₦airaland Forum

kahal29:
The outcome of the Edo State governorship election has exposed the weakness of some bigwigs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hitherto seen as kingmakers, writes...

Yesterday’s victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Edo State governorship election, is likely to mark the retirement of some political godfathers in the “Heartbeat State” by a new power bloc led by the outgoing governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The godfathers, mostly of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and who hitherto called the shots, rating ahead of the poll had presented them as men who could turn the table against the ruling party.

They include former chairman of PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih; business mogul and the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion; his son and former governor, Lucky; former Foreign Affairs minister, Chief Tom Ikimi; former Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen; former Chief of Staff to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Mike Oghiadome; media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi and Senator Odion Ugbesia.

The party bigwigs had during the campaigns boasted that they will cut Oshiomhole, his anointed successor and APC to size. But in a twist of fate, Oshiomhole, like the Biblical David in the David and Goliath battle, led his party to trounced his PDP rivals for the third time – 2008 (through the court), 2012 and 2016 and thereby confirmed his preelection position that the political godfathers have outlived their relevance in Edo State politics.

Anenih popularly called “Mr. Fix It,” had boasted before the election that the PDP will emerge tops. He not only predicted victory for his party but assured its supporters that PDP candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu will have an easy ride because his rival lacks the capacity to be governor. But with the defeat, the former Minister of Works and leader of the PDP in Edo State was forced to swallow his words and justifies appeal on the self-acclaimed godfather ahead of the poll to rather dwell more on national politics and play the role of an elder statesman, than take the captainship band of domestic politics.

In fact, some political analysts had advised him to take a final bow from an indulgence that gave him fame having stepped down as PDP BoT chairman after the 2015 elections but he shunned the counsel, insisting that he still has what it takes to turn the table against Oshiomhole. Another godfather who is likely to join Anenih on the retirement train is the Esama of Benin, Chief Igbinedion, and whose son, Lucky, ruled the state between 1999 and 2007.

Perhaps, the people have not forgotten his son’s dismal performance in the eight years he held sway as governor of Edo State. For Igbinedion junior, the loss is a set back to his bid to re-launch a political career that has been on sabbatical after his ordeal in the hands of the anti-graft agencies upon leaving office as governor in 2007. He had boasted that Oshiomhole’s successor will emerge from his political family. Ize-Iyamu, the PDP candidate is his long term political ally, having served as his personal assistant when he was the chairman of Oredo Local Government Area, Chief of Staff as governor and later Secretary to the State Government (SSG).

Ikimi also joins the train despite his political sagacity. His case is made worse by the fact that he was among those who midwifed the victorious party – APC. He had hoped to lead the party to the 2015 elections as national chairman but the emergence of his kinsman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, at the party’s national put paid to his ambition as well as forced him to quit the party. While the godfathers are grieving their loss, a jubilant Oshiomhole declared that he has demystified them and dismantled their rigging machinery as well.

His words: “Over the last eight years, we have tried to orientate our people not just the voters but politicians that the season of election rigging, where one or two godfathers write the results is over and we were committed to dismantling the rigging machine.

“We have a rerun in 2012 with all the godfathers on one side and new forces of change on my side, I won in all the 18 local government areas. Our people have spoken loud and clear that they believe in democracy, they just don’t want to be beneficiaries, they want to be the drivers of the process. This was showed by the way they conducted themselves on election day.

“It is outstanding and remarkable that tensed as the election was with all the predictions, the APC won 15 out of the 18 local government areas decisively.

Those who were loudest in making noise have been revealed where they stand in relation with Edo people.

"We have humbled Chief Tom Ikimi even in the local government he claimed to have created. We defeated Chief Raymond Dokpesi in his polling unit, his ward and his local government.

In Okada, the political family that has boasted that they will continue to govern this state and even compelled the state to adopt them as the queen of England whose birthday must be celebrated was rejected.

“In Esan land, the senatorial zone of the PDP godfather, we won two out of the five local governments. We gave him a fight that he managed to escape. He used the factor of his age to play on the emotion of the people. It is a victory for the people of the state. Edo people are now proud they can now determine who rules them and no one godfathers can choose a leader for them.”


https://newtelegraphonline.com/oshiomhole-retires-godfathers/

Congarat to Apc,oshiobaba,obaseki & d gud pple of edo state!uwaedo!condolence 2 aninni,ikimi & poi!

d press shld hav ask him if he is going 2 pay d #500k fine d pagan god demand or prepare to face another tribulation.

tinziemaine:
www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/ize-iyamu-lied-ambode-not-in-edo-lasg/

Hmmm!Pastor wey go b Usher 4 Hell.

So he mean Pdp will change d result by midnight as they did in Ekiti?

blazer234 u & yur useless,senseless father is a shiit eating goat!

blazer234 u are a shiit eating goat.

Wher iz d bigmouth chief wailer sen.Ben bruce who said Buhari is scaring investors!How many investors or dollars has SBB attracted?

Yakuri Arewa!save us frm hunger oo!

nma ooo!okwiye!

your father is a goaat eating shiit.

[quote author=blazer234 post=49730162][/quote]Yur father is a shiit eating gooaat.

[quote author=blazer234 post=49730162][/quote]Yur father is a shiit eating goat.

Ha!Ha!!d lecturer shld hav use his 2 other fat legs 2 pfuck he!useless gal.

undecidedYoruba:
http://dailypost.ng/2016/09/27/presidency-plotting-scheme-tinubu-apc-hierarchy-yakassai/?utm_source=nnd&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=nnd

So wetin concern pdp with Tinubu now!that they are overexcited,stoking d ember of discord in apc.

This man shld take over frm saraki.north prsido,SW vice,SE~senate presido!Igbo Kwenu!

cuteboy2:
So GEJ left $30b in reserves for the Effectual Buffon (EB) - Buhari

In 2015 alone, the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) yielded N25billion. Yet the EB wastes our resources to fly around the world to lie to whoever will listen to him that nothing was saved by previous governments.

On top of this at average of $50/bbl for last 16 months since he took over in May 2015, the EB has raked in $29b in oil revenues (assuming 60% NNPC average equity in the JV). This figure excludes Petroleum Profits Tax and Royalties.

Over that same period, NLNG paid well over $1.4billion annually as dividends and interests to government. This figure excludes arrears owed previous governments, which Babs Omotowa the last NLNG MD announced have been cleared.

Govt has also been raking in over N3-5trillion ($13.3billion) in IGR from customs duty, taxes, VAT, levies, etc

On top of these they have borrowed over N2.2 trillion ($7.3billion) that Finance Minister has been "guessing" and is not even sure what it was spent on.

Just this week, African Development Bank approved a loan of over $5.1billion to Nigeria Fed Govt, and $1billion is to be released immediately to fund 2016 budget.

Fed Govt by its own account has also recovered almost $500million from looted funds.

Meanwhile, latest CBN report indicates that the foreign reserves which stood at $30billion when Buhari (EB) took over has been drawn down to $24billion, a net decrease of $6billion in just 16months.

If you sum it up, the Buhari (EB) government has expended in 16 months a GRAND TOTAL of (29+1.4+13.3+7.3+1+0.5+6) = $58.5billion

With such huge sum of money already spent, the life of the citizens has not felt the impact. The economy is in a tail-spin, spiralling downwards. No single new project has commenced, the ones he met on ground are not receiving funding, pensioners are not being paid, salaries are delayed.

The question we should all begin to ask Buhari is WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE?

$58billn?it cant b true.

Sule lamido shld bury his head in shame!we all know d bilions in $ he & his son stole frm jigawa state,has he provide any need to his pple,why has efcc not send this looter to jail sef!his recoverd loot can take 9jeria out of this Recession.

jonhemma11:
As shared by Ebere Onuigbo......

'Look at what Buhari condition put this two guys into, to the extend of stealing motorcycle inside church compound in 5:30 mass at Sacred heart ukunu Eziora ozubulu.I was there'


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/priest-supervises-beating-of-2-thieves.html

kai!catholic church do change oo!nothing like preist doing d sign of d cross ..& saying go in peace & sin no more.....but Y did dey strip them with kids around Y?

doskie:
Why to buhari?

Buhari is their Hero.

Emir sanusi is trying to islamise uk~CAN

GurlFriend:
This is just hilarious. Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr Raji Fashola was today, 27th September, at Eko Hotel to deliver a speech on the government's agenda for power in Nigeria when the unthinkable happened below.

Fashola looks embarrassed as he waits for power to be restored. When it is finally restored, the super minister has a very sheepish smile on his face.

See photos below and read the funny comments from Nigerians who are not surprised at all.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/09/lmao-fashola-climbs-podium-to-give.html

U mischief maker can only deceive yursef & d gullible,d light was dim 2 allow a powerpoint presentation visible.

kai!eleyi ogidigan oo!biafrans always setting & breaking their own records,they didnt hav d curtesy to giv him an arm.or is d groom armless.

EdDave:
Don't just jump on a thread and start talking.
Is it the minister(s) fault that GEJ didn't fully implement the laid down plans, many of which PMB is riding on now?
Give kudos where it is due.

Look nobody hav a monopoly of policies,all those policies we hav been hearing it frm sucessive govts since d 80's i know of operation feed d nation,green revolution,food4all by d yr2000 & so on & so forth.d problem of 9jeria is not lack of policies but implementation.so many volumes of policies are in d shelves gathering dust.

enomakos:
you are wrong i made him the president of that bank

wo d hell are u sef!

GasAndOilTheory:


Today i was so bored, I saw an ant in my kitchen and I placed few sugar cubes infront of her, she had some and went to tell her friends and I quickly hide the sugar cubes because I wanted them to think she is a liar

U are evil!wicked!!u wanna blame BUHARI 4 this?

blazer234:
PMB has no choice in this matter. This is the president/governor/CEO of African development bank we are talking about here. Or don't you know the meaning?

Buhari made him presidnt of ADB.

EdDave:
Dr Akinwunmi Adesina
The only minister who could be described as a square peg in a square hole in GEJs administration. A man so good at his job he was offered the top position in African Development Bank.
His agricultural ideas are the policies GEJ started and are being enforced by PMB.
Kudos to you, sir.

which gej policy?u mean gej cassava bread policy or abundant rice policy or GM?wher is d cassava bread & d rice?

d north hav more states,more pop,more votes,need more representation.wailers can go & die.

PortHakotTimes:
https://www.nairaland.com/3371833/nnamdi-kanus-trial-kanus-lawyer#49683958

Tufiakwa!That is a bad omen ooo!Na so this kanu go die 4 jail life a dog?Bikonu buhari has mercy on this poor kid 4giv him.

Even God hav withdrawn frm his case,British govt.dnt giv a hoot about him,which IJC?he better beg pmb 4 forgiveness.

y shld this b news sef.pple die everyday.pple commit suicide everyday.