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Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by Praktikals(m): 1:30am On Feb 09, 2019 |
[quote author=Omolomo4eva post=75549085][/quote] Na me and your papa deh mad together |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by General247: 1:30am On Feb 09, 2019 |
madridsta007:Hope you didn't just draw your conclusion based on the headline. The line that might have somehow justified the headline is "Many of us believed and trusted President Buhari when he promised change, unfortunately not much changed under his leadership". The phrase, "many of us" does not mean he was part of those people that believed and trusted Buhari. He was just referring to the majority of the Nigerian populace who believed in Buhari which he wasn't part of. If you have read Sowore's history very well. Sowore has always been an antagonist to bad leadership. The list below proves Sowore's stand when it comes to Nigeria's democracy. 1. During his University days, he was against the dictatorship rule of Babangida government. Despite the fact that he never supported or voted for Abiola in 1993 because he knows fully well about MKO's past he stood up for him when the June 12 election was eventually annulled by Babangida. The election was reportedly to be the most free and fair election we have ever had. As the SUG president at that time, he mobilised students and youths to help in protesting against the annulment of the election. Will you now say he campaigned for Abiola to become president just because he was against IBB if Abiola turned out to be a bad president. Does protesting against the rot in Babangida regime mean an automatic endorsement of Abiola? 2. When Yaradua was brain dead in Saudi Arabia, his cabals were trying to prevent Jonathan from taking his rightful position as president. Sowore did everything possible to expose all the malfeasance of these cabals to the world through Saharareporters till Jonathan was sworn in as the president. Would you say Sowore was the one that imposed Jonathan on us? 3. When Jonathan became president, he allowed the people in his administration to perpertrate different forms of corruption. Saharareporters job has always been to expose any case of corruption going on in the government. They did exposed the corruption in Jonathan's government. During the build up to the 2015 election, the PDP were so arrogant because they believed there was no way an incumbent can lose an election to an opposition. APC took advantage of the information released by Saharareporters to make thier party look like an Angel to PDP. To the extent that many people decided to vote anything but Jonathan, the same mistake they are trying to make now. APC did everything possible to package Buhari like a Messiah and many people fell for it. The people failed to even look out for a credible alternative because they believed so much on the transactional structures of the established political parties. Structures which were built with stolen monies and have to be recouped when the APC got to power. With Sowore's moral principles of not voting or supporting an MKO at the June 12 elections, you think he would have supported Buhari not alone campaigned for him or tell people to vote for him. 4. Now that 2019 elections is in the corner, there are so many exposé he has done on this present administration which the PDP have leveraged on. Those people that supported Buhari just because they wanted Jonathan out can now see that the APC is also corrupt. Let's say Sowore is not contesting for president, the way Saharareporters have been publishing the gaffes and errors of Buhari due to old age and probably poor health recently plus all the previous exposed corruption cases in the APC government. The PDP would have founded it very easy to make Atiku look like an angel just as the APC did it 2015. If Atiku becomes the president and turned out to be a bad leader, will you say Sowore believed in him and asked people to vote for him? From the above analysis, you can deduce the role Sowore plays when it comes to Nigerian politics. There is no proof where he supported or asked people to vote for Buhari in 2015. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by Febelz: 4:21am On Feb 09, 2019 |
Praktikals:What are you saying? You are one of Nigeria's problems. 1 Like |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by polosky: 4:28am On Feb 09, 2019 |
Now am convince who to vote...... Na we fit change the narrative for this country 1 Like |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by ogawisdom(m): 5:20am On Feb 09, 2019 |
Raiders: Ur stupidity is genetic Why waste a vote on a candidate that stands no chance at all? |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by ogawisdom(m): 5:22am On Feb 09, 2019 |
General247: When u want to comment try and bring along your senses. Atiku will transform the country, he is bring along his business acumen |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by madridsta007(m): 6:34am On Feb 09, 2019 |
[s] General247:[/s] Lol. If he didn’t believe or trusted Buhari, then he would simply say, “many people believed and trusted Buhari...” Not, “us.” By “us”, he humbly put himself amongst the believers and Buhari-trusted ones. Or do you have English comprehension issues? What are you trying to obfuscate? If you knew who I am, you wouldn’t try to play obfuscation of semantics with me, trust me Writing this long epistle on behalf of Sowore who is a confessed Buharist and whose Sahara Reporters was a pro-APC mouthpiece is just funny. I’m surprised that this is a question— is that how far in post-truthism Nigeria has gone? He was a Buharist, Atiku too as well, and these guys showed a terrible understanding of history and hence judgement and should stay clear of leadership. |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by Awaja(m): 7:38am On Feb 09, 2019 |
They lose their quality immediately after swearing in ,It’s absurd manifesto don’t manifest . |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by calberian: 7:41am On Feb 09, 2019 |
madridsta007: A fundamental benefit of education is the the ability to entertain contrasting arguments and ideas, appreciate constructive criticisms and review ideologies as a result. There was a time when I felt that, due to the level of corruption in Nigeria at the time that made even corrupt former milads to gasp in shock and start looking like saints, any other government besides that of Goodluck Jonathan would perform better in Nigeria. At the time, I knew there was a possibility that Buhari might be or not be the answer but there was confidence that the GEJ administration wasn't it. Yes, there were some positive (relative to the current apology of a president in Nigeria today) sides to the GEJ regime but the fundamentals kept getting worse. One very clear example is the railways that the APC are cureently masturbating to. The PDP started plans on it in 2006 but only made counterpart payment in 2012 but by 2015, 9 years later, all four lines remained in the proverbial "pipeline". Intention without action was the bane of that government. And rogues. Education, power supply, and virtually every other necessary infrastructure suffered similar fates. Millions of Trump supporters are shocked at the joke that their world renowned presidency has now become. A lot of them stated being fed up with the way Hilary Clinton and her predecessors were instrumental in the undue interference of the US in the affairs of other nations to the foreign countries' detriment. They're now experiencing a paradigm shift. Today, there's a large swathe of Nigerians who feel the same way about the government in Nigeria and they're doing something about it. If we won't better the lot of Nigerians, let us (yours truly inclusive) not stand in the way of those poised and determined to. 1 Like |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by manikspears: 9:27am On Feb 09, 2019 |
Austinmiles: Atiku? Are you kidding? 1 Like |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by madridsta007(m): 10:48am On Feb 09, 2019 |
calberian: I think you lost me there when you wrote, "I knew there was a possibility that Buhari might be or not be the answer...". I think, as Nigerians, there is the tendency for people to believe in miracles or magic. This is what I think most who genuinely that Buhari "might" be the answer believed in. Magic. Asides for the likes of Sowore who are intellectually capable of knowing that, based from history and contemporary times, Buhari should not be close to a leadership position in a local government council. I would place Sowore on that platform as he is very well exposed, educated and for goodness sake, runs an international media firm and hence SHOULD know. First, asides Buhari's clear antecedents in incompetence and bigotry, anyone who should run a postcolonial African state and democracy in the 21st century should be (1) Educated (2) A Nationalist and (3) A Democrat. Buhari had NONE of this. Sowore, who was able to mysteriously obtain the very private line of Okonjo Iweala, of course must be able to access documents and read clear historical references that showed that Mr Buhari not only failed on these three prerequisites, but will be damaging for Nigeria, West Africa and for Africa, if he ascended to the position of President. Yet, in a clear display of bad judgement and bad sense of history, he backed him and used his media machinery to back him. And you want Nigerians to overlook this fatal error that has cost lives, millions of jobs and Nigeria's leading role in Africa and West Africa? History matters. You guys are funny. That is how people who will declare to bring the blood of dogs and baboons on Nigerians will be elected into office. That is how people who will threaten the international community monitoring elections with death accompanied with bodybags will be elected by a chanting hoarde of Nigerians. Nigerians are funny and unserious. I am insisting that, like it is done in sane countries, Sowore should take responsibility for his grave error- an error he has not apologised for, and people here are critiquing this simple process. Really? In the UK, before you are voted in as PM, the media will bring out your voting pattern on voting issues that affected national interest and your general psychology; Iraq War; voting pattern for benefits; voting pattern and comments you have made about climate change, tax, etc. And then people will judge you BASED on your past antecedents. If you have showed a poor sense of judgement or history, be rest assured that you are not coming back into a high office. That is the same pattern Nigerians must imbibe on persons seeking electoral positions. Actions and inactions must have consequences. If Nigeria is going to be a serious country, emotions or love for a person should be kept aside. Sensible, educated and logical people should drive home this simple fact -it is not about emotions but about taking responsibility for previous action. Leadership business is serious business. All these things I have written here are things, I am sure, Sowore will privately agree with. Because he is a US-resident and he knows how things work in serious countries. Again, history matters. Taking History serious would have freed us from Buhari in 2015. |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by calberian: 11:09am On Feb 09, 2019 |
Okay fine, Sowore's position on certain issues do not align with yours. Who, in this current dispensation, would you present as someone whose stand on the most pertinent issues is in a comfortable agreement with yours? madridsta007: |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by madridsta007(m): 12:54pm On Feb 09, 2019 |
calberian: Lol. You still don’t get it. I’m putting Sowore to test by using best practice standards— standards that Sowore, with his decades of stay in the US, is very much aware and comfortable with. If Sowore was only locally-exposed, I may be less firm with him. But he isn’t, for goodness sake. He’s lived in arguably the most democracy-inclined country o earth for this long. Who will I present? I’m certain that amongst the tens of candidates, there are persons whose track record have shown examplary courage in sense of judgement and history, even when it means refusing to follow the bandwagon— that’s leadership, standing alone at times as long as one stands right. If you want us to overlook standards which I’m sure you are aware of, for any excuse here or there, that’s still perpetuating the unseriousness that Nigeria is known for. |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by calberian: 1:13pm On Feb 09, 2019 |
madridsta007: In your mind, you've made some sense Oga, you either answer my question or shut the clam up |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by madridsta007(m): 1:35pm On Feb 09, 2019 |
[s] calberian:[/s] Lol. From speaking sensibly to using foul language. I was almost deceived Sorry, I’m not good with rude language. You will comfortably win me here. Let me end here then. Have a great day. Cheers. |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by General247: 1:42pm On Feb 09, 2019 |
madridsta007:The source you quoted claimed that he made this statement at the Montreal town hall meeting which I watched live. I had to even watch it all over again there is no where he said "Many of us believed and trusted President Buhari when he promised change, unfortunately not much changed under his leadership" or anything related to that. Regarding the "many of us" statement, you got the interpretation right, but you should also know that sometimes there are ways by which speakers carry their audience along their speeches by making themselves part of the people that made a mistake. Like when one says "We have been voting for thieves in this country" In literal sense, it means the speaker was part of the people voting for thieves. But contextually or in reality, the speaker might not have even participated in the process at all. He just made that statement so as not to belittle his audience. Hope you get the point, the kind of proof I want you provide is where he asked people to vote for Buhari or campaigned for him. If he had done so, you would have seen a tweet, interview or Facebook post where he said it. Regarding the long epistle, I just want you see his position when it comes to shaping the democracy of this country and how there is no way he could have believed or trusted Buhari. 1 Like |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by madridsta007(m): 1:45pm On Feb 09, 2019 |
General247: It was The Cable Newspapers, one of the few reputable online newspapers we have in Nigeria. Sowore knows the business well. If it was wrongly quoted, he would have easily sued. Please let’s stop giving excuses for Sowore. I always cringe when I see people give excuses for leaders/ would-be-leaders. In Sowore’s US it never happens! Fox News hosts are always bashed if they give excuses for Trump that they had to stop. |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by General247: 2:43pm On Feb 09, 2019 |
madridsta007: This is the link to the video, you can watch it and listen for where he made that statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJCNWuG6-ic&t=352s As regards sueing the news platform, you should know that many news platform have carelessly misquoted Sowore in many cases. And he has never for once taken them to court. He only comes out deny such allegations whenever he is asked in an interview mostly on TV's and radio stations. There's a news platform came out to say "Fela Durotoye defeated Sowore in the PACT( PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS COMING TOGETHER ) contest" which was outrightly false because he never participated in the PACT election. There are several videos where people on the streets, town hall meetings accused him of supporting BUHARI in 2015 and even a puppet to Bola Tinubu, his response has always been he never supported any of these people. He even went ahead to ask the accusers to show an evidence where he supported Buhari or Bola Tinubu. As per giving excuses, I am not excusing Sowore for wrong doing I am just trying to let you know he never supported Buhari which there is no substantial evidence to prove otherwise. Sowore is definitely not perfect, he has his own downsides. With the current situation of things, I can say he is the best alternative to Buhari, Atiku and other presidential candidates. We should try everything possible to promote and encourage him and not to pull him down. He has always wanted the best thing to happen to this country. However, that does not rule out the fact that we shouldn't correct him or constructively criticize him whenever he isn't getting it right. |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by madridsta007(m): 3:04pm On Feb 09, 2019 |
General247: Here’s the link. https://www.thecable.ng/sowore-trusted-buhari-disappointed-us/amp He was a Buharist and his Sahara NewsPapers platform was used as an APC-media propaganda arm. He may not have written all the articles in it, but as the owner and the Editor, he takes full responsibility. He’s shown terrible understanding of history and bad judgment. He shouldn’t be allowed to escape from taking responsibility for that. |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by GLOBALX: 1:05pm On Feb 10, 2019 |
A vote for Atiku, a vote for a thief. Write it down.. Nigeria will be worse off with Atiku. As for me and my household, Sowore will be our man. Up AAC, #takeitback |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by biosilicon: 2:11pm On Feb 10, 2019 |
madridsta007: watch the video. the part about sahara reporters starts from the 47th minute |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by madridsta007(m): 2:18pm On Feb 10, 2019 |
biosilicon: There’s no evidence, I think, that links the video to the article. He must have spoken at many platforms and obviously not said the same thing. That he trusted Buhari, at any level or measure of trust, to deliver even 1% of his manifesto despite Buhari’s well-referenced antecedents tells a lot about his sense of judgement and sense of history. He is an investigative journalist and an editor. Unlike Nigeria’s “indomie generation”, absolutely has no excuses. |
Re: 16 Qualities That Make Omoyele Sowore An Exceptional Presidential Candidate by mikolo80: 8:39pm On Feb 13, 2019 |
Babysho: No You said we all want the same thing We don't Why I called you a joker Really Cos it works just fine everywhere it's operated Not white man fault you're too lazy to operate it as it should especially the one the white people taught us. Simply because Sowore doesn't have enough funds means we should leave the country to be looted by rogues.No It means you should find a way to solve the problem of campaigning across 200 million ppl You make it seem like it's Sowore against youHe is against me if he is not winning when it's You and Sowore against the likes of Obasanjo, Atiku, Ganduje, Buhari etc.it's every man for himself Why I Say you're joking Clearly Did you watch something on local TV that brainwashed you?Nothing brainwashes me So it must be you Because you seem like an educated guy who must know one or two things of Nigeria's history but you're still adamant about leaving the country the way it is.no I'm adamant about crawling before flying otherwise we will not move forward at all. Get rich quick won't work here |
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