The outcome of last weekend’s National Assembly polls, which gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a huge lead, jolted them into action.
It is all geared towards stopping the PDP, which they say has been in the driver’s seat for 12 years without much to show for it.
It was learnt that leaders of the North were mounting pressure on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) to present a common candidate on Saturday.
But a source said last night that ACN leaders were insisting on their candidate, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
They said this is to protect their integrity. Besides, according to the source, it is too late in the day to go with another candidate.
The parties are expected to choose among three candidates – Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (CPC), Ribadu and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP), who was not at the meeting last night. He was in Lagos.
For many hours yesterday, Northern leaders and some key opposition figures weighed options on how to wrest the presidency from the PDP, which is fielding incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.
It was gathered that two former Heads of State, three ex-governors, a former National Security Adviser and a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and ex-ministers were part of the deal being brokered.
But President Jonathan yesterday intensified his talks with the North’s leadership.
He received some of the leaders of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF), Mallam Tanko Yakasai; former Speaker of the House Representatives Ghali Umar Na’Abba and Alhaji Aminu Wali, among others.
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