Politics Jonathan free to run for 2015 under the constitution – Northern Forum

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Adverse to oppositions mounting against President Jonathan from the northern part of the country, a forum from the north, the Transformation Agenda Solidarity Forum, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan is free to contest the 2015 presidential election.

According to Punch Newspaper, the Leader of the forum, and a former chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Alhaji Muhammad Gwaska, on Tuesday, said that the constitution still allows the President to contest for another term.

Speaking in Abuja, Gwaska said, “Let me tell you and let me tell every Nigerian that we have a constitution and we must respect the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“What I know is that under the constitution of this country, a person who is elected as president will serve the first tenure of four years and at the end of that if members of his political are willing they could still urge him to contest for another four years, and that is the second tenure.

“He will contest general
 
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