All Progress Congress (APC) in Rivers state has asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to bow to the pressure being mounted on him by selfish groups and individuals to contest the 2015 presidential election because he will fail.
In a statement today,  Chairman of the party in the state, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya predicted that Jonathan will lose if he allows himself to be deceived into seeking re-election next year.
“The handwriting is already on the wall for President Jonathan in view of the calibre of leaders and unprecedented masses that attended the historic declaration of General Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2015 presidential election. It has therefore become imperative for President Jonathan to start writing his handover notes as his game is up.
“It is now clear why President Jonathan is scared and reluctant in accepting the call to contest the 2015 general election as evident in his recent statement: ‘In deciding on an appropriate response to such calls, I will place the greater interests of national harmony, cohesion, unity, security, political stability, progress, equity, justice and fairness above any personal ambition or sectional agenda.’
“We must commend him for this wise stand as he knows that his contesting will not be in the greatest interest of national harmony. He must, therefore, perish the thought if he really loves Nigeria and wishes to promote the greatest interest of national harmony.”
The chairman made it clear that if the President succumbs to the pressure of haters of Nigeria to contest the 2015 general election, he should prepare to be the first sitting President to lose a general election since there is no basis whatsoever for him to win any election again.
“Today, Nigeria has never had it so bad as the present leadership under Jonathan has inflicted unimaginable suffering on Nigerians.”
Dr. Ikanya noted that apart from the imminent failure awaiting him at the polls, the President’s participation in the 2015 election would be totally immoral since he is not qualified to run, as he is presently enjoying a second term in office.
“The Constitution of our country makes it clear that no one can enjoy three consecutive tenures as President and Jonathan is bound by the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution,” Ikanya declared.
He expressed happiness over the high quality of tested and trusted leaders who have indicated interest to fly the flag of APC in its rescue mission. “PDP’s reign these past fifteen years has brought shame and hardship to our nation and we must unite to salvage this nation from the hands of the present confused leaders of PDP,” he said.

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Pressure from all stakeholders in Bauchi state is mounting on the minister of the Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed to resign from the federal cabinet and run for the governorship of the state in the 2015 election.
The pressure, according to a statement from his Special Assistant on media and publicity, Nosike Ogbuenyi, including Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stake holders, political pressure groups, non-governmental organizations, associations, youth and women groups as well as associates, friends and supporters of the Minister from across the 20 Local Government Areas and three senatorial districts of Bauchi State. He said that they all converged on the Bauchu state capital where he had gone on a visit at the weekend.
They asked the Minister to return home immediately and contest the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
The stake holders and pressure groups insist that the FCT Minister is needed at home to transform Bauchi State the same way he transformed the FCT through his numerous people-oriented projects and programmed.
“The leaders who spoke with unison one after the other at an impressive gathering, included a member of the national Board of Trustees of PDP, Alhaji Kaulaha Aliyu, a former member of House of Representatives, Hon. Auwalu Abdu Gwalabe, Alhaji Babayo Ahmed, Sarkin Fada Miri, Alhaji Usman Banki, Alhaji Mohammed Yau Gital, Hon. Riskat (aka Baby) and others maintained that Senator Bala Mohammed was greatly needed to bail out Bauchi State from the scourge of under development, unemployment, educational backwardness and other challenges.
“At a massive rally attended by thousands of supporters of the Minister, speaker after speaker insisted that the minister that the FCT Minister must hearken to the call of his people to serve and deliver them from backwardness.
“They called on the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Ahmad Muazu and the State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda to come out openly to support and endorse the Minister to contest the governorship on the platform of the ruling party.
“Speaker after speaker at the mammoth gathering debunked the insinuation that Bauchi South Senatorial district, where Senator Bala Mohammed hails from, has been zoned out of the governorship race, stressing that Bauchi is a monolithic state and that the qualities and track records of the individual aspirants should be the sole determinant factor and not geographical place of birth.
“According to one of the speakers, Alhaji Babayo Ahmed, they were very optimistic that the FCT Minister would accept their call to contest stressing that he is the only person that can easily coast to victory at the polls on the ticket of PDP.
“Alhaji Ahmed who is also the Katukan Misau said that there was no difference between the Bauchi Central and the Bauchi South senatorial districts stressing that the six Local Government Areas that comprise the Central District are part and parcel of Bauchi, Ningi and Misau Emirates which cut across the two districts.
“He described the FCT Minister as the most popular, acceptable and capable candidate that Bauchi State can boast of. He therefore enjoined him to quit the FCT Ministerial seat and return to Bauchi to serve his home people who are in dire need of his sterling leadership.”

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Former Head of State and the Presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd.) has described elections in Nigeria as all about Naira and Dollar and not about religion and ethnicity.

“I understood that it was not about religion and ethnicity, but Naira and Dollar,” General Buhari noted at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Northern stakeholders’ interactive meeting in Kaduna.

He went on: “I contested the Presidential election three times in this country and failed and ended up in the Supreme Courts and lost the case. The first time the judges agreed that there were no elections and they were all Christians, but the second time, the judges that declared that the PDP had won despite the irregularities were Fulanis from Adamawa and Taraba, and a Nupe man. That was when I understood that it was not about religion and ethnicity, but Naira and Dollar. So, there is the need for the party to be united and make a difference in the general elections in 2015.”

The former Head of State described 2015 as another year of extreme concern to Nigerians, urging participants at the meeting not to allow their members to be disenfranchised before or during the elections.

“If PDP is given another four years to rule this country, Nigeria will go down the drain in 2015. This is because Nigerians are tired of incompetent leadership, so we must be ready to make sacrifices that will salvage the country. Let us not allow our people to be disenfranchised during the elections. We must be united to ensure free, fair and credible elections in 2015.”

APC presidential aspirants present at the meeting included former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and Sam Nda Isaiah. Other members were Zamfara State Governor, Ab­dulazeez Yari, APC Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Lawal Shuaibu, among others. [myad]