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PoliticsRe: Breaking!!!!!! Burkina Faso's Lt Col Isaac Zida Named Prime Minister by adaybayor(m): 2:50pm On Nov 19, 2014
good development
PoliticsRe: Can You Name One Thing Transformed By Jonathan Transformation Agenda!! by adaybayor(m): 2:47pm On Nov 19, 2014
no
PoliticsRe: LIVE UPDATES: President Jonathan Declares Today by adaybayor(m): 4:03pm On Nov 11, 2014
calaway:
Adebayor yes the SE is less developed than Lagos cos over years your federal govt. has perpetuated a campaign of Marginalization against that region. Any development you see there is self help. Dont forget that the entire SW depends and has developed on the crude oil stolen from the SE (even though the SE is so cheated in this zoo of an entity).
Talking about Lagos all those nice bridges and flyovers and federal roads and buildings that make it so fine was all paid for with crude oil money from the SE. Even you monthly allowance is paid you with oil money from the SE so SHAME on you for being so ungrateful!!
you must be high on some hard stuff, since when has nigerian become crude oil dependent? what have your state govts. been doing with huge fed allocation they get? oh I get it, the income generated from other regions in the country dont count? dangote is the richest man in naija and I am not aware if he is into oil business. dont blame your regions backwardness on us....blame it on your leaders who looth you to stupor. are you aware that the IGR of lagos is more than the fed allocation? name one state in southwest that has as much fed allocation as the least in your region. you are free to vote who you want but whoever the yoruba decide to vote for should be non of your business. we are no "sell out"
PoliticsRe: LIVE UPDATES: President Jonathan Declares Today by adaybayor(m): 2:42pm On Nov 11, 2014
christopher123:
I am still trying to know where is developed in wasting nigeria..you cant beat ur chest over lagos cos it is a federal developed

Son i know ur grouse...wasting nigeria is backward
oh I see, yes nigeria is backward but some parts are more backward than the other. I agree lagos was a federal development, is the fed still sustaining lagos?
PoliticsRe: LIVE UPDATES: President Jonathan Declares Today by adaybayor(m): 12:18pm On Nov 11, 2014
christopher123:
Nigeria' s biggest problem is its obsession with the Igbo and it is killing the country. Most times I feel sorry for a country that prefers to disconnect its locomotive and yet expects the train to move to its destination in double quick time. That is the real trouble with NIGERIA. Some groups have skills and talents that move countries in different directions and Nigeria's inability to move into the comity of developed nations after 5 decades of Independence and over $1 trillion oil revenues is the result of its inability to exploit the strengths of it's component groups, of which the Igbo is undoubtably the most development- oriented in the modern sense.

There is no revanchist motive involved in the Igbo support for the Government of Goodluck Jonathan, only reciprocated affection. Jonathan is the first Nigerian President to regard the Igbo with positive neutrality, just like his feeling for all other ethnicities. For a people traumatised by years of political and economic marginalisation , as a punishment for fighting to save themselves from the tendency that is now tearing Nigeria apart, Jonathan is a breath of fresh air, and a sign that perhaps the Igbo could be free to apply thier unbridled development talents to finally make something out of this contraption of a country. Other Nigerian ethnicities are also gifted in different ways, especially the Yoruba, who unfortunately have this tendency to blow hot and cold with respect to the idea of true Federalism and resource control, which will finally unleash the developemt potentials of all of Nigeria's ethnic nationalities.

Africa needs a strong Nigeria or failing that, a strong string of Phoenix nations erupting from the ashes of a dead Nigeria. Let the journey begin now. Perhaps Goodluck Jonathan, the hitherto shoeless son of the Otuoke canoe carver, is the Gorbachev or De Klerk of Nigeria. Let the Games Begin and may the Igbo and other groups finally be free to compete with their peers in the global race for development. Then it will be Goodluck to us all.
when will you stop being an ethnic bigot, if you are so "development oriented" why has ur region not developed as much as the south west. before you reply note that I am currently a service corper in anambra and I have been well introduced to your people's "cruel hostility" towards other tribes.
PoliticsRe: Picture Of Tambuwal Driving Himself To Work by adaybayor(m): 4:27pm On Nov 05, 2014
Frankmishael:
may God distory u and your fifth generation
lols at distory!!!
PoliticsRe: Picture Of Tambuwal Driving Himself To Work by adaybayor(m): 12:54pm On Nov 05, 2014
drnoel:
Sorry to disappear u but e no dey pain me. Wetin dey pain me na cos u hypocritically called the almighty God for an useless and silly post just cause u felt it will carry likes. Remember sins against the father and son can be 3 given but that against God the holy spirit is condemnation into hell. Beware of foolish political cheap wins that will make u loose heaven.
your english is poo!!!
PoliticsRe: Picture Of Tambuwal Driving Himself To Work by adaybayor(m): 12:42pm On Nov 05, 2014
Tr1balEast:
southwestern Nigerians are thinking like monkeys.

now study this picture critically.

a man simply posed inside his car,

called photographers to snap him while smiling,

then left the car for his personal driver to drive him.

all these apc stooges here are just naive of what will befall this nation when apc emerge as the ruling party.

this is gimmickry in the highest order.

signed....tribaleast
oh really!!! please tell me more. cry cry baby
TravelRe: The Sorry State Of Onitsha-Awka-Enugu-Ph Expressway by adaybayor(m): 10:09pm On Nov 04, 2014
rigarmortis:
Send your sister into my room with no underwear and two packets of condom and see if i wont show her the second niger bridge, very long and harder than the hardest reinforced steel, you dumbfuck.

You think a bridge of that nature can be finished on short notice? The blame starts from the past, dont blame the current prez
in your shallow mund you must think you are making any sense. if the bridge construction has started show us some pixs. Tandroid.
TravelRe: The Sorry State Of Onitsha-Awka-Enugu-Ph Expressway by adaybayor(m): 10:06pm On Nov 04, 2014
Yeske2:
Pix or it never happened, I mean pix of the construction going on from Umunya to Awkuzu, Awkuzu to Awka, Amansea to Oji river and straight to 9th mile. That within Onitsha was done done by the SG and not FG. Born liars.
dont mind the chronic liar, onitsha-awka road is currently in a sorry state. I am currently service in Nkpor.
SportsRe: Manchester United Vs Chelsea Fc 1 - 1 Final score by adaybayor(m): 2:31pm On Oct 26, 2014
chelsea all the way, tear them apart
Christianity EtcRe: Hilarious Church Crusade Poster (pics) by adaybayor(m): 12:07am On Oct 21, 2014
very funny

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Westbrom Vs Manchester United (2 - 2) On 20th October 2014 by adaybayor(m): 9:32pm On Oct 20, 2014
papazizii:
Ppl r wicked O,hw cn smbdy say dat ManU cnt evn beat abt d bush grin
lol
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 3:23pm On Oct 18, 2014
podosci:
Lol....Am a bloody muslim,,,y are u quoting the bible for mi?.......ma name is Saliu Abdulazeez
sorry are wrong, to be a muslim you must accept total submission. you dont what to practice and what not to practice in the religion....you dont become muslim by name...not all arabs are muslims.
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 3:18pm On Oct 18, 2014
podosci:
did u even open the link?....i am nt against capital punishment buh am against capital punishment for apostasy..... every human shld be free to chose his or her religion, or even chose nt to worship God at all
yes I opened it and it talks about capital punishment..what else
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 2:32pm On Oct 18, 2014
true2god:
Bukhari Vol.1 Bk.7 No.1331 “The Prophet said, ‘I have been given five things which were not given to any one else before me.

1. Allah made me victorious by awe by His terrorizing my enemies.

2. The earth has been made for me.

3. Booty has been made lawful for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me.

4. I have been given the right of intercession.

5. Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind.’”

Quran-8:1— “They ask thee concerning (things taken as) spoils of war (booty). Say: “(such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah and the Messenger: So fear Allah, and keep straight the relations between yourselves: Obey Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe.”

Quran-8:41— “And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war), a fifth share is assigned to Allah and the Messenger, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer, – if ye do believe in Allah and in the revelation We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Testing, – the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For Allah hath power over all things.”

What the prophet is saying here is that looting (including taking of slaves and POW) is acceptable during war as long as one-fifth is given to allah and his messanger (mohammed).

Caveat emptor: All quotations from the quran and authentic hadith and are subject to verifications.
you are a joke....why have you not denied the bible quotations... and I dont know that taken booty from war is same as looting... you have any problem with this " And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war), a fifth share is assigned to Allah and the Messenger, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer"
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 2:08pm On Oct 18, 2014
candy:
The mods are Muslims, enjoy. mynd44 and co. won't move the thread till your religion of piece is bashed beyond recognition. What a distraction, hian!
bashing allowed, is that not what you are doing... call it anything you like. thank God Seun is not like you.
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 2:06pm On Oct 18, 2014
candy:
The mods are Muslims, enjoy. mynd44 and co. won't move the thread till your religion of piece is bashed beyond recognition. What a distraction, hian!
what will your bashing do us... if you so sure of your believe then you should not worry about others....I am sure you did not even read the post... you just want to comment. thanks anyway
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 1:48pm On Oct 18, 2014
podosci:
Allah's Apostle said, "The blood of a Muslim who
confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in
three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who
commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who
reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims."
— Sahih al-Bukhari , 9:83:17
Let us look at Deuteronomy 13:6-9 "If your very own brother,
or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest
friend secretly entices you, saying: Let us go and worship
other gods (gods that neither you nor your fathers have
known, gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far,
from one end of the land to the other, or gods of other
religions), do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no
pity . Do not spare him or shield him. You must certainly put
him to death . Your hand must be the first in putting him to
death, and then the hands of all the people."

Also let us look at Deuteronomy 17:3-5 "And he should go and
worship other gods and bow down to them or to the sun or
the moon or all the army of the heavens, ..... and you must
stone such one with stones and such one must die. "

2 Chronicles 15:13 "All who
would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to
death, whether small or great, man or woman."

are you okay now...dont bring me OT sh*t argument....this is your bible
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 1:41pm On Oct 18, 2014
candy:
Hmmm, I get it now. Bro,there is a subsection of the religion section solely for Islamic topics. This section is for Christians and the rest.
if the mod feel it is inappropriate here then they should move it...get over it sis,
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 1:40pm On Oct 18, 2014
podosci:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Saudi_Arabia
is this a joke or what, yes I no sharia is used in saudi arabia and it is the law of islam. what is wrong in capital punishment.? you dont want to be punished, dont commit...it is as simple as that. in islamic countries sharia is the law of the land. human right in amarica is not same thing as human right in nigeria....so go and learn more about islam If you are truly a muslim...but I guess you are not yet because you dont seem to understand the fundamentals.
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 1:20pm On Oct 18, 2014
podosci:
Saudi arabia has been killing people for years now for apostecy.......google is ur friend and for ur infomation i am a muslim,,,,
sorry, I doubt if you are a muslim but is you say youare then I am not to judge. but I need you to tell me there are only muslims in saudi Arabia then we can discuss
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 1:14pm On Oct 18, 2014
candy:
Insecure? No sir. But just so you know, you guys have a whole section to yourselves. Thanks as you move this to the ISLAMIC section.
yes you are feeling insecured.... this section is religion section take it or leave it. is islam not a religion? this post does not threaten you so feel save.
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 1:11pm On Oct 18, 2014
true2god:
Can you please explain quran 9:29 on how muslims should treat christians and Jews? It is possible that I got it wrong or I had a pre-conceived interpretation.
this is what is says......... Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and
His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not
adopt the religion of truth from those who were given
the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah
willingly while they are humbled.

jizyah means tax, and I am sure you know only government can take tax.
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 12:34pm On Oct 18, 2014
true2god:
Qur’an 5:51—O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.

Qur’an 9:30—And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away.

Qur’an 98:6—Those who reject (Truth, that mohammed is a prophet), among the People of the Book and among the Polytheists, will be in Hell-Fire, to dwell therein. They (the christians and the Jews) are the worst of creatures.

Qur’an 2:106—Whatever verse we shall abrogate, or cause [thee] to forget, we will bring a better than it, or one like unto it. Dost thou not know that God is almighty?

Qur’an 16:101—When We substitute one revelation for another—and God knows best what He reveals (in stages)—they say, “Thou art but a forger”: but most of them
understand not.

Quran 9:29, Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth (Islam) from those who were given the Scripture (christians and Jews) - [fight] until they (christians and Jews) give the jizyah (security tax) willingly while they are subdued.

Quran 9:5, And when the sacred months (ramadan) have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent (become muslims), establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Quran (2:191-193) - "And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah [disbelief] is worse than killing... but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshipping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone. But if they cease, let there be no transgression except against Az-Zalimun (the polytheists, and wrong-doers, etc.)
all you have posted are interpretation written by people of similar thinking to yours. do you expect your pastors to preach the true teachings of islam to you? that said, how does you post negate what I posted
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 12:27pm On Oct 18, 2014
candy:
When Christians start writing contrary stuff now, op will feel bad, forgetting that he posted on a wrong section. This is not the imole section op.
did I mention Christian in my post, why are you so insecure? aint this the religion section.
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 12:26pm On Oct 18, 2014
podosci:
What about the part that encourages stoning people to death for mere adultry, or the part that encourages killing muslims who convert to other religions?
well I did not post to argue, please have you ever read a quran before or you are just basing your argument on "my pastors said". so adultry is a mere sin then, I give up on you. what does the 10 commandments say? oh thats old testament. which part of the quran says we should kill converts. if the quran says I should not insult others dieties why will it also request me to kill people of other religions, brother think deep.
IslamRe: 100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 11:17am On Oct 18, 2014
Please feel free to add more
Islam100 Advice From Quran by adaybayor(op): 9:15am On Oct 18, 2014
1.Do not mix the truth with falsehood (2:42)
2.Order righteousness to people only after practicing it yourself
(2:44)
3.Do not commit abuse on the earth (2:60)
4.Do not prevent people from mosques (2:114)
5.Do not follow anyone blindly (2:170)
6.Do not break the promise (2:177)
7.Do not engage in bribery (2:188)
8.Fight only with those who fight you (2:190)
9.Keep the etiquettes of war (2:191)
10.Protect orphans (2:220)
11.Do not have sexual intercourse during menstrual period
(2:222)
12.Breast feed your children for two complete years (2:233)
13.Choose rulers by their merit (2:247)
14.No compulsion in religion (2:256)
15.Do not invalidate charity with reminders (2:264)
16.Help those in need by finding them (2:273)
17.Don’t consume interest (2:275)
18.Grant more time to repay if the debtor is in hard time (2:280)
19.Write down the debt (2:282)
20.Keep the trust (2:283)
21.Do not spy and backbite (2:283)
22.Believe in all prophets (2:285)
23.Do not burden a person beyond his scope (2:286)
24.Do not become divided (3:103)
25.Restrain Anger (3:134)
26.Do not be rude in speech (3:159)
27.Think deeply about the wonders and creation of this universe
(3:191)
28.Men and Women have equal rewards for their deeds (3:195)
29.Wealth of the dead should be distributed among his family
members (4:7)
30.Women also have the right for inheritance (4:7)
31.Do not devour the property of orphans (4:10)
32.Do not marry those in your blood relation (4:23)
33.Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly (4:29)
34.Family should be lead by men (4:34)
35.Be good to others (4:36)
36.Do not be miserly (4:37)
37.Do not keep envy (4:54)
38.Judge with justice between people (4:58)
39.Do not kill each other (4:92)
40.Do not be an advocate for deceitful (4:105)
41.Standout firmly for justice (4:135)
42.Cooperate in righteousness (5:2)
43.Do not cooperate in sin and aggression (5:2)
44.Dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine are prohibited (5:3)
45.Be just (5:cool
46.Punish for crimes in an exemplary way (5:38)
47.Strive against sinful and unlawful (5:63)
48.Avoid intoxicants and alcohol (5:90)
49.Do not gamble (5:90)
50.Do not insult others’ deities (6:108)
51.’Having majority’ is not a criterion of truth (6:116)
52.Don’t reduce weight or measure to cheat people (6:152)
53.Do not be arrogant (7:13)
54.Eat and Drink, But Be Not Excessive (7:31)
55.Wear good cloths during prayer times (7:31)
56.Forgive others for their mistakes (7:199)
57.Do not turn back in battle (8:15)
58.protect and help those who seek protection (9:6)
59.Keep Purity (9:108)
60.Never give up hope of Allah’s Mercy (12:87)
61.Allah will forgive to those who have done wrong out of
ignorance (16:119)
62.Invitation to God should be with wisdom and good instruction
(16:125)
63.No one will bear others’ sins (17:15)
64.Be dutiful to parents (17:23)
65.Do not say a word of disrespect to parents (17:23)
66.Do not spent money extravagantly (17:29)
67.Do not kill your children for fear of poverty (17:31)
68.Do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse (17:32)
69.Do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge (17:36)
70.Speak to people mildly (20:44)
71.Keep aloof from what is vain (23:3)
72.Do not enter others’ house without seeking permission (24:27)
73.Allah will provide security for those who believe only in Allah
(24:55)
74.Do not enter parents’ private room without asking permission
(24:58)
75.Walk on earth in humility (25:63)
76.Do not neglect your portion of this world (28:77)
77.Invoke not any other god along with Allah (28:88)
78.Do not engage in homosexuality (29:29)
79.Enjoin right, forbid wrong (31:17)
80.Do not walk in insolence through the earth (31:18)
81.Lower your voice (31:19)
82.Women should not display their finery (33:33)
83.Allah forgives all sins (39:53)
84.Do not be despair of the mercy of Allah (39:53)
85.Repel evil by good (41:34)
86.Decide on affairs by consultation (42:38)
87.Try for settlement between people (49:9)
88.Do not ridicule others (49:11)
89.Avoid suspicion (49:12)
90.Do not spy or backbite (49:12)
91.Most noble of you is the most righteous (49:13)
92.Honor guests (51:26)
93.Spent wealth in charity (57:7)
94.No Monasticism in religion (57:27)
95.Those who have knowledge will be given a higher degree by
Allah (58:11)
96.Treat non-Muslims in a kind and fair manner (60:cool
97.Save yourself from covetousness (64:16)
98.Seek forgiveness of Allah. He is Forgiving and Merciful (73:20)
99.Do not repel one who asks (93:10)
100.Encourage feeding poor (107:3)
NYSCRe: NYSC : Anambra State 2014 'batch B' Corp Members by adaybayor(m): 9:50am On Aug 02, 2014
graduated from FUNAAB and posted to anambra....
SportsRe: US Senators Call For Pressure on Fifa To Strip Russia Of Worldcup 2018 by adaybayor(m): 9:23am On Jul 31, 2014
madridsta007: July 1988; US Navy guided cruise missile USS Vincennes, downs Iranian commercial airline, Iran Air Flight 655, shot down over Iranian air space, over Iranian territorial waters in an unprovoked attack.

290 people are killed including 66 children and 9 crew members, making it the 8 worst air disaster in the world.

Iran calls for the US to apologise, the US refuses. George Bush later said 'America will not apologise, America never apologises'.

June 1994; US hosts FIFA World Cup.

Either the US Senators calling for the World Cup boycott have no sense of history or they are plain hypocrites. Either way, they are just stupid.
this is eye opening
PoliticsObasanjo's Letter To Gej by adaybayor(op): 10:29am On Dec 11, 2013
Nigerian foremost online news medium Premium Times
has obtained an exclusive letter written by Ex Nigerian
President, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo to President
Goodluck Jonathan.
The paper reports that an apparently angry and
frustrated ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo wriote what
clearly competes as one of the most acerbic letters in
modern history to President Goodluck Jonathan,
accusing him of ineptitude and of taking actions
calculated at destroying Nigeria.
“Nigeria is bleeding and the hemorrhage must be
stopped,” Mr. Obasanjo said in the 18-page letter dated
December 2, 2013.
He said Mr. Jonathan has failed to deliver on his
promises to the Nigerian people, stem corruption,
promote national unity and strengthen national
security.
He said in the letter titled “Before it is too late” that
rather than take steps to advance Nigeria’s interest
and up the standards of living of Nigerians, Mr.
Jonathan had betrayed God and the Nigerian people
that brought him to power, and has been pursuing
selfish personal and political interests based on advice
he receives from “self-centred aides”.
In the detailed letter, dripping of anger , frustration and
what appears a genuine concern to rescue a nation on
the brink, Mr. Obasanjo lamented that Mr. Jonathan
had become terribly divisive and clannish, destroying
his own party, polarizing the country along regional
and religious lines and ridiculing Nigeria in the comity
of nations.
Without mincing words, Mr. Obasanjo blamed Mr.
Jonathan for the crises tearing the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, apart.
He said apart from using party chairman Bamanga
Tukur to cause multiple crises and divide the ranks of
the party, the president’s failure to keep a promise he
made not to seek a second term is also generating
tension within the ruling party.
“It would be unfair to continue to level full blames on
the Chairman (Tukur) for all that goes wrong with the
party,” Mr. Obasanjo said. “The chairman is playing the
tune dictated by the paymaster (Jonathan). But the
paymaster is acting for a definitive purpose for which
deceit and deception seem to be the major ingredients.
“Up till two months ago, Mr. President, you told me that
you have not told anybody that you would contest in
2015. I quickly pointed out to you that the signs and
the measures on the ground do not tally with your
statement. You said the same to one other person who
shared his observation with me. And only a fool would
believe that statement you made to me judging by what
is going on. I must say it is not ingenious. You may
wish to pursue a more credible and more honorable
path.”
The former President said Mr. Jonathan told him before
the 2011 election he would not seek a second term, and
made the same promise to governors, party
stakeholders and Nigerians.
The president’s refusal to keep that promise cast him
as a man without honour, Mr. Obasanjo said.
Saying it would be “fatally morally flawed” for Mr.
Jonathan to contest in 2015, Mr. Obasanjo added, “As
a leader, two things you must cherish and hold dear
among others are trust and honour both of which are
important ingredients of character. I will want to see
anyone in the Office of the Presidency of Nigeria as a
man or woman who can be trusted, a person of honour
in his words and character.”
Mr. Obasanjo also accused Mr. Jonathan of anti-party
conducts – supporting opposition parties’ candidates
in governorship elections in Lagos, Ondo, Edo and
Anambra states at the detriment of PDP’s own
candidates –, and of pitting party members against one
another.
Saying the President had failed to address the
underlying causes of the Boko Haram menace, Mr.
Obasanjo urged Mr. Jonathan to adopt a carrot and
stick approach in dealing with the insurgency
explaining that “conventional military actions based on
standard phases of military operations alone will not
permanently and effectively deal with the issue of Boko
Haram”.
Mr. Obasanjo also tackled Mr. Jonathan for allegedly
being clannish. “For you to allow yourself to be
“possessed”, so to say, to the exclusion of most of the
rest of Nigerians as an “Ijaw man” is a mistake that
should never have been allowed to happen. Yes, you
have to be born in one part of Nigeria to be Nigerian if
not naturalized but the Nigerian President must be
above ethnic factionalism. And those who prop you up
as of, and for ‘Ijaw nation’ are not your friends
genuinely, not friends of Nigeria nor friends of ‘Ijaw
nation’ they tout about.
“To allow or tacitly encourage people of ‘Ijaw nation’ to
throw insults on other Nigerians from other parts of the
country and threaten fire and brimstone to protect your
interest as an Ijaw man is myopic and your not openly
quieting them is even more unfortunate.
Two Ijaw men, ex-militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, and
a former federal commissioner for information, Edwin
Clark, who carries himself around as the political
godfather of the president, are known to talk down on
people opposed to the president.
Mr. Obasanjo also accused Mr. Jonathan of placing
over 1000 Nigerians on political watch list and
“training snipers and other armed personnel secretly
and clandestinely acquiring weapons to match for
political purposes like Abacha and training them where
Abacha trained his killers”.
He wondered why the Presidency was providing
assistance for a murderer to evade justice.
“Presidential assistance for a murderer to evade justice
and presidential delegation to welcome him home can
only be in bad taste generally but particularly to the
family of his victim,” Mr. Obasanjo said. “Assisting
criminals to evade justice cannot be part of the job of
the presidency. Or, as it is viwed in some quarters, is
he being recruited to do for you what he had done for
Abacha in the past? Hopefully, he should have learned
his lesson. Let us continue to watch.”
Mr. Obasanjo did not mention the name of the murderer
he accused the President of protecting but he seems to
be referring to Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former security
aide to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, who is
facing trial for allegedly masterminding the killing of
Kudirat Abiola, the wife of Moshood Abiola, the winner
of the annulled 1993 presidential election.
Mr. Al-Mustapha was freed by the appeal court in July
but the Lagos state government has since appealed the
judgment at the Supreme Court.
The former President also called on the National
Assembly to rise up and take decisive action over the
recent allegation in the country that the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation failed to remit billions
of dollars in proceeds of crude oil sales to the
federation account.
“This allegation will not fly away by non-action, cover-
up, denial or bribing possible investigators,” Mr.
Obasanjo told the President. “Please deal with this
allegation transparently and let the truth be known.
“The dramatis personae in this allegation and who they
are working for will one day be public knowledge.
Those who know are watching if the National Assembly
will not be accomplice in the heinous crime and naked
grand corruption. May God grant you the grace for at
least one effective corrective action against high
corruption which seems to stink all around you in your
government.”
Mr. Obasanjo said he wrote the letter in the national
interest, saying nothing, at this stage of his life, would
prevent him from standing up for whatever he
considers to be in the best interest of Nigeria, Africa
and the world.
He said he was ready for whatever backlash his letter
would provoke from the presidency.
“Knowing what happens around you most of which you
know of and condone or deny, this letter will proke
cacophony from hired and unhired attackers but I will
maintain my serenity because by this letter, I have
done my duty to you as I have always done, to your
government, to the party, PDP, and to our country,
Nigeria…,” Mr. Obasanjo said.
“I have passed the stage of being flattered, intimidated,
threatened, frightened, induced or bought… Death is the
end of all human beings and may it come when God
wills it to come.”

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