Press Release: Gov. Donald Duke Withdraws From The Presidential Race

Thank you christiano na wetin I dey try talk be that.

Make them leave Duke alone because e no fit do anything pass wetin he do so.

He is young intelliget and has a vision.m But that one no mean say e go fit defeat PDP for election make he just dey their back maybe one post go reach him hand.

I pity the so called Nigerian Leaders because one thing am sure of is more than half of them will be six feet below to witness the elections.Its time for them to die for our Country to move forward.It worked for Ghana so it would work for us.We don tire for mago mago abeg.We should take our place in the world.

Baloni don't try to bully people when they are saying the truth, the old men are dragging us back. They need to be sorted out some how.

My fellow Nairalanders,
I was disappointed that DUKE has to step down.
It was all the plan of OBJ.
I wish DUKE the best of luck.
 

Bolaoni, please leave these chaps alone abeg!! They can only whine and rant rubbish! Kill the old men?? na Ghana we dey? na so to kill easy? na so to execute revolution easy? No be una papas, uncles and relatives dey make the country as e be directly or indirectly? yet you all come spurting bunkum online as if that would change jackshit!!

You must think slower than you type Sir! Why do u think am abroad? Am not sure AJ city is anyhow the name of a foreign city so? Am here doing ma thing but i don't get deceived into having cheap 'kill or sort them out' sentiments about the 'old men' because the society at large caused it all. between are you ready to sacrifice your father??

in a revolution, people must b willn 2 lay down their lives. to us Garri dey sweet & no one wan die.

Most of the guys screaming for a revolutioon would hear fireworks, i.e Knockout or Banger on the street and would take to their heel no to come out for the next 2 weeks.

OMG! we need a revolution. YEAAA!!!!!!

I'm going to hell, who's coming with me???

Fela don talk am:

"My people sef dey fear too much, them fear for the air around us, them fear to fight for freedom,justice, liberty: I no wan quench, person just die, i no wan die, papa dey for house, mama dey for house.

Army man go whip your yanch, police man go slap your face you go dey look like donkey.

Make i no yarn too much. I dey sell coffins o (ADVERT) very cheap, 25,000 for all revolutionists ready to die (this is an animalistic millitary era, call it demolition crazy if you like, and if you are ready to die, there are twice as ready to kill).

PDP - Power to the Pope (president)
For those who think there's another party, it has to be in hell, not in Abuja!

Sounds reasonable to me!!  @xtino, help me tell them jare, we wey don fight revolution before dey talk them say we dey mis-yarn! Na today?? Life no get duplicate o!!

I guess you guys have not heard of a peaceful revolution before?

All Good Things, 
Let me start with an apology for the long silence since the last post on Friday last week. You would agree with me that the manner in which things took a different turn over the weekend calls for a lot of introspection. But know this, that on Friday morning I was optimistic about the successful eventuality of picking the PDP ticket for the presidential elections. However, by Friday evening, I was no longer a candidate. The gap in between is best left for the PDP hierarchy to give details.
A lot of mixed emotions have greeted me since last Friday since the announcement of my withdrawal from the race to pick the party’s nomination for presidential office. Some of you have expressed anger, some disgust while others have expressed empathy. I understand the different dispositions which I believe stem from the information made available to you all.
Let me emphasise that in party politics, the party to which one belongs takes pre-eminence in the deciding of who goes for what office. If you had read my previous notes on this presidential journey, I had stated that I was going before my party to seek their consent to contest for the post of President. When I made my declaration on November 7, it was under this purview that I indicated my interest in the candidacy for the post of President. By doing so, I subjected myself to the supremacy of the party, in this case the PDP. As a serving governor of a state, belonging to the National Executive Committee, and being a prospective presidential candidate to be sponsored by the party, I am thus bound by any decision that the party’s top echelon may take before or after the primaries. The party’s decision last Friday to zone the presidency to the North, hard as it may be to accept, must be respected.
Does this in any way diminish the ideals which I stand for? By no means. The election to presidential office would have accelerated the achievement of our paradigm for a great Nigeria. However, the fact that one is not able to attain that office, therefore, only slows down the accomplishment of that dream. But we must still pursue that dream slowly but surely. In this regard I implore you to remain steadfast in the continued pursuit of achieving the great Nigeria of our dreams. We must have it in mind that the attainment of our dreams can be achieved, not only by the attainment of political office, but through the collective will of all. We all must unite to develop that will, to make it stronger and surer.
As a committed member of the PDP, I must invite you to lend your support to our party’s flagbearer, my friend and colleague, Alhaji Umar Yar’Adua, Governor of Katsina State as he marches towards the presidency in 2007. Before and after the nomination on Saturday last week, he had shown me tremendous friendship. This I shall cherish for a long time. Please join me in congratulating him on this significant assignment.
In deference to the presidential campaign of my friend and in order not to constitute an alter ego to the main agenda of the party to which I belong I regret to say we can no longer continue interaction at the level which we have done in the past few days until such a time that it would be practical to do so. I am most grateful for your unalloyed support – the time you all have taken to make one or two contributions on this blog. The comments have, for most of it, been very pleasant and useful. The camaraderie has been unprecedented. I shall definitely miss the interface. Please let the communications which you have developed among you, individually, continue. It would definitely help in building the hope that was begun. Thank you dearly.
I remain yours truly, Donald Duke.

Anyone heard Okotie's interview recently? Even Wole Soyinka's considering an upgrade to his dictionary, CHinua Achebe is scared to the teeth because the Queen's doing nothing  Plenty Gramma!!!

Lol, yes o! Whatever!! I bet u don't know much about the ghetto do you?

  Oh i do bt nt too too into it.I can ask China sha.

If Duke had gone to another party, he sure would be getting boos like the big thumb downs for uncle atiku