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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by ocelot2006(m): 4:19pm On Apr 04, 2013
Dede1:


Even if in your idiotic dreams, OBJ can not and will never be a mate of Ojukwu. Ojukwu flunked OBJ not once but thrice at the West African Military Academy Teshie, Ghana. Ojukwu wrote without reservations that OBJ was not a material for RMA, Sandhusrt, UK. OBJ was sent to Indian military academy where he specialized in changing motor oil in Bedford. The presence of young Ojukwu in class rooms sent shivers to the spine of Benjamin Adekunle.


Yet the same OBJ you insult led the famous 3rd Marine Commando Div, won the war, and was personally responsible for receiving Biafra's surrender via Gen. Phillip Effiong, while Ojukwu ran away to Ivory Coast, leaving his people to fend for themselves. Way to go, dude.

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by UncleJJ(m): 4:27pm On Apr 04, 2013
Ojukwu was buried as a [size=18pt]Nigerian[/size] General with full paraphernalia.

Why did he not ask to be buried as a Biafran General grin

This time, the whole world is watching.

Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by ndiofeajoka: 4:52pm On Apr 04, 2013
ocelot2006:

You guys will never cease to amuse me. Igbos a central part of SS? Riiiiiiiiiight.....

Is Annang more central to Niger delta than the Igbo in Rivers state?
Dude drop whatever you are smoking!

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by ndiofeajoka: 4:55pm On Apr 04, 2013
ocelot2006:


e SS is not interested in picking any fight with it's SE neighbour. We have way more important issues to attend to e.g. the development of our region, environmental pollution, etc. And we sincerely appreciate the support you've given to [size=14pt]our son[/size] GEJ ( 'same appreciate equally goes to some states in the SW, NC, NE and NW for their support for the SS presidency)

BUT that is no excuse for elements from the SE to impose any form of relationship were we must partake in any misadventure that they intend to undertake. WE REJECT IT IN TOTALITY. If you so wish to undertake such, then please do it all by yourselves. Or are you guys so scared of standing alone? You don't see the SW claim the SS, or the NE claim the NE or NC. So why are you guys different?

GEJ is not your son o! MBOK He is Ijaw, not Annang and he got for vote from Igbo than Annang can ever give him in the next 100 years of your existence. So, face your annal annang front. shocked cry

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by ocelot2006(m): 5:06pm On Apr 04, 2013
ndiofeajoka:

Is Annang more central to Niger delta than the Igbo in Rivers state?
Dude drop whatever you are smoking!

Did I ever mention that the annangs were a central tribe in the ND? Even our Ibibio brothers are larger than us. But the claim made about the igbos is nothing but total hogwash.

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by ocelot2006(m): 5:12pm On Apr 04, 2013
ndiofeajoka:

GEJ is not your son o! MBOK He is Ijaw, not Annang and he got for vote from Igbo than Annang can ever give him in the next 100 years of your existence. So, face your annal annang front. shocked cry


Lord, please who's this buffoon?

Is he not from Bayelsa state? And is Bayelsa not a part of the SS? Oh, you thought it was an LGA in SE, abi? Abeg someone should drag this monkey back to the zoo.
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by dayokanu(m): 5:20pm On Apr 04, 2013
Ogoni militant:
However it also true that the south East Igbos are not really in good terms with us in SS because of their domineering nature but I think they are realising their mistake. We need them and also they need us more. The Kindom of Ogoni are aware of who our true allies are. When the chips are down, we shall all know.

LOL.

Remember the famous quote " Good morning Saro wiwa" in the hot afternoon he was to be hanged and who made the comment
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by malc619(m): 6:18pm On Apr 04, 2013
Dede1:
Nigeria is a bloody mess because of pitiable fools such as you. Is it not funny that a jackass such as you has the effrontery to call people names and mention about IQ? Any Nigerian who calls him or herself a “Niger Deltan” is ashamed of his or her ethnicity and owes his or her forbearers an apology. What a dunce and useless piece of lamb dung.


^^
Says a deranged Lizard with the IQ of a toilet fly. you're nothing but a useless Maggot, senseless piece of shiit



It is only in your foolish world that MASSOB tantamount to Igbo. If you had pin size of brain, you would have checked with MASSOB to find how many Ijaws, Itsekiris, Urhobos, Binis, Isokos, Ibibios etc are members of MASSOB.

foolish words os a senseless drunkard.. MASSOB is‎​ an IBO organisation. Stop fooling your old age...

It is unfortunate you assumed to be in possession of any IQ. Nigerians without any future beside crude oil always believe that deposit of crude oil in Nigeria is limited to their ethnical domain. Yet they will be the same group of moronic dingbats to cling the dilapidated and useless one-Nigeria.

why are you crying like a drunk fool?? Is‎​ it by force to accept your help?? Selfish IBO bastards!!

I resolutely believed in Republic of Igbo land and the war of expansionism that will follow Nigeria's disintegration. There are many loudmouthed pigs in Nigeria that need to be vacated completely.

the above is‎​ the exact reason why no sensible tribe will form an alliance with your accursed people. All you thieves want is‎​ a bunch of fools you can exploit the way you like..

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by OurYansh: 6:24pm On Apr 04, 2013
dayokanu:

LOL.

Remember the famous quote " Good morning Saro wiwa" in the hot afternoon he was to be hanged and who made the comment

People of South-South shouldn't fail to forget the Ignoble Oju-Iku played in Saro Wiwa's trial and subsequent execution...

A word is‎​ enough for the wise!!

angry
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by Dede1(m): 6:29pm On Apr 04, 2013
ocelot2006:


Yet the same OBJ you insult led the famous 3rd Marine Commando Div, won the war, and was personally responsible for receiving Biafra's surrender via Gen. Phillip Effiong, while Ojukwu ran away to Ivory Coast, leaving his people to fend for themselves. Way to go, dude.


I have no words for any fool who thinks 3MCDO won the civil war for Nigeria. In military settings, superior officers delegate the subordinates to perform certain duties. The last time I checked though, Obasanjo was commanded to stand-in for C-in-C.
Dude way to go was to stand up against the aggressors.

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by Dede1(m): 6:32pm On Apr 04, 2013
malc619:
the above is‎​ the exact reason why no sensible tribe will form an alliance with your accursed people. All you thieves want is‎​ a bunch of fools you can exploit the way you like..




Anybody who runs away from the identity of his\her forbearers does not deserve a moment of life.
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by UncleJJ(m): 6:34pm On Apr 04, 2013

Some leaders in history dramatized the stakes of leadership under such circumstances. As the German Third Reich with all its attendant dreams tumbled down, Adolf Hitler took his own life, and Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister for propaganda, killed his six children,. and with his wife, Magda, committed suicide. When her revolt against Roman suzerainty ended in her defeat, the Icenic queen, Boudica, drank poison and died. But, as it all closed in on Emeka Ojukwu, he packed his bag and baggage and ran away.

link www.nairaland.com/430277/ojukwus-memoirs-offing-bianca/3#5903317


I have no words for any fool who thinks 3MCDO won the civil war for Nigeria. In military settings, superior officers delegate the subordinates to perform certain duties. The last time I checked though, Obasanjo was commanded to stand-in for C-in-C. Dude way to go was to stand up against the aggressors.
grin

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by kettykin: 6:46pm On Apr 04, 2013
Did Ojukwu kill Saro Wiwa ?

Our Yansh:

People of South-South shouldn't fail to forget the Ignoble Oju-Iku played in Saro Wiwa's trial and subsequent execution...

A word is‎​ enough for the wise!!

angry



General Paul Okutimo a Yoruba man killed Saro wiwa after murdering the Ogoni 4 and making Saro Wiwa look like the real murderer

General Paul Okutimo was the Commander of the then dreaded Rivers State Task Force. It was the force that arrested the renowned playwright and environmental activist, Ken Saro Wiwa, and some Ogoni leaders. They were eventually executed in 1997, for their complicity in the killing of �Ogoni Nine.�
In a telephone interview with Daily Sun, Okutimo spoke on some national issues.
Excerpts:
http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/54938-general-paul-okuntimo-arrester-saro-wiwa-speaks-nigeria.html


Mr Ejiogu also offers compelling evidence as to who may have murdered the four Ogoni elders at a meeting on 21 May 1994. Saro-Wiwa was due to speak but was turned away by the military. Mr Ejiogu said he heard Lt-Col Okuntimo tell his task force commander to “waste them… in the army you waste them is when you are shooting rapidly”. Within 24 hours Saro-Wiwa was arrested and charged with the murders. A Shell spokesman replied to the allegations: “Allegations concerning Okuntimo and Shell are not new

http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2011/06/23/shell-and-the-murder-of-ken-saro-wiwa/

Another Yoruba man Banjamin Adekunle killed Isaac Adaka Boro

Another Yoruba man Olusegun Obasanjo and Ahmed Tinubu are seriously planning against the only president that Niger Deltans have ever produced in history

This is my last warning to Niger Deltans [size=20pt]Know your Enemy !!! [/size]

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by kettykin: 7:04pm On Apr 04, 2013
[size=15pt]Oladipo Diya, Adisa, Olanrewaju supported the killing of Saro wiwa[/size]
So, General Diya's confession sat smiling to the Chairman's heart until Ibrahim Adamu wiped off the smile by asking whether the General would similarly apologise for the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight colleagues. On this score, Diya disappointed them all by refusing to play ball. After a long strenuous effort by both the counsel and the Commission, General Diya stood his ground insisting as follows in summary:

* Saro-Wiwa's case is different from the coup case because it was tried by a lawfully constituted tribunal and tribunals are still part of our law.
* The tribunal which sat in the open was made up of three persons, two of whom were high court judges, so it was not a Kangaroo court.

* The judges sent their judgment to the Provisional Ruling Council for confirmation as provided by law.

The Provisional Ruling Council debated the report and decided to confirm the sentences of the tribunal

http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/oarticles/oladipo%20diya.htm



Members of the PRC at the time were Mr. Abacha; Maj. General Patrick Aziza (Minister of Communications under Abacha); Major Gen. Tajudeen Olarenwaju (GOC); General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Chief of Defence Staff); Lt. General Oladipo Diya (Chief of General Staff); Maj. Gen. Victor Malu (GOC); Ibrahim Coomasie (Inspector General of Police); Mike Akhigbe (Chief of Naval Staff); Maj. General Ishaya Bamaiyi (Chief of Army Staff); Nsikak Eduok (Chief of Air Staff); Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Useni (Minister of the Federal Capital Territory) and Michael Agbamuche (Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice).

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by UncleJJ(m): 7:12pm On Apr 04, 2013
kettykin: Did Ojukwu kill Saro Wiwa ?





General Paul Okutimo a Yoruba man killed Saro wiwa after murdering the Ogoni 4 and making Saro Wiwa look like the real murderer


http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/54938-general-paul-okuntimo-arrester-saro-wiwa-speaks-nigeria.html




http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2011/06/23/shell-and-the-murder-of-ken-saro-wiwa/

Another Yoruba man Banjamin Adekunle killed Isaac Adaka Boro

Another Yoruba man Olusegun Obasanjo and Ahmed Tinubu are seriously planning against the only president that Niger Deltans have ever produced in history

This is my last warning to Niger Deltans [size=20pt]Know your Enemy !!! [/size]

bravo, atleast someone brings some facts. cheesy We are all aware of the not so popular paul okotimo. You still forget something.....

GEJ, was placed on this presidential seat by the Obasanjo who forced him down the northerner throats with the promise of a single tenureship, GEJ was like Obama, in the right place at the right time but the guy has failed to use this opportuinity to make friends and possible pave way for another SS president in the near future.

Tinubu on the other hand delivered Lagos state to the PDP. Has any of the northern governors or similar come out to shout 96% of our region voted for you MR. Jonathan.

Unlike the east, who continues to beat it like a drum, we voted for you Jonathan....(u nikka's always looking for a fool to pawn).

Look at these

Orji Advises Igbos To Leave North
Ngige Scores Peter Obi 7% In 7 Years
Has Ohaneze Been Bribed To Drop Its Igbo Presidency Agenda? Tis one is interesting. I guess you wont be sharpening you kitchen knives and hunting rifles.
Peter Obi Sued For Diverting N5bn State Fund
721 Policemen Renderedhomeless In Onitsha
MASSOB Overthrows Chime, Obi, Okorochas Et Al.
Okorocha Can Leave APGA No One Is Forcing Him To Stay - – Nwobu Alor

The SE is always in the news for negative issue's grin
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by Dede1(m): 7:12pm On Apr 04, 2013
UncleJJ:

Some leaders in history dramatized the stakes of leadership under such circumstances. As the German Third Reich with all its attendant dreams tumbled down, Adolf Hitler took his own life, and Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister for propaganda, killed his six children,. and with his wife, Magda, committed suicide. When her revolt against Roman suzerainty ended in her defeat, the Icenic queen, Boudica, drank poison and died. But, as it all closed in on Emeka Ojukwu, he packed his bag and baggage and ran away.


You are exemplary of what is wrong with Nigeria. I hate to be you because you suck big time. When will people such as you in Nigeria stop comparing apples and oranges? I am not even going to bother if you know anything about Icenic queen, Boudica but you should have known that Hitler initiated the attacks on the neighboring European countries. I guess you thrive in warped analogies.

Gowon initiated military attack on eastern region. Ojukwu tried to give his people the sense to believe in themselves and they did. In today’s Nigeria, no single ethnic group will dream of crossing arms with Ndigbo.

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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by ocelot2006(m): 9:00pm On Apr 04, 2013
Dede1:


I have no words for any fool who thinks 3MCDO won the civil war for Nigeria. In military settings, superior officers delegate the subordinates to perform certain duties. The last time I checked though, Obasanjo was commanded to stand-in for C-in-C.
Dude way to go was to stand up against the aggressors.

So you think the job of a commanding officer is just to delegate duties? Dude, you obviously don't know jack about the military. Who is responsible for formulating the strategies to be adopted by a fighting force after being given the necessary Intel by S-2 or G-2 officers? Who is responsible for vetting EVERY operation planned out by S-3 or G-3 officers, and the implementation of these ops? Who ensures that a division or Corp is combat effective and every officer, NCO, and men of the rank and file well trained, equipped, and motivated? If you think the leadership of Commanding officers are not necessary, I suggest you read up on Hannibal, Gen. Von Manstein, Rommel, Montogemry, Patton, Bradley,Norman Swashkopf, our own Maxwell Khobe, etc. And if you think a celebrated military unit still regardless of the competency of its commanding officer, I strongly suggest you read about Operation Anaconda, Afghanistan, were elite Navy seal Mako teamsand Spec. Ops Aviation Regiment suffered serious losses, no thanks to the incompetency of the seal team CO.
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by UncleJJ(m): 9:19pm On Apr 04, 2013
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by Dede1(m): 9:20pm On Apr 04, 2013
ocelot2006:

So you think the job of a commanding officer is just to delegate duties? Dude, you obviously don't know jack about the military. Who is responsible for formulating the strategies to be adopted by a fighting force after being given the necessary Intel by S-2 or G-2 officers? Who is responsible for vetting EVERY operation planned out by S-3 or G-3 officers, and the implementation of these ops? Who ensures that a division or Corp is combat effective and every officer, NCO, and men of the rank and file well trained, equipped, and motivated? If you think the leadership of Commanding officers are not necessary, I suggest you read up on Hannibal, Gen. Von Manstein, Rommel, Montogemry, Patton, Bradley,Norman Swashkopf, our own Maxwell Khobe, etc. And if you think a celebrated military unit still regardless of the competency of its commanding officer, I strongly suggest you read about Operation Anaconda, Afghanistan, were elite Navy seal Mako teamsand Spec. Ops Aviation Regiment suffered serious losses, no thanks to the incompetency of the seal team CO.


The above post is ranting of ant. Again, 3MCDO did not win civil war for Nigeria. The feat of winning the civil war for Nigeria was performed by the armed forces of Nigeria led by the C-in-C in the person of Gowon.
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by Emperor007: 9:33pm On Apr 04, 2013
kettykin: Did Ojukwu kill Saro Wiwa ?





General Paul Okutimo a Yoruba man killed Saro wiwa after murdering the Ogoni 4 and making Saro Wiwa look like the real murderer


http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/54938-general-paul-okuntimo-arrester-saro-wiwa-speaks-nigeria.html




http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2011/06/23/shell-and-the-murder-of-ken-saro-wiwa/

Another Yoruba man Banjamin Adekunle killed Isaac Adaka Boro

Another Yoruba man Olusegun Obasanjo and Ahmed Tinubu are seriously planning against the only president that Niger Deltans have ever produced in history

This is my last warning to Niger Deltans [size=20pt]Know your Enemy !!! [/size]


^^^

Gbam


.
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by Emperor007: 9:35pm On Apr 04, 2013
kettykin: Did Ojukwu kill Saro Wiwa ?





General Paul Okutimo a Yoruba man killed Saro wiwa after murdering the Ogoni 4 and making Saro Wiwa look like the real murderer


http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/54938-general-paul-okuntimo-arrester-saro-wiwa-speaks-nigeria.html




http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2011/06/23/shell-and-the-murder-of-ken-saro-wiwa/

Another Yoruba man Banjamin Adekunle killed Isaac Adaka Boro

Another Yoruba man Olusegun Obasanjo and Ahmed Tinubu are seriously planning against the only president that Niger Deltans have ever produced in history

This is my last warning to Niger Deltans [size=20pt]Know your Enemy !!! [/size]




^^^

Gbam


.
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by UncleJJ(m): 9:39pm On Apr 04, 2013
WORDS OF DEDE

I have no words for any fool who thinks 3MCDO won the civil war for Nigeria.

Nigeria is a bloody mess because of pitiable fools such as you.

Even if in your idiotic dreams, OBJ can not and will never be a mate of Ojukwu.

You are exemplary of what is wrong with Nigeria. I hate to be you because you suck big time.

MASSOB is a joke of the century.

In fact, MASSOB is a disgrace.

------------------........-----------------------------------
Ojukwu tried to give his people the sense to believe in themselves and they did.

A


B


In today’s Nigeria, no single ethnic group will dream of crossing arms with Ndigbo.

You are wrong again

A


B


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Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by ballol(m): 11:08pm On Apr 04, 2013
Who cares, they are welcome fools.
Re: MASSOB Will Soon Declare War On North by kettykin: 4:31am On Apr 05, 2013
UncleJJ:

bravo, atleast someone brings some facts. cheesy We are all aware of the not so popular paul okotimo. You still forget something.....

GEJ, was placed on this presidential seat by the Obasanjo who forced him down the northerner throats with the promise of a single tenureship, GEJ was like Obama, in the right place at the right time but the guy has failed to use this opportuinity to make friends and possible pave way for another SS president in the near future.

Tinubu on the other hand delivered Lagos state to the PDP. Has any of the northern governors or similar come out to shout 96% of our region voted for you MR. Jonathan.

Unlike the east, who continues to beat it like a drum, we voted for you Jonathan....(u nikka's always looking for a fool to pawn).

Look at these

Orji Advises Igbos To Leave North
Ngige Scores Peter Obi 7% In 7 Years
Has Ohaneze Been Bribed To Drop Its Igbo Presidency Agenda? Tis one is interesting. I guess you wont be sharpening you kitchen knives and hunting rifles.
Peter Obi Sued For Diverting N5bn State Fund
721 Policemen Renderedhomeless In Onitsha
MASSOB Overthrows Chime, Obi, Okorochas Et Al.
Okorocha Can Leave APGA No One Is Forcing Him To Stay - – Nwobu Alor

The SE is always in the news for negative issue's grin


you have just given up your self as some body who peddles rumors and propaganda did Obasanjo really back Jonathan like you claimed he did. OBJ is just a political opportunist who decides to put his camp where he naturally thinks will benefit him more.

Below is what Obasanjo the Hypocrite and the Coward said in 2010 Obsanjo switched camps after he saw Jonathan had stablised and taken the reigns of Leadership and OBJ will switch camps again before 2015

https://www.nairaland.com/436332/don-t-contest-2011-election

Don’t contest in 2011, Obasanjo tells Jonathan
SUNDAY, 25 APRIL 2010 00:00 OLUSOLA SANNI

•Settle for VP, Northern leaders tell Ag. President
•Odili, Nnamani, Tinubu, others lobby IBB for VP
From former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has come a word of advice for the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan: Do not contest for the presidency in 2011.


Sources said Obasanjo offered the advice based on reports that some close aides of the Acting President have been mounting pressure on him to be a part of the 2011 elections as a presidential candidate.


Added to this was the fact that Jonathan did not give a clear cut answer to whether he would contest or not when he was asked the question on a Cable News Network (CNN) programme anchored by Christiana Amanpour.


It was gathered that Obasanjo told Jonathan that rather than allow his candidacy to generate more tension, as it has been doing already, he should opt to be the running mate of any Northerner who emerges the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Based on an unwritten agreement, the PDP, on which platform Jonathan and President Umaru Yar’Adua were elected, has zoned the presidency to the North for eight years, beginning from 2007.


According to our source, Obasanjo was not specific in the choice of the candidate Jonathan should work with.
The source hinted that the new plan will make Jonathan continue as the vice-president till 2015 when the presidency will then return to the South, a time it is believed the Acting President should wait for.


Obasanjo reportedly told Jonathan in a telephone conversation that it is only then that the Acting President could be sure of a bloc vote from the North for his ambition.
But it could not be confirmed if Jonathan has agreed to the plan though he hinted in the CNN interview that he could continue as the vice-president in 2011.


Sources said this was also the position taken by some prominent political leaders from the North on the 2011 elections.
Sources told the Nigerian Compass that all prospective presidential candidates from the North have an unwritten agreement that once Jonathan indicates interest, he should be made the vice-presidential candidate for the election.


Among those said to have agreed to the agreement were former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd); former military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd); and the National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd).
It was gathered that the thinking was that in the event that Yar’Aua could not continue in office as a result of his ill-health, any Northerner who wants to take over would do injustice to Jonathan by denying him a second term in office as the vice-president.


Though several politicians have been lobbying the Northern candidates, sources said the preference is still for Jonathan to emerge as the vice-president in order to be fair to him and also placate the people of the Niger Delta, especially those urging him to seek the office of the president.


It was learnt that some Northern leaders have already reached out to Jonathan on the need for him to accept the vice-presidency offer in 2011.
They were said to have told him that based on the unwritten agreement of the PDP as it relates to the presidency, Jonathan should settle for the position of the vice-president.
A source said, “There seems to be a twist in the crisis rocking the PDP.


“Obasanjo has told Jonathan to back down on his presidential ambition till 2015.
“The plan is to make Jonathan continue in office as the vice-president till 2015, when the presidency will be zoned back to the South.
“We do not know how Obasanjo came about this decision, whether he has some agreement with any Northern group or not.


“I cannot also tell whether Jonathan has agreed to the plan or not but the situation of things right now is that Obasanjo has told Jonathan to step down his presidential ambition.”
The source, who is a member of the PDP Reform Forum, which is rooting for Jonathan’s emergence as the PDP flag bearer in next year’s presidential election, further told the Nigerian Compass that there would be no let up in the campaign for the Acting President to contest.


The would-be Northern candidates, sources from two of the camps told the Nigerian Compass, have started building on this directive to have Jonathan as the vice-presidential candidate.


However, there are fears among those in the two camps that the in-fighting among politicians from the South-South could spell doom for anyone who opts for a candidate from that zone as vice-president.


A source said, “If for instance my boss should pick the Acting President, we still have to contend with the Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timi Sylva, with whom the Acting President has a rift.


“It is either the rift is settled or Sylva mobilises against the joint ticket Jonathan will be flying.
“The same thing goes for most states of the South-South.
“In Rivers, the governor is on the war path with his predecessor.


“In Edo, the governor is at loggerheads with the political heavyweights in the state.
“There is no South-South state where things are settled politically as we speak.


“So anyone looking in that direction has a lot of work to do in terms of settling issues among the stakeholders.”
Sources told the Nigerian Compass that owing to this development, the Northern candidates have started looking in the direction of the South-East and the South-West for possible running mates.


It was gathered that the Northern candidates are already considering a former president of the Senate from the South-East and two serving governors from the South-West.
Indeed, pressure is said to be more on Babangida as those angling for a shot at the vice-presidency from the South have been bombarding him with requests for the ticket.


Top on the list of those who have reached out to Babangida, most of the time subtly, are a former President of the Senate, Chief Ken Nnamani; a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili; Sylva; the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Bola Tinubu; and the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Barrister Godswill Akpabio.


The source said, “We have a deluge of serving and former state governors jostling to become the running mate to IBB (Babangida).


“They are mostly from the South-South.
“We are weighing our options on who we will pick as our running mate.
“And the consideration is to look for a candidate who will add tremendous electoral advantage to the ticket and not a political liability.”

http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46763:dont-contest-in-2011-obasanjo-tells-jonathan&catid=672:top-stories&Itemid=794

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