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 Politics › Who Is Afraid Of Goodluck Jonathan? (A must read) by Goddex(op): 12:18pm On Dec 02, 2014*. Modified: 12:51pm On Dec 02, 2014 |
WHO IS AFRAID OF GOODLUCK JONATHAN Goodluck Jonathan must be the most feared Head of State in the history of Nigeria. Some people say Goodluck Jonathan is “clueless.” They would also have us believe he is a weak president. If so, how come his opponents are greatly afraid of him? People are not inclined to fear weaklings. Therefore it is telling that Goodluck Jonathan must be the most feared Head of State in the history of Nigeria. Since he was thrown up as president by divine providence, Jonathan has elicited the most vociferous opposition ever. Every trick in the book has been thrown at him to stop him from becoming president and from continuing to be president. At every turn, this has failed woefully. The evidence indicates that the opposition is convinced that Jonathan is unstoppable at the polls. Therefore, the emphasis has been directed more at preventing him from running for president and at frustrating his rule than at defeating him at the 2015 election. Serial losers Jonathan fought the 2011 election with a mystic that completely overwhelmed the opposition. A cabal from the North insisted another Northerner must complete Yar’Adua’s term of office. In the process, they turned the election into a regional contest. A clique in the PDP decided to shortlist and select a Northern opponent against Jonathan, convinced that his defeat would be a foregone conclusion. They rejected a former president, Ibrahim Babangida, and chose Atiku Abubakar, a former vice-president no less, and heir of the much- vaunted PDM political machinery of the late Shehu Musa Yar’Adua; to apply the knock-out punches to Jonathan in the PDP presidential primaries of 2011. But surprise surprise, the election was not even close. Jonathan not only defeated Atiku, he practically eviscerated the man. Thereafter, the hope of the Northern cabal fell to another regional champion, Mohammadu Buhari. On paper, Jonathan was no match for Buhari. Buhari was much better known and much better hyped. He had been Head of State some 30 years earlier, and had refused to leave the political scene thereafter. He fought the election for the presidency twice and lost twice. Then he had to face Jonathan, allegedly a “greenhorn.” Again, the election was not even close. Jonathan dismantled Buhari with a plurality of over 10 million votes. He even obtained 8 million votes in the North, to Buhari’s 12 million. Then he practically cleaned up in the South. From then on, the fear of Jonathan became the political wisdom of the cabal. This has manifested in a number of shenanigans in the past four years. However, the outcome of these has only been to strengthen Jonathan’s position as he proceeds to go to the electorate again in 2015 to seek a second-term in office. Sour grapes Having lost the PDP primaries ignominiously to Jonathan, Atiku became a prophet of doom. He said: “those who make peaceful change impossible make violent change inevitable.” Of course, the only change that is peaceful is the one whereby Jonathan either foregoes re- election or is defeated at the polls. A Jonathan victory was, in the logic of Atiku, an invitation to violent change. But one needs to ask the former vice-president this question: “Would the proposed violent change spare prophet Atiku, who was vice- president for eight years and who is alleged to have cornered juicy public companies from his vantage point as head of the privatization program under Obasanjo?” Perceptions are sometimes more important than reality. Therefore, violent change would also have Atiku as one of its primary targets. For his part, the threats of Muhammadu Buhari during the 2011 election campaign led to widespread violence by his supporters in the North after he lost. They went on a rampage; looting and killing; in spite of the fact that, by all accounts, the elections were adjudged the most free and fair in the history of Nigeria’s current democratic experiment. By the time the mayhem had subsided, over 1000 people had been slaughtered in cold blood, including innocent National Youth Service Corp members, and some 65,000 Nigerians became displaced. Undaunted, Buhari went on to declare in a statement made pointedly in Hausa in a BBC interview that: “If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.” Phantom agreement Having realised that by some political alchemy, Goodluck Jonathan is impregnable at the polls, the strategy of his opponents has been to insist that he cannot seek re-election, instead of making concrete plans about how to defeat him at the polls. They suddenly came up with the allegation that Jonathan had earlier signed an agreement with some governors in 2011 that he would not seek re-election but would only serve for one term; after which the PDP presidential candidacy would be zoned to the North. This was curious at best. Northerners had ruled the country for long stretches of 38 out of 54 years; at no time were any of them required to sign term-limit agreements. But now that it was the turn of a South-South president, we were meant to believe such an agreement was extracted from him by Northern governors. In any case, where exactly was this agreement? If it existed, then it should be published for all to see. However, Aliyu and his cohorts could not produce the alleged document, leading to the conclusion that it was nothing more than another ruse. The president’s men were unequivocal in maintaining that Jonathan signed no such agreement. Even if he did, everyone knows that there is no honour among Nigerian politicians. Therefore, that gambit also turned out to be a waste of time. Legal option The next strategy was to contest Jonathan’s eligibility to seek re-election in the courts; on the grounds that he has been president for two terms already. This strategy failed woefully. Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi ruled from the FCT that Jonathan’s assumption of office after the untimely death of President Yar’Adua fell under the National Assembly’s doctrine of necessity. The Constitution stated that no man could be elected president more than twice for a total of eight years. But Jonathan has only been elected president once. Justice Oniyangi said: “After the death of Umaru Yar’adua, there was no election or by-election, President Jonathan was merely asked to assume the office of the President in line with the doctrine of necessity. He was not elected as the President but was made to assume office by virtue of Yar’adua’s death. Having exhausted the late President’s tenure, he sought for his party’s ticket and ran for the office of the President successfully in the 2011 general elections. He is therefore currently serving his first tenure of office, and if he so wishes he is eligible to further seek his party’s ticket through the party’s primary election and to run for office in 2015.” Opposition threats This called for yet another strategy, therefore the opposition decided to employ fire and brimstone. Lawal Kaita, now of the opposition APC, said: “We will make Nigeria ungovernable for Jonathan.” The objective remained the same. These people knew they could not defeat Jonathan at the polls; therefore their primary assignment was to prevent him from running for re-election. Junaid Mohammed fired one of the early salvos. He said: “Quote me, if Jonathan insists on running, there will be bloodshed and those who feel short-changed may take the warpath.” Senator Joseph Waku of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) followed suit: “President Jonathan should not even contemplate making any move to contest the 2015 election because such will be catastrophic.” Murtala Nyako, the former governor of Adamawa, echoed this, saying: “we must stop President Goodluck Jonathan’s attempt to go for second term, as that will lead to civil war.” What has happened to Waku’s catastrophe and Nyako’s civil war? These were all vain threats. Who did Nyako have in mind to fight his civil war for him? Since making these threats, Nyako has been ignominiously removed as governor of Adamawa State. Nobody shed any crocodile tears for him. On the other hand, his nemesis, Goodluck Jonathan has declared that he is running for second term and there has not been a riot, not to talk of civil war. As a matter of fact, he has been endorsed as the sole candidate of the PDP. Preparing for defeat This means back to the drawing-board for the APC. Since they now know they cannot stop Jonathan from contesting, they have started planning for their anticipated defeat at the polls. Their position is simple. If Jonathan wins, then they would claim the election was rigged. That would be grounds for bringing out the thugs and area boys to kill, steal and destroy. Thus, the APC started accusing the PDP of rigging an election that has yet to take place. In a speech made during Buhari’s declaration of his fourth bid for the presidency, Rotimi Amaechi said: “We will punish these people… They are banking on using security against us. We shall teach them lesson. We will fight with our body, with our lives because there must be change this time.” At the APC’s so-called Salvation Rally, Amaechi declared that the APC will form a parallel government if the 2015 election is rigged. This is disingenuous because everyone knows that the only way the APC will not insist the election is rigged is if it wins. Every election that the APC has won has been free and fair; but every election it has lost has been rigged. In effect, the APC is already threatening treasonable felony if it loses the forthcoming presidential election. Queried about this stand, Lai Mohammed, the Publicity Secretary of the APC said that has been the stand of the APC since the Osun State gubernatorial election. In which case, had APC lost Osun it would have decided to create mayhem. Lai Mohammed declared: “Let us remind the presidency, in case it has forgotten, that election fraud triggered a civil war in Algeria in the early 1990s, led to the killing of over 1,000 people in post-election riots in Kenya in 2007/2008 and fired a near revolution in Iran in 2009/2010.” By Femi Aribisala http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/afraid-goodluck-jonathan-1/ 5 Likes |
| Politics › Re: The Failed Elder Called Obasanjo - Abdul Falade by Goddex: 11:14am On Dec 02, 2014 |
[size=15pt]Hm![/size] |
| Travel › Re: Abuja-kaduna Standard Gauge Railway Completed by Goddex: 11:01am On Dec 02, 2014 |
[size=13pt]. . . and somebody feels he can brainwash me with propaganda to turn my back on the best government in Nigeria.[/size] 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: GEJ Refused To Sign 120 Bills From National Assembly Into Law by Goddex: 6:24am On Dec 02, 2014*. Modified: 6:48am On Dec 02, 2014 |
[size=13pt]I doubt this. How long has The Petroleum Industry Bill been lying with National Assembly? Has our National Assembly passed upto 120 bills in the last 4yrs of GEJ in power? I doubt this[/size] 10 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: BREAKING: Court Grants PDP Leave For Motion To Vacate Speaker Tambuwal’s Seat . by Goddex: 6:06pm On Dec 01, 2014 |
I'll be back |
| Politics › Re: Will Meeting Boko Haram's Demands Bring Peace To The North? If Not, What Will? by Goddex: 12:06am On Dec 01, 2014 |
What really are the Boko Haram demands? |
| Education › Re: Fayose Reduces Tuition Fees, Introduces Flexible Payments In Ekiti University by Goddex: 10:19pm On Nov 30, 2014 |
This is just the begining. Weldone Mr Gov |
| Politics › Re: Photos Of Gov. Ayo Fayose Clearing Dirt In A Drainage During Sanitation Exercise by Goddex: 5:34am On Nov 30, 2014 |
Leaders should lead by example Weldone Gov Ayo Fayose 4 Likes |
| Politics › Re: We Never Booed President Jonathan And Governor Fayose.... OAU Students by Goddex: 9:14pm On Nov 29, 2014 |
The janjaweeeds and lies They will always be exposed this way 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: PVC: Fashola, Wife’s Name Missing At Polling Unit by Goddex: 5:54am On Nov 29, 2014 |
ionsman:APC are noise makers. The issues where there in all the states |
| Politics › Re: PVC: Fashola, Wife’s Name Missing At Polling Unit by Goddex: 5:47am On Nov 29, 2014 |
Some media outfits are so sensational in their reportage. INEC had clarified this earlier by stating that the data of some centers are corrupt and that voters from that center will need to register afresh. That incuded the center where Fashola and his wife registered. The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday failed to distribute Permanent Voter Cards at the Ward G3, State Junior Secondary School, the polling unit where the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and his wife, Abimbola, registered. It was learnt that some INEC ad-hoc staff had earlier pasted a notice to notify voters who had registered in the two wards on Itolo Street that they had no PVC. The commission said the voters would have to register afresh at a later date. The notice pasted at the entrance of the school read, “We regret to inform you that those who registered in this polling unit do not have Permanent Voter Cards. Please come back between 3rd and 8th of December 2014 for fresh registration.” Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, attributed the development to loss of data arising from the crash of their computing system. “Yes, some of the data captured during the registration in 2010 crashed. This was the reason we lost about 1.4 million data for voters. We are embarking on fresh registration for them and others who were unable to register in the 2010 registration.” Fashola had yet to react to the development http://www.punchng.com/news/pvc-inec-says-fashola-others-must-re-register/ 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Picture Of GEJ In Suit As A Young Boy With Swag. by Goddex: 4:45am On Nov 29, 2014 |
Hahahaha . . . . . old school swags |
| Politics › Re: Amaechi's Police Kill 10 Protesting Youths In Rivers by Goddex: 10:31am On Nov 28, 2014 |
I watched the lifeless body of one of the victims on TV yesterday. It's terrible. |
| Politics › Re: I Was An Apc Supporter But Not Any More. by Goddex: 10:25am On Nov 28, 2014 |
OP, welcome home. The APC are are a bunch of rougues 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: You’ll Go In 2015, APC Leaders Tell Jonathan by Goddex: 6:32am On Nov 28, 2014 |
[size=20pt]Say NO to Janjaweeeds[/size] |
| Politics › Re: 63 Senators Back Plan To Impeach Jonathan by Goddex: 6:23am On Nov 28, 2014*. Modified: 9:22am On Nov 28, 2014 |
[size=14pt]The so called impeachment is only in the media? Why are the so called 63 senators faceless? I'll laugh at APC if they fail ti carry it out.[/size] 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: 2015: Jonathan’ll Sweep Poll In South West – Survey by Goddex: 1:51pm On Nov 27, 2014 |
Buhari and his blood sucking Almajiri's must allow peace to reign |
| Politics › Re: APC Cloning Voter Cards, PDP Insists by Goddex: 11:10am On Nov 27, 2014 |
APC are crooks |
| Politics › Re: Igp Refused To Recognise Tambuwal As Speaker by Goddex: 9:44pm On Nov 26, 2014 |
[size=14pt]Tamuwal seizes to be speaker! Can't the Janjaweeeds get this into their skull?[/size] 5 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Bombs Jonathan Again: Your Evil Actions Destroying Nigeria by Goddex: 2:12pm On Nov 26, 2014 |
[size=14pt]OBJ is practically describing himself[/size] 5 Likes |
| Politics › Re: BREAKING: President’s “evil” Actions Destroying Nigerian democracy - Obasanjo. by Goddex: 2:06pm On Nov 26, 2014 |
[size=14pt]OBJ is practically describing himself[/size] 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Federal Revenue Allocation: Five Highest And Lowest Paid States by Goddex: 1:53pm On Nov 26, 2014 |
[size=14pt]OP is a liar!!! I have the paper here with me and will post the correct thing[/size] |
| Politics › A Violent Party Caught Cloning Voters Cards Can Never Rule Nigeria - PDP by Goddex(op): 1:49pm On Nov 26, 2014 |
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned against further deliberate, unwarranted and sustained vicious attacks on the person and office of the President, the institutions of democracy and the unity of the nation by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). Its national publicity, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Tuesday said the PDP would no longer fold its hands while the desperate desire of the APC for power unchains undisciplined impulses and actions posing a threat to the very survival of democracy and the nation. It reads: “The PDP has been watching carefully as the rank and file of the APC, the governors, party leaders, presidential hopefuls and even sidekicks run amok, competing in a heavily subjective castigation of President Goodluck Jonathan with incendiary utterances, signposting its plans for the dastardly when it loses in next year’s general elections. “However, patriotism, the cardinal value of our great party, indeed, the price of our custodianship of the mandate of over 160 million Nigerians calls for vigilance, maturity and responsibility, hence our restraints in the face of the naked lies and recklessness of the APC. “We had thought that the silver hair of its top leaders would caution the thoughtless delinquency of its youngsters. Unfortunately, the recklessness of the old is in competition with the imprudence of the young. What a shame the APC has turned!”, the statement said. Continuing the party said, “Our decent political campaigns focusing on the achievements of our party at various levels of government should have served as a pointer to the APC on the need to maintain political decorum and primacy of national interest in the build-up to the forthcoming elections. “It is, however, unfortunate that the APC has refused to shed its penchant for lies, deceit, propaganda, violence and blackmail as the center piece of their agenda and message to Nigerians. “This disposition has led the APC to work in cahoots with the enemies of Nigeria in an attempt to wreck our democracy and throw the nation into chaos, hence the urgency of the need to warn that ‘enough is now enough.” “We know that the aim of the APC is to set the stage for violence, instill fear in Nigerians, discourage them from actively participating in the electoral process thereby giving room for them to perpetrate all manners of electoral malpractices (as evidenced by their cloning of the Permanent Voters Cards) which is the only way they may hope to achieve political power in Nigeria. This position is reinforced by their constant threat to cause violent pandemonium when they lose the elections. “Recall that today’s leaders of the APC had while contesting on different platforms in 2011, issued such threats and went ahead to precipitate an unprecedented electoral violence in which hundreds of innocent Nigerians lost their lives, yet, the same election was adjudged by local and international observers as the most credible in our recent history” “One must then ask. Is violence and inflammatory statements the manifesto of the APC? Is plotting against the oneness of the nation the party’s article of faith? Is the never-ending attempt to ridicule the highest office in the land a credo and an explanation of the alternative the APC is flaunting?” PDP said Nigerians may recall that on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at Ilorin, Kwara State, the APC leaders with their Governors, converging for their usual revelry and self-indulging insults, delegated themselves and self styled national leader to take stupidity to its apogee by asking President Jonathan to resign. “On November 19, APC leaders unfurled the much pinched wrap by declaring that they would lead a rebellion against President Jonathan and install a parallel government should APC lose next year’s presidential election. “In less than 24 hours, the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun on November 21, on a live NTA morning programme, admitted that the APC knew what he called genuine leaders of Boko Haram and went childish by accusing the President of deliberately allowing insurgents take over the country”. The PDP statement further expressed concern that the warning last week by security experts that some opposition leaders may be planning to intensify mayhem against Nigerians to justify their only campaign point, which is insecurity, may not be unrelated to the increased spate of bombings following the declaration of President Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election. It also said that one of the deductions Nigerians would easily make from the unfolding scenario was that the APC had neither an agenda nor an issue to offer. “Nigerians have waited for too long for the APC’s roadmap with convention after convention (two in less than a month) producing only humbug, claptrap and a regurgitation of worn-out, anachronistic clichés. “It is therefore clear that the APC is not preparing for elections, rather actively planning to scheme itself into power in 2015 using violent uprising as replacement for peaceful polls. “Nevertheless, we wish to assure all Nigerians that the PDP is not willing to kowtow the APC in this road to infamy but will remain focused in jealously protecting the interest of the nation while serving and confidently campaigning and marketing its manifesto to Nigerians,” the party said. |
| Politics › Re: Hilarious!!! See Whom Is Contesting For Governor Of Kano State by Goddex: 12:31pm On Nov 26, 2014 |
It's a shame really. Imagine the caliber of men in the APC |
| Politics › Re: Is Nairaland Inciting Nigerians Against The Apc? by Goddex: 11:12am On Nov 26, 2014 |
[size=13pt]Nairaland is more pro-APC. If we (GEJ supporters) begin to pick those little biases against GEJ on this forum, well . . . Besides, various characters in that party have long demonized the APC[/size] 19 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: President Jonathan Commissions Ahmadu Bello Int'l Airport, Kebbi (PHOTOS) by Goddex: 11:07am On Nov 26, 2014 |
[size=14pt]PDP governors are moving ahead while some bunch of noise makers in APC are busy plotting evil[/size] |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Returns Presidential Form, Calls For Unity by Goddex: 4:55pm On Nov 25, 2014 |
He will fail again woefully |
| Politics › Re: Write Boko Haram To Stop Attacks, Oritsejafor Tells Sultan - by Goddex: 10:13pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
That is why the APC janjaweeeds hate this man. He tells them Boko Haram sponsors the raw truth They tried to frame him up as a gun runner but failed woefully. Whom God has blessed no man van cause. Ride on, man of God 7 Likes |
| Politics › Re: APC Cloning Voter Cards, PDP Insists by Goddex: 10:10pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Obiagelli:Olisa is not Liar Muhammed that talks carelessly. Sorry, APC were caught in the act 24 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: You're Not Qualified To Assess Jonathan - Yoruba Group Lambasts Obasanjo by Goddex: 9:34pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
I luv Jonathan but I hate talking bad about Obasanjo. I'll reserve my comment |
| Politics › Re: Is This What Transformation Looks Like? (pics) by Goddex: 2:04pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
aresa:Oga, some of you don't ever travel out. somebody just showed you a 10 lanes expressway in Abuja built by GEJ There are two of such long stretched extremely beautiful roads See examples:
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