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From what I read here, he is saying their Generation has failed and should give way to the younger digital Generation. it'd not about Buhari.

LETTER TO ATIKU...

BY A DISSATISFIED NIGERIAN...

CHURCHILL OKONKWO

You are a symbol of the past failures and the politically corrupt in Nigeria. With all due respect, therefore, I, on behalf of millions of Nigerians want to remind you that you should shut up when we are discussing anti-corruption challenges and the way forward.

I laughed cynically when I heard you brag that you would “shock everyone because you will fight corruption …if given the opportunity to preside over the affairs of the country.” You challenged Nigerians to either “come forward with a single shred of evidence of [your] misconduct while in office or keep quiet.” Crude arrogance! You subsequently bragged that your stupendous wealth was a result of your “resourcefulness and successful investments.”

What a lie! To use your own words, that display of arrogance was “morally offensive” to millions of Nigerians. Please, sir, accept my apologies, but the issue is not about your “entrepreneurial spirit” but whether you can corroborate the SOURCE of your investments and wealth. Sir, you are not more resourceful than millions of Nigerians, and thousands of investors with hard-earned and traceable source of wealth. So, sir, take your sermon of rooting out corruption in Nigeria to the sedimentary rocks in the valley of Adamawa Highlands. Tell us what happened to the N7.5 B failed Chochi Dam project which u brought the contractor and supervised the project. What happened to the Jada Federal Government communication project awarded by Obasanjo under ur supervision which N4.5 Billion went into a failed project. Tell Nigerians how u took a loan from Bank PHB in 1998 of N300M to run for Governorship of Adamawa, when u were controversially declared the winner and after becoming the VP the bank cancelled the loan. We have documented evidence of this loan, when you took this loan Bamanga Tukur was one of the richest people in the North East with two shipping vessels on the high seas, but just after 8 years as VP u not only became the richest in Adamawa and one of the richest in Nigeria but u built 158 mansions in the country and 42 mosques in Christian dominated areas of Adamawa State the sitting and construction of some of these mosques created several crisis killing thousands of people and dethroning a First Class king.

As a show of good faith, sir, can you please explain to Nigerians how a retired Customs officer and VP, you, got the millions of Dollars, without a bank loan, you paid to the American University in Washington DC for a direct license to use the franchise of the university? We know that your estimated $25 million worth of University (ABTI American University) in Yola was not just because you were resourceful.

What is the source of the inexplicable reason for your increased wealth after 8 years as VP? Accept my apologies sir, but can you explain to Nigerians the source of hundreds of multi-million Naira mansions, mostly built on what Nigerians believe to be proceeds of corruption? What of the $125m you diverted from the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF)? Can you please, sir; explain to Nigerians how you managed to command controlling shares in Bank PHB, controlling shares in Intel, and oil services companies operating in many African countries?

If you are as smart and intelligent as you want Nigerians to believe, then it will not be difficult to break down the source of your wealth. Believe me, there are millions of Nigerians out there that are more resourceful than you that will be turned into billionaires overnight if only you can show us your magic wand. So, without explaining the source of your wealth, it is an insult to ask us to provide evidence that you are chronically corrupt. The burden of proof is on you, sir.

How can Nigeria move forward, when we are hamstrung by symbols of past failures, like you Atiku? Let me remind those still living in the graveyards of yesteryears of what you sir, represents. Your mere presence in Nigerian politics reminds us of the era of fire-breathing monsters that plundered the national wealth. Sir, your administration with Obasanjo represents a government of the ugly and predators. Under you, and Obasanjo, corruption was so sweet and so exquisite that the political class fell over themselves to worship the mini gods in Aso Rock.

Accept my apologies, sir, but Nigerians have not forgotten that under you and Obasanjo, our yesteryears were locust-infested. When you fought corruption with Obasanjo, we had wretched criminals that grew the size of their stomachs and pockets from “Turn Around Maintenance” of our refineries and under-selling of government entities to cronies. Under you, and Obasanjo, we had ministers and thieves that were busy acquiring properties worth billions while our infrastructures decayed.

Sir, you are a woodpecker that feed on the pantry of the poor, but found a way to avoid having boils in your mouth. The same mouth you are now using to insult us and bragging about how clean you are in amassing wealth in the midst of poverty in your backyard.

Atiku, sir, your ambition, therefore, deserves to be killed now. It is time for you to retire from public life, disappear from Twitter, political screens, and sight somewhere far away. Sir, when you drive around the hills and valleys of Adamawa Highland, are you not worried about the difference between your fortunes and that of the poor masses you represented?

Nigerians believe that corruption is a bigger threat than insecurity in your backyard in Northeastern Nigeria. Fighting corruption in good faith will heal the wounds of millions of Nigerians adversely affected over many decades. Unfortunately, sir, until you explain to us how you amassed your wealth, you are not the right man to lead Nigeria.

The stories surrounding the cancellation, the legality or illegality of the contract between Intels and its subsidiaries with Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) is an indication that your greed is finally catching up with you. For me, that deal is like the rest of the dubious investments you are now flaunting, all of which is a textbook example of how crooked bureaucrats like you amass wealth through cronyism and graft.

So, accept my apologies. You, like your boy the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, represent the dangerously corrupt political elites in Nigeria. As you make an attempt at the Nigerian Presidency for the umpteenth time, know it that your reckless shame has expired. The period from 1999 to 2017 is gone, even though the mess you and Obasanjo left behind is still hunting Nigerians.

Sir, I love you, but, until we begin to challenge serving and former civil servants and public office holders like you that cannot explain how they acquired so much wealth, we cannot really claim to be fighting corruption. Shed some light on the source of every Kobo of your shadowed investments and businesses and shame the people you refer to as “political enemies”.

While I wait for your explanation, know it that I will be the first to raise my hand and campaign for you if you will satisfactorily demonstrate the source of your wealth the way you explain to a 3-year old that 1 + 1 = 2. I say this with as a much respect as I can muster, hoping that you will disgrace me with verifiable proof.

Until you do that, sir, you should shut up and bow your head in shame, if there is still any left, when Nigerians are talking about the serious business of fighting corruption.

You can email Churchill at churchill.okonkwo@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @churchillnnobi.

Oluwabusobomi:
God bless bless the PDP

God bless Atiku the digital President!

Atiku cannot be Nigeria's President cos most people don't take him seriously. they know he is a self serving, serial looser and decampee and above all highly corrupt.

Mostly people from the South.

beware of fake pastors

A political movement wrote an open letter calling out the Cross River State governor Ben Ayade over what it sees as a deliberate attempt to allow tourism sector assets in the state to rot. Below i the full text of the letter.

WHY TOURISM SECTOR ASSETS IN CROSS RIVER STATE MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO ROT AWAY.

It is saddening to see many assets acquired by previous governments of CRS during the heydays of the tourism drive apparently being deliberately neglected and allowed to gradually rot away costing the taxpayer hundreds of billions of Naira in losses.

Some of the assets worst affected include but are not limited to the Obudu Ranch Resort, Tinapa, Marina Resort and even the well maintained lawns that used to lie beside the clean streets of Calabar, the "largest flag in Africa" that used to be at the Millenium park, the eleven - eleven roundabout fountain (now a rest place for lunatics), our Water Board which used to be the best in West Africa, the State library. The list is endless.

Available statistics show that during the peak of the Donald Duke initiated tourism drive in CRS, these attractions such as the Obudu ranch resort (with its cable car, canopy walkway, mountain race etc), the Marina resort, Calabar carnival, Tinapa resort, etc attracted nearly 2.5 million visitors to the state by 2006 with its ripple effect to local businesses like hotels, shops, restaurants etc. Total investments in the sector was put at US$ 3.5 bn by the end of 2007.

For Governor Ben Ayade, his focus is on his "signature projects" like the Garment factory, Super highway, Deep seaport, Power plant, Calapharm etc. These projects if actualized, would undoubtedly boost the economy of the state. Although Generation X is thinking that they may not be achieved due to the number of projects being embarked upon all at once with projected cost that are far out of the current financial reach of the State.

Generation X is however of the view that while working towards the actualization of these "signature projects", the present government MUST live up to its responsibilty to ensure that assets and programmes that were put in place by its predecessors as regards the tourism sector are excellently maintained, upgraded and promoted to achieve their full potential.

The benefits envisaged from the signature projects should come in addition to that of a strong and vibrant tourism sector not as a replacement.

CROWNWEALTH019:
Criminal man of devil that sold our country to the northerners using his stooge osibanjo and occultic pastor...



Very sure he's gonna will the church to his children

i pity you.

xandy84:
Legally, there is not power vacuum but morally, who leave his post for 3 months and not lose his or her job? Buhari has shown average Nigerians that he is more corrupt than any politician because out of job for months and still getting paid is worse than corruption..

it is not wrong that One still recieves his pay while on medical vacation, this applies even to the common man/woman when they are on sick leave, maternity leave etc. Buhari has handed over power to his Vice, notified the National assembly of his need for medical attention abroad so i dont see where he has erred. pls lets try to be objective in our criticisms.

yeyeboi:
I can't wait for 2019 to come

My dear it will come and pass and nothing will happen.

fitness trainers na bad!