Let us not forget the conversion of Enugu into an aviation hub. They nearly killed Stella Oduah for dat. Enugu International Airport nearing completion. We have got more from GEJ than all the previous president put together.

Genius100:


Hey mumu... do you realize 2007 is almost 8 years ago?

So ur defence now is that it is 8 years ago for another story with Soyika condemning Buhari? How much exactly has Buhari bride Soyinka with, becos the Prof has no permanent ally but openly criticise everybody.

A time comes wen u give up, realise and accept that Buhari is set yet again to lose.

babyosisi:
This was Soyinka in 2007 for those who don't follow history and are now interpreting his words
If a man he calls Nebuchadnezzar should still rule,that means to him Buhari is a worse alternative
Many people would have out rightly condemned the Nebuchadnezzar instead but he didn't
Shows you he speaks from various corners of his mouth nowadays
Can't you people read?




Read the rest
http://saharareporters.com/2007/01/14/crimes-buhari-wole-soyinka

Exactly...The article of Soyinka from APC media itself. Great!

Descartes:

As far as am concerned, the "authenticity" of this article stands until Soyinka does the NEEDFUL
Cogito ergo sum
Wisdom is a function of Humility and indeed the Principle thing

U dey mind dem... APC damage control team. Soyinka gives interview and that is the report.

esere826:
Calculia

the title of your thread as little to do with its content
stop being rogue

neither do you provide a link to the context in which Soyinka spoke

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Stick With The Incumbent President And Re-elect Him In 2015 Prof Wole Soyinka’s

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emiye:

You are the OP, projecting this fraudulent article as if it was written by Soyinka............ shame on you and whoever moved this to frontpage.

If this is all u can say to cover up, then sorry becos u like Buhari have no business in Governance. The link to the article is provided, any issue u might have, take it up personally with the editor who was kind enough to provide his details. mumu!

waternogeteneny:

lmao!

Ibrahim Shekarau reject Buhari

Ekiti reject Buhari

Mimiko reject Buhari

2015 Nigeria will reject Buhari again.

lyricalz:
An opposition will always be an opposition, APC a combination of frustrated and agitated thieves from PDP and political fanatics from the north. Have said before, PDP is now clean and hv seated tight bcuz d thieves have all decamped.

I like the way u write.

Ribadu reject Buhari

FFK reject Buhari

Soyinka reject Buhari.

Buhari reject Tinubu as VP becos it does not fit his witch hunting agenda......Tinubu never respond. T.B.C

A word for Professor Yemi Osinbajo (APC VP candidate) - by FFK


Article from former Aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode...
I am glad that the APC eventually took my advice and saw the wisdom in not fielding a muslim/muslim ticket for the 2015 Presidential election even though I hear that, right up till the last minute, they almost did.
I congratulate my friend and brother Professor Yemi Osinbajo on his nomination as the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC and running mate to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
I have known Yemi for a number of years and I must say that he is not only a very pleasant and civilised person with a warm and gentle disposition but he is also a cerebal lawyer with a brilliant mind. I have immense respect for him.

Yet sadly ever since I heard about his nomination and announcement as Buhari's running mate I have felt nothing but sheer pity for him and a deep sense of pathos. My counsel and words for him are as follows:

Woe unto the children of light that secretly delight in darkness and that seek to thwart the counsel of God for their nation by joining hands with the sons of Boko and the daughters of Haram.

The bible says ''what fellowship is there between light and darkness?'' It says ''what does God have to do with Belial?'' It says ''what profiteth a man to gain the world and lose his soul?''.

A respected Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a devout and committed Christian and an intellectually-sound, well-bred and well educated Professor of Law accepts to be running mate to a closet fundamentalist, a bloodthirsty, cruel and murderous military dictator and a die-hard believer in the philosophy of ''born to rule''? This is serious.

A gifted servant of God who is a favored spiritual son of Rev. Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God has jumped into bed with one of the most notorious troublers of the faith and one of the most consistent enemies of democracy and Nigeria? This is very sad.

Rev. Enoch Adeboye is undoubtedly one of God's greatest and most respected generals on the planet and one of the Church's most humble and best-loved precious gems, yet one of his spiritual sons has surely let him, and indeed the Kingdom of God, down by choosing to play ''man Friday'' and second fiddle to an individual that represents everything that is troubling, unsettling and repugnant to the modern world and to the 21st century? What a tragedy.

A learned Professor of Law and a senior member of the Nigerian bar who is the leading authority on the law of evidence and who has written numerous books on that topic chooses to play number two to a man that failed all his exams at military college and that never went to a decent school or to any university? Jumping Jehoshaphat.

It is only in Nigeria that this sort of thing can happen. Poor Yemi. Look at what the Haramites have done to him and look at what they have reduced him to. Is there anything that these creatures from hell will not do? Is there anyone that they will not use and is there any norm that they will not defile, pervert, debase, violate and corrupt in their ignoble quest for power and as a consequence of their insatiable lusts and manifest greed?

The truth is that each and everyone one of us, including my friend Yemi, will ultimately have to answer to God for the choices that we make and we must live with the consequences of those choices. It is no wonder that the Redeemed Christian Church of God has disassociated itself from a false claim that the Church and, by implication, Rev. Adegboye himself, was supporting the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket. Thankfully they have come out to say clearly and categorically that this is not so. One can always trust Adegboye to do and say the right thing because he is a man that is truly ''after God's heart''.

Yet the denial of an endorsement and tacit support from his Church is just the first of many shockers and unwelcome surprises that Yemi will be served with in the next few weeks. He will get shock after shock and surprise after surprise until the battle is over and circumstances compel him to go back to his very lucrative legal practice.

Yet before he does that he should learn a thing or two from one of his esteemed colleagues and yet another Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, the courageous Pastor Bosun Emmanuel. Bosun said the following words in his famous sermon titled 'The Nigerian Church' which went viral just a few months ago.

He said, ''woe be unto any believer who joins hands with the enemies of God in an attempt to bury the Church and destroy the gospel''. This was a timely admonition and these are strong and wise words from a true servant of God who is under no illusion about what is going on in the politics of Nigeria and who is brave enough to say it as it is.

Yet whether we choose to heed Bosun's words or not I am absolutely certain of one thing: those that have aligned with the servants of satan and the children of darkness and that seek to thwart God's counsel for our nation shall not prevail.

Boko Haram abducted 185 women in Borno state on December 18th and they killed no less than 52 innocent people. Despite that some people are still supporting Buhari and his army of desperate Haramites? What a people, what a country.

Those that say that Buhari has changed simply because he chose a Pastor as his running mate are ignorant. Did he not have a Pastor as his running mate in his last outing in 2011? Did he not still say that it was his intention to ''spread sharia throughout the country'' and that ''an attack on Boko Haram is an attack on the north''?

Did he not oppose a state of emergency in the north eastern states and say that it was unfair for the military to kill Boko Haram members? Did he not say that instead of killing them they should forgive them, pamper them and treat them in the same way that the Niger Delta militants were treated?

Did the spokesman of his party Alhaji Lai Mohammed not say that the proscription of Boko Haram by the Federal Government was ‘’unjust’’ and ‘’unconstitutional’’? How does the fact that Buhari has opted for a Christian running mate change any of these things?

In any case he only opted for a Christian running mate because he was compelled to do so as a consequence of the hue and cry that the prospect of a muslim/muslim ticket had already started to generate. Are those that cite the fact that he has a Christian running mate as evidence of his new-found love for Christians aware of the fact that during the American civil war a small, ignorant, misguided and deluded group of negro slaves actually fought on the side of the southern confederate forces in an attempt to keep slavery in place?

Did that suggest that the leaders of the southern confederate ‘’secession’’ states suddenly changed their minds and fell in love with the blacks that they had enslaved and treated like animals? Is Buhari's claim of not being partial to his own hausa-fulani tribe not a little far-fetched? Did he not lead a northern delegation to Alhaji Lam Adesina, the late Governor of Oyo state, just a few years ago when some Fulani herdsmen were slaughtering Yoruba farmers on their own land and ask him ‘’why are YOUR people killing MY people?’’ Apparently Buhari believed that the aggressors that had invaded the land and farms of others and that killed all the occupants had a right to do so simply because they were fulani. Yet some people still claim that the man is not a tribalist.

Ignorance and lack of knowledge is a terrible affliction but in this context it is not only terrible but also very dangerous. Buhari’s choice of a Christian Pastor as his running mate means nothing and changes nothing about him or his entrenched views and ancient mindset.

It rather provides clear evidence of his sheer desperation to win power at all costs and it is a reflection of his obvious and deep-seated deceit. Let the truth be told even though the heavens may fall: Christian Vice President or no Christian Vice President, Buhari's heart remains as dark as ever.

We shall meet him in the field: let God's will be done.http://lindaikeji..co.uk/2014/12/a-word-for-professor-yemi-osinbajo-apc.html

chemali:


IBB advises now via hopefornigeria Facebook page. You TANoids are just desperate and will go to any length to make a lie truth.

IBB endorse GEJ... GOOGLE is ur fiend

IBB also advice against Buhari.

Did u know Buhari is pro Abacha? He said Abacha was the only President that did not steal.

chemali:
This swipe, where was it advertised and what's it about? Who has a link to the original or is it fiction like TANoids have been known for. They have lied in Soyinka's name before.

olapluto:
People do not read! NO where in this op-ed did Soyinka say anything!

The link to This Day national newspaper is at the top and bottom of the authentic news. ur not blind o

OrlandoOwoh:
Soyinka may go ahead to vote Jonathan. But as for me, na Buhari I dey vote for.

like say u get choice, as a slave to ur sentiment and tribal bigotry.

Wole Soyinka b like vote GEJ for continuation of real Change.


GEJ till 2019

Soyinka’s Alleged Swipe at Buhari

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/soyinka-s-alleged-swipe-at-buhari/196811/

Prof. Wole Soyinka’s recently advertised opinion on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flag bearer, is that Nigerians are best advised to stick with the incumbent President and re-elect him next year. Several interpretations have been given to that intervention, including the claim that it is driven by geo-ethnic sentiments. I disagree. Soyinka has never been afraid of his own voice. He is also not one to either gleefully endorse a person or platform he has reason to suspect of resting on wobbly foundations, or support the dismantling of a structure by persons who have not demonstrated convincing building skills. Let us contextualise Soyinka’s comments against the background of REALPOLITIK and the call for general up-scaling of serious leadership contestestation.

We begin by saying that the nation actually needs a strong, focused and viable opposition to the ruling party are right. This is right to the extent that such opposition will strengthen our democracy by compelling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to do some ‘hard work’ on issues of governance, especially along ideological lines and general service delivery. What is however open to argument today is the assumption that the APC represents that desirable opposition. At best, the party is an alliance between some genuine and fake followers of the great Awo, a motley collection of aggrieved former members of the PDP and a northernly-focused political movement. Its capacity for genuine ideological opposition is hamstrung by its diverse loyalties and the dominance of the former Actions Congress’ (AC’s) political culture that is under the asphyxiating imprimatur of Bola Tinubu.

The late Awo embodied opposition politics in Nigeria in a way none of the numerous pretenders to the business of political opposition can approximate – even remotely. Many of Awo’s real and alleged acolytes are in the APC. Unlike Awo, however, these suspected political descendants have only distinguished themselves in the art of political grumbling and gossip. This is what they call as opposition politics. They think that by saying ‘waka’ to government over real and imagined mistakes, misjudgements and outright blunders, the APC is actually into opposition politics. Utter bunkum! To suppose that a motley crowd of mostly aggrieved former members of the PDP, who have lost out and others of questionable coloration, all of whom do everything to undermine internal party democracy wherever they are, should be called ‘opposition’ simply because they condemn the ruling party?

They have all conveniently forgotten that the soul of opposition politics, of which Awo gave a good account of himself, is that the opposition actually runs a shadow government. The opposition brings out alternative policies to those in place and fuels public debate and national development, through informed discourse. But not this opposition! It is yet to move beyond the sporadic and spasmodic criticism of the ruling party. Meanwhile, it must go beyond all that and invest in meaningful, constructive opposition politics that will make the people see what it has to offer. Dr. Kayode Fayemi was thrown out for being too civilised and for moving away from the more barbaric traditions of Nigerian politics. Wherever Tinubu is in charge he has put his relations and personal staff in all the right positions. And these are Awo’s, and possibly Mallam Aminu Kano’s, descendants? I don’t think so.

But let us note, for the record, that the profile of the APC as a viable opposition party is not for want of strong, patriotic and well-meaning persons within the leadership, and rank and file, of the party, no! Beginning with Gen. Buhari, even the worst of his detractors must admit that he is a very honest and straightforward man. He means well for Nigeria and will personally not be party to whatever he believes, or knows, will not serve the common good – or the long term interests of the nation. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is well known by his close associates as a generous, dependable and good group leader. His mistake was to come out for a position that a good readings of the auguries should have told him he would never get. And who would not want to associate with the Segun Onis, Fashola’s and Fayemis of this world, for their hands-on political capacities.

But let’s get real! It is true that our patriotic General Buhari is honest as a person. But it is also true that we need more than personal honesty for anyone to be a good leader anywhere in the world. Late Julius Nyerere of Tanzania was a painfully honest man. Like Buhari, he led a transparent government and did not rob the state, or fraudulently accumulate personal wealth. Also like Buhari, after he left office, Nyerere ended up in one tiny dilapidated house as further proof of his honesty as a public servant. The other truth is that Nyerere’s personal honesty does not remove the fact that he failed to take advantage of what civilisation offered by way of improved governance practices and economic leadership. Yes, he left office an honest man, but he also left a nation severely underdeveloped because he applied a template that would be ideal for a small community of the close-kindred type to a nations-state and ended up with rather depressing results. As I write, Tanzania is yet to recover from Julius Nyerere’s personal goodness and honesty.

It can be argued, in defence of Buhari, that he is not only personally honest and reliable, but has had some time to look into the dynamics of our polity and politics and mature further since he stepped out of office. The ancillary questions we must then ask, in interrogating this defence, are (1) how did he perform in office and (2) what lessons have he learnt since? For a man who has been repeatedly accused of having a reputation for easily abdicating responsibility in matters of diligent attention to general administration, there is something here for his handlers to worry about.

For instance, it is argued that he is the only former Head of State whose administration got a dual attribution of authority, simply because his deputy was more visible and active, while he was a mere figurehead. The thesis here is that while Nigerians speak of a Murtala/Obasanjo regime because the former died in office and the latter continued and concluded his regime programmes, they speak of Buhari/Idiagbon regime because the latter was actually seen as ‘the government’ while the former was termed the nominal leader of that government.

There is also the question of whether the retired general also learnt the appropriate and necessary lessons and is applying these in his current actions. With his presumed popularity in the north and Kwakwanso’s age, exposure, performance and reputation, one would have expected that a clear-eyed Buhari would throw his weight behind the younger and more contemporary Kwakwanso, as an elder statesman. Those who trust him would respect his judgment.

His party would make a national address, and take put the many old men who are running all over the place in the name of wanting to lead Nigeria to shame. He would have even joined well-meaning party members in persuading Atiku and others to back Kwakwanso. His decision to contest, as well as the final choice of the party, show clearly that he and the APC are out of their depths completely.

The reported assigning of the task of appointing a vice-president to Bola Tinubu by Buhari shows the good man in him. It also points to his respect for agreements, as well as a tendency to give people who fulfil in one limited sphere more than their due, in terms of overall integrity. Is this how he intends to govern Nigeria? I imagine that Buhari would confidently accept whatever is thrown at him by Tinubu as VP, forgetting that not many people are as puritanical as he is. He does not consider that Tinubu was only servicing a perceived strategic interest and not doing him, Buhari, a personal favour when he supported him to win the presidential ticket. He does not consider that he can be given a VP that will be the government, occasionally humouring him with salutary engagements and pronouncements now and again These are the real issues around a Buhari presidency, that is assuming such a project has a leg to stand on.

We cannot condemn Buhari as ‘bad’ because of his tendency to trust and think that everyone is like him. That would be both wrong and unfair. But to expect and demand that we should all gladly entrust our lives to a man who may, in his goodness, be less than circumspect in matters of state, is to push optimism beyond the domain of rationality. My respect for the person of Buhari is not diminished by whatever defects of character anyone may attribute to him. We all have our shortcomings. What will not happen is that people will, out of respect for his person, endorse him for official responsibilities that some of his good personal qualities may not serve very well. Buhari and the APC seem to have a position on core national issues., but…http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/soyinka-s-alleged-swipe-at-buhari/196811/

ochon:


When will you have sense?

After Buhari get sense.

Tank God election are not decided on nairaland. Na only propaganda and e-punch, we dey throw for here.



GEJ till Mrs Osinbajo resemble woman

berem:
Can't wait for Buhari to take over next year!

Enough is enough!!

Naive! Buhari has been telling us that he didn't steal, so he want to come back and steal.

Fake News from APC propaganda camp.


Nigeria is seeing more development under GEJ than any other Gov.




GEJ till 2019

Seun, Mods do the needful. fp

say no more...

Islamic fundamentalist.

GEJ till 2019!!