₦airaland Forum

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Sahara TV: Mr. President its sahara TV, we just want to get some few questions across to you, what exactly are you doing to stop the activities of Boko haram, we know you have declared a State Of emergency and all that...

GEJ: we are working hard, we are working very hard on that one...hmm yes

Sahara TV: how hard, we heard about 3000 people have died....

GEJ: eh yea mmmmh, maybe you need to update your statistics on that one...mmm yea

Sahara TV: ok, is it right to go ahead with Sovereign wealth Fund when the Governors are not in agreement with it?

GEJ: sovereign wealth is not for the interest of the president, it is for the interest of the country....

Sahara tv (cut in) how is it for the interest of the country?

GEJ: You can recall this is the only thing we have done that all the professionals who manages bigger economies attested to as a very good model. I don't think anybody is against it, so if anybody is against it, it is regrettable.

Sahara TV: isn't that the reason they are in court to stop it...do you think it, is legal to go ahead...

GEJ: we did it with the consent of the governors...yea, so I don't anybody is against it..eh em.

(Now all the aides are no longer comfortable with the reporter, while some are dragging her out, other are mumuring,)

Sahara Tv: thank you mr. President. It is our president, it is okay if he talks to us..yes.

And this yeye Man won't stop embarrassing us!

FreeGlobe: In the spirit of federal character I nominate tomakint.

Mechie onu, why not nominate insincere 9gerian? Ndi arab

gratiaeo: New church's and their quest for money. Churches formed by hungry and desperate pastors, they will tell you that Catholic (the mother church) is worshiping idol just to deceive you and lure you their own church (private center).
In their Church (private center) they will preach to you that you must pay your tithe, sowe seed to them etc else the anger of God will fall upon you. All these things are lies!

Even the so Called Catholic Churched have bought in the malaise. I was passing by SS Mulumba & David the other day and I overheard the priest calling, Chelsea fans, Arsenal Fans and United fans to come and give offerings group by group and let church determine which club was the wealthiest! I could only but smh!! I rather stick my arss to my seat at home and watch weekend matches than go to any church to watch these criminal comedians.

Wow! It has been 10years now since I attended church. To God Be Glory!

In fact I was shedding tears while posting. What a cruel world

overrun federal  troops in northeast Nigeria.
There are fears that the continued attacks on the military and the looting of arms by Boko Haram also threatens the fragile peace being enjoyed by residents of Maiduguri in the past three months. There are also concerns that Boko Haram’s continued attacks on  towns and villages located around a 100 km radius of Maiduguri, could possibly weaken the defence around the capital city.
In the past month, Boko Haram has carried out several gory attacks on both civilians and soldiers on the five major routes that lead in or out of Maiduguri, and these point of attacks are all less than 80km away from, Maiduguri.
Last Tuesday, Boko Haram gunmen, in their hundreds, staged their second attack in a week on the town of Benisheik, 75 km away from Maiduguri. They left at least 140 persons either injured or dead. About a hundred homes and businesses premises were burnt and scores of vehicles, including military tanks, looted.
PREMIUM TIMES visited Benisheik and interviewed some eyewitness and victims of that bloody attack.
Carnage on the road
A commercial cab driver, Sani Babayo, said it was another day of horror along the Kano-Maiduguri Highway.
“We thought they were soldiers because their uniforms, vehicles and guns suggested so,” recalled Mr. Babayo. “But when they ordered us to come down from the vehicle and began to ask if we are residents of Maiduguri, it immediately dawned on us that we had fallen into the hands of Boko Haram.
“After separating the women and girls from the group, they ordered the men to run into the bush for our lives. No sooner had we started running than they opened fire on us. I saw many of my passengers fall after being hit by flying bullets. I kept running for my dear life until I was out of their range of fire.”
Mr. Babayo, who looked  dishevelled with tell-tale bruises on his skin and blistered feet, was among few of the very lucky travellers who escaped the Tuesday carnage. Many did not.
Most of the victims were those who had gone to make phone calls in the neighbouring Yobe State capital, Damaturu, 136 km from Maiduguri.
For four months now, telecom lines have been grounded as a security strategy to combat Boko Haram. Residents of Borno State, since the restoration of phones lines in Yobe State, had had to travel over there to make calls.
A young woman, Sarah Hyeladi, was returning to Maiduguri from Damaturu, where she and her elder brother, Markus, had gone to make phones calls when they encountered gunmen. Ms. Hyeladi was lucky but her elder brother was not.
“When our vehicle was stopped at about 6 p.m., and we saw how those ahead were being shot at, Markus and I had to run into the bush, but suddenly some uniformed gunmen appeared from the bush and ordered us to go back,” Ms. Hyeladi recalled.
“We had to comply because one man was pointing a big gun at us. As we were going towards where people were being killed, one of the gunmen dragged Markus and put a knife on his neck. Before I could beg them to spare him, my brother was writhing on the floor in a pool of his own blood.”
“Many people died from bullet wounds but a lot were killed by something that looked like an electric saw; the moment they put it on a person’s neck, the head will go off,” said a middle aged woman who was spared.
“They asked us to get out of the vehicle and ordered the men to start running into the bush, then they would shoot at them,” said the woman who wouldn’t say her name.
“They were heartless and wicked in the way they took people’s lives. Most of them speak Hausa, some Kanuri but others who don’t look like Nigerians speak some foreign language,”she said.
Fleeing soldiers
A soldier in Benisheik said they could not stand the superior fire power of Boko Haram.
“They were using anti-aircraft guns while we were using AK47 rifles and some RPGs. They came in droves driving about 20 pickup trucks accompanied by two light armored tankers, all wearing our military colours – desert-camo . We had to retreat to our base to reinforce after running out of arms. But they followed us down there, surrounded our base and began to to shell our building. We couldn’t stand the heat of their superior fire power. We had to retreat into the village after they killed two of our soldiers and three policemen. They left with an armoured tanker and four military patrol trucks,” the soldier said.
At the palace of the district head of Benisheik, where vehicles were taken away and one burnt, a staff, Abacha Wakil, narrated to journalists how the gunmen attacked and beheaded people in the village.
“The Boko Haram gunmen invaded the town at about 7:45 p.m., after attacking the military base at the outskirts of the town. The soldier ran to us here at the palace of the District Head and warned us to run for our dear lives. They said  they had ran out of ammunition and the terrorists are carrying sophisticated arms.
“No sooner had the soldiers warned us than the Boko Haram gunmen arrived in droves; all dressed in military uniforms and carrying guns. They came in about 30 vehicles. We had to run for our lives. I took refuge inside the millet plantation near the District Head’s palace. The gunmen spread out and began to shoot and set houses ablaze. They did not leave until about 3:30 am. We all spent the night inside the bush. In the morning, we found that they had beheaded 14 persons, mostly those in the Civilian-JTF, and left with at least 21 vehicles and a Tata truck filled with food items looted from the shops they also set ablaze.”
Mr. Wakil said most of the young men killed were beheaded.
“Their bodies were completely separated from their bodies. The death could have been more if the soldiers had not run down to warn us in good time that we should run for dear lives.”
Headless corpses 
Environmental health workers, who continued to pick corpses even as late as Friday, said they could not venture into the bushes to search for dead bodies.
“We only pick those not far away from the road sides. We understand most of them died while running away from bullets while others were found without their heads. Even if we later found the heads we often don’t know which head belonged to whom.
“We believe there could be more corpses ahead in the bush because others could have ran further before they died. But after today, Thursday, their bodies cannot be picked because even the ones we had picked now have decompsed already,” said the Environmental official who declined mentioning his name for official reasons.
Some of the corpses that were conveyed to Maiduguri could not be identified because they either had their heads cut off or their faces shattered by bullets.
It was an emotional sight when the  daughter of a woman, who had given up searching for the body of their father, suddenly pointed at a swollen decapitated body shouting, “Mummy, this is daddy’s shoe, this is daddy,”
And when the mother searched the pockets of the headless corpse, they found her husband’s ID card. The woman and her daughter caused everyone gathered to shed tears when the daughter tearfully asked, “Daddy where is your head?”
Hundreds of residents have since fled Benisheik in fear of another possible attack.
“If they could walk over soldiers and send them running for their lives, who are we to remain here?” Bala Sanusi, a local butcher said.
Promises and compensation
Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, who visited the village on Thursday, pleaded for residents to remain in their homes and not to flee. He said more security would be provided to guard the community.
He approved the sum of N50 million for the reconstruction of the damaged towns, while the sum of N250,000  would be given as compensation to the family of the 14 people slain in the village.
The Brigade Commander of Borno State, Muhammed Yusuf, explained to the few confused villagers that the army did not abandon them, but only left to get more arms after running out of the ones they had.
There are lots of concerns by embattled residents of Borno State who see the Federal Government as playing lip service to the issue of insecurity. Many had wondered why the almighty Nigeria Army still found it so difficult dealing with Boko Haram once and for all.
Many are of the view that the military hierarchy, although losing personnel and equipment, are making huge pocket-lining gains out of the monies the Federal Government is pumping into the state towards tackling the violence and insecurity.
The Borno State House of Assembly, on Friday, faulted the way the Federal Government was dealing with the situation. The lawmakers felt the situation was getting worse; particularly, with the increasing attacks.
They urged the Federal Government to step up its act by giving the military a marching order to utilise modern and appropriate equipment and technology to solve the Boko Haram crisis once and for all.
A top public affairs commentator, who does not want to be named for fear he might be targeted by the military, told PREMIUM TIMES, “We, as group of concerned citizens, are compiling our dossier on how the military hierarchy may have been feeding fat on these crisis from the billions of naira federal government spends to end the insurgency.”

Shine It: If Tinubu is indeed hale and hearty while is he not in Nigeria proving his doubters wrong. How long does knee surgery take to heal?

Why is every one who wants to see Tinubu travelling to London instead of Tinubu's house in Lagos?

Am sure Buhari wanted to see for himself how advanced Tinubu's parkinson's disease is, that's why Buhari is sad in the picture.

Has God disappointed you? Sorry try next time cos our Leader still dey gidigba like corruption in Jonathan's government.

Sai Buhari! Sai Tinubu!!! Sai APC!!! Asiwaju you shall live long to see the Nigeria of your dream!

Oya haters over to you.

Former Nigerian leader and a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari made a joint appearance with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Manchester, United Kingdom on Saturday.
Tinubu has been out of Nigeria since early July to attend to a nagging knee injury sustained decades ago as a school boy.
He had surgery in Chicago, United States in August and has been recuperating in the UK since then.
On Saturday, Tinubu and Buhari jointly attended the inauguration of the Democratic Progessive Movement. The event held at the Methodist Central Building in Manchester City.
Buhari also gave the inaugural lecture titled: “Discipline and Accountability under democratic Leadership’.
In the photograph below: From Left- Mallam Garba, General Mohammadu Buhari, APC Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC Leader, Lord Mayor of Manchester, Naeem Ul Hassan, Efosa Igbinomwanhia, International Secretary, DPM, UK and one of the DPM Co-ordinators

Source: PM News

I now see myself supporting the retardeen for the first time. End T. T" you may so!

Each year, the teacher consistently made the same mistakes she made in her first year without any effort to correct the mistakes all the years. The story teller sums up the moral lesson from his story: "A person who does not try to improve in his or her work becomes complacent and mediocre."
The story reminds me of President Goodluck Jonathan. After 3 and half years in office, the president’s report card is esthetically designed with false vows.
With the renewed slaughter of innocent Nigerians, no one is in doubt that Boko Haram is on the rampage. Each time Boko Haram unleashed its offensive, the president’s response and reaction to the carnage has been a reinforcement of vows. The more killings by Boko Haram, the more vows the president pledges.
To see how incapacitated and paralyzed the president has become in dealing with the Boko Haram insurgency, I decided to do a content analysis of media reports of his responses to Boko Haram and other burning national issues. What I found is repetition of vows and no action. Since repetition is the key to retention, the president has become parrot diseased in his speeches and responses to crises.
Here we go:
[b]• Jonathan Vows to Contain Jos Crisis (AllAfrica, July 19, 2010).
• Jonathan vows to consolidate the gains of the (Niger Delta) amnesty (CNIELTS, Feb. 15, 2010).
• Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan vows to hold clean elections (Christian science Monitor, April 13, 2010).
• New Nigerian President Vows Electoral Reform Before New Year’s Vote (Voice of America, May 7, 2010).
• Jonathan Vows to Tackle Erosion in South East (AllAfrica, Feb. 24, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows to Prosecute Those Behind Violence (AllAfrica, April 15, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows to end Boko Haram menace (AFP, April 19, 2012).
• Jonathan Vows major changes for Nigeria (Dailymotion, April 20, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows to Return Nation to Order (Vanguard, April 21, 2011).
• Nigeria: President Jonathan vows to address falling education standard (West African Democracy Radio, May 18, 2011).
• Nigerian President Vows to Strengthen Democratic Rule (Voice of America, May 30, 2011).
• Corruption: No more sacred cows, Jonathan vows (Vanguard, July6, 2011).
• Nigerian President vows to bring terrorism under Control, go after group that bombed UN building. (Associated Press, August 27, 2011.
• UN Building Bombing- Jonathan Vows to Track Down Bombers (Daily Trust, August 28, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows To Crush Terror Groups, Says Sponsors of Terror groups now unveiled (Nigeria Tribune, Sep. 23, 2011).
• Jonathan vows to fix public institutions, Says strong institutions recipe for Nigeria’s Greatness (The Sun, Sep. 28, 2011).
• President Jonathan Vows to Combat Security as Nigeria Celebrates its 51st Independence Day. (IQ4 News, October 1, 2011).
• Jonathan Vows to get bombers (Vanguard, October 2, 2010) .
• President Jonathan vows war on crime, saying he had put in place a new national security strategy, (Africa Review, October 2, 2011).
Jonathan vows war on crime as Nigeria turns 51 (Africa Review, October 3, 2011).
• As Boko Haram changes gear, Mars Eid-El-Kabir celebrations in North, Jonathan vows to protect Nigerians (national Daily Newspaper, November 6, 2011).
• Christmas carnage in Nigeria, Nigeria’s president vows to bring those responsible to justice. (CNN, Dec., 25, 2011).
• President Jonathan Vows To Exterminate Boko Haram (blanknewsonline, December 26, 2011).
• Jonathan vows to "crush terrorists" (Reuters, Dec. 31, 2011).
• Jonathan vows to protect Nigerians (National Daily, Nov. 6, 2011).
• Jonathan vows vengeance to "crush the terrorists" who set off a series of bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day (Mail & Guardian, South Africa, Dec 31, 2011).
• "…It’s fight to finish, Jonathan vows (The Punch, January 1, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to work for the welfare and wellbeing of all Nigerians (Newsdiary, January 16, 2012).
• Jonathan Vows to Check Destabilization Plot (ThisDay, Jan 17, 2012).
• We’ll wipe out Boko Haram – Jonathan (The Punch, January 23, 2012).
• Jonathan vows stronger relations between Nigeria and Ethiopia (Channels TV, Jan 31, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to increase petrol refining capacity (The Moment, Feb 3, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to sack appointees over 2015 campaign (ThisDay, Feb 21, 2012).
• Jonathan vows Justice (The Nation, Jan 23, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to replicate Asian Tiger Feat in Nigeria (Channels TV, March 26,2012).
•Revenge attacks follow Nigeria Church blasts, Goodluck Jonathan …vows to end the spate of mindless attacks and killings" Al Jazeera (March 12, 2012).
•  Jonathan vows to fast-track power master plan (News Diary Online, March 26, 2012).
• Jonathan Vows to End Boko Haram Menace in June (Yonhap News Agency, South Korea, March 28, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to end culture of favoritism (Premium Times, April 12, 2012).
• I will deal with Boko Haram, Jonathan vows (April 13, 2012).
• Jonathan to sack heads of MDAs for distorting 2012 budget (Premium Times, April 13, 2012)
• Jonathan vows "to sack heads of departments and parastatals indicted for lobbying members of the National Assembly for upward review of their budget (The Nation, April 14, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to correct structural defects in education (Vanguard, April 15, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to end Boko Haram Menace (AFP News, April 19, 2012).
• Jonathan vows to eradicate polio by 2015 (Channels TV, April 24, 2012).
• Fuel Subsidy report: Presidency vows to bring culprits to book (The Punch, April 26, 2012).
• Jonathan Vows To Punish Oil Thieves (Nigerian Pilot, April 26, 2012).
• President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that his administration will not shield any corrupt person from investigation or prosecution by the antigraft agencies in the country (News Diary, May 4, 2012).[/b]
It is evident from President Jonathan’s tales of vows that all he has been doing in the last 36 months or so is whitewashing the pump which will not purify the water.
 Mr. President, to overwork one’s own faults is to miss a valuable free education.

Courtesy: Bayo Oluwasanmi can be reached at byolu@aol.com

You are to add yours especially from 2013 Vows..

Toothless Bulldogs

ifihearam: What GEJ would be remembered for. By IFIHEARAM

1. That officially moved Nigeria from poor nation to Middle earning in international indices

2. That had the trains working again

3 That made the third precolonial region "the East" have an international airport

4. That started work in earnest for the 2nd Niger Bridge

5. That was the first to drop dependence on oil down below 80 percent.

6. That stabilized the banking industry which would have collapsed

7. That revamped the textile industry that was dead before his time

8. That began the repairs of the Ports

9. That made clearance of goods by custom one week or there about

10. That made free and fair elections a reality as confirmed by the opposition Governor Oshiomole.

11. That revamped sports in Nigeria putting Nigeria back on the podium in athletics since last done over ten years ago and also this time Alozie and Obikwelu did not drop their Nigerian citizenship immediately after (Thanks Uduaghan as well for this. ) And also making Nigeria champions of Africa again last done 19 years ago.

12. Serious attention to roads.

13. Serious attention to airports

14. Ending total dependence on importation of rice and now 60 percent produced locally and total independence in two years time

15. Building of silos and granaries for farmers and making the ports ready for export

16. Stabilizing the Naira. No sharp deeps as before.

17. Building of a dam, last built 10 years ago.

18. Building of nine universities.

19. Making education have the highest allocation....first time in history of Nigerian budgeting.

20. Greatest support given to Nigerians in diaspora, from timely intervention in bringing them home, ensuring he visits them when he goes to each country and provision of ways for them to begin to access loans and do business

21. Rescuing Mali from the crutches of Islamist.

22. Establishing a law school in bayelsa

23. fewest strikes since history of Nigeria.

24. Ending fuel queues and ensuring fuel is sold at pump price

25. Ending age old pension racket/scam.

26. Reducing subsidy racket as Nigeria pays 400 million less each month than OBJ paid 400!!!!!!!

27. Building Almajiri schools and fitting them with standard learning facilities that will bring Muslim education to today's educational needs as well as providing free lunch.

28. clear road map to end the problems in power sector. Improved power supply. End to power failure in view

29. Made Nigeria top destination of FDI (Foreign direct investment). GE is investing 4 billion in the power sector....first of such

Fantasy Remembrance!

Cypost: Fidelity bank is an organisation dt employs thousands on Nigerians and contributes to the economy of Nigeria. so if Gov Obi is associated with such a successful establishment it should be a plus for him. It shows his pedigree in mgt of pple and resources even before assuming the position of govnor.

What is the pedigree of ur principal Dr Ngige aside the abracabra he did with stolen mandate and his unholy alliance with the Ubas.

The problem with nigeria is that pple who have no pedigree, whose antecedents are not know are most times thrown up to assume leadership positions based on mere sentiments and mundane considerations while the best qualified candidates are at times taunted by political jobbers who try to discredit their intimidating credentials like quoted post exhibits.

Are you one of the Anambra Dependent Infedilty Bank Staff?? You saw nothing wrong when AdaObi Fidelity used the Deportation saga as a propoganda to tool to malign Ngige? Now he is getting back what he sowed, and you are here spewing rubbish. For Fidelity Bank and Peter Obi are cursed in Anambra State. We have seen Enough, we are saying No to further plundering of our common patrimony! Fidelity Bank is Fraud! Peter Obi is fraudster!

Hahaha! How long will it take him to achieve that? 8 YEARS.

Sound exactly like Peter Obi, such a waste. No strategic positioning of the entire eastern economy

Umuigbo will continue seeking greener pastures in Lagos, Abuja and Kidnapping.

Truely a sad state of affair.



Obazi can do similar as a Vice to Soludo.

Anambra is the gate way to the east and the entire eastern economy needs to be re-positioned.

Soludo was the man for that job. Peter AdaObi na god go punish u. From BLiss4Lyfe

Then check this out:

Bliss4Lyfe: My point exactly, and that is why i give it up to Peter Obi becos his strategy was development for every locality and village though not substantial but everybody had something. Ngige won't win his own village after the deportation saga. Who wants Tinubu to get his hands on Anambra Oil wealth. Godfatherism must be resisted. All his life Ngige has been running from pillar to post, from one godfather to another.

Bliss4Lyfe: My point exactly, and that is why i give it up to Peter Obi becos his strategy was development for every locality and village though not substantial but everybody had something. Ngige won't win his own village after the deportation saga. Who wants Tinubu to get his hands on Anambra Oil wealth.

Are you for real? I mean are you a chameleon? You keep swinging front and back like a confused brat. In one breadth, you call obi unprintable names, in another vein you are eulogizing the same Man. Paraniod?? Go see your doctor before it develops further. Smh for your would be husband!

Bliss4Lyfe: How many times does Ngige want to rule Anambra? Is Ngige the only person in Anambra state? First he was Gov and then Senator and now he aspires to be Gov again.

In all those time, what has Ngige got to show outside his village/locality?

Anambra must not recycle old leaders besides he was to quick to betray Ndi-Anambra deported to Fashola.

He should contest for Lagos State Gov.

As much as Anambra State remains underdeveloped

Still waiting for members of Fidelity Bank staff to invade this thread

I would be there live on the 28th for the flag off. And I can assure you of one thing- massive turn out that would send shivers down the bone marrows of Ada Fidelity and his bootlickers!

Onwa Chiri ga wa, na Jesus (not of Otuoke) kwugi na'azu!

Ada Fidelity is really a crook. Pictures dont lie.

chukwudi44: Mumu @ 59, if you don't want her to be your mummy why don't you park to Afghanistan.As long as you are in naija she is still your mummy whether you APC a*ss likes it or not

God forbid, she can NEVER be! As for you, who doesn't know your work briefing...washing and smelling shepopo panties as your daily ritual. Anu ofia!!

Where is Agbameta Nee Eko ileee when you need him?

chukwudi44: Yesoo our Mummy is going to address the UN.I cant wait for the haters to descend on this thread.

A Fool at 40! Keep adopting that shepopo as your Mother.

International disgrace smh!

She meant 2.5m jobs in armed robbering and kidnapping. Nigerians and lack of English Language Comprehension

Thought they said ,Ngige was not popular? Then why not allow the electorates decide? Ada Fidelity Bank has criminally done everything possible to paint Ngige black but like my people used to say, you can't hide a potruding belle with bare hands! Ngige is Pro masses, pro truth, progressive and postive Man. He paid his dues when given the opportunity, nothing and I repeat nothing can erase that in the minds of Anambra People. Come 2016 Feb. Ngige would be sworn in as the elected Governor of Anambra State. There is nothing anyone could do including Ada Fidelity Bank. Onwa chiri ga wa, na anyi kwugi n'azu!!!

That free globe of a person, is just a confirmed illiterate.

Abagworo: @bolded. So what they keep saying is true about the bank.

Sharp Guy! You just beat me to it.

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[quote author=Frank-C]The events in the HoR has never bothered Aso Rock to the extent of 'plotting' to remove Tambuwal. If it were to be so, there were enough provocations following the events of January 2012 but the power pendulum in the NA is comfortably balanced off by the mature grip on the Senate by Mark. All the noise is part of 'Police stop Amaechi from entering government house' noise. Tell me exactly why the Presidency should be worried about House of Reps? Aso Rock has gotten every thing it wants from the National Assembly, even till tomorrow. Check the records.

For APC kids who are so keen to outsource 'opposition' to PDP members, this arrangement give them some false comfort. Tambuwal is a PDP man. He is just trying to be noticed and even more of a weak link for APC than for PDP, that is why born political strategists have never been bothered by his activities. Come 2015, Tambuwal will fall in line and support PDP candidate whom we all know who it will be should he decide to contest. PDP will still win ALL the electoral seats in Sokoto and most part of that axis and the power equation will still be balanced accordingly. The only losers here will be 'the politically sophisticated' who in an attempt to spite PDP, lost their representation in the top echelon of the Legislature leadership and are being given what they desire most - the opportunity to make noise, the very thing they are willing to spend fortune to get.[/quote]Deluded soul!