‘Jonathan has right to contest’ SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 BY OLUSOLA FABIYI, ABUJA 1 Comment As the debate on whether President Goodluck Jonathan should seek re-election in 2015 continues, former governors and candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party said on Tuesday that it would be unfair to deny the President the right to seek another term. The former governors and aspirants under the aegis of G13 Candidates/Former PDP Governors Forum, also said the problem bedevilling the country should not be blamed on the present government. A former governorship candidate of PDP in Edo State, Major Gen. Charles Airhiavbere, who was also the convener of the group’s meeting which held in Abuja, asked PDP members to embrace peace and to return to the mainstream of the party under the leadership of Bamanga Tukur. He said, “The constitution provides for eight years for every office and I believe that going by natural justice, if there is a tenant in a house and it is going for sale the first opportunity of refusal should go to the occupant. “And I believe that based on the mid-term report of the President, we believe that he should be given a second term in office to finish his project. “President Jonathan has the right. It has not been published anywhere that he signed an agreement to run for one term. He should be given support and peaceful environment to implement his projects to completion.” Present at the meeting were former ministers of sports, Damishi Sango and Col. Abdulmumini Aminu; former governor of Adamawa State, Boni Haruna; former Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Alhaja Salimot Badru; governorship candidate of PDP in Ondo State, Sola Oke; former minister, Alhaji Dauda Birmah, and Col. John David Dongi.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 06:16:17 +0000
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