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Monday 5 January 2015

Rev. Fr. Mbaka Game Changer? APGA Favours Buhari to Win In February, Blasts Jonathan


The Lagos Chapter of APGA withdrew its support for the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan ahead 2015 elections and hinted at a possible victory for the former military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari, Jonathan’s main contender in the February 2015 elections. The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of APGA, Mr. Campbell Umeh-Nzekwe, who also doubles as the special adviser to the national chairman of the party told PUNCH in an interview that supporting Jonathan was a failed venture. He pointed out the heavy criticism by Igbo Catholic priest, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka and added that the motion to select Jonathan as the consensus candidate of the Igbos for the 2015 presidential election failed at the Ime-Obi (Inner Caucus) meeting of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Enugu on Saturday. He also said: 


“The game has changed. As it is, Jonathan has no chance of winning. Buhari seems to have taken over. The PDP has collapsed in the North if you care to know. All those who are running to Aso Rock and making promises to the President are just deceiving him. Jonathan is a sitting President with incumbency factor in his favour but Buhari has the masses and a cult following in the North. In 2011, Buhari won 12 million votes in the North with his rag-tag party, the Congress for Progressive Change, without a single governor or senator to campaign for him. 
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Today, his party, the APC, has 14 governors, 43 senators and 176 Reps as well as 625 House of Assembly members. Also, the APC has dominant control of the North-West with a total number of 18.4 million voters and North-East with 10.2 million while South-West has 13.4 million voters. The PDP has dominant control of the North-Central and Abuja with 10.4 million voters while the South-South has 8.5 million and South-East has 7.2 million votes. 
However, no zone has achieved 50 per cent of votes cast but northern voters are more committed and trustworthy than those in the South. Also, look at Jonathan’s campaign team. He has Col. Ahmadu Ali (retd.) as his Director General and Peter Obi as the deputy while Buhari has Governor Rotimi Amaechi and Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora as director general and deputy respectively. It is time for Ndi Igbo to review their strategy.”
However, Umeh-Nzekwe stated he was not sure if APGA would be supporting Buhari in the upcoming elections. 

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