Nigeria Content Online

The emergence of the former chairman of the
Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, and
Mohammed Buhari as the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN) and Congress of Progressive Change (CPC) respectively do
not pose any threat to the presidential ambition of the incumbent
Goodluck Jonathan, the Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory,
Caleb Olubolade, has said.

Mr. Olubolade, who spoke with journalists in
Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, described the candidacy of Messrs Ribadu and
Buhari as good omen for the development of the nation’s democracy. He
noted that the beauty of democracy is multiple choices, adding that
although anybody could come up from any party, when they get to the
field, the end will jusitify the means.

He ascribed the emergence of Mr. Jonathan as the
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to divine
intervention.

“The victory of Jonathan as the presidential flag
bearer of the PDP will enable him to carry out the transformation
agenda that he has in mind. All Nigerians need to do now is to come out
and give massive support to the president,” he said.

Nation for all

Mr. Olubolade also said the president’s victory is
a wake up call to all Nigerians, irrespective of their talent, to
contribute their quota to the building of a nation that can hold its
head among its peers in the world.

The minister, who commended the Convention
Committee headed by Tunde Adeniran for excellent performance, said the
massive security put in place by the committee to forestall untoward
occurrence was as a result of the lesson learnt in recent past where
there were incidences of bomb blast.

Mr. Olubolade described the convention as transparent, saying anything short of it would have engendered tension and crisis.

He urged the president’s opponents in the primaries to see the
victory of Mr. Jonathan as divine intervention, which should not debar
them from making their contribution toward building a greater Nigeria.