Former head of state and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has said the party must explain its position on the zoning arrangement ahead of the 2011 presidential election.

Mr. Babangida, who was speaking in Kano over the weekend, said it is ambiguous for the party to say it believes in zoning and at the same time encourage candidates from all regions to run.

“The party must explain itself on its stand, because it is ambiguous to say that every person will contest the presidency as well as also accepting or believing in the concept of zoning, it must clarify its stand,” Mr Babangida said.

He said that the PDP has laid down rules and regulations, which ought to be adhered to and respected by all members irrespective of their positions, saying that the zoning arrangement was one of the principles governing the affairs of the party.

“Zoning must be respected by all member of the party as it has been enshrined in its constitution. The party has the right to formulate rules and regulations for its members which should be respected by all; the party is superior to any other persons,” he said.

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What does IBB know about constitution or the rule of law? Where is MKO Abiola? Where is Dele Giwa? I wonder what our "ball-less" President is waiting for before he can have the Attorney general make IBB to answer for his numerous crimes. Jonathan must know that if he doesn't take IBB down; IBB will take him down as soon as he gets a chance. History does not lie. Jonathan must learn from what IBB did to Buhari, Idiagbon, Dele Giwa, MKO, the numerous Army Officers in the Ejigbo plane crash; to name a few. We need to desist from being "A mule of forgiveness".

IBB should be careful what he wishes for because if he does wand the PDP to do so, he wouldnt be a presidential candidate because power is zoned to the NW, which he is not from. So if that is the case him running is the same as GEJ running so he should shut his mouth.

chyz:

IBB should be careful what he wishes for because if he does wand the PDP to do so, he wouldnt be a presidential candidate because power is zoned to the NW, which he is not from. So if that is the case him running is the same as GEJ running so he should shut his mouth.

GBAM !!!!!!

One thing is for sure, all the media house that carried this story will not be close. If it was between 1989 to 1993 there would have been wahala because they will be closed.

Who will have the gut to ask for clarification for any issue during the same period. All the clarification we asked since that period is yet to be clarified.

If IBB is ready for clarification, let him clarify the following that happened between 1989 - 1993

1. Where did the letter bomb that killed dele giwa came from?
2. $12.8B oil money what happened to it?
3. Why was June 12 annulled?
4. c130 air craft that crashed at Ejigbo, what happened?

IBB over!!!

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wales:

What does IBB know about constitution or the rule of law? Where is MKO Abiola? Where is Dele Giwa? I wonder what our "ball-less" President is waiting for before he can have the Attorney general make IBB to answer for his numerous crimes. Jonathan must know that if he doesn't take IBB down; IBB will take him down as soon as he gets a chance. History does not lie. Jonathan must learn from what IBB did to Buhari, Idiagbon, Dele Giwa, MKO, the numerous Army Officers in the Ejigbo plane crash; to name a few. We need to desist from being "A mule of forgiveness".

I wonder why IBB think he can rule this country again after the souls of those people crying for justice "though they are not innocent".
"He who kills with sword die with sword and he who kills with gun die with gun" an inevitable retribution is waiting.

Let no body worry too much about IBB he deos not know what he is talking about he is a lost man already all what he thought before was that he will deceive people or put juice on the table whereby dangerous trap is underneath is what Nigeria is all about now he missed it greatly. Nigeria has grown out of those foolish pranks he was playing then nobody really cares as per what he says or want to do anylonger except his hungry and relevant seeking followers if even an Hausa could come out boldly and say to him that they are now wiser than before so who again is he going to fool is it South west or the South east? No one is ready for his fooling game again he should be arrest to answer questionssssss??.

A man in uniform where obey before complain was the order of the day still failed woefullyfor eith years talkless of becoming a democratic leader where verything will be debated, scrutinise, criticize and so on and he is talking infact he must be very sick. A man who ruled eight good years all he could boast of as achievement is for him to say Oh I built Mailand bridge longest in Africa thank God for that guiness record, Oh I built Abuja, Exchange rate low and that is all and for him that is an achievement is a daft and this man is very very sick to be honest.

Clarification time  

IBB is a slowpoke.

saintchux:

One thing is for sure, all the media house that carried this story will not be close. If it was between 1989 to 1993 there would have been wahala because they will be closed.

Who will have the gut to ask for clarification for any issue during the same period. All the clarification we asked since that period is yet to be clarified.

If IBB is ready for clarification, let him clarify the following that happened between 1989 - 1993

1. Where did the letter bomb that killed dele giwa came from?
2. $12.8B oil money what happened to it?
3. Why was June 12 annulled?
4. c130 air craft that crashed at Ejigbo, what happened?

IBB over!!!

Brilliant post, but just a little correction, it was actually from 1985 - 1993. I think the dude should go and rest. We've had enough of him.

.NET

He is the one that kept this ladder of corruption that all  leaders are climbing and now he want to come again maybe he want to introduce elevator this time so that Nigeria will move fast to number one on black list.

Maradonna is being maradonna-ed! Serves him right. So, IBB can also complain, ehn? He aint't seen nothing yet. Let him wait for the full explosion of the GEJ skills (skills IBB taught all of us). Then he'd know what hit him. Foolish, blood-sucking, useless, cowardly, senile, old, motherf*cking, half-baked, impotent, fair-weather, nonesense, scumbag IBB. Bring it on, He'll soon chicken out!!! *****sighs!!!!

How the tables have turned and IBB is now at the receiving end?

tell IBB to go and kiss transformer.
he has lost the battle.

Let him first clarify how he annuled June 12 elections after we, our parents, uncles and aunties queued in the rain and sun to choose a leader. Why does he want to benefit from a democracy he does not believe in

The Babangida years

By Tolu Ogunlesi
April 17, 2010 10:36PM

In his first New Year Days speech as military president, months after deposing the Buhari-Idiagbon government in a bloodless coup enthusiastically welcomed by Nigerians, Ibrahim Babangida declared: I wish to reaffirm that this administration does not intend to stay in power a day longer than is required to lay the necessary institutional framework to bring about a better and more stable Nigeria. Babangidas bonhomie (its trademark an endearing gap-toothed smile) - in stark contrast to the stern, unsmiling façade of Muhammadu Buhari, his predecessor - made it easy for him to be believed.
The distinction between the two regimes in fact ran much deeper than personality quirks. Babangida, in action, proved to be the complete antithesis of his predecessor. He threw open prison doors, setting free hundreds of 3rd republic politicians convicted and jailed by Buhari. He repealed the obnoxious Decree No. 4 of 1984 with which the Buhari regime had shackled the media. He promised to run an open administration that is responsive to the yearnings and aspirations of all the people - a departure from the high-handedness of the Buhari/Idiagbon era.
One of his first actions as military president was to allow Nigerians to decide, through public debates, whether to accept the $2.5 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan the Buhari government had been negotiating for.
After the terror of the Buhari years, Nigerians appeared to have found a statesman in military uniform.

Tough times that lasted

By 1985, Nigerias foreign debt had ballooned to $18 billion, up from $3.4 billion in 1980 (it would rise beyond $30 billion by the end of the 80s), and external reserves had dwindled to less than $2 billion. Oil prices had been in freefall for 3 years running, and in January 1986 they finally fell to less than $20 per barrel, a record low since the start of the decade.
To his credit Babangida made all the right noises about revamping the economy. In his Independence Day 1985 speech, barely two months old in office, he declared a state of economic emergency for the next 15 months. That speech went on to lay down a comprehensive plan for economic reconstruction.
This plan included a moratorium on new foreign debt, promotion of agriculture and industrial development, restriction of importation to essential commodities, financial sector reform and privatisation.

Populist leanings

IBB was a master of the populist move - ambitious government programs targeted at tackling poverty, and empowering rural dwellers. His government churned out program after program, in a bid to actualize his promises to run an inclusive, people-facing government. In 1986, Babangida launched the Mass Mobilization for Self Reliance, Social Justice, and Economic Recovery (MAMSER).
In 1987, the Directorate of Food and Rural Infrastructure (DFFRI) was launched to promote agriculture and transform Nigerias rural landscape by providing modern infrastructure. Other Babangida creations include the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND), Peoples Bank of Nigeria (PBN), National Board for Community Banks (NBCB), Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), National Planning Commission (NPC), and the Urban Development Bank.
No other Nigerian government presided over such substantial expansion of government bureaucracy as the Babangida administration. In time, the fiscal prudence that Babangida espoused vanished: billions of naira were sunk into an endless transition programme, and in the early 90s, 12 billion dollars worth of windfall crude oil revenue (courtesy of the rise in the oil prices due to the Gulf War) could not be accounted for.
Mr. Babangida also came to perfect the art of dispensing patronage through political appointments (mostly targeted at leading members of the opposition) and a far-from-transparent allocation of lucrative oil blocks.

A man whose words mean nothing

Mr. Babangidas contradictions eventually overwhelmed his reputation so that when, in May 1993, the activist and lawyer Gani Fawehinmi described him as a man whose words mean nothing to him, evidence of this littered his eight years in power.
Only months after vowing to run a government by consultation with the people, Mr. Babangida in 1986 surreptitiously - and unilaterally - took Nigeria, an avowed secular state, into full membership of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), a body which describes itself as the collective voice of the Muslim world.
Mr. Babangida lamented the large role played by the public sector in economic activity with hardly any concrete results to justify such a role.Ironically, over the course of the next five years, he would go ahead to supervise an unprecedented expansion of government. And despite his deference to the wish of Nigerians to reject the IMF loan, Mr. Babangida went ahead to implement some of the Funds most drastic requirements - a devaluation of the naira, and removal of subsidies, chief of which were the petroleum subsidies.
Mr. Babangida promised Nigerians that the belt-tightening was sorely needed: the painful injection that would usher in vibrant economic health; the mandatory dark lining before a cloud of prosperity. Those reforms, which he christened Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), came into effect in 1986, with a far-from-pleasant impact on Nigerians. Purchasing powers dwindled, inflation rose, and the obliteration of the middle class began. In 1989, SAP riots rocked the country, as Nigerians had finally had enough of economic reforms which silver lining they waited in vain for.

Greatest failings

Mr. Babangidas greatest failings were however in two key areas: his human rights record, and his political transition programme. In December 1985, a group of soldiers, which included his close friend, Mamman Vatsa, were arrested on allegations of plotting to topple the 4-month old Babangida government. After Vatsa was convicted and sentenced to death, Mr. Babangida assured a delegation of distinguished writers (Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and J.P. Clark), which had come pleading for mercy, that he was determined to do everything in my power to save (Vatsa).
Hours later, Vatsa and the other alleged plotters were executed.
As opposition to Mr. Babangidas rule grew, so did his intolerance for dissent, so that he routinely shut down or proscribed media houses; and harassed journalists, civil society and labour groups using the instruments of state (the State Security Service, Directorate of Military Intelligence and the Police).
In 1986, five students of the Ahmadu Bello University were murdered when mobile policemen invaded the campus to quell anti-IMF protests. He also promulgated a series of draconian decrees targeted at quelling all opposition, and on occasion did not hesitate to deport foreign critics (University lecturer Patrick Wilmot and journalist William Keeling).
In October 1986, frontline journalist Dele Giwa was murdered by a letter bomb in Lagos. Preliminary police investigations stated that senior officers of Mr. Babangidas intelligence services, who had hounded Giwa in his final days, had questions to answer regarding Giwas death. The mystery of the Giwa assassination remains unsolved till date.

An interminable journey

A maddeningly convoluted transition programme, whose terminal date soon became a mirage - first 1990, then 1992, and then 1993 - is one of the most significant things Babangida will be remembered for.
Early on in his administration, Mr. Babangida inaugurated a Political Bureau to kick off, as it were, the national debate on a viable future political ethos and structure for our dear country.
The political bureau was soon followed by a Constituent Assembly, which in 1989 fashioned a new constitution for the country.
Also, in 1989, he created, by presidential fiat, two political parties, the Social Democratic Party and the National Republican Convention. Then in 1991, he released a controversial list of prominent politicians whom he said were banned from participating in the transition programme.
In October 1992, he cancelled the results of the parties presidential primaries, causing new primaries to be held in March 1993. And then in June 1993 he annulled the results of the presidential elections, presumed to have been won by billionaire businessman MKO Abiola.

This was the final straw
.
By this time, Nigerians had finally had enough of his shenanigans, and violent protests forced him to step aside on August 27, 1993,My colleagues and I are determined to change the course of history, Mr. Babangida told Nigerians in his maiden speech as Head of State, on August 27, 1985.
By the time he reluctantly relinquished power exactly eight years later, he had achieved that goal, far more successfully than he, or anyone else, could ever have imagined.

Source: Next
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The Holy Book says "my people perish for lack of knowledge".
Will you allow 150m of us (Nigerians) perish or will you ALSO forward this article on the (mis) deeds of our self-proclaimed "evil genius" to all Nigerians that you know
Will you help confirm "maradona" IBB's claim (in Germany in the 90s during one of his radiculopathy treatment trips) that we, his fellow citizens are "docile" (MUGUs) by not sharing this mail
Find a way to get involved at all levels- local, state and federal- this election period for a better Nigeria!!!

It's d end of the road for IBB, Some1 tell him not 2 mak his children orphans cos hs's d only 1 they have left. [size=15pt]FOOLISH MAN[/size]

It's d end of the road for IBB, Some1 tell him not 2 mak his children orphans cos hs's d only 1 they have left. FOOLISH MAN

He is more than FOOLISH if their is any other thing to qualify him would have more better.

He is nuissance a complete mad man e think he can fool anybody again gone are those days.

I wonder why Nigerians are paying attention to this man called IBB, he should know that majority of Nigerians and God has rejected him, he should go and settle all the past evils he perpetrated during his reign. IBB should be ashamed of himself, he should go and sit down and forget about ruling this country again. Nigeria does not belong to him.

celemel:

Maradonna is being maradonna-ed!  Serves him right.  So, IBB can also complain, ehn? He aint't seen nothing yet. Let him wait for the full explosion of the GEJ skills (skills IBB taught all of us). Then he'd know what hit him.  Foolish, blood-sucking, useless, cowardly, senile, old, motherf*cking, half-baked, impotent, fair-weather, nonesense, scumbag IBB. Bring it on, He'll soon chicken out!!!  *****sighs!!!!   

, more. I can continue it for u if u don't mind.

ibb should go and sitdown. GEJ should bring him down but Ibb is a God father that have a lot of business men and even governors behind him.

You need a great strategist to bring him down

PDP has taken a position already -
zoning stays but GEJ can contest to complete
the Yar'dua/Goodluck ticket.
What else does he want to hear?
He is free to accept or decamp to another party.

By the way, why is this on the home page?
Must every IBB story make home page, Seun?

make this guy go sleep

id.i.ot,

so he now knows how it feels to be at the recieving end. I remember when the ba.sta.rd was dribbling every one (olu falae et al) around aso rock in those days promising each one he's his favourite only to ban all of them.

st.upi.d morraphukka, he wants clarification, eh?

he should first clarify for us what happened to m.k.o. and kudirat; dele giwa; june 12; hercules; gulf oil windfall; ASUU; nans; nuns; sdp; nrc. etc

were, omo ale, oloriburuku, alainironu, ashiere, ode, omugo, ole, ofon, eni ibi, eni abuku, eni ti a ki i ji ri.

The reason Nigeria does not work is because the ruling party does not work. This is not about IBB, this is about having a party in Government that have clearly defined rules, rhymes and rhythms. It this was the case that would have extended to Nigeria.

IBB may have committed attrocities in the past but "uniquely bending" the rules is not how the affairs of 150 million people should be conducted. It does not matter whether IBB will loose out or whether Jonathan will benefit. Politics of who is down vs who is up is largely responsible for the sorry state of Nigeria even after 50years since independence. This same kind of politics is responsible for why some toyed with the idea of asking a sitting VP to remain as VP while another Northerner is picked to continue Yar'adua's term even though this idea is very very alien to the Nigerian constitution.

Let PDP do one of the following; either
1. They come out clearly saying that they no longer believe in zoning, that Nigeria should be group up enough for any Nigerian to aspire to lead Nigeria at any time.

or

2. They can re-define zoning as stated in their constitution to mean power sharing/ federal Character. i.e. let the Government at each time reflect a cross-section of Nigerians from various parts. However the context for who occupies the position of President will always be open to all Nigerians.

Either of the above two will allow both Jonathan and IBB to test their popularity at the pols but will also mean we have a clearer PDP policy on zoning.

The talk about zoning still remains but Jonathan can contest does not mean a lot. It does not help the resolution of what is a confused policy. No country should conduct the affairs of 150 million people like this. what they the PDP mean by zoning is not even clear. Jonathan will not be at the helm of affairs forever. let us have a policy that is clear to all to avoid chaos. Nigeria is bigger than any one man's ambition.

If anybody wants to continue the Yar'adua/Jonathan ticket then lets have Jonathan back as VP/Acting President and then let Yar'adua continue to be the substantive head of state even while in grave.

This does not make sense at all and how this line of argument gets any traction in a country like ours is beyond me.

Or are they saying Presidency is zoned to Northwest and then Jonathan can represent the Northwest?

none of this makes sense!!!!!!!!!

PDP should be bold enough to say it like it is, zoning is no longer necessary, all can contest or zoning simply means power sharing / federal character but all can aspire to occupy the highest office in the land.

only God knows when HYPOCRITES AND MORONS like the EVIL GENIUS will NIGERIA ALONE
MONEY BAG ENJOY YOUR LOOT AT HILL TOP IN MINNA, WE HAVE ENOUGH OF YOUR MONSTERY AND CALAMITY


IBB MUST FAIL IN EARTH AND THEY MUST HEAR IN


HEAVEN

IBB is a demon.

@mikeansy

your posts smirks of a subtle attempt to promote ibb's quest for clarification. forget it, ibb is going nowhere. his actions daily portrays him as a desperate nigger. nigerians are wiser now. the guy should just go and sit down and continue to enjoy his stolen money till his death, at least we leave him to do that. but to come around and think he can rule this country again; after his notorious mis-rule? he's a bloody nigger and a joker!

bodsibobo:

@mikeansy

your posts smirks of a subtle attempt to promote ibb's quest for clarification. forget it, ibb is going nowhere. his actions daily portrays him as a desperate nigger. nigerians are wiser now. the guy should just go and sit down and continue to enjoy his stolen money till his death, at least we leave him to do that. but to come around and think he can rule this country again; after his notorious mis-rule? he's a bloody nigger and a joker!

even the poster himself is satanic, leave him, he will fail with his evil genius

"id.i.ot,

so he now knows how it feels to be at the recieving end. I remember when the ba.sta.rd was dribbling every one (olu falae et al) around aso rock in those days promising each one he's his favourite only to ban all of them.

st.upi.d morraphukka, he wants clarification, eh?

he should first clarify for us what happened to m.k.o. and kudirat; dele giwa; june 12; hercules; gulf oil windfall; ASUU; nans; nuns; sdp; nrc. etc

were, omo ale, oloriburuku, alainironu, ashiere, ode, omugo, ole, ofon, eni ibi, eni abuku, eni ti a ki i ji ri. "


Bodsibobo - Well said my brother ! I doff my cap to you.

bodsibobo:

@mikeansy

your posts smirks of a subtle attempt to promote ibb's quest for clarification. forget it, ibb is going nowhere. his actions daily portrays him as a desperate nigger. nigerians are wiser now. the guy should just go and sit down and continue to enjoy his stolen money till his death, at least we leave him to do that. but to come around and think he can rule this country again; after his notorious mis-rule? he's a bloody nigger and a joker!

I have always criticised PDP's zoning policy as confused and not clear. That is the same position I maintain today. If you think I am now an IBB promoter because I continued a position I have always held then thats fair enough. I can only say you are entitled to your own opinnion but not to your own facts.

If you think all of politics should be viewed from the prism of IBB vs Jonathan I will say unfortunately that is very shortsighted. There was Nigeria Politics before these two guys joined politics, there will hopefully still be Nigeria politics after they both retire. We are a country of over 300 ethnic groups and at least two religions.

The only way Nigeria can survive is through clearly defined rules that everyone can understand. If you say lets make it up today because Jonathan is in power. what if Jonthan cease to be in power tomorrow?