FORMER Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has told Nigerians not to give President Goodluck Jonathan a second term in 2015.
The former minister spoke in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, when he visited Governor Sule Lamido.
Fani-Kayode said Jonathan’s stay beyond 2015 would be a threat to the nation’s stability and unity, adding that “he is incompetent to lead the most populous black nation.”
He called on stakeholders to join forces to save democracy and economy.
The former minister called on members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) to fight the PDP to a standstill.
He said: “As long as the President continues to run the party and the country the way he is doing then we need to ensure that he doesn’t come back.
“The way to do that is to leave and fight from outside. I feel that when those who are fighting from inside are subjected to this kind of thing it vindicates our position. The other thing is that regardless of the party we belong we really do need the change.
“It doesn’t matter which party you are in. Everyone is invited to the nPDP, which I call the original PDP.”
Fani-Kayode decried the high handedness of the Jonathan administration, which has no respect for founding fathers of the party like Lamido.
He said Lamido, one of the foremost founders of the party from G9 to G34, had sacrificed so much for the country, adding that the governor should not be subjected to the humiliation being metted out to the G7 governors.
The former minister said it was time Nigerians started thinking of positive change in leadership.
“I have nothing against Jonathan; he is a gentleman but he is incompetent to lead Nigeria so we still need effective change in leadership.”
The former minister said it was the “tyranny” in the PDP that led to his dumping the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) about seven months ago, adding that PDP’s implosion was a vindication of his action.