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On section 145 we stand-CNPP

January 13, 2010

Conference of Nigeria Political Parties {CNPP} wishes to state for the upteenth time that Section 145 is the safety net and the common ground in the resolution of power vacuum and absence of C-in-C; consequent upon President Umaru Musa Yaradua's long absence due to his ill health.


 President Yar’adua as a matter of urgent national importance must avail himself of Section 145 for the overall interest of our fledgling democracy, the corporate existence of Nigeria and to enable him to recover speedily without distraction.
 
It is incomprehensible how a president whose mantra is rule of law is glaringly breaching the constitution he swore to defend and protect; in this instance refusal to hand over to his vice president, who ran a joint ticket with him, on this same party platform. The collateral damage of this willful breach of the constitution is unimaginable and unnecessary; it is an ill wind that blows no good.
 
After a careful analysis of the gridlock of the past 53 days of power vacuum in Nigeria and perusal of BBC interview, we are constrained to frown at the orchestra of deception being conducted by Peoples Democratic Party {PDP} leadership; consequent upon their crass failure to persuade President Yaradua to save Nigeria the unwarranted constitutional crisis; by simply transmitting a letter to National Assembly, mandating his vice president to act pending his recovery.
 
We hold PDP leadership responsible for any unintended consequence arising from the power vacuum, for we expected a responsible party leadership to have in-house admonished President Yar’adua to desist from breaching the constitution; rather the PDP is deep into playing blame games and orchestra of deception.
 
Had PDP leadership acquitted themselves as a truly democratic and genuine patriotic ruling party; the uncountable collateral damages -viz- collapse of the Amnesty in the Niger Delta, the evasive and shameful role of the National Assembly, the awkward swearing of Chief Justice of Nigeria {CJN} by a sitting CJN, the abandonment of our ECOWAS leadership, mishandling of Farouk Muttallab disaster, the Save Nigeria Group Rally and the Association of Better Nigeria of June 12 1993, variant of judgment delivered by Justice Abutu of the Federal High Court and more theatre of absurd judgment in the pipeline could have been averted?
 
Consequently CNPP calls on PDP leadership to stop fiddling like Nero, for Nigerian democracy is on fire, on hanger-cliff, the BBC interview of a frail president is a testimony; therefore Section 145 is the only SAFETY-NET, irreducible minimum and common ground to pull Nigeria out of further constitutional crisis and slide into a failed state.
 
Osita Okechukwu
National Publicity Secretary
CNPP

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