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Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP have started making moves to stop Mallam Nuhu Ribadu from emerging as the party’s governorship candidate in Adamawa State. The governors believe it will be dangerous for the PDP to field Ribadu as the party’s governorship candidate. It was also learnt that they were not sure if Ribadu, who was the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria presidential candidate in 2011, was not being planted in the ruling party with the aim of spying on the Federal Government.

‘‘He can be uncontrollable and can explode anytime,” an unnamed governor told cancer adding that some of his colleagues were of the opinion that it was wrong for Jonathan’s Principal Secretary, Alhaji Hassan Tukur, to impose Ribadu on the party and the people of the state. According to reports from Punch, the governors, who were part of a meeting in the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on Monday night, believed that it would be dangerous to allow Ribadu to get near the Presidency and the PDP.

The former EFCC chairman defected from the All Progressives Congress to the ruling party on August 16 and a few days after, he picked the PDP nomination form for Adamawa State governorship election scheduled for October 12. He thereafter applied for a waiver to enable him take part in the primaries which will hold on September 6. It was also gathered that the governors used the opportunity of their meeting to discuss others issues, including President Goodluck Jonathan’s chances in 2015. One of the governors, who was at the meeting but asked not to be named, told two journalists, including our correspondent, that some of them also agreed that it would be dangerous Tukur and a woman minister in charge of one of the key ministries are believed to be instrumental in the former EFCC chairman’s decision to dump the APC for the PDP.

The PDP governors were said to have insisted that if Tukur was ionate about Adamawa State, he could as well obtain a nomination form to contest the position either now or in 2015. Our source vowed on Monday that he and some of his colleagues had resolved not to Ribadu for the position. He said they believed that it would be difficult for Ribadu to be allowed to come closer to the seat of power because of his antecedents. Asked if it would be better for him to be given a ministerial position since he has ed the ruling party, the governor answered in the negative. He said, “It is not ideal for the man (Ribadu) to come close to us at all. We still don’t know why Hassan Tukur is insisting on the man.

“We can’t trust him for anything. Look at the auditing job given to him concerning the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation? Do you know the problem that report caused this government? “Before Ribadu submitted the report, he had leaked it to all the embassies in the country. Will it therefore not be wrong to have such a man close to the government he had denounced and condemned in the past?” He said the position of the governors was capable of affecting the waiver that Ribadu was seeking from the leadership of the PDP to enable him to take part in the governorship primaries in his state. Under the constitution of the party, new and returnees are not qualified to seek elective positions until after two years ─ except they get a waiver.

Section 50 (9) of the PDP constitution says, “There shall be a minimum of two year hip span for a member to be eligible to stand for election into any public office, unless the appropriate executive committee gives a waiver or rules to the contrary.” Our correspondent gathered that the of the National Working Committee of the PDP were sharply divided on whether to grant him waiver or not. While some NWC were said to have favoured that he (Ribadu), Buba Marwa and Marcus Gundiri be granted waivers, others were said to have rejected the move. But the PDP said it had not foreclosed the issue of waiver for Ribadu and others. The of the NWC are expected to meet in Abuja on Wednesday (today) and there were speculations that the matter would come up. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, who spoke with our correspondent on Tuesday, said ,

“The issue of waiver is not a problem. “We the of the NWC are meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) and if the matter comes up as part of the agenda, we will discuss it. “Waiver is not a problem at all. So, wait until after the meeting on Wednesday. Like I said, if it comes up, we will discuss it.” However, a source close to the former EFCC chairman said he might use his s among some of the governors to reach out to others. He said Ribadu was a close friend of at least three of the PDP governors He listed the governors as Ibrahim Shema(Katsina), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom). Ironically, Akpabio is the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum. “These are his friends among the PDP governors and they will definitely try to speak for him,” the source added. Meanwhile, a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bola Tinubu, has said he does not bear any grudge against Ribadu for defecting to PDP. He twitted,

“Ribadu remains a friend and brother. He is mature. He remains one who believes in liberty, justice and service. I wish him luck with GOODLUCK.’

Source: http://collpressng.com/?p=9298

http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-governors-plot-against-ribadu/

getting interesting

Hmmmmm, no be small thing ooo.









All d way FP.

worefa, PDP ACN APGA AND D REST ARE THE SAME SET OF A$$ HOLES , political prostitutes

hummmmmm! What are they afraid of him for?

Plot ke?? Plot of land abi plot of wetin

d foolish ribadu doesnt knw where he has found himself, am so sure that very soon he will be as usless as P in psychology. idiot Aboki

With the calibre of corrupt people Ribadu has on his team, one just wonder if he's as clean as he professes to be. Ribadu is not going to win jack

Brb

PDP: Plotting to put good men down since the death of dinosaurs!!

Let him go back to APC and contest

This news is false alarm, anyone who knows Nigerian politics knows this is just a ploy to calm Ribadu to blend into the clique.

The earlier he is made to understand that these governors are pressure group who had a say in his nomination and his eventual election, the better for them cos he will know he owes them a favour.

Na today!

Politricks

Time for Ribadu to be humiliated.

They can Plot all they want, Ribadu is the chosen one.

Who GEJ has appointed let no one touch

why should he be scared? isnt PDP and APC the same? both jumping from one party to another? anywhere them fit accomplish their selfish desire





last bullet: APC and PDP share the same DNA, hence they are the same

Still not quite sure what Ribadu was thinking.

Anyway...

eno concern me

From frying pan to fire!

Ribadu, he that gathered ant infested fire-woods, begs a lizard for a visit!

Must it always be Akwa Ibom governors lodge among all the Venue in Abj.

observing with my weeded weeddz

uanda: However, a source close to the former EFCC chairman said he might use his s among some of the governors to reach out to others. He said Ribadu was a close friend of at least three of the PDP governors He listed the governors as Ibrahim Shema(Katsina), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom). Ironically, Akpabio is the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum. “These are his friends among the PDP governors and they will definitely try to speak for him.
Source: http://collpressng.com/?p=9298

....And Dickson and Akpabio are very close to GEJ, Ribadu might get the ticket.

room089: From frying pan to fire!
Ribadu, he that gathered ant infested fire-woods, begs a lizard for a visit!

from fire to fry pan

Hmm

Man this state dey funny.ok o me jst sitdon dey look till election day.

this look like yes or no answer, yes because APC may plant him in PDP, no becos Ribadu may willing leaves APC so that he can achieve his governorship ambition under PDP and moreover PDP dominate the house which will make it easier to him to get elected under PDP than APC.

^&(

I hope Ribadu will not end up as a pawn.