sambiyi: You can’t know your true friends when the going is good. When you fall inside a ‘gutter’, you are on your own. Those who used to wine and dine with you will have excuses why they can’t be with you. How sad! Just few weeks after President Goodluck Jonathan was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari of the APC, his above, the Aso Rock seat of power, has become a shadow of its once boisterous self. Most noticeable is the shrinking figure of influence peddlers who frolicked with the first family round the clock, including joining in the morning prayers at the Villa Chapel. Sadly, none of the big men have time to come and pray with President Jonathan again. Most of the visitors who hitherto made the place a beehive of activities have deserted the place. LEADERSHIP’s investigations in the last four weeks revealed that while about 800 people daily visited the presidential villa before the election, fewer than 150 visited in the last couple of weeks. Among the Villa absentees are top government officials, Christian leaders, lobbyists, politicians, principal aides to the president and business tycoons. Prior to the elections, when special functions like retreats, seminars, dinners and other programmes were held at the banquet hall, Aso Rock usually played host to thousands of guests, including gate crashers. It was observed that between March 28 and last week, the number of persons visiting Jonathan, VP Namadi Sambo, the First Lady and other presidential aides had dropped to just 150 from about 1,000. Before the presidential poll, there were governors and former governors who visited the president in his office on a regular basis, sometimes twice a week or more, but after the election they have stayed away. Sadly, many of those considered members of Jonathan’s kitchen cabinet have only visited once or twice since March 28. Some of them have been seen hobnobbing with members of the victorious APC. Before the election, Jonathan’s regular visitors included governors: Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Gabriel Suswam (Benue); Olusegun Mimmiko (Ondo); Isa Yuguda (Bauchi); Ibrahim Shema (Katsina) and Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) among others. Governor Akpabio showed up only once in the villa, the week after the poll. Mimiko came only last Thursday. Suswam visited the place last Friday merely to attend the meeting of the board of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd chaired by Vice President Namadi Sambo. Jonathan’s associates in the business community, who had turned the villa to their second home before the election, have also deserted the place. These include people like Femi Otedola, Arthur Eze, Jim Ovia, Jimoh Ibrahim and Emeka Offor, etc. Since Jonathan lost his re-election bid, the hordes of Nollywood actors and actresses, musicians and sports stars have not come visiting the villa, unlike in the past. This development has left security personnel at the gates, who usually had very hectic days clearing people, with little work to do. To enter to Aso Rock, visitors are required to present photo identification with information exactly matching the name previously submitted for clearance to the security personnel at the gates, and individuals whose identification do not exactly match the name or date cleared would be denied entry. The scanty turnout of visitors to the villa in the past few weeks became quite noticeable owing to the fact that during months and weeks that preceded the presidential polls, the place was hardly big enough to contain the hordes of people who came to show solidarity to President Jonathan’s re-election bid. “They are simply fair weather friends”, one source confided. “This will show you how hypocritical politicians could be. When it was obvious that the outgoing regime had what it takes to address their interest politically, even those who had no business coming here were constantly at war with security operatives, seeking to gain entrance to show their fake loyalty. “I am sure the president and his aides would have learnt their lessons by now, although late, that power is transient and political power is quite ephemeral,” another source added Read more at http://aquagist..com/2015/04/jonathan-has-been-abandoned-big-men-no.html#gitPfd8rqMTjz3GF.99
he may be happier this way sometimes we need our peace and space.Don’t forget he has seen it al
garfield1: Kebbi: the apc candidate nasiru idris is very popular and from gwandu.he was strolling yo victory until 25 Feb.aliero has shown that he is a master in kebbi and may make things harder though I still see idris winning narrowly.
Sokoto: the apc candidate Ahmed aliyu should get a hard-fought victory over rookie saidu umar.it might be a slugfest reminiscent of 2019
Zamfara; matawalle will sweep zamfara hopefully
Katsina;looks 50% 50% but the internal division between shema and lado might give dikko of apc victory.
Kano; Abba yusuf of nnpp should win barring any miracle.
Jigawa;the deputy gov will trounce lamido's son though lamido can spring surprises Kaduna:any of lp,apc,nnpp or pdp can win.
Borno: zulum should easily win Yobe: apc should win here
Gombe; with the loss of apc in gombe,it looks dicey between gov inuwa and mailantarki. Bauchi: the race looks dicey but gov bala has the advantage.
Taraba: the apc candidate sen bwacha will easily stroll to victory Adamawa: the governor has a slight advantage over binani but with lp candidate defecting to apc,anything can happen.
Kwara:the APC candidate gov abdulrahman will win. Niger: bago will stroll to victory though kantigi will put up a fight. Nasarawa; a three horse race with the governor having the advantage Benue; fr alia is the gov in waiting.
Plateau; Patrick dakum of lp has the advantage though nentawe of apc can spring a surprise.
Lagos; sanwoolu will have a landslide victory. Ogun; gov dapo should struggle to victory.
Oyo; gov omituntun should get reelected
Delta: omo agege should easily win.
Rivers; unpredictable
Cross river; sen prince otu has the advantage Akwa ibom: the ypp Candidate sen oba will demolish pdp
Enugu: edeoga of lp will thrash mbah of pdp
Abia; alex Otti is governor in waiting. Ebonyi; hon nwifuru will defeat pdp and lp.
it is god that is afraid of sherif not sherif afraid of God.Okowa ur time has come and gone.you have a country home in owa alero it’s time to retire there now.APC has taken delta all thanks to ur super power kind of politics
obaseki Okowa and diri tambuwal that is challenging wike how una Dey?atiku is a fool.Obaseki lost everything in edo,Okowa lost everything in delta.Ppl don’t know why some of us love the likes of wike and tinubu.
[quote author= post=121455519]A couple who met during National Youth Service program, celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary on Friday, March 3, 2023, Reports.
Remmy Hazzan took to Facebook, As Sighted By , to share throwback and current photos with his wife during their NYSC days.
See Photos As Obtained By Below:[/quote]That was then when women used to love a man for Nthg.Now if u not Ned or Cubana no real love from women.Love is now transactional and monetized with this current generation.What we hear from this daughters of jezebel is I can’t even date anyone in my school let alone my course mate.how can I date my fellow corpa.
Jokerman: Peters Obi's 13 LP Disciples: 1. *Abia* - Dr. Alex Otti - Abia 2. *Benue* - Hembe 3. *Borno* - Ibrahim K Mshelia 4. *Cross River* - Olga Osim 5. * Delta* - Deacon Ken Pela 6. *Enugu* - Chijioke Edeoga 7. *Gombe* Keftin Amuga 8. *Kaduna* - Jonathan Asake 9. *Lagos* - Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour 10. *Ogun* - Kehinde Segun. 11. *Plateau* - Dr. Patrick Sunday Dakum 11. *Rivers* - Beatrice Itubo 12. *Taraba* - Sen. Joel Danlami Ikenya 13. *Akwa Ibom* - Uduak Udoh
I am hoping Abia state, Delta state, Borno and Benue go for LP... ion care about the rest that much... and to put am icing on the cake- LP for Lagos state
national and state election is different.I don’t see any of them winning.Obi has come and gone
of jobless idiots.Wetin concern Uk and Nigeria election?Did they bother to come vote for Obi Abi na internet polling unit them represent.I trust tinubu sha.After may29 u do anyhow u see anyhow.What happened in lekki toll gate will be a child’s play
LegendHero: The lyric of the double-edged track praises the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu while shading the opposition candidate, Peter Obi who came distant third at the poll.
The song, a tribute to Tinubu, also mocks the aggrieved LP opposition candidate.
Dr Zeh, as he also refers to himself, tagged Obi as a boy while he hailed Tinubu, calling out his nickname, Jagaban, describing him as a father.
Portable shared a video of himself as he hit the studio to record the song.
He captioned the post: “Obi is a boy. Jagaban na person father Asiwaju Na Boss. Eyin Omo YORUBA it’s another 30 years again that we always denied our own Father brother and son I hope we break the curse this year. Nibo Wontobe Ashiwaju leader of the leaders. Wahala Wahala Wahala. Dr ZEH Cooking NewHit @it_omega.”
Sharing the completed track which has a visual of his cartooned self, doing his signature dance step, Portable wrote: “Obi Is A Boy. Wahala Wahala Wahala..”
Nwaetche: He is going to lose the next Saturday election. he was the first governor to congratulate Buhari last time. We are wondering why he has not summoned the courage to it up till now for Tinubu.
His action last Saturday has completely demystify him.
bros I don’t think he will lose o.but I’ll advise u to remain indoors for Saturday’s election because it will not be funny.
Politics › Re: Jonathan Has Been Abandoned,big Men No Longer Visit Him. by highchief1: 1:41pm On Mar 05, 2023
