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I think immunity clause is not a problem for Nigeria our major problem is our law breaker because we elect them to represent us in every issues but many of our lawmakers do not do the will of their constituency while many of them do not even know their purpose in the house I think the law that guarantee the electorate for recall of any member of rep should more equip

no will cannot allow fashola to be buaria running mate we reserve fashola because is a future leader I want fashola to hold sensitive position in buahri government such as minister of finance or work I prefer buahri/adebayo former governor of ekiti A.P.C change federal change

wish him all the best am never vote a candidate in my life and that Persion lost the election but now I will vote you general am surely know that you will win with a landslides

no no no this is not hand written of yoruba sane I trust yoruba can never compromising like this I suspect yiboo. ok now if you wrote this such letter to yoruba Muslim what will you write to we that is yoruba Christian ? because only death can restrain me from vote buhari which believed I will see beyond 2015 yes Jonathan is a Christian am never benefited from his government either he has done a tangible project in yorubaland actually am not expect him to give money but as a president he can do a lot of things for mass that can make him earn my praise if am not vote mallam who else I will vote Jonathan? Jonathan 4years do not have any impact in the life of Nigeria he just enrich himsef

I think he as come with another new formula which am very sure it will not go well for him especially from southwest here transformation agenda religious begots cannot work so buhari have good chance

that's African mentality

tho good bye Mr propaganda your departure will be a set back for Jonathan government because I see nobody else can defend Jonathan corrupt practice like maku

naija2dabone:
The worst thing that can happen to Northern presidential aspirations in 2015 is for Buhari to be on the APC ballot.

On Friday, 23rd August, 1985, the military government of Major-General Mohammadu Buhari decided to place me under arrest. My crime was that I wrote, among others, an article entitled: “Counter-trading Nigeria’s Future” in the National Concord, exposing the government’s scam of diverting public funds into private coffers through barter-trade with Brazil. A man by the name of Benson Norman was sent from the State Security Services (SSS) to my office to get me. Not finding me, he left a note that I must present myself unfailingly at the SSS office at 15 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos the next Monday morning.

However, on Sunday, 25th August, 1985, Lateef Aminu came first thing in the morning to my house to inform me that the government of Buhari/Idiagbon had been overthrown. For this reason, I am fond of telling people that God brought about a change of government in Nigeria just because of me.

Coup-plotter

Under the Buhari/Idiagbon regime, once you ended up at 15 Awolowo Road, you may never be heard of again. Decree Number 2 of 1984 empowered Tunde Idiagbon to arrest and detain anybody indefinitely without trial and without legal reprieve. After Buhari was overthrown, Mohammadu Gambo opened the prison doors of 15 Awolowo Road on public television, revealing people in various stages of UnCloth and malnutrition that had been kept in the dungeons without trial by Buhari’s hound-dogs.

As self-imposed Head of State, Buhari had no regard for human rights. Immediately he seized power, he announced that he would “tamper with” the press. Soon, the infamous Decree Number 4 was promulgated which made even the publication of the truth a punishable offence. Under this cover, Buhari jailed innocent journalists, including Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabo. He abolished civil liberties, promulgated retroactive decrees enabling him to kill Nigerians through jungle justice, proscribed civil society organizations and professional groups and exercised “absolute” power.

This same Buhari would now have us believe that he has gone through some metamorphosis and has become a democrat. I am sure you will forgive me if people like me don’t believe him. Buhari is not, has never been, and will never be, a democrat. Only in Nigeria would a man with his track record, who came to power through a military coup that illegally overthrew a democratic government, now be acclaimed as a democrat. It is on record that Buhari’s military regime is the only one in Nigeria’s history that failed to promulgate a program for return to civilian rule.

Facts and fiction

So what exactly qualifies Bihari as a democrat today? Precious little! There is nothing democratic about forming and joining political parties just in order to be the presidential candidate. Little wonder then that Buhari’s parties have a short shelf-life. Buhari would like to be Nigeria’s head of state once again. He can no longer achieve this through the barrel of a gun. The only route now open to him is through the democratic process. That is the reason why he now conveniently fashions himself as a democrat. It is merely a means to an end; no more, no less.

Buhari’s reputation as an anti-corruption crusader is also a myth. As head of state, he did not make any dent in Nigerian corruption. All we got was a cosmetic “war against indiscipline.” The counter-trade scam happened under his watch. Rather than deal with it, he sent his hound-dogs after nonentities like me who dared to expose it. That scam was no different, in scope and scale, from the petroleum subsidy and other corruption scandals that have since plagued Nigeria. The Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) that Buhari headed under Abacha was also a citadel of corruption. While Buhari himself might not have enriched himself, his cronies and those who worked under him did so handsomely.

On three different occasions, Buhari has run for the presidency. On three different occasions he has failed. That should really be enough. If, as seems likely, he were to run for the presidency a fourth time in 2015, there is no question that he would fail yet again. Try as he might again and again, Mohammadu Buhari can never be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Buhari’s sectarianism

There is a fundamental reason behind this. Buhari is a lousy politician. He is an unbending former military dictator and not a democratic consensus-builder. Like his new ally, Bola Tinubu, Buhari is a regional, sectional politician. Such politicians are practically impossible to package and market nationally in the ethnically-delicate Nigeria of today.

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El’Rufai, one of those Northerners who deserve to be serious contenders for the presidency of Nigeria, observed that Buhari remains “perpetually unelectable” as a result of his “insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus.” This is an elegant way of saying that politically, Buhari has an uncanny tendency to put his foot in his mouth. He talks before thinking of the political implications of his words. He shoots from the hip.

The strength of Obasanjo, which enabled him to capture the presidency on two different occasions, was that he was perceived as a broadminded politician, not overly partial to his people in the South-West. As a matter of fact, in his first election, his people did not want him. The strength of Goodluck Jonathan, which propelled him to win the presidency, was that he was able to string together a coalition that stretched both north and south of the Niger. The weakness of Buhari is that he is totally unacceptable to people outside his region.

Buhari is a Northern regional champion. As head of state in the 1980’s, his government was unapologetically Northern. No attempt was made to balance the ticket at the top. It was the only regime in Nigeria’s history headed by two Northerners. When he seized power, Buhari put Shagari, the Northern head of state he overthrew, under house arrest. But then he jailed Alex Ekwueme, the Southern vice-president. You may well ask what makes Shagari less culpable for the misdeeds of the Second Republic than his number-two man. The simple fact was that Buhari was Fulani as was Shagari; but Ekwueme was Igbo.

Impolitic words

At the height of the Sharia debate during the Obasanjo administration, Buhari declared that Muslims should vote only for fellow Muslims. This was politically suicidal for a man seeking national office. He became an advocate for implementation of Sharia all over Nigeria. He protested to the Oyo State governor, in the context of a dispute between Fulani herdsmen and indigenous farmers in the state, that “your people are killing my people.” This turned out to be unfounded and perhaps the reverse.

His threats during the campaign for the 2011 elections incited widespread violence in the North after he lost. His supporters 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 and some 65,000 displaced.

Forgetting that a statement made in Hausa would readily be translated into English, Buhari later declared unapologetically in a BBC interview: “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.” These are the tokens of an irresponsible politician, whose ambitions for power supersede the national interest. Who then are the dogs and baboons that Buhari has in mind to soak in blood if and when he loses yet again come 2015? Are they his children or are they those of others?

With the Boko Haram insurgency in the north, Buhari played to the Northern gallery yet again, calling the Jonathan government “the biggest Boko Haram.” Wole Olaniyi was a fly in the wall at a meeting in Kano Government House designed to persuade PDP rebel governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to decamp to the APC. Assuming that only Northerners were present, Buhari declared the Boko Haram was a “strategic plan” by the government of Goodluck Jonathan to “destroy the North.” When Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states, Buhari still saw this with Northern goggles, insinuating that the President is waging war on the North.

President of the North

Without a doubt, Buhari has massive support in the North. Indeed, he is the most popular Northern politician in the North today. But that precisely remains his undoing at the centre. The more he has been identified as a Northern champion, the less attractive he has become as a national choice. Even in the North, his support base is limited to the Muslim population. He does not appeal to Northern Christians. Then there is the added factor of the opposition of his implacable opponents among the Northern elite. Men like Babangida and Atiku would rather die than allow Buhari get to Aso Rock.

One thing is certain, the South-South and the South-East will not vote for Buhari in 2015. Not only that; there are no buyers for Buhari’s sectarian politics in the South-West. No matter what Tinubu might be telling him, the people of the South-West will not vote for Buhari in 2015. We already had the template in 2011, when Buhari tried to sell himself, first by balancing his ticket with a Yoruba man; and then by making sure the Yoruba man is a Christian; a pastor no less. But it just did not wash. It will not work in 2015.

The worst thing that can happen to Northern presidential aspirations in 2015 is for Buhari to be on the APC ballot. That is a sure guarantee that the North will not be providing the next president. Buhari would be a shoo-in in an election for president of Northern Nigeria. But in an election encompassing the entire country, the best he can envisage is to be a kingmaker. He cannot be king. The nearest Buhari will get to Aso Rock in 2015 is by attending the Council of State meetings.

hope its not heart attack please seek for medical advice upppp buhari carry gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

1shortblackboy:
As for Buhari he will contest and fail until he dies then he will put it in his will that his son should continue to contest on his behalf

so wicked fellow

shame on Nigeria with these useless called constitution no wonder others country do not willing to associate with them the citizen face persecutions in foreign countries our political enrich themself punished mass imagine #250milion security vote in a mouth yet there is no transparency in their government just consider what 250milion can do in the life of many Nigeria's and its very difficult for them to pay 60k for nyc no wonder kidnappers and robberies make life miserable for them unless youth seek for revolution this useless called political will continue to improvise the youth

this is a bad news for yiboo may God continue be with oduduwa nation

you must kidding me because change is inevitable for Nigeria come 2015 Jonathan has failed Nigeria with his transformation agenda A.P.C.as come to rescue Nigeria. A.P.C change

if not for obj intervention south Africa may not release the money thank obj may you live long jonathan be wise

hmmm just common 2.5milion well poverty

Johnpaul2k2:
everybody know These Youths from Waste region are never consistent in "ranting"

changing like camelon

oloribu you heard goodnews fear done grip you anyway am not blame you meanwhile you know such declaration from yoruba people always lead to win

hmmm p.d.p finally send him to farm

good right up but yiboo will not accept the truth they should also learn how to respect.we yoruba do not own them any apology

good right up but yiboo will not accept the truth they should also learn how to respect.we yoruba own them any apology

nonsense seeking for attention he want to make name mischievous

hope is not thief has stolen his shoe?

2cato:
I pity those gurls. Not untilll the link btw APC and BH is broken BH will never stop their foolishness

really you pit them that is all what you can saying in all these analysis? even your body laguage also show the level of immaturity you are that is the same assertion Mr president made that make security issues more difficult for him to address must you commet when is not by force if indeed Jonathan know the sponsorship of bokoaram he should go ahend and name them if I may ask what step does Jonathan have take since Austrian born intelligent revealed bokoaram sponsor?

Rijes:
Oya wich tribe are u 4rm

what sort of question is that must you know my identity before you accept the truth

3coins:
does this history change the fact that during his administration there was hunger. . .or does it change the fact that he does not have the balls to lead?. . He was the head of state but he was overshadowed by Tunde Idiagbon. . . It was when Tunde travelled that he was overthrown.. . So?

trash, so Jonathan administration has reduced the number of destitute? buhari allow tunde to cotrol the affair of the country not because is weak that is what we call selfless not like Jonathan that make everything hard to sambo

Rijes:
because from ur post, it suggest that u re from north nd notin gud comes 4rm north.

oponu anybody opposed jonathan is from northern?

bloodykiller:
i keep asking myself what will be the fate of apc and their touts both online and offline after 2015 election which will be all GEJ'S OR GEJ'S VICTORIOUS DAY.


since they merged with only one mission (to take power by all means) what will be their fate and their goal again if GEJ wins?
can they afford to wait together another 4 years? (2019)

what will be the condition of people like egift,omenka,koboko69,berem and others? (because na only God go save them from my e-bully and murder that day)

will they still have the shame and mouth to talk in this forum?

will buhari return again in 2019 as usual?

what will be the name of the new tinubu's gang to face GEJ'S pdp candidate in 2019?

will they form another deadly sect because bokoharam is almost dead?

will they cause mayhem like they did in 2011 because thats their last consolation resort?

so many questions on my mind but the only answers i know is

GEJ TILL 2019
NO PLACE FOR TINUBU'S GANG IN ASO ROCK FOREVER
APC WILL NEVER SMELL PRESIDENTIAL POWER

Notting will happen and I can also asure you that after february you and your traditional rular I mean obi of onisha will convey to aso rock welcome another new president in the Persion of general buahri A.P.C change

hey alafin done received peanut money all I hail

Rijes:
Because u re a fool..........
#dividenigeria

are you mad how my post can disintegrate Nigeria? hope you can read and comprehend?

3coins:
give me a reason to vote buhari


and i forgot. . .jonathan is the best candidate. . .even if he wants a third term,i will gladly vote him again. . .get that into your head

anyway buahri is not a saint but we cannot make him compare Jonathan in every aspect Major-General Buhari was selected to lead the country by middle and
high-ranking military officers after a successful military coup d'etat
that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari on December 31,
1983. At the time, Buhari was head of the Third Armored Division of
Jos . Buhari was appointed Head of State and Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces, and Tunde Idiagbon was appointed Chief of
General Staff (the de facto No. 2 in the administration). Buhari
justified the military's seizure of power by castigating the civilian
government as hopelessly corrupt, and his administration
subsequently initiated a public campaign against indiscipline known
as "War Against Indiscipline" (WAI).

3coins:
if i dont vote Jonathan,who will i vote? Buhari or Okotie?

ok given me a tangible evidence why you want to vote Jonathan?it seem you aren't ready to learn

3coins:
if i dont vote Jonathan,who will i vote? Buhari or Okotie?

ok given me a tangible reason why you want to vote Jonathan?it seem you aren't ready to learn

1 lbori- PDP Delta- in prison for looting
2- Alameseiya- PDP Bayelsa-\ Ex-convict for looting
3- Lucky Igbinedion: PDP- Edo- Ex –convict for looting
4- Odili- PDP Rivers-in court for looting
5- Chimaroke- PDP- Enugu- in court for looting
6- Ayo Fayose-PDP- Ekiti- in court for looting
7- Ladoja-PDP Oyo- In court for looting
8- Alao Akala-PDP Oyo- In court for looting
9-Gbenga Daniel –PDP Ogun- in court for looting
10-Ohakim- PDP-Imo - In court for looting
11-Adamu Muazu- Bauchi (current PDP national chairman), in court for
looting over N19 Billion from the state treasury
12-Dariye- PDP Plateau- in court for looting.
13- Jolly Nyame- PDP Taraba- in court for looting the state treasury 14-
Abdulahi Adamu- PDP Nassarawa- in court for looting the state treasury
15- Boni Aruna- PDP Adamawa- (newly appointed minister byJonathan)
in court for looting the treasury
16- Ex- gov. Jigawa- in court for looting treasury
17- Uzor Kalu- PDP Abia- in courtfor looting the treasury
18 buruji aka drug dellar wanted by USA
19 Baffarawa Sokoto in court for looting
20 Prince Audu-Kogi- in court for looting.
21 till today Jonathan have never come out to tell Nigeria how $20milon dollars was missing from federation account
22 Stella Oduah's BMW Car $ 250milions dollars

anytime I remember these people I use to wept for this nation yet some people who had been blindfolded by p.d.p will stil claim there is no different between A.P.C & PDP please be wise