₦airaland Forum

bettercreature:
According to a high-ranking lawmaker in the national assembly, PDP senators and the pro-Saraki APC senators were bribed and later attacked to vote against Bukola Saraki during the recent NASS elections.
Speaking with DAILY SUN, he said "we were all approached to take bribe and vote the people they wanted in the two chambers of the National Assembly, but we said no. We resisted them because we are on a mission to salvage our party, and we were bent on voting the person that would serve our interest. Now PDP is in the opposition and we have to teach APC a lesson in positive opposition.”Sometime last week, it got so bad that their men stormed the Transcorp Hilton where most of us stayed and had our meeting to attack members. The attacks came as last effort after we resisted and refused their $50,000 bribe.
"The same people that had been persuading us to take gratification resorted to force and had to get security agents to intimidate us an make us yield. It was at that point that we all vacated our suites in Hilton and relocated to the Sandralia Hotel in the same city to conclude our plans and hold to the decision we had taken.”
http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/nass-election-how-we-were-bribed-attacked-to-vote-against-saraki-pdp-senator.113053/

2rutalk1:
Mr op, don't allow sentiment to becloud ur sense of reasoning. Every enlightened person knows that the national assembly must be inaugurated before ministers are appointed and ratified by them. Perhaps, we are talking about SFG and COS or didn't you read in the update you quoted that it was the SFG under Jonathan, Anyim Pius Anyim that made the announcement. If Jonathan had not appointed SFG before then Anyim's name wouldn't have been quoted. So tell Buhari to at least appoint SGF and COS

emmasege:
Our highly revered Wole Soyinka, what have you got to say concerning Aregberascal's misrule in Osun, since you are partners in progress?. At least you have been spotted hanging out with him a number of times and even praising his 'leadesrship style'. I hope he still gets to send you some coins sha, agbaaya.
The national conscience (Gani Fawehinmi) is long dead and buried. He should be crying wherever he is now for the way you and Femi Falana have become so partisan that you no longer speak the truth.

barcanista:
I hope Buhari is aware that it is more than 2weeks into this Presidency?

bunmioguns:
Tinubu I know


Who is the political prostitute called Atiku

ramdris:
All these yeye journalists speculating nonsense! They are just trying so hard to destroy the party by coming up with unverifiable situations in a peaceful party.

Tinubu name must have been mentioned more than Jesus and Muhammed combined since PMB took over. Tinubu this, Tinubu that; all I am beginning to see is that some pple are hell bent in bringing down someone who has truly made a lot of sacrifice over years to get us to where we are alongside others of like minds.

Not everything that happens is link to Tinubu or Atiku. This has to stop. Just because these men played a prominent role in the merger process that produced PMB does not mean we should attribute everything that happen in APC to them.

Love him or hate him, Tinubu will always be remembered as a freedom fighter and a man of principle and ideology just like PMB. They are the only two prominent politicians who has remain in opposition for several years and that shows commitment and bravery.

fulanimafia:
This is just childish

barcanista:
Read the original post again and tell me where it preached hate against Buhari. You have started displaying "Anger". Why are you always angry?

johndwayy:
I can't believe this, that barcanista has been reduced to this level intellectually and objectively because of hatred for the person of PMB. You are bigger than this barcanista, leave this type of attitutde for the likes of temitemi1, firefire and other TANoids.

ziccoit:
Disgusting! What kind of legislation do you people expect from these criminals? They would just be creating loopholes and routes of escape for themselves. No wonder Saraki joined by his gang of criminals became senate president through the backdoor just to escape the justice.

Hope immunity doesn't cover senate president and HOR speaker. Whoever has a case to answer must be made, willy-nilly, to face the law.

barcanista:
It is not unexpected. Buhari has never for once supported Military action against BH under GEJ's administration. Instead of him to concern himself with the victims of BH bastards, he's more concerned with probing the military for fighting BH.

7lives:
Why are you preaching to this people, it a normal thing thing to be jealous of other peoples success, doing everything possible to bring them down is another evil agenda entirely.
Tinubu is made, he can't be destroyed by their hate so let them continue in their pain.
The most wonderful part of it all is that "success attract only those who love it", where are the people who envied and hated Awolowo way back?.
You can't have what you don't appreciate in the life of others, as it is in the beginning so shall it be in the end.

Wildrage:
Qualifying for a position is not synonymous with meriting it

Femi Pedro & co were harassed, humiliated to pave the way for Fashola emergence as Lagos state governor, whether Fashola performed creditably in office or not does not change the fact that he was a product of a skewed process. He was imposed and for 8yrs was beholden to his godfather whose personal interest was considered more paramount than that of the suffering masses of Lagos state

There was nothing in his wife antecedent to suggest she merited her seat in senate. Her 4yrs in the house has been a complete waste in terms legislative participation, not a single bill introduced and articulated by the jaganbandit wife. Pls remind me of how she has ever championed a cause on behalf of the good people of Lagos west senatorial district.

The daughter is not a market woman so I wouldn't know the criteria used in selecting her as the leader of the market women in Lagos state. I guess that position must be hereditary, one of the inalienable rights of the tinubu lineage

Gej coming after him after the formation of Apc would look like a witch hunt for political reasons and don't forget that even as at 2014 he was still cutting deals with the govt on behalf of Oando

olatomiwa:
with their 16 states they kept loosing for the past 12 years, please! They watched and begged while we gave our votes to Jonathan in 2011. Hate it as much as you can...It is the truth...Our 4 states gave them the presidency. Without the brain and strategies...Our beloved Buhari will end up clueless in spite of his good intentions. Cerebral gift has never been one of the things the people of the north can boast of. Please don't tell us about quantity, tell us about quality!

komek:
I have now know u don't use ur brain to play politics but instead politics of bitterness is all that u are paid from the APC purse to do.

Tinubu is seriously smarter than pple like u that's is why all of ur life is in his pocket.

Do u not know that Tinubu is not marketable? He is not sellable in the Central except in Lagos where he buys laptop and internet connectivity for hungry pple like u to browse with and sing his praises?.
Continue believing in him until he crash lands all of u.

jayfolarin:
I hate greedy backstabbing b*stards....Bukola Saraki is one!!

Wildrage:
Stop this beatification of a common criminal, a former drug lord, a money launderer , a political profiteer, a rent seeking godfather. You make it look like he is divinely entitled to some of these political positions, as if he gave up his birthright for public good, nothing could be further from the truth. He knows his limitations and that's why he's made western Nigeria his catchment area for looting and exploitation. Now let's examine some of his great sacrifices you are trumpeting here

1) in 2007 ACN was a regional party , bringing Atiku on board as the presidential flagbearer was an opportunistic decision taken with a view to exploiting Atiku ephemeral popularity as the man that truncated OBJ's third term agenda

2) In 2011, he killed 2 birds with one stone, gave Ribadu (the man with the details of his shady deals) the presidential ticket of ACN and treacherously went behind to negotiate a deal with the PDP to deliver the west , perhaps to secure an immunity from prosecution for the mindless looting of Lagos treasury

3) His ambition to secure a vice presidential slot in 2015 was truncated by Atiku, Tinubu, Kwankwaso ,Saraki and Amaechi who staunchly opposed his ambition. Osibanjo became his proxy when it became obvious to him that he was fighting a losing battle

4) only a greedy man would make sure he is succeeded in office by his cousin, imposed his wife as a senator, his daughter as iyaloja, his son-in-law as house of assembly member, another son-in-law as honourable member of fed house of rep.

redsconsult:
not greedy when he openly rejected 3rd term bid in which he knew will also benefit from in 2007. main reason he choose less ambitious people in office is for them to be loyal to party and not be a saraki. luv him or hate him he is a real democrat

searay:
Is Osubade a mere commissioner?

ALTERNATEID:
I agree with most of your points but Tinubu himself need to learn not to fight all battles. He could have handled this assembly leadership crisis better if only he was ready to concede some ground to other power blocs in the party. Like Dele Momodu said earlier today, we can't all continue to deceive him that he will be the sole decision maker in the party. Lots of other people also contributed significantly to the success of the party. He most recognise their contributions and carry them along both in decision making and sharing of positions. Federal government is not Lagos where he runs things unchecked. He his a leader I so much belief in and I hope he would have learnt one or two lessons from what happened on Tuesday. In this life, you win some and lose some. You can't always win or have your way all the time.