₦airaland Forum

Ikechu12:
Better our country? Yes your bettering it alright. Let me emphasize it again your shithole is a laughing joke. Take it from someone that lives outside of that useless shithole. Even other Africans mock Niggeria on daily basis and take high offense when mistakenly call them Niggeria. Hell I've seen both South Sudanese and Somalis take offense when mistaken as one of una. Countries at war is doing better than your shithole yet you idiots think you're "good leaders". LMFAO. And it's better to be ignored and still improving than seen and starving.

Ikechu12:
And you that held the power have proven your incompetent leaders EVER made. Niggeria is currently the worst country on Earth, both in wealth, politics, literally EVERY OUNCE of leadership. Hilariously enough, the drivers are both Arewa and their Afonja idiots. I mean look at you, that shithole is the poorest nation on Earth. Let me emphasize it again... POOREST NATION on Earth and Ironically enough during the leadership of the fools that delude themselves they are "good in politics". Clap for yourselves. You led this shithole into being worst than every country in the world. Laughable joke. My happiness is seeing how miserable and worthless that shithole becomes each year.

Modarun:
Hahaha. all i see are fanatics. All over which Nigeria? BMC crew decievjng themselves. BMC gather somewhere, make the moslem brotherhood cult sign, they snap themselves and then try to make it seem as if These are ordinary Nigerian. Pathetic bunch, it takes a special kind of low lives to do what you guys are doing. All your make bieve boils down to one thing and one thing alone, your BMC pay check.

Xander85:
If you think all Ndigbo are interested in is federal appointments and rigging themselves into offices in the name of democracy like you and you're pathetic ilk then there's a lot you've still got to learn about us!

You're supporting the nasty Igbo hating bigot that says governance at the federal level should be left to the Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani abi? We've done that since 1966, yet see where your 'one Nigeria' is today!

JasonScoolari:
[color=#CD1076]I really don't feel pity for black South Africans.... Those Xenophobic beast are hostile to their fellow black men.[/color]

omonnakoda:
In sharp contrast to the Ogoni man who is asking for bad governance

SalamRushdie:
A whole president saying he is vindictive against a particular tribe because they didn't vote for him ..this is very unpresidential in a secular country

crownwealth:
Terrorist cow

NaijaMutant:
The opinion of an inconsequential Buhari media Cow does not count here

bishopkay:
Imagine a president saying this and he still has supporters.

Was he elected president of the north and west while another is president of the east?

Such bigotry...such ingrained ineptitude and incompetence.

IbrahimDamola:
Balurudeen my dear yoruba Muslim brother, truth be told we yoruba are the most politically irrelevant, history teaches that in all the 6 presidential that has been held in Nigeria, yoruba voters lost all (including Obj's), until 2015 when they successfully put a president in aso rock for the first time in Nigeria history. We Yorubas are the irrelevant ones according to political history my dear.

EmmanuelIbeh:
It's been over a decade since former President Olusegun Obasanjo served Nigeria as a democratically elected president. He served two tenures with his Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; a relationship which blossomed under the slogan “a partnership that works.” But unfortunately, their relationship hit a rift towards the end of his tenure, thereby creating an enmity between them spanning over ten years now. I believe majority of Nigerians are fully aware of the story; but permit me to refresh your memories on what transpired between the two political giants.

The beginning of the distrust between both men started with the botched impeachment attempt on Obasanjo – an attempt which was alleged to have been masterminded by Atiku. Then came Atiku’s politics of attrition which dragged into the eve of the presidential primaries of the PDP, sending jitters down Obasanjo’s spine, when he threatened contest for the ticket against his boss. It was alleged that Atiku actually set some State Governors against Obasanjo and the agenda to dump the then President almost succeeded. But the third term agenda of Obasanjo in 2006 brought their mutual disdain into full public glare. Atiku openly disagreed with his boss over the attempt to extend his constitutional term limit of eight years.

Apart from the above stated, former President Olusegun Obasanjo also accused Atiku Abubakar of many other sins. These had led to Olusegun Obasanjo being the number one stumbling block to the attainment of the Office of the Presidency by Atiku Abubakar.

Permit me to say that, It is believed that these protracted problems with Olusegun Obasanjo has been the primary reason why Atiku Abubakar is relatively being viewed in the bad light by some Nigerians.

As a Statistician, when I tried to ascertain, randomly, the masses view on Atiku Abubakar's fate in the forth coming Presidential election; the prevailing opinions suggests that the odds are greatly in his favour- he is obviously the favourite candidate.

But a few select group of people think otherwise. Some of their responses are;

- “Atiku Abubakar is a corrupt politician, therefore he is not fit for the job."

- “Let’s have any other person but not Atiku Abubakar.”

- “Atiku Abubakar contributed to Nigerian’s problems today, so he shouldn’t lead us.”

- “Atiku Abubakar was involved in accusations of money laundering by the U.S. government during his Vice Presidency, so he cannot rule Nigeria.”

These and many more excuses gave rise to the topic of this article; What Has Atiku Abubakar Done That Some Nigerians Cannot Forgive?

In response to my findings, I will like to ask Nigerians;

- ''Which Nigerian Politician is a Saint?''

- “Virtually all the past leaders of this great nation, have at some point been accused of one or more sins; yet we still went ahead to vote them into power. Are these few Nigerians trying to be sentimental when it comes to issues pertaining Atiku Abubakar?”

- “Even if he is 'corrupt' as claimed, don't people ever realize their wrongs, change and turn a new leaf?”

What about the respondents to my questions who feel Atiku Abubakar is corrupt;

-“Are they fully exonerated from the corruption that has eaten deep in the bone marrows of our dear country?”

I don't think so.

Let me categorically state here that I'm neither a supporter of Atiku Abubakar, P.D.P nor A.P.C and this article is not aimed at criticizing or bad mouthing the Buhari led Administration, No! A thousand times No! I'm a concerned citizen of this great nation Nigeria, and I'm using this medium as a tool to contribute my quota in the growth and development of our beloved country.

To some Nigerians who says the cap does not fit Atiku Abubakar, because he is corrupt, you all need not forget that;

- He has served this nation twice as a Vice President. That experience ought to count for something. After he was sworn into office as the vice president of Nigeria on 29 May 1999, He presided over the National Council on Privatization, which entailed the responsibility of overseeing the sale of hundreds of loss making and poorly managed public enterprises in the country.

- In 1999, he alongside South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma, launched the South Africa Nigeria Bi-National Commission.

- He has also publicly challenged anybody who insists that he is corrupt to come out with the proof or remain quiet forever. Again, to his credit, nobody has accepted that simple challenge.

- In response to the money laundering accusations; while Atiku Abubakar was a Customs Officer at the Apapa Ports. Gabrielle Volpi, an Italian businessman in Nigeria, invited him to set up Nigeria Container Services (NICOTES), a logistics company operating within the Ports. Conflict of interest accusations arose on account of his involvement in business while a civil servant, who exercised supervisory authority. On his part, Atiku Abubakar defended the decision, saying his involvement was limited to the ownership of shares (which government rules permitted), and that he was not involved in the day-to-day running of the business. NICOTES was later rebranded INTELS, and was featured in accusations of money laundering by the U.S Government; and just because he was a shareholder, that was how he got involved.

- He is a successful businessman and a philanthropist, and has created over 50,000 direct jobs and 250,000 indirect ones; thereby making him the largest private employer of labour in Adamawa state only second to the state government. Some of his businesses include; co-founder of Intels, an oil servicing business with extensive operations in Nigeria and abroad.

- He is also the founder of Adama Beverages Limited, and the American University of Nigeria (AUN) (the only American style university in Sub-Saharan Africa), both in Yola, Adamawa. if he manages his businesses well, with such labour force, he will do same for Nigeria.

- The Atiku Abubakar Foundation for the less privilege  represents and assist less privileged persons who are helpless in order to survive through legitimate means.

- The banking consolidation process, for which he gave political backing for, would forever be remembered. Because of that banking consolidation, Nigerian banks don’t fail anymore the way they used to.

The list goes on but I have to hit the brakes here.

Over the years, we have always voted into power, the people’s favourite or the most popular, or even for religious/ethnic reasons and what we get in return has always been corruption in a more refined state - insurgency, kidnappings, killings, public embezzlement.... You can fill in the blanks.

This is a call for a rethink; give Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Ambition a second thought. Before you commence, put aside sentiment, ethnicity, Political Party affiliation and tribalism. I blindly doubted Atiku Abubakar at some point, like some Nigerians still do, but after a careful research on him, I realized that he isn't the devil we all think he might be. I'm not also saying he is perfect, but hey! this man may just be the solution we have been yearning for all these years. Think about it!

I urge you all reading this; don't take my word for it, do your own research judiciously. You will be amazed and may discover that the one some have ignored and tagged 'not fit for the office' all these years, may be “the one to deliver us from the Egyptians and take us to the promised land.”

I rest my case. Happy New Year Nigerians.


Emmanuel I. Emeka
eappolus@gmail.com, 08059716279.

Splinz:
South-south and South East no be breeding ground for zombies.

IbrahimDamola:
Yes Mr dumbohari shows love to Ibos by..

1) marginalizing them. Anytime there is an appointment to fill. He goes to daura and pick a cow or a goat from his backyard to fill the post. He shows 'love' to Ibos by ensuring that no IBO man heads any arm of the security, paramilitary or military, not even civil defense. Well done dumbo.

2) you also show love to them by sending armoured tanks to kill their youths in Aba, PH, Asaba, Onitsha, Owerri, etc. Even when the UN report says that their region in the safest region in Nigeria. North has boko, SW has kidnappers who are catching, beheading and mining people's skulls to trade in open markets everyday.


3) you refused to complete a single project in the East but rather prefer to insult them because they gave you only 5% of their votes. Na 1.5% you go see next month.

Carry on with your nepotism, in fact bundle out all Senator and HOR members and put your daura goats and cows in the national assembly to represent yorubas, Ijaws, IBO and all other tribes. Your broken-headed hungry zombies are there to sing your praises and consider you greater than Awolowo and MKO put together.

shachris02:
Boko Haram supporter. Buhari is the number one supporters of radical Islamic terrorism in Nigeria.

shachris02:
it's a,we'll known fact that Buhari is an established supporter of Muslim brotherhood.

There's more to the sign than just a campaign gesture.

if you know, you know.

ATIKUOBIPDP:
Get your PVC Nigerians and lets VOTE out APC. A Party full of lies, blame game, insecurity, shedding of innocent blood, poverty and jeopardizing the future of Nigeria and our unborn children.
We all know its only ATIKU/OBI (PDP) that can stand this corrupt APC that are willing to rig this 2019 election.

Lets VOTE ATIKU/OBI.
VOTE PDP.

Lets get Nigeria working.
God bless you all.

SluttanSlayer:
Defeatism

crestedaguiyi:
why wouldn't he

Nnamdi Kanu banned the idiot from waving in the public, have you seen him wave at anybody anywhere since Nnamdi rubbished him. how do u campaign without waving at the cheering crowd.

He is not to sign anything again as his signature has been exposed to the would by Nnamdi kanu.

A man whose writing use to be bold is suddenly writing in small tiny alphabets.

he was not even bold enough to sign his signature on shagaris death register.

Blind followers from a blind nation.

America is coming into this country soon to punish you for sending an impostor to white house. Their fighter jets and soldiers are already within short distance from Nigeria in case you dont know.

IPOB 5-Nigeria 0

SluttanSlayer:
Sense of humour has a direct correlation with level of intelligence.

Buhari is only moved by animated humour or cartoons.

963AvatarSpirit:
Reno is working sincerely hard for his next paycheck and I agree, the guy works hard for his money.

Amaechi betrayed Jonathan, now he has not learned from not being too flippant. His mouth is always moving uncontrollably and unprofessionally.

Buhari can not win next election but he knows that and he and his crew are ready to rig him in and swear him in to ensure that they have another 4 years in appointment to keep their money flowing.

Nigeria is owned by Major Corporations, and the fights and war on terror has been designed to make you look away from the Niger Delta where Oil is being pumped unmonitored and sold for trillions of dollars with few billions remitted to be shared by Politicians. The rest of the 200 million can die.

Buhari does not give a flying fucck, and I like the man. Nigerians deserve a President who can not read their insults.

Officialpdpnig:
You are right! When the crowds come to see the thief and fraud called Atiku at PDP rallies it means deport not support.

Atikulooter

Afamed:
Sokoto is a done deal to APC. All they know in Sokoto is 4+4

kimjongJezebel:
Why is it that Buhari's supporters can't hold a regular conversation without abusing and cursing someone? Are they hypnotised or what? Can't seem to understand

id911:
Illiteracy as a chronic disease now has a cure! So seek a qualified doctor around and explain your condition to them. You might be lucky to get a solution to your perennial problem. Goodluck!

By the way, the Constitution recognizes School Cert as the minimum qualification to hold Public Office in Nigeria. So if Davido Presents his WAEC, he's good to to go!

BiafraBushBoy:
English is written

Go school you no gree

gare:
Pls if you no fit go school for day time try go night school, it is also recognized by our law, when you are back with your certificate, then you can come and teach your head lesson

MrExcel:
No one is righteous not even the so called "Mai gaskiya" wato Buhari. However, Atiku is not contesting to be a Pope but president of Nigeria. APC and their apologists should stop disturbing us with the issue of Atiku being corrupt please.
#Atikulated
#AshiruKatung4Kaduna