makarfi, tambuwal, kwankwaso, lamido, shekarau on purchasing list
former vice-president atiku abubakar’s presidential ambition become placing in the stability on the weekend, with the governors taking manipulate of the peoples democratic party (pdp).
new strength agents have emerged within the party — courtesy of the saturday national convention where erstwhile leaders’ have an effect on took a huge bashing.
some of their candidates for countrywide running committee (nwc) positions have been rejected by way of governors based totally on a “unity listing” produced by the brand new strength agents whose emergence has shattered atiku’s hope of securing effectively the celebration’s 2019 presidential price tag.
atiku has simply end the all progressives congress (apc) for the primary opposition birthday party.
the governors are weighing the following aspirants and likely defectors, amongst others: ex-governor ahmed makarfi; ex-governor sule lamido, ex-minister of schooling ibrahim shekarau, gombe country governor ibrahim dankwambo, ex-governor rabiu kwankwaso (still being wooed by way of pdp) and governor aminu waziri tambuwal (who's a political best friend of the coordinator of the electricity agents, rivers kingdom governor nyesom wike). tambuwal is of the apc.
atiku , who has the backing of ex-presidents babangida and jonathan, will should court docket the governors to secure the ticket.
the governors are said to have had their listing of presidential aspirants before atiku rejoined the pdp.
it was learnt that the governors had an “unwritten p.c. with makarfi” who fulfilled his part of the good buy, with the election of prince uche secondus as chairman.
despite the fact that tambuwal and kwankwaso have not proven hobby in defecting to pdp, the competition birthday celebration is thought to were pleading with them to return again.
a number of tambuwal’s supporters reportedly select a go back to pdp. kwankwaso’s are thinking of mounting the peoples redemption party (prp) platform to displace apc in kano country in 2019.
a party source stated: “atiku has many hurdles to pass before he can get the birthday celebration’s presidential price tag. he has to persuade the governors to guide him. he will also face difficult primaries with many presidential aspirants who aren't ready to step down for him,
“the emergence of secondus has altered atiku’s variations of an automated presidential ticket.
“atiku’s case is extra complicated by using the reality that a number of the governors are disposed to makarfi going through the manner he became resilient in tackling the pdp disaster.
“it's miles an open secret in pdp that there was ‘an unwritten agreement’ between the governors and makrafi at the election of the brand new countrywide chairman and 2019 presidential ballot . secondus’ victory confirmed some signs and symptoms of a deal by the two camps.
“there also are fears in the birthday celebration that wike may woo tambuwal back to pdp and allow him to try his success for the presidential price tag. with the large sources displayed on the conference, tambuwal might also adjust equations in the celebration.
“atiku is clearly in a good nook. as an skilled politician, he may want to see the signs. he has been creative politically and he can find his manner thru the landmines.”
investigation with the aid of our correspondent revealed that the roll name of the brand new power brokers, who decided the final results of saturday optional conference, consists of new brigade of leaders taking on the pdp.
the strength agents are nyesom wike, ayo fayose and 9 other governors; former senate president david mark, deputy senate president ike ekweremadu, senate minority leader godswill akpabio; ex-governor ibrahim shema; ex-minister of ladies affairs hajiya zainab maina; ex-governor gabriel suswam; a businessman, ladi adebutu; ex-minister of unique obligations tanimu turaki; ex-governor babangida aliyu, ex-minister aminu wali, ex-federal capital territory (fct) minister bala mohammed; chief dan orbih and others.
it become collected that the “solidarity listing”, which facilitated the election of the new pdp countrywide chairman, prince uche secondus and nwc members became the final results of a difficult political compromise via the governors and the new top leaders of the birthday party.
most of these at the harmony list were anointed applicants of the power brokers.
a breakdown of the listing of the concessions through the power brokers is as follows:
country wide chairman—(uche secondus)——governor nyesom wike(rivers)
deputy national chairman(south) —(elder yemi akinwonmi) by using ladi adebutu(ogun)
deputy countrywide chairman(north)—(sen. gamawa babawa garba) by using ex-minister of fct, sen. bala mohammed
countrywide secretary——(sen. ibrahim tsauri)—by using ex-governor ibrahim shema(bauchi)
deputy countrywide secretary—(dr. agbo emmanuel)—with the aid of ex-governor gabriel suswam(benue)
countrywide treasurer—(hon. aribisala adewale)—produced via governor ayo fayose(ekiti)
deputy national treasurer—(alh. wada masu) —a non-public assistant to ex-minister of overseas affairs, amb. aminu wali(kano)
financial secretary—(abdullahi husseini maibasara)—handpicked via ex-governor babangida aliyu
country wide establishing secretary—(col. austin akobundu)—with the aid of governor okezie ikpeazu of abia kingdom
countrywide publicity secretary—(mr. kola ologbodiyan) —slot conceded to mark.
deputy national publicity secretary—(diran odeyemi) produced through governor ayo fayose.
countrywide criminal adviser—(emmanuel enoidem)— with the aid of the senate minority leader, sen. godswill akpabio and governor emmanuel udom
national adolescents leader— (ude okoye)—by means of ekweremadu and governor ugwuanyi of enugu state.
deputy country wide youngsters leader—(umar babangida maina)—son of a former minister of ladies affairs, hajiya zainab maina.
it changed into learnt that others were products of zonal consensus and micro-zoning.
a source, who spoke in self belief, said: “the pdp governors determined to do away with the antique order within the celebration through undertaking fresh political variations on the way to win the overall election in 2019.
“in some states, they threw away the infant with the bathwater to delight some energy agents. for instance in ogun state, they opted for ladi adebutu’s candidate in place of deferring to ex-governor gbenga daniel.
“in niger kingdom, the governors romanced ex-governor babangida aliyu and deserted the likes of a former minister of statistics, prof. jerry gana.
“the governors are hopeful that the solidarity list can take the birthday celebration a long way in 2019. and they may be probable to dictate who may be the party’s applicants for a few offices, it is evident that they are now in charge of the birthday celebration.”
however, to some other birthday celebration supply, the “so-referred to as harmony list is an ambitious time table to take over the structure of pdp by the governors”. “we accept as true with that the politics behind the list is projection for 2019 fashionable election,” he stated, pleading no longer to be named.
“in addition they used the listing to cut up the north in order to check the waters for 2019. as an instance, the north agreed to vote en masse for a former minister of education, prof. tunde adeniran till the solidarity listing was released and the story modified at the ultimate mins,” the supply brought.
the governors’ joker has created a setback for a few leaders who circuitously and covertly supported a few applicants.
those leaders encompass ex-army president, gen. ibrahim babangida, ex-president goodluck jonathan, ex-vp namadi sambo, ex-governors gbenga daniel, rashidi ladoja, ibrahim idris, idris wada, and ramalan yero; prof. jerry gana, jimi agbaje, raymond dokpesi and ex-deputy president of the senate, ibrahim mantu, who supported adeniran.
others are ex-minister of finance nenadi usman, ex-deputy governor of bauchi country abdulmalik mahmood, former lady leader hajiya inna ciroma (the spouse of one of the founders of pdp, alh. adamu ciroma).
a pdp chief said: “the recommendation of a number of these leaders did not count. for example, gen. babangida desired the chairmanship slot for the southwest however the governors left out his variations.
“ if ex-president jonathan had his way, he might have loved a former minister of national planning, prof. abubakar olarewaju suleiman, to be the celebration’s national publicity secretary. the governors notion otherwise.
“mantu and gana did now not hide their preference for adeniran for country wide chairman, but the intrigues surrounding the election of secondus caused them a setback.
“sambo backed abubakar mustapha from kaduna for countrywide secretary however his candidate lost to the governors’ preference.”
how national chairman, others won
prince uche secondus scored 2,000 votes out of 2,396 votes forged at the party’s national convention, which ended within the early hours the day gone by at the eagle rectangular, abuja.
chairman of the electoral sub-committee of the convention and previous governor of benue, gabriel suswan, announced the results.
“on this contest, nine gents indicated their pastimes to contest, but here, four of them despatched letters of withdrawal and so 4 had been left.
“the other ones we had been instructed have withdrawn but there was no letter to that effect.
“the 4 gents that contested have been uche secondus, chief raymond dokpesi, founder of daar communications; prof. tunde adeniran, former schooling minister and prof. taoheed adedoja, former minister of sports and special obligations.
“secondus scored 2,000 votes; dokpesi, 66; adeniran, 230 even as adedoja scored no vote,” suswan stated.
the candidates that withdrew are: chief bode george, former deputy country wide chairman; gbenga daniel, rasheed ladoja, erstwhile governors of ogun and oyo states, respectively, and jimi agbaje, pdp governorship candidate in lagos country in 2015 elections.
other elected officers are sen. babayo garmawa, deputy country wide chairman (north); mr yemi akinwunmi, deputy national chairman (south); sen. umar tsauri country wide secretary and mr agbo emmanuel, deputy country wide secretary.
retired col. austin akobundu is national setting up secretary, yakubu hassan, deputy country wide organizing secretary; mr kola ologbondiyan, country wide publicity secretary and diran odeyemi, deputy countrywide publicity secretary.
mr abdullahi maibasira emerged countrywide economic secretary, irona gerald, deputy national financial secretary; aribisala adewale, national treasurer; wada masu, deputy national treasurer; adamu mustapha, countrywide auditor and arong divine, deputy country wide auditor.
mariya umar turned into elected countrywide women leader, umoru hadiza, deputy national women chief, and emmanuel enoidem, national kids leader.
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