See The Full Moves President Jonathan Has Been Taken ALL FOR 2015 Elections!'FULL MOVES'!

See The Full Moves President Jonathan Has Been Taken ALL FOR 2015 Elections!'FULL MOVES'!

it's always Kray-Zay when President Jonathan's asked about his 2015 ambitions he is always quick to answer and he's like....Well,Um,Errr I haven't said that,Ebele hasn't said such,We're waiting for President Reuben Abati...and some .........whatever!

Today,we bring to you from our source,Punch the full subtle moves President Jonathan has been taking thatzzz very sensitive and also points a finger "that he,President Jonathan is gonna contest for 2015",see the full article below....
When the legal manoeuvres failed, Jonathan’s opponents continued to mount pressure, which led to the split of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party at the national level; the defection of five state governors, who were elected on the platform of the PDP, to the All Progressives Congress; as well as the defection of 37 PDP lawmakers at the House of Representatives to the APC.

At some point, these political events seemed to have dimmed Jonathan’s chances of winning election on the platform of his party, the PDP, should he decide to run in 2015.

The frantic effort by the President’s camp to contain the effects of these events showed that the President could no longer ignore the political tides that had risen against him.

It is believed that the need to counter the opposition led to various moves Jonathan and his party had made in the past one month.

Using the tactics successfully employed by the APC, the PDP poached two influential APC chiefs — Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State and Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State.


By all indications, Bafarawa and Shekarau, who are former governors of their states, were wooed into PDP mainly to counter the effect of the defection of the erstwhile PDP governors of their states to APC.

Considering the voting population of the two states, analysts believe the move was strategic.

The purpose of Bafarawa’s defection became even more obvious when Jonathan, Vice-President Namadi Sambo, and other top leaders of the PDP went all the way to Sokoto to welcome him to PDP.

Speaking at the event, Bafarawa reportedly said Jonathan could go to sleep with the assurance that he (Jonathan) had already won in Sokoto State.

Shekarau, whose reception will be held soon, has since his defection been making pro-Jonathan statements and has shown readiness to ensure that Jonathan wins many votes in Kano.

The counter poaching continued in the National Assembly, resulting in the restoration of the majority status in the House of Representatives to the PDP.

Other subtle moves apparently aimed at giving Jonathan a populist image included the sacking of Stella Oduah as aviation minister several months after many Nigerians, including the House of Representatives, asked for it. Another is the redeployment of the former Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, after months of public outcry.

Despite these moves, the Presidency has maintained that Jonathan is still consulting on whether or not he should contest the 2015 presidential election.

Nevertheless, that has not stopped groups and individuals from drumming up support for Jonathan ahead of the election.

Some of these groups have announced plans to organise marches to compel Jonathan to declare his intention.

One of such groups, the Ethnic Youth Leaders for Peace in Nigeria, recently said it would ‘drag’ Jonathan into the 2015 presidential race.

The group said it would lay siege to the Presidential Villa until the President declares his interest in the race, adding that it would organise a one-hundred-million-man march in honour of the President after his declaration.

Another group, the Society for the Defence for Democracy, said it would organise a 37-million-man march in support of Jonathan’s re-election

The march, which is expected to feature at least one million persons from each of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, has been scheduled for March.

Yet another group, the Nigeria Mandate for Jonathan 2015, said it had planned a five-million-man march for the same purpose.

September last year, it was reported that Jonathan’s camp had planned a 20-million-man march in Abuja for October 19, 2013, but the Presidency denied it and the march did not hold.

Apart from these groups that are planning marches, several groups have sprung up in different parts of the country, showing support for Jonathan’s re-election.

About two weeks ago, the emergence of the Northern Elders’ Council, which had declared support for a Jonathan/Sambo presidential ticket in 2015, caused a stir in the North, which is the region that has been the most vocal about its opposition to Jonathan’s re-election.

Leaders of influential northern socio-political groups disowned the Northern Elder’s Council and said its emergence was one of Jonathan’s attempts to break the ranks of the North, which has insisted on clinching the Presidency in 2015.

Furthermore, in what seemed to be a part of a well-calculated scheme, the President went on a series of visits to prominent traditional rulers in states that are under the control of the opposition APC.

In one day, Jonathan visited the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade; the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; and the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akinlolu, in their palaces.

Though Jonathan was said to have avoided campaigning during these visits, he stated that he was in the South-West to thank people of the geopolitical zone for supporting him during the 2011 election. That statement gave an indication that the visits were beyond mere courtesy.

According to a senior lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Prof. Dauda Saleh, the visits as well as the other moves were clear indications that the President was positioning himself for re-election.

He said, "There is every indication that the President wants to declare for 2015. The recent mobilisation; the trips to Kano, Ife and Oyo, and also the recent meetings of the PDP governors at the Presidential Villa are pointers to the fact that the President has started mobilising for 2015. The recent defection of Shekarau and Bafarawa to PDP are also part of the signs."

Saleh further said the emergence of groups expressing support for Jonathan and compelling him to contest bore similarity with what happened when late Gen. Sani Abacha got the endorsement of several groups and almost all the political parties as he prepared to transform into a civilian president.

He noted that at the end of the consultations, Jonathan would likely state that he decided to seek re-election because Nigerians in every part of the country had asked him to do so.

"The reality is that Nigerians worship anybody in power. What is playing out now is similar to what happened in the Abacha days. Various groups have sprung up and people are mobilising for the President to contest. Unfortunately this worship of the man in power is not necessarily based on his achievement but just for what they can get for their pocket. Nigeria is a very sycophantic society. These groups might not necessarily be sponsored by the President. Some people, who are seeking favour from the President’s, might sponsor them, even without the President’s consent," he said.

Saleh, however, added that the moves by the President and the PDP could reduce the effects of its internal crisis, but cannot erase them completely.

Similarly, another political analyst and senior lecturer, Department of Local Government Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof. Francis Fagbohun, said the recent moves could be effective in positioning the President for re-election, but he added that it might be too late to regain the losses the PDP had incurred.

"Through the moves of the President, one can easily see he is preparing to declare his intention to contest in 2015. But I think the moves may be too late. In the first instance, why did the PDP decide to wage war against a sitting PDP governor? He (Jonathan) should have stopped the problem with Governor Rotimi Amaechi long ago," he said.

Fagbohun added that from past experiences, Nigerians knew that marches organised to support presidential aspirants were usually sponsored and did not represent the interest of the people.

"It is the power of money. The people who would be involved in those marches would be paid. They can organise one-million man march or 10-million-man march because many people are poor and would jump at any opportunity to be paid to participate in such marches," he said.