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PoliticsRe: Tinubu Vs Obasanjo: Who Is More Powerful In The South West? by datribune: 9:08am On Jan 26, 2018
Tinubu is progressive. Tinubu is S/West. S/West is Tinubu. We will never forget how OBJ starved d great state of Lagos of funds during his ill-fated govt but will remember Tinubu's great strides in our region of Nigeria. We give honour to whom honour is due, Tinubu all d way.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Vs Obasanjo: Who Is More Powerful In The South West? by datribune: 8:53am On Jan 26, 2018
OBJ has no political base. He couldn't win his own ward in 1999 & is loathed even by his immediate family. d Jagaban is a super force in d S/West. He has led us well. We are wit Asiwaju, the Ijaya of politics.
PoliticsRe: APC, PDP Can't Win 2019 Presidential Election - Okupe by datribune: 11:08pm On Jan 25, 2018
Sai Baba. It's going to be a landslide.
PoliticsRe: President Muhammadu Buhari Leaves For Addis Ababa Tomorrow by datribune: 5:29pm On Jan 25, 2018
Godspeed, Mr President.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 8:44am On Jan 25, 2018
greiboy:
@bloded

Educate me, his is payment of the debt not prudent

>First of all, he wasn't the one who borrowed the money,

> secondly if he didn't pay the debt, Nigeria will have continued to service the debt with our scarce resources. E.g. take a look at what is happening in osun today, Nigeria's own will have been worst


2) The operation feed the nation which led to otta farms was a tactical economic development. At least, he didn't steal huge amount of money and stack it a swiz bank accounts like some of his mates.

For the record, the incorruptible Neyere's policy left Tanzania as one of the poorest nation in Africa, it only started getting back on his feet after his death.


3) So now it is only shagari election you can contest.. it is funny how Nigerians tag election as rigged when election results doesn't go according to plan

4) Obj economic achievements in government

>improving the Nigerian foreign reserves from 9bn dollars in 1999 to 43bn in 2003

>payment of about 18bn dollars debt

> successfully deregulating the Phone sector

> completing the port refinery in 1979

And so on
1) Every kobo was needed to curb d problems & alleviate quality of life here at home.
OBJ's transfer of monumental wealth frm a poor country like Nigeria to d developed nations contradict prudent financial judgment & rudimentary economics of d ills of capital flight in a developing nation like Nigeria.

Secondly, Nigeria has a good record of servicing & meeting its debt obligations, & has always paid its debts. d last thing we needed was enormous capital flight.


2) Ota farm had nothing to do wit operation feed d nation. Operation feed d nation was a clarion call on all citizens to engage in Farming.
OBJ procured Ota farm only after he left office & decided to go into farming, of course courtesy of d loot frm our national treasury.
BTW, i hope u ar not suggesting that it's okay for him to loot as long as he invests it in Nigeria.

Unlike OBJ, Nyerere was incorruptible. We are not debating his socialist policy of one man, one plot but his incorruptibility which was clear for all to see.

3) Maybe I didn't clarify well, my intention was never to contest those other elections. My write up was to chronicle d important part he played in d emergence of those characters. I'm not in d category of those who see elections as "do or die".

4) Did d monies saved improve d situation of d Nigerian people in an era when OBJ was telling us to tighten our belts as govt has no business in virtually everything, but kept selling our national assets while enriching himself?. OBJ who has no political base of support will be demystified in 2019.

Completing a refinery in an era when crude oil was referred to as "black gold" is hardly an achievement. In the 2nd national development plan, Gowon before him had this to say about Nigeria - "Money is not the problem but how to spend it".

Deregulating d phone sector is no achievement. Where are d proceeds from d sale of licenses. Multinationals were falling over themselves to pay for licenses to operate in Nigeria. If only he had invested d proceeds frm d licences into providing stable power, d cost of phone services would hav been cheaper. He didn't. d proceeds frm sale of licences, like d proceeds frm privatisation remains unaccounted for.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 8:39am On Jan 25, 2018
3kay945:
Did you say Buhari fared well because he paid your family pensionhuh

So Buhari didn't know Nigeria is a complex nation when he was being a con artist few years ago as if he has a magic wand.
The man is a colossal failure.
Mumu, e be like say you lack comprehension. So of all dat I wrote it was only d pension thing u can pick out. PMB will win a resounding victory in 2019. You can take it to d bank. Elections are not won on Nairaland.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 10:01pm On Jan 24, 2018
greiboy:
if shagari was rigged into power, who should have won ?

if yaradua was rigged into ppwer, then who should have won?

If Jonathan was rigged into power, then who should have won?

During obj first time as military head of state He brought a lot of stability to Nigeria when it was needed. He made alot of positive economic investments and handed power over to a civilian government

During his second term in office he also brought stability and find a way to settle Nigerians foreign debt.

Obj is not a saint, no Nigeria politician is one, but please can you name any other politician more successful than obj in the history of Nigeria.
Though d election was tainted, Yaradua won. GEJ also won in 2011.
Go & read about d 1979 elections & d infamous issue of twelve two third.
Shagari never won d first round and they should hav gone for a 2nd round which Awolowo could hav won. However, he threatened to probe OBJ should he become President & d rest is history.
d Ota farm you see today is d proceed of OBJ's corruption when he was military head of state. A farm that d late Nyerere of Tanzania visited & couldn't believe that an individual could own.
d payment of d foreign debt was unwise. It is to date d largest transfer of wealth frm a poor country to the developed world in modern times.
For a country with enormous internal economic problems, wit 70% of its population mired in penury & poverty, to repatriate such a wealth to the west was not a prudent decision.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 9:28pm On Jan 24, 2018
ChidiAlaigbo:
Thank you for this. May your days be long!
Amen & thank you too.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 9:21pm On Jan 24, 2018
greiboy:
obj is the longest serving Nigerian president in Nigerian history

He served as a military and civilian president

He knows a thing or two about politics. Whenever he has sent such letter, it has meant something

> he told yaradua to step down during his ill health debacale but yaradua refused to step down and died

> he told Jonathan not to contest again but he refused and failed

Now! tell me his obj responsible for any one of these things ?

He is a elder statesman with a very deep understanding of Nigeria, mind you he is not the only one writing such letters.
OBJ is a hypocrite & can never fool me. A man who tried to subvert d constitution & get a third term is now d person saying another person should not contest for a second term. Mtchew!
Majority of Nigerian problems can be directly or indirectly linked to OBJ. He rigged into power d utterly weak Shehu Shagari who landed our nation into a financial depression, d worst in our history. Then he foisted on us a sick Yaradua & then of course, GEJ who performed so woefully that even as an incumbent, he lost d elections to a septugenarian former Dictator. Abeg, OBJ is a curse on this nation.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 9:04pm On Jan 24, 2018
bedspread:
If only u had a conscience you won't write this essay...You are in Nigeria, you see the Calmatious leadership and the various events happening and u complaining of A Letter borne out of shear sincerity...
You have a DEAD CONSCIENCE....
Sharrap there!.
Go & read about what is happening in countries like Venezuela who behaved d way Nigeria did under GEJ refusing to save for d rainy day & diversifying d economy & u will realize dat despite d hand dat he was dealt, Buhari has fared well.
This man, Buhari & his govt through d wonderful work being done by Sharon Ikeazor at PTAD Nigeria has changed my family's fortune by paying pensions, as & at when due, & even arrears frm previous govts who were there when d economy was booming but will not pay pensions.
PMB has taken back Nigerian territory frm terrorists who wanted to set up their caliphate on Nigerian land.
Just as Nnamdi Kanu was issuing threats all over d place & they said PMB could not handle d situation, those who are saying he lacks d capacity & will to deal with d marauding herdsmen will be put to shame when they are finally defeated. This is a complex nation.
Did i hear you mention Obasanjo and "sheer sincerity" in d same sentence?. SMH, you don't know Baba Iyabo.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 8:05pm On Jan 24, 2018
greiboy:
This letter must have been written after months of consultation must have failed

We were once told those around Buhari guide him like a hawk
He did same to Yaradua & GEJ. OBJ's monumental ego makes him to want to remain perpetually d "main man". Is he d only former head of state?.
He appears to even be angling to hijack power through d backdoor by saying he will form a third force to seize power frm APC & PDP. OBJ should thank his God that he escaped d hangman's noose under Abacha.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 7:54pm On Jan 24, 2018
bedspread:
Na Advice Obj advice...... and its the perfect advice
Is that how to advice a colleague in good faith?. OBJ has access to d President & could easily hav given him that advice, one on one. His monumental ego makes him see himself as a Messiah, something he said Abiola wasn't. None of his predecessors ever did that to him. He did it to Yaradua, GEJ & now PMB. Someone has to call him out.
in my opinion, he's only trying to corner power through d backdoor by saying he will be a member of a third force to take power frm d two main parties.
OBJ cares for no one but himself.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 7:40pm On Jan 24, 2018
Obasanjo wants to steal power through d back door. d clown says he will lead a third force in 2019. Who will line up behind OBJ, a man who has lost all relevance even among his kinsmen. Lol, he didn't even win his ward in 1999. That's how much he's loathed.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To President Buhari Sold In Traffic (Photo) by datribune: 7:33pm On Jan 24, 2018
Have u heard of OBJ's role in d Halliburton scam?. He will be demystified in 2019.
d man who hijacked d PDP & turned it into a conduit pipe of corruption thereby rubbishing d lofty dreams of its founding fathers now wants us to see him as a messiah.
d crook who sold off our national assets to himself & his cronies in d name of a dubious privatisation programme is now claiming to be a paladin of anti-corruption.
A man who attempted to get a third term by amending d Nigerian constitution is now d person dictating who should & should not contest in 2019.
d chicken is finally coming home to roost for d occultic Ota farmer.
PoliticsRe: "Buhari Has Not Disappointed Me" – Obasanjo Said 4 Months Ago On CNN by datribune:
NgeneUkwenu:
Obasanjo Will be demystified in 2019 grin grin
Yes o, you don't hav to be a seer to know dat It's not looking good for d garrulous nuisance & cultist frm Ota. Have you heard of his role in d Halliburton scam?. OBJ will be demystified in 2019.
d man who hijacked d PDP & turned it into a conduit pipe of corruption thereby rubbishing d lofty dreams of its founding fathers now wants us to see him as a messiah.
d crook who sold off our national assets to himself & his cronies in d name of a dubious privatisation programme is now claiming to be champion of anti-corruption.
A man who attempted to get a third term by amending d Nigerian constitution is now d person dictating who should & should not contest in 2019.
d chicken is finally coming home to roost for d fantastically corrupt Ota farmer. Ajekun iya ni o je.
PoliticsRe: AREWA Youths React To Obasanjo's Letter To Buhari by datribune: 3:07pm On Jan 24, 2018
slimfit1:
Obasanjo performed he just didn't produce a leader that would sustain or do better than him after office.
Sharrap dia. What performance?. A man who hijacked d PDP & turned it to a conduit pipe of corruption, thereby bastardizing d dreams of its founding fathers. Have you ever heard of Halliburton?.
OBJ who looted our national patrimony in d name of a dubious privatisation programme, selling national assets to himself & his cronies. Nigeria lost those assets forever. Where are d proceeds from privatisation?
d cultist who tried to amend d Nigerian constitution to get a third term for himself is now telling another person not to get a second term. It is PMB's constitutional right to contest. Let d Nigerian people decide. U tink say PMB Na GEJ?.
OBJ has no political base.He couldn't even win his ward in 1999. OBJ's demystification is under way, ajekun iya ni o je.
PoliticsRe: "Buhari Does Not Need Obasanjo’s Advice" - Dr. Victor Oye, APGA Chairman by datribune: 10:46am On Jan 24, 2018
Deadlytruth:
You missed the theme my comment. I actually corroborated your position that the Ota occult member has no moral ground to criticize sitting president any more than Abubakar Shekau has to criticize IPOB and Niger Delta Militants of terrorism.
OBJ had a beautiful opportunity to set this country on the path to greatness which if he had chosen to utilize even Buhari might not have got to power a second time.
Obj remains the biggest calamity that befell Nigeria and Ironically he still has people who take him seriously.
Sorry about that.
It's unfortunate that some people can not see through d evil of d man OBJ.
PoliticsRe: "Buhari Does Not Need Obasanjo’s Advice" - Dr. Victor Oye, APGA Chairman by datribune: 8:34am On Jan 24, 2018
Deadlytruth:
If just 30℅ of Nigerians were free of short memory like you, Nigeria would have been a better country.
With all I have seen on this thread I no longer doubt it that the day Abubakar Shekau releases a video accusing IPOB and Niger Delta Militants of terrorism a lot of Nigerians will take his message and leave the messenger. What an anomalous country!
Kid, you made no point. d Ota cultist does not care about anybody or anything but himself & his overblown ego. A man who tried to change d constitution to get a third term has no right to deny anyone of his fundamental rights and will soon be demystified.
PoliticsRe: "Buhari Does Not Need Obasanjo’s Advice" - Dr. Victor Oye, APGA Chairman by datribune: 2:23am On Jan 24, 2018
imam07:
I see u are hypertensive. Obj is an achiever and there is nothing u can do about it. You eat too much of Maggi in your family.
You are just a kid that doesn't know OBJ's antecedents as far back as his military days. OBJ might be ur hero but OBJ has been a curse on Nigeria. Go & do some reading or ask elders about Baba Iyabo. Out of fear that Awolowo was going to probe him, the coward foisted on dis nation, d weak Shehu Shagari who landed our nation into a financial depression, d worst in its history. OBJ's achievement is only in d area of looting our national wealth for himself. A man who has been discredited among his kinsmen & even within his immediate family can never be our hero. A man who is so loathed in his community that he couldn't even win his ward. A man who hijacked d PDP frm its founding fathers & turned it to a conduit pipe of corruption. Abeg, forget that cultist. He has never had d interest of dis nation at heart & was only lucky to escape d hangman's noose under Abacha.
Educate urself about OBJ.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo’s Letter To President Buhari (Full Text Of The 13-paged Letter) by datribune: 10:39pm On Jan 23, 2018
jakesbaba:
Sai wetin? Be careful there.
Sai Baba. This govt has been God sent to Biafran pensioners. Successive govts turned a blind eye to their plight, Buhari showed compassion.
PoliticsRe: "Buhari Does Not Need Obasanjo’s Advice" - Dr. Victor Oye, APGA Chairman by datribune: 10:36pm On Jan 23, 2018
clickwtB:
Obasanjo is not GOD!President Buhari has been too lenient and respectful!
Ex leaders who barely did nothing and cumulatively ruined Nigeria!are also speaking.
President Buhari must contest and whoever thinks he can beat him in numbers and followership should try!
I STAND WITH EARNESTLY WITH PRESIDENT BUHARI 2019 AND BEYOND!
Sai Baba!. He has my vote in 2019.
PoliticsRe: "Buhari Does Not Need Obasanjo’s Advice" - Dr. Victor Oye, APGA Chairman by datribune: 10:29pm On Jan 23, 2018
imam07:
You will just kill yourself from irrelevant past history and dead issue of Obj. Talk about relevant and present issues. I wonder why we are discussing about something that is presently affecting everyone, some idiots will be here bringing in dead issues. U castigated Obj when he was in power, he is no more there and u are still giving yourself headache. What Obj said is not for his selfish interest like some politicians outside there but for the interest of the whole masses.
No matter how things get worse, know Obj cannot be affected in any way. Why can't we all think straight? If we keep blaming people in the past, the suffering will keep going like that. If we put blame on Buhari, some will transfer it to Gej, if we blame Gej, the blame will be transferred to Obj. I tire oo.
Sharrap there!. Defending d Ota clown who has lost all relevance, even among his Kinsmen. U tink say Buhari na GEJ?.
Go & read about what is happening in countries like Venezuela who behaved d way Nigeria did under GEJ refusing to save for d rainy day & u will realize dat Buhari has fared well.
d Ota cultist had all d opportunity to diversify our economy. He didn't. Rather he sold off our national assets to enrich himself & his cronies. Where are the proceeds frm privatisation?.
PoliticsRe: "Buhari Does Not Need Obasanjo’s Advice" - Dr. Victor Oye, APGA Chairman by datribune: 7:47pm On Jan 23, 2018
Hahaha, so OBJ, a cultist & crook who sold off our national patrimony to himself & his cronies in d name of a dubious privatisation programme & who tried to get a third term is now d person dictating who should & should not contest in 2019.
OBJ is a clown
PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-Kayode Reacts To Obasanjo's Letter To Buhari: "Matter Closed" by datribune: 6:23pm On Jan 23, 2018
Who listens to OBJ, a thief & cultist who has no political base & couldn't even win his ward in 1999.
After mismanaging Nigeria & selling off most of our national assets to himself & his cronies in his dubious privatisation, OBJ who attempted to get a third term now has d effontrery to tell us who should contest & who should not.
d govt should sum up courage to arrest dis crook. Nigerians & indeed d S/West will not shed a tear for him.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo’s Letter To President Buhari (Full Text Of The 13-paged Letter) by datribune:
Who listens to OBJ, a cultist who has no political base & couldn't even win his ward in 1999.
After mismanaging Nigeria & selling off most of our national assets to himself & his cronies in his dubious privatisation, OBJ who attempted to get a third term now has d effontrery to tell us who should contest & who should not.
d govt should sum up courage to arrest dis crook. d S/West & indeed Nigerians will not shed a tear for him.
Sai Baba
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo's Letter To Buhari: Twitter User Reacts With Football Terms by datribune: 5:46pm On Jan 23, 2018
Who listens to OBJ, a cultist who has no political base & couldn't even win his ward in 1999.
After mismanaging Nigeria & selling off most of our national assets to himself & his cronies in his dubious privatisation, OBJ who attempted to get a third term now has d effontrery to tell us who should contest & who should not.
d govt should sum up courage to arrest dis crook. Majority of Nigerians & indeed d S/West will not shed a tear for him.
PoliticsRe: Buhari, Tinubu, Akande, Other APC Chieftains In Closed Door Meeting by datribune: 5:28pm On Jan 23, 2018
d govt should sum up courage to arrest dis crook, OBJ. We in d S/West will not shed a tear for him.
Who listens to OBJ, a cultist who has no political base & couldn't even win his ward in 1999.
After mismanaging Nigeria & selling off most of our national assets to himself & his cronies in his dubious privatisation, OBJ who attempted to get a third term now has d effontrery to tell us who should contest & who should not.
PoliticsRe: Kayode Ogundamisi Reacts To Obasanjos's Letter To President Buhari by datribune:
OBJ, what an eediot!
Who listens to OBJ, a cultist who has no political base & couldn't even win his ward in 1999.
After mismanaging Nigeria & selling off most of our national assets to himself & his cronies in his dubious privatisation, OBJ who attempted to get a third term now has d effontrery to tell us who should contest & who should not.
d govt should sum up courage to arrest dis crook. We in d S/West will not shed a tear for him.
Nigerian Pensioners & their families will ensure that PMB, a man of great compassion who has treated Pensioners wit dignity & respect will get d 2nd term he deserves. Sai Baba
Foreign AffairsRe: Thousands Of Women March Against Trump On His One Year Anniversary (Photos) by datribune: 8:00pm On Jan 21, 2018
peterphd:
So just because of that stat in one year trump is evil? I see you cleverly didn't tell us What's happening in Europe.
America is a land of immigrants.
Some families came earlier than others, but most people in the U.S. including Trump, wouldn’t be in America today if his Grandfather Frederick, did not immigrate frm Germany.

What is happening in Europe that is not happening all over d world?. Which country in d entire world is immune frm terror.
d majority of terrorists in that survey ar not Muslims or immigrants.
Foreign AffairsRe: Thousands Of Women March Against Trump On His One Year Anniversary (Photos) by datribune: 7:26pm On Jan 21, 2018
peterphd:
Oga, you can type this epistle all you want. If you like stylize it and type in different colors. Rubbish is Rubbish. I don't know how you want to hide your head in the sand and say accepting refugees won't lead to terrorism. Have you seen what has become of Europe? Seen Germany lately? What of Sweden and Muslim ghettos where even the police can't police? What about France and it's open door policy. How has it worked? Screaming 'racist' won't work. If you're so much of an altruist that common sense and your preservation instinct fly out the window, do import fulani herdsmen in your village as refugees.
Wrong!
Since Trump took office, more Americans have been killed by white American men with no connection to Islam than by Muslim terrorists or foreigners.
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/world/2017/10/2/16396612/las-vegas-mass-shooting-terrorism-islam
Foreign AffairsRe: Thousands Of Women March Against Trump On His One Year Anniversary (Photos) by datribune:
peterphd:
Americans are lost. They'll get a dose of what it means to import military aged immigrants from terrorist producing countries. They have a good thing but don't know yet.
While d pope washes d feet of a refugee, soul-less & hypocritical individuals like you continue to support d most openly racist president in modern US political history.

Let's be clear, it's extremely hard for a terrorist to infiltrate the USA. The US Govt doesn't just fly them in. It screens every refugee who comes in, screens their families, INTERPOL reviews their papers, the govt scans their retinas, fingerprints them, interviews their entire families individually, interview their families again & again.. the list goes on!

Trump should be more worried about home grown terrorism frm white supremacists whom he gives tacit support than frm terrorists overseas.

Shame on America under Donald Trump, that despite d fact that many of these people he castigates became refugees as a result of US adventurism, the world's only super power has taken in only a paltry 10,000 refugees since the refugee crisis started.
Foreign AffairsRe: Thousands Of Women March Against Trump On His One Year Anniversary (Photos) by datribune: 5:31pm On Jan 21, 2018

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