In what
appeared to be last-minute consultations ahead of today’s NEC meeting of the
PDP, President Jonathan yesterday held a closed-door meeting with one of five
disgruntled northern governors, Dr Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, at the
Presidential Villa.
After the
closed-door meeting with Jonathan, Wamakko came out to meet curious State House
correspondents who sought to know the purpose of his visit. He said it was
“just a routine visit to the president of this great country”.
Denying
that the meeting had anything to do with today’s NEC meeting, Wamakko said the
consultation embarked upon by the five northern governors -- Sule Lamido
(Jigawa), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Murtala Nyako
(Adamawa) and himself -- was still on.
Immediately
after his meeting with Wamakko, President Jonathan went into another
closed-door meeting with PDP elders from the south-west zone.
After the
meeting which commenced at 5pm in the First Lady’s Wing, former PDP national
deputy chairman (south), Chief Bode George, who led the south-west leaders of
the party to the meeting, said the problem with the party is that, like
termites, politicians who pose as friends but are indeed enemies of the PDP and
its government have infiltrated the ruling party.
George
stated: “What I am saying is that in this game - talking about termites - if
you build a house, termites will come if you are not careful. But in our own
game, in politics when you get to this stage, anything is possible in a
political war. They can send people who are not friendly with you to come and
pretend that they are your friends. Those are the termites I am talking about.
You don’t run away from the termites inside your house and say you will be a
tenant. You must stay and make sure that the termites in your own house are
caged.” Noting that the south-west PDP leaders came to see Jonathan who is the
leader of the party to discuss the situation in the zone, George said: “And for
all intents and purposes, we don’t want to have acrimony. You know this is why
we have to say that there is need to take a cursory look at the PDP south-west
because the house that has been built, we cannot allow it to be destroyed.
“If
termites enter your house, you don’t run out to go and be a tenant elsewhere.
You must fight it and so we made the presentation of our complete x-ray of the
PDP situation in the south-west, and I believe that the meeting was very
successful. I am happy that we are going to start looking in the same direction
at the end of this time.”
On the
crisis rocking the party, he said: “The national convention is one. The
speculation about what is happening in the party and all that -- you know big
man, big problem. The way the other little new parties are coming up… for us,
we have been there since 1998. They will have to come and learn how to manage
Nigeria. They have been managing tribes, the tribal setups all over the place.
But this time round, they are going to learn how to manage Nigeria and that is
what the PDP has been doing.
“Remember
also that the zoning concept in our own constitution is not in the national
constitution but we are happy that it has sustained democracy since
1999 and we have concluded and we affirmed that there will be no shaking.”
Bode
George added that the issue of the party’s national secretary was the essence
of the meeting with President Jonathan whom he described as the Supreme Court
of the party, adding: “That means it is a serious business but we are all happy
that all is well that ends well.”
Other
south-west leaders at the meeting were Vice-president Namadi Sambo, Chief
Abiola Ogundokun, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Senator
Hosea Agboola, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Senator Lekan Balogun, Senator Musliu
Obanikoro, Chief Kayode Adetokunbo, and Elder Wole Oyelese.
Jonathan meets Wamakko, South-West PDP leaders
In what appeared to be last-minute consultations ahead of today’s NEC meeting of the PDP, President Jonathan yesterday held a closed-door meeting with one of five disgruntled northern governors, Dr Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, at the Presidential Villa.
After the closed-door meeting with Jonathan, Wamakko came out to meet curious State House correspondents who sought to know the purpose of his visit. He said it was “just a routine visit to the president of this great country”.
Denying that the meeting had anything to do with today’s NEC meeting, Wamakko said the consultation embarked upon by the five northern governors -- Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and himself -- was still on.
Immediately after his meeting with Wamakko, President Jonathan went into another closed-door meeting with PDP elders from the south-west zone.
After the meeting which commenced at 5pm in the First Lady’s Wing, former PDP national deputy chairman (south), Chief Bode George, who led the south-west leaders of the party to the meeting, said the problem with the party is that, like termites, politicians who pose as friends but are indeed enemies of the PDP and its government have infiltrated the ruling party.
George stated: “What I am saying is that in this game - talking about termites - if you build a house, termites will come if you are not careful. But in our own game, in politics when you get to this stage, anything is possible in a political war. They can send people who are not friendly with you to come and pretend that they are your friends. Those are the termites I am talking about. You don’t run away from the termites inside your house and say you will be a tenant. You must stay and make sure that the termites in your own house are caged.” Noting that the south-west PDP leaders came to see Jonathan who is the leader of the party to discuss the situation in the zone, George said: “And for all intents and purposes, we don’t want to have acrimony. You know this is why we have to say that there is need to take a cursory look at the PDP south-west because the house that has been built, we cannot allow it to be destroyed.
“If termites enter your house, you don’t run out to go and be a tenant elsewhere. You must fight it and so we made the presentation of our complete x-ray of the PDP situation in the south-west, and I believe that the meeting was very successful. I am happy that we are going to start looking in the same direction at the end of this time.”
On the crisis rocking the party, he said: “The national convention is one. The speculation about what is happening in the party and all that -- you know big man, big problem. The way the other little new parties are coming up… for us, we have been there since 1998. They will have to come and learn how to manage Nigeria. They have been managing tribes, the tribal setups all over the place. But this time round, they are going to learn how to manage Nigeria and that is what the PDP has been doing.
“Remember also that the zoning concept in our own constitution is not in the national constitution but we are happy that it has sustained democracy since 1999 and we have concluded and we affirmed that there will be no shaking.”
Bode George added that the issue of the party’s national secretary was the essence of the meeting with President Jonathan whom he described as the Supreme Court of the party, adding: “That means it is a serious business but we are all happy that all is well that ends well.”
Other south-west leaders at the meeting were Vice-president Namadi Sambo, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Senator Hosea Agboola, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Senator Lekan Balogun, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, Chief Kayode Adetokunbo, and Elder Wole Oyelese.
In what appeared to be last-minute consultations ahead of today’s NEC meeting of the PDP, President Jonathan yesterday held a closed-door meeting with one of five disgruntled northern governors, Dr Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, at the Presidential Villa.
After the closed-door meeting with Jonathan, Wamakko came out to meet curious State House correspondents who sought to know the purpose of his visit. He said it was “just a routine visit to the president of this great country”.
Denying that the meeting had anything to do with today’s NEC meeting, Wamakko said the consultation embarked upon by the five northern governors -- Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and himself -- was still on.
Immediately after his meeting with Wamakko, President Jonathan went into another closed-door meeting with PDP elders from the south-west zone.
After the meeting which commenced at 5pm in the First Lady’s Wing, former PDP national deputy chairman (south), Chief Bode George, who led the south-west leaders of the party to the meeting, said the problem with the party is that, like termites, politicians who pose as friends but are indeed enemies of the PDP and its government have infiltrated the ruling party.
George stated: “What I am saying is that in this game - talking about termites - if you build a house, termites will come if you are not careful. But in our own game, in politics when you get to this stage, anything is possible in a political war. They can send people who are not friendly with you to come and pretend that they are your friends. Those are the termites I am talking about. You don’t run away from the termites inside your house and say you will be a tenant. You must stay and make sure that the termites in your own house are caged.” Noting that the south-west PDP leaders came to see Jonathan who is the leader of the party to discuss the situation in the zone, George said: “And for all intents and purposes, we don’t want to have acrimony. You know this is why we have to say that there is need to take a cursory look at the PDP south-west because the house that has been built, we cannot allow it to be destroyed.
“If termites enter your house, you don’t run out to go and be a tenant elsewhere. You must fight it and so we made the presentation of our complete x-ray of the PDP situation in the south-west, and I believe that the meeting was very successful. I am happy that we are going to start looking in the same direction at the end of this time.”
On the crisis rocking the party, he said: “The national convention is one. The speculation about what is happening in the party and all that -- you know big man, big problem. The way the other little new parties are coming up… for us, we have been there since 1998. They will have to come and learn how to manage Nigeria. They have been managing tribes, the tribal setups all over the place. But this time round, they are going to learn how to manage Nigeria and that is what the PDP has been doing.
“Remember also that the zoning concept in our own constitution is not in the national constitution but we are happy that it has sustained democracy since 1999 and we have concluded and we affirmed that there will be no shaking.”
Bode George added that the issue of the party’s national secretary was the essence of the meeting with President Jonathan whom he described as the Supreme Court of the party, adding: “That means it is a serious business but we are all happy that all is well that ends well.”
Other south-west leaders at the meeting were Vice-president Namadi Sambo, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Senator Hosea Agboola, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Senator Lekan Balogun, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, Chief Kayode Adetokunbo, and Elder Wole Oyelese.
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Jonathan meets Wamakko, South-West PDP leaders
In what appeared to be last-minute consultations ahead of today’s NEC meeting of the PDP, President Jonathan yesterday held a closed-door meeting with one of five disgruntled northern governors, Dr Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, at the Presidential Villa.
After the closed-door meeting with Jonathan, Wamakko came out to meet curious State House correspondents who sought to know the purpose of his visit. He said it was “just a routine visit to the president of this great country”.
Denying that the meeting had anything to do with today’s NEC meeting, Wamakko said the consultation embarked upon by the five northern governors -- Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and himself -- was still on.
Immediately after his meeting with Wamakko, President Jonathan went into another closed-door meeting with PDP elders from the south-west zone.
After the meeting which commenced at 5pm in the First Lady’s Wing, former PDP national deputy chairman (south), Chief Bode George, who led the south-west leaders of the party to the meeting, said the problem with the party is that, like termites, politicians who pose as friends but are indeed enemies of the PDP and its government have infiltrated the ruling party.
George stated: “What I am saying is that in this game - talking about termites - if you build a house, termites will come if you are not careful. But in our own game, in politics when you get to this stage, anything is possible in a political war. They can send people who are not friendly with you to come and pretend that they are your friends. Those are the termites I am talking about. You don’t run away from the termites inside your house and say you will be a tenant. You must stay and make sure that the termites in your own house are caged.” Noting that the south-west PDP leaders came to see Jonathan who is the leader of the party to discuss the situation in the zone, George said: “And for all intents and purposes, we don’t want to have acrimony. You know this is why we have to say that there is need to take a cursory look at the PDP south-west because the house that has been built, we cannot allow it to be destroyed.
“If termites enter your house, you don’t run out to go and be a tenant elsewhere. You must fight it and so we made the presentation of our complete x-ray of the PDP situation in the south-west, and I believe that the meeting was very successful. I am happy that we are going to start looking in the same direction at the end of this time.”
On the crisis rocking the party, he said: “The national convention is one. The speculation about what is happening in the party and all that -- you know big man, big problem. The way the other little new parties are coming up… for us, we have been there since 1998. They will have to come and learn how to manage Nigeria. They have been managing tribes, the tribal setups all over the place. But this time round, they are going to learn how to manage Nigeria and that is what the PDP has been doing.
“Remember also that the zoning concept in our own constitution is not in the national constitution but we are happy that it has sustained democracy since 1999 and we have concluded and we affirmed that there will be no shaking.”
Bode George added that the issue of the party’s national secretary was the essence of the meeting with President Jonathan whom he described as the Supreme Court of the party, adding: “That means it is a serious business but we are all happy that all is well that ends well.”
Other south-west leaders at the meeting were Vice-president Namadi Sambo, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Senator Hosea Agboola, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Senator Lekan Balogun, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, Chief Kayode Adetokunbo, and Elder Wole Oyelese.
In what appeared to be last-minute consultations ahead of today’s NEC meeting of the PDP, President Jonathan yesterday held a closed-door meeting with one of five disgruntled northern governors, Dr Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, at the Presidential Villa.
After the closed-door meeting with Jonathan, Wamakko came out to meet curious State House correspondents who sought to know the purpose of his visit. He said it was “just a routine visit to the president of this great country”.
Denying that the meeting had anything to do with today’s NEC meeting, Wamakko said the consultation embarked upon by the five northern governors -- Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and himself -- was still on.
Immediately after his meeting with Wamakko, President Jonathan went into another closed-door meeting with PDP elders from the south-west zone.
After the meeting which commenced at 5pm in the First Lady’s Wing, former PDP national deputy chairman (south), Chief Bode George, who led the south-west leaders of the party to the meeting, said the problem with the party is that, like termites, politicians who pose as friends but are indeed enemies of the PDP and its government have infiltrated the ruling party.
George stated: “What I am saying is that in this game - talking about termites - if you build a house, termites will come if you are not careful. But in our own game, in politics when you get to this stage, anything is possible in a political war. They can send people who are not friendly with you to come and pretend that they are your friends. Those are the termites I am talking about. You don’t run away from the termites inside your house and say you will be a tenant. You must stay and make sure that the termites in your own house are caged.” Noting that the south-west PDP leaders came to see Jonathan who is the leader of the party to discuss the situation in the zone, George said: “And for all intents and purposes, we don’t want to have acrimony. You know this is why we have to say that there is need to take a cursory look at the PDP south-west because the house that has been built, we cannot allow it to be destroyed.
“If termites enter your house, you don’t run out to go and be a tenant elsewhere. You must fight it and so we made the presentation of our complete x-ray of the PDP situation in the south-west, and I believe that the meeting was very successful. I am happy that we are going to start looking in the same direction at the end of this time.”
On the crisis rocking the party, he said: “The national convention is one. The speculation about what is happening in the party and all that -- you know big man, big problem. The way the other little new parties are coming up… for us, we have been there since 1998. They will have to come and learn how to manage Nigeria. They have been managing tribes, the tribal setups all over the place. But this time round, they are going to learn how to manage Nigeria and that is what the PDP has been doing.
“Remember also that the zoning concept in our own constitution is not in the national constitution but we are happy that it has sustained democracy since 1999 and we have concluded and we affirmed that there will be no shaking.”
Bode George added that the issue of the party’s national secretary was the essence of the meeting with President Jonathan whom he described as the Supreme Court of the party, adding: “That means it is a serious business but we are all happy that all is well that ends well.”
Other south-west leaders at the meeting were Vice-president Namadi Sambo, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Senator Hosea Agboola, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Senator Lekan Balogun, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, Chief Kayode Adetokunbo, and Elder Wole Oyelese.
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