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Poison not our son
By Idumange John
(A press statement) Newsdiaryonline
Mon March 14,2011
The Sunday Vanguard in its front page contains a very disturbing
report about an attempt
to poison President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR. The report further
states that a former
Senate President, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu has been invited by the State
Security Service, SSS
for questioning. A
perusal of the story indicates that
most of the names
associated with the evil plot are from the Northern Part of
the country.
In this country, we have seen great men and influential
politicians eliminated and investigations conducted
ad infinitum without
results. We are aware that most
of the security apparatus’ in Nigeria are in the hands of the
Northerners. We are also
aware that there is a desperate clique of unrepentant pro-zoning
activists who have sworn
to destroy democracy. These people pose a grave, a
growing danger to good
governance in Nigeria.
In our opinion, the overarching aim of the plotters is to stop
the Presidential bid of
the only South-South Person who, by fortuitous circumstances, is
taking a shot at the
Presidency - which has gained wide acceptance. Earlier arguments
borne out of
illogicality, and warped political arithmetic about zoning
bandied about by the cabal have failed because Nigerians now
hanker after responsive, participatory
and people-oriented government where justice and equality shall
be entrenched. We
believe and rightly so, that President Goodluck Jonathan is the
instrument God is using now to propel our great country on the
orbit of good governance, economic rejuvenation and moral
regeneration.
The Ijaw nation Forum wishes to state unequivocally that
President Jonathan is not
alone, as he represents the interest of those who produce the
budget of Nigeria and
the collective interest of all lovers of peace, prosperity, the
rule of Law and good
governance. We
regard any attempt to harm the President as a coup to abort
democracy and good governance.
Accordingly, we urge the SSS and other Security agencies to
investigate the matter
with utmost diligence and bring the culprits to book.
The Ijaw nation will
not tolerate any attempt to employ underhand, criminal and
Machiavellian tactics to
truncate the democracy we have fought so hard to sustain. We
also warn against all
Nigerians against any attempt by anybody, group and under any
guise to precipitate
crisis to truncate the transition programme that will lead
to the smooth transfer
of power.
We totally and unequivocally condemn the orchestrators of this
attempt and demand that
the investigation be thorough, swift and be treated with the
seriousness of an
aborted coup. In this matter, there shall be no sacred cows, and
anybody directly or remotely connected with this evil plot
should be punished
appropriately.
May God bless the Ijaw Nation.
Idumange John
The Agundu (OPU IGO) of Ijawland
Dated This Sunday March 13, 2011 @ 5.15 pm
Nigerian Time
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