Date Published: 01/04/10

Top Politicians to converge on Presidential Crisis

Media Report

Monday, 4 th January 2010

Atiku

Leading politicians and activists in the country are already holding  consultations on how  best  to intervene in the constitutional crisis created by the continued absence of President Umaru Yar’adua from the seat of power with nobody in particular acting for him.

The National Democratic Movement, NDM at its last plenary in Abuja had advised leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP and indeed the Federal Government to respect provisions of the constitution on the matter to avoid a situation where the country will be thrown into a full blown political crisis.

Again, a group of hundred lawyers at a confab last week also issued an ultimatum to the effect that President Yar’adua must return back his stable by January 31 or His vice Jonathan Goodluck be allowed to act for him  to avoid their wrath.

Some Leaders of the Mega Movement have also said these demands coupled with the fact that the political class may not want to lose out to another unpredictable military gangsters, who may drift the nation back to draconian rule, have prompted the leading members of the mega summit movement to begin consultations on what should be the intervention of the political class in forestalling a possible breakdown of the political process in the country.

Commenting on the issue on Monday in Abuja, the Secretary of the Mega Summit Movement, Olawale Okunniyi said the intervention of the political class in the constitutional crisis created by Yar’ adua health is inevitable considering the negative scenario already steering the nation in the face.

He said the Leader of the Mega Summit Movement, MSM, Chief Anthony Enahoro is already being briefed about the situation and he may again be advised to review the ongoing process and summon a special all politicians summit to decide the intervention of the political class in this matter.

Okunniyi, who also double as PRONACO Spokesman said leaders of the Peoples’ National Conference hosted by PRONACO between January 2005 and August 20006, All Chairmen of Political parties in the country and leading political icons in various political formations, including Gen Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Atiku Aburbarkar, Chief Olu Falae, Alhaji Balkarabe Musa, Dr Tunji Braithwaite, Prof Pat Utomi, Alhaji Lateef Jakande among others may also be consulted over the presidential crisis.

“The scenario suddenly created by the president’ health poses some grave consequences to national unity and stability, we need to urgently halt and control the situation in order not to find the nation again in the hands of opportunistic power hijackers. So the political class needs to intervene now to stem impending political disaster”

What is paramount now given the emergency in the country, with nobody officially in charge, is a special convergence of the political class across every divide to urgently take position on the current power vacuum in the country instead of waiting for the proposed all issues summit, which may be truncated by a counterproductive intervention caused by our collective inaction. Okunniyi declared

Signed

Obafemi Olubori

Media Assistant