ABUJA—Security men drawn from Nigeria’s major formations took over the streets of Abuja yesterday ahead of the formal declaration by President Goodluck Jonathan today to run for a second term in office.
This happened as the four presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC have been holding series of meetings to essentially reach consensus on who would eventually fly the flag of the party in the 2015 general elections.
Meanwhile, reacting to automatic tickets given to 40 senators by President Goodluck Jonathan, members of the House of Representatives insisted yesterday that the same priviledge should be extended to them.
Three top ranking lawmakers, who spoke to Vanguard under the condition of anonymity said the situation on ground in the House is far more precarious than that of senate.
According to one of the lawmakers, who is from the South East zone, the two chambers have a lot of role to play to protect the President.
He further explained that ”One thing is certain, if we members of the House of Reps are not given automatic tickets like our Senate counterparts, we will properly help the main opposition to rock the boat.
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