GEJ Reconcile With Obasanjo Now-PDP group

A group Concerned PDP Stakeholders, on Thursday, advised President Goodluck Jonathan to reconcile with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in order to win over the South-West in 2015 Punch reports. Mr.Taofeek Oshodi, the coordinator of the group said since the All Progressives Congress (APC) had picked Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), as the running mate to Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) the President must devise plans to persuade the Yoruba people.The group noted that the President needed to give the South-West a firm commitment and demonstration of recognition by considering its indigenes for top political appointments.The group added that, “The foremost strategic step President Jonathan should take immediately is to find a way to reconcile with his estranged political godfather who is the National Leader of the PDP, and the most respected political figure in the South-West.
There is no other way out.“The President must know that with the APC fielding a Yoruba Vice-President from a Christian background, we need to strategise on balancing political appointments now as the only way to tilt the equation. If President Jonathan wants to win the 2015 elections he must do this without delay.”While reacting to the APC’s claim that its presidential primary was transparent, the group said the votes counted at the primary did not add up.According to the group, if over 7, 000 delegates were accredited to vote at the venue and only 6,000 votes were accounted for according to the figures released, then APC should explain what happened to the remaining 1,206 votes.“The APC should explain this to Nigerians as some of us are observing them and would not like them to deceive Nigerians with their bogus claims of transparency and fair process. Some APC delegates from Delta State were not allowed to vote,” it said.The group also stressed that APC has no track record of good governance and that all it had to give Nigerians is “promises.

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