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Stop Pretending & Do The Right Thing ––Atiku Dares Jonathan

 
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop trying to get a second term in office through the back door, but rather come clean and do the right thing.
He has thus dared him to submit himself to fair presidential primaries in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if he is popular, stressing that the automatic tickets tactically proposed by Tony Anenih are unconstitutional and capable of throwing the party into deeper crises...
During a dinner party marking the 2013 Democracy Day, Chief Anenih, the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, proposed automatic slots for Jonathan and the party’s other governors. He said “The president and governors who are seeking their second term should be given automatic tickets to contest the second term.”
In a direct response, Atiku said in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja, “By foreclosing free and fair process of selecting its presidential candidate, the PDP might be sending the wrong message to Nigerians about its commitment to conduct free and fair elections for the entire country.”

Atiku warned that any attempt to change the party's rules so as to favour President Jonathan as a sole candidate in the event of his willingness to re-contest is unconstitutional, adding that the contest should be open to all desiring to pursue an ambition on the platform of the PDP.

Anenih’s suggestion is a reminder of the powerful anti-democracy forces within the PDP that have seen the party use rigging and manipulation to remain in power. Anenih, the party’s “Mr. Fix-It”, is known to have deployed rigging in various elections in the past.

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