News: How Jonathan ’ll win in 2015 – Tukur

Tukur and Jonathan

The national Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has said all opposition to President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid would collapse before 2015.


Alhaji Tukur made the declaration in an exclusive interview with the Saturday Tribune.

According to the PDP chairman, reports of northern opposition to a second term for the president were largely exaggerated by the media, declaring that “northern opposition to Jonathan will give way to new realities when we approach 2015.

“If you want to know whether or not the North is disillusioned against the PDP, you will have to wait till after the 2015 elections. What disillusionment are you talking about when, indeed, the PDP has strong footholds in nearly all northern parts of the country? And that presupposes that the North will not wish away its leadership role in national politics by supporting a political party not likely to win any presidential election, everybody knows this. At the appropriate time, events will prove what I have just told you.

“The hype by the media on northern opposition to Jonathan will give way to new realities when we approach 2015. There will be talks and consultations and there will be compromises. In the end, PDP will get back its momentum and romp into victory as usual. What will make the difference for PDP this time around are the good effects of the transformation agenda. The agenda is working in all facets and it cuts across all parts of the country. Rest assured that the North, having worked so hard to build PDP, will not ditch the party at the last minute over issues that could be resolved through dialogue,” he said.

Source: Tribune