‘…this amounts to a third term’
BY SONI DANIEL
As
President Goodluck Jonathan prepares for his re-election next year,
Kano State Governor, Dr. Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso has warned that Jonathan
is not qualified to contest for presidency in 2015.
According to
the governor, any attempt by Jonathan to run in the next poll will
amount to a third term in office, which is not acceptable to most
Nigerians.
Kwankwaso, who spoke to journalists in Abuja,
yesterday, advised President Jonathan to take urgent steps to solve the
raging insecurity challenges in the North-East and stabilise the
Nigerian economy and take a bow from governance in 2015, when he would
have attained the eight-year maximum limit stipulated by the Nigerian
Constitution.
The governor argued that contrary to the President’s
position that his tenure started in 2011, the true position remains
that he actually started serving as Nigeria’s President in 2007 and
would have completed his eight years in 2015.
Describing any third
term bid as a taboo, Kwankwaso pointed out that Jonathan and those
urging him to run in 2015 could never justify such a move, which runs
contrary to the clear provisions of the law.
The governor said:
“Jonathan is not qualified to contest election again in 2015 going by
the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution. Third term is not
acceptable to any part of Nigeria and the time limit stipulated must be
respected by all Nigerians.
“I am sure Nigerians will kick against a third term whether by Jonathan or by any other person in this country.
Mr.
President would have completed his eight years in office by 2015. He
served as Vice President for two years, Acting President for two years
and is doing another four years, which will terminate in 2015.
“But
those advising the President are pretending that his tenure started in
2011. I saw them on television the other day trying to argue in that
direction, but they can never be correct. I am not a lawyer, but I know
that two plus four plus six can never be eight.
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