North launches ‘final assault’ on Jonathan

The Nation

23 March 2011

North launches ‘final assault’ on Jonathan

Barely 18 days to the presidential election, some stakeholders in the North have advised three leading presidential candidates to form an alliance to stop President Goodluck Jonathan.

They met on Monday night in Abuja with Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Congress for Progressive Change); Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (Action Congress of Nigeria); and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau (All Nigeria Peoples Party).

The new coalition of Northern stakeholders is different from the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF), which is at the vanguard of the retention of the presidency by the North.

The Northern stakeholders, including a retired President of the Court of Appeal, met with the trio late into the night at a private residence in Abuja .

Members of the new group are professionals, youth leaders and members, civil society groups and some members of the Council of Ulamas.