{"id":439715,"date":"2011-06-12T01:10:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T01:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/12\/david-mark-warns-on-2015-presidency-don%e2%80%99t-campaign-for-me\/"},"modified":"2011-06-12T01:10:29","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T01:10:29","slug":"david-mark-warns-on-2015-presidency-dont-campaign-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/12\/david-mark-warns-on-2015-presidency-dont-campaign-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"David Mark warns on 2015 presidency: Don\u2019t campaign for me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"56\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0BY\u00a0 PETER DURU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate President\u00a0 David Mark has\u00a0 cautioned his supporters and leaders of the Benue South Senatorial district against campaigning for him in the 2015 presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Mark warned that it was morally wrong for anyone to embark on such a campaign for him when he did not commission anyone to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Otukpo at a special luncheon he organised at the weekend to express his gratitude to the people of Benue South district for electing him back to the Senate, Mark asked Idoma leaders to support him to complete his second term as Senate president, rather than expend energy on presidential campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cPlease stop the campaigns; no more further campaigns for what will happen in 2015. The time has not come and we cannot afford the distraction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mark urged the Benue South to offer him the complete support he needs to successfully carry out the duties of his office.<\/p>\n<p>While appreciating Nigerians for their support for his leadership of the Senate, the Senate president particularly expressed gratitude to President Jonathan and wife, Dame Patience, for backing his re-election from the very day he declared his intention for his fourth term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/06\/david-mark-warns-on-2015-presidency-don\u2019t-campaign-for-me\/\" title=\"David Mark warns on 2015 presidency: Don\u2019t campaign for me\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Mark warns on 2015 presidency: Don\u2019t campaign for me<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a0BY\u00a0 PETER DURU Senate President\u00a0 David Mark has\u00a0 cautioned his supporters and leaders of the Benue South Senatorial district against campaigning for him in the 2015 presidency. Mark warned that it was morally wrong for anyone to embark on such a campaign for him when he did not commission anyone to do so. Speaking in Otukpo at a special luncheon he organised at the weekend to express his gratitude to the people of Benue South district for electing him back to the Senate, Mark asked Idoma leaders to support him to complete his second term as Senate president, rather than expend energy on presidential campaigns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":439716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-439715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Mark warns on 2015 presidency: Don\u2019t campaign for me - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/12\/david-mark-warns-on-2015-presidency-dont-campaign-for-me\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"David Mark warns on 2015 presidency: Don\u2019t campaign for me - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0BY\u00a0 PETER DURU Senate President\u00a0 David Mark has\u00a0 cautioned his supporters and leaders of the Benue South Senatorial district against campaigning for him in the 2015 presidency. 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