Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Friday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of seeking a third term in office by taking part in the 2015 election.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant made the claim at the APC national secretariat when he came to submit his nomination form to the party leaders.
Kwankwaso, while commenting on Jonathan’s eligibility to contest next year’s election, said the President would be seeking a third term into office, which the governor called “illegal”.
“As far as we are concerned, this government is having a second term in office. They had about two years before these four years. If you add the two, they cannot be four years.
“I have searched the Constitution many times from A to Z, I have not seen anything more than eight years and l don’t know how we are going to manage it and some people have gone to court, but we are taking them to the public court.”
Commenting on his chances, the Kano helmsman said “With my candidature, you can be rest assured that more than half of PDP members will vote for me during the general election, because many of them are my friends and they wanted to cross over to the APC, but for very obvious reasons, especially because of blackmail and intimidation.
“They are finding it extremely difficult to leave that party. We are happy that they are still there and we will meet with them during the general election,” he said.
Speaking, APC National Chairman, John Oyegun, expressed confidence that the APC would defeat President Jonathan and the PDP next year.
His words: “What we are going to take over from PDP is a nation that is torn into pieces in every facet of human life but I want to assure you that we have people who will take these challenges on.
“We have manifestoes, which we are going to commit them to faithfully implement; as a matter of fact, at the screening there will be an undertaken to be signed as regards the implementation of our manifestos.”
He told Kwanwaso that “if it is the will of God,” he would emerge as the presidential candidate of the party.
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