By Henry Umoru
ABUJA- AHEAD the 2015 Presidential
election, Northern elders and youths
yesterday stormed the National
Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP in Abuja to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan for the exalted
position, just as they pleaded with him to
make himself available and vie. The elders and youths came under the
aegis of three groups, Northern Elders
Forum, North/South New Nigeria Forum,
Fresh Air Continuity Group of North West
and Northern PDP Youth. The groups – led by a former Education
Minister under the late Gen Abacha’s
regime and former Presidential Aspirant
of All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, Dr
Dauda Birmah, on a solidarity visit to the
PDP national Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur – declared that the North
would ever be grateful to the PDP led
Government of President Jonathan for
creating a conducive atmosphere that
made the release of the former Chief
Security Adviser to late Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha possible after
over 14 years of incarceration. They however hailed Jonathan over the
release from prison of Major Hamza al-
Mustapha, just as they promised to get
most voters in the north, especially North
West to support and vote for him. Dauda Birma, said “Goodluck Jonathan’s
leadership has been rated as the best
administration so far. With what
Jonathan has done in Maiduguri, I can
affirm that the city is now safer than
most parts of the country”. According to him, Major Mustapha’s
release would not have been possible by
the ordinary fiat of the court if not for the
underground work of Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur and the consent of the executive of
the President Jonathan led administration, adding that the Groups
decided to come out openly to appreciate
the exemplary leadership qualities of the
President Jonathan since assumption of
office which had been unprecedented in
the anal of Nigeria. He said they were also at the PDP
National Secretariat to correct
insinuations that the People of the North
especially the North- West Zone were
against his Presidential ambition come
2015, adding that the release of Major Al- Mustapha had further fuelled the supports
of the North for the re election of
President Jonathan come 2015. The leaders of the three Groups, Hajia
Nana Abdulkadri, Mallam Mohammed
Omeri and Ibrahim Mohammed in their
remarks expressed their appreciation for
the release of the former CSO and
acknowledged the roles of the leadership of the Party and the President and as
well dismissed the wrong notion that the
North in general was against the
Presidential ambition of Dr Jonathan
come 2015. Responding, Alhaji Tukur said that it was
a thing of joy for him for three different
Groups to come at the same time to
appreciate openly the achievements of
the PDP led administration of President
Jonathan at this point in time when wrong impressions were being created
that all was not well in the country. According to him, “to me, this is
democracy in action, people will agree
with you,people will also disagree with
you, we can not see things the same way
at all times, when we see good things
we should celebrate like these groups are doing now, celebrate good things,celebrate democracy, celebrate justice,
don’t be intimidated by others, this is
your country, hold it firmly”.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/2015-northern-elders-youth-endorse-jonathan/

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