Nigeria Will Break If Jonathan is Not Allowed to Contest in 2015 ––Ex-Governor Ezeife

So the 2015 ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan has now become a do-or-die affair?

Former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has declared that the country may break up if President Goodluck Jonathan is disallowed from running for a second term in office.

Dr Ezeife said: "If you say because you oppose President Jonathan’s bid for a second term in office, you are also opposed to a National Dialogue, you are saying no to one Nigeria. The truth of the matter is that opposing President Jonathan’s second term is like opposing the continued existence of Nigeria as one united country. 

"What do you think would happen if as a result of the handiwork of the opposition, President Jonathan is disallowed from running for a second term in office? Can you control what would happen? Whether you are from the North, South or West, you can’t stop President Jonathan from going for a second term and winning."

Ezeife, who said this in a chat with Vanguard, said: “At this juncture in Nigerian history, Jonathan’s interest in second term and Nigerians’ interest in the continued existence of the country have become coterminous.”

When asked what would happen if Jonathan contested the election and lost, Ezeife said:

“We would be faced with the same problem. The Niger Delta boys would blow up all the oil pipelines and then a part of the country could say they are no longer interested in Nigeria; they could say Nigeria legally expired when the nation marked its centenary and that they are now on their own."

It is very unfortunate that Dr. Ezeife, a once respected Igbo leader, could be talking like this. Really sad!