₦airaland Forum

monkeyleg:
Anti-Terrorist squad for kidnapped children? This is not a terrorist issue, where are the police? We always get things wrong in that country.

tpiah:
if becomerich can sit at his computer and pull up satellite maps of every part of nigeria, why is tracking these kids such a big deal?

are the kidnappers not leaving a carbon footprint or something?

oyb:
i guess one can say gej's argument is legally sound but morally bankrupt

a variant on 'i did not have sexual relations with that woman'

i guess the writers of the pdp constitution deliberately left that section vague because a more concrete definition of zoning would have led to objections and marginalization grouses

playmode:
Na bad belle go kill you. Instead of you to stick with the topic you are labelling your rivals negatively on the thread. I said it before , what can one expect from a person like you.

Unlike your master we work hard for our daily income, since when has the video game industry have anything to do with 419.Maybe you know something I don’t , please enlighten me.

You just can’t stomach the heat when it concerns your gay lover Jonathief .Mr African science community with no telephone number or physical address on your website but you have the audacity to label others as fake.

truly:
You think that Gj is the best candidate in terms of merit now
He is better than DuKe, Utomi?
This is confining it to SS

Merit wise, that ambition is dead as dodo
But using the power of incumbency, he can armtwist people

truly:
Clark came out worse againsty the two of them
Where is the power?

jabbok:
Brother, dont dismiss yesterday because today has come. The mistakes of yesterday might reoccur in tommorow. Jonathan is in Power today becos of zoning. Stop giving us the devil's philosohpy. We are all aware that he took the seat after Yaradua(RIP). But didnt Yaradua become the president by zoning??

truly:
Why not true?
You think that without zoning, they will now go to one corner of Ogbia to fish out somebody who has not distinguished himself in a very exceptional manner to be president
If you a from a minority group, any contest strictly based on national merit puts you at a disadvantage
You have to be miles ahead of people from the majority groups
But with zoning, you only need to be first among your fellow compatriots from the minority group to which it has been zoned

truly:
Whick Clark - the one that for very long maintained that Uduaghan was ALLEGED to have won an election
If he was so powerful, why could he not stop an 'ordinary' governor from imposing his candidate?
If Odili lost out, why was earmarked for a position so dangerously close to the presidency?
The one from the North with heaviest health burden - why could he not have taken it to the South straightaway

Finecat:
Instead of you to call a family meeting to discuss your people's behavior, you are here on Nairaland hyperventiliating like a lost puppy. What would you guys do ?? Your fore-fathers tried that with Biafra, Baba Awolowo dealt with them. This time there will be no mercy, it will be enough reasons to make you guys pay for destroying the image of Nigeria both abroad and home. Why would anybody think of kidnapping kids to make money? I don't see anybody that would do that other than some money-hungry idiots who will sell their own mother for a buck.

truly:
How does saying that we agree that it is my turn now
and your turn later a crime?
esp when you know that that is the only way a man from Ogbia can actually have a shot at the presidency so desired by the constitution
without zoning it is very likely that nobody from Otuoke will ever get there again

truly:
Precisely?
Read the full story,
(1) no mention was made of Clark or any militant
(2) If he lost out in a battle why was he (a strong personality) being compensated with VP to a sick president?
His name was already on the acceptance speech
Read the full story

The meaning is that Obj agreed to zone the presidency to the North, but his mind was not there - he handed to a weak candidate
Beaf, we need to play fair in this discussion - that is not too much to ask

9ijaMan:
criminality is against the law. Zoning isn't. We have Federal Character entrenched in Nigerian laws. Come up with somthing better as an example. Zoning is not a criminal act!

9ijaMan:
So when I sign an agreement with someone and he reneges, I have no case against him simply because Nigerian constitution. You should note that the party constitution is not in anyway against the constitution of Nigeria. Secondly, I do not think the other zones were silly or blind when they all agreed to the constitution. They all signed it, agreed on it and as such is binding on them all. As long as the PDP constitution is not changed, it is sacrosanct on every single buffoon who contest under the umbrella of the party.

truly:
This is better
http://el-rufai.org/great-expectation-disappointing-outcome/
"The primaries and the campaign were largely uneventful as everyone expected PDP to win whether the elections were free and fair or not. Only two events of significance took place during the period – the investigation of the finances of Governor Peter Odili of Rivers State by the EFCC and his subsequent exclusion from the primaries, and the insistence of Obasanjo and the PDP apparatchiks that Yar’Adua announced him as his running mate in an acceptance speech already prepared for that purpose.

At the night of the primaries, Umaru Yar’Adua sent for me and came out of the State Box at Eagle Square and intimated me of this. An acceptance speech had been prepared for him, containing the announcement of Peter Odili as running mate. This was not acceptable to him, but he was also unwilling to disagree with Obasanjo so early in the game. I suggested that he rallies the governors to oppose the decision to announce Odili as running mate, and decline the nomination if all else failed.

When this failed to change the combined minds of Obasanjo, Tony Anenih, Ahmadu Ali and Ojo Maduekwe, I came up with another “last resort”. I sent people to wake up Nuhu Ribadu, then Chairman of EFCC to help persuade Obasanjo since all else appeared to have failed. It was not until about 5am that Ribadu succeeded in getting Odili off the ticket. The next morning, Governor Goodluck Jonathan was announced as the running mate to Umaru Yar’Adua instead of Peter Odili"

The above is close to what was reported in ThisDay around the time of the 2007 primaries
But i cannot find the link
El-Rufai is known, but he too has his own axe to grind
I don't like posting faceless stories that tarnish the image of people
what you posted gave the impression that the author was there - is that possible
There is a story on the internet about how Johnathan embezzled N4b
Although I am not enamoured of GJ, do you think I will post that? - it is not my job to execute another person's hatchet job

youngmonie:
Excuse mee?, cnt u interpret a simple sentence, i aint doin it 4 u cos i kno u know what that says, dnt be sarcastic

9ijaMan:
Debosky,
I beg to disagree. Please read the section all over again. See below:

The bold portions states clearly what the goal of the party is: EQUITY, JUSTICE & FAIRNES. The key word here is EQUITY which happens to be the very first word. Hence GEJ is not following what the constitution states. The position needs to be rotated equitably and fairly.

GEJ has simply interpreted it in his own words to suit his ambition. These words alone are good enough for a strong case in the court of law against GEJ's ambition.

(c) in pursuance of the principle of equity, justice and fairness, the party shall adhere to the policy of rotation and zoning of party and public elective offices and it shall be enforeced by the appropriate executive committee at all levels.

excanny:
The first step to restoring sanity in Aba is impeaching the governor and ensuring his removal. The kidnapping/armed robbery syndicate have consistently mentioned him as one of their problems( i[b] suspect there's some unexplanable connection between the governor and these criminal ring[/b]).

A subsequent call for surrender of arms and a peace treaty and rehabilitation of the misguided youths; something similar to what was done with the militants of SS.

truly:
If Johnathan is correct, it means that the president can continue to come from a particular zone
In practical terms, it can mean the Northerners ganging up to rotate amongst themselves and perhaps drafting in just 1 zone from the South

truly:
Totally wrong?
Just produce 1 (just one) evidence in support of what you have said
And I will demolish your fiction for good
Let us stop mass hypnotism

oyb:
but beaf- why did you not put your source na?

 

are you not the one who constantly berates as a junk tabloid

so you have effectively endorsed pm news abi

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/09/28/president-jonathan-orders-ig-to-rescue-abducted-children/