From an uncommon quarter came a warning yesterday to the
northern political elites already jostling for political power in 2015.
Deposed Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Al-Mustapha Jokolo, said they
should tarry a while and give the South-South another four-year
term beginning from 2015.
Jokolo, who was deposed about seven years ago in a controversial
circumstance and still fighting his deposition in court, told Daily
Sun in an exclusive interview in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital,
on Tuesday, that the North should forget the Presidency for
another eight years.
He insisted that the North should only return to power at the
federal level, after the Igbos too must have produced the
President for one term of four years, beginning from 2019.
All these, according to him, are his own panacea for restoration of
peace to the country, and to further strengthen the country’s
claim of oneness without discriminating against any section or
ethnic group.
This is even as he accused the likes of former military president
Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar,
former Head of State Muhammed Buhari, former National
Security Adviser (NSA) Aliyu Gusau, including all the northern
governors, of being responsible for the spate of insecurity in the
region, saying, if they had played their parts well as leaders in
their respective times, the situation would certainly have been
different.
He said: “The situation whereby all these leaders, who created
these problems will now sit down and claim they want to find
solution to the problems they created will no longer be
acceptable to us. They should just bury their heads in shame, and
allow the younger generations in the north, to take the driver’s
seat.”
He also spoke on the recent defection of former governor of
Kebbi State, Senator Mohammed Adamu Aliero, from the
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), back to the PDP, saying
that “it is our turn to laugh at him, and to laugh at Buhari, who
handed over the party’s platform to him in the state, after what
he did to him in the ANPP. We warned Buhari but he wouldn’t
listen,” Jokolo added.
Below are the excerpts of the interview:
What is your take on the recent defection of Aliero from the
CPC, back to the PDP?
Why don’t you just leave me out of these political talks. You know
I am not a politician. Please, let me be.
But you are a major stakeholder in Kebbi State; as such, you
should be concerned about what happens there.
Okay, will you have the courage to publish whatever I would
say?
Why not, go ahead, so long as they are not libellous.
(General laughter) You see, Aliero is a serial political betrayer.
There is nobody that has associated with him that he has not
betrayed. You know he was in ANPP, on which platform he won
election to be governor of Kebbi State in 1999. But this man was
one of Obasanjo’s agents in the ANPP. He was one of those who
betrayed Buhari in 2003.
Now, as we were approaching the 2007 elections, he had
concluded plans to move to the PDP, so as to cover his tracks. But
he was still attending ANPP meetings, just to jeopardise the
party’s chances of making any impact in Kebbi, since he was
moving out of the party.
He brought Saidu Dakingari with the hope that he could remote-
control him. When that was not working, he connived with the
former First Lady, (name witheld by us) to undo Dakingari. But
Dakingari trusted in God, and in the end, God delivered him from
their hands.
Through divine intervention, he got back the party’s machinery in
the state, and he was nominated as the candidate for the 2011
governorship election. So, this was what angered Aliero and he
had to leave the party for the CPC.
Now, after losing the election, he is coming back to the PDP. To
do what? I don’t know, because Dakingari had won all his
elections before now without Aliero. It is absurd to say that out of
all the 36 states in the country, only the governorship election in
Kebbi State was not free and fair.
Having said that, however, it is good that he is returning to the
PDP, after all the insults he had poured on the governor and the
government. We will now wait to hear what he would be saying
next. But his returning to the PDP will give us opportunity to
laugh at him, and to also laugh at Buhari, because we warned
him about Aliero, but he would not listen. Now he has abandoned
him again. It is our turn to laugh at him, and laugh at Buhari, who
handed over the party’s platform to him in the state after what he
did to him in the ANPP. We warned Buhari but he wouldn’t listen.
We also hear that his return may have everything to do with
positioning for 2015. What do you think?
Well, I don’t deal with speculation. Once the time comes and you
are sure of your facts, ask me for my comment then, I will tell
you. However, frankly speaking, I am aware some of our northern
governors, including former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar are already jostling for the Presidency, come
2015. And I ask myself, what have they done for the North, to
justify their aspiration?
Look at Atiku, for the eight years he was vice president, what did
he do for the North and Islam, apart from the expensive
university he built in Yola, which is not within the reach of the
poor in the state? With what he is earning from all his
investments, tell me what he has done for Islam and the North.
Yet, these people will want to lord it over us in the name of North
and Islam. I think they should just forget about 2015.
Look at TY Danjuma, the man is assisting Christianity with his
wealth. He has singlehandedly built infrastructures for
universities in the Middle Belt area. But what do we have from
our own leaders? Nothing! They created Boko Haram and other
security challenges we have in the north. Yet, the same people
will now sit down and say they want to find solution to the
problem. They should please give me a break. They should
quietly retire to their homes and wait for their turn to die, and
allow the younger generations to take over leadership in the
region.
Since all these people; IBB, Gusau, Buhari, Atiku, Ciroma, and
others in their category, have all failed us, they have nothing more
to offer. The likes of IBB, Atiku, Buhari, Gusau, Ciroma, including
all the governors, are responsible for the spate of insecurity in the
North. If they had done the right thing, as leaders during their
time, the situation we find ourselves today would certainly have
been different. The situation whereby all these leaders, who
created these problems, will now sit down and claim they want to
find solution to the problems they created will no longer be
acceptable to us.
They should just bury their heads in shame and allow the
younger generations in the north to take the driver’s seat. Look,
the truth is that if Mohammed Yusuf, (late Boko Haram leader)
was not killed, all these people, including the former governors of
some of the North-Eastern states, would have been exposed, and
Nigerians would have had the opportunity of knowing the role
they played in the whole thing.
If I heard you correctly, you are saying the north should forget
about 2015 Presidency. Is that correct?
Look, not only 2015 but after 2015. They should not think of
producing the president until after the South-East has produced
the president in 2019. The South-South produces the oil for God’s
sake. So, I am strongly advocating that for peace to reign in
Nigeria, South-South must be given another term of four years in
2015. It must not necessarily be Jonathan, it can be anybody, but
the Presidency must remain in the South-South by 2015.
The one year Jonathan spent before the 2011 election is part of
Yar’Adua’s tenure, so this is just the first term of the South-South.
The region should be given another term of four years after
Jonathan’s first term. After that, the South-East should also be
given another four years after South-South’s second term. It is
after that that the north can now have it. And even in the north, it
should go to the North-East, because we in the North-West have
produced Nigeria’s president on too many occasions. I am talking
of both military and civilian.
After North-East, it should go to the South-West, for another four
years, from where it should come back to the North-Central, for
another four years, from where it should go back to the South-
East for another four years, before returning to the North-West.
This is my own recipe for a lasting peace and unity in the country.
Since we are talking about constitution review now, they should
find a way of inserting it in the constitution, so that the Presidency
would go round and every section or region will have a sense of
belonging.
Are you sure northerners will not call for your head with this
position of yours?
I don’t give a damn! Those who want to call for my head can as
well go to hell. Don’t you think we should be honest enough by
telling ourselves the truth? Tell me which Sardauna’s legacy is
still standing today? Sardauna united the north but they have
succeeded in dividing the north. I am prepared for whatever that
will follow my position on this Presidency matter.


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Colonel Mustapha Haruna Jokolo, the former Emir of Gwandu, was ADC to Major-General Muhammadu Buhari.

The man has spoken well

wonders shall never end they are still God fearing and truthful elite in the north God wil keep ur life long for saying the pure truth

Who wants to vote for a Northerner after Boko horam ---- NEVER!

Bittered-Jokolo, you are on your own on this.

This is the words of a man who truly loves Nigeria and wants Nigeria to continue as one. This is also the FIRST Northerner to openly embrace the truth in his statements; others are busy playing games with Nigerian unity.
I hope that others would come out openly to embrace this truth. Other sections of the country, the Igbo for example, have patiently waited for almost 46 years to produce a Nigerian president. This has fueled anger and secessionist moves in Igboland. Nevertheless, the Igbo elite still remain patient. The country will never be one or ever know peace until the Igbo produce a president of Nigeria. That is really what this man is saying.
All wise folks should rally round him.

Any decent person knows that South south should have a second term. I see no reason why GEJ should not have a second term.

d man spoke d truth and we all know truth is bitter...
I hope his brethren wont hatchet him to death for supporting 'infidels'

You hav spoken well colonel, you are a true son of you father. you are bold 2 admits d truths unlike some pple 4rm d north. no wonda you are loved and respected by many kabawas, more than d present emir.

And now

Remember , alignments, internal squabbles and other events have occurred...

Good talk Mr. Jokolo. GEJ till 2019. Buhari needs to go and concentrate on getting his certificates back from the military authorities.

According to him-:
This is even as he accused the likes of former military president
Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar,
former Head of State Muhammed Buhari, former National
Security Adviser (NSA) Aliyu Gusau, including all the northern
governors, of being responsible for the spate of insecurity in the
region, saying, if they had played their parts well as leaders in
their respective times, the situation would certainly have been
different.
He said: “The situation whereby all these leaders, who created
these problems will now sit down and claim they want to find
solution to the problems they created will no longer be
acceptable to us. They should just bury their heads in shame, and
allow the younger generations in the north, to take the driver’s
seat.” I said this earlier, the northern elites have been the problem of the north.