Following President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declaration of his intention to contest 2011 presidential election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a pressure group, known as Action Group of Nigeria today expressed strong reservations about the entrance of both President Jonathan and General Ibrahim Babangida into the 2011 presidential race.
Speaking through its national coordinator, Chief Olawale Okunniyi in Abuja, the pro-democracy group said pundits opinion have shown that the ambition of both PDP leaders is being currently pushed against free and fair elections as well as the stability of Nigeria.
The group during its quarterly review of the march towards the 2011 elections warned that the entrance of both gladiators poses great threat to credible elections and the future of the country.
Okunniyi said Babangida though professing to have repented from his past errors may not have the strength and stamina at 70 to positively correct his past mistakes in view of the increased complexity of a big country like Nigeria and the current trend in the world
He said the former president may therefore end up at the mercy of a clique of his military acolytes, if he wins as his antecedence and inclinations to junta and high handed politics betrays.
He said given old wounds there is every likelihood that the Southwest and the progressives will revolt against his government to foist a tenure of unrest and instability on the country
AGN said though President Jonathan is constitutionally qualified to run he may also have started digging the grave of his promises to deliver free, fair and credible elections, if he, as the numero uno of a government that is expected to conduct the elections suddenly become a major participant in the same election.
The group however advised Jonathan to resign as president if he must run in order to guarantee free and fair elections in 2011.
“For the world and especially the pro zoning north to believe that president Jonathan wins on his own merit and not through the coercion of incumbency, he must first and foremost resign and put in place an interim administration of eminent Nigerians from the 6 geo political zones to manage the affairs of the country throughout the period of electioneering “
Where is the fairness if Goodluck Jonathan runs in an election he is conducting? The group retorted
The PRONACO Spokesman also hinted that the group in the interest of the hard won democracy will formally write Jonathan to resign before contesting the 2011 election to prevent ugly fall outs from a perceived uneven contest by the North.
AGN said in the light of the ethnic strife that have since characterised the 2011 elections it is supporting the convocation of the all politician summit to be convened next month Abuja by the 24 eminent leaders of thoughts.
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