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Thursday, 2 January 2014

You are a failure, Junaid tells Jonathan - Says President will be disgraced in 2015‏


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In his usual  critical stance on issues of
governance in Nigeria, Second Republic member
of the House of Representatives, Dr. Junaid
Mohammed, has again declared President
Goodluck Jonathan a failure.
He also said the President should jettison the idea
of rigging the 2015 elections to favour himself,
warning that there will be mayhem, if there was
rigging.
Mohammed in an interview with Vanguard on
Tuesday, said President Jonathan had failed in
every critical area of governance, such as
security, law and order which could win him a
second term, saying he would be disgraced at the
polls should he dare contest the election.
Mohammed, who is also a leading member of the
Northern Elders Forum, said the north would not
cast its vote for Jonathan.
He said:  “I am not and I have never been a
member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
And I have never been a governor and I don’t
think I will be a governor in this world. But what I
am saying is this: in a democracy, there is what
we call performance legitimacy.
“That is if you are elected into a position of
authority or power, your legitimacy does not only
rest on your winning the election, but also in
performing on the job so that people will say you
have done well and may be in the mood to give
you another term.
“As far as I am concerned, Jonathan did not win
the last election. Goodluck has not performed in
any manner credible that will warrant his being
re-elected or think of being considered for re-
election.
“Now, whether there was an agreement or not,
the fact of the matter is that he has failed in very
critical areas of governance. He has failed in
security. He has failed in law and order. He has
failed in economy. He has failed in everything that
matters to a government and to the people of a
country.
“Now, for me, he should not consider running but
if he is determined to run and rig the election the
way he did in 2011 together with INEC and
security services, then he is asking for mayhem in
the country and I have said it several times, if he
insists on running and rigging the election, there
will be mayhem.
“Now, many media people have chosen to ignore
the aspect where I said if he runs and rigs the
election. Let me tell you, I have been in politics
for over 40 years,
“If he can decide today that there is going to be
free and fair election by INEC in conjunction with
the Police, the DSS, then my reaction will be let
Goodluck stand for election, we will go there vote
and defeat and disgrace him. But the fact of the
matter is that people are very wary about the way
elections have been conducted in the history of
this country.”

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