CALLING YOUR BLUFF: Jonathan Blasts Northern Governors: "You Can't Bury PDP!"
President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed as empty boast the threat by
five Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors to bury the party, if the
ongoing crisis is not resolved on time. Murtala Nyako, one of the five Northern governors who have been meeting
with political stakeholders in the country, had threatened to help bury
the PDP if their efforts to solve its problems flopped.
But firing back at the governors, President Jonathan said:
But firing back at the governors, President Jonathan said:
The five governors were incapable of bringing down the PDP, no matter who is behind them.
Speaking through his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Dr Ahmed Gulak, Jonathan who also accused the governors of trying to force him out, insisted that they would fail, as their agenda was not in the interest of the generality of Nigerians. The Presidential aide also said that all those working with the five governors would also fail in their selfish bid to unseat Jonathan. The political adviser said:
Speaking through his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Dr Ahmed Gulak, Jonathan who also accused the governors of trying to force him out, insisted that they would fail, as their agenda was not in the interest of the generality of Nigerians. The Presidential aide also said that all those working with the five governors would also fail in their selfish bid to unseat Jonathan. The political adviser said:
“They (the governors) cannot bury PDP, as the party is above them. Their
agenda is not to bury PDP but to get President Goodluck Jonathan out
but they will certainly fail. I can assure you that all those in that
group and sharing their agenda will also fail woefully, as Nigerians are
wiser.”
The governors, who had earlier met with Governor Rotimi Amaechi in Port Harcourt last week, during which they escaped being injured by irate political thugs, moved to the home of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, and had a lengthy discussion with him.
The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary noted: “We have held consultations with former heads of state on the need for them and other major stakeholders to save the party from dying. We will continue to make our efforts to save the party.
The governors, who had earlier met with Governor Rotimi Amaechi in Port Harcourt last week, during which they escaped being injured by irate political thugs, moved to the home of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, and had a lengthy discussion with him.
Although Nyako was not present at the meeting with Gens Ibrahim
Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, he immediately released a statement
aligning position with the four other governors, saying that it was time
something was done to salvage the party or bury it.
The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary noted: “We have held consultations with former heads of state on the need for them and other major stakeholders to save the party from dying. We will continue to make our efforts to save the party.
"But if our efforts do not work, we have no alternative than to fold our arms, and see PDP die and help in burying it.”
