Politics I Will Not Go Down Alone; I Will Sink This Boat - President Jonathan to PDP

Even as the president gets ready for his final trip to Otuoke, the
last trip that would have his presidential conveyance give him the
final salute then turn away to serve another commander-in-chief,
retrospective observations are in order.

Will the president be getting a hero's welcome in Otuoke? Dele
Sobowale says no. For the people of Otuoke, Jonathan's return would be
deemed premature, as it is an unhappy turn of events that has dictated
his return in 2015 - four years early.

However, home is home, and when we are done with our worldly dealings,
we must return home, and home - as is characteristic of it - must
accept us in, irrespective of its misgivings.

Dele Sobowale describes the incumbent as a 'political undertaker,' one
determined to go down with as many people from his party as possible.

He [Jonathan] has been quoted as saying, in 2011: "You have given me
your assurances of support but some of you are secretly campaigning
for Atiku Abubakar. I can't stand to be humiliated by you. I am the
Captain of this boat. I am not going down alone. I am going to sink
this boat and go down with all that are in it."

He reportedly said this in 2011, at the 55th National Executive
Committee Meeting of the PDP. (Quote cited from:
http://saharareporters.com/2010/12/20/pdp-primaries-atiku-jonathan's-politics-smear
)

In 2015, he makes good his promise. President Jonathan will not go
down alone. "Afenifere is now in the graveyard for sure; so is OPC…
Niger Delta Militants, as well as their "god-father", Chief Edwin
Clark, have a new battle on their hands," writes Sobowale.

Source: #Vanguard