{"id":31272,"date":"2014-09-18T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31272"},"modified":"2014-09-18T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:52:12","slug":"2015-pdp-nec-adopts-jonathan-sole-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2015-pdp-nec-adopts-jonathan-sole-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"2015: PDP NEC Adopts Jonathan As Sole Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"paneshell\">\n<div id=\"shellcontent\" class=\" no-tabs\">\n<div id=\"shellinner\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1343\" class=\"tab-content\" data-tid=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1258\" data-title=\"Top News\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1388\" class=\"messagepane basepane \" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Message pane\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1390\" class=\"message content\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1507\" class=\"base-card \" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1510\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1508\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yiv9105163773\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1515\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411058985993_1514\">\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the 2015 election.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\">The decision was announced at a NEC meeting chaired by Adamu Mua\u2019zu, the national chairman of the party, and attended by Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, Senate President David Mark; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; and deputy speaker of the federal house of representatives, Emeka Ihedioha.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal who is rumored to be eyeing the All Progressive Congress, APC, Presidential ticket stayed away from the NEC meeting and offered no official reasons.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido, who stayed away from the meeting of the PDP governors on Wednesday, was present at Thursday\u2019s NEC meeting.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Lamido, known to be interested in contesting the 2015 presidential election, did not oppose the endorsement.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Jonathan is yet to officially declare interest in seeking reelection.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9105163773\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"slot_N\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boss-env css-env\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"boss-help x-large\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"boss-passive preview-toggle icon icon-grid-layout\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Show or hide Previews\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the 2015 election. 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