doing that to Ameachi. Nothing less than 100 threads have been created to mock him for "betraying his brother" and pitching his tent with Apc. The north is just playing your gig. Goodluck to you starting dirty ethnic politics next time, cos you never know who might take a page from it. We all remember "Awolowo party" and "Amala party" No one has monopoly over ethnic politics.

Ngwakwe:
Power hawkers masquerading as intellectuals trying to impose Issueless. Purpose-less, Unintelligible coup plotter and despot on enlightened Nigerians for ethno-religious reasons using the cover of socio-political activism.




Hypocrites

We will wait for those Northerners to continue to unmask themselves completely.


We all know the reasons behind this their blind agitation but we are firm and ready.........Nigeria must go back to the drawing table else there will never be peace.

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Ngwakwe:
Power hawkers masquerading as intellectuals trying to impose Issueless. Purpose-less, Unintelligible coup plotter and despot on enlightened Nigerians for ethno-religious reasons using the cover of socio-political activism.




Hypocrites

......... and this bigot is a mod on nairaland.............. obatala wept!

2015, here we come. We are observing from Vietinam.

The north must surely get what they want after 2015 election. No body has monopoly for violence

If South South and South East are supporting their own fanatically, what stops the North from doing same?
Why are Amechi and Rochas refered to as traitors? GEJ should know that you can‘t have your cake and eat it. He started this religious and tribal politics and he must play it to the end.

When he was calling APC and amala and ewedu party, he did‘t know that statement delivered the South West to APC.

When he was calling APC a muslim party and made CAN an organ of PDP and allowing this aide to call him “JESUS“, he didn‘t know that delivered the muslims to APC.

When he is telling the south not to vote a noutherner and allowing Asari to insult the North, he did‘nt know that he was telling the northerners that “IF YOU DON‘T VOTE FOR YOUR OWN, WHO WILL?“.

Now only the south and the east are supporting him, he is crying Tribalism and religion. HE MUST PLAY THE TRIBAL AND RELIGIOUS CARD TO THE END.

THOSE WHO ARE WITH HIM MORE THAN THAN THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST HIM.

THEN WHY HE CON DEY FEAR??

Not new. I pity workers especially corps members who will work as election officers in any booth where Jonathan wins. We know what happened last time.
Those dead corps members haven't been forgotten yet .

Dem no serious

OtunbaJega:


......... and this bigot is a mod on nairaland.............. obatala wept!

And he will not air his view because he's a mod? How much are u paying him?

Politics of illiterate cow rearers..

gratiaeo:

And he will not air his view because he's a mod? How much are u paying him?

I cant pay a bigot to work me... lailai

who cares wat dis boko harams says..
Gej till 2019
Gej till buhari go school

Northerners afraid of De GEJ since 19kporogidi

the only way they can get this man out of their way come 2015 is to kill him and believe me if he dies today Nigeria is over! GEJ forever

Shame to nigeria and nigerians

Let keep our fingers cross for the general election. I believe God will take total control.

God save Nigeria.

Crazy democracy!
The born-to-rule mentality of the northerns.

i am not in support of power going back to the north but on a serious note the corruption level and insecurity under jonathan is more than too high and PDP since 1999 cant fix the power sector let try another people... BUHARIOSHIBAJO2015

This is politics of bitterness & it doesnt portend anything good 4 Nigeria. As it is now, I am consoled by the American prophesy about Nigeria come 2015. Nigeria must not make it beyond 2015 so that West Africa can experience real peace.......

Meanwhile, GEJ till Buhari acquires a laptop & B.Sc/B.A

jona jona jona pls dont waste ur money on north and southwest they will not vote for you

The truth is being unraveled day by day

"Sunday Vanguard learnt, last night, from very competent sources, that many of the northern political opinion leaders and groups had decided that all necessary support must be given to Buhari to win the February 14, 2015 presidential election so as to return power to them" What is it with the North and their born to rule mentality? Anyways,I'm not very much surprised

With the recent happenings in the country, I think it's time for change. GEJ is so clueless.

OP Am not surprised about the news, Feb 15 is around the corner, it will be a day of reckoning. they should plan and threaten who ever they want, the ACF should bear in mind that no one has monopoly of violence. These is not 1967, tompolo didn't buy those toys for voyage, the day of reckoning is here.

Oh God protect my friends and family members in this coming 2015 election.
I DEY SEE DANGER!

I can already smell violence come 2015.
God save nigeria.

power mongers... Nigerian presidency is for all not only for the north