One-party state will lead to Anarchy – Jonathan warns
…..Says Defection is worrisome
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that any attempt or manipulation to go through the back door to impose a one-party system into the nation’s political space will surely suffocate the country and possibly lead to confusion and anarchy.
Giving his tribute in Abuja during the Memorial Lecture and Day of Tribute for the late former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, the former President who noted that a one party state may not be an evil thing because Julius Nyerere of Tanzania used it to unite his country because of many tribes, but was procedural and not through manipulation.
He said everything must be done legitimately to protect and preserve democracy in Nigeria.
The former president paid glowing tribute to late Clerk largely believed was Jonathan’s political godfather saying he was a Man who stood to be counted when it mattered .
He said Chief Clerk was a great mentor who was brutally frank and spoke truth to power .
The former president noted that Clerk left a legacy of integrity and was patriotic to the end.
He said Nigeria has lost a bright and fertile mind in Clerk even as he prayed that God grant him eternal rest.
