Nigeria: Nwabueze Asks Jonathan to Shelve 2015 Ambition

9 January 2014

Renowned constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, yesterday in Enugu reiterated his advice to President Goodluck Jonathan to jettison his rumoured bid to seek for a second term in office, in view of the precarious situation in the country, insisting that it was only on this basis that the president could become a great hero of democracy.

This is coming as Ndigbo of the South-east Nigeria also yesterday wrote the president asking him to reject the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC) for the proposed National Conference led by Senator Femi Okunroumu, insisting that the type of conference the committee recommended was completely different from what Nigerians demanded.

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