The Action Congress of Nigeria
(ACN) has heaped the blame for
the ongoing crisis in Rivers State
on President Goodluck Jonathan
and asked the National Assembly
to immediately commence
impeachment proceedings
against him, for failing to live up
to his oath of office to uphold
the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
In a statement issued in Lagos
on Wednesday by its National
Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party said by
Jonathan’s abhorrence of the
rule of law and majority rule, the
latest indication of which is his
unmistakable support for
a group of renegade lawmakers
who are fomenting trouble in
Rivers State, the President has
become a clear and
present danger to the country’s
democracy, and must be shown
the way out in accordance with
the Constitution.
President Jonathan; Senate
President, David Mark and
Speaker, House of Reps, Hon
Aminu Tambuwal
President Jonathan; Senate
President, David Mark and
Speaker, House of Reps, Hon
Aminu Tambuwal
”Under President Jonathan’s
watch and with his tacit support,
a few lawmakers dictated to
majority of the members
of the Ogun State House of
Assembly, which was locked for a
long time. Under President
Jonathan’s watch, the Nigerian
Governors’ Forum was
sabotaged by his minions who
declared a Governor with 16
votes a winner over the one who
scored 19 votes, in a injurious
blow to the concept of
democracy.
”And under his watch, five
lawmakers – out of 32 – have
become the majority and, simply
because they have the backing of
the presidency, are now being
given police protection to disrupt
the proceedings of the House. As
we write, Rivers state has
been taken over by current and
former militants who have been
unleashed to destabilize the state
and cause a breakdown
of law and order, to pave the
way for the imposition of a State
of Emergency.
”This cannot and must be
allowed to continue, hence our
call on the National Assembly to
move quickly to remove the
source
of the crisis. Since this is no
longer an intra-party dispute and
because of its potentials to set
the country on fire, we also call
on
civil society groups, professional
bodies and ordinary Nigerians to
rise up and defend the rule of
law and the supremacy of the
Constitution over arbitrariness,”
ACN said.
The party decried the anarchy
that is now reigning in Rivers,
simply because the five renegade
lawmakers have the backing of
the
presidency, which has
emboldened them to take extra-
Constitutional measures to try to
remove the majority-backed
Speaker
of the State House of Assembly.
”Taking a cue from the
presidency, the State
Commissioner of Police has
turned himself into a politician
and abandoned his
constitutional role. Instead of
providing security for the entire
House to sit, he chose to back the
renegades and their thugs to
unleash mayhem on their
colleagues. This is what you get
when a leader dons the garb of a
partisan instead of being a
statesman.
All sorts of minions simply follow
suit,” it said.
The party said that in the
aftermath of the crisis, the
soldiers attached to the State
House in Rivers have been
withdrawn while there
are real fears that the police
security will also be withdrawn
by a Commissioner of Police who,
apparently, no longer takes
orders
from his boss.
”This is not the democracy that
was watered with the blood of
many Nigerians. This not what
Nigerians bargained for after
years of
military rule. We should not and
must not allow those who are
now reaping where they did not
sow to reverse the little progress
that
we have made,” ACN warned.

[b]”Under President Jonathan’s
watch and with his tacit
support,
a few lawmakers dictated to
majority of the members
of the Ogun State House of
Assembly, which was locked for
a
long time. Under President
Jonathan’s watch, the Nigerian
Governors’ Forum was
sabotaged by his minions who
declared a Governor with 16
votes a winner over the one
who
scored 19 votes, in a injurious
blow to the concept of
democracy.
”And under his watch, five
lawmakers – out of 32 – have
become the majority and,
simply
because they have the backing
of
the presidency, are now being
given police protection to
disrupt
the proceedings of the House.
As
we write, Rivers state has
been taken over by current and
former militants who have been
unleashed to destabilize the
state
and cause a breakdown
of law and order, to pave the
way for the imposition of a
State
of Emergency.
”This cannot and must be
allowed to continue, hence our
call on the National Assembly to
move quickly to remove the
source
of the crisis. Since this is no
longer an intra-party dispute
and
because of its potentials to set
the country on fire, we also call
on
civil society groups,
professional
bodies and ordinary Nigerians
to
rise up and defend the rule of
law and the supremacy of the
Constitution over arbitrariness,”
ACN said.[/b]

deeobserver209: Bullshit! If there's any bloody group that need impeachment is the ACN popularly known as (Alliance for Corrupt Ningas) ACN are becoming even more annoying like Boko Haram.

Abagworo: I have a feeling this might be the beginning of the end for PDP. I foresee several nationwide strikes in a few days and a demand for Jonathan's resignation by many groups.

Abagworo: I have a feeling this might be the beginning of the end for PDP. I foresee several nationwide strikes in a few days and a demand for Jonathan's resignation by many groups.

Garri the 1st: GEJ is a disgrace to the office of the presidency. His greed for power will see him destroy the Nation and spill the blood of Nigerians.

1. Destroying the North by sponsoring Boko Haram and later sending in soldiers to finish what his BH people started.

2. Arming and financing ND militants.

3. Attempting to bring BH to SW.

4. Arming OPC and other secret cults.

5. Sending thugs and murderers to destabilize Rivers state...


And the list goes on...

Abagworo: I foresee several nationwide strikes in a few days and a demand for Jonathan's resignation by many groups.

ckkris: Are you assuming that The Feds can't arrest you to account for these LIES?

Demdem: I support the call for retardeen sack.

slimghost:

You are a clown!!!! . Only a kid would post this laughable BS.

abagoro:

But all my predictions in the past have come to pass. You and I will be here to witness every stage. God bless Nigeria.

Abagworo: I have a feeling this might be the beginning of the end for PDP. I foresee several nationwide strikes in a few days and a demand for Jonathan's resignation by many groups.

People Of Nigeria Under Siege: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Convenes Civic Exchange
Posted: July 10, 2013 - 14:33


Wole Soyinka
By SaharaReporters, New York
Nobel Prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka, has invited the press and democracy, civic and human rights organizations to a civic exchange on “A PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY: A PEOPLE UNDER SIEGE!”.

The event is scheduled for FREEDOM PARK, Broad Street, Lagos, tomorrow, July 11, at 12.30 pm.

“Wole Soyinka cordially invites you to a Civic Exchange on the above subject,” the terse notice said.

Pataki: Think of evil and think of Jonathan.

Nigerians have not forgotten the bags of rice that hippopotamus of a first lady unleashed on the people of Rivers that resulted in loss of lives.

Nigerians have not forgotten how Jonathan was quick to defend MEND over October 1 2010, claiming they were not responsible.

Nigerians have not forgotten how Jonathan called Boko Haram his brothers and sisters. Jonathan is leading this nation into an unprecedented era of fetid evil.

Nigerians have not forgotten how Jonathan is using Boko Haram to cause trouble in the North.

Nigerians have not forgotten how this foolish evil man has rubber stamped the madness of the NGF.

Nigerians are currently being subjected to see the madness the FG is allowing to prevail in Rivers.

For how long before it all comes collapsing on you Jonathan?

ckkris: This is now similar to how young and naive, but very sincere Major CK Nzeogwu was deceived by armchair newspaper progressives, and he naively overthrew the Govt that was favourable to him. Then these 419 progreTHieves turned around and destroyed Nzeogwu and his people. NEVER AGAIN.
They didn't pull down Obasanjo Govt because he is their brother. They can only DESTROY THEMSELVES this time. All these nonsense is being engineered by the same Lagos newspapers, that deceived Nzeogwu with their Western crises of operation WETIE in 1965. That time there was no crises in the east o. Now they are engineering all kinds of suggestions. When trouble start they will dodge and blame others, and above all, make enormous gains out of it.