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Jos crisis: I went through hell as Governor – Jang
On May 27, 2011 · In News

Jos - Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau has disclosed that he went through “hell” as the Chief Executive of the State in the last few years due to the incessant Jos crises.

“I fought the civil war from the beginning to the end but I never saw anything like what we went through in the last two and half years of my administration.

“There would be no problem before you went to bed only for you to be woken up to hear that there was an attack here and there,” Jang said on Thursday at a dinner with his out-gone political appointees.

The Governor said at some point, he had contemplated leaving the PDP for his opponents if only that would bring peace back to the State in view of alleged politicisation of the crisis.

“But God said don’t go anywhere but remain in PDP and he would see me through the 2011. It was at that point I made up my mind to stand till the end, if I perish, I perish.”

Jang said that he acknowledged the hand of God in his victory at the 2011 Governorship poll after he fought “eight political Goliaths” and emerged victorious over them.

“If not God, how can eight people fighting against me buy nomination forms for N5 million each but didn’t know when God made them to forfeit it and left for other political parties?

“Anyone in this country who doesn’t believe that there is God should come to Plateau and he will see God,” he said.

The Governor expressed optimism that the crisis in the State was now over in view of the calm that had returned in the past few months.

He also said that he had forgiven his “enemies”.

Jang, who was accompanied by his wife, Talatu, commended her for the “strategic roles” she played in his administration, describing her as “a dependable pillar”.

Giving insights into her influence, Jang said, “At a point I wanted to remove Sarah (Yusuf, the Commissioner for Women Affairs) but my wife said no way”.

He also expressed gratitude to the out-gone team for standing by him throughout his trying moments, saying that his joy was that they had impacted on the lives of Plateau people.

He regretted that some of those he brought on board with him at inception “abandoned” him at his most trying moment and urged those who stood till the end to sustain the relationship.

He noted that his administration was the only one in the country that kept the same set of Commissioners for four years despite “compelling reasons” to change some of them.

“I believe in keeping with the principle of opening up the democratic space. Therefore, it is not possible for all of you to come back but some of you may be called upon when needed.”

Jang said that he was poised to training a young generation of leaders to take over from his administration.

He said that a situation whereby some people wanted to get appointments for life was not healthy for democracy.

According to him, all the severance allowances of the out-gone appointees has been worked out and would be paid immediately.

“It is the first time in the history of the State,” the governor said.

Giving insights into the focus of the next term, Jang said that the potentials of the Agricultural Services Training Centres (ASTC) would be harnessed with more vigour with a view to making farming the mainstay of Plateau economy.

He said the vehicles purchased by the administration to cushion the effect of the soon-to-be-implemented ban on commercial motorcyclists, would be distributed to the youth on loan.

Jang had, at a valedictory Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, dissolved the Council, Special Advisers and Boards. (NAN)

you mean Obasanjo spent that sum for Yar'adua!Normally the person in power is the one who can authorize such spending during hand-over.Because such spending are done before any hand over of authority!
Lastly Obasanjo tenure and south Africa are not similar or replicate of current events.Meanings things are worst here and now.So we have more problems in our hands.While during Obasanjo all seems plenty cos of privatization,crude oil price and a more corrupt government,with Nigerians ignorant of there rights to better living.
This time around people just woke up brother and it is time to stop such reckless spendings.Its gone on for a very long time under failing educational standards,poor housing,heavy un-employment,decaying security and  health systems.So people are saying no this time.Once beaten , !Why spend so much in a day event.when you could do a lot more to save life and feed some people.have you being to the hospital lately.People die cos of 10,000 naira worth of surgery.Last i checked people were in need of money to do one surgery or the other .4million,1million and some even 500k!so i ask you again.How many of such life would half of that spending save? I mean 500million ? Again how many people would get master degree scholarships with that,at say 5mil a year.Okay how abut employment.Do you know how much i earn a year?less than 850k!that would make another additional 500 graduates get off the streets and busy doing something.
Enough is enough.No heavy spending is justified,while Nigerians suffer period!

make documents no burn abeg!!!!
There are court cases and tribunals in need of such documents!

Beaf:
Lol! Dude, when you attack people, they are bound to fight back. That is exactly what happened to the Muslims, they were killed in revenge for the wanton killing of Christians; something they are serially guilty of.

About laying the blame for Buhari's people killing Christians, Southerners and Middle Belters, thats about as ridiculous as it gets!
Did GEJ put the plan to commit mass murder in Buhari's mind? Did GEJ help Buhari send inciting text messages? Did GEJ get Buhari to send imams out to preach that he is a kafir and the enemy of Islam? Did GEJ train the 600 CPC almajiri murderer's that Buhari bailed this week? LOLZZ!!!

Oritsejafor is very right to condemn barbarism.

Are you saying all the attacked Muslim people were rightly attacked even when they were not part of it ? Is it that every single Muslim killed in the revenge attack actively took part or is in support of the killings?
If true then its only better the panel chairman be a christian.Reasons being based on your suggestion every Muslim is in on it.Including the PDP governors and all those traditional rulers who ever supported GEJ.I think your justification is lame BEAF!!!!!
Lastly my comments only went to differentiate the figures you keep claiming Not to justify who should be killed or if such victims deserve to die !!!!

GEJ and all security formations have failed in terms of security and no lying about it.If its the almajiris or Buhari or CPC or BEAFor Boko haram or MEND! why are they still not arrested and charged to court? Mr BEAF stop being bias about your judgement.Today you can not dispute the facts that alot of thugs and criminals roam freely.In our communities and around us we see criminals gain acceptance and relevance while the law abiding is scared to talk or complain when cheated.
I tell you in other countries the security doesn't need GEJ's approval to act.Its in the books and they know what they must do.In any case they fail to tackle the issue.GEJ as chief security officer of the country he should act to ensure the nations mechanism of law is functional.To say buhari could do all this and the president of the federation with all at his disposal could not prevent it is just similar to the 50th anniversary bombing.
independence day bombing-Prior treat detected and rumored (1 week ahead) and finally carried out .Suspects detained and released(dokpesi).Witness accusations dumped and discredited without investigation(in the case of henry okah).
So how is the security working under GEJ government?Forget sentiments.The nation and its national are under treat!its the duty of the Government and people wearing uniforms to ensure and preserve security period! Today i think if Buhari swore allegiance to PDP and accept GEJ all the troubles will go.Trust PDP/GEJ. Its not about the nation,its always about politics.

Luke 19:27 (King James Version)

27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

GE 34:13-29 The Israelites kill Hamor, his son, and all the men of their village, taking as plunder their wealth, cattle, wives and children.

GE 6:11-17, 7:11-24 God is unhappy with the wickedness of man and decides to do something about it. He kills every living thing on the face of the earth other than Noah's family and thereby makes himself the greatest mass murderer in history.

GE 19:26 God personally sees to it that Lot's wife is turned to a pillar of salt (for having looked behind her while fleeing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah).

GE 38:9 ",  whenever he lay with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother. What he did was wicked , , so the Lord put him to death."

EX 2:12 Moses murders an Egyptian.

EX 7:1, 14, 9:14-16, 10:1-2, 11:7 The purpose of the devastation that God brings to the Egyptians is as follows:
to show that he is Lord;
to show that there is none like him in all the earth;
to show his great power;
to cause his name to be declared throughout the earth;
to give the Israelites something to talk about with their children;
to show that he makes a distinction between Israel and Egypt.

EX 9:22-25 A plague of hail from the Lord strikes down everything in the fields of Egypt both man and beast except in Goshen where the Israelites reside.

EX 12:29 The Lord kills all the first-born in the land of Egypt.

EX 17:13 With the Lord's approval, Joshua mows down Amalek and his people.

EX 21:20-21 With the Lord's approval, a slave may be beaten to death with no punishment for the perpetrator as long as the slave doesn't die too quickly.

EX 32:27 "Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

EX 32:27-29 With the Lord's approval, the Israelites slay 3000 men.

LE 26:7-8 The Lord promises the Israelites that, if they are obedient, their enemies will "fall before your sword."

LE 26:22 "I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children."

LE 26:29, DT 28:53, JE 19:9, EZ 5:8-10 As a punishment, the Lord will cause people to eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and fathers and friends.

LE 27:29 Human sacrifice is condoned. (Note: An example is given in JG 11:30-39)

NU 11:33 The Lord smites the people with a great plague.

NU 12:1-10 God makes Miriam a leper for seven days because she and Aaron had spoken against Moses.

NU 15:32-36 A Sabbath breaker (who had gathered sticks for a fire) is stoned to death at the Lord's command.

NU 16:27-33 The Lord causes the earth to open and swallow up the men and their households (including wives and children) because the men had been rebellious.

NU 16:35 A fire from the Lord consumes 250 men.

NU 16:49 A plague from the Lord kills 14,700 people.

NU 21:3 The Israelites utterly destroy the Canaanites.

NU 21:6 Fiery serpents, sent by the Lord, kill many Israelites.

NU 21:35 With the Lord's approval, the Israelites slay Og ",  and his sons and all his people, until there was not one survivor left , "

NU 25:4 (KJV) "And the Lord said unto Moses, take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun , "

NU 25:8 "He went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly."

NU 25:9 24,000 people die in a plague from the Lord.

NU 31:9 The Israelites capture Midianite women and children.

NU 31:17-18 Moses, following the Lord's command, orders the Israelites to kill all the Midianite male children and ",  every woman who has known man , " (Note: How would it be determined which women had known men? One can only speculate.)
NU 31:17-18 Moses, following the Lord's command, orders the Israelites to kill all the Midianite male children and ",  every woman who has known man , " (Note: How would it be determined which women had known men? One can only speculate.)

NU 31:31-40 32,000 virgins are taken by the Israelites as booty. Thirty-two are set aside (to be sacrificed?) as a tribute for the Lord.

DT 2:33-34 The Israelites utterly destroy the men, women, and children of Sihon.

DT 3:6 The Israelites utterly destroy the men, women, and children of Og.

DT 7:2 The Lord commands the Israelites to "utterly destroy" and shown "no mercy" to those whom he gives them for defeat.

DT 20:13-14 "When the Lord delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the males ,  As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves."

DT 20:16 "In the cities of the nations the Lord is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes."

DT 21:10-13 With the Lord's approval, the Israelites are allowed to take "beautiful women" from the enemy camp to be their captive wives. If, after sexual relations, the husband has "no delight" in his wife, he can simply let her go.

DT 28:53 "You will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you."

JS 1:1-9, 18 Joshua receives the Lord's blessing for all the bloody endeavors to follow.

JS 6:21-27 With the Lord's approval, Joshua destroys the city of Jericho men, women, and children with the edge of the sword.

JS 7:19-26 Achan, his children and his cattle are stoned to death because Achan had taken a taboo thing.

JS 8:22-25 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly smites the people of Ai, killing 12,000 men and women, so that there were none who escaped.

JS 10:10-27 With the help of the Lord, Joshua utterly destroys the Gibeonites.

JS 10:28 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the people of Makkedah.

JS 10:30 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the Libnahites.

JS 10:32-33 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the people of Lachish.

JS 10:34-35 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the Eglonites.

JS 10:36-37 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the Hebronites.

JS 10:38-39 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the Debirites.

JS 10:40 (A summary statement.) "So Joshua defeated the whole land , ; he left none remaining, but destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded."

JS 11:6 The Lord orders horses to be hamstrung. (Exceedingly cruel.)

JS 11:8-15 "And the lord gave them into the hand of Israel, , utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed , "

JS 11:20 "For it was the Lord's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be utterly destroyed, and should receive no mercy but be exterminated, as the Lord commanded Moses."

JS 11:21-23 Joshua utterly destroys the Anakim.

JG 1:4 With the Lord's support, Judah defeats 10,000 Canaanites at Bezek.

JG 1:6 With the Lord's approval, Judah pursues Adoni-bezek, catches him, and cuts off his thumbs and big toes.

JG 1:8 With the Lord's approval, Judah smites Jerusalem.

JG 1:17 With the Lord's approval, Judah and Simeon utterly destroy the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath.

JG 3:29 The Israelites kill about 10,000 Moabites.

JG 3:31 (A restatement.) Shamgar killed 600 Philistines with an oxgoad.

JG 4:21 Jael takes a tent stake and hammers it through the head of Sisera, fastening it to the ground.

JG 7:19-25 The Gideons defeat the Midianites, slay their princes, cut off their heads, and bring the heads back to Gideon.

JG 8:15-21 The Gideons slaughter the men of Penuel.

JG 9:5 Abimalech murders his brothers.

JG 9:45 Abimalech and his men kill all the people in the city.

JG 9:53-54 "A woman dropped a stone on his head and cracked his skull. Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, 'Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can't say a woman killed me.' So his servant ran him through, and he died."

JG 11:29-39 Jepthah sacrifices his beloved daughter, his only child, according to a vow he has made with the Lord.

JG 14:19 The Spirit of the Lord comes upon a man and causes him to slay thirty men.

JG 15:15 Samson slays 1000 men with the jawbone of an backside.

JG 16:21 The Philistines gouge out Samson's eyes.

JG 16:27-30 Samson, with the help of the Lord, pulls down the pillars of the Philistine house and causes his own death and that of 3000 other men and women.

JG 18:27 The Danites slay the quiet and unsuspecting people of Laish.

JG 19:22-29 A group of sexual depraved men beat on the door of an old man's house demanding that he turn over to them a male house guest. Instead, the old man offers his virgin daughter and his guest's concubine (or wife): "Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine; let me bring them out now. Ravish them and do with them what seems good to you; but against this man do not do so vile a thing." The man's concubine is ravished and dies. The man then cuts her body into twelve pieces and sends one piece to each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

JG 20:43-48 The Israelites smite 25,000+ "men of valor" from amongst the Benjamites, "men and beasts and all that they found," and set their towns on fire.

JG 21:10-12 ",  Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword and; also the women and little ones,  every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy." They do so and find four hundred young virgins whom they bring back for their own use.

1SA 4:10 The Philistines slay 30,000 Israelite foot soldiers.

1SA 5:6-9 The Lord afflicts the Philistines with tumors in their "secret parts," presumably for having stolen the Ark.

1SA 6:19 God kills seventy men (or so) for looking into the Ark (at him?). (Note: The early Israelites apparently thought the Ark to be God's abode.)

1SA 7:7-11 Samuel and his men smite the Philistines.

1SA 11:11 With the Lord's blessing, Saul and his men cut down the Ammonites.

1SA 14:31 Jonathan and his men strike down the Philistines.

1SA 14:48 Saul smites the Amalekites.

1SA 15:3, 7-8 "This is what the Lord says: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and backside , ' And Saul ,  utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword."

1SA 15:33 "Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord , "

1SA 18:7 The women sing as they make merry: "Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands."

1SA 18:27 David murders 200 Philistines, then cuts off their foreskins.

1SA 30:17 David smites the Amalekites.

2SA 2:23 Abner kills Asahel.

2SA 3:30 Joab and Abishai kill Abner.

2SA 4:7-8 Rechan and Baanah kill Ish-bosheth, behead him, and take his head to David.

2SA 4:12 David has Rechan and Baanah killed, their hands and feet cut off, and their bodies hanged by the pool at Hebron.

2SA 5:25 "And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines , "

2SA 6:2-23 Because she rebuked him for having exposed himself, Michal (David's wife) was barren throughout her life.

2SA 8:1-18 (A listing of some of David's murderous conquests.)

2SA 8:4 David hamstrung all but a few of the horses.

2SA 8:5 David slew 22,000 Syrians.

2SA 8:6, 14 "The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went."

2SA 8:13 David slew 18,000 Edomites in the valley of salt and made the rest slaves.

2SA 10:18 David slew 47,000+ Syrians.

2SA 11:14-27 David has Uriah killed so that he can marry Uriah's wife, Bathsheba.

2SA 12:1, 19 The Lord strikes David's child dead for the sin that David has committed.

2SA 13:1-15 Amnon loves his sister Tamar, despoils her, then hates her.

2SA 13:28-29 Absalom has Amnon murdered.

2SA 18:6 -7 20,000 men are slaughtered at the battle in the forest of Ephraim.

2SA 18:15 Joab's men murder Absalom.

2SA 20:10-12 Joab's men murder Amasa and leave him ",  wallowing in his own blood in the highway. And anyone who came by, seeing him, stopped."

2SA 24:15 The Lord sends a pestilence on Israel that kills 70,000 men.

1KI 2:24-25 Solomon has Adonijah murdered.

1KI 2:29-34 Solomon has Joab murdered.

1KI 2:46 Solomon has Shime-i murdered.

1KI 13:15-24 A man is killed by a lion for eating bread and drinking water in a place where the Lord had previously told him not to. This is in spite of the fact that the man had subsequently been lied to by a prophet who told the man that an angel of the Lord said that it would be alright to eat and drink there.

1KI 20:29-30 The Israelites smite 100,000 Syrian soldiers in one day. A wall falls on 27,000 remaining Syrians.

2KI 1:10-12 Fire from heaven comes down and consumes fifty men.

2KI 2:23-24 Forty-two children are mauled and killed, presumably according to the will of God, for having jeered at a man of God.

2KI 5:27 Elisha curses Gehazi and his descendants forever with leprosy.

2KI 6:18-19 The Lord answers Elisha's prayer and strikes the Syrians with blindness. Elisha tricks the blind Syrians and leads them to Samaria.

2KI 6:29 "So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day I said to her, 'Give up your son so we may eat him,' but she had hidden him."

2KI 9:24 Jehu tricks and murders Joram.

2KI 9:27 Ahaziah has Jehu killed.

2KI 9:30-37 Jehu has Jezebel killed. Her body is trampled by horses. Dogs eat her flesh so that only her skull, feet, and the palms of her hands remain.

2KI 10:7 Jehu has Ahab's seventy sons beheaded, then sends the heads to their father.

2KI 10:14 Jehu has forty-two of Ahab's kin killed.

2KI 10:17 "And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the Lord , "

2KI 10:19-27 Jehu uses trickery to massacre the Baal worshippers.

2KI 11:1 Athaliah destroys all the royal family.

2KI 14:5, 7 Amaziah kills his servants and then 10,000 Edomites.

2KI 15:3-5 Even though he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, the Lord smites Azariah with leprosy for not having removed the "high places."

2KI 15:16 Menahem ripped open all the women who were pregnant.

2KI 19:35 An angel of the Lord kills 185,000 men.

1CH 20:3 (KJV) "And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes."

2CH 13:17 500,000 Israelites are slaughtered.

2CH 21:4 Jehoram slays all his brothers.

PS 137:9 Happy will be the man who dashes your little ones against the stones.

PS 144:1 God is praised as the one who trains hands for war and fingers for battle.

IS 13:15 "Everyone who is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their ,  wives will be ravished."

IS 13:18 "Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children."

IS 14:21-22 "Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers."

IS 49:26 The Lord will cause the oppressors of the Israelite's to eat their own flesh and to become drunk on their own blood as with wine.

JE 16:4 "They shall die grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth."

LA 4:9-10 "Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food. ,  pitiful women have cooked their own children, who became their food , "

EZ 6:12-13 The Lord says: ",  they will fall by the sword, famine and plague. He that is far away will die of the plague, and he that is near will fall by the sword, and he that survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I spend my wrath upon them. And they will know I am the Lord, when the people lie slain among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak , "

EZ 9:4-6 The Lord commands: ",  slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women , "

EZ 20:26 In order that he might horrify them, the Lord allowed the Israelites to defile themselves through, amongst other things, the sacrifice of their first-born children.

EZ 21:3-4 The Lord says that he will cut off both the righteous and the wicked that his sword shall go against all flesh.

EZ 23:25, 47 God is going to slay the sons and daughters of those who were whores.

EZ 23:34 "You shall ,  pluck out your hair, and tear your bosoms."

HO 13:16 "They shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up."

MI 3:2-3 ",  who pluck off their skin , , and their flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron."

MT 3:12, 8:12, 10:21, 13:30, 42, 22:13, 24:51, 25:30, LK 13:28, JN 5:24 Some will spend eternity burning in Hell. There will be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth.

MT 10:21 ",  the brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and the father his child, ,  children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death."

MT 10:35-36 "For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law a man's enemies will be the members of his own family."

MT 11:21-24 Jesus curses €the inhabitants of› three cities who were not sufficiently impressed with his great works.

AC 13:11 Paul purposefully blinds a man (though not permanently).





John 5:30 (King James Version)

30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine? own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

John 16:12-14 (King James Version)

12I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you? things to come.

14He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

John 16:7 (King James? Version)

7Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
 
John 15:26 (King James Version)

26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the? Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

John 14:16 (King James Version)

16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he? may abide with you for ever;

Isaiah 29:12 (King James Version)

12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith,? I am not learned.
story of prophet Muhammad justifies this!

Jesus said hes not got any sprit of god:

Luke 24:39 (King James Version)

39Behold? my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

Jesus fell in worship like to God,
Luke 22:39-42 (King James Version)

39And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

40And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and? kneeled down, and prayed,

42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
 


Matthew 4:10 (King James Version)
10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him? only shalt thou serve.

Why didn't Jesus ask to be worshipped and why would the devil attempt to convince the son of god or god,His maker or son of his maker?



Mark 15:34 (King James Version)

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus? cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
So did jesus pray to him self then:


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Beaf:
They bera check his pockets for any lil bombs, grenades and pistols he might be carrying. That dude is one wild-eyed, crazy looking danger to the country.
The SSS should give him the same length of rope they will accord to Mr Lucifer.

How come GEJ invited him through the SGF. If he poses so much treat and danger to the gathering or presidency??
I bet you GEJ would have being happier, if only Buhari gave him an endorsement.All this accusations would have gone like the case of Dopkesi

Mr BEAF congrats sha!!! I pray GEJ runs things for good and you guys continue to advice him and not manage the truth 0n the state of the nation and solutions to fixing it abeg.Boys they suffer and security they tire person!!! GEJ congratulations!!!!

You said it all El-rufai !!! Nothing do you!!! Tell them as it comes

wesley80:
^^^ You mean accusations like 'i lost the election becos of what they changed in the Kamfuter' right?

Kamfuter,is that your ancestral home?

wesley80:
I hope they sniff his a$s for bombs. Them Boko haramites could be pretty ingenuous allbeit crude.

^^^I think you would do for a sniffer dog! So wipe your nose from sniffing some other ass and prepare to sniff some valid ass!

noblezone:
If the[b] Humble arrogant General [/b]honours the invitation, then perhaps there is hope that he is turning a new leaf. Naturally, he would consider it an insult and will not atttend.

Buhari can choose between attending and not attending.Its not by force.Buhari he has always honored GEJ invitation.Ramadan Dinner with GEJ,50 anniversary and alot more.So if he attends this or not its okay for all i care.he is entitled to it period and not to be bullied or intimidated by useless and baseless sentiments/accusations.

^^^^^seconded,what are the security operatives doing! Arrest the suspects. atleast you can keep common man without trial for months now.Do same to them until the inuagurations
Am from the north and in north!i dey wait for instruction from our commander! lol
Trash!anyway lets see what happens!!!!!RUBBBBBIIIIIIIIIISHHHHHHHHHHH

Beaf:
Ok, lets assume for the sake of brevity that Oritsejafor was quiet during the Ukpabio times. Does it sound logical that he should remain the same and be quiet when 800+ people are slaughtered?

Weak reasoning is no go good. It simply casts people as biased.

Every right thinking person will condemn the post election pogroms. It is grossly immoral to condemn a man who has taken a rightful stand.

Point of correction oga BEAF.The figure includes Muslims,maybe he should exclude the over 400 Muslims killed in Kaduna and other places.That then cuts your estimate to less than 500!The NSCIA should respond to that.Because it seems to me you put xtians as the only casualty to gain sympathy

For all i know it is purely the failure of security and government!Why pay security personal or incompetent leaders! The crisis in Nigeria and criminality is so increasing that i wonder if they ever learn from the past or change there approach to different scenarios. Some stupid leader calling himself chief security officer and some flying stupid ranks on there shoulders! No credit no resume of competence in the profile to prove there worth.

edoyad:
And remove your head from your a/ss mister. What does abuja airport in FCT have to do with Akintola ? The day Jonathan move the FCT to bonny island(which i hope he does), the people of north central can change the name from Zik to David Jang International Airport.

@calid, i understand what you're saying. May be the FG should consult with local people before naming places after so called national heroes

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=672223.msg8370968#msg8370968 date=1306066636]u joking right!

u would change the name to what!!!!!

it would remain nnamdi till we split[/quote] Jang is not Gwari is Berom! maybe Ladi kwali would be better, Mr edoyad we know jang is your mentor.You can name Jos Airport or southern Kaduna Da David Jonah Jang instead not other peoples property and lands!!!!!

calid16:
It is worrying, the last road in lagos before atlantic ocean is reach is called Ahmadu Bello why ? Why will Fashola not just change it Akintola road. Again international air port is called Murtala International, when the air port in kano is named AMINU KANO. Fashola must build new airport and name it MKO or lateef jakande if he cannot change the airport name to Awo international.

Okay it worries you or what?How would others feel that have similar names of other ethnic groups in there states.Streets and public buildings.Why are we constantly sinking into complete foolishness.In all that worries the country is street and public building naming that worries people here.

@OP
okay am all ears! am listening!

Its easy for some fools in the south to think its just about relocating the Northern Christians or they all go to war over religion.You are certainly wrong what of minority tribes with alot of Christians and Muslims.You think for instance i would watch my kinsmen split over religion and be like North and south Korea?
You so wrong you don't know shit.Alot of minority tribes from Plateau,Kogi,Katsina,Kaduna,Borno,Adamawa,Gombe,Benue,Nasarawa etc have mixed religious relatives and all that.So you mean they should part with there lands and people?
Like in my family we almost split across the two faiths,should then let my siblings or relatives migrate.Hell no! As much as the south loves to see a split,you may want to mind your own business and let everyone tackle his problems.Stop the fake worrying and thinking for us.The instigation of not ever being able to survive together is in your imagination.Alot of communities have survived with mixed religions in the north especially of same tribe.
It could be different across some tribes,especially the Typical Hausas.
Its never happened in my tribe and its well known that we tolerate each other.So stop making things look hopeless!

WE don hear jare!!!!! Haba,so how come other Hausas came to rescue them?were they identified as corpers?Who amongst you accertain the mental state of the Driver? Always jumping into hate mode and sentiment driven conclusions!!!!
Since the driver is in custody.Things have being made easy.get a lawyer or whatever to ensure the man is charged to court.shikaina!rather than spewing your long aged rotten resentments all over!

OKay please split the God damn country already!!!!!

So sad we have become so low in Nigeria and our hatred and sentiments speak volumes.Personally i would think the corper was only joking.He never would have meant any harm.
I am from the North and schooled in the south.My friends are mostly from the south and i bet you till today we still crack jokes about the violence and and security problems in Nigeria.They sometimes call me names and sometimes spend holidays at my place in the north. The Igbos we stroke them over Biafra,financial issues.The south south about militancy and kidnapping.The Yoruba about there fear and betrayal.For me they stroke me about the violence and Boko haram.Sometimes even associate me with the Taliban.
Despite all this,I like this guys and we keep ourselves politically sound sometimes before such jokes come into play.We've talked less about the late corpers. I think more respectfully cos we all share same sadness.I remember my Yoruba guy telling me about no single Northern corper serving in the southern part of Nigeria.i said where did all the University graduates from the Northern universities go?
People talk and its only fair not to always jump into conclusions.The thing with Nigeria now is that the south hates the North so much,We are meant to keep quiet.Why is that.
In short its like pouring tonnes of hate all over into the average northern mind every now and then.I assure you alot of Northern folks read and listen to the media.All they see is what the south thinks about us.HATE!!! HATE!!!! HATE!!!!!
For my friends,we have gone along way and i don't see us attacking each other.They are my brothers.I don't care whether you think i would someday wake up and kill them.Let my maker Judge my intentions for them and not some haters like some of you guys,
They are alot of liberal and friendly Northerners out there but the generalization and constant resentments and bad words only get some of them to also be guided by same sentiments over national issues.Lets try not to associate everybody but call specific names and group rather than region,religion,tribe etc.

So sad we have become so low in Nigeria and our hatred and sentiments speak volumes.Personally i would think the corper was only joking.He never would have meant any harm.
I am from the North and schooled in the south.My friends are mostly from the south and i bet you till today we still crack jokes about the violence and and security problems in Nigeria.They sometimes call me names and sometimes spend holidays at my place in the north. The Igbos we stroke them over Biafra,financial issues.The south south about militancy and kidnapping.The Yoruba about there fear and betrayal.For me they stroke me about the violence and Boko haram.Sometimes even associate me with the Taliban.
Despite all this,I like this guys and we keep ourselves politically sound sometimes before such jokes come into play.We've talked less about the late corpers. I think more respectfully cos we all share same sadness.I remember my Yoruba guy telling me about no single Northern corper serving in the southern part of Nigeria.i said where did all the University graduates from the Northern universities go?
People talk and its only fair not to always jump into conclusions.The thing with Nigeria now is that the south hates the North so much,We are meant to keep quiet.Why is that.
In short its like pouring tonnes of hate all over into the average northern mind every now and then.I assure you alot of Northern folks read and listen to the media.All they see is what the south thinks about us.HATE!!! HATE!!!! HATE!!!!!
For my friends,we have gone along way and i don't see us attacking each other.They are my brothers.I don't care whether you think i would someday wake up and kill them.Let my maker Judge my intentions for them and not some haters like some of you guys,
They are alot of liberal and friendly Northerners out there but the generalization and constant resentments and bad words only get some of them to also be guided by same sentiments over national issues.Lets try not to associate everybody but call specific names and group rather than region,religion,tribe etc.

I thought PDP had jettison/denied the zoning arrangement. Abeg PDP, stop calling silly meetings. Let the reps free themselves from appointed members and zoned position.Let the person of choice by numbers lead, period !

They can't even agree To sale us military hardware because they don't trust us.Under Obasanjo's leadership they scrapped both airforce and naval weapons supply to Nigeria over flimsy reasons.When we needed a strong navy they offered to patrol the niger delta instead.
The Airforce wanted new advance planes and the USA said no! 
Okay about our satellite, that got missing.Guess what they also didn't  want to help.The reason, they would only supply the satellite without training or any visit to witness the development by Nigerian engineers.Inshort only china agreed.I am into networking.Have you ever tried applying for the USA technology.They have technologies restricted by US law from being sold to others including Nigerians.
So i ask what do they want if they can't help us with just sales of the desired technology we need.Lastly of all the options they have in Africa why insist on Nigeria soooo long.over 10years.is it that they like our weather or Nigerians.The later can be answered by how they treat Nigerians everytime in the embassy,airports or in the US.
For all i care we should focus on education.then technology and development would come if we can be smarter.I say send us teachers from the USA if you speak the truth.so we develop our intellectual base.
Give us training and equip us.Above all share critical intelligence and be honest with us.Don't  be quick to forget Gen. Victor malu and the US spying.when they were slated to train our army for peace keeping.
The thing is they have just found use for us or better still they have found a hole in there defences and they need to plug the hole.Anywhere there Americans go,the terrorist follow.We should not let our place be the buffer zone in this war.North Africa and the gulf of guinea is all i see in there minds
People in the forum say we should do business? or try to explore terms and conditions to favour us! I dey laugh.How many times have we beaten them to that in all our encounters.We always follow to the deteriment of the nation.What is it we've being able to do in the oil sector, where they are key as far as Nigerian oil is concerned.You can't even try an American citizen for killing a National in places like Japan,Pakistan etc. Na Nigeria go do shit.
Abeg the odds are against us and doesnt favour us.Like someone rightly stated.Its not about letting them in,Its about when you want them out!
We can't drive shell,i wonder when America dey!Even a Nigerian wanna ba president go get clearance from them to have an ambition.

^^^
why create campuses outside zaria ? 
You don't like the fact its in Zaria or what?
without it people like Sanusi and Muhtar would be no where.So i say good job to ABU and more to come from the North atleast!

Keyamo Questions Jonathan's Victory
Wed May, 18 2011
http://www.thetimesofnigeria.com/Article.aspx?id=3298
By Fesus Keyamo

Permit me to wholeheartedly thank the organisers of this event for having considered me worthy enough to stand before you to say a few things to mark this day. It was only a few days ago that my friend and brother, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari informed me that I have been chosen to say some things on this occasion. He duly informed me that the topic would be “Goodluck Jonathan and the expectations of Nigerians”.

It is so apposite that today, being a day set aside to celebrate the life and times of Isaac Adaka Boro, we are discussing Goodluck Jonathan, the first person (whether military or civilian) from the South-South extraction to become President and Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. There is no gain-saying the fact that the central theme of the life and times of Isaac Adaka Boro was the struggle against the marginalisation and oppression of the minorities from the South-South region especially the Ijaw nation. He was prepared to live and die for that cause.

Coincidentally, it was the same time in history that Adaka Boro lived and died for his people that Martin Luther King also lived and died for his race in America . Curiously, it is now the same period in history that the dream of Martin Luther King to have one of his own (a black man) become the President of America on the principle of equality that he preached, that one of the dreams of Isaac Adaka Boro which is the emergence of an Ijaw man, (a minority) to become the President of Nigeria has also materialised.

It is because of this long wait for the presidency and long- suffering of the people of the South-South region that it has become almost impracticable for Jonathan to do any wrong in the eyes of some of our people from the South-South region. That is why it is so difficult to criticise your own brother or blood in public. People would normally expect you to make such matters a family affair. Hence, this topic given to me today is a difficult one from the point of sentiments, but an easy one from the stand point of truth and statistics. So my brothers here today must forgive me if I appear too hard on the side of truth and honesty in assessing Goodluck Jonathan.

The sentiments that preceded the emergence of Jonathan as President when a cabal that was beholden to the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua treated him so shabbily as Vice-president and tried to prevent him from wielding executive powers, coupled with his minority status that gives him the character of an underdog in a shark infested political environment, are the major twin reasons he has enjoyed some level of sympathetic support and consideration from political bystanders and even from normally critical sections of the country.

However, let me warn that this is where the danger lies, that is, if we treat the administration of Goodluck Jonathan with kid gloves because of these sentiments mentioned above and especially because he is one of us from the South-South region. I think it is enough of the holiday Jonathan has enjoyed from the critical section of the country. If we turn the blind eye and a deaf hear when we see evil and hear evil under the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, we shall have no moral basis to mount any crusade in future against bad governments if the heads of those governments happen to be from other parts of the country. There is also a danger of allowing a government rest on its oars if we do not put it on its toes. Therefore, this is a clarion call to all of us not to ethnicise corruption and bad government under the administration of Goodluck Jonathan. Because, really, shorn of these sentiments I mentioned earlier, Goodluck Jonathan is really not a breath of fresh air that he professes to be. He is same of the same. These are my reasons:

Goodluck Jonathan has been a top member of the PDP since the return to democracy in 1999. He was first Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State , and later Governor, then Vice-president, then Acting President and finally President. All these positions are some of the highest positions given to him by the ruling party since 1999. So Goodluck Jonathan cannot claim not to have been part of the rigging machine of the ruling party and mal-administration of the ruling party since 1999 till date. When it is convenient, they tell us that Goodluck Jonathan has a lot of experience that even that of Atiku Abubakar could not match his own, and when it is not convenient, he distances himself from other politicians and they tell us that he is a breath of fresh air. How fresh that air is, I don’t know. Yet, because he is one of us, we are told that we must accept him and tolerate him. We have no choice.

Festus Keyamo

Two, if we are angry at Obasanjo for sending soldiers to kill hundreds of innocent lives in Odi and Benue State during his tenure under the guise of looking for some militants or miscreants, what can we say about Goodluck Jonathan who ordered soldiers to invade the Ijaw village of Ayakoromo in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State immediately he became President last year to kill, maim and burn the houses of innocent souls?. And even last week Thursday, May 12, 2011, Goodluck Jonathan again, ordered troops back to Ayakoromo village and in the guise of looking for John Togo, an acclaimed Militant, properties were again destroyed and innocent lives were lost. What a breath of fresh air indeed! Yet we are told that we must accept him and we must tolerate him because he is one of our own

Three, if we accuse previous Government of condoning corruption, what has Goodluck Jonathan done about those high ranking public officers that have been accused and investigated for corruption and corrupt practices and yet Goodluck Jonathan have not done anything about them. For instance, I have openly accused the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde, of forging all his Certificates to become the Comptroller-General of Customs, which accusations and claims have been confirmed by the Institutions concerned by their refusal to confirm that he attended them and obtained those degrees, yet Goodluck Jonathan has turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to this issue because the Comptroller-General of Customs is an in-law to the wife of his late boss, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. In fact, in order to appease Jonathan and to thank him for condoning him, the Comptroller-General of Customs recently commissioned a whole housing scheme in Abuja for Customs officers and named it after Goodluck Jonathan.

The present Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, has also been investigated by various security agencies for corruption, yet the President has prevented his trial for corruption because of political consideration. That is why when Bankole accepted his woeful defeat in my mother’s State, Ogun State , I said that is not the end of the matter. He must still account for all his misdeeds whilst in office. In shielding him from prosecution, Goodluck Jonathan has shown us that he is a breath of fresh air, indeed! Yet, we are told that we must accept him and we must tolerate him because he is one of our own.

Four, let us not forget also that Goodluck Jonathan cannot claim to be a fresh of breath air because the election that produced him as Vice President (which placed him in the pole position he was to become President at the death of President Yar’Adua) is still adjudged till tomorrow to be one of the worst elections the world has ever seen. Therefore, Goodluck Jonathan cannot claim to find himself where he is today without mentioning one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated against the masses of this country. Yet when he became President finally through that fraudulent process, we were told we had to accept and tolerate him because he is one of us.

Five, one of the greatest conspiracies of silence we have witnessed of recent and one of the greatest lie we have been told is that the 2011 election that has produced Goodluck Jonathan as President was totally free, fair and credible. Whilst it is true that there was a slight improvement to that election conducted by Prof. Maurice Iwu in 2007, if you look strictly at the statistics, you will discover that fundamentally the little improvement was not commensurate with the N87billion we spent trying to restart the electoral process and is not worth the innocent lives that were needlessly lost in the post election violence. Let us look at some of the statistics:

In the 2003 Presidential election, the registered voters were 60,823,022. The purported voters’ turnout was 42,018,735 which represented 69.1% of the total voters. Meanwhile, PDP scored 24,456,140 which is 61.94% of the total votes cast. However, the 2003 election was adjudged to be heavily flawed and was condemned by both local and international observers.

In the 2007 Presidential election, the number of registered voters were 61,567,036 whilst the purported voters’ turnout was 58%. PDP scored 24,638,063 which was 69.60% of the total votes cast. That was the election we said was the worst in the history of Nigeria .

Now, in the 2011 Presidential election, the total number of registered voters was 73,528,040 and the purported voters’ turnout was nearly 54% which is just 4% less than that of 2007. And Goodluck Jonathan of PDP this time scored (or was allocated) 22,495,187 which is just less than two million of the votes Yar’Adua was given in 2007.

It is also laughable to come to terms with the percentage of votes the PDP secured in the South-South and the South-Eastern States . These are the figures:



1. In Anambra State, PDP scored 1,145,169 which is 98.96% of the total votes cast.

2. In Enugu State, PDP scored 802,144 which is 98.54% of the total votes cast.

3. In Akwa Ibom State, PDP scored 1,165,629 which is 94.58% of the total votes cast.

4. In Imo State, PDP scored 1,381,357 which is 97.98% of the total votes cast.

5. In Ebonyi State, PDP scored 480,592 which is 95.57% of the total votes cast.

6. In Bayelsa State, PDP scored 504,811 which is 99.63% of the total votes cast.

7. In Abia State, PDP scored 1,175,984 which is 98.96% of the total votes cast.

8. In Delta State, PDP scored 1,378,851 which is 98.59% of the total votes cast.

9. In Rivers State, PDP scored 1,817,762 which is 98.04% of the total votes cast.



In 2007, this was the same trend of unjustifiable figures that did not match normal voting patterns that discredited the election. What, then, is the fundamental difference between both elections? Yet we are told one was the worst and the other the freest and fairest. This is nothing but a joke.

Unfortunately, the international observers in their various reports avoided commenting elaborately on the collation process which was where the fraud actually took place. Paradoxically, almost all the reports of the international observers consistently mentioned the issue of underage voting, especially in the North. Yet they painted their report with beautiful, flowery language and declared it free, fair and credible. Here are some of those reports:

The National Democratic Institute, in its report of April 18, 2011, made the following report:

“The delegates noted the complicated and multi-tiered collation process that is vulnerable both to human error and malfeasance as tabulation proceeds from the polling unit to INEC headquarters. Despite efforts in this election to fast-track election returns, this process created added work for INEC officials and observers”.



Yet, after this observation, the NDI said the election was free, fair and credible. Pray, what can be credible about a result that was not properly collated and cannot be a true reflection of what was actually cast at the polling units?

The International Republican Institute had this to say:

“Among the issues to be covered in those will be: 1) revising recommendations of the Electoral Reform Committee which were not adopted by the National Assembly; 2) improving the voter list to ensure people are properly registered; 3) strengthening civic education so all Nigerians fully understand the nature of the election process and their role; 4) ensuring that the political parties evolve into constructive actors in the process, respecting democratic values in their internal behaviour and commitment to transparent election; 5) addressing the problem of underage voting; and 6) ensuring polling stations have a manageable number of registered voters”.



Again, if under-aged persons voted massively, how come they concluded that the election was free, fair and credible?

The African Union in its own report said as follows:

“Voting by under-age was one of persistent problems observed in the recently held elections. To address this, the Mission suggests that INEC, in conjunction with other relevant authorities, should put in place measures for proper screening and registration of prospective voters, in strict compliance with constitutional and legal requirements”.



Once again, the African Union also concluded that the election was free, fair and credible.

The Commonwealth Observer Group in its statement signed by its Chairman, his Excellency, Festus Mogae had this to say:

“There remain shortcomings with the voter registration, based on the number of people with voter cards but missing from the voter register. This needs to be urgently addressed.

There’s need to be stricter safeguards against underage voting, a phenomenon witnessed in parts of the country.”

Once again, it concluded that the election was free, fair and credible.

The European Union Election Observation Mission was the most honest in its report. It first complained about those unjustifiable figures from South-South and South-East when it wrote the following:



“Nevertheless, during voting, inconsistent implementation of procedures and attempts to influence voters were noted. Moreover, the INEC results coming from the States in South-South and South-East show percentages close to 100 percent…”



“While the shift from accreditation to voting was smooth and carried out in a timely manner, shortcomings were noted during voting. In 17 percent of the sampled polling units, attempts to influence voters were observed; in 26 percent there were instances of interference by party agents in the process and in 47 percent the secrecy of vote was not respected. General lack of organisation was noticed in 19 percent. These figures indicate deterioration since the National Assembly elections. The share of underage voting remained constant in both elections at 12 percent, while in a few cases serious malpractices, such as double voting and ballot snatching were observed.



The observed polling units closed on average around 16:00 hours, leaving time for the counting to be conducted during daylight. In a sixth of the observed polling units, the unused ballots were not properly accounted for and their number was not recorded. The copies of the results were in general distributed to all party agents and the official results were posted outside the polling unit in 87 percent of the cases, which is a remarkable improvement over the National Assembly elections (when the procedure had been followed in only 54 percent). Nevertheless, the results forms were packed in tamper-proof envelopes only in two-thirds of the observed polling units. In spite of some procedural deficiencies, counting was overall evaluated positively in 91 percent.



Arithmetic errors were noted in 70 percent of the visited ward collation centres and in 87 percent of the observed LGA collation centres. This demonstrated insufficient training of the Collation Officers. The results were posted outside the ward collation centres only in 49 percent, which is still a tangible improvement compared to the 9 April elections. However, at the LGA level results were posted outside only in 35 percent of the cases. This had a clear negative impact on the transparency of the election process. It is commendable that the final stage of the collation of the Presidential results and its announcement was broadcast live on NTA and AIT”.



Funny enough, unlike other observers, the European Union refrained from specifically concluding that the election was free, fair and credible.



From all we have seen above, it is obvious that the malpractices were not the exclusive preserve of the ruling party. Because of massive underage voting and some malpractices, many of the figures in the northern states credited to the CPC were indefensible and unjustifiable, just like many of the figures in the South-South and South-East region of the country credited to the PDP.

So, the scenario was that whilst manipulation was going on in the far North through underage voting, manipulation was also going on in the far South through manipulation of figures. The result only shows that the far South out-rigged the far North. That is why General Buhari and his CPC have absolutely no moral leverage to lead a campaign of civil disobedience and bloodshed in the North because they also did not come to equity with clean hands. It is also obvious that General Buhari, cannot, in his true conscience, claim to have won the Presidential election, because if he was so confident, he would not have embarked on those last minute efforts he made to form an alliance with the ACN and some other parties.

On the other hand, it is quite obvious that Jonathan got more popular and evenly-spread votes than Buhari because of the structures of the PDP in all parts of the country, but whether he won with the margin that was credited to him and whether he won outright on a first ballot is highly debatable. But we must accept Jonathan because we have no choice in our continuous search for an acceptable democratic system. The only thing we must resist and my conscience cannot accept is to call black “white” and to call white “black” all because we want to support our brother at all cost.

The sad thing about our situation is that those who are supposed to speak up and tell the President these home truths so that he can make adjustments and we can all make progress, are busy chasing him and his wife all over the country for appointments in the new government. Even the President had to run away from Aso Rock to Obudu Ranch recently, yet, the lobbyists chased him all the way to the mountains of Obudu.

So, one of the expectations of Nigerians concerning Goodluck Jonathan is that he will shun these sickening sycophants, political jobbers, shameless praise singers and bootlickers in picking a team that would work with him for the next four years.

Sadly, I have not heard Goodluck Jonathan say he would strive to continue to improve on the electoral system since the last election. In other words, it would appear that the President is content with the process that produced his recent victory at the polls and that is the standard he would want to continue. That is most unfortunate. Like his late boss and predecessor, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, he must admit that there were fundamental flaws in the process that produced him and he must seek to partner with everyone to continue to improve the process.



Nigerians also expect that in the next four years Goodluck Jonathan would stop sending troops to kill innocent persons in Ijaw villages or any other village for that matter. Instead of massive troops deployment to the villages, we want to see massive deployment of construction equipments to the villages. He should not do this just because he is from the South-South region. He should do this as a matter of equity and justice because even previous President before him agreed that there was need to pay special attention to the Niger-Delta region, even though they paid only lip-service to this commitment.

The pattern of votes that were actually counted during the last election and the riot that greeted the victory of Jonathan in the far North reveal that this country is still a highly-fractured country and there is urgent need for him to extend a hand of love and fellowship to those areas where people were killed and maimed because of his victory at the polls. But he must bring the actual culprits to book. He must not deny the North of the massive development it urgently needs because of the post election violence and he must not deny tested and capable hands in the far North of key appointments into his government because of those incidents.

What Nigeria needs urgently is a total recreation and rebirth. Nigeria urgently needs one particular infrastructure that is inevitable when you are creating a new environment. In the book of Genesis, Chapter 1, verse 1-3, we read:

“(1) In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth

(2) And the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

(3) And God said: Let there be light; and there was light”



Like in the beginning, Nigeria is now without form and void and darkness is upon the face of the Nation. There is no power supply.

And so just like in the Bible since Nigerians expect a new Nigeria under Goodluck Jonathan, they expect Goodluck Jonathan to make the pronouncement, followed by action, “Let there be light”,and then, we should have light!

Thank you and God bless you.

FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.



Lecture delivered by Festus Keyamo on the occasion of the marking of Isaac Adaka Boro Day in Port-Harcourt on Sunday, May 15, 2011.

sounds like bull shit to me.May i add that is it only the North that all the oil money is spent?common give person a break atleast facts are there that alot of other regions share in the loot.Why the hating!I still blame the Northern Governors and leaders Sha!
mean while you can keep fighting or stop,who gives a Bleep!

You no dey hear FG spokes man say na lie!!!!

I think this would be a nice move!!!

The North and Jonathan Presidency
Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:00 Zayyad I. Muhammad
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Beginning from May 29, 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan has a new four year mandate as President of Nigeria. His declaration as President-elect by INEC propelled the historic April 17th, 2011, Talakwas revolt against today's northern Nigerian elites, and violent protests that swept across some states of the region. The protests, which hoodlums and miscreants took advantage of, to kill innocent people and destroy properties, were senseless and regretful occurences that nearly spoilt the joy of the nation.

As a result of the situation, some questions have become pertinent - were the protests against Jonathan in person? No they weren't. Were they purely ethnic, religious or regional? No they weren't. Were they because Buhari as a northerner was not declared President-elect? Equally they weren't. Then, why the protests? They were protests triggered and aided by one monster: extreme-abject-poverty.

A great number of Nigerians live below poverty-line, but the poverty level in the north is disturbing-a level that has put the Talakawas in a desperate search for a messiah to free them from the prison of poverty.

Today, the Talakwas and the leadership of the north are no more on the same page. Thus, there is a strong conviction in the hearts of the Talakwas that any interest or individual being promoted by a certain group of the northern leadership, will only aggravate their anguish.

Whoever is the President of Nigeria, is a President for all. The political tradition in Nigeria is, the President, often relates with all sections of the country through their leaders. In case of the north, it is the political, traditional and the religious leaders. This is because, the northern Nigerian culture proposes that everyone accords unalloyed loyalty to these leaders.

The north has changed, the people's thinking and aspirations have changed. Today, in the north, most of the leaders are no more on same pages with their followership. With this changed situation and the protests that trailed the declaration of Goodluck Jonathan as President-elect, there is a thorny, as well as a golden opportunity for Goodluck Jonathan. The thorny side is that, he has to give the north, a fresh development plan that is truly people-oriented, workable and credible. And trigger a political realignment that may be unpopular with some elites. In addition to this, he has to proffer an alternative education direction that would tackle the peculiar situation in the north. The present situation in the north is also a golden opportunity for President Goodluck Jonathan to show and tell the Talakawas in the region: hey! I have with me that 'hope' you see in Muhammadu Buhari. How would the Goodluck Jonathan's Presidency achieve these? As earlier said, President Goodluck Jonathan should face the north by taking careful and intelligent political and policy steps.

The President has to design some speedy but feasible policies that will break the poverty cycle in the north through economically empowering the poor; introduce agricultural programs that will reach rural, small scale farmers and the youth, as well as, make them feel ownership of these programs.

There is a huge hole in the heart of northern Nigeria's education system. Thus, the region's education sector extremely needs restructuring and galvanizing similar to that of Soviet Union 1980's glasnost and perestroika. So that there will be means of providing adequate funding; tackling the Almajiri phenomenon through workable integration of Quranic schools with formal schools and promotion of girl-child education.

The leadership in the north have woefully failed in freeing their Talakwas from poverty, illiteracy, and underdevelopment. If President Goodluck can demonstrate a little sign of providing practical solutions to these problems, the Talakawas of the north will definitely see in him the 'Muhammadu Buhari' they are searching for.

There is a strong urge in the north for a fresh socio-economic and political direction reminiscent of the old north- where; leadership is people oriented; 'we' and 'they' feelings never exist and life is simple and productive. How would President Goodluck Jonathan contribute to this, when a great number of the leadership in the region is no more revered by the people? Do we expect the President to sideline the political, traditional and religious leaders of the north? Certainly no. The President should employ both systematic and systemic approach- i.e. have in his mind that he has three groups to face in the north: the political elites; the Talakawas and a unique emerging group of educated young northerners who are advocating of a new approach.

The President should face the leadership of the region based on what they know best- the principle and foundation of negotiations and persuasion. It may be unpopular with the elites and may require strong political will. But President Goodluck should be bold enough to tell them- This time is for the Talakwas of the north- because 'I told the world, I am one of them' (the poor).

The general opinion in the north is, the region is in need of a paradigm shift in its development and political direction, in such a way that the region will welcome a Nigerian leader who listens to new ideas; accepts new ways of doing things; as well as has a clear and vivid picture of what success looks like and how to achieve it. Someone who can move with a speed commensurate with the expectations of Talakwas in bringing new thinking and synergy to the public sector through feasible ideas that will bring development in all spheres of north's economy- putting in place systems that would eradicate poverty by uplifting individuals, fight crimes with employments and opportunities; fight official corruption the ways it ought to be and bring dynamism into governance, as well as provide broad variety of services , ranging from health and social programs, electricity, police protection, maintain a sound legal system, and the provision of physical infrastructure including the reinvigoration of the small scale industries, roads construction and human capital development.

The Talakwas of the north are just looking for a Nigerian that will lead Nigeria with honesty, firmness and free them from the prison of abject poverty; not someone who will hide behind regionalism to consolidate on cronyism and self enrichment. Jonathan can give the north such a leadership.

okay GEJ will get you a pastor ! lets see how it goes simple.How do you feel now?
Think if it was a pastor or a christian coming to jail say 100 Muslims.That would also make good campaign weapon for religious fanatics from the Muslims.
Lets not always allow sentiments drive us as a people but facts and reality.
Choosing someone from the Muslims will surely gain acceptance from the Muslims and dismiss suspicions.For the sheik he realizes the spot light is on him and as such would always try to show he is fair and would instead try to please critics such as CAN and the many Muslim haters.
So GEJ picks Muslim sheik to please Muslims and in return Muslim sheik deals with Muslims to please christian critics.
So beaf i hope your coded move is exposed .No need to hide say it.

Above all its a smart move.For me i see no reason the Police,SSS and security operatives can not apprehend,investigate and charge people.While the courts be it Muslims or Christians as judge deal with such accused under the strict law of the land.duplicating roles.
Today we have EFCC and ICPC = Police work
Urban military patrol = police work
local vigilante = police work
panels and committee = legislative & judiciary
check and see how Government apparatus continue to die while new ones are formed and serviced.
Why pay the judiciary when the panels always are used.why pay the police if they cant contain and manage crime without the army.
I hope the military gets better pay cos they do policing while the police continue to loses face.

Bribery and laziness!!! WAYO WAYO PUT AM TOGETHER, nA ONE ANSWER YOU GO GET BRIBERY AND LAZINESS!!!!

Better dissociate o! what did you deliver for CPC in the south? Then please shut up!like some would say you were bought long before the elections to cheat and destroy from within.This only confirms that period.

About the violence i support you condemnation too!

Religious poison!what has the church got to do with Ohakim?

OKay! All in favour say " I "

wish that ex-oil bunkering thief and criminal would hear you.I mean Dokubo asari.Same fool supporting Gaddafi even when the world is opposing his rule.