By Ben Agande
Posted to the Web: Thursday, December 29, 2005

In a statement in Abuja yesterday, the CNPP noted that the statement credited to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Communication, Chief Fani Kayode to the effect that Nigeria must insist on a leadership like Obasanjo was a veiled confirmation of the third term plot, which Nigerians must resist.

The statement signed by the CNPP’s Publicity Secretary, Osita Okechukwu, pointed out the statement by Fani Kayode was reminiscent of the Hilter era in Germany ‘‘where nobody except the Furher is capable of leading Germany and therefore the staus quo must be maintained." “CNPP can imagine from the statement how cronies captured Chief Obasanjo exploiting his innate desire for self glorification and built a cult hero around him, making him believe that without him Nigeria will disintegrate and nobody is capable of running the country.

“CNPP contends that nobody is indispensable and that there is no record that shows that Nigerians are happier today than ten or twenty years ago “We wish to state for the umpteenth time that Nigerian democracy should be allowed to flourish, therefore Nigerians should be allowed to elect whosoever they want as president” he pointed out.

The CNPP commended the catholic bishop of Abuja dioceses, John Onaiyekan for standing in defence of democracy by asking the president to resist the temptation of extending his tenure and called on other Nigerians to do the same.