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Jaywon242:
Any governor who is afraid of the direct primaries has shown that he has not performed well in the state. If a governor has done well, it automatically means that the members of the party would want him to continue. A prime example of a governor who hasn't done well and who will be afraid of direct primary is the governor of my state: Rotimi Akeredolu

Only him? what of that Emperor Rochas...who now wants to install his son in law as if we are practicing Monarchy

But where is Fashola and Rotimi. Fashola seems to have disappeared into the cave in Nigerian politics. While as Governor of Lagos he was APC's poster boy cos he performed well. Is it that his new task as triple minister has consumed him as there's still no light in Nigeria which he claimed can be fixed in 6 months.
As of Rotimi, am shocked he is not there. A whole DG of Buharis re-election campaign. Something funny is going on. Is the re election task over whelming him too.

Biggest politician in the SW Tinubu, in the SS Akpabio, in the SE Rochas and the most popular in the North Buhari. Nigeria is complete here and well represented. Chikena!

See whose talking? Hope u know ur Lagos state PDP chairman just decamped to APC along with half of ur registered members there.
The truth is that ur too small to stop Tinubu in Osun. APC is already in a winning steak of 6 elections now both in the SW, North,SE, SS etc so pls the earlier u wake u from ur Tramadol induced sleep the better for all.

Ft

Even the road to Hell can't be as bad as this.

Shukazu:
Ambode should team up with Fashola to wrestle power from Tinubu

Ambode? what does a retired civil servant know about power. He was fished out of his Epe retirement farm to be governor and will remain governor as long as he remains loyal. So far he has been loyal so i don't see any confrontation with Tinubu coming up. As for Fashola, nice guy, but too gentle to fight. Ask Oyegun and Femi Pedro what happened to them.

Reinvented:
Ambode should just defect to either SDP or PDP. That will effectively end Tinubu's dynasty in Lagos and create an Ambode's power-block. Afterall, Amosu is now in charge of Ogun, Akeredolu holds sway in Ondo. Not sure if Ajimobi will remain boy-boy to Tinubu..

Yes, Tinubu has lost some supposedly faithful guys but has also gained within the period. He has brought in Oshiomole as the party chairman who now sings his praises everywhere, brought in Senator Akpabio and and is expanding his influence beyond just the SW. its politics, lose some gain some.

ndukaejime1994:
If improvement of Democracy is their major aim like the Author stated, then why are they not giving room to primaries for their presidential aspirant Politicians like Tinubu and his cohorts are self centered. All they are fighting for is personal interest and loyalists!! APC, stop fooling Nigerians by trying to let the people believe you guys have Nigerians interests at hand.. The tricks are getting so conspicuous

My dear, who said APC is not giving room to primaries for the Presidency? Even Buhari will face the same direct primaries before his name is submitted. All the states will. Its their new law and its not restricted to Lagos alone. But every body knows that both Buhari and Ambode will sweep through this like Child's play so stop making an issue out of it and turning it into your imaginary Ambode vs Tinubu thing.

Rubbish. How much were you paid to raise his profile with this write up. E Money is no where near a billionaire but very rich. He has only one known house in Lekki and lots of state of the art Cars. But there are hundreds of his type in PH and Onitsha and Abuja. But because he E Moneyis Press friendly and handsome you guys seem to exaggerate his wealth. He goes to London today and its all over the news. I was in Dubai twice last year but no one heard it. Not even my next door neighbor.

To say he spends more than Dangote in a day is purely rubbish. Dangote has tens of thousands of staff he pays per month and a $16 billion dollar refinery being built in just 4 years. What Dangote spends in a day could be more than what E Money has earned in a whole year because am 100% sure Dangote's expenditures could run to billions per day.
Lets not be carried away by star status. I even see people like Linda Ikeji being far richer than E money. Its no secret that Linda makes more than a million per day in business adverts alone. Not to talk of now that she has upgraded to owing TV/media industry. I consider her the richest in the entertainment industry today.

Do they listen to pop music in maiduguri? I thought that place was a replica of Afghanistan and Yemen. Gosh, the organizers should have brought a jihadist singer rather than a western styled hip hop artist.

So after hailing Tinubu for his sacrifice in bringing out Osinbajo, that chameleon and serial betrayer called Saraki is now slander the same Tinubu because of ideological differences. Thank God records are kept. No lies or propaganda from Saraki can give him the presidency. It's as sure as day and night.
Tinubu is not contesting anything. He is great as a god father. He has nothing to lose. Those fighting him cannot survive a day out of office unlike Tinubu. Ask Oyegun who is now totally forgotten and back to the village doing cassava farming.

Rubbish

fake news

Why Saraki, Tambuwal left APC by Tinubu


The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has offered a political-philosophical analysis on why Senate President Bukola Saraki and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal left the APC.
He said the duo quit because the APC could not offer them what they wanted. In a major analysis of the political situation in Nigeria, titled “They go Away because We go the Right Way, which he also tweeted, Tinubu said the two defectors left the APC because they “wanted automatic tickets and sharing of the national wealth which the APC could not guarantee”. “The rest of the defectors were given similar assurances by the PDP as to their offices. The APC refused to make such bargains as they are part of the ancient regime; these bargains are not of our democratic new way.
They “left the party to return to a motley agglomeration that would promise them what true democracy could not: automatic tickets, sharing of the national wealth and other offices and privileges “Governor Tambuwal’s exit can be distilled to one cause. He covets the presidency. However, he had not the stomach to challenge President Buhari in a primary. Tambuwal felt further insulted that he would be compelled to face a direct primary just to retain the governorship “But for the promise made by PDP hardliners like Rivers State Governor Wike that he would have the PDP presidential nomination, Tambuwal would not have left. His exit had nothing to do with governance of the nation. It was about forging a personal ambition predicated on the defeat of progressive reform not the advancement of it”. “Much the same for Senate President Saraki. Returning to the PDP, he harbours dreams of the presidency but Tambuwal’s ambition will dwarf Saraki’s when the two collide. If Saraki had remained in the APC, he would be unable to reclaim his Senate seat let alone the Senate Presidency. He thus bolted because he lusts for the presidency but was promised by the PDP, at least, a return to his position in the Senate”.
“For Saraki to talk about lack of governance is for him to deny who he is and the position he holds. This man stands as Nigeria’s Number 3 citizen. Clothed is he in ample power and influence. If he saw areas where government and the nation needed help, he could have easily applied his energies to these areas. He could have drafted legislation and easily got laws passed. “However, no progressive enactment bears his name for he cared not for progress. He has been more focused on changing the rules of the Senate to favour himself and changing the order of elections so as to coincide with his selfish designs”.
Asiwaju Tinubu asked the people to go beyond the debate on the numbers in the Senate or House of Representatives, saying “we must pull back from the shallow headlines to recognise that something fundamental is at stake.
“Nigeria is undergoing a historic transition. Sometimes awkwardly, tentatively, yet inexorably, we nurture political and governance reform. We steadily close the door on the old malpractices that have caused a rich nation to reside in the tenement of the global poor”.
“There is nothing wrong with ambition. Without a degree of ambition, we would never strive to improve and develop ourselves. But ambition, restrained by nothing but itself, is a dangerous commodity. Unwedded to social conscience, it leads to ruthlessness; it is the father of the deception that leaders are meant to lord over instead of to serve the populace.
“In the final analysis, the reason for the defections is as clear to see as it is crooked in its motives. The APC seeks to reform governance and politics. However, many powerful people believe the established system assures their maximum benefit. Progressive reform would defeat them. They must fight reform and never be allied to it. Thus, they had to leave the APC.
“In a fundamental way, the APC may be better for their exit. It would be untrue to say their departures did not generate concern. As the air clears and we can better assess what is lost and gained by their exit, I can truthfully say the APC will be better off because they are gone.
“We can more decisively push for the jobs programme, expansion of social security for the poor, affordable housing programs and a viable mortgage system, national infrastructural programme that will provide adequate power and potable water, basic health care for all, and educational reform. Each of these is important in itself. In combination, these objectives shall reshape the very landscape of our political economy. They shall bring fairness and prosperity where none has been. They will give the average person a government that serves them and the land that they deserve.
“We can now focus more wholly on democratic governance inside and outside the party. Inside the party, we have adopted direct primaries to discourage corruption of the democratic process. Regarding public policy, we can now better articulate our progressive stance without having naysayers among complaining that we are going too far or that the good we seek for the people ought not to be done.
“We can more decisively push for the jobs programme, expansion of social security for the poor, affordable housing programs and a viable mortgage system, national infrastructural programme that will provide adequate power and potable water, basic health care for all, and educational reform. Each of these is important in itself. In combination, these objectives shall reshape the very landscape of our political economy. They shall bring fairness and prosperity where none has been. They will give the average person a government that serves them and the land that they deserve. “But this prospect means a large segment of the political class will oppose the APC. We, as a party, must have the courage to accept this reality.
Having decided to place the public welfare above the private welfare of the few, we must forge ahead no matter the foes aligned against us. ”This struggle toward a better Nigeria is hard, described more by difficult obstacles than by smooth passages. Had reform been easy, the task would have already been accomplished. Powerful hands have gathered to halt our collective move forward. Not everyone wants a better Nigeria for all. Those who profit from the imbalances of the past are those who fear a fairer tomorrow. ”Come the general election, the people will face a stark choice. If they want to relive the certain failure and inequality of the system the PDP had erected against their very interests, the people will walk the way of the defectors. If the people want to give themselves a better chance at an excellent nation they will adhere to the path elected in 2015 when they voted for reform and the APC. “I believe in the collective wisdom of the people. They will choose the right way for they are Nigerians which means they shall do what is right and just”. ” This moral battle informed the recent defections. Those who belong to that PDP mode of thought could find no permanent comfort in walking the path of progressive reform and progress.
All the things we have inaugurated such as school-feeding programs for poor pupils, social security for poor families, affordable housing programs, greater access to credit for small businesses and greater access to education and health care, these things the defectors could not well abide. They detested President Buhari’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) innovation because it barred them from mis-directing funds into a maze of unaudited accounts from which they could siphon as they pleased. Buhari cut off their clandestine illicit spigot. “These politicians see accountable good governance and lifting of the common person as the tearing down of their quest for great riches and power. Even more so, they detested the APC drive toward greater internal democracy. They bristled when we demanded that congresses and conventions be held; they had demanded giving themselves automatic extension in their positions. They privately erupted as the APC decided that direct primaries where all party members vote on the party’s nominations should be the way of the future. The injection of greater democracy meant a decrease in their ability to manipulate end results. Politics will be ushered out of the backroom and given to the people to whom sovereignty genuinely belongs.
These men could not countenance such transformation. They saw it not as the gift of democracy but as an obstacle that complicated their self-interest. They left the party to return to a motley agglomeration that would promise them what true democracy could not: automatic tickets, sharing of the national wealth and other offices and privileges. “Their defection statements swell with high-sounding words and the attempted grasp of lofty ideals.
While I shall refrain from being so coarse as to call these statements counterfeit, I must invoke a sufficient level of common sense for the protection of all. Anyone who accepts their statements at face value will quickly experience buyer’s remorse. Their attempt at fine notions aside, what compelled these people was galloping yet blind ambition.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/why-saraki-tambuwal-left-apc-by-tinubu/

Mynd44:
Does that mean Senator Adeleke is not Yoruba?

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I think what he means is simply. He believes that the Yoruba should be integrated as one both politically and socially. Yorubas have always been progressives. From AG to UPN to AD.
Having PDP capture a Yoruba state will mean Wike and other outsiders dictating what happens in the state and will bring about disunity considering that PDP is weakest in the SW. And besides its APC that recognized Abiola and June 12.
Obasanjo even as a Yoruba man never did anything for SW and never honoured Abiola. He and PDP never ruled in Yoruba interest. Now Yorubas are almost controlling the country with there sons holding juicy positions in APC so you don't blame Gani Adams.

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Racoon:
Seem Tinubu desperation to prevent Ambode from getting a second term is real.

Eeeediotu like you. Even Buhari and Tinubus wife will go through primaries. Yo seem to be an advocate of automatic ticket, a PDP member i suppose. Better wake up to modern politics

Great Men

Innoson fights back.

bedspread:
Ok... Not yet 73..

16 More needed ....

Maybe APC should go to Ghana and Borrow some of their Senators...

Keep Dreaming.
The Constitution says 2/3rds of those present. So if all 109 senators are present then 73 will be needed. But then the average attendance of senators is between 70 to 80. Never have all been present at a sitting.
Infact, minimum quorum needed for a sitting is just 1/3rd of them, that's 37. Meaning 37 senators can legitimately sit and if 2/3rds of that 1/3rd that sits (that's just 25 out of 37) votes for impeachment then it will be constitutionally effective.
My brother, do your maths well, just 25 senators is the minimum needed to impeach if conditions favour them or if properly executed.

hmm

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bigpicture001:
...what specifically did obj do to them...am a history student nd wish to learn..?

If you are a good student of history you should have known that Tinubu and Orji Uzo Kalu were the most vocal Governors who opposed OBJs 3rd term. And both were able to resist the Abuja politicians(ministers and some senators from their respective states who aligned with OBJ) incursions. While Tinubu remained put in AC to put in Fashola, Kalu decamped to PPA and installed his successor.

Bruce, have you paid your debts? Go and complete the Ibom Tropicana which you abandoned. Don't be hiding under the title 'Senator' in order to avoid prosecution.

shockingly accurate

So unclothedness and obscenity runs in their family.

edibobo:
The Tropicana that you Akpabio inflated the contract ? Wait Ben Bruce will answer you on that....Hope because of that Project you insulted Attah.....

Murray has a documented history of defrauding banks and diverting bank loans to his personal and political ambitions. Am sure Akpabio must have kept quiet before cos of political affiliation which is bad in itself. Hopefully now the whole truth will be exposed. The ball is now on Murray's court to come out clean if not EFCC should move in. N45 billion cannot just vanish into the thin air.

Barrysleek:
Ibom Tropicana is the greatest scam in the history of Akwa ibom state..... Ben Bruce promised a Disney park, cinemas, hotels, shopping complex and likes at the site for over 45b naira during Yaradua tenure but the place has been overgrown with weeds with only the cinema function after over 100b naira has been sank into the project.... Senator Bruce has to give account to akwa ibom state people.

I am shocked. When did this gentlemanly Ben who was an entrepreneur role model to me turn to a vicious deceitful sleazy business man/politician. Is it due to an insatiable quest for money and power or what?

I noticed when people start shouting loudest and critizing the FG it means that they do have some secrets which they fear may be exposed. So that when it's finally exposed they'll claim they are being persecuted because they are the loudest opposition critic. Eg Oliseh Metu, Fayose.

I have always wondered why a gentlemanly Ben Bruce all of a sudden turned to dirty fighter. Fighting perceived enemies like Akpabio, whom he knows has documents of some of his failed deals contracts.

Ben, you were mobilised to finish the Ibom Tropicana. You collected the money and spent it on your political ambition. Just as you defrauded some banks and still owing them billions by diverting business loans. And your strategy is simply to shout loudest, so that if EFCC eventually comes for you you'll claim its because PMB hates you. May God save us all from this kind of situation. Nigeria will not die.