2015 ELECTION: Northern Governors Launch New Political Party?

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, Northern governors, and other political big wigs from the region may float a new political party.

The move, according to an insider is aimed at recapturing power from the South to the north.
It was gathered that the formation of a new political party was one of the three options currently under consideration by northern political leaders as politicking for the next general election gathers momentum.

According to the source, the region would not allow itself to be used and dumped in the manner “Nuhu Ribadu was dumped by the Action Congress of Nigeria during the 2011 elections.”
It would be recalled that Ribadu, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was the presidential candidate of the ACN in the 2011 election.
The source who craved anonymity, said,

“The reality of our current political isolation is not lost on us here in the North.

“I believe also we have learnt a thing or two from the brand of politics which led to the set up of Nuhu Ribadu by the ACN during the 2011 elections.

“If by any chance we allow that kind of thing to happen again, then we are doomed. There are three options before us and we are considering them seriously.

“One: remain in the Peoples Democratic Party where we are almost certain that President Goodluck Jonathan will impose himself on the party; for those who may have forgotten, this was done in the last Nigeria Governors’ Forum election. Don’t forget that some of the northern governors are facing expulsion threats from PDP.

“Two: join the All Progressives Congress to defeat the PDP or three: float a fresh political platform altogether. For those who think the third option is a long shot, I suggest they should think again because the Congress for Progressive Change would have been the party to beat today but for some tactical blunders.

“Politics is a game of numbers; we have the numbers as well as the political sagacity to build bridges across ethnic and religious divides, we have done it before, we can do it again.”
Speaking on the development, the Convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, confirmed the plan, adding that a new party could be the best option for the North.

He said, “I believe that if they are determined to do it, they will get public support.If you have that support and it is seen that you are being victimised by government, it will bounce back on your accusers. We are strategising but it’s not what I would want to go into in details.”
Junaid also spoke about speculations that General T.Y. Danjuma is being considered as a possible consensus presidential candidate by the North.

He said, “I know General Danjuma and we speak a lot. I do not believe General Danjuma takes this seriously.

“If he had wanted to be President he could have been one, especially before the assassination of General Murtala Muhammed. After the assassination, he was the de facto leader of the junta and he was also in effective control of the armed forces, but he didn’t want it.”

Source: Daily Post