Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by HzRF(m): 11:21am On Apr 23, 2015 |
hensben: I think say na SE PDP wan give next presidential ticket..yeye dey smell Na north 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by ziccoit: 11:22am On Apr 23, 2015 |
MichaelSokoto:
I jez hope most of d Ndigbos supportin GEJ all along hopin to take over power can finally see d deceitfulness of d PDP. PDP iz shoppin 4 hausa-fulani in 2019? I laff ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) Serve them right. 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by HzRF(m): 11:22am On Apr 23, 2015 |
dcaliph: who is lamido? . D person obj want to be d president |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by HzRF(m): 11:22am On Apr 23, 2015 |
hensben: I think say na SE PDP wan give next presidential ticket..yeye dey smell Na north |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Leez(m): 11:23am On Apr 23, 2015 |
MichaelSokoto: A member, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan will not run for the presidency in 2019.
He explained that the party would shop for a strong Hausa/Fulani candidate to run against the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in 2019.
Babatope, who is also a member of the party’s elders’ caucus, spoke with our correspondent on Victoria Island, on Wednesday.
He described the outgoing President as a leader, who had done his best in uplifting the nation’s democracy, adding that Nigeria would forever remember Jonathan as a committed leader who kept the nation as one despite several challenges.
He said he was sure that the President would not seek to contest the 2019 presidential election although “the people of the South-South have the right to present a candidate for the election, I’m sure the President will not contest; He will lead us to against the All Progressives Congress.”
He said, “The President has set himself apart as a great Nigerian leader, who is committed to seeing Nigeria blossom into a great democracy. He has laid a solid foundation for the nation’s democracy and he would forever be remembered.”
“The President will not contest the 2019 presidential election. The PDP will look for a strong Hausa/Fulani presidential candidate to contest against Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
“We have a strong presence in the South-South, South-East and we have two governors in the South-West. We are going to slug it out together in the North in 2019. We are going to flush out the APC in 2019 because we are going to correct our mistakes and take back the central government.”
The former Minister of Transport said PDP’s National Executive Council, the BoT and Elders’ Caucus would meet soon in Abuja to assess the outcome of the general elections.
He said, “We are going to restructure our party. The National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, will convene a meeting in two weeks’ time when we will objectively discuss the last elections.
“Apart from the grand conspiracy against our party by the powers that be in the elections, we are going to tackle the problem of imposition, which was a great area of mistake on our side. Crises were recorded across the states over imposition. We are going to guard against this. The APC will, naturally, make its own mistakes and we will capitalise on these.
“It is given in politics that mistakes would occur among the ruling party. We will all see when this begins to happen. We are watching and waiting.”
www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-wont-contest-in-2019-babatope-2/
Seun, Lalasticlala ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) Hausa again ![](/faces/huh.png) ![](/faces/huh.png) Dm no dy tire niiii ![](/faces/huh.png) Igbo dominationnnnnn!!!! 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by solreb: 11:24am On Apr 23, 2015 |
GEJ is a lucky accidental politician who good luck pushed into power. He does not have what it takes to win PDP primary now that power of incumbency is removed. 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by obailala(m): 11:28am On Apr 23, 2015 |
HzRF:
Divide north Divide sw And get block vote from east Daz d plan Things might changed Then if things change and PDP wins, it would be a confirmation that the SE is just confused. The SE hates Buhari purely because he is a northerner trying to grab power, but the same SE will now align and vote another northerner just to punish Buhari?.... What an anomaly! Excessive sentiments lead to irrational thinking and actions. 3 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by san316(m): 11:42am On Apr 23, 2015 |
LordTudor: [size=14pt][b]Babatope is spot on because PDP is guaranteed victory in 2019 for the following reasons:
1. Nigerians vote along ethnic and religious lines, and will still do that in 2019.
2. Given the strong hold of the PDP in south-south and south-east, they only need a fairly popular northern presidential candidate with a south-east running mate e.g Ibrahim Shekarau or Sule Lamido/Sulivan Chime or any young vibrant south-eastern technocrat, many of whom can be found in the local private sector or USA, Canada and the UK with proven track records in international organizations. This ticket will split votes in the north almost 50:50; add that to the block votes from the south-south (who will certainly reciprocate the support of the south east for GEJ) and south-east, then you know the winner. If APC tries rigging, then "adieu Nigeria".
3. Traditionally, the federal government has always been constituted by a party that is strong in the north and in the east (now split into south east and most part of south south). Don't argue, just do a little research on the strong holds of the following ruling parties since independence. (1st republic- NPC/NCNC coalition), (2nd Republic- NPN) and (4th Republic- PDP). The perpetual opposition were (1st republic- Action Group), (2nd republic-Unity Party of Nigeria) and 4th republic- 1999-2007-Alliance for Democracy{AD}, 2007-2011 Action Congress of Nigeria, {ACN}). This is what I call the default political equation of Nigeria.
4. In addition, the APC will suffer a hierarchy crisis sooner or later because it is an amalgam of parties within a party, many of whom still see the internal cleavages based on ACN vs CPC vs ANPP vs New PDP. Cries of injustice will soon fill the political atmosphere when any group feels it has been shortchanged, which you can bet has already started happening. I'm sure you know Tinubu and Akume are already slugging it out with Saraki and his own supporters. Let's not even add the Amaechi rebellion which is bound to happen sometime, somewhere along this cliffhanger to 2019.[/size][/b] You are JK right?. The only thing that can give shekarau or Lamido a slight chance is the death of GMB. If not, those two guys cannot pull anything off. See their performances at the polls in their state. APC just need to perform very well in one sector and that is it. 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by annibro(f): 11:44am On Apr 23, 2015 |
HzRF: . D person obj want to be d president B4 ba? Not anymore. Obj is now dinning wit d piple dat matter; Asiwaju, GMB et al |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Nobody: 11:51am On Apr 23, 2015 |
This is a politically dümb move that will fail.
PDP's best move is to capitalize on the hunger of the southwest to produce a president, choosing a Fulani/Hausa will still not help them garner the votes from the south west, not even with a vice presidential aspirant from the south west.
And how come he thinks they still have the SE in the bag? With a would be Fulani aspirant?
The SE will drift back to APGA. 3 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by NobleG1(m): 12:02pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
Why not choose an Igbo for president? Must it be hausa and yoruba people only? Is this useless country owned by hausa and yoruba? What the f*uck is going on? 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by tomakint: 12:02pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
soe: I have just one question for PDP.
The moment you allowed Tinubu to capture the Central was the moment you got Jagabanned.. Tinubu as a master chess player will do all within his power to make sure APC wows the populace. So much so that we will always hate Tinubu..but we wont be able to vote against him. Ask lagosians..they will tell you. Look at his mouth...as if APC is wowing Lagosians ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png) you go soon halla just watch! |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by signz: 12:03pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
san316:
You are JK right?. The only thing that can give shekarau or Lamido a slight chance is the death of GMB. If not, those two guys cannot pull anything off. See their performances at the polls in their state. APC just need to perform very well in one sector and that is it. It's being said in some corners that Kwankwaso is getting set for APC primaries in 2019. Rumour has it that Buhari will only stay for one tenure. So imagine a Kwankwaso Vs Lamido election. That will be one he'll of a fight 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Manir9ja: 12:05pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
Too late to cry when the head is cut off. 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by eph12(m): 12:05pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
doctokwus: -First and the bitter truth is this:it would be very,very difficult for a south southerner to rule Nigeria again for a very long time.These are my reasons and they are not at all based on primordial affiliations: -Jonathan was a very bad product.He was far from the best d ss could have given us but we can only judge from what we see.He was bad not just in steering the ship of d nation but in d kind of ultra sectional politics he played. -GEJ also ended up almost destroying,if not destroyed a once formidable party. -In as much as he got substantial support from the se, I doubt greatly if d se would be ready to form any kind of alliance again with a ssoutherner as d arrowhead , having seen how poorly GEJ can perform and his leadership deficit. -For the ss to ever dare to rule this nation again,it must form an alliance with other regions.We must all admit,as painful as it may sound,that GEJ rise was a product of circumstances,it would be difficult seeing any of the 3 major ethnic groups acceding to a minority tribe ruling again;@least till it has gone round the three again. -The ss itself is not a contiguous group as many think.There are many ethnic nationalities who congregated on GEJ because he represented an aspiration to which they too might one day fulfil.It would be impossible for these other nationalities to approve of any other person from the same ethnic group as GEJ, talkless of him himself being a President again. -Lastly GEJ staying power for d yrs he ruled and d support he got from some for his re election was due to the patronage system,the favors and largesse he could dispense as a president.Remove these from him,his almost insignificant political base is laid bare and he would hardly be a torch bearer for his own ethnic nationality,talk less a region,not to mention a conglomeration of bigger ethnic groups that form a nation. GEJ political career,am sad to state,may end up now being limited to his tag as a "statesman".I don't see him in the national space again. Oga before the ss man became president we have had presidents from the north and sw for almost 50 years with nothing to show for it. No roads, no light, no health care etc but of cos it's normal. But a ss man rules the country for 5 years and you are giving this analysis. Well who cares. |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by signz: 12:07pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
pazienza:
SW has made Southern unity Impossible in a democratic setting. Any party that presents a SW presidential candidate, will lose, cos their rival will present a Northern candidate with a vice from the SS/SE zone. And any party that presents a SE/SS candidate, will lose, as the SW will team up with the North.
Every thing remaining equal, the North will rule a democratic Nigeria for ever.They will use both PDP and APC to achieve that. This is the bitter truth |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Nobody: 12:11pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
tomakint:
Look at his mouth...as if APC is wowing Lagosians you go soon halla just watch! so why did APC win again? 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by yaskarahyelhope(f): 12:23pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
MichaelSokoto: A member, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan will not run for the presidency in 2019.
He explained that the party would shop for a strong Hausa/Fulani candidate to run against the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in 2019.
Babatope, who is also a member of the party’s elders’ caucus, spoke with our correspondent on Victoria Island, on Wednesday.
He described the outgoing President as a leader, who had done his best in uplifting the nation’s democracy, adding that Nigeria would forever remember Jonathan as a committed leader who kept the nation as one despite several challenges.
He said he was sure that the President would not seek to contest the 2019 presidential election although “the people of the South-South have the right to present a candidate for the election, I’m sure the President will not contest; He will lead us to against the All Progressives Congress.”
He said, “The President has set himself apart as a great Nigerian leader, who is committed to seeing Nigeria blossom into a great democracy. He has laid a solid foundation for the nation’s democracy and he would forever be remembered.”
“The President will not contest the 2019 presidential election. The PDP will look for a strong Hausa/Fulani presidential candidate to contest against Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
“We have a strong presence in the South-South, South-East and we have two governors in the South-West. We are going to slug it out together in the North in 2019. We are going to flush out the APC in 2019 because we are going to correct our mistakes and take back the central government.”
The former Minister of Transport said PDP’s National Executive Council, the BoT and Elders’ Caucus would meet soon in Abuja to assess the outcome of the general elections.
He said, “We are going to restructure our party. The National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, will convene a meeting in two weeks’ time when we will objectively discuss the last elections.
“Apart from the grand conspiracy against our party by the powers that be in the elections, we are going to tackle the problem of imposition, which was a great area of mistake on our side. Crises were recorded across the states over imposition. We are going to guard against this. The APC will, naturally, make its own mistakes and we will capitalise on these.
“It is given in politics that mistakes would occur among the ruling party. We will all see when this begins to happen. We are watching and waiting.”
www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-wont-contest-in-2019-babatope-2/
Seun, Lalasticlala ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) Is hausa-Fulani now d owner of Nigeria. This is crazy. If GEJ won't contest, another tribe should. Na Hausa people come Nigeria come rule? What arrant nonsense! 3 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by adconline(m): 12:32pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
MichaelSokoto:
I jez hope most of d Ndigbos supportin GEJ all along hopin to take over power can finally see d deceitfulness of d PDP. PDP iz shoppin 4 hausa-fulani in 2019? I laff ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) Would APC have made an Igbo president in the 8yrs if it had gotten massive Igbo vote? NOPE. Cos Buhari will be there for at least 4 years, they Osibanjo might take over and stay for 8 years. So Igbos were promised presidency when they voted OBJ and Yar'dua? |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Mistaarhlohki(m): 12:37pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
san316: Let him contest now. Buhari will make a come back making it 2-1.
PDP hasn't changed. The new govt hasn't been sworn in and the issue of 2019 election is already coming up. It is all about power , not what it should be rightly used for. What's the answer to PeeDeePee:?? That's why they don't think right.. 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Ikology(m): 12:46pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
doctokwus: -First and the bitter truth is this:it would be very,very difficult for a south southerner to rule Nigeria again for a very long time.These are my reasons and they are not at all based on primordial affiliations: -Jonathan was a very bad product.He was far from the best d ss could have given us but we can only judge from what we see.He was bad not just in steering the ship of d nation but in d kind of ultra sectional politics he played. -GEJ also ended up almost destroying,if not destroyed a once formidable party. -In as much as he got substantial support from the se, I doubt greatly if d se would be ready to form any kind of alliance again with a ssoutherner as d arrowhead , having seen how poorly GEJ can perform and his leadership deficit. -For the ss to ever dare to rule this nation again,it must form an alliance with other regions.We must all admit,as painful as it may sound,that GEJ rise was a product of circumstances,it would be difficult seeing any of the 3 major ethnic groups acceding to a minority tribe ruling again;@least till it has gone round the three again. -The ss itself is not a contiguous group as many think.There are many ethnic nationalities who congregated on GEJ because he represented an aspiration to which they too might one day fulfil.It would be impossible for these other nationalities to approve of any other person from the same ethnic group as GEJ, talkless of him himself being a President again. -Lastly GEJ staying power for d yrs he ruled and d support he got from some for his re election was due to the patronage system,the favors and largesse he could dispense as a president.Remove these from him,his almost insignificant political base is laid bare and he would hardly be a torch bearer for his own ethnic nationality,talk less a region,not to mention a conglomeration of bigger ethnic groups that form a nation. GEJ political career,am sad to state,may end up now being limited to his tag as a "statesman".I don't see him in the national space again. We all know that jonathans presidency was by providence, so saying that SS people will not smell presidency for a long time because of the type of person they gave you is utter wickedness on your part. We all know that it is Obj that nomited GEJ. 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by darqly(m): 12:47pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
san316:
PDP hasn't changed. The new govt hasn't been sworn in and the issue of 2019 election is already coming up. It is all about power , not what it should be rightly used for. Till PDP is willing and able to reorient it's core values and mission from 'Come chop' and develop some much needed common sense, they are set to become Africa's lamest opposition. Jonathan will NEVER win even exco elections in the future.. ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by rusher14: 12:52pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
Who knows who would be alive in 2019. ![](/faces/huh.png) |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by patani(m): 12:54pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
EggovinMma: ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png)
Na birthright? What happened to bringing in other ethnic minorities? Especially those that are yet to enjoy presidency? Is precidency a thing to be enjoyed now? Or a position to serve the country and provide the best for the citizen..... smh...Nigerians are problem of Nigeria...Your mentality needs baptism 3 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by benzion72(m): 1:02pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
It will take a miracle for PDP to survive in my mind PDP is dead and buried. Never again, In 16 years no stable electricity, in 16 years no good road, In 16 years they are parading outdated locomotive. Check their rank, their state like Abia nobody want backwardness. 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by san316(m): 1:02pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
signz:
It's being said in some corners that Kwankwaso is getting set for APC primaries in 2019. Rumour has it that Buhari will only stay for one tenure.
So imagine a Kwankwaso Vs Lamido election. That will be one he'll of a fight Lamido cannot stand kwankwaso. No way!!! Kwankwaso has a cult followership in Kano. He's done well there. APC IS RULING jigawa, lamido's base and many other northern states. Kwankwaso will floor lamido anytime any day. 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Pricelezz(m): 1:05pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
Laughing in Greek 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by galadima77(m): 1:08pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
MzJackBaueress: Is there any hausa/fulani politician who is stronger than General Muhammadu Buhari in terms of popularity and intergrity? I don't think so!
PDP will fail in 2019.
I rather prefer APGA to be the major opposition party than PDP they (pdp) still don't get it that it wasn't about GEJ alone....we don't want pdp and whatever evil disguise they stand for. We want to move this country forward and after 16 years pdp still can't do that. so we port na, biko! 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Nobody: 1:19pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
patani:
Is precidency a thing to be enjoyed now? Or a position to serve the country and provide the best for the citizen.....
smh...Nigerians are problem of Nigeria...Your mentality needs baptism is it a position to serve the country only by northerners?Isn't there suppose be situations where other minorities are nominated by parties to serve same purpose? You are dangerously a st, upid man. |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by gemini35(m): 1:21pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
jayjayjay0214:
BY RIGHT IGBOS SHOULD HAVE PRODUCED THE PRESIDENT FOR 2015 SINCE THE NORTH HAVE RULED THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH SOUTH ALSO . IGBO LEADERS STAYING COWARDLY SINCE 1970 .
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Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Nobody: 1:26pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
deniyor: What ever happened to choosing the best leader, no matter which part of the country he comes from. Must it be Hausa-fulani? On that account, I hope they lose. You just spoke my mind! This candidacy of northerners being the president is beginning to be unhealthy. I voted for buhari, but at same time, I don't think I will vote for another northerner after buhari.If the former governor of calabar contest, I will vote for him, and any other person as VP. 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan won’t contest in 2019 – Babatope by Nobody: 1:31pm On Apr 23, 2015 |
yaskarahyelhope:
Is hausa-Fulani now d owner of Nigeria. This is crazy. If GEJ won't contest, another tribe should. Na Hausa people come Nigeria come rule? What arrant nonsense! I tire o.Must it always be them? Left for me, I prefer no major ethnic group to grab the next presidency! Make everybody go rest! Jonathan just ruined minority chances by not performing well. 1 Like |