[b]A pressure group, Arewa Citizens Action for Change, over the weekend, filed a suit against the National Assembly at a Federal High Court in Abuja, protesting the statements credited to President Goodluck Jonathan on the October 1 bomb explosion in Abuja.

The group asked the court for an order of mandamus to compel the National Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against Jonathan.

The motion exparte is brought pursuant to Order 34 Rule 3(2) of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure) Rules 2009, Section 5 and 6 of EFCC Act 2004 and the inherent jurisdiction of the court.

The palintiff, Usman Salihu, who sued for himself and on behalf of the group said the President’s handling of the bomb explosion was capable of painting Nigeria and Nigerians bad in the international arena.



They supported the application by a four-paragraph verifying affidavit deposed to by Salihu, who is the National Chairman of ACAC.

They also expressed surprise that Jonathan cleared the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) in the complicity, even after the militant group had claimed responsibility.

He petition state, “That Mr. President’s statement over the October 1, 2010 bomb blast is capable of polarizing the country;

“The President in his reaction to the bomb blast said “he knows those who were behind the dastardly act.”

Salihu is contending that such reaction by the President was “capable of exonerating the prime suspects that claimed responsibility.

He also averred, “That the statement was nothing but pre-empting the investigations by the security agencies and thereby the possibilities of contradicting their findings.

“That Mr. President’s act is capable of soiling Nigeria and Nigerians in the international arena.

“That only the National Assembly by virtue of Section 143 of the 1999 Constitution has the power of initiating impeachment proceedings against the president.”



, Pro-Jonathan group wants Ciroma arrested

Kunle Olasanmi, Abuja

The call by the Northern Elders and Political Forum (NEPF) for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan within seven days or face impeachment has received the condemnation of the Congress for Equality and Change, a group loyal to the 2011 presidential ambition of Jonathan.

The organization described the NEPF call led by Mallam Adamu Ciroma, “as clear evidence of admission of defeat and manifestation to destabilize the polity and preempt the results of the 2011 election.”

The Chairman of the group, Senator Ameh Ebute, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja regretted that Mallam Ciroma who was unable to curtail the activities of Boko Haram in his domain was now spearheading those calling the resignation of the President to cause chaos.

Ameh, a Senator in the aborted Third Republic said, “Threatening Mr. President to resign within seven days or be impeached is to say the least, clearly a treasonable felony. It is unfortunate that Mallam Adamu Ciroma who has been in government since the birth of this country does not know the

grounds on which the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can be impeached.

“It is clearly mischievous to feign lack of knowledge of the grounds for impeachment. His comments are treasonable and the security agencies know the consequences of treason. We hope the security agents are alive to their responsibilities to keep these unpatriotic elements in check.”

He said further, “Such wicked acts of terrorism by misguided miscreants was being exploited and mischievously manipulated by the likes of Adamu Ciroma to score cheap popularity and overheat the polity, thereby threatening the nation’s corporate existence.”

Ebute described the Adamu Ciroma-led group as recycled politicians and called on the National Assembly to ignore them.



I am waiting to face prosecution, Kaita dares FG

Ted Odogwu, Kano

The former governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawal Kaita, has reacted to the comment by the Director-General of the President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization, Senator Dalhatu Tafida, that Kaita might face prosecution for making inflammatory statements.

Kaita, during a telephone interview with the Nigerian Compass over the weekend, stated that he is not scared of anybody, as long as his actions and utterances are not in breach with the provisions of the constitution, which respects freedom of expression and opinion.

It will be recalled that about three weeks ago, Kaita had said that the North would make the country ungovernable for Jonathan if he won the 2011 presidential election.

And, in reacting to that statement, Tafida was quoted by some national newspapers as saying that the Federal Government would institute charges of conspiracy and treasonable felony against Kaita for allegedly inciting the North against the rest of the country over the controversial zoning policy of the PDP.

Kaita, who is a major stakeholder in the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has been a principal antagonist of Jonathan’s ambition to contest the 2011 election on account of the zoning of the presidency to the North till 2015 by the PDP.

He said, “There is no way the North will accept Jonathan or any other Southerner as Nigeria’s President in May 29, 2011. Should that happen, the North will make Nigeria ungovernable for Jonathan, because as far as we in the North are concerned, it is not his turn or the turn of the South to give Nigeria President in 2011.

“Anything short of a Northern president is tantamount to stealing our presidency. Jonathan has to go and he will go, even if he uses the incumbency power to get his nomination on the platform of the PDP, he would be frustrated out.

“If stating the obvious has been interpreted as a constitutional breach, then I am ready to face the action. I am around and waiting to be picked up.”



No justification for Abuja bomb blasts – Princewill

Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

The governorship candidate of the Action Congress (AC), in Rivers State during the 2007 elections, Prince Tonye Princewill, has condemned the last Friday’s bomb explosions in Abuja, describing it as sad and unfortunate.

Princewill, who is now a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, pointedly declared that there was no justification whatsoever for the wicked and callous act that sent no fewer than ten persons to their untimely graves with several others badly injured lying in their hospital beds.

In a statement by his Media Consultant, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, yesterday, he said “I hereby condemn, unequivocally, the bomb blasts that rocked Abuja during the golden jubilee independence celebration of the nation. It is sad and unfortunate.

“My heart goes out to the innocent victims of Nigeria’s dirty laundry washed in the full glare of the international public and to those whose loved ones were killed in the bomb blasts in Abuja yesterday.

“There is no justification whatsoever for that dastardly act. We should learn to see dialogue as the route for settling whatever differences we may have. We should all ponder that engagement rather than brute force is the pre-requisite for peace and only then can we secure much needed development. Be it in the Niger Delta or Nigeria as a whole.”[/b]



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northerner are born to rule and the rest to follow!!!

lovejo:

northerner are born to rule and the rest to follow!!!

sharrrap what do you mean by that?

Anybody can lead/rule and do it well. It is not the birthright of any body
But we have to be careful in selecting our leaders.
Arrangement and simple agreements should always be honored.
utterances capable of threatening the unity of Nigeria should be discourage and resisted by all means necessary
GEJ has goofed and he should face the music

Nainja oni baje oooooo

ferari90:


sharrrap what do you mean by that?

Anybody can lead/rule and do it well. It is not the birthright of any body
But we have to be careful in selecting our leaders.
Arrangement and simple agreements should always be honored.
utterances capable of threatening the unity of Nigeria should be discourage and resisted by all means necessary
GEJ has goofed and he should face the music

Nainja oni baje oooooo

u claim its not their birthright and yet u say we should not follow constitution like educated people but follow an illegitimate agreement foisted on us like slaves,

I find this very funny.

Northerners are funny indeed.