Abubakar had dragged Buhari to the Supreme Court over the outcome of the February 23, 2019 presidential election, with the Justices deciding in favour of the President and candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
Browsing: Prof. Ben Nwabueze
The position was made known by the Igbo Leaders of Thought, an umbrella of Igbo statesmen intelligentsia led by Prof. Ben Nwabueze, on Saturday after two days of meeting in Enugu, the Enugu State capital
Nwabueze made the assertion in Port Harcourt when he chaired a Public Lecture to mark the 3rd anniversary of Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration in Rivers.
It will be recalled that a group of Northern leaders of thought, Friends of Democracy, released a northern proposal on the restructuring of Nigeria last week, calling on the country return to a 12 states structure, among other proposals
Clarifying issues after the inaugural public intervention of the emergent pan-Nigerian Movement, the group Head of Secretariat, Olawale Okunniyi, said at the weekend in Lagos that a high powered consultative team, led by elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has already initiated a major tactical consultation across Nigeria to forge a negotiated consensus among critical stakeholders on how best to restructure Nigeria
Nwabueze, at the forum, said the civil society is in support of the controversial card reader, which has been the major discourse in the polity for several weeks in build up to the general elections
Fourthly, the wild claim that Ohanaeze is acting in collaboration with Arewa Consultative Forum to retard Igbo ambition and political progress and that I personally conduct the affairs of Ohanaeze based on instructions and guidance from Aso Rock is contradictory of the political situation in the land, entirely hilarious, desperate and flies in the face of the proof of my actions and Ohanaeze’s positions on national issues in the course of my leadership thus far
Nwabueze and his group, the Concerned Igbo Leaders of Thought, had on Monday in Enugu faulted the recommendations in the report of the Okurounmu committee
Nwabueze had earlier indicated that he was not going to be a part of the committee to conduct the groundwork for the proposed conference
President Goodluck Jonathan had in his 53rd independence anniversary broadcast on Tuesday announced the intention of his administration to put together a National Conference
Speaking with State House correspondents, Prof Nwabueze, however, said it is not in doubt that President Jonathan is entitled to second term in office but insisted he should take the path of honour by not running
The elders, led by Prof. Ben Nwabueze, said during a visit on Thursday to Jonathan that though his administration was doing well, Nigerians still needed to take a position on how they want to be governed