₦airaland Forum

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Gbawe:
My main bro, sometimes one has no choice but to comment even despite how 'retarded' NL has become of late. Some people are so blinded by primordial hate they do not see what matters any more. Let us even indulge those who claim Tinubu is behind the travails of Saraki. Is Tinubu not one of the founding fathers of the APC who shed blood and money to make the Party the Nigerian ruling Party that has now taken over after a bloody fight with a failure of 16 years (the PDP) that virtually tried to bankrupt Nigeria to remain in power?

Disloyal PDP decampees like Saraki were tolerated because the brought something useful and because real politicians, the most successful kind like Tinubu, understand that politics is about permanent interest. If Saraki has now treacherously threatened the permanent interest others fought hard to gain then what are folks, especially those from the SE, crying for when his colleagues decide to deal with him? That is the norm worldwide and I wonder why some remain too emotional to see this. I can only assume they are too steeped in the primordial and tribalistic hatred of others to understand that Saraki cannot be allowed to get away with this. GEJ and OBJ tried to intimidate and bully Tinubu but the man stood his ground and prevailed. Saraki should do same if he can. Politics has never been a nice game. Especially not in Nigeria. This is why the likes of Tinubu spend less time talking and more time on strategizing, building bridges and amassing influence while some emotional folks are busy wailing all over the place.

I feel you bro.

I am really not bothered about whether Tinubu is involved or not, but I know for a fact that, that name is the reason some people can't find sleep. My concerns however are about seeing a man enjoy the fruit of a treacherous behavior. The fact that Saraki betrayed his party should call for some sort of punishment,he can't simply be allowed to carry on like nothing happened. He shouldn't be allowed to get away with this for the sake of the party. So if this is the form the punishment would take then all well and good.

Treachery is huge and is not forgiven even in Politics. I have read about various individuals who had betrayed their states or establishments in the past and they all seem to enjoy the fruits briefly but all their stories ended on a sad note. Examples include Aldrich Ames, The Rosenbergs, Harold Cole and even Saddam hussein. Abdul Fattah el-Sisi? Let us wait and see how he ends. Be assured that the CCT trial is just the beginning of a chain of reactions that would take Saraki to the lowest of lows.

Lastly, for the sake of the Nigerian state, punishment for treachery or not, has Saraki broken the laws of the land? Has he contravene the Code of Coduct law ? Does the fact on ground show that he had conducted himself responsibly in the past? The laws of the land should be allowed to function so that we can have the right answers to the questions above. I wish Saraki and his supporters all the best.

Man Gbawe is here. Your comments are golden and they remind me of the Nairaland of old.

I sincerely hope Nairaland gets back to the good old days of quality engagements and discuss.

Things have become so bad in here.

Very intelligent President we have got. I am proud of PMB

I think this woman handled this pretty well.

God Bless you Femi Falana.

President Buhari will soon realise that the first major mistake of his presidency was crystallised today. He is going to regret not taking a stand.

RIP beautiful minds.

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This picture says a lot about the discipline level of Jonathan and his associates.

Your Mum has been married to your dad for over 26 years and you think she does not know about your dad's escapades? She does. The reason you have not heard them fight over this is a lesson you should take with you to your husband's house.

I think you should concentrate on your wedding and your new family instead.

They should please not serve Buhari tea in Aso rock.

Benzora:
@Seun, there is actually something special about financial crimes. The normal Police Investigator just needs to understand basic investigation techniques however, a financial investigator must not only understand basic accounting techniques but also he must understand telecom operations, banking operations, ICT Operations(cyber crime), oil & gas operations, etc. In essence, it is a highly specialized field requiring equally very specialized skills
The NPF has tried through the sfu (special fraud unit) to investigate financial crimes but couldn't thereby necessitating the establishment of the icpc and then the efcc. The Police as it is, is already inadequate in dealing with regular policing duties which also led to the creation of the nscdc and before that, the frsc. There are still calls for the creation of state police agencies which is also not strange. About 380k npf men can't police over 180m people adequately with other side duties like the vip protection/ guard duties for individuals and corporate organizations which takes up nearly half of the policemen leaving just about 200k men to police the rest of us.
Having specialized agencies like these ones is not peculiar to Nigeria. The US has fbi, triple S, uspis, etc beside the state police agencies. the uk also has nca (formerly soca) met police, etc, Malaysia has the malaysia anticorruption agency. Singapore has the same thing. FYI the establishment of the efcc was not conceived by the Nigerian govt. but rather a part requirement for the country to be delisted from ncct (non compliant countries and terrorities) of the fatf (financial action task force) which has now made nigeria a member of the prestigious egmont group. Nigeria is benefiting from dfi because of the work of the efcc. Nigerians banks can now carry out financial transactions with foreign banks in other jurisdictions because we are a member of the egmont group.
Obasanjo was happy creating the icpc but int'l exigencies made him to also create the efcc so it is not as simple as reform the police and make efcc an appendage of the police. It is also wrong to put a serving police officer at the helm of affairs at the efcc another independentt agency because then, you make subservient to the police since whoever is at the helm of affairs is still answerable to the ig. This, to a large extent has bugged down the efcc (recall the posting of ribadu by the ig). This is also a major reason why the current chairman cannot perform because once he starts a case and any of the parties reach out to say an aig or dig who is his senior in the police, it will be difficult not to do the bidding of the officer since one day, he will return to the police.
And finally as to who the cap for the efcc chairman fits, I understand there are competent, well trained officers of the efcc who can do the job. Let the president elect look within the efcc.

Suggest a name within the EFCC and let us check him out

I guess these are the 69000people that voted GMB in Rivers.

Thanks to all for staying on the path of truth.

Deep.

There are various consequences of hunger. You see and interprete things differently. You hear different voices when hunger has a hold on u.

A picture of our dear president kneeling in front of this hungry man will soon appear. Sad!

Seen

A Confused human being.

Look for a bottle of Coca Cola that has your name written on it, drink a quarter of the content of the bottle and use the rest to wash the affected part. You should be good in about 30 minutes. Do same for your partner too.

Seriously, can we have someone lead a citizens protest to demand for a thorough investigation to the audio tape conversation and the actors therein? We should not allow this pass like other criminal activities of this government

Buhari has got lot of work to do when he gets to Aso rock. I cant believe these rubbish came out from the spokesperson of a secret service. Imagine building suspicion based on Ethical Hacking Tutorial Videos? This is crazy.

Wow! Never knew we still got fearless and truthful church leaders left in this country. Very valid points raised. Cool

This man is really prepared. Very good.

He moves from one church to the other to spit out rubbish in a bid to gather support by using religious sentiments. Nigerian are wiser now.

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[quote author=TippyTop post=29403928][/quote]@ seun &co

I know you love Jonathan. But can you confirm that the pictures are that of Obama on an official visit? We should try not to be clever by half.

I am a Nigerian who loves his country and am hopeful about what it can become. I have seen and conducted myself as a patriot long before I thought of myself as a politician. I shall always walk this line and no other.
After all the political calculations are made and the dust of competition has settled, it must be this nation and its people who stand first and foremost. The question becomes whether we stand strong, able to shape ourselves into our best future or will we stand frail and trembling, burdened by the abject failure to surmount the multiple problems confronting us.

It is against this backdrop that I assess any action I take. Here I come to my name being placed in consideration as the Vice Presidential candidate for our party, the APC. I have laboured hard to move this party from being merely an idea in the minds of a few into being a political organization that might win this election and govern the nation in way that gives the people the hope and opportunity they seek. Nothing is more important to me than to realize this dream not for myself but for the people of this land I so love.

I helped to build this party, giving no thought to seeking an elected office because of it. My contribution to the party was never based on the expectation of a later political handout. Nigeria is in trouble and we are well past the moment for such narrow, selfish games.
There came a time during the course of the events when our Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari offered the Vice Presidential slot to me. Being a normal human being, I was deeply moved and honored that he would consider me for the position. Being a patriot, I had to weigh my potential candidacy in all of its dimensions.

I have concluded that the interest of the party, our campaign and of the nation are better served if I retain my position as the National leader of the APC, allowing me to be a bridge builder across all divides. Although, I declined the position, I want to thank General Buhari for extending the honor to me. Despite all the noise and opposition around my possible selection, he stood firm and steadfast. He showed the traits of a leader in holding to a decision he believed was right despite the errant plots against it.

When my name was raised, the political hatchet men tried to chop it down with rumor and lies. Over the years, I have developed a thick skin. The personal attacks did not bother me. I am used to them. While I have a thick skin, I don’t have a thick mind. There has been one form of attack that has troubled me. That is the attack based on religion. The PDP and others have stoked fear of a Muslim- Muslim ticket.

I have removed myself from consideration so what I now say cannot be seen as self-serving. I plead with the people of this nation to never allow the power lust of cynical politicians to set brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor. If you look at those politicians who raise this issue the most, they are the least devout and faithful to any religion other their self-interests.
Nigeria has too many secular problems – insecurity, economic collapse, poverty , corruption and misgovernance – to allow inept people to use religion to keep us from solving these challenges for the benefit of all.

Those who exploit religion should be wary. For there really is a God and he does not like it when you play with his people or use His name to do the opposite of what He intends.
I ask the people to remove religion from the electoral equation now that the tickets of both parties are mixed. I ask you to select the ticket best able to end the downward slide that Nigeria has endured since this government took over. I ask you to remember that too many Christians and Muslims are poor. Most of all, I ask you to remember that the true religion of the PDP is poverty, APC come to bring prosperity to the people. Please vote for that.

The Nigeria I see is a nation that shall overcome. The Nigeria I see is a nation ready to sweep aside the broken ways of our recent past and the government and politicians who impose distress upon us. The Nigeria I see and seek is one where each person, every man, woman and child may live free of terrorism, free of the despair of poverty and free of the fear that the government meant to serve and protect them has turned its back to them in cold and utter indifference.

I see and seek a Nigeria where progressive democratic governance creates the political and economic space needed for each of us to contribute to rescuing and retooling this nation. And, in the process of this benign endeavor, may each and every one of us share in the sound promise and good prosperity that shall describe the architecture of our national revival.

However, not everyone that shouts the name of Nigeria believes in this vision. There are many who would have you laid low and our future tossed asunder that they may persist in reaping the unjust reward of their selfish ways. There are wolves in sheep clothing and even jackals in wolf’s clothing. I have seen them but not as residents in some strange zoo. They populate the halls of this diminished government and the party from which this government was born.

We have come to the field of fateful choice. We have been brought to test the scales of weighty decision. Shall we lift this nation upward so that from its higher vantage point we may clearly see the road to our better destiny? Or shall we continue to march the march of fools into the dark of darkness. The current path has but one end. It shall take us into the den of national collapse. We have gone far enough down this wicked avenue to be aware of what its continuance portends.
We must awaken of our own accord, my dear people, before the bell of doom rings upon us. If we wait until that moment, we would have waited too long. Our future, our fate, our destiny would have been cast into the snare of utter misfortune. This is not the song of greatness. It is the poetics of ruin.

For me, political ambition will never triumph over patriotic conviction. This delicate moment affords no space for emotion to intrude to blind us from what is best. The APC is the best and only vehicle to enact the progressive and broad change this nation cries for. I eagerly lend myself to this fine cause without me having to be on the ticket.
This is a time for cohesion and an overriding sense of mission. We must defeat the foe before us and resist all temptations intended to entice us to fight among ourselves.

I sincerely commit myself to the rescue agenda of General Buhari and Professor Osinbajo.
I declare to you, I will work and dedicate myself so that our ticket succeeds and wins the 2015 election — not for his good, not for my good, not even for the party’s good but for the good of the nation we inhabit.

Some may call what I have done a sacrifice. I call it otherwise. It is my patriotic contribution and duty. I do so with a happy and uplifted heart and clear conscience because I have committed myself to seeking the best for this nation before seeking what is good for myself. This is the creed of statesmanship I chose to follow. May this be the creed of our party as General Buhari leads us to historic victory in the 2015 elections.
May the light of a bright future always shine on you and on our beloved nation, the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is a national leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC

Deputy governor things?