Nigeria Will Disintegrate If Jonathan Is Stopped From Contesting 2015 Election- Iduoriyekemwen

A chieftain of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a former representative of the Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, on Thursday, said that Nigeria will disintegrate if President Goodluck Jonathan is stopped from not contesting the 2015 presidential election. 

* President Goodluck Jonathan

The ex-NDDC boss, who made the assertion in Benin City, also called on the leadership of the state PDP not to impose any candidate on the electorates before the 2016 governorship polls in the state.

Iduoriyekemwen while lauding President Jonathan's performance so far, said the incumbent president has performed better than any other president the country had produced in the past.

He described as "uncalled for" for some persons to say the president should not run for the 2015 election because of the menace of the radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram.   

"When Niger Delta militants were fighting, it did not stop the late President Umaru Yar’Adua from contesting the election. So, the fact that Boko Haram is waging war against Nigeria cannot stop Jonathan from seeking re-election" Iduoriyekemwen said. "I don’t see the Boko Haram insurgency disrupting elections in 2015. That is actually the motive of those people trying to frustrate government from conducting peaceful election in 2015".

Source: Legit.ng