03 March, 2013

2015: JONATHAN NOT FREE TO CONTEST YET –ACF


In reaction to Friday’s ruling of an Abuja High Court that President Goodluck Jonathan can contest in 2015, the Northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has said it is not over yet. ACF said the ruling of the High Court was not an automatic ticket for the President to contest yet, until the apex court in the country says so.
The forum in its reaction through its spokesman, Mr. Anthony N.Z. Sani, in Kaduna yesterday said the litigants would not rest until they ensure the court processes are exhausted. According to Sani, “you should know that the ruling is not the end of the court process.

Don’t you know the litigant will make sure they exhaust the court processes as laid down by the law? “You would recall it was the Supreme Court, which ruled that the periods served by the six governors before their re-runs must count. Left to the High Court and Appeal Court, such periods should not count, and those governors who had re-runs should serve more than the maximum eight years. “So, let us wait until the court processes are exhausted before you ask for ACF reactions on the court judgment that President Jonathan is eligible to contest in 2015,” ACF spokesman stated.
Source: Sun

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