Uba’s Sack: OBJ, Yar’Adua On the Warpath
By Wale Adele - 23.06.2007

THRERE is now a wide gulf between President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and his predecessor, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, following the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment that reinstated Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State.


Saturday Tribune sources in the Presidency revealed that what started as a cold war between the two leaders since power changed hands between them on May 29 has been blown open among the top hierarchy of the party.


It was revealed that the former president felt betrayed with the prompt restoration of Obi even before he offered his position on the matter.


ST was told that immediately the judgment was delivered, Obasanjo called the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, asking him to tell Yar’Adua to call a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the party with a view to stopping the implementation of the ruling.


He was also reported to have told Ali to ask the President to call him on the matter, arguing that the Supreme Court should not have ruled that Dr. Andy Uba was not elected in the first instance.


On his part, Ali was said to have advised Obasanjo to call Yar’Adua himself, a suggestion which Obasanjo declined.


Obasanjo told Ali that Yar’Adua had changed of late in his approach to him and that communication between them had become one way as he was always the one calling the President.


After the discussion, Ali reportedly met with Yar’Adua and explained what transpired during the telephone discussion between him and the former president.


But the President, rather than call Obasanjo as requested, opted to direct the Inspector General of Police and the Solicitor General of the Federation to implement the court order without delay.


Angered by the attitude of Yar’Adua, Obasanjo reportedly made up his mind not to attend the ministerial screening meeting scheduled for Abuja two days after the judgment.


But he did not inform Yar’Adua who sent a presidential jet to convey him to Abuja for the meeting.


Obasanjo on his part had scheduled an overseas trip to avoid attending the Abuja meeting.


The crew that went to fetch Obasanjo got to his Ota farm to discover he had travelled.


Since Yar’Adua came on board, he has taken some steps considered not palatable to his former boss.


The appointment of Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation was said to be the first step taken by Yar’Adua that Obasanjo disliked.

If he realy wants to do what is right, he should organize new credible elections. True representatives of the people will be elected. Sovereign national conference needs to be convened to right a true constitution for the nation.
Until he does all these, he remains illegitimate!. He is only doing the biddings of his emirs and alfas, who want to pay Obasanjo back with his own deceitful coins!

@bankole01

well said.

Bankole01:

If he realy wants to do what is right, he should organize new credible elections. True representatives of the people will be elected. Sovereign national conference needs to be convened to right a true constitution for the nation.
Until he does all these, he remains illegitimate!. He is only doing the biddings of his emirs and alfas, who want to pay Obasanjo back with his own deceitful coins!

Bankole01,

You must be kidding to expect the president to call for another elections.

It is calls like this one that make me hope and pray that we have leaders that buy ear muffs so they can concentrate on their jobs.

Conduct fresh elections indeed.

@Afam:

I believe this is the only way Nigeria can move forward.

The elections should start with local governments first, move on to gubernatoral, house of rep and senate, the finally presidential.
This is the only way he will ever become acceptable. He is an albatross with clipped off wings. He will never soar and will for ever remain illegitimate!

Absolutely right but he cant do that now cos he knows he wont win.He really needs to get his acts together and withdraw from Obasanjo if he wants to move forward.He needs to also do something about the Senate president.A good way of doing this wld be for him to reduce the fuel price like fmr Minister of Petroleum said fuel can be sold for N50-N55.He did good abt d Anambra State ruling.

What is Ali still doing in PDP.People need to talk to some of dese leaders

Bankole01:

@Afam:

I believe this is the only way Nigeria can move forward.

The elections should start with local governments first, move on to gubernatoral, house of rep and senate, the finally presidential.
This is the only way he will ever become acceptable. He is an albatross with clipped off wings. He will never soar and will for ever remain illegitimate!

You and I know this won't happen.

Why do we set almost perfect standards with it comes to Nigeria?

Countries that some people use as examples often times see worse elections and elections are never rescheduled but when it comes to Nigeria all the laws in the world will be brought to the fore just to make it clear that things are not right with Nigeria.

There is absolutely no point in conducting fresh elections as the results won't be different from what we saw.

Let us face reality, the election is done with, we should be looking for ways to make the country better.

@bankole

who do you believe rightfully won the elections?

@topic

I believe all hands were on deck as per the removal of Uba the multibillionaire.

If d President knows he want to do d wishes of d people, let him do wit well witout fear or favour. If he can do dat truely witout consultin wit d former president, then he should b bold enough to reverse back to d old price of petroleum. Dat will b d final signal to d former president dat he yar'adua is willin to listen and serve d people of dis country, let him jst summon d courage to do dat and nigerians will believe n him rather than 4 him jst to b talkin dat am goin to b a listening president. I think he has d time NOW to show to nigerians.

Exactly

denex:

@bankole

who do you believe rightfully won the elections?

How can anyone win something that never took place? What we had was thugs stuffing thumb-printed ballot boxes. elections did not take place in 95% of the country!

No winners! and this is why I am canvassing for new credible elctions.

tell me about uba recruitment , any age restriction?

Bankole01:

How can anyone win something that never took place? What we had was thugs stuffing thumb-printed ballot boxes. elections did not take place in 95% of the country!

No winners! and this is why I am canvassing for new credible elctions.

Absolutely right.The big question is will dey ever re do d elections.

9ja4eva:


Absolutely right.The big question is will dey ever re do d elections.

  D rite answer is capital 'NO'. D President will nt call 4 dat, expect d elections tribunal monster d courage to declare dat 2007 elections was fraudently conducted n d country. Now dat is there n d villa and his government is seriously fightin legitimate problem, wat he suppose to do immediately he took over d mantle of leadership is to SUMMON COURAGE to reverse last mins. obj's policies like hike n prices, VAT etc. Wit dat d people will says let give him a chance and he will win d heart of d masses. If we think fresh elections will b conducted n dis country, we re jst jokin expect d tribunal says so. Let d President start acting NOW, nigerians are sufferin while him and his family dey eat free food, cars, houses, fuel etc and he is sayin i will b a listenin President. NOW IS D TIME TO SHOW.

implementing Uba's sack is a very good move by yaradua.

But God knows why Yaradua is trying too hard o prove to nigerians that he is a listening President. It is unnecessary.

Nigerians dont agree, we hardly say the same thing so God knows who Yaradua hopes to listen to?

Imagine Bankole asking Yaradua to call for Fresh elections, before he can do that he has to resign because by that his continues stay as President is untenable.

Now you will be talking of power vacuum or interim government which is unconstitutional, then if you say the previous President should come back and conduct fresh elections you will simply be calling for the same third term which most of those in opposition have as their only democratic credential.

Its about time OBJ realises that the party is over. He had his way for 8 years. Now it's no longer all about him. He needs to face it!
As for Yaradua and fresh elections, that is obviously not feasible. I think given the chance this man might just do well but like abiodunade has said, the man needs to ender himself to the poeple. Reverting the price of fuel until electricity is sorted will be a good idea.

Ope Yar Adua makes him realise

abiodunade:

D rite answer is capital 'NO'. D President will nt call 4 that, expect d elections tribunal monster d courage to declare that 2007 elections was fraudently conducted n d country. Now that is there n d villa and his government is seriously fightin legitimate problem, what he suppose to do immediately he took over d mantle of leadership is to SUMMON COURAGE to reverse last mins. obj's policies like hike n prices, VAT etc. Wit that d people will says let give him a chance and he will win d heart of d masses. If we think fresh elections will b conducted n this country, we re jst jokin expect d tribunal says so. Let d President start acting NOW, nigerians are sufferin while him and his family dey eat free food, cars, houses, fuel etc and he is sayin i will b a listenin President. NOW IS D TIME TO SHOW.

Right.Dts y d strike is nt bad

angel101:

Its about time OBJ realises that the party is over. He had his way for 8 years. Now it's no longer all about him. He needs to face it!
As for Yaradua and fresh elections, that is obviously not feasible. I think given the chance this man might just do well but like abiodunade has said, the man needs to ender himself to the poeple. Reverting the price of fuel until electricity is sorted will be a good idea.

It is a known fact dat Yar' adua will fall out wit Obj. its a matter of time. If Obj and Atiku can fall out completely, Babangida and Obj, then Obj should ve envisage dis to happen to him immediately is out of office. If d President is given too change time, d calibres n d country will nt allows him to perform well 4 d masses.So d besst bet is to show to him dat nigerians can beat if he introduces anti-people policies n d land. I know he most by now learn one lesson dat nigerians are nt happi wit anti-people policies. I toatlly agreed wit u dat he should reverse d price of fuel until power problem is sorted out completely.

McKren:


Imagine Bankole asking Yaradua to call for Fresh elections, before he can do that he has to resign because by that his continues stay as President is untenable.

Now you will be talking of power vacuum or interim government which is unconstitutional, then if you say the previous President should come back and conduct fresh elections you will simply be calling for the same third term which most of those in opposition have as their only democratic credential.

It is feasible for Yar'Adua to call for and conduct new elections. He wouldn't need to resign at this time!

Here is how: He will present a bill to the joint house (Congress) for a call for new credible elections, stating his reasons why.
First a new electoral body will be constituted with power to appropriate funds by the NASS only. (This will make the body truely independent)

Voters register will be commenced for a period of three months. registers will be collated and then sent to every ward.

The Elections will begin with the lacal governments, as this is the grass roots point closest to the people.
Next, gubernatoral elections will follow. Then representatives and senate elections will follow.

After these elecions are concluded, the presidential elections will follow one month later. Yar'Adua and all qualified candidates of bonafide parties will contest the election.

There will be no need for an interim government. These credible 'free and fair elections' will usher in a new era for accountability and probity for Nigeria. It will also boost the standing of Yar'Adua. If he wins the election, it will garner him a lot of support in and out of Nigeria.

Here is how: He will present a bill to the joint house (Congress) for a call for new credible elections, stating his reasons why.

The only reason he can call for new elections is if the previous one is unacceptable.
If the previous one is unnacceptable he will kindly resign and not try to send any bill to NASS an act which is meant for a President. If he is saying his election is unacceptable then he can not stay a second further to send any bill to the NASS. He will kindly resign there and then because he is not the President in the first place and can not perform the function of the President.

Mind you Yaradua has never said his election is unnacceptable, he only said there are flaws a fact which he says calls for electoral reforms. It is the opposition who think the flaws are monumental and unnacceptable. Determination of whether the flaws are unnacceptable or not is down to the Electoral Tribunal and the process is ongoing.

Asking Yaradua to call for Fresh election is asking him to usurp the duties the tribunal and that wont happen.

As far as am concerned, if there is any mistake Yaradua made it is proclaiming that he will be a listening President. Nigeriansand different groups will intentionally push him to thewall to see how much of a listening President he is.

New Elections may not deliver true and fair results as the PDP is still in charge and control.

I am happy with Andy Uba's RIGHTSIZING!!! We are truly making progress (though slow) as a country. We pray for more of such things to happen. I wish the courts could sanction the president or governors for non performance.

I pray the next step would be the investigation of Uba, OBJ, Iwu, PDP leadership and if anyone of them is found wanting, straight to JAIL!!!!!! where they belong.

you nigerians are dreamers!¨

gabarge in = garbarge out

you cannot plant yam and ripe beans!



Already yaradua(baba-go-slow) solution to corruption = compulsory religious education in all school! what a charlatant!

Here is how: He will present a bill to the joint house (Congress) for a call for new credible elections, stating his reasons why.
First a new electoral body will be constituted with power to appropriate funds by the NASS only. (This will make the body truely independent)

the same house that got in through the same 'elections'?
and who will conduct the elections inec with another person in charge - tinubu
and where will the funds come from EU and USA abi na Anduy uba's trillion

boladez:

New Elections may not deliver true and fair results as the PDP is still in charge and control.

I am happy with Andy Uba's RIGHTSIZING!!! We are truly making progress (though slow) as a country. We pray for more of such things to happen. I wish the courts could sanction the president or governors for non performance.

I pray the next step would be the investigation of Uba, OBJ, Iwu, PDP leadership and if anyone of them is found wanting, straight to JAIL!!!!!! where they belong.

Supreme court is performing well now.Am happy for dem

The earlier musa and Obj fall apart, the better for all of us. I mean that man obj is old for God's sake, what is he still looking for ehn? Though the elections were not credible, i still believe musa should be given a chance. Calling for a fresh election now is like calling for another advanced digitalized form of "iwuruwuru because nigerian politicians are all crooks (sorry for my language). Or do you think Atiku and Buhari did not rigg in areas where they had a stronghold? They did! Now they are feeling like saints, rubbish! Besides, a new election will cost lots of money. We need all the money we can get now ( remember, your governors all met empty treasuries) and you won't want your police headquaters to become an annex of the central bank again (21million in a police station).

The better for us really.