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OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by omenka(m): 9:35am On Feb 03, 2013
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el- Rufai, has alleged a plot by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from winning the 2011 election.

The alleged plot, according to El-Rufai in his memoirs The Accidental Public Servant, was based on the ex-President’s perception of Jonathan as a weak leader.

El-Rufai calls the scheme an “interesting move” to stop Jonathan.

Obasanjo’s preference, he says, was a joint ticket of General Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Okonjo-Iweala also served in the Obasanjo government in the same capacity
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The book, which is due for public presentation this week in Abuja, has become a hot cake.

But for security reasons, its pre-launch circulation has been restricted to a select few.

The ex-Minister, who enjoyed the confidence of the former President and was one of his trusted aides, said of the alleged plot: “The period between 15th January and the deadline for submission of nominations by political parties to INEC had its own version of intrigues. Pastor Bakare had not immediately accepted the offer to be running mate, but the media was awash with speculations that Buhari had chosen him.

[b]“On 25th January, I was summoned by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to his hotel room at the Hilton for reasons he said were both urgent and important. On arrival, I exchanged pleasantries with Steven Oronsaye and Akin Osuntokun in the living room and we went straight into his bedroom.

“After greetings, Obasanjo asked if I was still in touch with Buhari. I replied that I was not directly but could reach him anytime I wished. He then asked that I resumed my role of emissary between the two of them and wished to know quickly if I could reach Buhari with a message. I responded that I could do so pretty quickly.

“Obasanjo then said that he concurred with my earlier belief that Jonathan would not make a competent President and that the best presidential candidate of the whole lot was Buhari.

“He expressed willingness to support Buhari and go public with it if CPC and Buhari are willing to consider his suggestions and implement them.

“Obasanjo suggested that I should convince Buhari to pick Ngozi as his running mate, enter immediately into an alliance with the ACN and ANPP, and then offer the Senate President’s position to the South-West to secure Tinubu’s support.”

The former Minister said Obasanjo offered to source for four wealthy Nigerians who could finance Buhari and CPC’s campaign.

El-Rufai added: “If Buhari agreed to these proposals, Obasanjo undertook to get three or four unnamed wealthy people to help with funding the CPC campaign, and Obasanjo would try bringing Labour Party to endorse the Buhari-Ngozi ticket.

“Obasanjo promised to resign from the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees of the PDP and announce his support for the ticket if it would be helpful. I took notes on the hotel notepaper and left, promising to report back the next day.

“It was fortuitous that both Buhari and Pastor Bakare were in Abuja, so along with Pastor Bakare we met Buhari and delivered Obasanjo’s message.

“Bakare, who until then was a reluctant running mate, saw the Obasanjo offer as good for CPC and Buhari and hoped it would free him from the burden that Buhari had imposed on him.

“He added that since Buhari had not yet officially announced his name as running mate, he would be happy to step aside for Ngozi. I was simply an emissary so I was silent, hoping that Buhari would accept so I would be free of my commitment to be at Bakare’s side!

“Buhari smiled and asked for my opinion as someone that knew Obasanjo pretty well. I told both of them that I thought Obasanjo was being honest in his recommendations as I would urge Buhari to take similar steps of merger with other parties and so on[/b]

“I doubted if Obasanjo would deliver on the monies promised and the resignation from the PDP Board of Trustees and did not even think the latter would help the CPC and GMB in anyway.

“I also added that Obasanjo’s faction of Ogun PDP had just lost all their tickets to contest the next elections and should this situation change, Obasanjo would renege on everything he had committed to. Obasanjo may also be making another strategic move of removing Bakare’s name from the ticket, in addition to responding to Jonathan’s failure to ensure that his faction got the ticket by hook or crook- something Jonathan simply refused to do, preferring to support the state governor, Gbenga Daniel and his faction.

“Buhari restated that he thought long and hard before deciding on Bakare and would not change his mind. However, we all agreed to continue to engage Obasanjo and encourage contacts with Ngozi while pushing to see real movement towards the financial and other political commitments made.

“The same evening I returned to Obasanjo to brief him. He was excited and promised to contact Ngozi, Labour Party, the ANPP leadership and a few wealthy benefactors.”

The ex-Minister also revealed how Obasanjo made a U-turn on Jonathan and threw his weight behind him regardless of his ‘weaknesses’.

He said: “Some days later on 1st February, I got a call from Prof. Julius Ihonvbere requesting a meeting to follow up on my discussions with Obasanjo and Buhari. We met in the 3G offices on 2nd February with Julius and Festus Odimegwu on the same subject.


“We exchanged information and updates on the political situation and ended with the question posed by Obasanjo to me and then to Julius and Festus- “How do we stop Jonathan from getting elected, and thereby saving the country from state failure?

“We discussed various steps but unanimously recognised that Obasanjo would abandon the plan as soon as his temporary disagreement with the Jonathan administration was resolved. Since we believed in what we were doing, we agreed to soldier on under whatever scenario.

“On 7th February, we all travelled to Abeokuta to meet with Obasanjo. Odimegwu and Julius had developed a clear roadmap about remedying the weaknesses in Buhari’s organization and campaign for Obasanjo to play his lead role in the anti-Jonathan effort.

“By then, a weird Federal High Court ruling had restored the tickets of Iyabo Obasanjo and other members of their faction in Ogun State. So true to form, Obasanjo simply back-tracked, rejected the roadmap he had asked us to prepare, and said we should now explore ways of “remedying Jonathan’s weaknesses” and supporting his candidature
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“His commitments to Buhari vanished that day, just as we all predicted on 25th January. It was a very depressing drive late at night to Lagos for the five of us-Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, Festus Odimegwu, and Prof. George Obiozor with Otunba Akingboye driving.

“We lamented Obasanjo’s consistency in putting his personal interest before that of the nation and agreed that never again will he get another opportunity to waste our time the way he just did
.”

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by omenka(m): 9:37am On Feb 03, 2013
thenationonlineng.net/new/news/2011-polls-obasanjo-wanted-buhari-okonjo-iweala-ticket-el-rufai/


Speachless...

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Gbawe: 9:44am On Feb 03, 2013
Interesting tale. Really does not matter if true or not because we all know what OBJ is capable of to understand that this could well be another account of his penchant for self-serving and unprincipled ambivalence/deceit. If Nigeria ever has a 419 university, then OBJ should be the Senior resident Professor for 'deception 101'.

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by mike404(m): 9:46am On Feb 03, 2013
Buhari again angry
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Nobody: 9:54am On Feb 03, 2013
This malan just became a born again without confessing his own sins and plead for atonement !!!! He seems to be a "super joker". I remb vividly the years when he was always seen on NTA licking Papa M.A. OBJ's butt but today they bottom from which he obtain protein and sufficient energy for more than half a decade is now black in his eyes. Pls Malam El-rufia,return your looths and beg us for forgiveness so that we can believe your sir

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Nobody: 10:06am On Feb 03, 2013
Politics is all about deception..hiding your real intention.
A real "good" man can't be a good politician.

That is the universal truth of politics.

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Bigflamie(m): 10:09am On Feb 03, 2013
Who is OBJ.
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Ayoobscom(m): 10:15am On Feb 03, 2013
It would have been awesome.....

Not some clueless gejsambo
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Nobody: 10:18am On Feb 03, 2013
In politics,its "do as I say",and not "as I do". Politics is a dirty game,no permanent friends,or foe,but only permanent interest.

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Reyspin(m): 10:19am On Feb 03, 2013
hmmmmmmmmmm....

Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by pheesayor(m): 10:22am On Feb 03, 2013
chiover: This malan just became a born again without confessing his own sins and plead for atonement !!!! He seems to be a "super joker". I remb vividly the years when he was always seen on NTA licking Papa M.A. OBJ's butt but today they bottom from which he obtain protein and sufficient energy for more than half a decade is now black in his eyes. Pls Malam El-rufia,return your looths and beg us for forgiveness so that we can believe your sir
did he loot from you?

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Kairoseki77: 10:23am On Feb 03, 2013
omenka: “He expressed willingness to support Buhari and go public with it if CPC and Buhari are willing to consider his suggestions and implement them.

“Obasanjo suggested that I should convince Buhari to pick Ngozi as his running mate, enter immediately into an alliance with the ACN and ANPP, and then offer the Senate President’s position to the South-West to secure Tinubu’s support.”

First - I think this is a bold face lie. Obasanjo and his lakeys are trying to take credit for everything in Nigeria, and are trying to control the government from out of office.

Second - Obasanjo is starting to get creepy. It's time to let it go. Your time is done. Go away peacefully and stop making a fool of yourself.

Third - I can't wait to see all the front page posts on Monday from the opposition parties calling Obj a liar, the PDP posts calling OBJ a liar, and OBJ's lackeys calling everyone else liars. This is going to be fun.

Fourth - It's obvious that Obj has been virtually pushed out of power in PDP and is desperately trying to find some way to get back into power. He must be addicted to the feeling, because we all know he has stolen enough money to last a lifetime.

omenka: We lamented Obasanjo’s consistency in putting his personal interest before that of the nation... shocked

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by onatisi(m): 10:27am On Feb 03, 2013
Bigflamie: Who is OBJ.
a nollywood actor

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by omarky(m): 10:38am On Feb 03, 2013
OBJ shud never be taken serious in politics. He is a confused man as stated by d presidency camp. He is so self centered. D AD governors except the Jagaban had there own share of OBJ's political coallation. He's not to be trusted.....

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by brownlord: 10:43am On Feb 03, 2013
How. That one take cousine me na?
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by seunfly: 10:43am On Feb 03, 2013
What they did not know is that, he used that to undermine their strenght and slow them down interms of political progress. That is pdp strategy all this while.
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by mike404(m): 10:48am On Feb 03, 2013
Bigflamie: Who is OBJ.
ANDY WHITEFIELD AKA SPARTACUSgringringrin
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by bestower: 10:51am On Feb 03, 2013
The memoir THE ACCIDENTIAL PUBLIC SERVANT,wish i can lay my hands on one copy to see more revelations.On the hand,OBJ is not a trusted ally when it comes into d game of politics, el rufai is also a deceit in vogue an errand boy in nigeria politics of today shame on him and to all those who imposed canditates to almost 150 million people.

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by onatisi(m): 10:52am On Feb 03, 2013
cool angry
nigerians can believe anything rubbish you feed them.
so is it becos rufai said all this things that makes it real?how are we sure all this isnt a fabrication be rufai?we have seen so many publication details been disputed.as far as i am concerned no politician is to be believed and el rufai is just trying to sell buhari candidacy to nigerian.
never believe anything a nigerian politician tells u.
back to my azonto on kukere levels

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by oparahchi(m): 10:59am On Feb 03, 2013
Quite an interesting tale. was hoping the story wont come to an end so soon. look forward to getting a hold of the book. However, in the light of the matter addressed in this tale, i believe the Buhari/ okonjo combo would have made substantial positive impact on the nation. i still believe amongst the rotten eggs we have as politicians, Buhari still remains the most qualified person to sail our ship to a sound end(my opinion).

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by 76virgins(m): 10:59am On Feb 03, 2013
cheesy grin ;DAll of them OBJ,GMB,GEJ,RUFAI & EWEALA all need virgins grin grin

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by ibsmooth: 11:01am On Feb 03, 2013
AM SLEEPING...........................SOMEBODY WAKE ME PLS ON 20TH APRIL,2015.
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Nobody: 11:04am On Feb 03, 2013
From the look of things 2015 won't be easy.

Seems like a good book too, I hope I can get my hands on it.
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by AndroBlaze: 11:06am On Feb 03, 2013
The sad thing is this just confirms what I have always believed.... Nigerian leaders have always known what is right, they just continually choose to do what is wrong.

Look at them playing with the fate of 200 million people like draughts, only God can forgive these sins.

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by UnimkeAk(m): 11:07am On Feb 03, 2013
2015 elections: We aint voting for Buhari nor GEJ.. Period.
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by onatisi(m): 11:14am On Feb 03, 2013
Unimke_Ak: 2015 elections: We aint voting for Buhari nor GEJ.. Period.
thank God we still have sensible ppl like this in nigeria.God bless u for this comment

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by gerald09(m): 11:17am On Feb 03, 2013
Tot there is saying "when u get older u get wiser" dem dudes ain't getting wiser.
Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by strangest(m): 11:23am On Feb 03, 2013
SEUN please hire El-Rufai... make im dey monitor scammers here on NL... He needs a job grin sad

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by Abagworo(m): 11:24am On Feb 03, 2013
Obasanjo remains the greatest and most patriotic Nigerian ever.

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by gerald09(m): 11:29am On Feb 03, 2013
oparah chi: Quite an interesting tale. was hoping the story wont come to an end so soon. look forward to getting a hold of the book. However, in the light of the matter addressed in this tale, i believe the Buhari/ okonjo combo would have made substantial positive impact on the nation. i still believe amongst the rotten eggs we have as politicians, Buhari still remains the most qualified person to sail our ship to a sound end(my opinion).
I like u opinion, but buhari getting that sit is going to be by a miracle why don't buhari get a young person that share the same believe in change as he does and front him for 2015 rather than fight for what is obviously not his and will neva. Who says he can't change Nigeria from where he is. He should come out and support another candidate and believe me every Nigerian will support him and his candidate. Nigerians don't want buhari to be president for our different reason but Ѿε̲̣̣̣̥ all like him for 1 he's the only man with an idea that will lead to change.

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by TRUTHTELA: 11:35am On Feb 03, 2013
Nothing to read about El Rufai, can somebody pls ask him this, IF YOU WEREN'T SCHEMED OUT OF POWER would you have been this concerned about the common man? How come after your " accidental rise" in public office you became a MILLIONAIRE overnite? El rufai is a ROGUE, so, I will NEVER trust or believe anything written by him.

El rufai, the SELL OUT, dumped Atiku that brought him to power and aligned with Obj, when Obj, and atiku were fighting for power.

Obasanjo, is a bigger ROGUE. I careless about his thoughts and actions, they're not for any GOOD. If his own BIOLOGICAL SON WILL TELL THE WHOLE WORLD WHO HE IS, then , I don't know why ordinary Nigerians will take this INCES.T INFESTED ROGUE serious.

The only name that worth discussing here is Buhari, is he going to contest with Oby Ezekwesili?? That's want I want to hear, then I will fly down to that Banana republic and cast my vote. If not, NEXT topic pls...

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Re: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by omenka(m): 11:40am On Feb 03, 2013
Obj is an 'A' class Machiavellian! He observes every law of power to the letter. Cunning old fox. Who would've thought even in his wildest dreams that the man could concieve such a scheme? The world we live in is all about self preservation and interests. The only thing that gives them the shade they assume (either good or evil) is how one goes about achieving those goals. Indeed there are no parmanent friends nor foes.
Looking to learn more about the master of deciet and cunning.

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