According to The Punch, anxiety heightens in the camp of the Vice President Namadi Sambo on Monday, ahead of the President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of interest in the 2015 presidential race. The elaborate declaration is billed to hold on Tuesday (today) at the Eagles Square, Abuja. Investigation by our correspondent showed that there was heightened anxiety in the Vice President’s camp over whether the President would retain him as his running mate or not.
There have been media reports that there was pressure on Jonathan, who has been adopted as the sole candidate by all organs of the party to drop Sambo as his running mate in the election. Political figures, such as Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State and Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, had so far been mentioned as people interested in Sambo’s job.
Lately, the name of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, also cropped up. Mu’azu had however denied nursing such an ambition. Multiple Presidency sources, who spoke with our correspondent, said the fear of the unknown was real in Sambo’s camp. They admitted that huge pressure was being piled on the President to drop Sambo if he was genuinely interested in winning the election.
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