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The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak in New York on Wednesday says the defected PDP governors are "prodigal sons'' who will soon return to the fold, begging for forgiveness.
“Some of these governors are so unpopular; they cannot win elections in their states, no political analysis can show that Rotimi Amaechi can take Rivers State to APC.
“It is simply impossible that Amaechi’s APC will take the votes away from the PDP whether at the governorship or presidential levels and other levels for that matter.
“Some of these ‘brief case’ political parties fielded Olu Falae in 1998 in an AD/ANPP coalition and lost to PDP; in 2003, they ganged with Buhari, carrying the ANPP banner while the ACN gave the ticket to Atiku Abubakar who abandoned the PDP.
“Of course they were roundly defeated at the polls while in 2007 the same Buhari, running on the ticket of the ANPP, ran against the President and was roundly defeated by the PDP.
“In 2011, Buhari contested on the platform of the party he formed, the CPC while ACN fielded Ribadu and they were again defeated; I assure you that we will always defeat them and come tops,” Gulak said.
He, however, noted that no Nigerian leader had been so qualified to lead Nigeria as Jonathan, stating that the evidence on ground showed that the president’s transformation agenda was real.
“Yet some few vocal individuals paint a black picture of Nigeria, giving the impression there is a crisis.
“This is a game of politics just like what is happening here in the U.S. where the opposition shut down the government.
“They called the president all manner of names and insisted on budget cuts. Those who jumped ship will come back again.
“Atiku left PDP for ACN and returned to the fold with profuse apology.
“He was welcomed back like a prodigal son; we will welcome back our prodigal sons because out there, it is nothing but empty shelves full of mediocre,” he said.
“Some of these governors are so unpopular; they cannot win elections in their states, no political analysis can show that Rotimi Amaechi can take Rivers State to APC.
“It is simply impossible that Amaechi’s APC will take the votes away from the PDP whether at the governorship or presidential levels and other levels for that matter.
“Some of these ‘brief case’ political parties fielded Olu Falae in 1998 in an AD/ANPP coalition and lost to PDP; in 2003, they ganged with Buhari, carrying the ANPP banner while the ACN gave the ticket to Atiku Abubakar who abandoned the PDP.
“Of course they were roundly defeated at the polls while in 2007 the same Buhari, running on the ticket of the ANPP, ran against the President and was roundly defeated by the PDP.
“In 2011, Buhari contested on the platform of the party he formed, the CPC while ACN fielded Ribadu and they were again defeated; I assure you that we will always defeat them and come tops,” Gulak said.
He, however, noted that no Nigerian leader had been so qualified to lead Nigeria as Jonathan, stating that the evidence on ground showed that the president’s transformation agenda was real.
“Yet some few vocal individuals paint a black picture of Nigeria, giving the impression there is a crisis.
“This is a game of politics just like what is happening here in the U.S. where the opposition shut down the government.
“They called the president all manner of names and insisted on budget cuts. Those who jumped ship will come back again.
“Atiku left PDP for ACN and returned to the fold with profuse apology.
“He was welcomed back like a prodigal son; we will welcome back our prodigal sons because out there, it is nothing but empty shelves full of mediocre,” he said.
