President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party are eyeing votes from the South-West to ensure the victory of the party at the first ballot during the 2015 presidential poll, investigations have revealed.
The President and his party feared that winning the North-West and the North-East might be impossible during the presidential election.
It was learnt that they had become jittery because of the realisation that losing the South-West might cost them the presidential election.
The party has, therefore, mandated members of the party from the zone holding public offices to ensure the victory of the President.
Saturday PUNCH also learnt that members from the North-West and the North-East in public offices had also been told to ensure that the President scored at least 25 per cent in the zones.
It was gathered that the performance Jonathan got from a constituency or a state would be one of the criteria for reappointing those currently holding public offices at the national level.
Investigations revealed that the party reasoned that if the President defeated the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate in the South-West and scored 25 per cent in the North-West and North-East, the second election would not be avoided.
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