President may soon expose ex-Head of State’s alleged personal demands, says PDP • Ruling party’s candidate likely to win, U.S. ex-envoy predicts

INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that the face- off between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan may be far from abating as the

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the latter would soon disclose all alleged personal demands of the former that he had turned down since 2011 that might have fuelled the lingering animosity.

The party also declared that its leadership would decide on whether or not to sanction Obasanjo over allegation of anti-party activities.

Meanwhile, former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has revealed that President Jonathan was the likely candidate to win the forthcoming elections, according to persecond news.com

Addressing a news conference in Abuja yesterday, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani- Kayode, described Obasanjo’s allegation that Jonathan was planning to perpetuate himself in power unconstitutional as reckless and pointing that the allegations were assertions that were “capable of derailing our democracy and creating chaos in the land.

“The truth is that he knows that Jonathan will win next month’s presidential election and that is why he wants to destroy the credibility of the whole process right from the outset. What he is trying to say in his latest contribution is that if President Jonathan wins, then the election must have been rigged right from the outset. This is not only wrong but it is also unfair and uncharitable.”

Fani-Kayode challenged Obasanjo to prove his weighty allegations by presenting them before the Council of State and take it up there.

He should also report to INEC itself and present the data of whatever sinister plan he believes that Jonathan has to stay in power ‘’by hook or by crook’’ to them. He should tell INEC whatever it is that Jonathan is doing in order for him to stay in power by all means and he should give them all the details. That should be the starting point.”

On Obasanjo’s allegation that Jonathan was playing out a script of perpetuating himself in power like former Cote d’Voire President Laurent Gbabo, Fani Kayode stated:

“Jonathan has re-affirmed his commitment to the democratic process over and over again and he has also said that the handover date of May 29 is sacrosanct. In view of these assurances, one wonders why Obasanjo is creating such a hue and cry over nothing. What has he seen that no one else can see? One wonders what his motives are. Does he have to rule every government by proxy? Must every leader take instructions from him? Is it a case of ‘’if I cannot control you and tell you what to do then you must go?’’

“President Obasanjo spoke about President Gbagbo and he claimed that President Jonathan was attempting to do a Gbagbo in Nigeria. The question that must be put to him is this: ‘Who got Gbagbo out?’ Was it not Jonathan’s government that played a key role in ensuring that democracy was fully established in the Ivory Coast and did he not play a key role in ensuring that the Gbagbo plan to ‘’stay in power forever plan’’ did not work?

“If anyone doubts this they should ask President Alhassan Outtara of Cote d’Ivoire the role that Jonathan and Nigeria played in helping to restore democracy and stability to his country.

“They should also find out the role that Obasanjo played in attempting to keep President Gbagbo in power at all costs and the deep friendship that exists between the two men. It is a matter of fact and public record that when he was President, Obasanjo, perhaps more than any other African Head of State with the exception of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, propped up and supported President Gbagbo and it is an irony of fate and history that he is now condemning the actions of his old friend and accusing others of trying to emulate them.”

“Again it is ironic that Obasanjo has accused President Jonathan of having a grand plan to stay in power at all costs and by all means yet it is the same Obasanjo that tried to stay in power for a third term even though the Nigerian constitution specifically forbids it. He tried all he could to change the constitution but the whole thing failed and he was compelled to leave power.”

On Obasanjo’s alleged demands from Jonathan, Fani-Kayode stated:

“After Jonathan came to power, Obasanjo not only tried to control and teleguide him, but he also asked him to do a number of things that were simply wrong and unacceptable. It is for Jonathan himself to divulge those things and I am sure that he will do so at the appropriate time. Needless to say Jonathan refused to be teleguided and told what to do even though at all times he showed Obasanjo maximum respect and accorded him all the privileges, access and courtesies that is due to a former Head of State and a father and mentor. This continued to be the case even after Obasanjo consistently attempted to undermine his government and ridicule his efforts.

“Yet Obasanjo could not be appeased and was not satisfied. As far as he was concerned, he must either control Jonathan or Jonathan had to go. That is why he decided to secretly support the APC and became their ‘navigator- in-chief’. He was determined to pull the whole house down rather than allow Jonathan to return to power. This is simply because he believes that if he cannot control someone, that person must be destroyed. Control and domination is an obsession for Obasanjo. That is the bottom line. He is prepared to put even the devil in power provided he can control him. That is why he is so determined to stop Jonathan and put in place an interim government which he, or one of his surrogates, will head. That is his plan and he is determined to achieve it no matter what it takes.

“Obasanjo does not want genuine democracy. He only pretends to want it. What he wants is control and a stooge in power. It does not matter what type of government it is as long as he controls it and it is headed by his puppet. It can be a military government, a civilian one, a democratic one, an interim government or a government of National Unity. To Obasanjo it does not matter as long as he can control it. That is his objective. That is why he hates Jonathan so much and that is why he wishes to stop him at all costs.”

“The bottom line is this: “Obasanjo’s grouse with Jonathan is personal and it has nothing to do with Nigeria. He should leave Nigeria out of it and let us all be. If he has a personal score to settle with Jonathan, he should not do so at the expense of the peace and stability of Nigeria. If he wants to stop Jonathan then let him attempt to do so through the democratic process and through the ballot box and not through foul and unconstitutional means. We said it before and we will say it again: gone are the days that any president can be teleguided and controlled, because we have all come of age.”

On Obasanjo’s alleged anti-party activities Fani-Kayode said: “‎It is very difficult to say that he (Obasanjo) is a member of the PDP and he is saying these sort of things and doing these sort of things it makes things very difficult for us and I think with this, it is left for the party chairman and leaders to make their own determination on our part as the Presidential campaign organisation to ensure that President Jonathan gives a good fight in terms of the elections. That is our job, we need to take on anybody.... or any institutions or...but he has made his choice and we have made our choices and we intend to stand where we stand nobody will be pushed around or intimidate us.

“I sincerely hope and pray that Obasanjo pulls back and rethink and join forces with us against the opposition. It is never too late even if it will be on the eve of the election, to have him on our corner will be great privilege and honour. As long as he stands on the other side and continues to cast aspersions on the character of the president and raise questions on him, what the president wants to do and suggesting that the president wants to stay in power by hook or by crook and all that sort of stuff, we cannot possibly expect us to keep quiet. We have to set the records straight. We have to stand with our president and with our party.”

Campbell, a Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in a report titled, ‘Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Election: Contingency Planning Memorandum Update, the envoy said, “despite the strength of the opposition, Jonathan remains the likely—but not certain—winner.

According to him, the 2015 elections again might precipitate violence that could destabilise Nigeria, and Washington has even less leverage in Abuja than it did in 2011.

In his recommendations to the U.S government, he advised the Obama administration not to comment prematurely on the quality of the elections. Observers from the National Democratic Institute and the International Republic Institute are likely to issue preliminary assessments immediately after the polls close. So, too, will observers from the European Union, the Commonwealth, and the African Union. There will be media pressure for early, official comment. But, following a close election and the violence likely to follow, the timing and content of official U.S. statements should take into account the views of the vibrant Nigerian human rights community, which will likely be the most accurate.

The U.S Secretary of State in the wake of the elections postponement issued a statement declaring that the shift was unacceptable, a statement that has been rejected by some Nigerians as hypocritical.

Campbell further asked the U.S government to facilitate and support humanitarian assistance. The north is already in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, with the prospect of famine looming. If the postelection period is violent, there may be need for international humanitarian assistance in

many other parts of the country.

Campbell has been generally regarded a critic of the Jonathan administration, an ally of APC leader and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

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Pls U guys should keep exposing Urselves. Its is to the benefit of APC. Six weeks is a lot of time to dig six foot grave for PDP by PDP.

I know OBJ has sinister ploy that couldn't be achieved under GEJ that's why he is doing this PHD syndrome

We really need to organize a fighting ground for these two and invite them over to see who would beat who. That way, each of them would know his place and this noise would stop.
Mtcheeeeeew! Old fools!

TO RULE NIGERIA FROM OTA FARM IS UNACCEPTABLE, MUST NIGERIA DIE WITH OBJ?

Hmmmm
RTS (reserving this space)

Beamborla:
We really need to organize a fighting ground for these two and invite them over to see who would beat who. That way, each of them would know his place and this noise would stop.
Mtcheeeeeew! Old fools!

Hahahhha. With hand Abi mouth?

FFK + LONG STORY = NONSENSE...... Almajiri Politician

bakila:

Hahahhha. With hand Abi mouth?

With their hands and legs. Even if they want to use their head or teeth, no problem.

Beamborla:

With their hands and legs. Even if they want to use their head or teeth, no problem.

Don't be surprised that Baba will win that fight. Old soldier things will be in use at that duel.

This is a PDP problem, they can go kill themselves. Let me bash that clueless Campbell guy, Mr. ambassador can't you see that your sampling is biased. Southern Nigeria is obviously more educated than northern Nigeria hence most opinions you see on social media is from southerners, drawing a conclusion from such data is nit only biased but also an abuse of statistics. The ambassador should know better that their are more voters in the north who will obviously be voting for the opposition. Did he even consider the fact that this country has 50% Muslims majority of whom will not be voting for the incumbent. What a buffoon of an ex ambassador..

bakila:

Don't be surprised that Baba will win that fight. Old soldier things will be in use at that duel.

Old soldiers things or voodoo?
I don't care who wins. Those two are disgrace to Nigeria. Infant, all our politicians are.

I just wish on that day, no one would go out to vote anyone. That way they would know we reject every one of them.

baba sef, too talk.
Not forgetting, he's no saint.
He without sin shud cast the first stone.

Mtcheeew! If PDP has anything to cage Obasanjo, they would have done so since last year, someone went as far as authoring a book on the president and this hediots keep yarning dust. I know when they release the mumu evidence, we would just hiss just like we always do.

Zeezy99:
This is a PDP problem, they can go kill themselves. Let me bash that clueless Campbell guy, Mr. ambassador can't you see that your sampling is biased. Southern Nigeria is obviously more educated than northern Nigeria hence most opinions you see on social media is from southerners, drawing a conclusion from such data is nit only biased but also an abuse of statistics. The ambassador should know better that their are more voters in the north who will obviously be voting for the opposition. Did he even consider the fact that this country has 50% Muslims majority of whom will not be voting for the incumbent. What a buffoon of an ex ambassador..

MY FRIEND, YOU AS LAME, DUMB AND BLIND AS YOUR PEOPLE.
WHO TOLD YOU THAT MUSLIMS HAS 50% OF NIGERIAN POPULATION?

PLS DON'T BE SILLY. THE MUSLIMS ONLY HAVE 25-28% OF THE POPULATION, CHRISTIANS 50%, OTHERS 25%.

Zeezy99:
This is a PDP problem, they can go kill themselves. Let me bash that clueless Campbell guy, Mr. ambassador can't you see that your sampling is biased. Southern Nigeria is obviously more educated than northern Nigeria hence most opinions you see on social media is from southerners, drawing a conclusion from such data is nit only biased but also an abuse of statistics. The ambassador should know better that their are more voters in the north who will obviously be voting for the opposition. Did he even consider the fact that this country has 50% Muslims majority of whom will not be voting for the incumbent. What a buffoon of an ex ambassador..

MY FRIEND, YOU AS LAME, DUMB AND BLIND AS YOUR PEOPLE.
WHO TOLD YOU THAT MUSLIMS HAS 50% OF NIGERIAN POPULATION?

PLS DON'T BE SILLY. THE MUSLIMS ONLY HAVE 25-28% OF THE POPULATION, CHRISTIANS 50%, OTHERS 25%.

THE TRUTH IS THAT GOODLUCK JONATHAN HAVE WON.

masterpower:

MY FRIEND, YOU AS LAME, DUMB AND BLIND AS YOUR PEOPLE.
WHO TOLD YOU THAT MUSLIMS HAS 50% OF NIGERIAN POPULATION?

PLS DON'T BE SILLY. THE MUSLIMS ONLY HAVE 25-28% OF THE POPULATION, CHRISTIANS 50%, OTHERS 25%.

28% huh, the problem with you guys is you never do research or even as intelligent questions, you just imagine that the world starts and ends all in your retarded brain. Visit the library in your village if you have one and lookup facts on Nigeria in "CIA world facts book"

Zeezy99:
28% huh, the problem with you guys is you never do research or even as intelligent questions, you just imagine that the world starts and ends all in your retarded brain. Visit the library in your village if you have one and lookup facts on Nigeria in "CIA world facts book"

Gbam, u re on point. That is d problem of Nairaland generally.

It’s only in Nigeria that a failed president like
Olusegun Obasanjo can assume the role of
moral barometer and harbinger of
development.
Frankly, it beats me hollow that the man who
presided over Nigeria when the country was
declared the silverware winner of corruption
by Transparency International can muster the
biceps to theorize on corruption. I remind
myself that the worst cases of corruption and
stealing of our national patrimony took place
under Obasanjo presidency. The Siemens
scandal, Halliburton, National Identity card,
PTDF, etc were legacies of Obasanjo in Aso
Rock.
What about politically motivated
assassination? The Iges, Dikkibo, Okadigbos,
Igwes, Harry, Williams, Ogbonnas, etc are 6
feet below today because of Obasanjo’s
perchant for “do-or-die” politics.

masterpower:

MY FRIEND, YOU AS LAME, DUMB AND BLIND AS YOUR PEOPLE.
WHO TOLD YOU THAT MUSLIMS HAS 50% OF NIGERIAN POPULATION?

PLS DON'T BE SILLY. THE MUSLIMS ONLY HAVE 25-28% OF THE POPULATION, CHRISTIANS 50%, OTHERS 25%.

THE TRUTH IS THAT GOODLUCK JONATHAN HAVE WON.

Bro don't assume that oh.. They have successfully dropped the number of Christians in Nigeria (north precisely). What do you think is the motivation behind the Bokoharam activities, religious crises and election/post election killings, unnecessary attacks on Christians in the north, etc.

I've once witnessed a case where a man was alleged to have dedicated on the Quaran in Zaria. The mob down there hurriedly ran down to the man's house and burnt it down and wanted to kill the man, thanks to the army men that came and took him away from where he was hid.

Which sane man, even a half sane man, would live in the north and commit such act?

Another one happened when one guy was heading home from school. Some group of illiterates walked up to him and accused him of insulting Mohammed. If not for the Emir, that innocent student would have been killed for doing nothing.

There are numerous other ones like the Denmark cartoon not even drawn by a Nigerian but those beasts took to the streets and started killing Nigerian Christians.

A man looses election and claims election was rigged, instead of his boys to take a protest down to Aso Rock or just run a peaceful protest across the country, they started killing Christians. Simply means that they knew GEJ won the election.

What do you think fueled the Jos crises? They didn't get any political post or become a governor of Plateau and what happened next crises everywhere.

And in all cases, this is how they always start a fight and end up attacking and killing Christians. Its so sad that these people see Pakistanis and other Muslims as brothers and sisters while they see their closest relation down here who are Christians as their enemies.

I wish they were more tolerating as the Yoruba Muslims, we wouldn't have had much problems in Nigeria.

If they had been the ones with the massive population like the Igbos in Lagos without having any political post, they would have caused a lot of havocs.

Beamborla:

Old soldiers things or voodoo?
I don't care who wins. Those two are disgrace to Nigeria. Infant, all our politicians are.

I just wish on that day, no one would go out to vote anyone. That way they would know we reject every one of them.

Sad that even if you wake Abacha up from the dead and have him contest against a godly and upright Christian, Hausa/Fulani people will still go out en-masse to vote for Abacha

clevvermind:

It’s only in Nigeria that a failed president like
Olusegun Obasanjo can assume the role of
moral barometer and harbinger of
development.
Frankly, it beats me hollow that the man who
presided over Nigeria when the country was
declared the silverware winner of corruption
by Transparency International can muster the
biceps to theorize on corruption. I remind
myself that the worst cases of corruption and
stealing of our national patrimony took place
under Obasanjo presidency. The Siemens
scandal, Halliburton, National Identity card,
PTDF, etc were legacies of Obasanjo in Aso
Rock.
What about politically motivated
assassination? The Iges, Dikkibo, Okadigbos,
Igwes, Harry, Williams, Ogbonnas, etc are 6
feet below today because of Obasanjo’s
perchant for “do-or-die” politics.

God bless you!

And we still have some gullible fellows on Nairaland who blindly follow this disgusting creature called OBJ