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This is unfair. It should make the Frontpage! I am very disappointed with Fashola.

WisdomFlakes:
What nonsense and rubbish are you spewing? Hello PDP has been around for 16 years while APC's been around for less than 3 so what are you talking about APC's established rigging? Are you normal at all?

What has the age of a party run by adults got to do with the propensity to rig? Who told you that a 3 years old party that has the power of incumbency cannot control the rigging machinery of the state that they have controlled for 4 years?

The audio evidence clearly pointed out the panicky mode of the PDP RIGGING opponents of APC RIGGING OFFICIALS.

I REPEAT, those that feign ignorance about this fact are extremely dishonest.

The audio presented an evidence that showed that APC AND PDP were in a serious race to rig the elections.

1. At some point, the military men that were given money at the government house by Fayemi actually disarmed the security men that were hired by PDP

2. FAYOSE called this meeting as an emergency to counter the rigging machinery of APC. He was losing to the established rigging prowess of Fayemi, so he had to call in OBANIKORO

3. The General had compromised. He had already been bought over by Fayemi, which is why FAYOSE used the influence of OBANIKORO to call him to order

4. APC goons brandished weapons and threatened PDP goons, which ensured that APC had an upper hand, which FAYOSE complained against in panic

It was a race to rig past opponents in order to win.
THOSE FEIGNING IGNORANCE ABOUT THESE POINTS ARE UTTERLY DISHONEST

From the information in the audio evidence, it was a two way thing!

PDP WAS STRUGGLING TO COUNTER THE ESTABLISHED RIGGING MACHINERY OF THE APC.

Infact, the APC had the military men on their side. These military men disarmed the policemen that were working for the PDP. That was the reason why OBANIKORO, who was obviously the mediator, was called in to use his influence.

NIGERIAN politics is all about RIGGING. If PDP refuses to rig, APC will rig to win.

THOSE THAT FEIGN IGNORANCE ABOUT APC's PENCHANCE FOR RIGGING ELECTIONS ARE DISHONEST.

There is no missing $20 billion! If $20 billion leaves an economy the way you guys are implying, that economy will SHAKE! If you are talking of 20 billion Naira, then I'll agree. But 20 billion USD? Hah! una no go kill person o! Which kain nonsense una dey talk?

Where will someone that stole $20 billion dollars hide it without being exposed? Inside bedroom? SMH!

Let's move from the Stone Age to the New Age

Adegbodolu1:
Case closed.

Buhari till 2019 and then my Yoruba brother followed by another Malo.

SS and SE you are on a long thing.....

Good. Just make sure that while you are in power, activate the groundnut pyramid and cocoa farming because you no go see that plenty Oyel money wey dey make you scramble for presidency.

Congrats in advance.

He's just having fun. Make una chill.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaPiBrmYitM

@OP; It will be difficult. You can only exercise your right to choose if he decides to be more like GEJ than OBJ. You and I can tell who he will prefer to be like. NIGERIAN leaders gat too much of power. The highest that will happen is riots and protests that will die down in few weeks.

To many NIGERIANS, humility and civility is weakness, that is why GEJ IS SEEN TO BE WEAK.

She took to Twitter to mock the Nigerian Military. If she was so concerned, she should have used a more appropriate channel to get a more detailed feedback, especially as she is a privileged Nigerian.

Our men are dying in tge battle front, politicians are playing politics with their lives. This Oby of a woman just got me really pissed.

God bless the Nigerian Army

State government revokes MoU with Igbinedion University
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City

Apparently due to the report by the Independent Television (ITV) on the beating of a Catholic Priest by aides to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, which was considered unprofessional, the Edo State Government on Tuesday withdrew the accreditation of the correspondent and cameraman of the station attached to the Government House.

In a letter to the General Manager, Independent Television (ITV), Benin City, owned by Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr. Kassim Afegbua, said: “You will recall our earlier discussion with you on the series of fabricated and adversarial reportage of issues in the state which has continued to misinform, misrepresent and confuse the people of the state.

“As you know, these deliberate false reports which have become your editorial policy offend the ethics of broadcast journalism and the code of conduct spelt out by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

“In view of the above, we are withdrawing the accreditation of your correspondent earlier attached to Government House with immediate effect.”

Also, the state government on Tuesday, terminated its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Igbinedion University, Okada.

Though sources close to the state government said the termination of the MoU was as result of the refusal of the institution to honour the terms of the agreement which amounted to N350 million, THISDAY gathered that it might not be unconnected with the disagreement.

A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation Mr. Louis Odion made available to THISDAY, stated that part of the terms of the said MoU was that the school would pay a token as concessionary levy annually to state government for the use of the state owned Central Hospital and Stella Obasanjo Hospital for which medical students pay fees to the university.

He said the revocation became necessary because upon assumption of office in 2008, Oshiomhole discovered that not only had the terms of MoU been mostly dishonoured despite being too generous to the university, no kobo had been paid to state government over the years.

According to him, “Whereas the MoU in question enabled the Igbinedion University exclusive use of the facilities at the state-owned Central Hospital and Stella Obasanjo Hospital with our highly skilled personnel paid by Edo tax payers, the state-owned Ambrose Alli University was denied accreditation for medical course by the NUC and Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria for lack of a teaching hospital”.

Recalling the historical background of the MoU, Odion stated that the agreement in question was entered into on September 1, 2006, under the Lucky Igbinedion Administration to enable the institution enjoy the use of the Benin Central Hospital and Stella Obasanjo Hospital for the practicals of her medical students.

“It was part of the condition precedent demanded by National Universities Commission and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to grant the Igbinedion University accreditation to train medical students in clinical specialities,” Odion noted.

Consequent upon this circumstance, he said the Ambrose Alli University became an orphan who had to depend on the generosity of University of Benin Teaching Hospital at first, of the University of Jos Teaching Hospital and finally the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital for the sustenance of its own medical course.

Odion posited that consistent with the governor’s avowed commitment to the principle of probity and accountability, the state Ministry of Health in 2013 invited management of Igbinedion University to settle the outstanding liabilities as well as convey to the institution’s authority, a notification for an upward review of the annual fee to reflect current economic realities which amounted to N350 million as at 2013 at N50 million per annum which was duly conveyed to the university in writing.

However, he said the university wrote back and offered to pay a ridiculous N50,000 monthly for the use the facilities, adding that all concerted efforts made since by government to make the university management to pay the debt that had accumulated over the years and also agree to the upward review of the annual charge have proved abortive.

Odion therefore declared: “In that circumstance, the governor is left with no other option that to terminate the MoU in the public interest.”

The Ministry of Health has equally been directed to inform the NUC and MDCN that the Central Hospital and Stella Obasanjo Hospital will no longer be made available for the use of the medical students of Igbinedion University.”

But in his reaction, the Vice Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada, Prof. Ehosa Osaghae, said the university was yet to be informed about government’s decision.

Osaghae who spoke in a telephone interview said the university has honored terms in the MoU and wondered why the state government would rush to the press instead of writing to the university, adding “I am yet to be fully informed about the decision."

I'm just wondering, why didn't BUHARI deem it fit to bring his wife along during his campaign in the South East and South South? Why is it now that he is in the South West that he feels more comfortable to bring her along?

Is he uncomfortable with the South East and South South? Is it a sign of how things will be if he wins?

Ado Ekiti—Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye has described the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari as an unrepentant enemy of the Yoruba in the South West Nigeria.
For Buhari and his party,APC to be looking for the votes of the people of Yoruba that he must tender a public apology to the people of the zone.
In a statement which was personally signed by him and made available to the newsmen in Ado Ekiti yesterday, Adeyeye who reviewed all the programmes and policies of the APC presidential candidate while he was the Head of State and also the chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, said Buhari was number one enemy of the Yoruba.
“Buhari must be rejected by all true sons and daughters of Oduduwa.”
Adeyeye further noted the incalculable damage the former Head of State did to Lagos State and the entire Yorubaland with the cancellation of the Lagos Metroline Project and how he bastardized the educational policy of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Free Education Programme,
He challenged Buhari to mention one single project that he did in the Southwest when he was Head of State and Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF.
Adeyeye said: “Buhari did not only cancel the Metroline Project, he went ahead to pay what was enough to complete the project as compensation to the French Company that handled the project.
“The idea of developing rapid transit in Lagos dated from the 1980s with the Lagos Metroline network conceived by the Alhaji Lateef Jakande during the Second Republic.”

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/buhari-must-apologise-yoruba-adeyeye/

With this video, I'll say Good Morning to those that called this man an agent of CHANGE for Nigeria.

PassingShot:
So in your wisdom, we should sacrife our national interest to progress and develop just so they can have another unproductive four years?

Mr. Man, Nigeria is bigger than any region no matter what violence they are capable of inflicting. When we have a competent leadership, it won't be business as usual.

Okay, I wish your competent leaders luck. Lmao.

abdulwastecx:
I don't know your definition of performance! !
when obasonjo came in 1999, Nigeria was on the brink of collapsed, though he wasn't a messiah but help to do the following things:
1. help stabilized the country by providing security of life and pproperty
2. He help to solve ouur depth problem
3. help to promote Nigeria positive image among community of nations
4. help to bring about reforms in telecom sector which help propelled the sector from around less than 500 thousand telephones lines to more than 40 millions lines when he left.
5. set up federal characters
6. start the fight agaisnt corruption by establishing anti corruption agency like EFCC,
7. he left aboutg 40billion dollars in our reserve after settling our depth
8. he handed over to a democratically elected gov't.

compare that with jonathan achievements
1.political insecurity and insurgency in the north
2. depletion of foreign reserve from $67billion to 30 billion dollars
3. increase in recurrent expenditure from 74% to 91% despite huge oil sale
4.increase in oil price
5. missing $20 billion excess crude oil money
6. introduction of religious bigotry into politics
7. pardoning of convicted criminal like alameisya

I repeat, OBJ did not perform as well as GEJ has done in four years. I'm talking about socially, economically and politically. For example, there was also incessant loss of lives and properties during OBJ's regime, most of which were perpetrated by the security men that OBJ oversaw. OBJ levelled the Niger Delta. His boys killed, mutilated, raped and robbed at will. Then, crime rate was still high and insurgency by MEND AND NDVF existed. He couldnt stop them despite all the noise he made.

OBJ WOULD HAVE WIPED THE NE OUT OF THE MAP OF NIGERIA WITHOUT STOPPING BOKOHARAM IF HE WAS IN GEJ'S SHOES.

PassingShot:
OP, everything you have written here will eventually come to pass even if Jonathan wins the next election because power will surely return to North thereafter. Therefore your arguments fail in the face of critical analysis.

Your words in bold are false. The South South is already feeling politically cheated and that will be the foundation for a renewed agitation. THEY WILL BURN OIL RESOURCES INTO PIECES. The problem is not the North having power, it is the south south completing their own 8 years. To them, there seems to be a grand gangup going on against them, led by the North and SouthWest. That is a ticking time bomb that may explode.

trillville:
Chai! and I was wasting my time explaining to him.

You didn't waste your time. You made your point clearly, but I don't agree with you.

barcanista:
Absolutely! Trust me those Tompolos will fall inline under Buhari because the SSners want the best for themselves. The poverty, umemployment situation lack of development in SS is pathetic. Sometimes, I feel bad whenever I see GEJ. Nobody in SS will tell you that he's happy the way things are, not even in Otuoke

Barcanista, you are not from the south south. It is quite glaring.

Abagworo:
You are not informed. Port Harcourt refineries are functional but were kept on hold by FG due to unavailability of storage facilities for refined products. Reason is because the storage and distribution facilities owned by PPMC has been leased out to FG subsidy mafia and the refineries have been deliberately shut down to encourage importation.

How is this different from what I said? Is the effort not being sabotaged?

Sloan:
I showed your post to someone and without reading, the first opinion that came out was the person must be ibo! Ha! No surprise! You write a shitty piece trying to pit Nigerians, the interest of the whole country, against our fellow Nigerians in the SS while you are ibo yourself, not even SS! Are you more generous to them that you so graciously pit them against all, not that they sent you this message! There are millions of SS who have such brilliant minds that your parochial and insular pitch will never sway them! Are you more SS than Oyegun, Amaechi, and their millions of supporters and fellow citizens? The point is Jonapafuka has failed, he had 6 years to have his legacy written in gold but he is a failure and your emergency appeal to ethnocentric sentiments and useless fear mongering will not save you or your useless Jonapafuka. Is there now a new lease of life for our fellow Nigerians in the SS with new technology for oil and petroleum refining, chemical companies, chemical waste disposal, etc skills that will fetch more money than just waiting for a handout and will survive and endure more than just oil exportation? No! This is why posters like you are just absolutely oloriburukus that will never flourish or see good in their lives!

Try to be less insolent, trust me, you can still make your point that way.

Is ROCHAS not IGBO? Is Ngige not IGBO? So what is it with you being stereotypical about Igbos on this issue?

With GEJ, there is more good than PAST LEADERS OFFERED. Buhari included.

Sloan:
How? The SE has the smallest voting population in Nigeria, so how is that political suicide? APGA the only ibo party is dead. No national ibo leader. PDP is controlled by non-ibos! Ibos will never get a chance in the PDP, but sadly they'd spurned 100000% of their chances in APC and while people like Rochas hopefully finally reap the reward of not being insular and tribalistic like almost all other ibos, it is clear he will need even the votes and supports of others to win the ticket at the primaries. By the way, same Rochas is the most castigated ibo governor today by guess who: the same ibos who made sure Onjukwu never got more than 3% of votes in all elections till he died and never smelt leadership which he fought a 2 year 6 months and 9 days war for and lost woefully, including 3 M Ibos who were deceived and kept thinking he was all that he was nothing!

I called it political DYNAMCS. It goes beyond a consideration of voting percentage within the South East. See, it is not as simplistic as you are implying. It is currently possible for south easterners to significantly exert their influence in the North, West and South. That is the current reality. Politicians don't joke with that.

LRNZH:
[b]Granted OBJ performed better in his 2nd term than in his first. But judging from the Nigeria he inherited from the Military, he performed better than GEJ.

A few of them are:
Buildup of goodwill to get Nigeria's debt forgiven and improving Nigeria's global image
GSM licensing provision. Previous Gov'ts wouldn't for fear of losing grip on security
OBJ boosted foreign reserves and cut down on corruption with EFCC. I know a lot of civil servants who complained how Baba wouldn't let them chop.

OBJ performing better than GEJ in their first terms Is not even the issue. Overall, we think PDP has failed and needs to roll over.

For all the goodwill GEJ got, for the highest oil price regime he led under, for the more progressive economy he inherited from Yar’Adua with militancy problem solved, GEJ is a failure.

I can assure you if oil price had stayed stagnant at $60/ barrel through out GEJ's 6 years, there would have been a national revolt from how broke the country would have been. After an average of $90/ barrel of oil, the Gov't is broke immediately oil prices shifted low. With very scanty capital projects to show for it.

Finally, even if we made a 'mistake' of not voting out OBJ after his first 4 years, we should not make the same mistake again. Otherwise Nigeria masses will never be taken seriously.
Once beaten..... [/b]

That is your view. Obj did not perform better than GEJ in 8 years, and you did not have any real political right to determine your leaders during his tenure. So, even if you wanted him out, you were politically handicapped. No thanks to his mass disenfranchisement.

The very man, GEJ, whose achievement you are trying to degrade, gave you that bragging right. That is just one achievement out of many.

IGBOSON1:
^^^On the bolded: You're wrong! From the end of the civil war till 1999, the South East was only invited to the table and remained their at the pleasure of the Hausa/Fulani ably assisted by their Yoruba friends! Do you know there was a time there was no Igbo in the higest military decision making body of the country?.....I think it was once during Abachas regime!

After the civil war, the 3Rs they talked about was nothing but a ruse! I read a thread the other day (started in 2011 i think) by the guy with the 'GenBuhari' moniker, and i noticed how after the civil war they were taking all manner of gigantic companies and locating them in kaduna (not to talk of all they built in Lagos at the time) while they did absolutely fuc/kall in the the Eastern Region!......And there was supposed to be reconstruction going on in the South East at the time! Even Akpabio has asked what actually they did in the old Eastern Region after the uncivil war by way of reconstruction.....he's yet to get an answer!

I'm talking about current political dynamics. Nigeria has evolved beyond the political era you are referring to. There has been a paradigm shift. In this era, ignoring the south east is political suicide. Infact, the SE has grown to exert influence in political spheres outside the SE.

Rawani:
Unfortunately, the SE has the most to lose if the APC wins the elections next month (which is evidently quite likely) as it is the only region that has not been politically strategic enough to spread its eggs across all relevant baskets. Whats even more puzzling is that the PDP is led and governed by other regions so one wonders the basis of SE loyalty to the party.

You can now see that the region needs no one to relegate it to the background as it does an excellent job of self-inflicted irrelevance. Thankfully, progressive minded Igbos are striving to buck this trend by aligning with the quest for change, with the knowledge that we all have to synergise and leverage on our collective strength in building a better Nigeria.

Do your calculation properly, the South East stands a better chance in APC THAN PDP. We are just more inclined to progress than pursuit of leadership. As you rightly implied, the South East is the most self-sustaining region in Nigeria. Take leadership from the SE, it still stands strong and progressive. Same cannot be said about other regions.

IGBOSON1:
One of the flaws in your otherwise brilliant analysis is your assertion that the South East will be part of the new power bloc! That ain't gonna happen! The traditional haters of Ndigbo; the ones that have scuttled our development; the ones that have deprived us both overtly and covertly; the ones that hate to see benefits or anything positive come our way......these groups will once again reclaim their place at the table and continue from where they left off in 1999 and 2009!

You will be amazed how suddenly AIIA Enugu will be beset with all sorts of problems and become abandoned as they tell you it's not viable; how the issue of the second Niger bridge will become like that Onitsha river port they built a token substandard jetty for and placed a useless old crane in in the early 80s, and then forgot about for the next couple of decades; how our business men and businesses will once again be sabotaged while they promote their own, give their own monopolistic advantages, favorable conditions, assistance under the table, and access to the corridors of power......companies like INNOSON will die a slow and painful death because they hate to see Igbos doing well to the extent of being mentioned in the same breath with their own super rich; how all the top billion dollar companies (both state and private owned) will be diverted and attracted to their regions while they leave the South East hanging once again; and i could go on and on!

So Bros, don't make the mistake of thinking there ever was a WAZOBIA, or that it's coming back if GEJ loses!

In terms of SOUTH EAST'S political advantage, we stand a greater chance of grabbing the presidency in APC than in PDP. That is the honest truth. But, it is actually not always about power. It is about progress.

NIGERIAN politics is not complete without the South East bloc. The land is small, but the people are enormous and influential.

Except the military takes over, it will be political suicide for any president to do what you just outlined above. Even if they succeed in doing that, it is Nigeria's loss.

tit:
but,
buhari will dash every Niger Delta family N5000/month!
is that not good?

Wait till he gets what he wants. Is it not politics again? Lmao

LRNZH:
All these are just excuses. We are not asking for OBJ to return so shelve all that comparison.

If the dud you support cannot perform in 6 years because of those against him then is it in the next 4 years he will perform? NO.
Those people you claim are against him are still there you know.

Let him step down or be voted out so another person can try to first take out those people, take out corruption then attempt to develop Nigeria.

BUT OBJ did not perform as much as GEJ in his first tenure, why were you happy to give him another four years? Funny dude.

Rawani:
If GEJ was a not a sectional president that foolishly showed favouritism and promoted ethno-religious bigotry, he and his supporters would not be running from their shadows, with the knowledge that they have stepped on fingers on their way to the top. Going by your assertions, the SS will perpetually be in trouble unless it maintains it's grip on the reins of power indefinitely. Lie on your bed of tribal and religious hate, you made it yourself.

Karma is one punctual b*tch.

I am from the SOUTH EAST. The SOUTH EAST "cannot" be relegated to the background in NIGERIAN political affairs, no matter how much you try. So, I am absolutely fine with whoever emerges.
However, you echoed my exact view about the South South being in poo if they lose.

LRNZH:
Did you read the link I provided to you?

Do you have anything close to stable power?
Is there security in Nigeria as we speak?
Even with the highest oil price regime under any Nigerian President GEJ has the highest debt and lowest reserves amongst all PDP President's. Infact the first of the PDP President to have debt > reserves
Are refineries working?
Is the cabal still here with us in Nigeria?
Can says 80% of youths are still unemployed in 2014.

You need to ask yourself what are the key priorities of Nigeria. That's where you'll see the glaring failures of GEJ after 6 years.

If we are to be factual and objective, you'll see that GEJ has actually performed better than past governments.

You guys are fond of holding him responsible for the Boko Haram carnage, but those responsible for BOKO HARAM are acting out a well scripted plan to ensure that their interests prevail. If you think that Buhari will have a violence free leadership if he succeeds to win, then you need to seriously think again. OBJ, with all his gra gra could not handle the NIGER DELTA MILITANTS due to the nature of the conflict.

BOKO HARAM will end when NIGERIANS decide to end it together and foster unity. GEJ, OBJ OR BUHARI CANNOT HANDLE AN INTERNAL AGGRESSION THAT IS BASED ON ETHNO-RELIGIOUS OR REGIONAL OBJECTIVES AND BACKED BY POLITICAL INTERESTS.

When was power ever stable in Nigeria? It took decades to destroy it, it will not take overnight to repair. The privatization of the power sector is a good foundation to bring that sector back to life. Then, let me ask you, WHAT STOPPED OTHER LEADERS FROM PRIVATIZING THE POWER SECTOR IN THE PAST?

When last did Nigeria refine oil? Do you think it will take overnight to start doing that? Let me educate you, the same interests against the repairs of the refineries are the ones fighting this government. The government, through Alison Madueke, attempted to repair those refineries, but sabotage emerged from everywhere. WHO ARE THOSE SABOTAGING THAT EFFORT? You guys are treating OBJ and ATIKU like saints now, WHY DIDN'T THEY REPAIR THE REFINERIES WHEN THEY WERE IN CONTROL?

LRNZH:
Is this an attempt to subtly insult South Easterners?

Virtually all who are worth their salt in most sectors of Nigeria public life have labelled GEJ as a failure...even the Ndi Igbos... Read https://www.nairaland.com/2086935/ndigbo-itll-silly-endorse-jonathan

The implication of your assertion is that only the Ndi Igbo have failed to recognise a failure when they see one or are high on dry bonobo shite and decided to sink with GEJ's capsizing vessel.

Can you please outline his successes and failures? Then, compare them to those of past leaders?

Before GEJ took over power, the south south of Nigeria was effectively relegated to the background in the political sphere of Nigeria. The Minority Question was rife with consistent reference to the south south dominated by the Niger Delta. Relief came with the emergence of GEJ, and for the first time in the history of Nigeria, the south south exerted some influence on the political sphere of Nigeria.

The election period is here, and GEJ, who is from Bayelsa, a state in the south south region is facing untold antagonism from politicians and NIGERIANS that are mostly from other regions, especially the CORE NORTH AND SOUTH WEST. Some politicians and people in the SOUTH SOUTH are also against the continuation of GEJ, a South southerner due to political interests and perceived inefficiency. The only region that seem to be in full support of the SOUTH SOUTH are the SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIANS, where few politicians are also aggrieved.

What is the implication of south south losing out to the pressure that is currently mounting on them in 2015? Some of these implications are outlined below;

1) LOSS OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Once again, the old order to WAZOBIA (IGBO, HAUSA and YORUBA) will gradually re-emerge. The South-South will, once again, be relegated to the background.

2) LOSS OF CONTROL OVER VITAL RESOURCES
There is an upcoming review of ownership of oil blocs and licenses within the year. The current crop of owners, who are mostly from other regions in Nigeria, may have their licenses revoked if GEJ CONTINUES. If SOUTH SOUTH political interest wanes, these people will easily have their licenses renewed. Most importantly, the oil derivation, which is being canvassed for by NIGER DELTANS but is antagonized by the North, will enjoy full political backing. The SOUTH SOUTH will have little or no say about the control of their resources.

3) RE-EMERGENCE OF MILITANCY
It will only be a matter of time before the cries of marginalization will re-echo, and the spirit of self-determination will be re-ignited. We know how it ends. Militant groups will spring up and the bombings in the region will return.

4) DEVELOPMENT OF A NEGATIVE PEDIGREE FOR SOUTH SOUTH LEADERSHIP
The south south will be viewed as being incapable of leading Nigeria. This will be held as a basis for denying the region an opportunity to lead Nigeria for a very long time. Like before, this will silently reflect in the emergence of NIGERIANS from other regions as presidents before a south southerner can ever hold the presidential post again.

5) RE-EMERGENCE OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEGLECT OF THE SOUTH SOUTH
GEJ's emergence brought transformation to some important states in the south south e.g. AKWA IBOM and RIVERS STATE. This is due to the enormous amount of financial resources that was channelled to that region in the past 6 years. This will surely be checked by leaders from the emerging regions and the magical transformation will slow down.

I have lived long enough in Nigeria and in every part of the country. I have studied NIGERIAN politics, I obtained a degree in political science in Nigeria. As much as we strive to wish it away, Nigerian politics is strewn in regional, ethno-religious and selfish interests. Some regions in NIGERIA are just not comfortable with power in the hands of the south-south. I will leave you to figure out the regions.