Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is set for a major battle. He has started the high level lobby for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in the next 2011 presidential election.The Nation learnt that ex-President Obasanjo has been wooing party leaders and some elder statesmen on why Jonathan should be given a second term ticket irrespective of the zoning policy of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). The ruling party had zoned the Presidency to the North in 2007 for a two-term tenure.
2011: Jonathan must run, says Obasanjo (http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/48276/1/2011-Jonathan-must-run-says-Obasanjo/Page1.html)