He also said that he was resolved to partner the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State "to change the change" in the next general poll.
The incumbent governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, is on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), which slogan is "Change."
Daniel said this at a news conference, which took place in his Lagos home, declaring that his resolve to rally his party to support Jonathan in 2015 was based on his conviction that the president remained a better option in the current circumstances, notwithstanding the security challenges facing the country.
The former governor, who noted the turn-around by the current administration made in the once troubled Niger-Delta region rocked by militancy, and the rebasing of the country's economy brought about by oil exploration activities restored to normalcy, pointed out that President Jonathan remained the best option for now to rule the country.
Daniel, who was the South-West coordinator of the Jonathan-Sambo presidential campaign in 2011, while reeling out the achievements of Jonathan, maintained that it would be wrong for anybody to assess him on the situation in power sector and insecurity occasioned by the Boko Haram insurgency.
According to him, every of his predecessors had failed to put the power sector in place, whereas Jonathan had done better in that regard, saying that the Boko Haram was not about insecurity, but pure terrorism and insurgency, which he viewed as a new concept in the country.
Speaking further, the former governor expressed the determination of his Labour Party to partner the PDP to chase out Governor Amosun of APC from Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, come 2015.
Reacting, however, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West, Buruji Kashamu, on Tuesday, said the statement made by former Governor Gbenga Daniel that Labour Party had working relationship with the PDP on 2015 poll "is part of the grand plot by Daniel to hoodwink and mislead the good people of Ogun State."
Buruji said this in a statement issued in Lagos and released to the Nigerian Tribune by his media aide, Mr Austin Oniyokor.
The PDP chieftain, who said his attention was drawn to the statement made at a news conference by the former governor, declared that Daniel had his time when he ruled the state for eight years and should, therefore, quit the stage rather than playing the role of a spoiler.
Buruji warned that since Daniel was not prepared to play the role of an elder statesman expected by that of spoiler, he had better been told to leave the PDP out of his political flirting.
Text of his statement reads: "My attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel, to the effect that his Labour Party (LP) is in a working arrangement with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
"He made the remarks today (Tuesday) at a press conference he addressed at his Maryland, Lagos office/residence.
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