COSMAS EKPUNOBI

Governor Adamu in a lecture at the 2005 Senators Forum in Abuja did not only ask the ANPP to call the retired army general to order but insisted that the defeated presidential candidate should quit politics if he cannot accept the simple tenet of democracy,

Gen. Buhari had in an outburst described the Supreme Court ruling which upheld the election as President Obasanjo as an attempt to legalise political violence, thuggery and rigging as a means of winning an election in the land.

But Governor Adamu, at a public forum yesterday explained that the remark by the retired army general was an aspersion on the apex court of the land which should be condemned in strong terms.

According to him the presidential candidate should be called to order now in the interest of the nascent democracy, adding that the outburst called for the re-examination of the ANPP chieftain.

The Governor said that Gen. Buhari utterances are capable of undermining the democratic experiment. "If he (Buhari) cannot accept the tenet of democracy he should quit politic for politicians.

He said that it was sad for the same Gen. Buhari who had the courage to go to Supreme Court to now turn round to reject the verdict of the apex court.

According to him the presidential candidate should accept the verdict of the court in good faith, adding that democracy itself is based on rule of law.

Governor Adamu told the forum that Gen. Buhari can not continue to display contempt for the highest court of the land.

Also speaking the chairman of the Senators forum Senator Alex Kadir however asked the political parties to look for credible and qualified candidates to stand for election in 2007 as a way forward.

According to him the forum will continue to sensitize the people on the need to vote for people of sound mind who can serve them better.

But a second republic senator, Senator Jack Tily Giado in a remark that may have jolted some of the dignitaries at the forum said that some of the serving top government officials who served under military also contributed bringing the nation to its knees.

According him, the same people who encouraged the military to remain in power are today serving in a democrtic goverment.