Until penultimate week’s presidential election was won and lost, one regular face on the campaign stumps of President Goodluck Jonathan was Patrick Ifeanyi Uba, the brain behind the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) – a group which claimed to have secured 18 million signatures across the six geo-political zones endorsing Jonathan’s re-election bid. For those who may not know this 43-year-old businessman from Umuanuka in Otolo, Nnewi, he is the MD/CEO of Capital Oil and Gas – a company that deals in importation, storage, distribution, trading and retailing of oil products.

He first came into the consciousness of Nigerians during the subsidy payments scandal. His company was among those indicted by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede’s Presidential Panel constituted to look into the findings of the report of an earlier investigation panel set up by the Ministry of Finance on Fuel Subsidy payments to the tune of about N2 trillion. As he was battling with this indictment, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria’s (AMCON) hammer fell on his company following an Abuja Federal High Court ruling over an alleged N48.014bn debt. His adversaries had thought an end had come, business-wise, for this Anambra businessman. Alas, they were wrong!

Uba sprang a surprise like any good student of Niccolo Machiavelli. Like this Florentine philosopher stated in The Prince: “Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception,” rather than engage in endless legal battles, Uba opted for Machiavelli’s enduring words. It was a season of politics and gradually, he wormed his way into the hearts of the first family. With that came unhindered access to the Villa and the opportunity to project himself as a man who could move mountains for the President, as far as his re-election bid was concerned. Long before even seasoned politicians could come up with the idea of helping Jonathan pursue his re-election bid, Uba had come up with a scheme – the President must be persuaded to seek re-election. And in doing that, he claimed to have secured 18 million signatures for that purpose.

In carnival-like manner, Uba’s TAN moved round major capital cities drumming support for Jonathan and telling those in the corridors of power that 18 million TAN ambassadors were on the field working for the president’s re-election. His group even became a parallel campaign organisation for the President in some states, including Bayelsa where it transformed into a platform for those determined to stop the governor from seeking a second term.

Along the way, he recovered his lost possessions and Society Happenings even gathered that he got much more in terms of emerging as a key player in the kerosene subsidy regime.

Now that the presidential election has been won and lost, with Jonathan’s opponent, General Muhammadu Buhari, declared winner with over 15 million votes, as against Jonathan’s 12 million votes, many are asking: where are the 18million TAN Ambassadors whose signatures Ubah secured for the president’s second term bid? Atleast, those 18 million TAN ambassadors could have given the President three million votes above those of Buhari.


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deceit upon deceit, lies upon lies.
could jonathan have cluelessly believed all this clowns.

Booked

the clowns are even considering that they alone can vote jaykay, jokers.

The 18 million pepple were recruits for gej welcome back ceremony in otuoke

I can't laugh ...they were busy watching and monitoring the election on TV ni

cana882:
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Fraudster

Na there trade mark be that. Shouting big figures to decieve the unsuspecting innocent man.

Thesame creed claiming they are 45% of Kano, Abuja and Kaduna.

Lmao.

Ifeanyi did what he did to get Capital Oil back. He paid his dues and his dues paid him.

The rest is history.

we sang it severally
that tan was a scam
they never listened
now the scales have fallen
off their eyes
and its too late to emerge from
this capsized pdp boat

itetemi:
deceit upon deceit, lies upon lies.
could jonathan have cluelessly believed all this clowns.

I'm compelled to think he did.

The same clowns deceiving JK.

They are with Ganni Adams 6m OPC members, making it 22m, + all the witches and wizards in Nigeria.

omenka:
Lmao.

Ifeanyi did what he did to get Capital Oil back. He paid his dues and his dues paid him.

The rest is history.

How can Jonathan allowed a verified crook like Ifeanyi Ubah scammed him this way? 18 million tanoids?

OPC Gani Adams even said his 6 million followers will vote for Jonathan.What a shame.

They were busy looking for the jobs created be Ebele

Gone into hiding after duping GEJ during the presidential election

And some Yahoo boys would be forming say dem be scammers.....Ifeanyi Ubah is the biggest scammer and fraudster in the history of this country....he even move about with government protections....

Jonathan disappointed Nigerians to be honest. Ifeanyi Ubah was battling with corruption cases..jonathan called him and made him the so called chairman of TAN to campaign for him. FFK who was so powerless, visionless and clueless with court cases and jail starring him in the face, Jonathan raised him from the pit of uselessness and made him the spokesperson....when all over the world, it was clear that there are massive corruption cases in the Nigerian sector, yet, with the help of Jonathan, Dieziani became president of OPEC.....the most clueless behaviour of Jonathan was to allow Abba Moro to continue as if nothing happen when Nigerians were subjected to the highest form of inhumane behaviour coming from the govt....too numerous to mention....

Jonathan na mugu. And Ifeany Ubah catch am maga

Jonathan's regime is a big lesson for everyone.
This is what happens when you surround yourself with mediocrity and sycophants

President Jonathan is not a Politician. So when political jobbers decided to job him, he didn't smell a rat. He swallowed it hook, line and sinker. And that was how Uba came back to life as a Billionaire in dollars.

This same guy who couldn't win himself a gubernatorial election?

GEJ, the first president to be scammed.

chai PDP so easy to scam, 18million saTAN to 12million vote

Jonathan is an orubebe.

GEJ was realy scammed during this election...e.g uba, opc, almost all gov, and other unknown group.

if he had realy work during the last six years, there will be no need for all this nonsence.

yoctek:


This same guy who couldn't win himself a gubernatorial election?

hmmmmmmmmm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_YjvC4ndzM

tan, wey the 18million vote.


pls give jk out of the imaginary vote o