Anambra State’s
former governor, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, believes that Nigeria as a country
will disintegrate is President Goodluck Jonathan doesn’t contest a second term
in the 2015 national elections.
Speaking to
Vanguard newspaper in Abuja, he said that Jonathan’s re-election and Nigeria’s
future were intertwined, and if he doesn’t run for office again, the Niger
Delta militants will cause chaos in the country and seek autonomy from Nigeria.
“The truth of the
matter is that opposing President Jonathan's second term is like opposing the
continued existence of Nigeria as one united country,” he said. “What do you
think would happen if as a result of the handiwork of the opposition, President
Jonathan is disallowed from running for a second term in office?
“Whether you are
from the North, South or West, you can't stop President Jonathan from going for
a second term and winning.”
Ezeife also
declared that if the President lost the elections, there will be anarchy in the
Niger Delta.
“The Niger Delta
boys would blow up all the oil pipelines and then a part of the country could
say they are no longer interested in Nigeria; they could say Nigeria legally
expired when the nation marked its centenary and that they are now on their
own.”
The former
governor said he was opposed to such a thing happening, but maintained that the
scenario he described is possible if the country only considers its short term
interests and not the long term implications.
"If Jonathan
contests and loses in a free and fair election where Nigerians truly vote
against him, it would be less bloody than if he is not allowed to contest at
all."
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