Ty Danjuma Best to Defeat Jonathan 2015- APC

Newly registered All Progressives Congress has begun moves to draft a former Minister of Defence, General TY Danjuma, into the 2015 presidential election race, to help defeat President Goodluck Jonathan.

This is coming after the North foreclosed the possibility of getting Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket giving the obvious grip of President Jonathan on the party.

Consequently, following its successful registration, the North is now moving to APC:

A source familiar with the permutations of the northerners confided in Punch that the region was desperately looking for a candidate, who could unite its people, who had been divided by religions.

He said, “Unlike in the First Republic when the late Saudana of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello, was around, the North is divided. Some northern leaders reason that as part of efforts to reunite the region, Muslims must be ready to concede the Presidency to the Christian North. We are zeroing in on T.Y.Danjuma.”

But another source in the APC said that the move to make TY Danjuma run on the APC platform had started creating discomfort in the party. 

He said, “What is happening now is really worrisome. We understand that the game plan is for the merger partners in the (defunct) CPC to produce the presidential candidate while the Action Congress of Nigeria is to produce the Vice Presidential candidate.

“General Buhari is still very much interested but some elements in the North with the active support of Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, are looking towards TY Danjuma.

“The thinking is that he will have greater national appeal and he is perhaps the only person who Buhari can step down for, because of the tremendous respect he has for him.