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President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised not
to bow to the pressure being mounted on him by
selfish groups and individuals to contest the 2015
presidential election. Giving the advice in a
statement in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State
Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
predicted that Jonathan will lose if he allows
himself to be deceived into seeking re-election
next year.
“The handwriting is already on the wall for
President Jonathan in view of the calibre of
leaders and unprecedented masses that attended
the historic declaration of Muhammadu Buhari to
contest the 2015 presidential election. It has
therefore become imperative for President
Jonathan to start writing his handover notes as his
game is up,” Rivers APC said in the statement
signed by the Chairman, Davies Ikanya.
According to Mr. Ikanya, “It is now clear why
President Jonathan is scared and reluctant in
accepting the call to contest the 2015 general
election as evident in his recent statement: ‘In
deciding on an appropriate response to such calls,
I will place the greater interests of national
harmony, cohesion, unity, security, political
stability, progress, equity, justice and fairness
above any personal ambition or sectional agenda.’
We must commend him for this wise stand as he
knows that his contesting will not be in the
greatest interest of national harmony. He must,
therefore, perish the thought if he really loves
Nigeria and wishes to promote the greatest
interest of national harmony.”
Rivers APC said that “If Dr. Jonathan however
succumbs to the pressure of haters of Nigeria to
contest the 2015 general election he should
prepare to be the first sitting President to lose a
general election since there is no basis
whatsoever for him to win any election again as
his record card shows that he is a failure. Today,
Nigeria has never had it so bad as the present
leadership under Jonathan has inflicted
unimaginable suffering on Nigerians.”
Mr. Ikanya noted that apart from the imminent
failure awaiting him at the polls, Mr. Jonathan
very well knows that his participation in the 2015
election would be totally immoral since he is not
qualified to run, as he is presently enjoying a
second term in office. “The Constitution of our
country makes it clear that no one can enjoy three
consecutive tenures as President and Jonathan is
bound by the provisions of the Nigerian
Constitution,” Mr. Ikanya declared.
He expressed happiness over the quality of tested
and trusted leaders who have indicated interest to
fly the flag of APC in its rescue mission. “PDP’s
reign these past fifteen years has brought shame
and hardship to our nation and we must unite to
salvage this nation from the hands of the present
confused leaders of PDP,” he said.
Rivers APC aligned with the position of its Leader,
Governor Chibuike Amaechi, who recently asked
President Jonathan from where he intends to get
the votes that will get him elected in 2015
knowing that he has lost Lagos, Kano and Rivers
states before the election as rigging will not be
considered for the 2015 general election.
The statement concluded by echoing Amaechi’s
position: “For us as APC, we will line up behind
the party. Go back home now and get your voters
cards. We will punish these people. Rivers State
is not in their hands. Lagos State is not in their
hands. Kano State is not in their hands. So, tell
me where we are going? They are banking on
using security against us.
We shall teach them a lesson. We will fight with
our body, with our lives because there must be
change this time.
“And I have said it again and again, there is no
aspirant in APC that is not better than the
aspirants in PDP. What we must do is not only to
vote for the aspirants in support; we must also
take the voters card so that when we finish
nominating our candidate here, we will line
behind that candidate and ensure that we will
vote out Jonathan.
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