By Agency reporter, Published: Friday, 29 Jan 2010







Political leaders from the South East on Thursday asked President Umaru Yar’Adua to say how long he would continue to lead Nigerians from his sick bed in Saudi Arabia.

The leaders, who met in Abuja under the aegis of Igbo National Caucus, said they believed that “this country cannot be run from Saudi Arabia for so long.”

Yar’Adua’s absence from the country, they said, had been tolerated enough.

The leaders called on well-meaning Nigerians to rescue the country the strong hold of from those they referred to as “some unpatriotic self-seeking political clique who have conspired to hold Nigerians hostage and grind the nation to a halt.”



“We believe that the only way to avoid a deepening of the constitution crisis and save Nigerian from further ridicule and shame in the international community is to hand over the reins of government to Vice-President Goolduck Jonathan as acting President with immediate effect,” they said.

Those who were at the meeting included Chief Simeon Okeke, former police service commission chairman, Dr. Kalu Idika, former Finance Minister; Kalu, Prof. Ihechukwu Maduike, former Health Minister; Chief Rex Onyeabo, Senator Pius Anyim, former Senator Presidient; Chief Chinyere Asika and Dr. Chinwe Obaji, former Education Minister.

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