Says President’s declaration, looming disaster for Nigeria
•He’s looking for tenure elongation
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and other leading voices from the region have rejected the public declaration of President Goodluck Jonathan seeking re-election as President in the 2015 general elections, saying that, he has nothing good to offer the country.
This is coming as the region has urged all Nigerians to out rightly reject the President during the presidential poll, arguing that, his declaration is a monumental disaster awaiting the country.
Speaking in a telephone interview with The Nation, former federal lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed said, President Jonathan has done nothing to deserve another term and it would be irresponsibility on the part of Nigerians to vote him in 2015.
According to him, “Well I have always said and this is not something new for me to say but his declaration is first and foremost a monumental anticlimax. Everybody who studied him, his body language, the statement of his handlers and spokesperson knew that this man is determined to go through and contest the elections even if it means destroying the country.
“So, as far as I am concerned declaration or no declaration, the man is going to contest in spite of bad cloud that he was going to contest election in the country.
“But even by his standard, I thought the way and manner he chose to celebrate his declaration less than 24 hours after the terrorist attack in Yobe killing more than 65 and close to 85 wounded is reckless and irresponsible. It shows that when it comes to striving for power, this president does not care about the welfare of the country, he only thinks about himself.”
He added, “ I think if that is the case, we are all going to be in very serious trouble. Now, I wouldn’t bother myself commenting on what he said because everybody knew what he said was a lie. And when you compare what he said in 2011 and what he is saying now, you can see that the man cannot differentiate his right from his left.
“What we have now after his declaration is a monumental disaster awaiting this country. God save us all.
“Therefore, my advice to Nigerians is to reject him outright.”
Similarly, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said, it was not surprised by the insensitivity of President Jonathan to declare and celebrate when parents of 75 Yobe students were mourning the killing of their children by insurgents.
ACF Chairman and former Inspector General of Police Ahmadu Ibrahim Coomassie, who asked so many rhetorical questions in his reaction to the President’s declaration said, Jonathan is tactically looking for extension of tenure.
According to him, “You people published our open letter to Mr. President and you made a good summary and analysis of what we said in the letter. Since then has anything changed? Is it not getting worse?
“With the general election coming, we don’t know what they are after. Whether they want the election to hold or not. Are they tactically looking for extension for two years? Because if you cannot vote what will happen to the government when the time expires? Is that not what they were looking for even when we were at the conference?
“My advice to all Nigerians at this point in time is that, we must continue to pray for peace to come back to this country,” Coomassie stated.
Credit: The Nation
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