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Conflicting signals are emerging about
President Goodluck Jonathan's 2011
presidential ambition.His foot soldiers
have been campaigning for him even to
the extent of holding a high
profile summit in Kaduna to
mobilize support for him in the North
,all in a bid to pave way for Jonathan
to run.The campaigns so far have been
aimed at having the zoning arrangement
of the party set aside . But the party
failed to failed to dump zoning as it
last week, instead issued a double-edged
resolution insisting on zoning on the
one hand while it urged President
Jonathan to also feel free to run for
the 2011
This dubious position of the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party , PDP may have
begun taking its toll on President
Jonathan as Felix Onuah the
State House Correspondent of Reuters in
Abuja has today reported that the
president may not stand for election
next year.
According to
Reuters:"He is not likely going to run,
simply because his party has retained
the zoning of the presidency to the
north for the next four years," the
presidency source said, asking not to be
named.
"Though his party
said he can run despite the zoning, the
party said this because they didn't want
to offend him."
Reuters also reported
that Jonathan would make his intentions
public before the end of August.
"(He) is a man that
always ensures equity and fair play, so
he may allow the north to have their
remaining four-year term if that will
ensure peace and unity" Reuters source
claimed .
Though Presidency
officials failed to respond to Reuters
enquiries , the report today ,as
expected ,elicited a strong
reaction from the Presidential Villa.A
statement by Ima Niboro said the Reuters
report was untrue.He blamed unnamed
forces for the report.He said Jonathan
has not decided yet whether to run or
not to run.
The resolution by the PDP has
encouraged Atiku Abubakar and General
Ibrahim Babangida to step up their 2011
campaigns.
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