PDP will lose 2015 Elections with Jonathan as candidate - Northern Elders

Elders from the north under the umbrella of  the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on President Jonathan to forget about his 2015 presidential ambitions.

Speaking at a meeting, Deputy Chairman of NEF, Paul Unongo commended Bamanga Tukur for resigning as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP , saying he resignation should have come earlier.

Unongo said “I hope that for the sake of the PDP, now that they have finished with the issue of Tukur, they will deal with the issue of Mr. President by deciding that he should not stand for election, so that the gentleman agreement between the North and the South will prevail. The one-term has been the main cause of the crisis in the PDP.”

He said that unless Jonathan drops his second term ambition, the political tension in the country would persist and PDP will lose the 2015 elections.

Unongo, who is a pioneer member of the PDP, said the only thing that can save PDP now is for Mr. President to forget about his presidential ambitions and allow somebody from the north to contest, otherwise the defection of PDP members will continue
He noted that the crisis in the PDP, which has heated up the polity, has been a tussle between those who think Jonathan should not contest in 2015, and those encouraging him to contest.Jonathan,” he said.