[b]2011: Atiku group moves to stop Jonathan •Raises legal team of 10 SANs •I can defeat Jonathan -Atiku
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Written by Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Dipo Laleye and Taiwo Adisa
Tuesday, 21 September 2010

TURAKI Vanguard, a group working for the realisation of the presidential ambition of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has commenced a process of stopping President Goodluck Jonathan from running for the office of president on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) through the law courts.

According to a statement issued by the group on Monday, which was signed by Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, its National Director, Media and Public Affairs, the group had raised a team of lawyers comprising 10 Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the purpose “of studying the relevant constitutional provisions of the nation's constitution and those of the PDP that would serve the purpose of bringing this misadventure (Jonathan's aspiration) to  an  end.”

Eze added that Chief Oladimeji Fabiyi, national coordinator of Turaki Vanguard, while briefing the lawyers, said, “what we are trying to achieve is to prove that no Nigerian can just wake up one day to dishonour or annul a gentleman's agreement aimed at keeping the nation intact and united.”

According to the statement, Fabiyi cautioned PDP that should Jonathan clinch the ticket and the court ruled against his candidature after the primaries, it would mean that PDP would not have a candidate for the 2011 presidential election as it would be too late to field any other candidate, considering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) tight schedules.

“It is left, therefore, to the PDP leadership, as advised by some northern elders in their letter to stop Jonathan formally from contesting the party’s primaries or the PDP's delegates to ensure that he is voted out during the primaries or else, we will ensure that the court rules that he is not a candidate for the 2011 election under the platform of PDP,” the statement read.

Meanwhile, youths in the North-Central geopolitical zone of the country have told former President Ibrahim Babangida and former Vice-President Abubakar to withdraw from the 2011 presidential race.

The youth believed that the time was now ripe for the country to be governed at the highest level by one of their own.

According to them, the generational change they were asking for would bring about rapid development of the country at all levels.

Addressing newsmen in Minna, Niger State, at the weekend, the youth, under the aegis of the Youth Support Group for Northern Presidency (YSGNP),  asked both General Babangida and Abubakar to forget their ambitions and throw their weight behind a youth from the northern part of the country.

Their spokesman, Alhaji Ndagi Mohammed, said “the unity of the North cannot be compromised, therefore, there is the need to present a consensus candidate of generational change, with track records of performance and achievements.

Mohammed said that while they commended the Northern Governors Forum for standing firm in support of zoning, they should go further by adopting one of their own as the consensus candidate.

Meanwhile, Atiku, on Monday, said he was everything in place to ensure his victory at the forthcoming primaries of the party.

Atiku, in a statement released by his campaign organisation, said the incumbents had been known to lose elections, even in West Africa, adding that Jonathan could not be an exemption.

He dismissed incumbency factor in elections, saying that opposition should not be intimidated.

Atiku, speaking with his campaign coordinators in Jos, Plateau State, said “we are in this race to win and, by the grace of God, we shall win. We have the most organised, democratic and competent campaign  structure in the country.”[/b]

Revelation of a failed politician

Go and win ur village first!

This guy no dey shame self.

This is nornal initial GRA GRA

debeginin:

Go and win your village first!

lol

@the guy said he can beat Jonathan and Jonathan should contest now he wants the courts to stop Jonathan from contesting.

When rimi contested against Obj the court gave rimi the go ahead and he lost. The court will give jonathan the go ahead and atiku will lose

, gentleman agreement my ass these guys are bunch of i, , is this how we plan to create new nigeria?