Anxiety in Sambo’s camp as Jonathan declares

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 Punch 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.

Those who were putting the pressure had hinged their position on the fact that although the Vice President is loyal to the President, he lacks the required electoral value to deliver his North-West zone to the Peoples Democratic Party.

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…