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**2015 ELECTION**
Northern Elders, Youths Endorse Jonathan.

Ahead of the 2015 Presidential election, Northern elders and youths yesterday stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Abuja to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan for the exalted position, just as they pleaded with him to make himself available and vie.

The elders and youths came under the aegis of three groups, Northern Elders Forum, North/South New Nigeria Forum, Fresh Air Continuity Group of North West and Northern PDP Youth.

The groups – led by a former Education Minister under the late Gen Abacha’s regime and former Presidential Aspirant of All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, Dr Dauda Birmah, on a solidarity visit to the PDP national Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur – declared that the North would ever be grateful to the PDP led Government of President Jonathan for creating a conducive atmosphere that made the release of the former Chief Security Adviser to late Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha possible after over 14 years of incarceration.

They however hailed Jonathan over the release from prison of Major Hamza al-Mustapha, just as they promised to get most voters in the north, especially North West to support and vote for him.

Dauda Birma, said “Goodluck Jonathan’s leadership has been rated as the best administration so far. With what Jonathan has done in Maiduguri, I can affirm that the city is now safer than most parts of the country”.

According to him, Major Mustapha’s release would not have been possible by the ordinary fiat of the court if not for the underground work of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and the consent of the executive of the President Jonathan led administration, adding that the Groups decided to come out openly to appreciate the exemplary leadership qualities of the President Jonathan since assumption of office which had been unprecedented in the anal of Nigeria.

He said they were also at the PDP National Secretariat to correct insinuations that the People of the North especially the North- West Zone were against his Presidential ambition come 2015, adding that the release of Major Al-Mustapha had further fuelled the supports of the North for the re election of President Jonathan come 2015.

The leaders of the three Groups, Hajia Nana Abdulkadri, Mallam Mohammed Omeri and Ibrahim Mohammed in their remarks expressed their appreciation for the release of the former CSO and acknowledged the roles of the leadership of the Party and the President and as well dismissed the wrong notion that the North in general was against the Presidential ambition of Dr Jonathan come 2015. - vanguard news

Can Fasola contest and win national elections that require non-Yoruba votes?

He has been deporting non-Yoruba Nigerians from Lagos.
He has been flouting the constitutionally guaranteed human rights of Nigerians to live where they desire
He has been sending thugs after non-Yoruba residents of Lagos
He has been syphoning tax payers money into bogus contracts for his godfather, Tinubu.

adino: Why are you typing like this, is it nir PM N.O.I that is making the funds judiciously available. If not for her, this govt. would have crashed

I just realized that. Thanks. Have modified my post

Yoruba can not match Igbos in any yardstick.

The other time Yoruba people delibrately kidnapped Igbo traders in Yorubaland, in order to extort money from them. Yoruba traders in Anambra condemned it and were protected by Igbos.

Any Yoruba thinking that they will push Igbos out of Lagos and then remain in non-Yoruba southern Nigeria (except Edo and pars of Itshekiri) will be deluding themselves.

What they have started planning for Igbos in Lagos, together with their confirmed hatred for GEJ, will ensure that no Yoruba remains in the Old eastern region and in Igbo-speaking Delta State.

Igbos need aggressive representatives at the federal level who, while not undermining other regions, will take the bulls by the horns and do what is right for Ndigbo, the single most populated and most widely travelled ethnic group in Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation is one such woman. Another such person was Dora. We are yet to see the concrete impacts of our male reps in the govt

Kudos to the aviation minister, Kudos to Gej
2015 GEJ all the way.

Lagos is indeed a global city. Other global cities where people are appointed on a cultural, tribal basis to lead business people include New York, Toronto, London, Brussels, Berlin and Tokyo.

Ola Johnson: Flat Skulled Unintelligent (FSU), it is not Baba ole but Babaoloja.

Baba ole means father of thieves. That is what the man and those who appointed him are. When you reap where you did not sow, you are a baba ole.

I still agree he should be made the ceremonial president.

If Igbos leave the West without their assets, no Yoruba is safe in the East, even in non-Igbo areas. They will be fished out wherever they are across the entire non-Yoruba territory of southern Nigeria and decimated secretly. They should be honorable enough to move to their own territory should they force others out of their territory.

This is a simple matter. They should let baba ole be an appointed cultural leader while they conduct election to elect a defacto leader (babaole should be free to contest in this election). Whoever wins in the election emerges like a prime minister whose role is to run the market on daily basis.

I agree that a Yoruba (baba ole) should be the president, just ceremonially and be given some monthly tokens by the 99% Igbo traders to help him feed his lazy arse and that of his entire community. Another evidence of poverty in SW

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I saw this on face book and thought I should share it.

UK vs. US:
Are the so-called black (so called because most are actually brown, including yours faithfully) people more integrated in the UK than in the US? This appears to me as the case; admittedly my knowledge of the UK is limited. In the US you hear of ''African American'', ''Jamaican American'', ''Haitan American'' and many other such adjectives describing black (brown) people, who by all definition are Americans. Do they also have such classifications in the UK? Or is every UK citizen just ''British/Irish'' (Northern), irrespective of their skin color? Are all the people in the UK who have an origin in Africa recent (less than 100 years) immigrants, or do they have descendants of former slaves in the UK, as we have in the US? Keep in mind that by all account, the UK was the ''father'' of the trans- Atlantic slave trade.

D sage: What does Tinubu administration got to do with GeJ errors now? Or did I mentioned Ameed Tunubu as a credible leader in my previous posts? Please let forget Tunubu at least for now.

As for Gen. Buhari, a reliable source told us he was not directly involved in the coup that brought him into power. Infact the Govt of alhaji sheu Shagari has already been toppled before he(Buhari) was invited to became a president. Besides,the coup was not bloody,so leave the General alone abeg.

Note; I'm not here to support any political party but credible leaders. GEJ as a person might have interest of the masses at heart,but can never achieve those aims under the umbrella.

How long has GEJ been in power to judge him like you would judge, for example Obasanjo?

Your story about BUHARI is false until you show concrete evidence

D sage: Let look at this issue objectively, PDP has been in power for over a decade now with little/notting to show for it. And you and I know that GEJ is surrounded by wicked elites who called themselves politicians(PDP),so I doubt if anybody(even Obama) can deliver under the platform of PDP.

Let there be a change of power in 2015.

Tinubu the leader of ACN, was in power for 8 years, what did he achieve?
Gej has been in power for how long?
What democratic credentials does Buhari have? In sane countries a coup plotter would be in jail, yes? No?

sleekdot: I am a Yoruba Christian and I am not voting Retardeen Jonathan

You are fake.

D sage: Fashola, Oshiomole, Rochas or even Aregbeshola would've done better than GEJ. Though they might not be absolutely good but these leaders are honestly hungry for change/development.

You are kidding yourself. Look beyond the veil.

And yes, credibility, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. Your credible guys is another man's thief.

Your ACN cannot stand the credibility test.

Rhino.5dm:
If na tinubu wife or daughter dey succeed am now, these same bigoted toads would've started crying more than the bereaved. But since na there own, she automatically becomes the most competent.
Bigotry can cause myopia and selective amnesia.

Tinubu himself forces his family on you guys
Bianca is being propped by others to be a leader, not by her husband who is no more. When Ojukwu was there, he did not force Bianca on anyone.

Spot the difference

tpia@:
this woman dey enjoy sha!

she married strategically well and yes, comes from a strategic family too.


see appointments and juicy positions just falling into her laps from all angles.

Igbo women are liberated.

Demdem: what coffin? i only exposed ur ignorance. Very pathetic case.

I will let you off the hook because this is Pa Eziachi's get-well thread.

Adamskuty: lmaooooo! That's the most funny post i have ever read on nairaland.

Jealous of what?

Jealous of Igbos.

If you are Yoruba, all the fraud and drug deals your brothers commit in UK and US have not liberated them economically
If you are hausa/fulani, all the looting and destruction of the economy by your brothers, plus all the religious blood money from Arab countries in the name of Boko Haram have also not liberated your miserable lives.

But see how ''drug'' money (as you enviously called it) have liberated Igbos?

duplicated post

[quote author=Demdem][/quote]Hahaha! You nailed your own coffin, sorry bro.

Adamskuty: what juju The juju headquater of africa is located in anambra state

You are jealous. Just go away, small rabbit.

Demdem: Exactly. Such affections cant be extended to our cursed leaders and miserable sycophants.

Good observation. Tinubu and Fasola, and all their sycophants (including Dem Dem) included

Adamskuty: arrant nonsense,most of the investment is through drug money

Hahaha!!! And most of yours are through what? Mammy water and juju money?

Stop clutching at straw.

But all this will be worth its salt only if Nigeria remains as one. If we divide, then it is a colossal loss that Igbos may never recover from like they did after Biafra.

Any wealthy Igbo living outside Igboland who does not invest at least 30% of his wealth in Igboland is sitting on sand.

D sage: And what exactly is your point now? You should be talking about credible leaders,not this religions difference nonsense. RUBBISH!

Jonathan is as credible as any politician you can get in Nigeria. If in doubt name anyone more credible and willing to dabble into the murky waters of Nigerian politics

Let him finish his second term, then another ''credible'' person can take over. Those who use Boko Haram and religion (Buhari, ACN, CPC, APC) to disturb GEJ's govt are the ones causing the problem, not me.

Dede mmadu,
I wish you Godspeed in your healing and recovery. You have achieved a lot and you are a good example of the Igbo spirit, rising from the ashes of Biafra to something great.

2015 will be thick

Imagine all Igbo in Nigeria, all SS people, many Christian Yorubas, all NC Christians, all southern Kadunans, all Christians in the North

VS
All muslims in Nigeria (NW, NE, SW)

Who blinks first?

The “North”, Deceit and Illusions of 2015 – By Middle Belt Dialogue

Our attention has been drawn to the activities and pronouncements of the Governors of Adamawa, Jigawa, Kano and Niger States who have been going round the country inciting tension and division with the obvious intention of destabilizing the government of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The objective of these activities, as they themselves trumpeted is to get a “northerner” by which they mean Hausa Fulani, replace President Jonathan in 2015, or even by any means possible.

After meeting with Rivers State Governor Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi in controversial circumstances aimed at inciting tension between the Niger Delta and other parts of Nigeria, the group proceeded to Abeokuta to see General Olusegun Obasanjo and therefter to Minna to meet with Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalam Abubakar to “report” President Goodluck Jonathan. They reportedly asked the two Generals to intervene in a way that will make “our dreams become a reality”. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, the man who annulled the June 12 elections and championed the northern consensus programme that excluded Dr. Sarah Jibril, thereafter declared them patriots for their actions.

It is obvious to see the direction these people are coming from. Like Ango Abdullahi and a few others crying themselves hoarse about “it is the turn of the North(arewa) in 2015” it is inconceivable and totally unacceptable to them to be out of power “for so long” . As far as they are concerned only them should rule Nigeria, notwithstanding the fact that the Hausa Fulani North have had as President and Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa , Alhaji Usman Aliyu Shehu Shagari, and Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar Adua. They have had, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Alhaji Namadi Mohammed Sambo as Vice Presidents.

General Obasanjo of the South West was President for eight years, and Yar ‘Adua’s eight years would not have been debated if God had not ruled otherwise by allowing the cold hands of death on May 5, 2010 to snatch him away from us. Yar’ Adua’s erstwhile Deputy, from one of the many minority ethnic groups naturally contested and, thanks to the support from his native South South, South East, Middle Belt and South West, won the 2011 Presidential Election. This is the first time Nigeria’s Leader has emerged from the South South.

For Aliyu Muazu Babangida, the man who voted against President Goodluck Jonathan during the PDP Primaries and in the 2011 general elections, Jonathan should not have been elected in the first place and anything done to get him out as quickly as possible is patriotism, hence the desperation. It would have been funny were it not so rude, incorrect and based on a flawed understanding of the dynamics playing out in Nigeria today.

Secondly the patriotism which these gentlemen were adorned with by General Ibrahim Babangida must be based on the recent “disgrace” they meted out to Governor David Jonah Jang. Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the former Right Honourable Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, when Babangida was military president gloated that they played politics on Jang and President Jonathan, when he, Kwankwaso at a meeting presided over by Aliyu Babangida, and attended by other northern Governors, nominated Jang as consensus candidate for the NGF chairmanship only to dump him a few hours after.

Hapless Jang, who had no intention of contesting for the chairmanship of the NGF, was left stranded? or so they wished.How will this not be patriotism to General Ibrahim Babangida? During Babangida’s transition to civil rule programme General Yakubu Gowon had the same Jang treatment meted to him when he was asked to start his option A4 presidential bid from Zaria.

What is more? Kwankwaso gleefully related what happened to the media and said they wanted to teach Jonathan politics. To nominate someone who was not interested in an office with the intention of disgracing him shows how honourable Kwankwaso really is. And Jang’s constituency, the Middle Belt, is supposed to be amused by such a shoddy treatment of our own? We are supposed to nod our heads enthusiastically when the establishment cries “there is only one indivisible north”! Besides, can these Honourable men whose words don’t mean anything to them be trusted when they speak of one north? How will you know when they want to teach politics and when they are telling the truth?

A section of the North overwhelmingly voted for Buhari in 2011. As a matter of fact Kwankwaso in Kano printed campaign posters with the pictures of Buhari superimposed on them. Aliyu Muazu and Murtala Nyako voted for Buhari in the 2011 elections. The President got about 18% of the votes in Kano. Yet President Goodluck Jonathan has bent surprisingly backward to accommodate and make them the mainstay of his government. The fact that they nominated most ministers and senior political appointees has not satisfied them. They are working assiduosly hard to throw him out before the end of his tenure.

We reaffirm our position that post-Goodluck Ebele Jonathan presidency is for the Middle Belt. We in the Middle Belt do not agree with the agitation that power should leave the Niger Delta now. By the natural reconfiguration of the zoning formula as a result of the natural death of President Umaru Musa Yar Adua, the Niger Delta is still supported by the Middle Belt to conclude its eight year tour of duty. It is significant to note that the artificial security challenges created by those who said that they would make the country ungovernable are being addressed; the railway lines which stopped working during the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida have slowly but steadily started to work; massive power transmission lines are being installed across the country. In terms of performance therefore, those persecuting Jonathan cannot claim to have performed as much as he has let alone say better.

On Governor Amaechi and the orchestrated tension in Rivers State, we wish to align ourselves with the advice given to him by Yinka Odumakin, and echoed by the South South Peoples Assembly; We wish to remind him that those who ride on the tiger back end up in its belly. Those who are clapping for him now to weaken and or undermine President Jonathan love him only to the extent that he keeps undermining Jonathan. Not long from now they will give him the Gowon, Abiola and Jang treatment.

Amaechi and his cohorts should remember how the Northern People’s Congress (NPC) used Akintola to weaken Awolowo’s support base in the early 1960s; The people of South South are not so unwise calculators that will prefer the number two position of Governor Adams Oshiomhole or Rotimi Amaechi to the number one? Come on!

We wish to remind the South South citizens that the Northern agenda, as championed by these Governors, is to use a southerner to destroy a southerner and nothing more. These characters lauded as patriots are but cheap traitors running an unpopular script that is doomed to fail.A word is enough for the wise.Abi-O.


Honourable Aminu Zang

Member, House of Representatives -1993

For the Secretariat

chidindufrank: Haba!! Oga seun,is this not worthy to make front page?

For where. They are averse to the truth.

babyosisi: This news don old abeg.
These ones are already eating dry bread and watery Quaker oat in prison

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