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Is somebody watching Channels TV now? Rivers State APC is live. kindly describe the magnitude of this crowd and what implication for 2015 presidential election. Remember Rivers gave GEJ the highest votes in Nigeria in 2011! Amaechi has promised to supervise the exit of GEJ from Aso Rock, what is your comment.

Baba Buhari
President-in-waiting 2015

My vote straight goes to Buhari, shikenan

I MUST vote for Buhari, shikenan.

Now that there is a "ceasefire" what is
Jonathan's government going to do with
the $1 Billion loan meant to fight Boko Haram?

berem:
Obinoscopy,front page please!

Pls and pls somebody should explain to me what is this "FRONT PAGE"

Buhari wallahi till i die...

ovadoze:
A man who overthrew a democratically elected govt. should never dream of becoming d president in a democracy

Chukwuma Nzeogwu Kaduna et al in my mind...
Is that why ibos could not be president till date?

gboss4sure:
Buhari will only win an election in Nigeria if the whole clock in the world can roll back

Trust me, Buhari is going to win, and that day i assure you ALL clocks in Nigeria will definitely be clocking anti clockwise. Because the new MESSIAH has arrived, thieves should take to their heels...

Itoroetti:
NB:
Buhari was never a General as he has bin decieving his sycophantic fans,rather a Mere major General

You Punk! wheather
Brig Gen
Maj Gen
Lieut Gen
Ans overall General

All these officers could be regarded and called General.

Last week a powerful delegation of Igbo leaders made up of secretary to federal government, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives , Emeka Ihedioha, Senator Hope Uzodinma, Minister of Labour&Producti vity, Emeka Wogu, National Publicity Secretary PDP, Mr Olisa Metuh, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah and former Governor Peter Obi stormed Dover Hotel at Lekki Phase 1 Lagos to woo Ndigbo Lagos for President Jonathan’s 2015 presidential bid. At Dover Hotel, they met eminent and prominent Igbo leaders namely President General Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey, President Ndigbo Lagos, Professor Anya. O. Anya, President Aka Ikenga, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, former Chairman Diamond Bank, Chief Pascal Dozie, former Governor of Lagos State, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu(rtd), former President of Nigerian Stock Exchange, Dr Raymond Obieri, Eze Ndigbo of Ikeja, Eze Uche Dimgba and President Ohaneze Ndigbo Lagos, Barr Fabian Onwughalu and many other eminent Igbos in Lagos. Like I said their mission is to persuade Ndigbo in Lagos to join the train in the campaign to make President Jonathan to continue in office even after 2015. The meeting was well attended and this mission was clear: It is President Jonathan or nothing!
The Lagos mission has indeed thrown up some big questions on what Igbo agenda is in Nigeria. What does Igbo want in Nigeria? What is their strategy? What is their mission? What is their plan for Nigeria? What is their strength? What is their thinking? What is wrong with Igbo politics?
Few weeks back an Igbo youth I cannot remember his name posted a question on his Facebook page. Hear him: “Why is it that Igbo are always in the forefront to work for other people to be Presidents in Nigeria? Is it that no Igbo is good to be president of Nigeria?” He traced the days of IBB and Abacha when Chief Arthur Nzeribe and one Daniel Kanu played prominent roles to extend their tenures in office. Nzeribe went to court to stop June 12 1993 election so that IBB will continue in office. It failed: Daniel Kanu, Chief Arthur Eze, Orji Uzor Kalu, Sam Mbakwe, Onyeka Onwenu and others staged a two million man march tagged Youths Earnestly Asking for Abacha, YEAA in Abuja to get an extension of tenure for Abacha. It failed also. Of all the men that have led Ohaneze only Professor Ben Nwabueze and Dr Dozie Ikedife gave good account of themselves. Professor Irukwu sold Ohaneze to President Obasanjo’s failed third term bid for a price. The late Chief Ralph Uwechue sold Ohaneze for cash to President Jonathan in 2011. Now the current President General Ohaneze Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey has sold Ohaneze again to President Jonathan for 2015 elections. Today, like Daniel Kanu of YEAA, Ifeanyi Ubah is driving TAN for Jonathan. Now where does all this lead Igbo to? Is there anything they know that we do not know?
South East has the least number of States in Nigeria, the least number of Senators, the least number of House of Reps members, least number of State House of Assembly members, least number of Ministers at the federal level, least revenue allocation, least federal presence or Investment, least local governments, least wards and the least of everything in Nigeria. Can we conclude that Igbo worry about nothing except their stomach? Can we assume that an Igbo is not good to be president of Nigeria? Can we conclude that top Igbo Politicians lack strategy, tact and vision to think deep in matters of politics? Can we conclude that we are satisfied with the status-quo ante? Is there hope for Ndigbo in Nigeria’s Political equation? Igbo politics worries me to the marrows!
For eight years the former Governor of Anambra state, Mr Peter Obi ruled on the platform of APGA and according to him then, it was either APGA or nothing. To celebrate the late Ikemba Nnewi Chief Emeka Ojukwu, he wore his clothes everywhere he went, he erected billboards bearing his photo with Ikemba. Now few months after he left office, the bug has caught him up and he has moved to PDP, betraying the late Ikemba and APGA. Again what will you call this? Is it Politics of Ideas or what? Is it Politics of the stomach?
If Ndigbo help President Jonathan to remain in Power till 2019 where does this leave Ndigbo? By 2019 Southern Nigeria would have been in power for 18 years. Now do you think the North will just sit down to continue to be spectators in a democracy? Is this what we struggled for from 1985 to 1999? The South did not struggle for power shift to the South so as to keep it for 18 years. It will be a threat to democracy, a threat to national unity and a threat to the corporate existence of Nigeria as a political entity. This is a timely warning!
As 2015 draws near, our prominent and eminent Igbo leaders do not think about the state of the nation. They are not worried about insecurity in the land. They are not worried about the tragedy in the power sector, they are not worried about outrageous corruption, impunity and mediocrity at the federal level, they are not worried about the threat to national unity, they are not worried about colossal decay of infrastructure, they are not worried about the decay in our schools and hospitals, they are not worried about Nigeria’s monumental battered image and they are not worried about Nigeria’s threatened future. There is no strategic alliance with the major ethnic groups, the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba just for the sake of Nigeria. They abuse them and call them names forgetting that they need their votes to rule Nigeria. They allow their flanks to be infiltrated for a mess of porridge. It is money for hand back for ground. It is give me money and I kill myself (Inyem ego egbuom onwem). The truth is that Igbo has been left behind in matters of Nigerian politics. There is no strong presence in PDP and no strong presence in APC, the two major parties. Igbo politics worries me to the bones!
But it is not yet a hopeless case for Igbo. Things can get better if we sit down to discuss strategies and think properly. If you do not know where you are going, nobody can help you. If you do not stand for something, nobody will take you serious. If you do not love others, then they can never trust you. If you do not show some seriousness in anything you do, nobody will take you serious.
The truth is that South South and South East votes cannot make President Jonathan president again in 2015 if politics is still a game of numbers. Given the situations in the country, given the gamut of failures staring us in the face in every department in Nigerian and given the bloodshed we have recorded in the past 15 years of democracy, President Jonathan ambition to rule Nigeria for 10 years is a difficult pill to swallow.




Joe Igbokwe
Lagos

Bluetooth2:
He may have served under Ojuku to know how to flee in time of danger. Atleast, he didn't run to Ivory Coast !

Yeah he is better than that run away coward.

the calculation is tottaly wrong! let's invite Gov. Jona Jang for the calculation, while 16 are morethan 19!

Copy needed asap!
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Whatever the clueless says... But mind him, cos ain't no vote is gonna come from us!

- ASARI DOKUBO
The arrogance of Boko Haram is unislamic. The type of bomb they are using is small small pikin bomb. If we begin, nobody will stay in Abuja. We don’t manufacture bomb but we buy bombs and dynamites.
I started armed struggle in the N/Delta. It's because of GEJ that we at quiet. Soon, we will not be able to guarantee our patience any more. If Ijaw people should retaliate, every household in the North will cry. It is the North that needs peace more than us. Everybody must impress it on them that they should shield their sword. GEJ must convoyed a SNC. If I were GEJ, I will roll out tanks to Maiduguri when they declared that everybody must become a Muslim. It is only a SNC that will solve the problem. The solution to the Boko Haram crisis is to dissolve the government and convoke a SNC.
The Ogonis have done theirs and every other ethnic group should follow suit. Amaechi does not understand the dynamics of struggle. If he ties the Ogoni down, will he (Ameachi) tie the hands of other groups? The right to secession is there. But we are not saying Goodluck Jonathan has tried. He has failed. What is Godson Orubebe still doing in the federal cabinet. A time will come if he didn’t change, our people will say, Goodluck, you are on your own. He has every power and very moral authority to console a Sovereign National Conference. He must correct the 55 years injustice on us. I want to be fair to IBB and Buhari on the Boko Haram crisis. They have nothing to do and cannot do anything about it. But the fact remains that the political elite of which IBB and Buhari belongs have not been able to address the problem of Boko Haram. They cannot do anything because nobody wants to commit suicide. The Boko Haram people are just killing themselves but cannot kill us. The Amnesty is a bribe. I did not partake in the amnesty programme. Amnesty was just a bribe for the oil to flow. Its the North that needs peace more than us. We carry the resources. The coastal area is in our hands. Even the Price is in our hands.

These ex-Biafran soldiers are traitors, they don't deserve any dime from the federal government.

psucc: OP I don't side us using foreign language as one of the criteria for selecting a Leader. I will vote for the most poor among them provided he/she will deliver.

You've said my mind bro....

donphilopus: Barcanista has enjoined us not to comment on this thread, however I would like to rectify some things. You mentioned Ibo Boy. I could remember watching a match with an Igbo guy who couldn't say “Up Chelsea” properly. All he was saying was “Hope Chail---see”. Should I now say the guy spoken English is terrible because of that?! Not at all.

Idumuose, you should be ashamed of yourself. Your so-called PhD Holder President cannot stand Buhari when it comes to spoken English.

I guess that was the reason why he (goodluck) refuse to appear at the last Presidential debate.... All hail Buhari!!!

Sai buhari...!!!

What of the missing billions under the Buhari regime?

Any proof?

Those ex-traitors ain't suppose to be given any kobo.

Kai! You too much!!! Wallahi kana birge ni... Shi yasa nake bin ka.

MeAboki: You are once more displaying your ignorance and additionally lack of comprehension because none of my posts, in response to you espoused any agenda, religious or otherwise, except to point out the folly in your post - which reeked of abject ignorance and deep seated bigotry - no doubt a manifestation of poor exposure and lack of maturity coupled with a lazy mindset happy to wallow in baseless stereotyping rather than actively seeking knowledge on a subject prior to speaking about it - or in your case, raving and ranting off-topic like a headless chicken.

Like I said before, its better you resort to doing what you know best (lying on your back and giving it up) then going over to the sexuality section and telling everybody all about it.

Your frustration in that regard is quite evident; so he fucvted you, took your virginity and dumped you, eh?

Well too bad, why not take your frustrations elsewhere e.g. sticking to the sexuality section because it befits you; while leaving politics to the more intelligently minded.

Abeg, run commot; customer dey wait for you.
Shegiya, Karuwa!

He's too damn ugly to appear on our naira note..

Intruders here not welcome!

Ultimatum upon Ultimatum!!!

Ebele and Ebola which one is more deadliest?

Does he have kids? Curious to know. I mean it!

oduastates: The people beating the drums of war are the
North,South east and south south.
Ask yourself,
Why should odua states fight a war when we can simply close our borders and build fences to keep the barbarians out.

This flag so much look alike with of Israel, just a slight difference.

Bimpe29: Has any formal announcement been made in this respect?

It has just been made!

Mutuwa: Heard another sighting at zaria..dunno if its tru.

Yeah, also heard but still waiting for corroborative announcement.