NIGERIA 2015:JONATHAN, BUHARI, UKONGA, TINUBU, KALU, ATIKU AND OTHERS STRATEGIZE IN PRESIDENTIAL BATTLE: CLASH OF THE TITANS.
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The 2015 election campaign in the Nigerian Federation have
started in earnest as political parties, candidates and the apex electoral
umpire INEC have started out early preparations to correct the anomaly of fire
brigade approach to elections in Nigeria. Nevertheless the Apex body INEC has
announced that they will soon begin upgrading the voters registers and perhaps introduces
electronic voting in to the schemes of things in Nigeria.
The great success of the Edo gubernatorial
polls of 2012 adjudged by historians and observers as the best election in
Nigerian history was achieve by early preparation and carrying all the contenders,
security operatives, observers, agents and the voters along in numerous
lectures, campaigns, debates, awareness addressed to achieved the great success
whose credit goes to the Edo peoples, INEC, the contenders, the political parties,
the Ruling PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan. Congratulations.
This as an eye opener to INEC and
major stakeholders in the Nigeria project who have set the Edo Guber polls of
2012 as the benchmark in terms of standards which translates to early
preparations, planning, logistics and setting up of campaigns and war chest by
the various political parties as well as by contenders.
Though a number of peoples
including President Goodluck Jonathan sees 2015 as very far away .3 years from
now and prefer to concentrate on the aspects of Nation building but
nevertheless tacitly as usual eying 2015.
SULE LAMIDO- 4- PRESIDENT -2015: OBASANJO, BABANGIDA ENDORSE LAMIDO/
AMEACHI
It all started about 4 weeks ago
when Former President Obasanjo endorse the candidacy of the Jigawa state
Governor H.E. Sule Lamido and the River State Governor Rotimi Ameachi the Chairman of Governors Forum to run for
the 2015 Presidential elections. This drew lots of criticism from the polity
but the sage insisted that power should shift to the North by 2015 as a repeat
of political settlement reached in the June 12 debacle.
IBB on his 71 birthday last month
announced his retirement from partisan politics, Later on his visit to Jigawa
State shortly supported OBJ observing that the Governor of Jigawa is doing well
in transforming Jigawa state comparing him to the miracles Governor Oshiomole
is doing in Edo perhaps subtly announcing the candidature of the duo of Lamido/
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in 2015 as Edo state has a penchant of producing great
vice presidents as in Late Gen Aikhomu, Gen Okhai Akhigbe, etc
JONATHAN- 4 -PRESDENT-2015: APGA, PETER OBI, SOUTH EAST ENDORSE
GOODLUCK JONATHAN
But a contrary view came shortly
afterward when the President of the Nigerian Federation in his visit to Anambra
state the following week were Governor Peter Obi announced to the whole world
the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan for 2015 hinging his premise on
the fact that each zone have a right to a second term and that nobody should
harried the amiably intellectual president out of office in a hurry. He
announce the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan by the entire peoples
of South Eastern Zone whose dominant Ruling party APGA endorsed Jonathan in
2011 polls by not fielding a presidential candidate.
The Chairman of PDP Alhaji
Bamanga Tukur immediately made a clarion call to all members of the party that
2015 general election will be based on performance and that their will be no
automatic ticket to any candidate and this was warmly received in the polity
which is addressed to encourage statesmen and Executives to work hard on
service delivery as a receipt for a second term in 2015. Subsequently the PDP
set up a working committee to begin in earnest and early to work toward the
party success in 2015. President Jonathan kicked off this campaign on his visit
to Osun state where he noted that his party will win the entire south west come
2015,
ACN, CPC, ANPP, DPP.. ALLIANCE TALK
The progressives under the banner
of ACN of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Gen Mohammadu Buhari as well as Gen Paul Omu
of ANPP have started subtly to campaign for 2015. Earlier there had been rumors
of a merger between ACN and CPC were CPC was expected to collapse in to ACN but
then the indication are becoming clearer that perhaps it may be a working alliance that will be possible
between the two or three political parties as there are likely to be
differences on who mount the presidential platform.
BOLA TINUBU- 4 -PRESIDENT 2015-ASIWAJU BOLA TINUBU MAY RUN
It is not likely that ACN would
accept to play a second fiddle in an alliance were they are bringing in the
majority of over five states in Nigeria plus Senators, Representatives and
virtually a giant structure into an alliance to play second fiddle to any other
party. But time will tell. In this contest political analyst are watchful that
perhaps we shall likely see the emergence of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu as a
presidential candidate of the ACN,As Asiwaju Bola Tinubu launched an offensive
in shoving up his political status both locally and abroad by launching his
book in the United state and been invited to attend the Obama democratic Party
convention in the United states...and becoming the Chancellor of Ladoke
Akintola University... All these are pointers that he would not be doing all
these strategic moves to settle for a vice presidential candidacy.
CPC-GENERAL MOHAMMADU BUHARI- 4- PRESIDENT 2015
Three weeks ago, General
Mohammadu Buhari went to Kano to officially open and rejig his campaign office
and nationally he has subtly began to appear as interested in the 2015 polls as
he lashed out criticism on the ruling PDP which made many stalwarts of the PDP
ill at ease thinking perhaps Gen Buhari was slowing down due to age. But that
does not seem to be the case as the new friendship between Malam El Rufai and
Gen Buhari blossomed many pundits began to read that perhaps the general was
grooming a presidential protégé and replacement, but we shall soon see the
whole picture with time .but just today there was rumors that the four
political parties of CPC, ACN, DPP and ANPP have set up working committees to
unite together under one solid party to wrestle power from PDP come year 2015
general elections.
SDMP/ NRP / ACCORD PARTY/PPP,ETAL
Under the leadership of Chief Olu
Falae a surprise may be coming up if all goes well as the great sage who was
the former finance Minster of the Nigeria Federation as well as a former Secretary
of the Nigerian Federation, twice presidential candidate and currently the
leader of AFENIFERE the Pan Yoruba umbrella union of more than 80 million
Yoruba Nation and second largest in Africa, would certainly be a person to beat
in the next general elections of 2015.
The great sage is out to leave a
lasting legacy in the annals of Nigerian History by producing the next
President of the Nigerian federation in alliance with other political parties.
Among the great parties that would likely unite with the great sage include the
National Reformation Party of Chief Antony Enahoro, and talks are going on at
such a possibility of a working arrangement. Also the Accord party of Chief
Rasheed Ladoja, the PPP of Chief Gbanga Daniels, as well as the Labour Party of
Comrade Mimiko the Executive governor of Ondo state a great formidable party
can be built on this structure that would be difficult to beat.
PRINCE FRANK UKONGA-4-PRESIDENT
2015-: PRINCE FRANK UKONGA IN THE RACE FOR 2015
Prince Frank Ukonga the governorship candidate
of SDMP in the just concluded Edo elections of 2012 has been endorsed by many
enthusiasts and admirers for the 2015 presidential elections. ukonga contested
the senate of Edo North in 2011 general elections as well as the 2012 governorship
election of Edo state where he went into the battle field with gladiators like
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, General Charles Airhiavbere, Chief Solomon Edbiri and
oil and gas magnate, Chief Roland Izabuwa of CPC ,Mr Paul Orumwese of NCP and
others in the election of Edo state governorship that is adjudged by historians
and observers as the best election in the entire history of Nigeria and Africa
in it decorum , maturity, intellectuality, behavior, peaceful, debate oriented,
polished and every good thing you can imagine about a good perfect universal
adult suffrage..Prince Frank Ukonga hopes to bring this experience to other
contenders in the 2015 presidential polls so that history of best polls can
repeat itself again in the 2015 general polls.
Among those who endorse Prince Frank Ukonga
for President includes the OHIKU EBIRA and Ebira Voyan the major Umbrella union
of the entire peoples of more than 50 million Ebira peoples scattered in more
than 10 states of Nigeria and in Diaspora in our near and far abroad. This is a
very significant number of peoples as the Race is the 4 th largest Nation in
Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa and have never contested the Presidential Race
in the entire history of the EBIRA peoples , so they have endorsed Prince Frank
Ukonga to represent the Ebira Nation worldwide in the 2015 Presidential Race.
Also the Ossoso youth forum, the Edo youth
forum , students and market women , artisans, professional and youth of other
states are rooting to bet on the candidacy of Prince Frank Ukonga as a symbol
of generational paradigm shift of power to the young breed.
The leadership of the National
Reformation Party are likely to endorse
Prince Frank Ukonga as they offered Prince Ukonga the Presidential
ticket in 2011 presidential polls but due to the demise of the founder of the
party during the campaign period in 2011 and to honor the leader Prince Frank
Ukonga was advised to wait until 2015 general elections, addressed to lead the
Region of the Mid West in to the schemes of things as the Mid West have never
produced a President of the Nigerian Federation since 1960 and yet the motion
of independence was moved in 1959 by chief Anthony Enahoro from the mid West
Region. So Prince Frank Ukonga is likely to lead a coalition of political
parties perhaps with the endorsement of his SDMP in to the battle Arena come
2015.
ATIKU -4-
PRESIDENT 2015- ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR IN THE RACE
Reports reaching National Peoples
News indicates that the former Vice President of the Nigerian Federation Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar is also in the Race of the 2015 general elections as just today
the 17 th of September it was gathered that the campaign office of the great
former vice president has started renovation and getting set for the long
journey to 2015.
Earlier H,E, Atiku Abubakar
speaking through his media assistance have indicated doubt about his candidacy
perhaps hinged on the aspects that 2015 is still very far away but due perhaps
to the early preparations of other political parties and gladiators it would be
fool hardy to fold his hands and watch other contenders take over the whole
polity and when you finally decides to run the electorate would tell you that
you arrived too late as some other peoples have endorsed their support, This is
were the patient dog syndrome eats not bone if you are left behind and it is
obvious in politics where horse trading and early outing is interpreted as
seriousness.
The PDM where Atiku used to be
the leader of that pressure group of the great former vice president of Nigeria
Gen, Musa Yar Adua held its convention recently in the Yar Adua centre and it
is not obvious yet who se camp they are working with. But with time it will
become more obvious.
Atiku is a member of the PDP
party and contested the 2011 primaries under the PDP umbrella. It is not clear
if he intend to do the same this time around but the zoning formula of the PDP
were the chairman of PDP Alhaji Bamanga Tukur is from his zone may appear
obfuscating as to weather he would be able to emerge as the preferred
Presidential candidate of the party come 2015.But then politics entails a lot
of horse trading and 2015 is still three years away from now, so a lot can
happen
ORJI UZOR KALU IN THE RACE FOR 2015 PLANS TO RIJIG PPP
Says: It’s Igbo presidency in
2015 or nothing
On September 10, 2012 pasted in the
face book site of H.E. Orji Uzor Kalu that in 2015 its Igbo Presidency or
nothing. H.E Chief Orji uzor Kalu was the two times governor of Abia States and
the leader and founder of the PPA party that has produced two governors in
Anambra as well as in Imo but the flag bearers went back to the parent party
PDP after winning elections with the PPA platform due mainly to horse trading
and internal restiveness within the rank and file of PPA.
In his widely publicized
interview recently Chief Orji Uzor Kalu spoke from his Maryland palatial
mansion indicating interest in the 2015 general elections and political
observers interprets some of his comments as coming back soon to rejig the PPA
and use it as a platform to contest the 2015 general elections.
Though he romanced with the PDP
his primary constituency which he dumped to establish the PPA , He later went
back to PDP and was welcomed and warmly received back in to the fold of his
former party mates, but soon he left again this time the leaders of PPA the
party he formed and bankrolled became ill at ease with his methods ,saying that
the PPA was not just any party one came leave and come back at his or her own
whims and caprices. These feuds lingered on for a time until the 2011 general
polls where Chief Orji Uzor Kalu contested the senate of Abia state and lost
out to another candidate. He did not contest this loss in the tribunal nor in
the law court. Now he is coming back playing the ethnic tribal joker which
occasionally could be able to mobilize a sizable population of the peoples of
Ndigbo extractions to his fold, otherwise H.E. Orji Uzor Kalu need to reinvent
himself and his political machinery if he is to be relevant in 2015
presidential polls.
ALIYU BABANGIDA/ YUGUDA 4 -PRESIDENT 2015
A number of people are feeling
that Dr Aliyu Babangida of PDP , the executive Governor of Niger State and
perhaps H.E.Yuguda whose governorship terms expires at the end of 2015 should
be given a chance to lead the PDP into the general elections as presidential
flag bearers . These set of views holds it passionately that nobody should
dictate to the North as in the endorsement of Lamido/Ameachi candidacy, but be
allowed to evolve through democratic means if the North is to produce the next
President of the Nigerian federation.
