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WHO WILL SAVE PRESIDENT  GOODLUCK JONATHAN FROM HIMSELF? It is not the intention of this writer to delve into the unpredictable arena of partisan politics in Nigeria, but as a watcher and a law abiding citizen I sincerely wish to express these opinions that are personal and I feel entitled to them since they have  being bothering me fore sometime now because of the recent happening in our polity. Thus, I ask, who will save President Goodluck Jonathan from himself? The political forecasters galavanting the capital cities of Nigeria predicting who knows what are they telling him the truth? Where is the place of ethnic envy and jealousy in this whole drama? Are there political broods and novice claiming to be masters in center stage? There are definitely more questions that I can attempt answers. But definitely, An attempt I will do with all sincerity. Ones upon a time in Nigeria we were our brothers brother as well as Sisters Sister. Particularly during military rule and the two years ci

POLITICS OF DEPLOYMENT OF SOLDIERS DURING ELECTION. The deployment of armed forces of the federation in elections is constitutionally wrong and unnecessarily dragging members of the armed forces to the arena of politics in Defence of the interest of the Commander -in-Chief. By SS. 217, 218 and 219 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) when read together the President cannot deploy members of the armed forces of the federation for "election purposes" in aid of civil authorities without an Act of the National Assembly. It must be pointed out that the Act of the National Assembly is different from a Bill or Resolution of the National Assembly. An Act of the National is a law that has gone through all the readings in the National Assembly and passed as a Bill and assented to by the President. As at today there is no Act of the National Assembly that authorizes the President as Commender-in-Chief to deploy members of the Armed Forces of the Federation 'for election duties'