Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda led some politicians from the North- East  zone to endorse the Goodluck Jonathan/Namadi Sambo Presidential ticket  on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party,PDP .

The endorsement  was secured in Bauchi where Yuguda has never left anyone in doubt about his pro-Jonathan  position .The interesting fact however was that Professor Jubril Aminu- from Adamawa State like Atiku Abubakar the main challenger to the president - moved the motion for the endorsement of Jonathan at the meeting.The motion was seconded by Ashiek Jarma, a veteran politician from the  region.

Professor Aminu’s role came as a surprise because he has of late softened his long - running opposition to Atiku in Adamawa state to the extent that many now see him as a political ally of the former vice president. Atiku  who is from the North -East is the Northern PDP consensus candidate .Presidential aspirants  from the North on the party's platform  have repeatedly insisted that Jonathan ought not to run now .

Before the North -   East zone, politicians in the North central have  reportedly endorsed Jonathan in Nasarawa state. That was also the case in the South west last week where Governor  Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State announced in Ibadan during a meeting with the Jonathan and Sambo that the zone  will vote en bloc for the president.

But a  socio-political group in the South West,Yoruba Redemption Group, (YOREG) today dismissed claims that 585 delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) endorsed Jonathan.

In a statement signed by Prof. Tunde Malik on behalf of the association, it wondered how Jonathan arrived at its figure when at least 154 delegates who make up the 585 delegates in the South West have not been elected.

“It is public knowledge that National Delegates for the PDP Presidential primaries would be elected on December 28, nationwide. How did Jonathan know how 154 delegates who are yet to be elected will vote in the PDP presidential election”, the group asked.

The association says from its interaction with delegates across the South West states where it has its members; it is convinced that Jonathan cannot record up to 30 percent of the delegates voting for him.

“What is the factor that will make the delegates to vote for Jonathan is the South West? Is it because his tenure as President has been one of bad luck of the party in the zone with the loss of Ekiti and Osun States? It asked.

“The Yoruba’s of the South West believe in equity and fairness. They believe that the rotation of power between the North and South should be respected with the north retaining the office of President until 2015. They will therefore not support a President who is running against the dictates of agreement within the political party”, the statement concluded.