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North Warns Jonathan Against Use Of EFCC .

Posted by SaintOkocha on September 6, 2010 at 1:00am
Written by Leon Usigbe, AbujaSaturday, 04 September 2010THE Adamu Ciroma Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF), otherwise known the “G15” has warned President Goodluck Jonathan against his alleged plan to use the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to hound state governors who are perceived to be opposed to his ambition to remain in office.They posited that such attitide suggested a desperation on his part and called on all lovers of democracy to resist him.In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, a former Senate President, which was made available to Saturday Tribune in Abuja on Friday, the forum counselled the president to demonstrate tolerance and desist from harassing his opponents.The statement advised the president to enthrone a regime of tolerance of political opposition and to desist from the use of the EFCC to intimidate and harass governors and political leaders who are opposed to his attempt to subvert the zoning formula by seizing the Peoples Democratic Partys (PDP) ticket in next year’s general elections.”It said: “the NPLF wishes to draw the attention of all Nigerians to the inherent dangers of turning the EFCC into a political gestapo of a particular candidate.“The NPLF recalls that this is the same tactics former President Olusegun Obasanjo employed in the pursuit of his failed third term agenda.“It is becoming clear to all that Jonathan’s candidacy for 2011 despite the PDP’s affirmation of the principle of zoning and rotation is a return of tenure elongation of President Obasanjo, which Nigerians unanimously rejected.“The NPLF wants to make it clear that this development raises serious questions on President Jonathan’s often stated commitment to free and fair elections, and by extension the survival of the nation’s democracy.“Sadly, it is giving President Jonathan away as a desperado, who is prepared to whip everyone into line in order to confiscate a mandate that is clearly not his.“In as much as the NPLF is not opposed to the fight against graft, it is, however, manifest that the current onslaught against state governors and political leaders is part of the measures at checking those who not well- disposed to the ambition of President Jonathan.“It is regrettable that we are witnessing today a throwback to the Obasanjo days and portends great danger to the credibility of the political process, nay the polity,” the statement added.
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