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.
BY SONI DANIEL
BY SONI DANIEL
BY SONI DANIEL
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