Group charges Nigerians on election as Ijaw in Edo back Jonathan

A GROUP, Defenders of Democracy Group (DDG) has` urged Nigerians not to be dissuaded by the recent re-scheduling of general elections in the country as  it said the postponement could be a deliberate ploy by some persons to draw back the country’s fledging democracy.

   A statement by its Director General, EjoorMukoro alleged that  the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was blackmailed into agreeing to shift the election but vowed that those behind the plans would not succeed. He described the shift in election date as a coup against Nigerians.

   “The presidency fails to observe that Jonathan Goodluck, rode to power, on the sympathy of the people. Not because the people loved his party, but because people felt for him, saw in him, the face of hope… but today haven squandered his fortune and Nigeria’s good will, he is trying to force his party down the throat of everybody in the country. But Mr. President Jonathan must realize, that for Nigerians, it is not a party affair, it is not a matter of PDP or APC, but, the country seems to see in another the face of change, the face of hope, reconstruction and rejuvenation.

     Meanwhile Ijaw communities in Edo state also yesterday pledged their support for the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan for the re-scheduled March 28, presidential election.