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| Atiku Threatens Iwu by progwiz(m): 3:18pm On Mar 02, 2007 |
Atiku vows to prosecute Iwu if… By Chris Ochayi Posted to the Web: Friday, March 02, 2007 LOKOJA — ACTION Congress (AC) presidential candidate, Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, vowed to contest the forthcoming April polls, and promised to jail the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, should the electoral body allow itself to be used to scuttle his (VP’s) presidential ambition. Alhaji Abubakar, at his campaign rally in Lokoja, said INEC lacked the power to disqualify him or any candidate for that matter. “There is nobody, no government agent that has power to disqualify anybody, except the court,” he said, adding: “Any attempt by the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) to disqualify anybody from the elections, there will be no elections in Nigeria. “It is only the court that has the right to disqualify anybody. They cannot disqualify anybody because they don’t have the right to do so. We are sending a message to those people in Abuja, we are sending a message to those people in Otta that any attempt to disqualify anybody, they must have hot iron in their arms. “We must defend our democracy. The day is over in this country when you can just wake up and decide to disqualify somebody. The only person who can disqualify me is you (electorate). “The PDP must go, they must go. The gathering here today (yesterday) has revealed the desire of the people for a change. The people of Kogi State are going to sweep away the PDP, the autocratic party, the Poverty Development Party. Today we stand before you to proclaim that we are going to change the plight of Nigerians. “Kogi State is one of the richest states in Nigeria yet struck by poverty. You have mineral resources. The PDP promised to dredge the River Niger which it has failed to fulfil. But let me assure you that I will dredge the River Niger for you if voted in as president. They are trying to destroy Ajaokuta, we must stop them from doing that,” he said. The VP who received the news of the dismissal of INEC’s application for stay of proceeding by a court in Abuja over the legality of the verification cum screening of the candidates while the campaign was on-going, promised to send Iwu to jail if he abused the court order. Action Congress governorship candidate in the Kogi State, Senator Mohammed Ohiare, promised to raise the wages of civil servants in the state if voted in. |
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