By FAUS Nwaorgu
Chieftain
of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of
the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has
described as unhealthy for the fair political chances of the South, the alleged
entrance of former President Goodluck Jonathan into the APC ahead of the
party’s presidential primary rescheduled for June 2023.
Eze recalled that it was Governor
David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi while addressing Journalists at the State House,
who first described the efforts to conscript Dr. Goodluck Jonathan into the APC
as one of the wonders of the century. According to this Seer, " if former
President Goodluck Jonathan joins the All Progressives Congress (APC), it would
be a development worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records. it would be
difficult for the ruling party to campaign with the former president as its candidate.
This engimatic and fearless leader
went further to state, “The reason is that if you go and see the campaign
programmes of APC and you now ask President Jonathan to come and run, I don’t
know what will be our campaign promises and what will be the stories we’ll be
telling Nigerians. I believe strongly that he was not aware of the forms
assumed to have been purchased for him and I want to believe those people are
mischievous and may have bought the forms to embarrass him."
In a statement made available to
media houses in Port Harcourt, Chief Eze said with the waiver granted to
Jonathan by the leadership of APC to contest the party’s Presidential primaries
and coupled with some underhand schemes to hand him the ticket, the former
President qualifies for a recognition and induction into the Guinness Book of
Records as one of the wonders of this century as postulated by Governor Umahi.
Now that this is clear with the
Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the State capital of Bayelsa, the home
State of the former President, giving him nod to go ahead, Eze pointed out some
of the consequences of the move.
From findings, it is the
calculation of some Northern Leaders behind this devious plot is to take over
power as early as possible after seeing the impossibility of presenting a
Northerner to fly the flag of the party in the 2023 general elections.
According to the calculation Dr. Jonathan is expected to govern for only one
term of four years then power will move back to the North in retaliation of what
Dr. Jonathan in cohorts with some Southern leaders did to them by refusing to
allow a Northerner to take over from former late President Yaradua.
But far from it. The above is not
actually the calculation of those behind the Jonathan's candidature.
Though, I am aware that Jonathan
is not willing to contest for the APC presidential ticket against long-time
members like Bola Tinubu, Ahmad Lawan, Yemi Osinbajo, Rotimi Amaechi and others
unless he is assured of emerging as the consensus candidate of the party and
from what is going on viz the ceaseless postponement of both the screening of
candidates and conduct of the Presidential Primaries, there seems be an iota of
truth in the alleged pursuit of some persons to pave way for the former
President to emerge as the Flag-Bearer of the party.
The fact remains that Jonathan is
a neophyte in the APC with no structure in the party and no delegate of his own
and there is no way he could be contesting openly against Chibuike Amaechi,
Bola Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo and others who have gone round the states to solicit
delegate’s support, as that will be setting himself up for defeat if he does
that.
Eze exposes that the strongest
consideration for Jonathan's candidature is the potential four-year one-term
limit of another Jonathan presidency. But the trap is that a post-election
litigation over the 2017 constitutional amendment on “swearing-in”, could
disqualify Jonathan and hand the position over to his running mate who could be
one of the current serving Governors from the North if he wins there retiring
power back to the North.
This is the trap that Jonathan is
setting himself up against the eight year rule of his people in the South and
it is indeed unfortunate. “I wish him luck if this is what he wants to achieve for
himself.”
“I shares the fear of Governor
Umahi and wish to state further, what will be our manifesto or selling point
for a man most APC Leaders collectively disgraced out of office based on his
obvious incompetence and high level of corruption associated with his
administration.”
Eze further highlighted that apart
from all these faulty calcaulations with the emergence of a great strategist
and deadly political tactican like Atiku Abubakar as the PDP Flag-Bearer
fielding a person like Dr. Jonathan as APC Flag-Bearer to the detriment of the
founding fathers of the party and those who have continued to sustain and water
the party till now will be indirectly gifting to Atiku and PDP the Presidency
on a platter of gold thereby achieving the purpose of retaining the Presidency
in the North.
Besides, those behind this unholy
move coupled with all the macabre dance going on nothwithstanding maybe jealous
of the International stature that Jonathan may have acquired since handing over
power peacefully to APC to ridicule him and bring him to a State of a common
man.
Eze maintained that President
Muhammadu Buhari that “he knows will never allow this high level conspiracy
against those who have stood by him during his trying period in politics to see
the light of the day no matter the odds.
Should This Happen Though Unlikely
Too, Eze said he sympathizes with the former Minister of
Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, who may have been dead since 2015 by
sacrificing his life to ensure the success of the party on two occasions and
whose punishment is endless in the hands of his brothers for doing everything
to make the party a huge success.
My heart goes to Engr. Umahi who
told his Igbo brothers that in APC lays their hope.
I sincere sympathize with Bola
Tinubu, Ogbonnaya Onu, Chris Ngige, Okoroacha, Lai Mohammed and some of us who
did everything to discredit the administration of Dr. Jonathan and now we find
in him the Saviour of our country. What a country and what a crop of leaders?
As a matter of fact, most of Jonathan’s Minsters that stole our common
patrimony with impunity are still in exile.
Praying for healing on the land,
Eze prayed God to grant the leaders the elusive wisdom for them to do the right
thing.”
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