2015 GENERAL ELECTION AND OMINOUS SIGNALS FROM THE CORE MOSLEM NORTH OF NIGERIA. SCRIPTED BY CHIEF (SIR) DON UBANI

In a civil polity, the unity and progress of the citizens are driven by simple adherence to the rule of law. By this assertion, it is believed that, in whatever corner of the polity a citizen may find himself or herself, such a citizen shall be at liberty to exercise his or her fundamental human rights. Ofcourse, some of the rights are;
(1) The right to live, (2) the right to hold and express personal opinion, (3) freedom of association and (4) freedom of choice of religion.

Even though Nigeria, as an entity, came into being by sheer force of arms, through the amalgamation of 1914 of the Northern and Southern Protectorates of Nigeria by the British Colonial administration, first generation leaders of the Nigerian State knew that a federal constitutionalism, anchored holistically on the rule of law, was inexorably essential for the healthy growth of the country.

The intendment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Constitution of 1999, as amended, is that every citizen of Nigeria has the right to transact his or her legitimate business in any part of the country, without any inhibition. In this particular context, transactions may not be limited to commerce and industry. It includes both religious and political engagements. The effectiveness of the application and implementation of the rule of law is the only thing that can guarantee and sustain the faith and confidence of the citizenry in the polity. It is equally important to state that it is not only the government that enforces this principle. The individual citizen, family, community and, even, the tribe are constitutionally obliged to observe and abide by the rule of law. It is the attendant assurance that evolves from the plausibility of the rule of law that makes an indigene of one state to live and establish his or her enterprise in a state completely outside his or her geo-political zone.

According to the time-table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, general election will take place on the 14th and 28th of February, 2015 in Nigeria. In tandem with democratic practice, political parties and their candidates have already gone into action; campaigning from one place to another, depending on the size of their constituencies. The essence of a campaign exercise is normally to canvass the support of the electorate. In order to achieve this objective, the party in question could come by way of pictorial or graphic reminiscences of what it had achieved in the past and would go ahead and release a master plan of what it intends to do again if re-elected. For a party that is in the opposition and wants to take over from a party in power, it must work very assiduously to make sure that it portrays itself as a party that has the capability of being a better alternative to the incumbent. The process of realizing this goal is usually and expectedly characterized by civility and finesse both in words and action.


As it is cultural, democracy is not characterized by crudeness of thought, uncouth language or violence. Democracy, as a practice, is meant only for those that are civilized and refined.

It would be recalled that in 2005, the central Intelligence Agency; C.I.A, of the United States of America had allegedly predicted the disintegration of the Nigerian State by 2015. In as much as the authenticity and potency of this prediction were not clear, it remains the responsibility of every law-abiding citizen of Nigeria to make sure that the hornet’s nest is not, at anytime, especially at this critical moment of Nigeria, stirred.
Nigerians may not need to be reminded that, between that prediction and this January 2015, many untoward developments have taken place in Nigeria. Militancy had reigned in the Creeks of the Niger Delta Region! Armed Robbery and Commercial Kidnapping became instruments of economic survival in almost all parts of the former Protectorate of Southern Nigeria!! As if Nigeria’s vices grow in an astronomical devastating order, the North-East and, to a large extent, the North-West of Nigeria are currently being held hostage by a notoriously most inhumane insurgent Islamic fundamentalist gang that has been responsible for the death of thousands of innocent Nigerians, especially Christians in the two affected regions of the North.

As many Nigerians may not have forgotten, the impunity and bravado with which Boko Haram pursued its criminality, especially after Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s election in 2011, could not have been if there had not been a political angle to it. To be precise, the core Moslem North had done everything it thought would help achieve a retrieve of political power from the South in 2011 by massively supporting retired major General Muhammadu Buhari; an Islamic Fundamentalist, who contested on the platform of congress for Progressive Change but was overwhelmingly defeated by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of the People’s Democratic Party; P.D.P; a Christian of Southern Nigeria extraction. That simple electoral success of President Jonathan was automatically turned into a pyrrhic victory by the Boko Haram that went on rampage, unmistakably acting as the militant wing of the Northern Political Class. The consequences of the criminality of the Boko Haram was, for all intents and purposes, extravagantly putrid. In an overt reaction to the defeat of General Buhari, the gang burnt many churches in the Moslem North, killed and maimed thousands. Ofcourse, the initial targets of the mayhem by the Islamist gang were Christians, churches, Igbo traders and their wares and non-moslem Nigerians living in that part of the country.

But like a tiger on which back a jingo had ridden to intimidate, hurt or even devour his assumed enemies and which ended up killing its master, the Boko Haram has grown wilder than the Northern Political establishment had ever imagined. As Chinua Achebe would aptly put it, ‘the Falcon no longer hears the Falconer!’ Things have fallen apart. The Boko Haram now kills even its financiers. The Moslem North has become a typical example of an insecured and failed region. The economy of the North has been decapitated by self absurdity. For the North, the centre has collapsed and, therefore, may not hold even in the next fifty years.

If there are observes who had thought otherwise, their optimism has now finally been dashed into pessimism by the recent signals coming from the Moslem North. Only very recently, President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign convoy was unwarrantedly attacked by supporters of All Progressive Congress in Katsina State. As if that was not enough, President Jonathan and Members of the People’s Democratic Party; P.D.P, were again brutally attacked in Bauchi, to the extent of six body guards of President Jonathan being seriously injured. This means that if the Body Guards had not been professionally patriotic, the President of Nigeria; a Christian, southern and Niger-Deltan, would have been flown back to Bayelsa a dead man. Again, in their emboldened march of impunity, supporters of All Progressive Congress, on Sunday 25th January, 2015 burnt to ashes two vehicles belonging to President Jonathan’s campaign team at Suleja in Niger State.

From all indications, these signals from the core Moslem North are not, in any way, healthy for the survival of the Nigerian State.
Already, Chieftains of Niger-Delta militancy have met in Yenegoa in Bayelsa State and have vowed to return, not even ‘fire for fire’ but ‘hell for fire’.
For this pronouncement to be collectively made by the likes of Asari Dokubo, Tompolo and Boyloaf, it certainly means that Nigeria may not be very far from the likehood of reality of the prediction by the Central Intelligence Agency of America. Just as a tip of the iceberg, a campaign podium put up by the All Progressive Congress in Okirika in Rivers state for its campaign was recently bombed. This could be a signal that the Niger Delta Militants are now ready to make real their threat to retaliate any iota of reckless attack on their son; President Jonathan.
Despite the colossal damage already caused by the ethnol/rebigious activities of supporters of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, the situation which is like a boiling cauldron could still be saved through the intervention of General Buhari. Any failure to do what is needful at this moment of precariousness, might lead to a situation with untoward consequences for the Nigerian State. Let Nigeria be saved.

Chief (Sir) Don Ubani; KSC, Jp
(Okwubunka of Asa)

The North started it

This country won't survive this year


Imagine stoning GEJ's convoy after a successful campaign by Buhari down south

Say No to political slavery

We want equity equality fairness and JUSTICE

If quota system is applied in admission into schools and federal jobs/appointments to give unqualified Northerners a say,

We must apply quota system in ensuring that ethnic groups of few thousands are allowed to RULE Nigeria


What is good for A is also good for B

Say No To Internal colonialism

Say No To Political Slavery

Say No To Born To Rule


Hypocrisy must not be allowed to thrive

The same North u love to throw jabs at, are the same people who actually gave GEJ the presidency.


If the North's politicians had not wished GEJ to ever be president, he will surely have never smelt that office.


That's actually why we don't respond to media hype/propaganda, we act not talk.


But alas, GEJ is as good as gone, the same people I.e Northerners who backed him to the presidency, r the same ones he has turned his back on and threatening by proxy


#Issoraite, its gonna be like magic wen GEJ leaves that place.