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Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by RillJ(m): 4:59pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Speak, protest or 'rant' all you can, this government will ever be; nonplused about your pains and nonplussed on the best way out. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by LordAdam: 5:02pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
theV0ice: You know deep down that what you typed is balderdash. The decision by Soyinka was flawed not necessarily because he hated GEJ, but because he miscalculated the existential politicking of 2015. Soyinka has been a staunch critic of Buhari, he made the U-turn because he was led to believe that PMB was a repentant democrat. That is the reason for the flawed decision he made. Normal humans can be reformed, but not Buhari. The antecedents were very clear. A 73 years old former head of state, oil minister that has never worked for anything in his adult life. No company, no fund, no philanthropic activity, no business aside his native herdsman occupation which he was raised with. In fact, he had just 150 cows as a man of his status. Until 2014, Buhari has been the poster-child of the North's oppression of the South and he had been very vocal about it. From absolving Abacha of all wrongdoing to confronting the Oyo state governor about farmer-Fulani clashes, to inciting the 2011 post-election crises in the North, to calling Boko Haram members sons of the North. He even outdid Babangida. However, in barely one month because of a coalition of political parties, Nigeria's most celebrated literary icon believed that a man with such precedence had become a reformed democrat. Let that sink in, IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH! Suddenly, the man who was protecting Boko Haram and even pointed out as a trusted negotiator promised to squash BH. A man who was oil minister under the most corrupt military regime claimed to be a man of integrity who would rid Nigeria of corruption. When Obasanjo ran for President in 1999, he was the most qualified ex-military dictator. Why? Because of his antecedent. He oversaw Nigeria's most prosperous economic period during the military era and handed over to civilian rule willingly. In contrast, Buhari oversaw Nigeria's worst economic period during the military era, when people queued to buy salt, and he overthrew a legitimate civilian government. Soyinka, though a respected man of letter, and one I certainly have utmost respect for, failed with his support of Buhari. The only person worse than Buhari that could have contested was IBB. Every other Northern presidential hopeful at 2015 was better than Buhari. Atiku is better, even el-Rufai would have been a better choice, even Ribadu would have been a better choice. Everyone makes mistakes, and Soyinka's support of Buhari is the worst mistake of his post-1999 stint. A reformed democrat would show signs of being reformed years before saying so, he contested elections 3 times, in 12 years and never showed signs of being a reformed democrat, but someone who purports to be intelligent believed he would become reformed magically if he assumed the seat. What we are experiencing is not a surprise. It was expected. Anyone who did not see this coming is, without mincing words, a F00L. If Buhari can rule Nigeria after all he did and said, Hitler can rule Nigeria. -Lord 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by jacksonite: 5:16pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
ricsman:So if Fulani herdsmen had not carved a path through your land you would have remained unconcerned about the danger this barbarians pose to the unity of this country? You are such a selfish old educated fool! 1 Like |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Dragonking: 5:38pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
vinscent: spafu:Keep quiet there!! .. What has ur own elders or leaders done apart from crying like biitches and begging massacred indigenes to fast and pray? I am not Igbo or yourba but it is high time u guys think and stop this senseless bigotry.. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by olisaEze(m): 5:46pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Oga Wole wait till the grazing bill is made into a law, then your well nurtured sanctuary will become another man's ranch 4life! That is what our FG has in store 4us all down south. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Dragonking: 5:47pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Udofire:I pray that the Fulani herdsmen cutlass will be on ur neck next then. Don't forget to fast and pray then o |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Udofire(m): 6:20pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Dragonking:take am easy bros, this one no be prayer,na curse. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by TruthisGOD: 6:28pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
loopman:Am afraid that guy is absolutely correct, power may never come back to the South again. Can't u see? For PDP to win the must bring a Northerner president, the same goes with APC. Tinubu made the World biggest mistake. The south is now divided and the North now holds this country in their palms. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by hero2000: 6:38pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Wesely01: Please, weigh what you say in a public space and don't say things that are abrasive to reason. Soyinka; SSA to PMB! Are you alright? Or are a child? If you were not born at the time, then know today that Soyinka won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987-the first African to win such. I believe you know what the prize is. 1 Like |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by TruthisGOD: 6:38pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
LordAdam:Brilliant! You nailed it. 1 Like |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Twistaray(m): 6:43pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
gidgiddy: So according to you if Yoruba chose to remain in one nigeria that's a sign of cowardice? And how did you come to that conclusion ,anyway? You better go fasting and prayers. Afterall that's your warfare weapon for NOW 1 Like |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by omojeesu(m): 6:57pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
nnadychuks: Haba! You cant be serious! |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by preselect(m): 7:04pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
kcnwaigbo: [size=18pt]irredeemable bigot. . . . . irredeemable . . . that's what some people dont understand. [/size] #Buharicary--> #GovtByBlood
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Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by DCONE1(m): 7:29pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
jerseyboy:I want your dreams to come true....I want buharis admin to fail , so that you would say “told you that jonathan was better than buhari“ but don forget that if it failed na we all go suffer am all.....since jonathan is your uncle.......no president can please NIGERIANS ......make una kukuma kill the man naw make una rest....,no be wetin una want. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by CosmicJames(m): 7:39pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
beejaay:Maybe? For this government? No way! |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by gidgiddy: 7:42pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Twistaray: Oh yes, it is a sign of cowardice. When a group of people willingly decide to throw their sovereignty away out of fear of the unknown, it is a cowardly approach to life. 1 Like |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Ezegozie(m): 8:09pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Dollyak: One thing you fail to understand is that too much talk is never a sign of fearlessness and influence. Talk is cheap and I think Yorubas are good with words. But I gotta question. Who too much talk don EPP? 1 Like |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Twistaray(m): 8:26pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
gidgiddy: How did you come to such conclusion that they did exactly what you are pointing at them? Not every tribe is foolish to engage in a fruitless battle without making use of their brain like one tribe is known for, you know? And what has your tribe, the so call brave tribe achieved with her clamour for self determination than death,more infliction, lamentation and to top it all confined and consider unworthy citizen that doesn't fit to live among the rest. Look at how you were being slaughtered in your territory, ransacked,treated like a slave only for your leaders to call for prayers/fasting...Loolz tell me, is that what you calll bravery? Una better use una head and defend your region before these barbaric ones rape all your women and deposit their gene in your women. 2 Likes |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Twistaray(m): 8:30pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Ezegozie: Edited, quote the wrong I.D |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by spafu(m): 9:01pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Dragonking:Of course, couldn't you be an Igbo or Yoruba. I know you are one useless Aboki who lives in No Sense Avenue off Duara Close adjacent Sambisa street. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Dragonking: 9:32pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Udofire:OK, no vex sha 1 Like |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by vislabraye(m): 9:44pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Ibangap: He has spoken, thank God. Let Mbaka also speak. 1 Like |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Udofire(m): 9:44pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Dragonking:no lele |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Nobody: 10:30pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Dollyak: Enugu, see your governor Subservient bastard. Can't even stand erect and shake his fellow man. Shame. 1 Like
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Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Achorise: 11:25pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
Dollyak:Brother, I'm an Igbo boy, full fleshed, you are so so on point. How can a governor declare prayers on a matter ilke this.I commend the massob for their press release and ultimatum. The Igbo governos are really rubber stamp and stooges. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Nobody: 11:58pm On Apr 28, 2016 |
”I returned from a trip outside the country about to find that my home ground had been invaded, and a brand-new ‘Appian way’ sliced through my sanctuary,” said Mr. Soyinka. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by safarigirl(f): 2:33am On Apr 29, 2016 |
Anwulisomto:LOL....I'm sure you would. Lily-livered dunces that held down allied forces for 3 years? Lily-livered dunces that were responsible for the greatest resistance the Colonialists had to face in Nigeria? Considering you're beating your chest on an online forum rather than going to help your people, I can see why you wouldn't want to be Igbo I don't know what part of Igbo land you're from, but MY part isn't filled with lily-livered dunces or talkative leaders. We deal with who needs to be dealt with and leave talk for market gossips. I'm sure you read of us a couple of weeks ago as regards the Fulani....PS: I do not think Sullivan Chime would have shown the kind of weakness Ugwuanyi is showing. The man looks like a weakling anyway 3 Likes |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by gidgiddy: 7:16am On Apr 29, 2016 |
Twistaray: I don't expect people like you to understand. Lord Lugard came from Britain to make you a 'Nigerian' and a Nigerian shall you forever remain. |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by Niyinficient(m): 7:51am On Apr 29, 2016 |
Alokendra: Ogbeni...they ar fighting their own Battle |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by theV0ice: 8:39am On Apr 29, 2016 |
LordAdam: And you typed this with any iota of sense? What's pinching your scrotum so much you can't reply a post without getting into a frenzy?? Shut up next time if you can't match the civility of my post. The decision by Soyinka was flawed not necessarily because he hated GEJ, but because he miscalculated the existential politicking of 2015. And you were blind to see that it was the hatred factor I was concerned about? Soyinka refused to support the looting of the country by GEJ and his minions, how is that a crime? Soyinka has been a staunch critic of Buhari, he made the U-turn because he was led to believe that PMB was a repentant democrat. That is the reason for the flawed decision he made. Normal humans can be reformed, but not Buhari. The antecedents were very clear. And he had no right to make the u-turn? Were GEJ's antecedents as a weakling, mediocre waster not clear from his days in bayelsa and Turai's kitchen? Did you blame Soyinka for supporting him then instead of prof Pat Utomi who was also a candidate? A 73 years old former head of state, oil minister that has never worked for anything in his adult life. No company, no fund, no philanthropic activity, no business aside his native herdsman occupation which he was raised with. In fact, he had just 150 cows as a man of his status. And your GEJ was a dangote in his native bayelsa right? Is it anybody's fault that your GEJ was too weak to even control his own own home talk less a govt? GEJ lost the elections and no amount of crying will change it. Until 2014, Buhari has been the poster-child of the North's oppression of the South and he had been very vocal about it. From absolving Abacha of all wrongdoing to confronting the Oyo state governor about farmer-Fulani clashes, to inciting the 2011 post-election crises in the North, to calling Boko Haram members sons of the North. He even outdid Babangida. How else do you wish to be told that anyone, any one at all was better than the weakling we had in ado rock then? Its an indictment on GEJ that his story as an "ineffectual buffoon" made a buhari presidency attractive. Suddenly, the man who was protecting Boko Haram and even pointed out as a trusted negotiator promised to squash BH. A man who was oil minister under the most corrupt military regime claimed to be a man of integrity who would rid Nigeria of corruption. I guess GEJ who also called BH his siblings was protecting them hence the inability of the army to crush them then? Hope you won't protest if I insist modu sheriff is the acclaimed founder and financier of BH? What does that say about GEJ? Yet he is the same Chairman of GEJ and others today and would become their presidential candidate in 2019!! Also, try get your facts right before ranting next time. Buhari was never oil minister to the most corrupt military regime. A regime that even GEJ has now surpassed in infamy. When Obasanjo ran for President in 1999, he was the most qualified ex-military dictator. Why? Because of his antecedent. He oversaw Nigeria's most prosperous economic period during the military era and handed over to civilian rule willingly. In contrast, Buhari oversaw Nigeria's worst economic period during the military era, when people queued to buy salt, and he overthrew a legitimate civilian government. When you take over from govts like shagari and GEJ, the economy must have problems. Weaklings who should never have been given the headship of town unions controlling the destinies of millions is always an aberration. Thank God we kicked them out. Buhari was oil minister under that same OBJ prosperous regime you just eulogised. Soyinka, though a respected man of letter, and one I certainly have utmost respect for, failed with his support of Buhari. The only person worse than Buhari that could have contested was IBB. Every other Northern presidential hopeful at 2015 was better than Buhari. Atiku is better, even el-Rufai would have been a better choice, even Ribadu would have been a better choice. Just as Donald Duke and even Peter Odili were better as VP in 2007 yet the gods picked a weakling. Just as Pat Utomi or Ribadu would have been better than GEJ in 2011. Just as Sule Lamido or even Atiku would have done better than GEJ in 2015. Its to the shame of GEJ that Nigeria and the international community had no choice but to call up a retired soldier to come clear his mess. If your girlfriend or wife starts eyeing your Gateman, its not the girl's or the Gateman's fault. You've become useless is the reason. Everyone makes mistakes, and Soyinka's support of Buhari is the worst mistake of his post-1999 stint. A reformed democrat would show signs of being reformed years before saying so, he contested elections 3 times, in 12 years and never showed signs of being a reformed democrat, but someone who purports to be intelligent believed he would become reformed magically if he assumed the seat. And you that assumed GEJ was the best the PDP had to offer is the intelligent one? You that believed a man who spent 8 years in bayelsa executive with nothing to show would make a good president is the one that is intelligent? You that assumed a Phd holder who was a peer to Idi Amin in financial management was the best for Nigeria is now the intelligent one? http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/196901-jonathan-ran-cbn-like-idi-amin-soludo.html What we are experiencing is not a surprise. It was expected. Anyone who did not see this coming is, without mincing words, a F00L. I agree. Anyone who didn't see this economy becoming like this is a F00L! Anyone who assumes the economy will not suffer from the past govts pillaging, looting and wastages even with warnings from NOI is indeed an irredeemable F00L! https://www.naij.com/454123-okonjo-iweala-warns-successor-of-difficult-times.html http://newsrescue.com/broken-looted-economy-get-ready-suffering-ngozi-iweala-tells-nigerians/#axzz47CTi4cqr https://www.naij.com/433579-nigeria-borrows-money-to-pay-govt-salaries.html Finally, anyone who believes a govt that couldn't manage wealth will be able to manage lean times is an hopeless F00L!! If Buhari can rule Nigeria after all he did and said, Hitler can rule Nigeria. If its against the GEJ of 2015, even the devil should fancy his chances 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen Killings by nnadychuks(m): 8:47am On Apr 29, 2016 |
omojeesu:lolz |
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