Obasanjo, Nnamani, Duke, Others Linked To New Political Party

                                                                                   
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 Obasanjo, Nnamani, Duke, Others Linked To New Political Party
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Apparently dissatisfied with the performance of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, former
President Olusegun Obasanjo is said to be leading a pack of top
politicians including former senate president Ken Nnamani and former Cross
River State Governor Mr. Donald Duke to float a new political party ahead of
the 2019 general elections.
Our correspondent gathered authoritatively that the new party in formation,
which is billed for lunch in November 2016 also has Sokoto State Governor
Aminu Tambuwal and his predecessor Senator Aliyu Wamako as coordinator of
Sokoto state while Senator Musa Kwakwaso is to oversee Kano state.
Other coordinators of the yet to be named mega party our correspondent
gathered are Senator Adamu Aliero who is to coordinate Kebbi state, Mrs
Helen Esuene who is to coordinate Akwa Ibom, the current secretary to the
Edo State government Professor Julius Ihonvbere is to coordinate Edo State
while Mr. Jimi Agbaje is to coordinate Lagos state. The name of Ogun born
politician Mr. Bode Mustapha also featured in the new political arrangement.
Some governors of the South-South and South-East, who are serving their
second terms in office our correspondent gathered are also deeply involved in
the political arrangement but with the promise of vice presidential slot while
present and former governors of the North have also been linked to the new
party.
Though the name of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was linked to the
new party, an insider told Frontiersnews that Obasanjo is strongly opposed to
the inclusion of his former deputy in the party.
A source, who spoke to our correspondent, on condition of anonymity said ”
Obasanjo is blocking the inclusion of Atiku Abubakar because of their old
quarrel. We are beginning to see the former VP returning to the PDP before
2019 because the APC will certainly not give him the ticket in 2019″.
Top political leaders in both the ruling APC, the PDP and other political parties
in the country have also been linked with the new party as consultation
intensifies.
An inside source told our correspondent on Monday that key members of the
National Assembly, some serving ministers, former governors and a host of
other powerful individuals in the country swell the rank of the new political
group.
The source stated that in the months ahead, “you are going to see alignment
and realignment of political interests. As for the APC and the PDP, there
survival will be dependent on their ability to manage their crisis”.
Our correspondent’s investigations revealed that APC strongman Senator Bola
Tinubu is already mobilising his supporters to consolidate their hold on the
South West bloc and possibly reawaken “his old political bloc”.
Tinubu’s key allies and diehard loyalists who the source said are very unhappy
in APC and with the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government are already
mobilising to recreate the old Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform ahead of
the 2019 general elections, another top politician confirmed.
The source said this development is also applicable to the Atiku Abubakar and
the Bukola Saraki’s blocs.
Frontiersnews had exclusively reported that a across sector of top politicians in
the six geo-political zones of the country have been consulting to fashion out a
new mega political party ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The promoters of the yet to be named political party, the online medium said
were undecided wether to create a completely new political platform or
leverage on an already registered party and build it into a mega party to form a
formidable opposition party to the APC and the PDP in the political landscape.