Six Northern organisations, including the Arewa Consultative Forum and the Northern Elders’ Forum, on Tuesday insisted that the North must produce the nation’s President in 2015.

The ACF, the NEF, Arewa Reawakening Forum, Arewa Research and Development Project, Northern Union and the Code Group , said at a news conference in Kaduna, that an existing agreement that the Presidency should return to the region must be strictly followed.

NEF spokesman and former Adviser on Food Security to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, who spoke for the groups, warned that if parties to the pact failed to adhere to it, the North would use its numerical strength to ensure that power returned to it in 2015.

“The North is determined and is insistent that the leadership of this country will rotate to it in 2015 and I am making that very very clear to you (journalists), Abdullahi said.

[b][b]“The North on the basis of one man, one vote can keep power indefinitely in the present Nigerian state. If it is on the basis of one man, one vote, demography shows that the North can keep power as long as it wants because it will always win elections,” [/b][/b]he added.

Abdullahi, who stated that the ACF was in the forefront of the quest by the region to have a Northerner as President, added that even the Middle Belt Forum and other groups in the region were clear in their calls for a Northern President in 2015.

“All of us have this very tough and common agenda. Not that the North is power hungry . No; it (power rotation) in 2015 will be argued on the rational agreement that is on the ground today,” he explained.

The former presidential aide pointed out that it was morally wrong for President Goodluck Jonathan to contemplate contesting in 2015 since he was aware that such a pact existed.

Abdullahi mentioned former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Jonathan as some of those who signed the pact. Jonathan, according to him, signed as number 37 when he was the deputy governor of Bayelsa State.

“He (Obasanjo) was the first to sign. This particular President (Jonathan) was there as deputy governor representing the then governor of Bayelsa State. He signed as number 37. It was found in the document,” the NEF spokesman claimed.

Abdullahi, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, also said that Obasanjo started the circumvention of the pact by seeking a third term in office.

“We had agreed that the South will have eight years and then, the North will have eight years but when Obasanjo saw some loopholes, he tried to abandon the zoning as well as the constitution to seek third term,” the former presidential adviser alleged.

He noted that even after Obasanjo’s tenure, the North was short-changed due to the death of President Umaru Yar’Adua, who only spent two and half years instead of eight years of two terms contained in the said agreement.

When reminded of a former Information Minister Chief Edwin Clark’s insistence that Jonathan must rule in 2015, the former Vice- Chancellor, argued that the South-South where he (Clark) hails from is “a tiny enclave of a few people, perhaps not bigger than Kaduna State.”

Abdullahi added that the North would have continued to dominate the political turf if not for the voluntary sacrifices it had continued to make in the cause of the nation’s history.

He said, “Some of us who participated in constitutional conferences from 1987 till the last one – the Political Reform Conference – accepted that every part of this country should have a taste of leadership and this is the basis of the acceptance of the rotation between the North and the South.”

He explained that it was based on the afforementioned that the South through Obasanjo had its share of the eight years of two terms before handing over to Yar’Adua, who could not complete his own eight years before his death.

Abdullahi said, “It is obvious the constitution says if the President for whatever reason is not there, his deputy will take over. And this was why Jonathan as vice-president then became the President. We thought at the end of that four years, the North should take over. If we didn’t have eight years because of that truncation, at least, we should have had six years but they said no.

“So, it is mainly on the grounds that first, there was an agreement for rotation of power and that there is immorality in their refusal to hand over to us that we are insisting on clinching power in 2015. The North is insisting that the Presidency will come whether on the basis of rotation or on the basis of voting power since we have the voting power to make sure that it (Presidency) comes to the North .”

He stated that the region would pick a competent person from either “the core-north or Middle Belt” as a candidate for the presidential poll in 2015.

The Presidency, immediately reacted to the groups’ comment on Jonathan’s alleged ambition, saying Nigerians, and not Northern elders as represented by Abdullahi, would decide who rules Nigeria in 2015.

Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, in an interview with one of our correspondents, said Abdullahi did not represent the North as the region did not believe in his leadership.

He warned the elder statesman and his ilk to avoid heating up the polity by their utterances.

The presidential aide added that while Abdullahi and his group had the constitutional right not to vote for Jonathan, others also had the right to vote for him.

He said, “In the first place, Abdullahi is not a character that represents the North because the region does not believe in his leadership. Nigerians will be the ones that will decide who becomes President in 2015 and not Abdullahi. He has no say in who becomes the President.

“As we speak, President Jonathan has not made up his mind to re-contest. People should be calm. This is the time for the President to work for Nigeria. He will tell them when he makes up his mind.

“Abdullahi and his ilk should not heat up the polity. They should act as elder statesmen and not as restive elders.

“They have constitutional right not to vote for President Jonathan. Other Nigerians also have constitutional right to vote for him. At the end, the majority will carry the day, that is the beauty of democracy. Minority may have their say but the majority will have their way.”


SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/news/north-must-produce-president-in-2015-acf-others/

My brothers from SE & SS who have been saying that it is either GEJ or nobody, please react to the colored paragraphs.

Tomorrow is too near to decide who and who should be on the throne.

What is the benefit of the masses in the North especially if a Northerner becomes even the World President? Will poverty and illiteracy reduce? Are all not for self aggrandizement?
Yeyeee!

traffickz: Tomorrow is too near to decide who and who should be on the throne.

What is the benefit of the masses in the North especially if a Northerner becomes even the World President? Will poverty and illiteracy reduce? Are all not for self aggrandizement?
Yeyeee!

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This nicompoop called 'Prof' Ango Abdullahi will never cease to amaze me.
Come 2015 GEJ will triumph whether you like it or not.
As for ur threat; Is this the first time we are getting such from ACF?No.


For clarity,nobody is against a Northern president if only the north will present the likes of David Mark,Suswan and their kinds and not the hausa/Fulani bigots.
Goodluck till 2019 either by hook or by crook.

it is not possible under one man one vote for the north to win election. Ya yiwu a ƙarƙashin wani mutum a zaɓe arewa ta lashe zabe.

here are video. to avoid problem in future. there is a need to change things. nigeria had an agreement , nigeria is 3 countries.

the north nigeria is still separate from western nigeria or east. the north does not have to obey jonathan govt. they can form their own govt. jonathan can not go to court because the document shows

look at pictures or video

there was never an amalgamation of nigeria of south and north in 1914. british record shows, all west africa colony and protectorate were made one to reduce cost because of the first world war of 1914.


british court made a decision many year before 1960 that sovereignty rested in the hands of the protectorate.
all 3 protectorate are still 3 nation with their own sovereignty.

so western nigeria is a separate state from northern nigeria up till today as i am speaking to you. what you have in place is occupation


to help understand and show you, there were 3 protectorate..


1. the colony and the protectorate as defined by the nigeria (constitution ) orders in council, 1954 to 1960

2. the colony and the protectorate as "respectively" defined by the nigeria (constitution ) orders in council, 1954 to 1960

you can clearly see the word respectively makes the protectorate plural.. meaning more than which is 3.





what azikiwe did was ask his cousin who was in the army to kill all witness to the fact.. to destroy the evident that nigeria was a mere union and not a country. azikiwe cousin Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna succeeded in killing 90% of all of the witness at the conference after independent in 1966..

because azikiwe discovered the truth that nigeria was just a mere name with no power. so he told his cousin friend to introduce unitary system. you will notice..Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna were walking free around nigeria after they kill everybody.

azikiwe was the one behind that military were he murder the witness to the union to cover his track. he was a mean man. he collected money from ojukwu to buy weapon and disappear with the money to london. and many igbos got killed

why is amaechi governor of rivers identifying with these human beings.
What is wrong with ameachi.
i even saw on todays punch that power will never come to the south again.
Seriously i will vote for jonathan again,and he will win see.

It baful me whn north keep shouting population, population. Which population are we talking about? I am from the MB we all know hw census are been conducted in this country where empty houses, animals, trees and even dead ppl are counted as still living bein, there is nothing true about northern population, infact northern population is a big lie. who is lying to this set of ppl ( Dr and co ) that Nigerians will vote base on region or sentiment come 2015? I rather giv my vote base on performance and convision and tht is wht many Nigerians are saying too, we can't continue to Mortgage our future as citizens because of sentiment and sectional politics. I Hate the to see the use of the word MUST, if we hv the best presidential material in the north, thn all we hv to do, present him to Nigerians to desid though their vote. If every other regions beginning to use the word must thn there is going to be a big problem.

i believe everybody in this region call nigeria most learn to respect themself this is the reason for violent . we know we had an agreement and our people own banks and others in your area. we would ask you to protect this properties which is inline with united nation requirement.

this houses dominate most part of the north, and you clearly see a big different with the western nigeria or eastern nigeria. the number of people who may live in this houses when add together can not be compare with the one in western nigeria or eastern nigeria.

even while we have satellite pictures. and picture as prove. we know this will generate to a war. we ask for peace concerning the region call nigeria.

tribalism is always d order of d day in nigeria.DIS IS NOTIN BUT A THREAT !!! THEY DON START AGAIN!!!but dem alwaz dey rule us b4 nah if dem no b president dem go VP.nah only dem dey dis country?

Each time I read dis kind of News I laugh cos the North have already signed their fate, From the time BH started blowing up it citizens and by Ya'adua giving amnesty to s ND. It showed them that dey too have power and dat has change d direction of fate, so using the word MUST is just beer parlour vexing. Its so obvious the North will not rule in 2015 call it sentiment, tribalism, or any english u want, Nigerians are tired of their "we must rule" BS. if una like kip killing una self for power the rest of use will kip Voting the ryt people, eventually na una go dey cry for help, this is not new.

MUST. What is must- MUMU UBAN SU TARA? Count middlebelt out! No wonder they are attacking middlebelters in benue, plateau and nasarawa using fulani.

Here is what is happening in the western Nigeria.. people are commiting suicide. it is hard to continue this way. the only option left for officers of western nigeria army is to overthrow the govt. If we dont not have a change now. Jonathan unfavorable 6 zones is killing our people.. And it cant continue. And we had an agreement. so we all need to find a solution.

Our people can not bear the burden of the federation any more.. It will only leave the option of a civil war at this moment.. so to avoid a civil war. there most be change before 2015, if there is no change. everybody should prepare for a civil war. it will be the only option

if nothing change there will be civil war.




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is this fair..

is this fair..is this fair..

the north can see, you are minority. And to be honest with you. Democracy is about number. we should use our number to dominate you. But we are saying for peace sake , let us resolve it.

We are the one who has the number.

Yar adua hausa/fulani Northerner
Jonathan Igbo Easterner

Jonathan Igbo Easterner
Yar adua Hausa/fulani Northerner

it will be unfair to us..


When a king dies. how is it done.. the next tht ruling house wait its turn. There are 3 protectorate involve.

Northern Nigeria
Eastern Nigeria
Western Nigeria.

There was never amalgamation of Nigeria.. Please they should call the Queen of England. That story is from someone cooking pot.


We had the crisis of maccido and dasuki because of an issue like this.

Azkiwe lack knowledge of Sovereignty made in Kill Balewa and A Bello- Engr Musiwa

Azikiwe did not understand the meaning of the word Sovereignty. Sovereignty is what made awolowo open an embassy in london. The british law declared that Sovereign was in the hand of the protectorate before 1960. this is why the western Nigeria had embassy until 1963 before azikiwe went mad and started killing people. azikiwe cousin Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna was the coup plotter.


Look a protectorate mean a Sovereign nation with military or diplomatic tie with another country.
Nigeria was not the only place it happen. We had senegambia too and also the mali federation.


Only Sovereign nation can join the united nation. Nigeria should not be at the united nation in the first place. because Nigeria never had Sovereignty. And only Sovereign nation can join the united nation. it cancel the membership of Nigeria at the united nation, because Nigeria never had sovereignty. Ghana is a sovereign nation. You can see that nigeria shouting it want permanent sit at the united nation. should not have had 1 seat at the united nation.

for 20 years they could not put the word Sovereignty in the nigeria constitution because 10% of the lucky one who were not killed were still alive. So they refused that they include the word Sovereignty in the constitution because Nigeria is not a Sovereign nation. It was in 1979 they military forcefully included the word, which was strongly opposed by the Unity party of nigeria.

check the first nigeria constitution of 1960, there is NO word call Sovereignty. if i lied. why do you think zik jail awolowo. ? the word Sovereignty.

under international law, nigeria has no sovereignty . And it should not be part of the united nation. The Queen did not give nigeria sovereignty because sovereignty was in the hands of the protectorate. And they refuse to give nigeria, their sovereignty . they were 3 protectorate. So their sovereignty was in their hands.



So Nigeria should not be a member of the united nation because you need sovereignty to be part of the united nation and nigeria has no sovereignty . it is a union. that why azikiwe killed most of the people that attended the conference. we had senegambia too .

Asking for permanent seat at the united nation. when you should not be there in the first place is funny.
go through nigeria first constitution in 1960. they refuse to include the word sovereignty nation because nigeria is not a sovereignty nation.

Only nation with sovereignty should be at the united nation. but Nigeria should not be at the UN in the first place. because it never had sovereignty . the nigeria military later use the word. but originally. Nigeria is not a sovereignty nation but just a union. 3 unit have sovereignty in Nigeria that make up Nigeria.

for 20 years they could not put the word Sovereignty in the nigeria constitution because 10% of the lucky one who were not killed were still alive. So they refused that they include the word Sovereignty in the constitution because Nigeria is not a Sovereign nation. It was in 1979 they the military forcefully included the word, which was strongly opposed by the Unity party of nigeria.

The word " shall together constitute part of " it means Simultaneously. check your dictionary


while Simultaneously means done at the same time

It means I shall call you western Nigeria as Nigeria Simultaneously
And I shall call you eastern nigeria as nigeria Simultaneously
and i shall call you northern nigeria as nigeria Simultaneously

You most have had of the word Simultaneously equation before.

What is a Simultaneously equation. ? is a Simultaneously 1 line of equation or 2

Answer, it is 2 or more equation. it is not a Simultaneously equation if it is one equation.

So when they mean shall together constitute part. They mean Simultaneously if you check your dictionary.

it show you.

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musiwa are you drunk.....pls remove those sucide pictures
mods pls take note