President Jonathan, Beware!

This clarion call on Mr. Goodluck to beware of marauders surrounding him is premised on our recent past experience in Ekiti State re-run election between the Action Congress (AC), now Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) gubernatorial candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi and Engr Segun Oni of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the year 2009.

It would be too early to forget that Mr. Goodluck was the chairman of Segun Oni’s campaign team and that the statement credited to him (Goodluck), which he did not refute throughout the period, was that Segun Oni won the election before voting took place at all. “The PDP candidate, Engr Segun Oni has won this election, and what we are doing today is just for formality sake ——”. Mr. Goodluck roared on the podium in Ado-Ekiti. “Peee Dee Pee!!”. Mr. Goodluck concluded and that was followed by a thunderous. “Power!!” from the crowd.

In the company of Mr. Goodluck that fateful day were sons/daughters of Sceva, which included Serubawon of Osun State, whose only duty in the state has been to constitute nuisance with his long cap, the dare-devil Omi-yaa, omi-yuu also of Osun State, whose only stock-in-trade in the senate is to acquire illegal wealth from abandoned projects, the killer or is it killah of Ekiti State, the Chief Priest of Ogun shrine, where top politicians swear to an oath naked, I mean Mr. Daniel himself and other notorious armed ballot boxes snatchers too many to mention.

The roaring of Lion Goodluck in Ekiti State that fateful day destroyed all forms of political normalcy and actually uprooted and set ablaze the democratic tree, which is being nurtured by all and sundry or do we say that has been nurtured by all patriots in Nigeria soon after the roaring of Lion Goodluck, INEC Commissioner in Ekiti State, Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo, a,k.a. “My Conscience” fell flat and her religion which gave her the conscience could not uphold her any longer. “If you are aggrieved after the declaration of the result, you can go to court” she managed to voice out, in a tension-soaked hall. Fortunately or otherwise, Madam Conscience is now in the neighbouring State of Ondo State, probably to increase the tribunal cases by declaring fake and forged results again. It is probably on record that the judiciary also had and probably is still having their own share of ‘goodluck’ as it would be too early to forget the landmark judgement of Thomas Naron and the four other judges as incompetent judges, but their incompetence had led to their elevation in their various states. It is rather unfortunate that the judiciary is only chasing shadows learning the substance or how do we explain the uncomfortable silence of the judiciary on the call log saga between Thomas Naron and the lead counsel of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Kunle Kalejaiye. The embarrassing silence of the judiciary on this issue is a direct promotion of corruption in the judiciary. This might be the propelling factor that encouraged Garuba Ali to toe the path of Thomas Naron in Osogbo, Osun State.

Whatever faces a person, backs the other, hence what causes a setback or is it badluck to a person, might be the elevating factor for another. Mr. Goodluck got to the position of first citizen without spending a dime on election. Along the line, set back of a person has been paving the way to Mr. Goodluck. Now that Mr. Goodluck is preparing for the first election in his life, he has to beware, that, this might not result into calamity for the entire nation.

Mr. Goodluck should realise that the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a Nation of Nations, and now that the setback of a nation has paved way for his own nation, he should be careful and thread it softly. If the gentleman agreement or is it party zoning that gave him the opportunity of becoming the first citizen, must be destroyed for him to have another way into number one seat again, we would not sit down and watch the sons and daughters of Sceva around him to destroy the Yoruba nation. If Mr. Goodluck would not allow the programme of God for his life to prevail, and would now plan to enforce his own way on that of God, by gunning for elective post, instead of the selective post given to him by God, we would not allow such an ambition to waste lives in Yorubaland.

If Jega would allow the change from Gods plan for Mr. Goodluck to human plan to tarnish and destroy all the integrity he (Jega) had built for years, that would be his cup of tea. But for us in Yoruba land to fold our hands and watch human programme destroy our people, there will be no way for that this time around.

We have to note that project of Mr. Goodluck for President, was the idea of the devil reincarnate Olusegun Obasano, long before Mr. Goodluck became Mr. Vice President of Nigeria. The imposition of Alhaji Musa Yar‘Adua on Nigeria, was master devil agenda and even Mr. Death disappointed them, by keeping so long before striking Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua. Any project involving devil reincarnate Olusegun Obasanjo must involve a do-or-die agenda. I trust devil reincarnate Olusegun Obasanjo he must have made enough provision for AK 47 rifles and must have distributed them into every state of the federation.

Honestly we have been having our own share of the provision in Osun State where it was being rumoured that a PDP aspirant has been going around with a Toyota has loaded with AK 47 rifles. The Omi-yaa, omi-yuu bad boys have been entertaining, their supporters with the booming of AK 47 rifles as the aspirant could not express himself even in Yoruba to the supporters. It we are to be honest with ourselves, Mr. Goodluck cannot win an election this time around in a free, fair and credible polls. This is obvious as the jilted and cheated Hausas will not vote for Mr. Goodluck.

I also doubt the South-East Ibos, will vote for Mr. Goodluck, because that would mean trading away the chance of Ibos come 2015 till 2031. I am sure this would not augur well for the Ibo nation. But we might have few of them, who would be ready to trade away the fortune of the Ibos, for a pot of porridge. The South-West is in firm control of the progressives and as such, outcasts like the devil reincarnate OBJ, together with his renegades would be disgraced at the polls, by voting en mass against Mr. Goodluck. By my own calculation, which might not be easy to be faulted, the only bulk vote for Mr. Goodluck would come from the South-South and that would not get anywhere. Another factor that would definitely work against Mr. Goodluck, come 2011 is that of his godfather, devil reincarnate, Olusegun Obasanjo.

Heh! For, the originator of a do-or-die election, OBJ himself, who brought undiluted badluck to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, by his anti-people policies, who tried so much to dismantle the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by bringing his unpopular third term agenda from the rear and the worst of all, who presided over the fattest purse resulting from the crude oil in Nigeria and under whose government, Nigerians have never had it as bad etc I am sure Nigerians would avenge the blood of those wasted and around the 14th of April 2007 by voting en-mass against Mr. Goodluck come 2011. Mr. Goodluck Sir! I cannot see you win an election in a free, fair and credible poll in January 2011.

My fear then is, knowing the devil reincarnate OBJ for who he is and for what he stands for, all his programmes now would be purely on how to rig the 2011 presidential poll. I can also foresee rigging with violence, wanton destruction of lives, ballot boxes snatching at gun point and possibly rubbishing the integrity of Professor Attahiru Jega and his team. This might force Professor Atahiru Jega, together with few patriotic members of INEC to resign en-mass and this might lead to chains of reactions, the end of which ONLY God knows. It would be disastrous for Mr. Goodluck, to preside on an election which will likely result in bad luck for the entire Federal Republic of Nigeria. It will still be part of History anyway.

By OYAGBILE ISRAEL

•OYAGBILE wrote in from Ward 5, ODO-OTIN Local Government Council Area, Osun State.

…To be continued

aisha2:

An allaiance is being worked out between Buhari and ribadau. Buhari realises the similarities between his ideologies and Ribadau, Buhari also knows that he may never be accepted by Most christains. ribadau is the only one who comes close to him ideologically speaking and He knows that someone younger, fresher who is seen not as a Northerner but a Nigerian will be a better sell. So at the end of the day, we may see buharis votes swingning to Ribadau

2011: Buhari Tackles ACF, Northern Leaders .
Wednesday, 22 September 2010 02:14 Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna   .

Former head of state and presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari yesterday stated that the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), General Ibrahim Babangida and Alhaji Adamu Ciroma lacks the moral rights to challenge usage of public funds in furthering the chances of Presidential Goodluck Jonathan in the impending presidential election.

He also tackled Babangida on his purported commitment to Igbo presidency in 2015.

Buhari, who spoke through his spokesperson Ya'u Shehu Darazo in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP, argued: "First of all, we want to be understood that I am not condoning the use of public funds to finance party activities. Two, I am also not defending Jonathan; he is in a position to defend himself and has handlers.[b]What I am saying is ACF lacks the moral right now to speak against President Jonathan or anybody in government using or misusing public funds to finance political campaign because this did not start today. It started with Obasanjo and all of us know it. We knew, for instance, when we were in court in 2003, that for the 30 months lawyers of Obasanjo were coming to court in government vehicles. They were accommodated in government VIP guest houses, they were financed from government coffers, they were provided with the State Security Services (SSS) personnel as bodyguards. Where was ACF then? We also saw in 2007 when we were in court that the lawyers of the late Yar'Adua were driven to court in government vehicles supported by machinery of government. Where was ACF then? And we also saw all over the country where governors who rigged elections were taken to courts, the entire government machinery wase in courts in respect of all the governors whether in the North or South. Where was ACF? So this is the moral question and that is why some of us are opposed to the partisan position of the ACF in respect of the so- called zoning, because it is entirely a PDP affair and ACF today has turned itself into an organ of the PDP.[/b]

"There are, over 50 political parties. If anybody felt cheated in his party he or she has option to move to another party and aspire to be whatever he wants to be. The essential thing is to mobilize Northerners and by extension Nigerians to make the right choice and defend their votes. And I would give you an example: the spokesperson of ACF is from Nasarawa State. We saw then how Abdullahi Adamu as the governor was running the state like Hitler. He conducted the worst election ever in Nigeria and, in Akwanga where the spokesman comes from, he did the worst because that was the enclave of the ANPP. Where was the ACF then? So this is what we are saying: when an honourable organisation goes into partisan politics it loses its bearing, and that is what it is today, a PDP wing. A lot of people have lost confidence,  and thank God for the chairman who has maintained a dignified position. We challenge them to focus on Northern governors seeking re-election, and those who may want to force the anointed ones on the people. What are they doing in this regard?

Commenting on the recent letter written to the leadership of the PDP by a group led by Alhaji Adamu Ciroma, Buhari said: "I read very interesting interview in which Edwin Clark said he attended more ACF meetings than Adamu Ciroma, and he was right because I, for example was part of ACF from March 8, 2000 – that was when it started – and I have never seen Adamu Ciroma; in any case he was one of those opposing ACF because he saw ACF as an organ that was challenging the brutality of Obasanjo on the people of the North, and Adamu Ciroma was opposed to that and he made all efforts to destroy the organisation along with the rest.

And so when Edwin Clark said so, he is right because there was fraternity between the ACF and the South-South. What I am saying is: I am surprised that, suddenly, Adamu Ciroma has regained his voice. Because I remember in the first post-PDP convention in Abuja in 1999 the Northern candidate for the chairmanship of the party was the late Chief Sunday Awoniyi. Everybody knew that in that election that was the burial of internal party democracy in Nigeria and Obasanjo was responsible for that.”

Jarus:

Another voting bloc Ribadu can make use of are the students - universities, polytechnics, COEs etc. He should target this class, set-up robust campaign team in each and evry institution, align with SUGs. It should start from voters registration exercise. Mobilize students to register en masse. We can get 5 million votes from students, if well harnessed.

Civil society groups also appear to favour Ribadu - Soyinka, Falana etc. Ex-NBA president was also talking on OAU campus yseterday, endorsing Ribadu. These are areas Ribadu team can tap into.

Tinubu is another asset from him. Even Atiku that was not a good product like Ribadu, Tinubu delivered Lagos to him. Lagos is a walk-over for Ribadu. This opportunity should be maximized.
North is his main problem to me. He needs to strategize on making in-roads to the North, especially the masses. He has stepped on so many feet to penetrate northern oligarch.

aisha2:

An allaiance is  being worked out between Buhari and ribadau. Buhari realises the similarities between his ideologies and Ribadau, Buhari also knows that he may never be accepted by Most christains. ribadau is the only one who comes close to him ideologically speaking and He knows that someone younger, fresher who is seen not as a Northerner but a Nigerian will be a better sell. So at the end of the day, we may see buharis votes swingning to Ribadau

oyb:


i seem to remember that ribadu did his nysc at state house in lag when buhari and idiagbon were running things - thats where his ideologies were formed in the first place

PeeDaVinci:

Ribadu made his mark within his 6 months in office and that is why I go for him. RIBADU all the way

PeeDaVinci:

So far, GEJ has done nothing remarkable in the country, he does not know what he really stands for and where he wants to lead Nigeria. Dont give me the excuse that he is just 6 months coz if he cant get his directions straight within six months, i doubt if he'll be able to do it in 10 years. He still remains a good man with a good heart though.



Ribadu made his mark within his 6 months in office and that is why I go for him. RIBADU all the way

texazzpete:

'Made his mark'? This fellow failed to convict and imprison the most die-hard looters in the country. Lucky Igbinedion, Ibori, Odili, IBB, Anenih, Adedibu and many others. All he did was wage a high profile war against the 'small boys' and fail to come through on his allegations of massive financial impropriety he levied against the State Governors. How many did he bring to justice after their tenures ended and their immunity period elapsed?
Even those that were brought to trial, the cases EFCC brought against them were extremely weak. Imagine Lucky Igbinedion only being found guilty of failure to declare assets, even when the man had brazenly looted Edo State dry!

Next thing the fellow did was to run off to the UK to be feted as a hero on the back of a faked assassination attempt. Despite lurid tales of him narrowly escaping a hail of gunfire, this fellow could not produce any evidence (for example a photo of his car riddled with bullets). He could not even explain why he could not report this to the Nigerian Police, preferring to sell this white lie to his adoring masses.

I understand his case perfectly. Yes, he 'did something'. And for most Nigerians, 'doing something' is enough. but he could and should have done much more. He could have refrained from colluding with Obasanjo to shield criminals from justice, refrained from flagrantly abusing the rule of law. He should have done his job properly.

While Ribadu at heart is most likely a decent man, I know the stuff heroes are made from and I know the stuff messiahs are made of. He is neither.


*dons flame retardant suit*

marvix:

From this thread so far I have seen once again that Buhari is indeed a democrat and not a tribal bigot as a lot of people want us to believe. This is deduced from  "I read very interesting interview in which Edwin Clark said he attended more ACF meetings than Adamu Ciroma, and [b]he was right [/b]because I, for example was part of ACF from March 8, 2000 – that was when it started – and I have never seen Adamu Ciroma; in any case he was one of those opposing ACF because he saw ACF as an organ that was challenging the brutality of Obasanjo on the people of the North, and Adamu Ciroma was opposed to that and he made all efforts to destroy the organisation along with the rest.

And so when Edwin Clark said so, he is right because there was fraternity between the ACF and the South-South. What I am saying is: I am surprised that, suddenly, Adamu Ciroma has regained his voice.

mbulela:

My candid advice to Ribadu is to join the CPC, work with Buhari, pick a senatorial ticket for himself, deliver his senatorial district to CPC, even though Buhari would go ahead and lose the elections Ribadu would have achieved two things, he would be associated with a former leader who hates graft, and would become a senator who would be our voice for anticorruption in the senate.

na_so:

You seem not to understand that ribadu's biggest fan base at the moment is SW. Except if he rides on Buhari's popularity in the to north west, I must submit that he might not be popular enough to pick a senatorial from the north.

Beaf:

Ribadu is only gaining experience with this. It would have been better to do this at senate level though. I believe he knows this himself and also that his timing is totally wrong.
I'll vote and campaign for Ribadu in 2019.