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Bruteforce101:
[s] Troll, you dont even care if they bomb everywhere to pieces, all you are after is your food. You are just a wicked and heartless being, no wonder you call the death of the inmocent people that died in the immigration sham job trash and rubbish. You will one day feel the heat and there will be no one to sympathise with you. Devilish soul[/s]

OrlandoOwoh:
Yes.
#JonathanMustDebate.

President Goodluck Jonathan began his re-election campaign in Lagos on Thursday, saying he would not fight corruption by arresting and putting people in crates.

Jonathan, in his 33-minute speech that centered more on responses to criticisms of his administration by some prominent Nigerians and the opposition, faulted a recent statement credited to the APC presidential candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, that he would send corrupt Nigerians to jail.

Although he did not mention names, he was indirectly making reference to Buhari’s role in the 1984 botched attempt to smuggle a former Transport minister, the late Umaru Dikko, to Nigeria.

He said, “They said they will start fighting corruption after they have crossed the bridge. And only two days ago, somebody stood in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and said he would catch people that steal and throw them in Kirikiri(Prisons).

“I agree that we must stop corruption but I will not do so by catching people and putting them in crates and jailing or killing them. We can’t stop corruption that way.”

The President told the PDP chiefs, members and supporters at the carnival-like event that held at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos that “the same mouth says something from the right and the left, making contradictory statements.”

Raising his voice, he asked rhetorically,“ Can you trust such a man ? Are they not deceiving you?

“They want power by all means. All they want to use power for is to lock up and imprison their enemies,” he claimed, eliciting thunderous applause from the gathering.

The President also said that if Buhari had effectively fought corruption between 1983 and 1985 when he was Head of State, Nigeria would not be grappling with graft today.

He argued that the kind of anti-graft war the APC presidential candidate was advocating had no place in today’s democracy.

The President said that instead of fighting corruption by making arrests, he would structure Nigeria in such a way that people holding public offices would no longer have direct access to funds.

Jonathan added that his administration had curbed corruption in the civil service and the agricultural sector through the computerisation of payment system.

The President, however, explained that the system caused the delay in paying federal civil servants December salaries.

He said, “I apologise to those families that suffered because I believe that for you to fight corruption, you must take some measures such as establishing institutions. You don’t just wake up, enter the streets and start arresting people and showing them on television sets and saying you are fighting corruption.

“If they had succeeded in fighting corruption, corruption would not have been with us today. If they had set up structures to manage resources, in this ICT era, we would not have been talking about corruption today.

“What happened on the issue of civil servants is something known as IPIS which is a software for protecting salaries. Sometimes people steal salaries in some Federal Government agencies and ministries. They tried to divert funds meant for some allowances but since the system is scientific, it shut down. This is the only way that you can prevent corruption.

“I served in Bayelsa State as deputy governor and governor for eight years and then vice president and president for another four years. Within these periods, fertiliser distribution was an area where both the federal and state governments spent billions of naira. Less than 10 per cent of the product got to farmers while the rest was stolen and sent out of the country. Even the 10 per cent was sometimes adulterated.

“What did we do? We assembled some young Nigerians that are IT gurus and developed what we call the Electronic Wallet. Through the wallet, farmers got fertiliser directly and nobody is cheating the government again. Is that not a way to stop corruption?

“If somebody tells you that the best way to fight corruption is to come and arrest your mother and father and show them on television, will that stop corruption? In fact, it will even encourage corruption. We are shooting armed robbers but is that stopping them? So, arresting people and showing them on television sets will do nothing. We must set up institutions and strengthen them in order to prevent people from stealing public money. That is what we are working on and we are succeeding.”

Although Jonathan was also short of mentioning names , he said that Nigeria would become a jungle if some people who did not believe in the rule of law were allowed to take over governance.

He said, “They say the government is weak and have no plan. They say we are weak because they took our fathers, mothers and uncles and drugged and put them in crates before flying them to Nigeria. They were intercepted mid-air by superior powers.

“That even blocked Nigerians from even going to Britain at a time. The relationship between Nigeria and Britain went sour and the whole world isolated Nigeria . They say that is the way to fight corruption. So the moment I suspect your uncle (of corruption), I can crate him and send them to Kirikiri (prisons).

“Is that the way to stop corruption? I served with (former President Umaru)Yar’Adua and he stood by due process and I also stand by due process.

[size=18pt]“Any country that does not obey the rule of law is a jungle. Do you want Nigeria to be a jungle ? “Immediately I suspect you of doing something wrong, I will call the police and the army and throw you into jail. Is that the kind of country you want? They said to be strong is to jail people indiscriminately for 300 years. Is that the way to go? A country is like an industry, it must be managed properly by people who have grey and white matters upstairs.”

[/size]He said the APC was not a democratic party as the Department of State Service had exposed its plan to clone Permanent Voter Cards in order to rig the general elections.

Jonathan warned that a vote for the APC was a vote for backwardness.

In the area of insecurity, Jonathan said Buhari could not tackle the problem because he contributed to it by failing to invest in the military when he was head of state.

He said, “They talked about insecurity. Are Nigerians in the armed forces weak? The problem is that we don’t have platforms (equipment) and somebody who wakes up and tells young people that they want to fight insecurity, ask him: Did he buy one rifle for a Nigerian soldier?

“These people did not buy anything; they refused to equip the military and there were no helicopters; nothing. Ask them what they did with their defence budgets and the whole time they could not equip the military.”

The President said $10bn was not enough to buy equipment for the military as it usually took years to boost its capacity. He, however, said he had been able to curb corruption in the armed forces by eliminating middlemen in the purchase of arms.

http://www.punchng.com/news/i-wont-fight-graft-by-putting-people-in-crates-jonathan/

OrlandoOwoh:
#JonathanMustDebate.

Truckpusher:
See him teeth and cloth be like ancient Romanian vampire.

valinda:
which certificate he day use run since 2003?

Pataki:
It is better for you to keep quiet and go to bed, rather than you disgracing further that useless dunce of a President.

President Goatluck said he has no enemies. Is that why he called Boko Haram his own brothers and sisters? Or is Boko Haram fighting for the interest of Nigerians?

iluvnaija:
[s]Enjoy this.
http://www.informationng.com/2010/10/bomb-blasts-terrorists-not-mend-responsible-jonathan.html

Most interesting part
http://newsrescue.com/jonathan-begged-blame-north-october-1-blasts-henry-okah-claims/#ixzz3NZl8pRkk[/s]

Truckpusher:
Half men, Half demons

Truckpusher:
One carton of handkerchief won't solve their problems,They should make themselves a noose to hang themselves after February.

I have never seen so much misinformation from anyone as those monikers you just mentioned.

They basically live their lives with no conscience as long as they are given peanuts......

Juliaann:
Since 1900

NgeneUkwenu:
[b][s]Okah now in jail and those who hired him to kill GEJ are walking freely? What rubbish is GEJ saying? Cant he arrest them?[/[/s]b]

pendy79:
If the screws in your head are complete, then you should asking your president why he referred to MEND again if the group is DISBANDED as you put it.

If it is DISBANDED, why is he referring to them? Do you have more intelligence report than the president who know theyre not disbanded?

Juliaann:
This Nge-neukwunkita won't you just go and sit down one place

Y the hate?,take it or leave it Goodluck is going to beat that your gworo master again


all you,barca-nis-ta and Ber-em (mama buhari) need to do is to get a carton of handkerchief for him that's if you truly love him


GEJ till 2019

Pataki:
Don't forget this same limitless idiot of a President asked the crowd if they can trust someone who speaks from both sides of the mouth?! He has forgotten due to his ogogoro state of mind that he himself

talks from both sides of the mouth and equally has the likes of FFK and Abati as his advisers.

billsteve:
guy na craze dey dat your head carry buhari put na Ode oMo

pendy79:
[s]The guy is the most stupid and foolish person in the world.

See him pointing finger at himself, " okah was contracted to assassinate me"

Yet you're caught on National TV defending the same group you're today saying bomb Abuja.

So you knew all along MEND bombed Abuja but you covered them.

Okah was right all along then, GEJ masterminded and financed the October 1st Bombing to gain sympathy against 2011 election, today he want to sing another SYMPATHY song, " They plan to kill me"

Most idiotic president that ever liveth.

How did this guy begat a PhD[/s]?

NgeneUkwenu:
Trash! Your master caught pant down!

Noviolence2015:
But Okah leads a faction of Mend accused of the bombing. So his views today are in line with the postulation in this video. The rehabilitated MEND has seized to exist which is the one Jonathan made reference to and not the disgruntled one led by Okah who is still in jail today for that singular act.
[size=18pt]Taking the President out of context is the strength of Sahara reports; an extension of the APC and anti- Nigeria campaign[/size].

duality:
@OP,

You are on Point. You really need to hear when these APC supporters speak.They Pick up one false thing, Twist it and run unclad with it.

Juliaann:
Yesss!!! the OBA has spoken


GEJ till barcanista denounce his girlfriend




GEJ till Buhari speaks in British accent Lol






GEJ till buhari stop calling corruption( kworoption)

ilugunboy:
Aljharem....stop lying

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