Former Delta State governorship aspirant, Mr Sunny Onuesoke, yesterday,
described as mischievous, comments credited to Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF,
and Northern Elders Forum, NEF, asking President Goodluck Jonathan to stand
down for a northern president in 2015.
Speaking to newsmen in his Agbarha-Otor country home, while playing host to
over 2,000 youths of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Onuesoke warned Northern
leaders against comments that could worsen the seeming friction between the
South and North.
Stressing the fact that southerners had always supported Northern Presidency
in the political history of the country, he urged the northerners to support
President Jonathan in 2015. He also pointed out that Jonathan means well for
Nigerians and wants to move the country forward.
"Since 1960 when Nigeria gained independence, this is the first time
that a Niger Deltan is governing us. Our Northern leaders should watch their
comments. Nigeria as a country does not belong to one region, it belongs
to all of us and President Jonathan has the right to contest the 2015
elections.
"No section of the country has the monopoly to govern Nigeria. It
is painful that a region that is blessed with oil is not being allowed to
preside over the affairs of a country whose resources are being used to develop
it. “We the people of Niger Delta are resolute on Jonathan’s reelection in 2015
and the likes of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his Northern cohorts
cannot make good Nigerians, who are in majority change their support base for
Jonathan."
Vanguard
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