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Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by dre11(m): 7:05am On Feb 22, 2015
Afenifere chieftain and elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has warned the people of the South-West against casting their votes in the coming elections for candidates that will endanger the political and economic interest of the region.

Adebanjo who spoke at a pro-national conference summit held in Akure, Ondo State, said the South-West region was at the forefront of the campaign for a restructured Nigeria which was captured in the recommendations of the last National Conference.

He said only a presidential candidate committed to implementing the recommendations of the confab report should be supported and voted for in the coming general elections.

“Some people are trying to sell the Yoruba nation and scuttle all what we have fought for over the years. If we fail to achieve this, I don’t know how Papa Obafemi Awolowo will be feeling in his grave,” Adebanjo said.

The summit, which was convened by the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, to review recommendations of the National Conference, 2014, in view of the coming elections.

Adebanjo, who chaired the summit, tagged National Conference, 2015 Elections and the Yoruba Nation, said that the support expressed by Afenifere for Jonathan was not partisan, but based on the interest of the people of the South-West who had since the time of Awolowo, campaigned for the restructuring of the country.

He said the vision of a restructured Nigeria was being realised with the convening of the last National Conference and would become fruitful if the government that convened it was allowed to continue in office beyond May 29, 2015.

According to him, some people who are not fully aware of the consequences of the death of the confab report are clamouring for change, saying once General Muhammadu Buhari becomes President, the Yoruba people should prepare for another era of setbacks and sufferings.

“We are supporting Jonathan because of consistency. Consistency of the Yoruba people to have this country restructured so that it can develop,” he said.

http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-sell-south-west-for-nothing-adebanjo-tells-yorubas/

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by dre11(m): 7:09am On Feb 22, 2015
He should first tell us how much he sold his own to GEJ for him to be bringing confab resolution as the only reason and platform to support this government without telling us what any other tangible thing this present government has done








We aren't blinded by this
How many white paper reports have being implemented by this government to now talk about report

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by opiaoku: 7:14am On Feb 22, 2015
These are real yorubas talking not some wanabes nairaland tribal warlord bastards


You'll be surprised how Gej will get 70% of votes in south West

They made us believe that yorubas hate Gej but the fact remains that it's Tinubu's goon that hates him.



GEJ till 2019
Buhari is a certified terrorist

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by BeeBeeOoh(m): 7:14am On Feb 22, 2015
Yoruba People know who meant well for them. Leave matter for mathias, just watching march 28th faraway from pluto.. Besides, what sort of change do expect from this set of people

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Nobody: 7:15am On Feb 22, 2015
SW says to Hell with GEJ

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Nobody: 7:16am On Feb 22, 2015
opiaoku:
These are real yorubas talking not some wanabes nairaland tribal warlord bastards


You'll be surprised how Gej will get 70% of votes in south West

They made us believe that yorubas hate Gej but the fact remains that it's Tinubu's goon that hates him.



GEJ till 2019
Buhari is a certified terrorist
GEJ will get 203% in another SW not SW nigeria. Fool

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by menesheh(m): 7:23am On Feb 22, 2015
Nice one

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by oduastates: 7:26am On Feb 22, 2015
Editorial: Yoruba Historical Imperative by ooduapathfinder: 5:12am
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PDP’s Afenifere, through its reported Communique issued at the end of its Akure meeting has provided the Global Yoruba Nation with its historical imperative within the current political circumstances. It says: “The Yoruba nation is committed to a united and indivisible Nigeria based on the principle of justice, equity and rule of law with ample respect and understanding for cultural, religious and linguistic differences; we resolved to fully back and work for the reelection of President Goodluck Jonathan in the Presidential election as only this could guarantee the implementation of the Confab recommendation”
Two issues arise from this: on the one hand, the concept of the “Yoruba Nation” along with “justice, equity and rule of law” and on the other, canvassing support for Goodluck Jonathan based on his sole capability for implementation of the Confab recommendations.
When it referenced the “Yoruba Nation”—the question that immediately crops up is its definition since, according to Segun Mimiko, during his second term run for Governor of Ondo State, the Yoruba living outside Ondo State are considered as foreigners. If there was no “Yoruba nation” at that time, when did such a Nation come into being? Are those Yoruba foreigners part of this new-found Yoruba Nation? Or is it that Yoruba nationhood is dependent on political circumstances and not a reality in and of itself?
It goes on to say such a nation is committed to a “united and indivisible Nigeria based on the principle of justice, equity and rule of law.” This obviously implies that the authentic Yoruba Nation has forgotten that this PDP’s Afenifere itself, as well as Goodluck Jonathan, are serial violators of all of these.
For record purposes, these violations need to be repeated, for, being already in the public domain, there is no insult to our collective intelligence higher than what PDP’s Afenifere people are doing while hiding behind the mask of these principles.
Segun Mimiko was the promoter of 16>19 in the Governor’s Forum election; his changing over from his Labor Party into the PDP after the PDP had extensively rigged the Ekiti State election, which proof is now evident via the audio recording by one of its participants and where the PDP Governor not only beat up and harassed sitting judges but also tore up court records whilst also ending up with making 6>17 in the Ekiti State Assembly; it is also in the same Ekiti that a police officer detained the person of the Governor and also demeaned the office of the Governor by claiming “orders from above”; such that questions would be asked of the “rule of law” when a Constitutionally protected official is subjected to the whims and caprices of an official, who, ordinarily, is subject to existing Constitutional order which makes no provision for any “orders from above”.
Similar scenarios also played out in the State of Osun, with the ante being upped by the presence of Ijaw terrorists performing supposedly security duties on behalf of the PDP while the official security agencies looked the other way when they are not themselves terrorizing the people.
Furthermore, Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidency has continuously flouted the Constitution and rule of Law, not only in his treatment of Justice Salami, but also that of the then CBN Governor and recently, hiding behind security to violate the electoral laws of the land. Hence, on justice, equity and rule of law, the PDP in general and the Afenifere in particular, are as guilty as they come and they cannot now hypocritically proclaim their adherence to the values they had serially violated.
Goodluck Jonathan had made it a point of duty to negate all of what the Yoruba had historically lived by and promoted as a way of life, and doing so in an in-your-face manner and PDP’s Afenifere found these as necessary.
When Goodluck Jonathan, in the presence of Afenifere Elders, proclaimed that Nigeria does not need old people to run her affairs, these Elders kept mute, even when one of the existential paradigms of Yoruba People hinge on the concept of the mutuality of the old and the young in social advancement. Goodluck Jonathan has now also made a “promise” to create Cooperative Universities in Yorubaland, again, with the connivance of these Elders; when, even from their own experience, cooperative societies in Yorubaland had always been not only a product of, but an integral part of economic development which was negated when the general economic conditions in Nigeria became relegated to merely buying and selling which turned the cooperative societies into some sort of lending institutions. Even at that, such lending operates within the downward spiral of Nigeria’s economy which is now in tatters, such that a Cooperative University with no direct impact on economic productivity among the graduands is simply playing to the gallery.
PDP’s Afenifere based its support for Goodluck Jonathan on his supposed ability to implement the report of his National Conference yet, there is nothing in the Jonathan Conference recommendations that faintly resembles “True Federalism”; even as one of its leading members, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, stated that they went to the conference to play. A plaything has now become a historical necessity.
“ooduapathfinder” cannot find any recommendation in the report of Jonathan Conference that resembles True Federalism in any form. The report is a public document, which can be accessed heresad 2014 National Conference Report: www.premiumtimesng.com/…conference/…/National-Conference-2014- Report-August-2014-Table-of-Contents-Chapters-1-7.pdf)

[b] The authentic Yoruba Nation had always hinged its demand for Restructuring/True Federalism on what the Egbe Omo Oduduwa had earlier proclaimed as “the propagation of the ideal of a modern Yoruba State and Federal State of Nigeria through the agency of reliable persons who share our ideals”, which was further enunciated by the Yoruba Agenda, settled since 1994, as the “ pursuit of “True Federalism” with “the right of the Yoruba of Nigeria (living in Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo states and other yoruba kingdoms zones into other states) to live under a Regional government within the Federation of Nigeria. The Yoruba Region shall have the right to negotiate with other nationalities of Nigeria along the laid down principles of true federalism, justice and equity”.
But PDP’s Afenifere enumerated the following as its own conclusions from the Jonathan Conference, which it now wants us to support: “state police, state constitutions, zonal commissions etc” as if these constitute the essence of True Federalism. [/b]
ooduapathfinder” says that having a State Police is only a consequence and not the cause of True Federalism; especially when states in Nigeria depend almost entirely on central allocations to even pay their workers’ salaries and PDP’s Afenifere wants to saddle the same states with a police force when issues of fiscal federalism, resource control/derivation and devolution of powers are left to some imaginary “technical committee” to sort out.
The essence of Federalism is based on a Constituent generating its revenue while also being able to determine how such revenue is spent, which translates into such Constituents not being dependent on allocations from a center thereby making its economic and political outlay independent of that center which the Jonathan Conference did not even address.
PDP’s Afenifere turned Federalism on its head when it promoted the idea of states having their own constitutions as an achievement of the Jonathan Conference, when, by definition, a Federation implies that some entities have agreed to Federate–meaning those who wish to federate must, ab initio, determine what they are to give up for the sake of that Federation. A “federation” cannot therefore exist before the Constituents determine what they are to give up. The Constituents must first have their Constitutions or agreement on what they want to give up which will be the basis for negotiating a Federation.
If PDP’s Afenifere is now saying that there is a 1999 Constitution that needs to be amended for this to happen, such amendment must only recognize the existence of these Constituents, as a precondition, either as states/zones/Regions etc for these already exist; hence in the true spirit of Federalism, a “Federal” Constitution cannot mandate a Constituent Constitution, the violation which made PDP’s Afenifere promote the notion that there is need for a “zonal commission” in a Federal set-up; when, by definition, a Constituent Unit is already a political/economic contiguity that makes a “zonal commission” superfluous.
When PDP’s Afenifere therefore says it wants the Yoruba to support Jonathan because he will implement the recommendations, it is obvious, from the recommendations of the Conference, that Goodluck Jonathan is not in pursuit of “True Federalism” but the strengthening of his presidency contrary to established concepts of Federalism and PDP’s Afenifere has now formally turned everything the Yoruba had historically championed into its exact opposite; hence both PDP’s Afenifere as well as Goodluck Jonathan must be rejected at the polls. This is the historical imperative for the Yoruba Nation.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Faibuhari: 7:33am On Feb 22, 2015
SW will share the votes between PDP and APC but GEJ will win

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Islie: 7:41am On Feb 22, 2015
This people should just say the want the share of the largesse that the President is sharing and not come up with the Yoruba agenda they are trying to sell to us

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Kingspin(m): 7:48am On Feb 22, 2015
No mind them dnt know why some people hate good things. We need to implement the report of the national conference. #Vote GEJ, so that we can restructure the country. And some people are joking with APC when have serious matter at hand. Vote for good Nigeria.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by PassingShot(m): 7:51am On Feb 22, 2015
Faibuhari:
SW will share the votes between PDP and APC but GEJ will win


Dreaming is allowed.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Eggcelent(m): 8:03am On Feb 22, 2015
I'll be surprised if GEJ wins in the SW. My expectation is based on 2 reasons; 1. The 2 PDP governors in the zone ain't particularly loved by their people. Mimiko's public rating has been falling since he won his 2nd term bid & contrary to what might be in the media, old members of the PDP are still committed to embarrassing the governor at the polls by ensuring victory for the APC due to the way they were sidelined. As for Fayose, well, I'll rather not say anything. The second thing that will count against GEJ in the region is his PERCEIVED non-performance & corrupt tendencies. No physical infrastructure of particular significance has been put in place in the region since GEJ assumed leadership of the nation. I perceive that NIGERIANS IN THE REGION AIN'T PARTICULARLY FOND OF GMB, BUT ARE DISAPPOINTED IN THE INCUMBENT. A LACK OF VIABLE ALTERNATIVE MAY MEAN TURN-OUT IN THE REGION WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Nobody: 8:07am On Feb 22, 2015
I simply love the term " PDP'S AFENIFERE"

My own is the AFENIFERE RENEWAL GROUP....that is the group that speaks for me for now....not these Yeye thieves.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by egift(m): 8:08am On Feb 22, 2015
Jonathan's promise is weightless. 5yrs after as President and Trillions squandered, Nigerians are not better off.

The Yorubas are far better off as Second-In-Command and major stakeholders in a Buhari Presidency than be depending on the vabal promises of a man who has proven many time he cannot keep to his words. Ask PDP, NGF, Lawmakers, OBJ and Nigerians - It is a known fact.

Sai Buhari all the way!

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Nobody: 8:10am On Feb 22, 2015
So the National Conference was a plan after all to support the re-election of Mr. gej. All the participants are now singing praises of the President. Nonsense!! I'm not surprised. Money is a great barometer of people’s integrity. Money often reveals who a typical Nigerian really is.
Afenifere should shove their advise up their ass. We're sorry but our minds made up already.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by opiaoku: 9:20am On Feb 22, 2015
1toRtoiSe1:
GEJ will get 203% in another SW not SW nigeria. Fool

You're not included in southwest

No body knows you

You don't even have pvc


Btw


Buhari is a terrorist
Apc Is bokoharam
Gej till 2019

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by macof(m): 10:11am On Feb 24, 2015
1toRtoiSe1:
SW says to Hell with GEJ

is ur name SW?

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by macof(m): 10:12am On Feb 24, 2015
1toRtoiSe1:
GEJ will get 203% in another SW not SW nigeria. Fool

And how many pvcs no u have? Jst 1 or maybe none
Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by macof(m): 10:13am On Feb 24, 2015
harde2lah:
So the National Conference was a plan after all to support the re-election of Mr. gej. All the participants are now singing praises of the President. Nonsense!! I'm not surprised. Money is a great barometer of people’s integrity. Money often reveals who a typical Nigerian really is.
Afenifere should shove their advise up their ass. We're sorry but our minds made up already.

when people say the truth daft people like u call them criminals that have taken money
is a man suppose to collect money to speak the truth?
Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by waternogetemeny: 10:15am On Feb 24, 2015
BEFORE GEJ, THERE WAS NO PDP GOV IN THE SOUTHWEST. SOUTHWEST WAS APC, THE OPPOSITION PARTY.

GEJ WANTED A SOUTHWEST SPEAKER IN THE HOUSE OF REPS, IT WAS THE SAME SOUTH WEST APC LEADERS THAT VOTED FOR THE NORTH.(TAMBUWAL) ALL THE STATES UNDER APC IN THE SOUTH WEST, BECAME ANTI-JONATHAN. THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.


DESPITE ALL THESE SET BACKS, GEJ COMMISSIONED MORE PROJECTS IN THE SOUTHWEST THAN SOUTH EAST OR SOUTH SOUTH.

MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LIKES OF AGBAJE, FAYOSE, OMISERE, MIMIKO, FFK AND CO, IT IS A BIG GAME CHANGER.

SOUTHWEST WILL TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE WITH PDP IN NIGERIA.

APC IS FOR THE NORTH, PDP IS FOR THE SOUTH VOTE PDP, VOTE WISELY.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by macof(m): 10:16am On Feb 24, 2015
egift:
Jonathan's promise is weightless. 5yrs after as President and Trillions squandered, Nigerians are not better off.

The Yorubas are far better off as Second-In-Command and major stakeholders in a Buhari Presidency than be depending on the vabal promises of a man who has proven many time he cannot keep to his words. Ask PDP, NGF, Lawmakers, OBJ and Nigerians - It is a known fact.

Sai Buhari all the way!

2nd in command osi wo? You think Yorubas are like other parts of Nigeria that stress over individual positions?
Look around, we are the most educated, richest, exposed and civilized not by individual posts but collective struggle for the entire Yoruba nation.
Bleep 2nd in command. We want all Yorubas to be uplifted

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Nobody: 10:20am On Feb 24, 2015
macof:


when people say the truth daft people like u call them criminals that have taken money
is a man suppose to collect money to speak the truth?
Your father is the daft one here eediot

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by KwoiZabo(m): 10:30am On Feb 24, 2015
Yar'adua died on the 5th of May 2010, so Goodluck has governed this country for 4yrs 9months and not 6yrs

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by macof(m): 10:33am On Feb 24, 2015
harde2lah:

Your father is the daft one here eediot

And u know my father? smh jst as u posted this rubbish u have proved me right
You are daft
Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by dridowu: 10:37am On Feb 24, 2015
I am from SW Nigeria , my vote is not for sale. I am voting #GMB . Pa Adebanjo is free to vote for whoever he likes, i careless about his choice.
Ipinle Yoruba o ni daru oooooooooo

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Nobody: 10:47am On Feb 24, 2015
macof:


[s]And u know my father? smh jst as u posted this rubbish u have proved me right
You are daft[/s]
Go and die Fool! seems you must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Nobody: 11:07am On Feb 24, 2015
PassingShot:



Dreaming is allowed.

What he said is the plain truth, only those that choose to deliberately deceive themselves like you deny it. embarassed embarassed
Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Nobody: 11:09am On Feb 24, 2015
harde2lah:

[s]Go and die Fool! seems you must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning[/s].

Animal, stop insulting the true Yorubas, go back to Cotonou where you hail from.
Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by Canme4u(m): 11:10am On Feb 24, 2015
dre11:
He should first tell us how much he sold his own to GEJ for him to be bringing confab resolution as the only reason and platform to support this government without telling us what any other tangible thing this present government has done








We aren't blinded by this
How many white paper reports have being implemented by this government to now talk about report



I couldnt have said it better.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by masseratti: 11:25am On Feb 24, 2015
If Gen cannot keep promises he made earlier how come Pa Adebanjo knows he will keep this one he is making?
Pa Adebanjo should please tell is how much he was paid to sell out first then other can start negotiations and we vote for the highest bidder.

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Re: Don’t Sell South-west For Nothing, Adebanjo Tells Yorubas by dre11(m): 11:26am On Feb 24, 2015
Canme4u:




I couldnt have said it better.

Don't mind them with all their hypocrisy
Which confab resolution is he going to fulfill

Ordinary probe that was conducted for NNPC by pricewaters cooper he has failed to make it public which he promised to do so after the auditor have presented their report

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