By Peter Albert

Following the landslide victory of Mr Abubakar Atiku as the flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, information available to us reveal that the jostling for who will be his running mate has reached fever-pitch.

According to sources close to Mr Atiku, he has referred the question of who will be his running mate to the party elders to decide.

This, many believe, would serve to heal any wounds that may have arisen from his landslide victory over Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, who had been enjoying the unhinged support of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the state delegates loyal to him.

There are many eminent PDP members across the country who are qualified for the role but discussions with top PDP apparatchiks at the venue of the just-concluded PDP National Convention revealed that the front runners for the position of Vice Presidential candidate are Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD), Governor Nyesom Wike, former Governor Peter Obi, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Govornors Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.

OGD is a former two-term Governor of Ogun State and the Director General of the Atiku Campaign Organization who was able to garner the delegates from the south west states, except Ekiti State delegates, to deliver block votes for Mr Atiku at the primaries.

He is believed to be more suited for the job as he would be able to reduce the votes to and the dominance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south west states. He would also balance the influence of the current Vice President to President Buhari who is also from Ogun State.

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State was the only Governor that openly supported Mr Atiku and mobilized support from fellow PDP Governors, in direct opposition to people like Mr Wike who publicly supported Mr Tambuwal.

Governor Dickson’s unalloyed support for Mr Atiku also contributed to his recent victory as the presidential candidate of the PDP.

Mr Dickson has been a stabilizing factor in the Niger Delta and is widely accepted as a grassroots politician with strong ties with the Yorubas being that his grandmother is from Ogun State.

His giant strides in various sectors in Bayelsa State continue to stand him in good stead as a purveyor of peace and development to the people in general.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the renowned Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy in President Goodluck Jonathan’s Government. She comes with immense experience and capacity together with a largely unblemished public service record.

Though not a politician, her candidacy should put presidential hopefuls from the south east states at ease as she would not be competing with them to take over from Mr Atiku at the end of his single term plan. She would also help to rein in sympathetic votes from Nigerian women across party lines and ethnic or tribal affiliations.

Governor Wike is arguably the latter day leader of the PDP who has fought to steady the course of the party in the last turbulent years after the loss of the presidency to the APC. Though he did not support Mr Atiku in the primaries, pundits say that his control of the party systems through his appointed Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, is very strong.

Mr Fayose is the current Governor of Ekiti State who stepped down from the presidential primaries race ostensibly to support Mr Tambuwal. Despite the fact that his candidate lost the governorship elections to the APC candidate, pundits say he still commands a lot of support in the south west states.

Mr Fayose, though considered a rabble-rouser by a cross section of the society for his many verbal engagements, should therefore help the PDP garner votes in the south west states as Vice Presidential candidate to Mr Atiku.

Last but not the least is Dr Peter Obi. He is the immediate past and very successful governor of Anambra State. Mr Obi brings economic sagacity and an unblemished public service record to the table but may raise fears from other possible successors to Mr Atiku at the end of the single term as being vice president would put him in pole position to take over.

https://www.businesspost.ng/2018/10/08/ogd-dickson-iweala-fayose-others-make-atikus-vp-list/

Criminal President choosing among criminal vps

Atiku/Fayose, NOI/Atiku, Atiku/Peter Obi, Atiku/Donald Duke.

Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

Obi

Atiku is a businessman and Im sure he knows how to calculate and diminish risks without being told. But thats in business. This is politics and the man is a political failure and will need help to navigate along. Someone need to shout to him that Ndibo is a political risk. Omo ibo support will bring loss. No Ibo VP. A word is enough for the wise.

sarrki:
Criminal President choosing among criminal vps

"Why do you look so sad & forsaken"? Mallam Sarrki...

"If you get down & you quarrel everyday,
You're saying prayers to the devil I say.
Make way, for the positive day b'cos it's a new day...
Oh! What a new day."

sarrki:
Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

Ngozi will not even dare step foot here anyway even if selected. Buhari dey wait for am.

I am 100% proud Igbo, but strategically, Fayose will be a better choice.
Igbos trust Fayose more than some efulefu Igbo men like Orji Kalu, and Okorohausa, etc!
Go Fayose!

Atiku/Peter Obi 2019...ebeano

lets Atikulate come FailBuhari 2019

naijaking1:
I am 100% proud Igbo, but strategically, Fayose will be a better choice.
Igbos trust Fayose more than some efulefu Igbo men like Orji Kalu, and Okorohausa, etc!
Go Fayose!

u ar not Igbo but an Afonja

sarrki:
Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

LoL.. your madam Kemi is still hiding under some cupboards in London, while NOI is making giants strides all over the world..

Be the judge, who would you advise your daughter to look up to? The woman that fakes everything, including accent, Nysc cert, hair style or the woman receiving accolades home and abroad for her ingenuity?

Lie and thunder will strike you.. your daughter will actually send you the thunder herself for wishing her evil

iLoveAnambra:
u ar not Igbo but an Afonja

Anu ohia s'nike eri nri!

MayorofLagos:
Atiku is a businessman and Im sure he knows how to calculate and diminish risks without being told. But thats in business. This is politics and the man is a political failure and will need help to navigate along. Someone need to shout to him that Ndibo is a political risk. Omo ibo support will bring loss. No Ibo VP. A word is enough for the wise.

are you guys also interested in the VP of a party you called corrupt? Chai Yorubas and double mouth eehh..

See we despise APC and don't ever wanna come close to them

MayorofLagos:
Atiku is a businessman and Im sure he knows how to calculate and diminish risks without being told. But thats in business. This is politics and the man is a political failure and will need help to navigate along. Someone need to shout to him that Ndibo is a political risk. Omo ibo support will bring loss. No Ibo VP. A word is enough for the wise.

U love Buhari and APC.. why do you support SW VP??



now i know..Afonja/Alimi/Ilorin story..

wicked backstabbers

naijaking1:

Anu ohia s'nike eri nri!

google translation wont help you..
ewu..otolo na enwero nwanne ma nwanna gbagbue gi.. ezi ofia

MayorofLagos:
Atiku is a businessman and Im sure he knows how to calculate and diminish risks without being told. But thats in business. This is politics and the man is a political failure and will need help to navigate along. Someone need to shout to him that Ndibo is a political risk. Omo ibo support will bring loss. No Ibo VP. A word is enough for the wise.

Tribalism will not even let you see reason.
Tribe, tribe, and more tribe is all you see.
Luckily, Atiku is probably smarter than people like you.
Choosing a strong SW politician is not because there no Igbos that qualify, but because it will solidly serve to neutralize Osinbanjo and Tinubu.

sarrki:
Criminal President choosing among criminal vps

We prefer a "criminal" forward looking president to a self righteous backward leadership. Plunging Nigeria into two recessions with a third loading plus making Nigeria the capital of poverty is an unrivaled achievement world over, courtesy of your Mr. Integrity whose wife's ADC is N2.5B rich, children are directors in NNPC and son rides a $50000 bike!

Unfortunately, some people are employed on salary of N360k per annum to white-wash their sins! Height of stupidity

sarrki:
Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

What are you saying? Somebori that told the government what to do but was blatantly ignored... Dont forget she is the one who initiated all the savings we had from obasanjo's regime. ode

iLoveAnambra:
google translation wont help you..

ewu..otolo na enwero nwanne ma nwanna gbagbue gi.. ezi ofia

Obu kini?
I gukwara Ogbalu?

naijaking1:

Obu kini? I gukwara Ogbalu?

lols Evidence that you are from Wasteland

iLoveAnambra:
lols Evidence that you are from Wasteland

Isuchago Igbo? Ogwugo g'na onu?
Wata ewigi uburu!

https://www.nairaland.com/4775420/why-pdp-should-give-vp

Smart man!

naijaking1:
I am 100% proud Igbo, but strategically, Fayose will be a better choice.
Igbos trust Fayose more than some efulefu Igbo men like Orji Kalu, and Okorohausa, etc!
Go Fayose!

Fayose fit dey insides prisin b4 elecsion start. So he not be gud shoise.

naijaking1:
I am 100% proud Igbo, but strategically, Fayose will be a better choice.
Igbos trust Fayose more than some efulefu Igbo men like Orji Kalu, and Okorohausa, etc!
Go Fayose!

I'm 100% Yoruba and I think Fayose is a bad choice, Atiku doesn't need a popular name for running mate, his clout is enough, I will suggest he goes for a flawless technocrat who has never held elective office.
All known politician fraternizing with him at the moment, are with too much baggage, which might weigh both of them down.

sarrki:
Ngozi that ruined our economy
It will never be well with Pdp

Zombie will always remain a zombie

Good idea to defer to the party!
Let the party make that choice!

Atiku will most likely pick someone from southwest, particularly from ogun state and who is close to OBJ to reassure his ex-boss that he isn't coming after him.

godfatherx:

I'm 100% Yoruba and I think Fayose is a bad choice, Atiku doesn't need a popular name for running mate, his clout is enough, I will suggest he goes for a flawless technocrat who has never held elective office.
All known politician fraternizing with him at the moment, are with too much baggage, which might weigh both of them down.

Outside of iboland what clout does Atiku possess anywhere else? He cant even engineer a win for his candidate in Adamawa, his state.

Atiku does not understand politics, he will need a strong politician and bridge builder. He doesnt understand international relations, he will need a strong diplomat. The man has zero clue about economy and markets, he will need a strong and proven market leader to guide him. He lacks idea on what to do to secure NE, he will need strong security specialists and intelligence professional.

He will need help with his domestic affairs as well. Which of his four wives will be first lady? This yeye man is behind and need to hurry up and get himself ready. Not that he will win but he can at least understand and appreciate the struggle of political risks first hand.

Pls pick fayose

That will help to secure atikus defeat!

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