The face-off between the North and Niger Delta campaigners for Jonathan’s re_election in 2015, deepened yesterday with a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Adamu Aliyu, boasting that the north would remove the President through their enormous voting strength and not through the barrels of the gun.
There has been a wide gulf between ex-militants and northern groups over the re_election of President Jonathan in 2015 although he has not yet declared interest in the said election, claiming to be engrossed in the development of the country for now.
While the former fighters have threatened to make the country ungovernable if Jonathan is not returned in 2015, the north has stated that they will not support him for jettisoning the zoning arrangement, which would have retained power in the region after he might have served out the remaining term of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
Addressing a news conference in Abuja, Aliyu, a former minority leader in the House of Representatives, expressed regret that Jonathan had allowed his kinsmen to insult and intimidate the rest of Nigerians because of his re_election bid.
Describing himself as one of those who fought for Jonathan’s Presidency with the Save Nigeria Group, the Jigawa State politician wondered where the likes Asari Dokubo and his cohorts were when opposition mounted against the President’s inauguration as acting president.
In the conference text entitled, “Ungrateful President and his people”, Aliyu chronicled the different selfish actions and utterances by Jonathan since taking over the mantle of Nigeria’s leadership to show that he was more interested in the welfare of the Ijaw than other Nigerians.
Angered by the actions of the President, the northern politician pointed out that unlike in 2011 when the people of the area rejected their own and voted massively for Jonathan, they would reject him at the poll in 2015 to teach him a lesson that a Nigerian leader should not be sectional or tribalistic in the administration of the nation.
“We in the north will take over from Jonathan through the ballot box and not through the barrels of the gun as some elements threatened recently. By the grace of God, we shall take over from him,” Aliyu boasted.
“We call on President Jonathan to dissociate himself from those who are beating the drums of war and to call them to order so as not to truncate the democratic governance in Nigeria, which all Nigerians fought for.
“We know that it is only the President of a country that can boast that nobody can arrest him and nothing happens. But now, some people are threatening the law enforcement agencies and the National Assembly to dare arrest them and see what they will do without the President saying anything.
“As at today, we are all Nigerians and the President has the responsibility to treat us as Nigerians. But we are worried that he has kept mute over those planning genocide, hatred and destruction of lives and property because of their selfish interest.
Reminded that Chief Edwin Clark had corrected the impression created by Dokubo’s statement that there would be war if Jonathan loses in 2015, Aliyu flayed up, describing the Ijaw leader as one of the problems of Nigeria.
According to him, Clark has not done as much as he has been doing to bring about peace and unity in Nigeria.
Turning to the threat by militants that they would stop their oil resources from flowing to all parts of Nigeria in the event that Jonathan loses out in 2015, Aliyu stated that the oil resources of Nigeria belonged to all Nigerians and not an exclusive preserve of the Jiaw or any ethnic group.
He said, “We in the north believe that the oil in Bayelsa or Delta belong to us in Jigawa or any other state in the north. We shall therefore do anything humanly possible to defend that our oil in Bayelsa or anywhere else in this country.
“As long as we remain as Nigerians, we shall stake claim to the oil resources just as other Nigerians are benefitting from the mineral resources found in Jigawa or Sokoto State. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Bayelsa oil belongs to you? If there is oil in the north would we still be in the country. Maybe you should get ready to form your own country you ungrateful unproductive bunch of blood suckers that are being fed foe doing nothing and yet expect the providers to be grateful. Go and generate wealth to the nation and stop complaining
ReplyDeleteTake your eyes from the oil and begin to think of how to develop the mineral resources in the North, The North has enough resources to sustain it if Nigeria break up (God forbid)Crying over oil is nursing fear of inability to survive. The problem we have as Northerners is not Jonathan but our Northern Leaders so leave Jonathan alone and let him concentrate on his government. Ajaokuta Steel Complex was a celebrated company and was supposed to be technological base of Nigeria. Today, where is the Steel complex. Who were our national leaders? Shagari, Buhari, Babangida, Abacha, all from the North. Yes i believe we can take power from Jonathan by our votes and that is what we should concentrate on rather than sponsoring killers,thugs, kidnappers etc named Boko Haram in the name of religion, desecrating Islam and the Holy prophet(SAW) and prese3nting it as a religion of violence, murder, bombing and kidnapping. If you have killed your brother, it will be impossible for the wife and children to come out and vote for you. Notherners, You better be wise and leave unproductive approach
ReplyDeleteThe whole WORLD knew it was because of POWER, the North went MAD, that is why they are killing innocent souls all in the name of their so called "BORN TO RULE" greedy for nothing people and wasted generations, Jonathan is even a patient person, if it were to be BABA OBASANJO he would have cleared you people out of the road by now. you people will surely fail by the grace of God who created heaven and earth, you people did not deserve to rule because, you peoples generations are blood sucking demons, shame on you people, no good example to show the WORLD rather causing confusion all over the WORLD because your generations are born wicked and hell is you peoples dwelling place.
ReplyDeleteIt has always been and will remain a fight over oil. It is a shame that people from the Northern part of this country will stand up and say the kind of things I read from this article. If it were in other climes, the Northern elders will all bury their faces in shame and seek forgiveness from the rest of Nigeria. This people ruled this country for over 30 years collectively and all they can show for it are hilltop homes in Minna and other places while the rest of the people wallow in poverty. The Northern leaders bungled opportunities to really make this country a great nation , they were clueless and could only consider oil as the only resource for a country as big and diverse as Nigeria to depend on . There were little or no regards for the people in whose backyards the oil was exploited , the impact it has on their land and people .Sad as it may seem ,now they want to rule the country again . The question is , what do you actually do with power if not to better the lives of the ordinary people . Please Farouk and co should go and sit down , who says the North are the only ones that are meant to rule this Nigeria , what abt the Ibos , Efik , Ibibos etc are they not Nigerian enough .
ReplyDeleteFarouk it is your likes that are in the House of Assembly. That is why govt after govt, we don't achieve anything as a country. Why would Ajaokuta Steel be lying waste and our useless govt is doing nothing? What about the solid minerals in the North? Are you people waiting to finish the oil in the South before you start mining yours? You are busy planning on how to take over power? Why not plan on how to improve the lots of Millions of Nigerians suffering? That is why this country will never get better, that is why this country will keep going backward.
ReplyDeleteDo something for the country, save this country and stop fighting over power. All of u are big thiefs. I fucking dont care about the tribe, religion or whatever. Everyone in power needs to be destroyed. Bloody thiefs.
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