Feelers are beginning to
emerge on why Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governors allegedly abandoned the party’s presidential candidate
in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubarkar ,at the Tribunal.
It was gathered that
the battle for the soul of the PDP presidential ticket for the 2023 general
elections was the major reason why the PDP governors abandoned the former vice
President.
Although few of the governors are not happy with the development, a source close to the governors, who spoke with our Correspondent , Disclosed that the governors spearheading this battle are from the North-west, South-South, and South-East.
The source said there
was already a struggle to control the PDP Governors and national lawmakers ahead
of 2023.
Few of the governors, who
are not on their side, source said, have started kicking against the move and
have drawn the battle lines to resist the plot to control the governor’s forum
and the lawmakers.
The source said the
plot was already falling apart, which was the reason why Ndudi Elumelu emerged instead
of kingsley Chinda, who was their choice and the choice of the party
leadership.
Recall that Elumelu
emerged as the minority leader against the wish of the party , which had sent
the name Kingsley Chinda to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi
Gbajabiamila.
The source said: “The
governors are already controlling the party. They brought their choice for the
position of the national chairman and they also wanted to control the national
Assembly and the governor’s forum. We will resist this move because we are all
stake holders in the PDP family”
The source also said
the governors had already put machinery in place to weed out loyalists of Atiku
and former Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Specifically the source
said governors had sent somebody to the forum to replace the present
Director-General, Osaro Onaiwu, who is believed to be loyal to Saraki “but for
the intervention of the chairman of the forum and governor of Bayelsa State,
Seriake Dickson, they would have carried out their plan”
Fmr. Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Earl Osaro Onaiwu at an event The Source added that
Dickson had disagreed with their plan, asking what was the offence of the
present DG of the Forum.
The source further said
the plan of the governors was to achieve what they started in 2015 when they
threw their weight behind the governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, as
against Atiku for the presidential ticket in 2019.
Atiku had eventually emerged as the PDP
presidential candidate because of the eleventh hour maneuverings before the
party’s primary election in Port Harcourt.
The source said because of this plot,
the governors had decided to channel their energy towards executing the plot,
hence their nonchalant attitude towards Atiku’s petition at the tribunal.
The source, who said the governors had
already zoned the presidential ticket for 2023 presidential election, asked:
“When have you ever seen the governors showing solidarity with Atiku at the
tribunal?”
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