Kwara gov in strange romance with PDP? *It's untrue - Gov's aide

Date: 2014-05-18

Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdufattah Ahmed, is said to have started a strange romance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2015 general election.

The strapping development, according to sources, is traceable to indications within the camp of Senator Bukola Saraki that the governor would not enjoy a second term in office.

Sources had confirmed that the senator, a former governor of the state, had secured a promise from Abdufattah ahead of his endorsement for governorship position in 2011 that he would only spend one term in office.

The former governor was said to have reminded Abdufattah of that promise during last year's Umrah, lesser Hajj.

It was also confirmed that though Abdufattah was aware of Saraki's disposition on the second term issue, he followed the former governor on the dissenting trip into the G5 camp.

The G5 governors eventually defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last November.

It was gathered that the governor believed that Saraki would change his mind and allow him seek re-election as a result of the loyalty he had shown him.

Sources, however, stated that Abdufattah had in recent weeks flagged off some strategic discussions with the leadership of the PDP.

It was gathered that top hierarchy of the PDP in Kwara and Abuja had been reached by the governor who is seeking the party's ticket for re-election.

A source said that Abdufattah had reached the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, who is said to be disposed to the idea.

If the plan works, Abdufattah would be received in the PDP in the next few weeks while the party is expected to prevail upon its members to allow the governor pick the 2015 ticket.

But members of the party in Kwara are said to be insisting that the move by Governor Abdufattah Ahmed is a clever ploy by Saraki and his allies to cripple the PDP in Kwara and win the state.

Reacting to the allegation that Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed is romancing PDP leadership for second term ticket in 2015, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Alhaji Wahab Oba, said the allegation was not only contemptuous but provocative.

"For a governor who has for the last three years has been doing well and for somebody who left PDP because of the impunity in the party based on the fact that the party has not been guided by rule of law. What will he be looking for in PDP for him to be romancing with the party?

"Assuming without conceding that Governor Ahmed is going to PDP, which of the factions would he join? Is it that of Oba Abdulraheem, Gbemi Saraki, Simeon Ajibola, Bola Shagaya or that of Dele Belgore? Which one? The party without leader, direction, mission or vision or hope of winning any election.

"The fact is that the rumour is being peddled by PDP that is already drowning, going down and down and only want somebody to pull down along with it to drown together. For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Ahmed has perfect and faultless relationship with the former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, who is the leader of APC and who has been giving direction to the party in the state," he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Raheem Adaramaja     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Iliasu     Alloy Chukwuemeka     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Senate Presidency     Olawuyi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Taofeek Sanusi     Abraham Ojo     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Oke-Ogun     Voices Of Tomorrow     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Kwara TV     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Ramadhan     Muhammed Abdullahi     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Sherif Shagaya     Jumoke F. Ajao     Kwara Politics     Quranic Recitation Competition     Kwasu     Abioye Bello     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Metro Park     Abubakar Aliagan     Omupo     Ojuekun     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Prince Bola Ajibola     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Kwara 2023     Orisun Igbomina     Umaru Saro     Nigeria Computer Society     Kunle Akogun     Minister     Modibbo Kawu     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Yusuf A. Usman     EFCC     Moses Salami     KWIRS     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Ilorin Muslim Community     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     National Party Of Nigeria     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Computer Based Test     Haliru Dantoro     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Pakata Patriots     Isiaq Khadeejah     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Aliyu Salihu     Tosin Saraki     March 28     Ita-Nmo Market     Justina Oha     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     CLAY POT     Trader Moni     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Woro     Olatunji Bamgbola     Damilola Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulkareem Alabi     IHS Towers     Arca Santa     AbdulRauf Keji     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Jaigbade Alao     Bature Bello     Aiyedun     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Ishaq Salman     Suleiman Abubakar     Universal Basic Education Commission     Jumoke Gafar     Balikis Jawondo     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Olabimpe Olani     Jide Ashonibare     Raheem Adaramaja     Abdullahi Atanda     Emmanuel Bello     African Democratic Congress     Galadima     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Government High School Adeta     Yahaya Dumoye     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Bolakale Saka     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     VADA     Sanitation Exercise     Yunus Lawal     Siraj Oyewale     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     National Pilot     Abdulraufu Mustapha     IFK     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Eruku     Esuwoye     Metro Park     Toyin Saraki     Kehinde Baale     Kwara 2019     Oke-Ero     Saheed Popoola     Adeleke Ogungbe     Ijakadi     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Sunday Fagbemi     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Okin Malt     Overland     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Danhawa     Plat Technologies     Wasiu Onidugbe     Biliaminu Aliu     All Peoples Party     Ilorin International Airport     Elese Of Igbaja     Bankole Omisore     Abdulwahab Oba     Transition Implementation Committee     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Agbarere     Mazars Consulting     Dele Belgore     Charles Ibitoye     Medview Airlines     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Suleiman Mora Omar     Salary