•Insists ambition against national
interest
President Goodluck Ebele 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 General 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, Dr. Davies Ibiamu
Ikanya.
According to 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.”
Dr. Ikanya noted that apart from the
imminent failure awaiting him at the polls, Dr. 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,” Ikanya declared.
He expressed happiness over the high
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.
SSA Media and Public Affairs to the
State Chairman, APC Rivers State
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