{"id":814,"date":"2021-10-16T14:02:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T13:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/16\/2031-presidency-dont-threaten-us-northern-elders-warns-pandef\/"},"modified":"2021-10-16T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T13:02:54","slug":"2031-presidency-dont-threaten-us-northern-elders-warns-pandef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/10\/16\/2031-presidency-dont-threaten-us-northern-elders-warns-pandef\/","title":{"rendered":"2031 Presidency: Don\u2019t Threaten Us, Northern Elders Warns PANDEF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The forum said this while reacting to PANDEF\u2019s statement that the north should wait till 2031 before producing another president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Northern Elders\u2019 Forum has warned Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) against issuing any threat over the presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forum said this while reacting to PANDEF\u2019s statement that the north should wait till 2031 before producing another president.
In a press statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, said it should be unthinkable that the North should contemplate clutching onto the presidential seat at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s two tenures of eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in a chat with Daily Trust, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, NEF\u2019s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, warned that perhaps PANDEF and other groups have not been listening to the north when it stated that it shall not be threatened or intimidated by any group or region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe truth of the matter is, whatever PANDEF says, no matter what any group says, the fundamental right of every citizen to elect his candidate and the rights of all political parties to choose candidates must be respected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBetween this legal provision and the exigencies of managing a plural and diverse nation, politicians should fill the vacuum by doing the serious work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe north is willing to sit down with anybody and discuss how these things can be done, but we can\u2019t get anything by threats and again, we have said this so many times, don\u2019t threaten the north, we will not be intimidated, there is a way to do this, it is what the law says we should do, it is what the political process demands we should do. And when you keep speaking in this kind of language, it just simply foul the atmosphere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He advised PANDEF and other organisations to insist on a competent Nigerian who must run an inclusive administration that will integrate everybody into the process<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: The Union Nigeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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