Agbaletu:
There is no direct flight from these three cities to Maiduguri. Just fly to Abuja and from there to Maiduguri.

How to from Abuja to maidugiri

Couldn't see it hardworking friend

Need a guide about the cost of flight from either warri, Benin enugu or Asaba to maidugiri please

Honestly this has been a question I have been asking my self.Oby is my sister but .....am ashamed of defending this her stance in this

Today, Wednesday, 29th July, is indeed a very busy day for the Nigeria Senate. Spokespersons for the Senate's Media Team, are two social media controversial giants, Senator Ben Bruce, (Bayelsa State) and da very stubborn man, lol, Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, they were announced by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Very heady, Melaye, who is openly a strong supporter of Saraki, the Senate President, once again triggered storm, yesterday, Tuesday, 28th July, when he accompanied Saraki's wife, Toyin, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, where she was grilled on allegation of fraud. The former House of Representatives member also led the bloc of Senators who pushed for Mr. Saraki's emergence as Senate President. Bruce, who owns Silverbird television, has become known for his controversial tweets since joining the Senate. The two legislators are members of the Senate's ad hoc committee on Publicity, alongside Enyinaya Abaribe, the Senate's former spokesperson and two others. The team is led by Senator Melaye. I have already told y'all da list, but for those that like skipping news, read on, lol. The Senate President also announced the constitution of the Senate Selection Committee, Rules and Business Committee, Ethics and Privileges Committee and ad hoc Committee on Publicity. According to him, the 18-member Senate Selection Committee, which is charged with the responsibility of coordinating other committees, is to be headed by Ibrahim Gobir (APC Sokoto East). The Rules and Business Committee will be headed by Babajide Omoworare (APC Osun East), while Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, will be his Deputy as Kabir Marafa (APC Zamfara Central), Barnabas Gemade (APC Benue) and five others are members. Samuel Anyanwu (APC Imo east) is to head the 11-member Ethics and Privileges Committee and he is to be deputised by the Deputy Leader of the Senate, Bala Ibn Na’Allah. Meanwhile, Saraki has announced that, the Senate would commence screening of the newly appointed Service Chiefs during plenary on Thursday. He who disclosed this during plenary on the floor of the upper chamber, urged all serving Senators to be in attendance and to be prompt, adding that, the screening would begin at 10 a.m.

Igbo men are seriously waiting for the results to be announced to OPEN THEIR SHOPS FOR BUSINESS.NOT even bothered about who wins.these people and so independent,fearless believed only in themselves to survive and not government or games in politics.I admire them shaa.

Igbo men are seriously waiting for the results to be announced to OPEN THEIR SHOPS FOR BUSINESS.NOT even bothered about who wins.these people and so independent,fearless believed only in themselves to survive and not government or games in politics.I admire them shaa.

this man is just an illiterate and not knowledgeable.the way he gives out red card and the way Fashola did shows the difference between the two.even ambode..this man is just an olodo.I fear for this country if he wins

need to wipe my tears.Kai.

would have loved to see GMB in that pitch.after all they are his mate.or are they healthier than he is?just asking anyway

chinwenduebo:
Gov. Amaechi of Rivers State is one of the APC governors who travelled to London to support Gen. Buhari's Chatham House appearance.

Prior to Buhari's appearance in the House,Gov. Amaechi was pictured from behind running to get things in order for Buhari.

http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/s306x306/e15/10954714_1575062899398637_701260397_n.jpg

if he comes to naija now he will be forming Oga.

If u believed that anti buhari protesters were paid why find it difficult to believe that pro Buhari were paid or are they from heavens?
Nigerians decieving themselves wind 1890.

ManMountain:
[size=15pt]God bless you GMB.
A DISGRACE was expected at Chatham event but a GRACE was established.

SHAME ON YOU PDP[/size]

U just confirmed that Fayose was actually right.by saying that a disgrace was expected,that means you don't even have confidence in GMB.and you were actually praying may he not fall your hand knowing fully well he is not strong.

stepo707:
Good.I love someone that admits his/her mistake......Nigeria really needs help

but GEJ says he underestimated BH before.they said he should resign.

Also what will u say if he says he has learnt some lessons from the past and will correct them when re elected.

APC will be shocked in person this election and they will not believe their loss after all the noise,which made them believe is by noise.those to vote gej seem to be on a low key.waiting for the real deal.but am sure APC will end up causing violence because the disappointment will be too much to be

#GODWIN

We seem to forget too fast and be shallow minded.Pls let's think like humans.If GMB was such good as the head of state when he was vibrant and strong why did Fela sing about his administration to the extent of landing himself in jail?10 yrs kai.
OBJ who now for some is a saint simply because he is against GEJ.We have forgotten about 2 shot and Eadris Abdukalem and what Obj reaction was.

Then comes Gej am still waiting to see who has sung about him like the two former heads and what GEJ has done to them.
As for me little things still matter.

First I wish to tell Gej fans not to be discouraged about
the seeming popularity of GMB.Because it is easier to
destroy than to build.What do I mean ,as far as the media
is concerned it is easier to say that Gej is not doing and
cant do anything but very easy to convince and give 100
reasons why GMB will do something.Forgetting that this
is same way it was easy to gej fans to convince people at
his initial time before he entered the office.
And because it is easier to destroy and that is why it is
easier for GMB fans to win in all media compettion
because they have a point to prove but Gej fans believe
they have proved their point and that the real time to do
real compettion is Feb 14th.Quote me any where
Jonathan will win GMB but because of this Buhari media
popularity his fans won't believe their eyes and will resort
to violence saying that it was rigged.
I FOR ONE HAS NEVER LIKED,SHARED,RETWEETED,OR
FAVOURITE ANY MEDIA CONTEST WHILE I SEE ALL OF
THEM.AND I BELIEVE THEIR ARE MANY LIKE ME.
AND AM 100% SURE THAT NO GMB FAN WILL SEE SUCH
MEDIA CONTEST WITHOUT ENGAGING IN IT.
LIKE I SAID THEY WANT TO PROVE A POINTLESS POINT.
GEJ.TILL 2019.

First I wish to tell Gej fans not to be discouraged about
the seeming popularity of GMB.Because it is easier to
destroy than to build.What do I mean ,as far as the media
is concerned it is easier to say that Gej is not doing and
cant do anything but very easy to convince and give 100
reasons why GMB will do something.Forgetting that this
is same way it was easy to gej fans to convince people at
his initial time before he entered the office.
And because it is easier to destroy and that is why it is
easier for GMB fans to win in all media compettion
because they have a point to prove but Gej fans believe
they have proved their point and that the real time to do
real compettion is Feb 14th.Quote me any where
Jonathan will win GMB but because of this Buhari media
popularity his fans won't believe their eyes and will resort
to violence saying that it was rigged.
I FOR ONE HAS NEVER LIKED,SHARED,RETWEETED,OR
FAVOURITE ANY MEDIA CONTEST WHILE I SEE ALL OF
THEM.AND I BELIEVE THEIR ARE MANY LIKE ME.
AND AM 100% SURE THAT NO GMB FAN WILL SEE SUCH
MEDIA CONTEST WITHOUT ENGAGING IN IT.
LIKE I SAID THEY WANT TO PROVE A POINTLESS POINT.
GEJ.TILL 2019.

First I wish to tell Gej fans not to be discouraged about
the seeming popularity of GMB.Because it is easier to
destroy than to build.What do I mean ,as far as the media
is concerned it is easier to say that Gej is not doing and
cant do anything but very easy to convince and give 100
reasons why GMB will do something.Forgetting that this
is same way it was easy to gej fans to convince people at
his initial time before he entered the office.
And because it is easier to destroy and that is why it is
easier for GMB fans to win in all media compettion
because they have a point to prove but Gej fans believe
they have proved their point and that the real time to do
real compettion is Feb 14th.Quote me any where
Jonathan will win GMB but because of this Buhari media
popularity his fans won't believe their eyes and will resort
to violence saying that it was rigged.
I FOR ONE HAS NEVER LIKED,SHARED,RETWEETED,OR
FAVOURITE ANY MEDIA CONTEST WHILE I SEE ALL OF
THEM.AND I BELIEVE THEIR ARE MANY LIKE ME.
AND AM 100% SURE THAT NO GMB FAN WILL SEE SUCH
MEDIA CONTEST WITHOUT ENGAGING IN IT.
LIKE I SAID THEY WANT TO PROVE A POINTLESS POINT.
GEJ.TILL 2019.

First I wish to tell Gej fans not to be discouraged about
the seeming popularity of GMB.Because it is easier to
destroy than to build.What do I mean ,as far as the media
is concerned it is easier to say that Gej is not doing and
cant do anything but very easy to convince and give 100
reasons why GMB will do something.Forgetting that this
is same way it was easy to gej fans to convince people at
his initial time before he entered the office.
And because it is easier to destroy and that is why it is
easier for GMB fans to win in all media compettion
because they have a point to prove but Gej fans believe
they have proved their point and that the real time to do
real compettion is Feb 14th.Quote me any where
Jonathan will win GMB but because of this Buhari media
popularity his fans won't believe their eyes and will resort
to violence saying that it was rigged.
I FOR ONE HAS NEVER LIKED,SHARED,RETWEETED,OR
FAVOURITE ANY MEDIA CONTEST WHILE I SEE ALL OF
THEM.AND I BELIEVE THEIR ARE MANY LIKE ME.
AND AM 100% SURE THAT NO GMB FAN WILL SEE SUCH
MEDIA CONTEST WITHOUT ENGAGING IN IT.
LIKE I SAID THEY WANT TO PROVE A POINTLESS POINT.
GEJ.TILL 2019.

First I wish to tell Gej fans not to be discouraged about the seeming popularity of GMB.Because it is easier to destroy than to build.What do I mean ,as far as the media is concerned it is easier to say that Gej is not doing and cant do anything but very easy to convince and give 100 reasons why GMB will do something.Forgetting that this is same way it was easy to gej fans to convince people at his initial time before he entered the office.
And because it is easier to destroy and that is why it is easier for GMB fans to win in all media compettion because they have a point to prove but Gej fans believe they have proved their point and that the real time to do real compettion is Feb 14th.Quote me any where Jonathan will win GMB but because of this Buhari media popularity his fans won't believe their eyes and will resort to violence saying that it was rigged.
I FOR ONE HAS NEVER LIKED,SHARED,RETWEETED,OR FAVOURITE ANY MEDIA CONTEST WHILE I SEE ALL OF THEM.AND I BELIEVE THEIR ARE MANY LIKE ME.

AND AM 100% SURE THAT NO GMB FAN WILL SEE SUCH MEDIA CONTEST WITHOUT ENGAGING IN IT.
LIKE I SAID THEY WANT TO PROVE A POINTLESS POINT.
GEJ.TILL 2019.

There is a believe that Buhari will not last long in power and his d***th will automatically give power back to the west

GEJ VS Buhari For presidency

Patience VS Zahria For best grammatical blunder.

history is harsh, because it hides nothing from
honest and discerning people. For those who are
dancing at the prospect of voting in Muhammadu
Buhari, please consider the following historical
facts. Interpret them however you choose, but think about
them deeply:
Kennedy Emetulu
(1) Think of the kind of nation the colonial masters
bequeathed to us before leaving. They instituted different
political, social and legal system in the North and South,
but still ran the country as one and left us without any
attempt at righting the wrongs they’ve instituted.
(2) Think of the pogroms in the North against the Igbo and
Southerners. What were the reasons for this? There was no
reason more than that the Igbo and Southerners were seen
as taking over the economy and geographical space of the
Northerner in a supposed one, free Nigeria.
(3) Think of the First Republic and the issues that led to its
demise. These issues ranged from the obvious injustices
perpetrated at the centre by a majoritarian oligarchy, which
then led to electoral violence in the West and national
distrust in the Niger-Delta.
(4) Think of beginning of military intervention in politics and
the cost to the nation:
(a) The First Coup of January 1966 and the real motivation
of the chaps behind it.
(b) The coming of Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
and the counter-coup that saw his death and the mass
killing of Igbo officers within the army, including the pogrom
that followed up North.
(c) The Civil War and the cost in human and material
resources to the nation. Was it necessary? Why the waste?
What have we learnt? Think of the Asaba and Owerri
massacres (Buhari was part of the latter)? Were they
necessary? What have we learnt from that war?
(5) Think of the whole nine years of General Yakubu Gowon,
the seven months of General Murtala Muhammed, the four
years of Shehu Shagari. The almost two years of Buhari, the
eight years of General Ibrahim Babangida, the five years of
General Sani Abacha, the one year of Abdulsalami
Abubakar and the two years of Umaru Yar’Adua. For almost
40 years of the 54 that we have had flag independence, the
North has ruled the nation, but what did their leadership do
for Nigeria? Why is the Northern elite now hell-bent on
taking back power at the top? How long have they been out
of it that they now want it back? What did they do with it for
their people when they had it?
(6) Think about June 12 and the murder of MKO Abiola.
Imagine the opportunity our country had at that juncture in
our history and who truncated it. Who are the beneficiaries
of the truncation of June 12, but Buhari and the industrial-
military complex that backs him now as members of the
APC?
(7) For the Yoruba, think about the power you have now and
how to use it responsibly. When Obafemi Awolowo had it,
he used it responsibly and this nation is grateful for it. For
those who are hailing Bola Tinubu as some kind of political
genius, do they think Tinubu is safe under a Buhari
presidency as he has been under Jonathan? Do they not
see how easy it would be for Buhari to pluck out Tinubu in
a power tussle over control of the APC under the guise of
fighting corruption? Do they think there is anything a Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo can do in the circumstances? What
would be the fate of the Yoruba at that point?
( Think about the National Question and what this false
change would mean for the Southern minorities and the
nation. Since the Willink Commission of 1958, their troubles
have been in the front burner of national discussion and we
have shouted ourselves hoarse for a Sovereign National
Conference (SNC). Whether we want to believe it or not,
Jonathan’s presidency sort of doused the raging fire, so
what would his ouster do? Think about the Orkar Coup of
1992 and what motivated those young men now lost to the
firing squad.
(9) For the Yoruba, think about those who today mostly
populate the highest and middle level echelon of the oil
industry. They are not Niger-Deltans; they are young
Yoruba professionals and Tinubu who worked with Mobil
knows this. Are you prepared to sacrifice them and their
career to install a Buhari who, from his actions and
utterances, look bent on dipping the Koran in the sea in the
form of establishing Sharia all over Nigeria? Does anyone
think the South-South will sit down and share the oil wealth
with a nation of the sort Buhari has in mind? Does anyone
really think Buhari has the temperament to hold a complex
Nigeria together?
(10) To the Northerners, think about what we are already
seeing about Buhari on the campaign trail. Does he look
like a healthy person? His gaunt, austere look is not just
about his stature. The man is old and ill and this campaign
will take a lot from him. If, God forbid, he does not survive
this campaign or his first term where would that put this
country? Does anyone think that the power-mongers of the
North will simply stand by and let the Vice President take
over constitutionally? Are we prepared to go through the
Yar’Adiua experience again, especially this time when they
are likely to be more desperate? What would it mean for
those in the North who think it’s their turn to take over,
rather than wait till 2019 when they are likely to have a
more vibrant candidate with real national appeal contesting
for the presidency and with a chance to win and govern in
peace?
(11) Think of Buhari as the head of state and how he ran the
nation. The day he was overthrown, I was at the parade
ground at the Orientation Camp in Toro, Bauchi where I was
serving my NYSC. I remember that the chap who was our
Commandant was a young Captain said to be a cousin to
Brigadier Joshua Dongoyaro who announced the
overthrow. His second-in-command was then Lieutenant
Ugo Buzugbe who is today a Major General. Once word
reached us of the overthrow, the whole camp went agog
with jubilation! On the day, I was delegated by my friends to
go to Jos to buy some things for a party we were planning.
I got there and the whole city was jubilating! We heard of
spontaneous jubilation all over the country. Today, some
brilliant, but devious spin-doctors are painting Buhari as a
great leader who is now making us feel nostalgia for his
time! Only fools who would want to be treated like animals
and butchered without reason would look at Buhari and say
he is the change we need. Yes, we might need change, but
not Buhari! We are not a cursed people! We should never
go back to our national vomit!
(12) Think about his manifesto and what he offers. Is there
anything there that he can do better than Jonathan? He
talks about fighting corruption, but Buhari is a corrupt man
being shielded by spin-doctors! The facts of his corruption
are there! How can anyone believe the lies about his
poverty? What poor man contests every presidential
election since 2003 in such a grandiose manner? Can’t we
see the corrupt people he consorts with and those
interested in sending him to Aso Rock? Does that add up?
(13) Think about this fellow who has been a recurrent name
in Nigerian politics since his overthrow by his military
colleagues, but who cannot tell us one good cause he has
put his name or his money in. Where are the charities he
supports? What business is he involved in? What has he
been doing with almost N30 million he receives monthly as
gratuity? How has he improved himself since leaving
office? Why can he not just tender his First School Leaving
Certificate, rather than lying and getting others to lie for
him? How many scholarships has he awarded, even as we
know that his daughter lives the high life in a UK university
where she pays more than £16,000 as school fees? How
many university chairs has he endowed? How many
professional bodies does he support? How many
international missions has he helped with? All we have
seen him do since is go to BBC Hausa, say some inciting
and divisive things and when called out, he proclaims
innocence and accuses journalists of misinterpreting him.
(14) Think about his support for Boko Haram and the group
nominating him as their representative in negotiation with
the Federal Government. Why did he cowardly refuse to be
part of the negotiation when he’s spent the whole time
attacking the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government
over Boko Haram? Does anyone think the present Nigerian
Army would accept this type of untrustworthy and divisive
figure as Commander-in-Chief? After all, following the
annulment of the June 12 election, one of the reasons
Babangida said they couldn’t hand over to MKO Abiola was
because he wouldn’t have been accepted as Commander-
in-Chief. Buhari was one of the beneficiaries of that
annulment. I can’t see him being a good Commander-in-
Chief. As bad as it sounds, he will do the same mistakes he
did the first time and worse and Nigerians would be reduced
to jubilating again when a coup topples him. Egypt after the
electoral victory of the Muslim Brotherhood comes to mind.
And that would be the least terrible of all choices we can
get.
(15) Think of Buhari who has no idea of modern
governance. Only dishonest people will believe otherwise.
Listen to him and see how vacuous he is. No matter how
they try to hide his illiteracy, it’s glaring. He has now
joined Twitter, because of election, but what does he really
know about modern communication? His best phrase is “I
will fight….” No, governance is not about fighting; it’s
about governing. I don’t want to hear people tell me he
would surround himself with the best brains, because
anyone without a brain ruling Nigeria will not know the best
brains and even when they are there, a man with the
ignorant stubbornness of Buhari will not listen to them or
know how to use them.
(16) Think of the world we live in and the kind of leadership
driving developments in other lands. Think of us in 2015
celebrating a Buhari as our President! The country of
Tafawa Balewa, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo
celebrating a Buhari in 2015? Some may say Jonathan is
not better, but that would be unfair. Jonathan is far better,
even if he is not the best we can offer as a nation. Forget
the propaganda that he has not done anything, he has. His
administration has achieved a lot and those who are
honest know this. Indeed, his administration has achieved
more for the North than any Northern leader in our history.
His problem is that he does not have good marketers.
Whatever minuses we think Jonathan has, Buhari will triple
them.
(17) Think of the Boko Haram menace and understand that
it is not a question of Jonathan failing on national security,
but a huge sabotage against our nation by elements looking
to benefit from his ouster. One of the worst things done to
our nation by that buffoon, Olusegun Obasanjo was the
emasculation of our armed forces. He did it when he came
into power in 1999 under the pretext that he was
professionalizing the army and stopping them from
planning coups. His Ministers of Defence, Theophilus
Danjuma and Rabiu Kwankwaso oversaw the destruction of
the army, even as massive money was voted in the defence
budget. Of course, we had no threat. By the time that threat
came in the form of Boko Haram, Yar’Adua dealt with it
with overwhelming force. But that was the problem.
Yar’Adua ordered the killing of Boko Haram activists extra-
judicially, but that only earned them international
recognition from Global Jihad. With external money and
training, they were transformed and under Jonathan, they
became the Nigerian franchise of Global Jihad. Then in
collaboration with Northern power-mongers they began a
process of blackmailing Jonathan. He asked for
negotiation, they would not budge; he promised them
amnesty, they would not budge. They simply continue to
kill defenseless citizens at will, because they know that will
undermine Jonathan and the state. They support this with
propaganda, inflating number of casualties and working
with their political partners to undermine the state and state
response at all levels. Meanwhile, when the nation had the
OPC problem in the West, Yoruba leaders went out there to
sort it out. When we had problems with Bakassi Boys in the
East, Igbo leaders rose to the challenge and when we had
the militancy in the Niger-Delta, South-South leaders,
including Goodluck Jonathan went into the creeks to talk
the boys into disarming. Now, what have the Northern
leaders done about Boko Haram since it started its
rampage? Some wring their hands helplessly, while others
like Buhari make political capital out of it! Of course, all
Boko Haram wants now is a Northern president who would
establish Sharia all over Nigeria and Buhari will give them
that. But what that means is that they used the power of
their guns to impose on us a national leadership that would
take us back to the Middle Ages. I have no scruples with
Buhari and his kith and kin that want criminal Sharia, but
they cannot impose it on the rest of the nation above our
Constitution. I will not vote for my own death! I will not
vote for my people’s death! I will not vote to take Nigeria
through the darkness that I know a Buhari presidency
represents!
(18) Think about the fact that we lost more people to
communal, ethnic and sectarian violence under Obasanjo,
including deaths by political assassinations, yet everyone
is conveniently forgetting this fact and proclaiming
Jonathan a weakling. Would we prefer that Jonathan and
the military give communities the Odi and Zaki Biam
treatment in the name of fighting Boko Haram?
(19) Think about the National Youth Service Corps
members and the almost 1000 people that lost their lives up
North after the last presidential election simply because
Buhari did not win. Did Buhari’s reaction at the time show
him as a statesman? Did it show him as someone who
cares for the life of Southerners? Is that not the same man
who has promised that dogs and baboons would be soaked
in blood if the election is rigged this time, which in fact is a
code word for massive violence if he loses?
(20) Think Nigerians! Those of you North and South who
love this country and who know what we have sacrificed to
get here should think of the future. It’s okay to think it’s
great removing an incumbent, but think what will replace
that incumbent. It’s okay to preach change, but please
interrogate that change. Is it really the change we need or a
pretence to change that would impose a worse future on
us? If the potential for trouble in that new future is worse
than the present, stick to what you know. The devil you
know is always better than the angel that you don’t know!
Those who say if Buhari fails, we will vote him out in four
years should remember that we might not have that luxury,
because there has to be a living, viable nation before we
can talk elections. A word is enough for the patriot!

history is harsh, because it hides nothing from
honest and discerning people. For those who are
dancing at the prospect of voting in Muhammadu
Buhari, please consider the following historical
facts. Interpret them however you choose, but think about
them deeply:
Kennedy Emetulu
(1) Think of the kind of nation the colonial masters
bequeathed to us before leaving. They instituted different
political, social and legal system in the North and South,
but still ran the country as one and left us without any
attempt at righting the wrongs they’ve instituted.
(2) Think of the pogroms in the North against the Igbo and
Southerners. What were the reasons for this? There was no
reason more than that the Igbo and Southerners were seen
as taking over the economy and geographical space of the
Northerner in a supposed one, free Nigeria.
(3) Think of the First Republic and the issues that led to its
demise. These issues ranged from the obvious injustices
perpetrated at the centre by a majoritarian oligarchy, which
then led to electoral violence in the West and national
distrust in the Niger-Delta.
(4) Think of beginning of military intervention in politics and
the cost to the nation:
(a) The First Coup of January 1966 and the real motivation
of the chaps behind it.
(b) The coming of Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
and the counter-coup that saw his death and the mass
killing of Igbo officers within the army, including the pogrom
that followed up North.
(c) The Civil War and the cost in human and material
resources to the nation. Was it necessary? Why the waste?
What have we learnt? Think of the Asaba and Owerri
massacres (Buhari was part of the latter)? Were they
necessary? What have we learnt from that war?
(5) Think of the whole nine years of General Yakubu Gowon,
the seven months of General Murtala Muhammed, the four
years of Shehu Shagari. The almost two years of Buhari, the
eight years of General Ibrahim Babangida, the five years of
General Sani Abacha, the one year of Abdulsalami
Abubakar and the two years of Umaru Yar’Adua. For almost
40 years of the 54 that we have had flag independence, the
North has ruled the nation, but what did their leadership do
for Nigeria? Why is the Northern elite now hell-bent on
taking back power at the top? How long have they been out
of it that they now want it back? What did they do with it for
their people when they had it?
(6) Think about June 12 and the murder of MKO Abiola.
Imagine the opportunity our country had at that juncture in
our history and who truncated it. Who are the beneficiaries
of the truncation of June 12, but Buhari and the industrial-
military complex that backs him now as members of the
APC?
(7) For the Yoruba, think about the power you have now and
how to use it responsibly. When Obafemi Awolowo had it,
he used it responsibly and this nation is grateful for it. For
those who are hailing Bola Tinubu as some kind of political
genius, do they think Tinubu is safe under a Buhari
presidency as he has been under Jonathan? Do they not
see how easy it would be for Buhari to pluck out Tinubu in
a power tussle over control of the APC under the guise of
fighting corruption? Do they think there is anything a Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo can do in the circumstances? What
would be the fate of the Yoruba at that point?
( Think about the National Question and what this false
change would mean for the Southern minorities and the
nation. Since the Willink Commission of 1958, their troubles
have been in the front burner of national discussion and we
have shouted ourselves hoarse for a Sovereign National
Conference (SNC). Whether we want to believe it or not,
Jonathan’s presidency sort of doused the raging fire, so
what would his ouster do? Think about the Orkar Coup of
1992 and what motivated those young men now lost to the
firing squad.
(9) For the Yoruba, think about those who today mostly
populate the highest and middle level echelon of the oil
industry. They are not Niger-Deltans; they are young
Yoruba professionals and Tinubu who worked with Mobil
knows this. Are you prepared to sacrifice them and their
career to install a Buhari who, from his actions and
utterances, look bent on dipping the Koran in the sea in the
form of establishing Sharia all over Nigeria? Does anyone
think the South-South will sit down and share the oil wealth
with a nation of the sort Buhari has in mind? Does anyone
really think Buhari has the temperament to hold a complex
Nigeria together?
(10) To the Northerners, think about what we are already
seeing about Buhari on the campaign trail. Does he look
like a healthy person? His gaunt, austere look is not just
about his stature. The man is old and ill and this campaign
will take a lot from him. If, God forbid, he does not survive
this campaign or his first term where would that put this
country? Does anyone think that the power-mongers of the
North will simply stand by and let the Vice President take
over constitutionally? Are we prepared to go through the
Yar’Adiua experience again, especially this time when they
are likely to be more desperate? What would it mean for
those in the North who think it’s their turn to take over,
rather than wait till 2019 when they are likely to have a
more vibrant candidate with real national appeal contesting
for the presidency and with a chance to win and govern in
peace?
(11) Think of Buhari as the head of state and how he ran the
nation. The day he was overthrown, I was at the parade
ground at the Orientation Camp in Toro, Bauchi where I was
serving my NYSC. I remember that the chap who was our
Commandant was a young Captain said to be a cousin to
Brigadier Joshua Dongoyaro who announced the
overthrow. His second-in-command was then Lieutenant
Ugo Buzugbe who is today a Major General. Once word
reached us of the overthrow, the whole camp went agog
with jubilation! On the day, I was delegated by my friends to
go to Jos to buy some things for a party we were planning.
I got there and the whole city was jubilating! We heard of
spontaneous jubilation all over the country. Today, some
brilliant, but devious spin-doctors are painting Buhari as a
great leader who is now making us feel nostalgia for his
time! Only fools who would want to be treated like animals
and butchered without reason would look at Buhari and say
he is the change we need. Yes, we might need change, but
not Buhari! We are not a cursed people! We should never
go back to our national vomit!
(12) Think about his manifesto and what he offers. Is there
anything there that he can do better than Jonathan? He
talks about fighting corruption, but Buhari is a corrupt man
being shielded by spin-doctors! The facts of his corruption
are there! How can anyone believe the lies about his
poverty? What poor man contests every presidential
election since 2003 in such a grandiose manner? Can’t we
see the corrupt people he consorts with and those
interested in sending him to Aso Rock? Does that add up?
(13) Think about this fellow who has been a recurrent name
in Nigerian politics since his overthrow by his military
colleagues, but who cannot tell us one good cause he has
put his name or his money in. Where are the charities he
supports? What business is he involved in? What has he
been doing with almost N30 million he receives monthly as
gratuity? How has he improved himself since leaving
office? Why can he not just tender his First School Leaving
Certificate, rather than lying and getting others to lie for
him? How many scholarships has he awarded, even as we
know that his daughter lives the high life in a UK university
where she pays more than £16,000 as school fees? How
many university chairs has he endowed? How many
professional bodies does he support? How many
international missions has he helped with? All we have
seen him do since is go to BBC Hausa, say some inciting
and divisive things and when called out, he proclaims
innocence and accuses journalists of misinterpreting him.
(14) Think about his support for Boko Haram and the group
nominating him as their representative in negotiation with
the Federal Government. Why did he cowardly refuse to be
part of the negotiation when he’s spent the whole time
attacking the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government
over Boko Haram? Does anyone think the present Nigerian
Army would accept this type of untrustworthy and divisive
figure as Commander-in-Chief? After all, following the
annulment of the June 12 election, one of the reasons
Babangida said they couldn’t hand over to MKO Abiola was
because he wouldn’t have been accepted as Commander-
in-Chief. Buhari was one of the beneficiaries of that
annulment. I can’t see him being a good Commander-in-
Chief. As bad as it sounds, he will do the same mistakes he
did the first time and worse and Nigerians would be reduced
to jubilating again when a coup topples him. Egypt after the
electoral victory of the Muslim Brotherhood comes to mind.
And that would be the least terrible of all choices we can
get.
(15) Think of Buhari who has no idea of modern
governance. Only dishonest people will believe otherwise.
Listen to him and see how vacuous he is. No matter how
they try to hide his illiteracy, it’s glaring. He has now
joined Twitter, because of election, but what does he really
know about modern communication? His best phrase is “I
will fight….” No, governance is not about fighting; it’s
about governing. I don’t want to hear people tell me he
would surround himself with the best brains, because
anyone without a brain ruling Nigeria will not know the best
brains and even when they are there, a man with the
ignorant stubbornness of Buhari will not listen to them or
know how to use them.
(16) Think of the world we live in and the kind of leadership
driving developments in other lands. Think of us in 2015
celebrating a Buhari as our President! The country of
Tafawa Balewa, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo
celebrating a Buhari in 2015? Some may say Jonathan is
not better, but that would be unfair. Jonathan is far better,
even if he is not the best we can offer as a nation. Forget
the propaganda that he has not done anything, he has. His
administration has achieved a lot and those who are
honest know this. Indeed, his administration has achieved
more for the North than any Northern leader in our history.
His problem is that he does not have good marketers.
Whatever minuses we think Jonathan has, Buhari will triple
them.
(17) Think of the Boko Haram menace and understand that
it is not a question of Jonathan failing on national security,
but a huge sabotage against our nation by elements looking
to benefit from his ouster. One of the worst things done to
our nation by that buffoon, Olusegun Obasanjo was the
emasculation of our armed forces. He did it when he came
into power in 1999 under the pretext that he was
professionalizing the army and stopping them from
planning coups. His Ministers of Defence, Theophilus
Danjuma and Rabiu Kwankwaso oversaw the destruction of
the army, even as massive money was voted in the defence
budget. Of course, we had no threat. By the time that threat
came in the form of Boko Haram, Yar’Adua dealt with it
with overwhelming force. But that was the problem.
Yar’Adua ordered the killing of Boko Haram activists extra-
judicially, but that only earned them international
recognition from Global Jihad. With external money and
training, they were transformed and under Jonathan, they
became the Nigerian franchise of Global Jihad. Then in
collaboration with Northern power-mongers they began a
process of blackmailing Jonathan. He asked for
negotiation, they would not budge; he promised them
amnesty, they would not budge. They simply continue to
kill defenseless citizens at will, because they know that will
undermine Jonathan and the state. They support this with
propaganda, inflating number of casualties and working
with their political partners to undermine the state and state
response at all levels. Meanwhile, when the nation had the
OPC problem in the West, Yoruba leaders went out there to
sort it out. When we had problems with Bakassi Boys in the
East, Igbo leaders rose to the challenge and when we had
the militancy in the Niger-Delta, South-South leaders,
including Goodluck Jonathan went into the creeks to talk
the boys into disarming. Now, what have the Northern
leaders done about Boko Haram since it started its
rampage? Some wring their hands helplessly, while others
like Buhari make political capital out of it! Of course, all
Boko Haram wants now is a Northern president who would
establish Sharia all over Nigeria and Buhari will give them
that. But what that means is that they used the power of
their guns to impose on us a national leadership that would
take us back to the Middle Ages. I have no scruples with
Buhari and his kith and kin that want criminal Sharia, but
they cannot impose it on the rest of the nation above our
Constitution. I will not vote for my own death! I will not
vote for my people’s death! I will not vote to take Nigeria
through the darkness that I know a Buhari presidency
represents!
(18) Think about the fact that we lost more people to
communal, ethnic and sectarian violence under Obasanjo,
including deaths by political assassinations, yet everyone
is conveniently forgetting this fact and proclaiming
Jonathan a weakling. Would we prefer that Jonathan and
the military give communities the Odi and Zaki Biam
treatment in the name of fighting Boko Haram?
(19) Think about the National Youth Service Corps
members and the almost 1000 people that lost their lives up
North after the last presidential election simply because
Buhari did not win. Did Buhari’s reaction at the time show
him as a statesman? Did it show him as someone who
cares for the life of Southerners? Is that not the same man
who has promised that dogs and baboons would be soaked
in blood if the election is rigged this time, which in fact is a
code word for massive violence if he loses?
(20) Think Nigerians! Those of you North and South who
love this country and who know what we have sacrificed to
get here should think of the future. It’s okay to think it’s
great removing an incumbent, but think what will replace
that incumbent. It’s okay to preach change, but please
interrogate that change. Is it really the change we need or a
pretence to change that would impose a worse future on
us? If the potential for trouble in that new future is worse
than the present, stick to what you know. The devil you
know is always better than the angel that you don’t know!
Those who say if Buhari fails, we will vote him out in four
years should remember that we might not have that luxury,
because there has to be a living, viable nation before we
can talk elections. A word is enough for the patriot!

history is harsh, because it hides nothing from
honest and discerning people. For those who are
dancing at the prospect of voting in Muhammadu
Buhari, please consider the following historical
facts. Interpret them however you choose, but think about
them deeply:
Kennedy Emetulu
(1) Think of the kind of nation the colonial masters
bequeathed to us before leaving. They instituted different
political, social and legal system in the North and South,
but still ran the country as one and left us without any
attempt at righting the wrongs they’ve instituted.
(2) Think of the pogroms in the North against the Igbo and
Southerners. What were the reasons for this? There was no
reason more than that the Igbo and Southerners were seen
as taking over the economy and geographical space of the
Northerner in a supposed one, free Nigeria.
(3) Think of the First Republic and the issues that led to its
demise. These issues ranged from the obvious injustices
perpetrated at the centre by a majoritarian oligarchy, which
then led to electoral violence in the West and national
distrust in the Niger-Delta.
(4) Think of beginning of military intervention in politics and
the cost to the nation:
(a) The First Coup of January 1966 and the real motivation
of the chaps behind it.
(b) The coming of Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
and the counter-coup that saw his death and the mass
killing of Igbo officers within the army, including the pogrom
that followed up North.
(c) The Civil War and the cost in human and material
resources to the nation. Was it necessary? Why the waste?
What have we learnt? Think of the Asaba and Owerri
massacres (Buhari was part of the latter)? Were they
necessary? What have we learnt from that war?
(5) Think of the whole nine years of General Yakubu Gowon,
the seven months of General Murtala Muhammed, the four
years of Shehu Shagari. The almost two years of Buhari, the
eight years of General Ibrahim Babangida, the five years of
General Sani Abacha, the one year of Abdulsalami
Abubakar and the two years of Umaru Yar’Adua. For almost
40 years of the 54 that we have had flag independence, the
North has ruled the nation, but what did their leadership do
for Nigeria? Why is the Northern elite now hell-bent on
taking back power at the top? How long have they been out
of it that they now want it back? What did they do with it for
their people when they had it?
(6) Think about June 12 and the murder of MKO Abiola.
Imagine the opportunity our country had at that juncture in
our history and who truncated it. Who are the beneficiaries
of the truncation of June 12, but Buhari and the industrial-
military complex that backs him now as members of the
APC?
(7) For the Yoruba, think about the power you have now and
how to use it responsibly. When Obafemi Awolowo had it,
he used it responsibly and this nation is grateful for it. For
those who are hailing Bola Tinubu as some kind of political
genius, do they think Tinubu is safe under a Buhari
presidency as he has been under Jonathan? Do they not
see how easy it would be for Buhari to pluck out Tinubu in
a power tussle over control of the APC under the guise of
fighting corruption? Do they think there is anything a Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo can do in the circumstances? What
would be the fate of the Yoruba at that point?
( Think about the National Question and what this false
change would mean for the Southern minorities and the
nation. Since the Willink Commission of 1958, their troubles
have been in the front burner of national discussion and we
have shouted ourselves hoarse for a Sovereign National
Conference (SNC). Whether we want to believe it or not,
Jonathan’s presidency sort of doused the raging fire, so
what would his ouster do? Think about the Orkar Coup of
1992 and what motivated those young men now lost to the
firing squad.
(9) For the Yoruba, think about those who today mostly
populate the highest and middle level echelon of the oil
industry. They are not Niger-Deltans; they are young
Yoruba professionals and Tinubu who worked with Mobil
knows this. Are you prepared to sacrifice them and their
career to install a Buhari who, from his actions and
utterances, look bent on dipping the Koran in the sea in the
form of establishing Sharia all over Nigeria? Does anyone
think the South-South will sit down and share the oil wealth
with a nation of the sort Buhari has in mind? Does anyone
really think Buhari has the temperament to hold a complex
Nigeria together?
(10) To the Northerners, think about what we are already
seeing about Buhari on the campaign trail. Does he look
like a healthy person? His gaunt, austere look is not just
about his stature. The man is old and ill and this campaign
will take a lot from him. If, God forbid, he does not survive
this campaign or his first term where would that put this
country? Does anyone think that the power-mongers of the
North will simply stand by and let the Vice President take
over constitutionally? Are we prepared to go through the
Yar’Adiua experience again, especially this time when they
are likely to be more desperate? What would it mean for
those in the North who think it’s their turn to take over,
rather than wait till 2019 when they are likely to have a
more vibrant candidate with real national appeal contesting
for the presidency and with a chance to win and govern in
peace?
(11) Think of Buhari as the head of state and how he ran the
nation. The day he was overthrown, I was at the parade
ground at the Orientation Camp in Toro, Bauchi where I was
serving my NYSC. I remember that the chap who was our
Commandant was a young Captain said to be a cousin to
Brigadier Joshua Dongoyaro who announced the
overthrow. His second-in-command was then Lieutenant
Ugo Buzugbe who is today a Major General. Once word
reached us of the overthrow, the whole camp went agog
with jubilation! On the day, I was delegated by my friends to
go to Jos to buy some things for a party we were planning.
I got there and the whole city was jubilating! We heard of
spontaneous jubilation all over the country. Today, some
brilliant, but devious spin-doctors are painting Buhari as a
great leader who is now making us feel nostalgia for his
time! Only fools who would want to be treated like animals
and butchered without reason would look at Buhari and say
he is the change we need. Yes, we might need change, but
not Buhari! We are not a cursed people! We should never
go back to our national vomit!
(12) Think about his manifesto and what he offers. Is there
anything there that he can do better than Jonathan? He
talks about fighting corruption, but Buhari is a corrupt man
being shielded by spin-doctors! The facts of his corruption
are there! How can anyone believe the lies about his
poverty? What poor man contests every presidential
election since 2003 in such a grandiose manner? Can’t we
see the corrupt people he consorts with and those
interested in sending him to Aso Rock? Does that add up?
(13) Think about this fellow who has been a recurrent name
in Nigerian politics since his overthrow by his military
colleagues, but who cannot tell us one good cause he has
put his name or his money in. Where are the charities he
supports? What business is he involved in? What has he
been doing with almost N30 million he receives monthly as
gratuity? How has he improved himself since leaving
office? Why can he not just tender his First School Leaving
Certificate, rather than lying and getting others to lie for
him? How many scholarships has he awarded, even as we
know that his daughter lives the high life in a UK university
where she pays more than £16,000 as school fees? How
many university chairs has he endowed? How many
professional bodies does he support? How many
international missions has he helped with? All we have
seen him do since is go to BBC Hausa, say some inciting
and divisive things and when called out, he proclaims
innocence and accuses journalists of misinterpreting him.
(14) Think about his support for Boko Haram and the group
nominating him as their representative in negotiation with
the Federal Government. Why did he cowardly refuse to be
part of the negotiation when he’s spent the whole time
attacking the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government
over Boko Haram? Does anyone think the present Nigerian
Army would accept this type of untrustworthy and divisive
figure as Commander-in-Chief? After all, following the
annulment of the June 12 election, one of the reasons
Babangida said they couldn’t hand over to MKO Abiola was
because he wouldn’t have been accepted as Commander-
in-Chief. Buhari was one of the beneficiaries of that
annulment. I can’t see him being a good Commander-in-
Chief. As bad as it sounds, he will do the same mistakes he
did the first time and worse and Nigerians would be reduced
to jubilating again when a coup topples him. Egypt after the
electoral victory of the Muslim Brotherhood comes to mind.
And that would be the least terrible of all choices we can
get.
(15) Think of Buhari who has no idea of modern
governance. Only dishonest people will believe otherwise.
Listen to him and see how vacuous he is. No matter how
they try to hide his illiteracy, it’s glaring. He has now
joined Twitter, because of election, but what does he really
know about modern communication? His best phrase is “I
will fight….” No, governance is not about fighting; it’s
about governing. I don’t want to hear people tell me he
would surround himself with the best brains, because
anyone without a brain ruling Nigeria will not know the best
brains and even when they are there, a man with the
ignorant stubbornness of Buhari will not listen to them or
know how to use them.
(16) Think of the world we live in and the kind of leadership
driving developments in other lands. Think of us in 2015
celebrating a Buhari as our President! The country of
Tafawa Balewa, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo
celebrating a Buhari in 2015? Some may say Jonathan is
not better, but that would be unfair. Jonathan is far better,
even if he is not the best we can offer as a nation. Forget
the propaganda that he has not done anything, he has. His
administration has achieved a lot and those who are
honest know this. Indeed, his administration has achieved
more for the North than any Northern leader in our history.
His problem is that he does not have good marketers.
Whatever minuses we think Jonathan has, Buhari will triple
them.
(17) Think of the Boko Haram menace and understand that
it is not a question of Jonathan failing on national security,
but a huge sabotage against our nation by elements looking
to benefit from his ouster. One of the worst things done to
our nation by that buffoon, Olusegun Obasanjo was the
emasculation of our armed forces. He did it when he came
into power in 1999 under the pretext that he was
professionalizing the army and stopping them from
planning coups. His Ministers of Defence, Theophilus
Danjuma and Rabiu Kwankwaso oversaw the destruction of
the army, even as massive money was voted in the defence
budget. Of course, we had no threat. By the time that threat
came in the form of Boko Haram, Yar’Adua dealt with it
with overwhelming force. But that was the problem.
Yar’Adua ordered the killing of Boko Haram activists extra-
judicially, but that only earned them international
recognition from Global Jihad. With external money and
training, they were transformed and under Jonathan, they
became the Nigerian franchise of Global Jihad. Then in
collaboration with Northern power-mongers they began a
process of blackmailing Jonathan. He asked for
negotiation, they would not budge; he promised them
amnesty, they would not budge. They simply continue to
kill defenseless citizens at will, because they know that will
undermine Jonathan and the state. They support this with
propaganda, inflating number of casualties and working
with their political partners to undermine the state and state
response at all levels. Meanwhile, when the nation had the
OPC problem in the West, Yoruba leaders went out there to
sort it out. When we had problems with Bakassi Boys in the
East, Igbo leaders rose to the challenge and when we had
the militancy in the Niger-Delta, South-South leaders,
including Goodluck Jonathan went into the creeks to talk
the boys into disarming. Now, what have the Northern
leaders done about Boko Haram since it started its
rampage? Some wring their hands helplessly, while others
like Buhari make political capital out of it! Of course, all
Boko Haram wants now is a Northern president who would
establish Sharia all over Nigeria and Buhari will give them
that. But what that means is that they used the power of
their guns to impose on us a national leadership that would
take us back to the Middle Ages. I have no scruples with
Buhari and his kith and kin that want criminal Sharia, but
they cannot impose it on the rest of the nation above our
Constitution. I will not vote for my own death! I will not
vote for my people’s death! I will not vote to take Nigeria
through the darkness that I know a Buhari presidency
represents!
(18) Think about the fact that we lost more people to
communal, ethnic and sectarian violence under Obasanjo,
including deaths by political assassinations, yet everyone
is conveniently forgetting this fact and proclaiming
Jonathan a weakling. Would we prefer that Jonathan and
the military give communities the Odi and Zaki Biam
treatment in the name of fighting Boko Haram?
(19) Think about the National Youth Service Corps
members and the almost 1000 people that lost their lives up
North after the last presidential election simply because
Buhari did not win. Did Buhari’s reaction at the time show
him as a statesman? Did it show him as someone who
cares for the life of Southerners? Is that not the same man
who has promised that dogs and baboons would be soaked
in blood if the election is rigged this time, which in fact is a
code word for massive violence if he loses?
(20) Think Nigerians! Those of you North and South who
love this country and who know what we have sacrificed to
get here should think of the future. It’s okay to think it’s
great removing an incumbent, but think what will replace
that incumbent. It’s okay to preach change, but please
interrogate that change. Is it really the change we need or a
pretence to change that would impose a worse future on
us? If the potential for trouble in that new future is worse
than the present, stick to what you know. The devil you
know is always better than the angel that you don’t know!
Those who say if Buhari fails, we will vote him out in four
years should remember that we might not have that luxury,
because there has to be a living, viable nation before we
can talk elections. A word is enough for the patriot!

OBJ I believe is d luckiest man on earth cos since his controversial letter to Gej.he is d only man I know to have known what peoples tribute on him will be when he is gone.he witness Mandela's own and I guess he knows his on will be super.especially from d likes of iyabo,gbenga and even from the comments to his letter.like pot calling kettle black,take d message and forget d sender(but why forgeting d sender) OBJ I believe is d luckiest man on earth cos since his controversial letter to Gej.he is d only man I know to have known what peoples tribute on him will be when he is gone.he witness Mandela's own and I guess he knows his on will be super.especially from d likes of iyabo,gbenga and even from the comments to his letter.like pot calling kettle black,take d message and forget d sender(but why forgeting d sender)

OBJ I believe is d luckiest man on earth cos since his controversial letter to Gej.he is d only man I know to have known what peoples tribute on him will be when he is gone.he witness Mandela's own and I guess he knows his on will be super.especially from d likes of iyabo,gbenga and even from the comments to his letter.like pot calling kettle black,take d message and forget d sender(but why forgeting d sender) OBJ I believe is d luckiest man on earth cos since his controversial letter to Gej.he is d only man I know to have known what peoples tribute on him will be when he is gone.he witness Mandela's own and I guess he knows his on will be super.especially from d likes of iyabo,gbenga and even from the comments to his letter.like pot calling kettle black,take d message and forget d sender(but why forgeting d sender)

OBJ I believe is d luckiest man on earth cos since his controversial letter to Gej.he is d only man I know to have known what peoples tribute on him will be when he is gone.he witness Mandela's own and I guess he knows his on will be super.especially from d likes of iyabo,gbenga and even from the comments to his letter.like pot calling kettle black,take d message and forget d sender(but why forgeting d sender)