₦airaland Forum

mgbeketoto:
Hmmmm!
Yet, under Jonathan. . . .THE EFCC WAS FINALLY CREMATED without a BODY!
EFCC still get office for Nigeria?

Don't mind them, with their shameless lies. They keep nauseatingly regurgitating the same 'reform in the distribution of fertilizer' as if that is the only avenues of corruption in the country. What about the massive corruption in the oil sector? Are we not all living witnesses to the way the corrupt-in-chief is shielding the Queen of Sleaze who has so far spent billions on private jets?

What about all the corrupt elite from all over the country that are now being pardoned and politically rehabilitated, with some of them even being reappointed into key positions, all for the clueless desperado to get re-elected?

As you rightly pointed out, does anybody now even hear of the EFCC? Why was Nuhu Ribadu so popular, both locally and internally, and the EFCC under him was so dreaded by the corrupt elite during the OBJ's admin? How many Nigerians today can readily tell you the name of the current EFCC chairman?

And which politician would even be afraid of the EFCC under Jonathan, when they all know that they can be as corrupt as they like, and get away with everything, as long as they subscribe to his re-election agenda?

Horus:
Getting busted in Thailand is no laughing matter; they impose a mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers and have executed several foreigners over the years. Don't hang around drug dealers and don't sell drugs

I pity this young guy and his naivety, and feel insulted by the Thai investigating officer's remarks, that "Nigerians are bringing shame on Africa" and "Nigerians are the curse of Africa". OMG!

And the Thai officer's specific remarks on the Igbos should provide some food for thought to the Igbo leadership at home and in diaspora. After the officer called Nigerians 'the curse of Africa', he asks rhetorically " - and from Nigeria, who is the biggest curse? Igbo people, because they are selfish, they are stubborn and they lie so well --". And he even reminds the young Igbo guy that " - -many stupid igbos they sit where you are sitting and they lie, and they lie, and they lie and they end up in prison --"

Descartes:
Operation take over

cheruv:
ndi Igbo tie nu...
OTU NAIJIRIA

tit:
you see the trouble Tinubu is causing by chosing an Isoko man to be APC governor?

ozoigbondu:
See how igbos are colonizing lagos.........the no man land . Igbos dominating lagos since 50BC .We hail one Nigeria....Go On With One Nigeria
Sai okoroji....we igbos must stamp our authority and show ndi ofe.mmanu who truly owes lagos

I know you guys are just having fun here, but you need to avoid dragging it too far in a way that would unwittingly spoil whatever slim chances the Igbo reps candidates might have.

The two candidates might be highly qualified, but in the ethno-political realities of Nigeria, I cannot see them standing any reasonably good chance of emerging as elected reps from Lagos.

Olaolufred:
[size=14pt] TOOOOOOOOO LATE.
HE DOES NOT HAVE WHAT MADE ME VOTE HIM IN 2011.
I AM ALREADY LOOKING ELSEWHERE.
POWER? IT IS GENERATOR.
SECURITY? - HE HAS TURNED IT TO BUSINESS.
CORRUPTION? STEALING IS NOT CORRUPTION.
WHAT CAN HE DO IN 3 MONTHS TO CHANGE AN AGE LONG CLUELESNESS?[/size]

Yes, it's too late for him to change his leadership style or personal character drastically at this stage.

For instance, there is no way he can turn against the corrupt elite at this stage he believes he needs each one of them even more, in orde to help him win the election in their states. Hence, you can only see him embracing them, pardoning them, inviting them, reappointing them all in his desperate bid to get re-elected.

GEJ may be meek, amiable and humble but he is RUTHLESSLY SELF-CENTRED too, as we all see him being more committed, more passionate and focused in his re-election bid than in his handling of anything else, including the national security.

toludadon:
.Below is the statement from Obiano’s SSA, Uzochukwu Ezenwanne:“GEJ made a lot of mistakes so don’t blame anybody for condemning his administration. People are seriously suffering but the truth is that we don’t have an option. His tenure seems very bad to a common man. I don’t care what you think but the poor is becoming poorer on daily basis and the cabals are making progress every day. Mr President has failed ndi Igbo completely by not doing enough for us.

http://abusidiqu.com/governor-obiano-blast-jonathan-says-failed-nigerians/

It's now clear to everybody that the 15 years of PDP's misrule has benefited only the kleptomaniac elite (from all the regions and ethnic groups), with some of them becoming super-billionaires.

But as the ordinary Nigerians so are eager to see the back of this clueless and clownish administration, the selfish elite who are benefiting massively from this corruption-tolerant government would do everything within their powers to thwart our common desire for a change come 2015.

To the cabal and their shameless armies of cronies, minions and hangers-on, the GEJ govt might be 'the best ever' govt, but to the common people life is far worse under this govt, as more and more people sink deeper in the abyss of excruciating poverty that deprives them and their family of their basic humanity and dignity.

One does not need to be a Prof. of sociology to know that the nature, frequency and gravity of some of the domestic and other violent crimes that today characterize the life of the ordinary Nigerians mainly owe their roots to poverty, helplessness and hopelessness that send more and more people to the brink of depression and mental breakdowns.

It is heart-wrenching to read stories these days of Nigerians being killed by their neighbours, friends, and even parents, brothers/sisters and relatives, in a dispute over something worth LESS THAN $500! We even read on this forum how some young people were killed by their parents for 'stealing' THE FOOD THEY ATE (not sold, for goodness sake!) from their home kitchen. And you would find this level of poverty in ALL the regions, and among all the ethnic groups!

I always wonder how the thieving elite of Nigeria (from all the regions and religions) manage to sleep in the night, after CALLOUSLY LOOTING SO MUCH for themselves and their family at the expense of the ordinary Nigerians who are so poor and deprived that they could not even feed themselves and their families. It really takes a lot of heartlessness to do this!

gregg2:
[size=13pt]Is it not this same Abacha's son Buhari used as CPC candidate in 2011?

He even told the whole world that Abacha did not steal any money. APC are a bunch hypocrites [/size]

The answer to your question in bold is NO. Buhari did not support the candidacy of Muhammad Abacha in the 2011, as a result of which he failed to get the nomination despite spending far more than what all the other candidates spent combined. The CPC candidate for that Kano election was a former military governor of Kaduna State, Col. Jafaru Isa (Rtd).

In fact it was because of Buhari's reluctance to support Muhammad Abacha in 2011 that the latter and his supporters decamped to PDP, where I think they rightly belong! lol.

duwdu:
Very well said, @LogicPower. Kudos.

(I just had to quote the post in full in order to preserve it on my own side.)

P34c3
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Thanks duwdu.

makzeze:
A former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, on Thursday condemned President Goodluck Jonathan for not showing the right leadership in the manner he had been handling his responsibilities as the nation’s leader.

He spoke at the sixth Christopher Kolade Symposium organised by the Nigeria Leadership Initiative, an organisation he was a pioneer patron.

He made specific reference to Jonathan’s decision to honour a political rally in Kano shortly after a bombing that killed several people early in the year, saying the best he could have done was “to postpone the political event.”

For choosing to continue with the programme, he said, the President did not demonstrate that he was sensitive to the pains of the people

While chiding the campaigns of pro-Jonathan non-governmental organisations, the respected statesman said, “Nigeria was, at every other time, better than now.”

He lamented the drift in leadership quality, a situation that he said should worry Nigerians.
Source:http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/top-stories/41312-christopher-kolade-jonathan-not-a-good-leader

Every enlightened, honest and unbiased local and international observer of what's happening in Nigeria would reach the same conclusions as this seasoned and respected diplomat, and that is, GEJ does not show enough concern, talk less of the right leadership, in his handling of the terrorist attacks by BH.

Even when such attacks claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent citizens of the country he is supposed to be leading, the impression he has been giving to Nigerians and the world at large is that of an unconcerned, cold-hearted, irresponsive or even irresponsible figure-head.

No wonder he had to defend himself earlier this week in Kano, through his VP, that he (JEG) and his government were not behind the BH killings in the North! This rather strange defence by the president must have come after he had realized how more and more Northerners, both Muslims and Christians, are becoming more vocal in their exasperation at the government's inability to protect them against the brutalities of the BH savages; and their frustration is increasingly turning into suspicion that the GEJ's government, or at least some elements within it who harbour an undying pent-up desire for vengeance against the Northern Muslims and Christians alike (for some historical reasons), are using their positions in the government 'to allow the North to bleed too'.

Although there might not be any truth in all such allegations, yet it is a fact that GEJ's ineptitude and lack of purposeful and committed leadership during, and in the aftermath of, the killings in the North, has clearly created a huge leadership vacuum and divided this country like never before, as a result of which the fertile ground was prepared for all these dangerous suspicions emanating from the North.

Thank you IG. This is really helpful.

However, I am sure you are aware that sometimes your genuine corrupt boys in the normal police uniform pose as much threat, if not more, to the lives of the powerless ordinary Nigerians than the fake ones.

Indeed you would agree with me that more innocent Nigerians have died in the hands of your real policemen than in the hands of the fake ones, though I do not in any way here try to defend the sheer illegality of impersonating our national police force.

rebranded:
A former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, on Thursday condemned President Goodluck Jonathan for not showing the right leadership in the manner he had been handling his responsibilities as the nation’s leader.

He spoke at the sixth Christopher Kolade Symposium organised by the Nigeria Leadership Initiative, an organisation he was a pioneer patron.

He made specific reference to Jonathan’s decision to honour a political rally in Kano shortly after a bombing that killed several people early in the year, saying the best he could have done was “to postpone the political event.”

For choosing to continue with the programme, he said, the President did not demonstrate that he was sensitive to the pains of the people

While chiding the campaigns of pro-Jonathan non-governmental organisations, the respected statesman said, “Nigeria was, at every other time, better than now.”


He lamented the drift in leadership quality, a situation that he said should worry Nigerians.


Read more: http://www.punchng.com/news/youve-not-shown-leadership-kolade-tells-jonathan/

Every enlightened, honest and unbiased local and international observer of what's happening in Nigeria would reach the same conclusions as this seasoned and respected diplomat, and that is, GEJ does not show enough concern, talk less of the right leadership, in his handling of the terrorist attacks by BH.

Even when such attacks claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent citizens of the country he is supposed to be leading, the impression he has been giving to Nigerians and the world at large is that of an unconcerned, cold-hearted, irresponsive or even irresponsible figure-head.

No wonder he had to defend himself earlier this week in Kano, through his VP, that he (JEG) and his government were not behind the BH killings in the North! This rather strange defence by the president must have come after he had realized how more and more Northerners, both Muslims and Christians, are becoming more vocal in their exasperation at the government's inability to protect them against the brutalities of the BH savages; and their frustration is increasingly turning into suspicion that the GEJ's government, or at least some elements within it who harbour an undying pent-up desire for vengeance against the Northern Muslims and Christians alike (for some historical reasons), are using their positions in the government 'to allow the Notrh to bleed too'.

Although there might not be any truth in all such allegations, yet it is a fact that GEJ's ineptitude and lack of purposeful and committed leadership during, and in the aftermath of, the killings in the North, has clearly created a huge leadership vacuum and divided this country like never before, as a result of which the fertile ground was prepared for all these dangerous suspicions emanating from the North.

Gbawe:
@OP.

Keep your vote. Buhari does not need it because what will be will be. If majority of Nigerians are ready for change, as I personally believe they are after the 5 years horror showof GEJ , then Buhari will win without your vote or that of your household, your community, your State and your region. It is obvious folks like you will never vote for Buhari even if Jesus Christ direct you to do so.

Why not spare us these pathetic threads where you find the flimsiest excuse to announce that Buhari has committed a 'new' offence that will prevent you voting for him when we know you are 100% committed to voting according to your ethnic and religious prejudice?

Only an incurably prejudiced and biased mind could read a malice or offense in Buhari's passing reference to winning the civil war in that innocuous and innocent context of the remark.

And to use that remark by Buhari as a reason why Igbos would not vote for him is not only a ridiculous and flimsy excuse, but it is also an insult to the enlightened among the Igbos.

tunezvic:
~Buhari vs jonathan: Check out the Difference
*********************
(1) ANARCHY:
* Buhari: "2015 'll be bloody" - Buhari
* GEJ: "My political Ambition not worth any
Nigerian's blood" - GEJ
*********************
(2)BIGOTRY:
*Buhari: "Stop killing bokoharam members"
- Buhari(2 june 2013)
*GEJ: "Nigerians must unite against Bokoharam" -
Jonathan(May 28 2014)
(2) ELECTION RIGGING:
*Buhari: " Any political party that complain of
election
rigging are those parties that lack the resources
to
rig".......Gen Buhari (Jan,1984).
*GEJ: "I set the stage for free and fair elections
by
constituting an electoral commission comprising
of
Nigerians with impeccable
credentials for firmness and incorruptibility." GEJ
(September 17, 2010)
*********************
(4) CORRUPTION:
* Buhari: Accused of Stealing $2.8billion. Jailed
Fela for calling him thief. Money later found in his
London Bank account
*GEJ: Set up auditing firm to probe NNPC for an
alleged missing fund. Did not harass his critics
*********************
(5) ARROGANCE & INTOLERANCE:
* Buhari: "Nigerians are useless. Nigerians are
senseless. Nigerians are indicipline "-
Gen Buhari 1984.
(b)Banned Muslim leaders from traveling abroad.
(c) Kidnapped and drugged Umar diko for
revealing his involvement in coup plot.
(d) Jailed his critics.
*GEJ: Everybody criticed him, No problem.
*********************
(6) POVERTY AND HUNGER:
*Buhari: Under buhari, Nigerians cried queueing
for their portions of scarce commodities like
rice,sugar, salt, milk and toiletries.
*GEJ: 2014 Gobal Hunger Index published by the
international food Policy Research Institute
in October 2014,showed with verifiable data that
Nigeria’s
hunger levels dropped from 16.3 in 2005 to 15 in
2013 and
14.1 in 2014.
(7) INFRASTRUTURE:
Buhari: Stopped Lagos state goverment from
constructing a Metro rail in 1983. Told lagosians
"he doesnt care a d**m" about their Rail project.
*GEJ: Built fully Air conditioned fast train for
Lagosians.
********************
( ECONOMY
* Buhari: Increased Nigeria externel debt by
$3billion in just 1 years. Drove up Inflation by
41% , one of the worst in the history of Nigeria.
His economic policy led to many
job losses, closure of companies and massive
migration of Nigeria's professional to countries
like Saudi arabia and Europe.
*GEJ: Met inflation at 15%, brought it below to
9%
*********************
(9)WELFARE:
Buhari: Cut
allowance of lecturers in 1984
leading to brain drain.
GEJ: Jonathan increased their pay
*********************
(10)EDUCATION:
Buhari: In 2 years Buhari spent in power he didn't
build a single university or Almajiri school.
GEJ:Jonathan built 12
Universities in his first 2 years

- and your forgot to add that one of them abhors corruption so much that he sent secret agents of the Nigerian government to track down, capture and repatriate HIS OWN KINSMAN (Umar Dikko) from the latter's hiding place in the UK, in order to make him face justice and account for some ALLEGATIONS of corruption against him; while the other pardoned, embraced and politically rehabilitated HIS KINSMAN (Alamieyeseigha) who was CONVICTED of massive corruption in a UK court, thereby putting our country to international ridicule and giving ammunition to those who stereotypically see corruption as part and parcel of our individual and national life.

So even the most biased observer can tell who, between these two leaders, is THE BEST FRIEND AND PROTECTOR of the corrupt among the Nigerian elite, and who is their NIGHTMARE AND NEMESIS!

Gabrielsylar:
FOR LONG WE HAVE HEARD THIS RUMOURS

NOW THE TRUTH IS OUT

GEJ SAID IN ETHIPIO

I WILL ONLY SERVE ONE TENURE

WATCH!!!!! and JUDGE

CAN EBELE BE TRUSTED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PzukrOXar58

My take on this is as follows:

1. GEJ has the constitutional right to seek re-election; even if he had earlier signed an undertaking/agreement to the effect that he would not do so, nothing prevents him from changing his mind.

2. Considering the fact that Shagari and OBJ (a Hausa-Fulani and a Yoruba respectively) each got a chance from his party to seek re-election, the people of Niger Delta would justifiably feel 'cheated' if the first ever president from their oil-producing region were to be denied the same chance of seeking re-election.

3. But if Jonathan did enter into a sort of an internal agreement with his fellow PDP members, and it was on the basis of that agreement that OBJ and the PDP state governors unanimously supported him in 2011, then he is under moral obligation to respect that agreement.

4. Thus by choosing to exercise his constitutional right to re-contest in the 2015 election, JEG has abandoned his moral responsibility of respecting an agreement that he willingly signed with his PDP members. And in that case, OBJ and the state governors have every right to feel offended and betrayed by GEJ, as they staked their credibility to get the agreement signed in the first place.

5. Now that GEJ has declared for the 2014 elections, the debate has moved beyond whether he should contest or not, and whether he has breached a promise to serve for only one term or not; the debate now is whether he deserves to be elected for the second term or not, based on his competence and performance in the first term.

6. And in my honest assessment of his performance, he does NOT deserve the second term. He may be a good, decent and humble person but he clearly lacks the kind of leadership drive, passion and vision that the country needs at the moment.

7. My main problem with GEJ, apart from his cluelessness, is that he seems ready and willing to tolerate and embrace even the most corrupt and the most evil among the politicians from each state, if he perceives they can help him towards achieving his 2015 ambition of getting re-elected. So he may be pleasantly meek and humble, but ruthlessly self-centred as well!.

Orikinla:
In the melodramatic political history of Nigeria since the political independence from British colonial rule on October 1, 1960 to date, Nigerian politicians have come to the political arena in different characters, colours and contours of the human personality, the good, the bad and the ugly.
My favourite politician remains the great iconic founder of modern Yoruba political kingdom, Chief Obafemi Awolowo of blessed memory.
Of all the Nigerian politicians, he achieved more for his Yoruba tribe than others of his generation.

Who is your favourite Nigerian politician?

In Nigeria, asking a question like this is akin to asking 'what is your tribe?', because each poster is almost certainly going to mention a politician from his/her tribe as his/her best Nigerian politician, just as the OP himself has done.

You would hardly ever find a poster (especially from the major 3 ethnic groups) choosing a 'favourite politician' or role model from an ethnic group other than their own. For instance, you wouldn't find Obinna saying Awo is his hero, or Tunde saying Sardauna is his hero, or Musa calling Ojukwu his hero. We all find our political heroes from within the narrow confines of our respective ethnic groups, which is a shame!

cramjones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzukrOXar58#t=292

We are watching!

-CramJones

My take on this is as follows:

1. GEJ has the constitutional right to seek re-election; even if he had earlier signed an undertaking/agreement to the effect that he would not do so, nothing prevents him from changing his mind.

2. Considering the fact that Shagari and OBJ (a Hausa-Fulani and a Yoruba respectively) each got a chance from his party to seek re-election, the people of Niger Delta would justifiably feel 'cheated' if the first ever president from their oil-producing region were to be denied the same chance of seeking re-election.

3. But if Jonathan did enter into a sort of an internal agreement with his fellow PDP members, and it was on the basis of that agreement that OBJ and the PDP state governors unanimously supported him in 2014, then he is under moral obligation to respect that agreement.

4. Thus by choosing to exercise his constitutional right to re-contest in the 2015 election, JEG has abandoned his moral responsibility of respecting an agreement that he willingly signed with his PDP members. And in that case, OBJ and the state governors have every right to feel offended and betrayed by GEJ, as they staked their credibility to get the agreement signed in the first place.

5. Now that GEJ has declared for the 2014 elections, the debate has moved beyond whether he should contest or not, and whether he has breached a promise to serve for only one term or not; the debate now is whether he deserves to be elected for the second term or not, based on his competence and performance in the first term.

6. And in my honest assessment of his performance, he does NOT deserve the second term. He may be a good, decent and humble person but he clearly lacks the kind of leadership drive, passion and vision that the country needs at the moment.

7. My main problem with GEJ, apart from his cluelessness, is that he seems ready and willing to tolerate and embrace even the most corrupt and the most evil among the politicians from each state, if he perceives they can help him towards achieving his 2015 ambition of getting re-elected. So he maybe pleasantly meek and humble, but ruthlessly self-centred as well!.

akinsadeez:
The funniest part of that picture na dat guy sitting on the bag of rice like : '' I don get my own bag. If u like, make una kil urself, I don't care. My own be say I am not leaving this place without this bag of rice''.

Yes, the guy is pitiably funny.

Now it must have dawned on everybody that the 15 years of PDP's misrule has benefited only the corrupt elite (from all the regions and ethnic groups), making some of them super-billionnaires, while the vast majority of the ordinary Nigerians (from all the regions and ethnic groups) sink deeper and deeper in the abyss of grinding poverty that is robbing them of their basic humanity and turning them into some else!.

There was also this pathetic image of a woman wearing a PDP wrapper but at the same time the poor old woman was fetching water from a filthy stagnant source that even an animal that is well catered for would not be allowed to drink from!.

Lesson: a corrupt and incompetent government does no good to anyone!. Instead, we ALL pay a heavy price for its incompetence and embezzlement of the resources that would have otherwise been harnessed and used for the benefits of all.

Jerry24kay:
I weep for Nigeria
Some will still Praise him ie TAN
We need to look beyond sentiments in this country

All people of conscience, regardless of tribe, religion and region, would be so pained by the suffering and hardship ordinary Nigerian families are enduring and the way the corrupt elite are so callously unconcerned about it.

Abagworo:
You and other Igbos that dont understand our plights under Jonathan are part of the problem. Excuses and imaginary tribalism is so much planted in your head. Obasanjo took a bold step and that Geometric is the only truly private power plant in Nigeria. The rest are just Government power plants transferred to cronies in deceitful deals which have left virtually all of them uneffective. Geometric has been completed with its transmission lines installed and ready to supply the entire Aba area. The agreement before the huge investment was and is still clear. The truth is that there is deliberate attempt to frustrate Nnaji. Even his brief stay in power witnessed remarkable improvement only for things to get worse after he was pushed out. You people need to get off that tribal and religious bigotism and join hands with well meaning Nigerians to move our Nation foward.

I wish we could ALL be this reasonable and do the part in bold, for the sake of the present and future generations!

Abagworo:
IGBOEZUE Cultural
Okorie, in a statement wondered why President Jonathan, whom Ndigbo voted massively for in the last presidential election, would allow the level of degrading of the psyche of Ndigbo by not putting to use, the power plant which was completed over a year ago by the Geometric Power Company Ltd.

He also expressed dissatisfaction over the decrepit state of federal roads in the south east, particularly the Enugu – Port Harcourt and Enugu – Onitsha expressways, stressing that rather than show commitment on getting the roads reconstructed, government was playing politics and deceiving people, while several people die daily on these roads.
http://theadvocatengr.com/new/commission-geometrics-power-plant-at-osisioma-ngwa-or-igboezue/

Only last week, the Plateau state PDP expressed similar disappointment at the way GEJ's administration has failed to deliver in the state; he has not made any developmental impact in the state, despite the fact that the state voted overwhelmingly for him, just like the SS/SE:

Jerry24kay:
The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, elders in Plateau State, a group tagged Equity and Justice Forum, Dakun Shun, has said citizens of the state are yet to feel President Goodluck Jonathan’s impact despite their one million votes for him in 2011.

“We call on Mr. President and the national chairman and executives of our party not to take PDP’s victory in Plateau State for granted,” Mr. Shun said. “The people who gave Mr. President a million votes are crying out in pain and anguish. Do not ignore them otherwise the consequences could be disastrous.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/172004-plateau-yet-feel-jonathans-impact-despite-1-million-votes-2011-pdp-chieftain.html

The 15 years of PDP's misrule has only benefited the thieving elite (from all the regions and ethnic groups), making some of them super-billionnaires, while the vast majority of the people (from all the regions and ethnic groups) languish in abject poverty.

We have also seen the story and pictures last week of some hungry-looking people from GEJ's hometown (Otuoke) pitiably queuing and scrambling for a free bag of rice.

There was also this pathetic image of a woman wearing a PDP wrapper but at the same time fetching water from a filthy stagnant source that even an animal that is well catered for would not be allowed to drink from!.

Lesson: a corrupt and incompetent government does no good to anyone!. Instead, we ALL pay a heavy price for its incompetence and embezzlement of the resources that would have otherwise been harnessed and used for the benefits of all.

OneNaira6:
Amaechi is an embarrassment to SS. So after nearly destroying his state and causing tension in a peaceful community just so to please APC in order to get that VP slot they promised him, they deliberately mentioned to him they pretty much tricked him into joining them and gave the man some house boy position and this ediot agreed? What sort of fool is Amaechi? Now I know why he is disliked in that state, the dude is a huge embarrassment. How pathetic!!!
Everything about APC deals to SS and SE politician they used to destroy their region is all treacherous.
They used the governorship position to trick Abe into doing that nollywood scene, only for them to give it to someone else. They used the VP slot to trick Amaechi into creating a huge tension in his state and within the region, only for them to deny him that position. They used the VP slot to trick Rochas into breaking up his people's party and creating tension within his state and region, only for them to not even consider him for the promised slot. Tufiakwa!!!! See una life. You f2ked up your region, created unnecessary wahala in una region, b[b]ecame known as traitors within your tribe, state and entire region [/b]and at the end, you still didn't get enough shit to wipe una asses. Shame on all of una!! Next time don't let your desperation for power blind una. Kudos to APC for playing the desperate mugus.

It is a shameful display of primordial clannishness and political immaturity the way some people from the SE/SS call Amaechi and Rochas 'traitors' simply because they exercise their democratic rights of associating with politicians from outside their region.

It beats common sense for anyone to expect politicians to support only candidates from their region. If that were to be the case, how can JEG, or any candidate for that matter, ever be able to secure the mandatory 25% in the two thirds of the states?

If Amaech and Rochas are 'traitors' in the eyes of the SS/SE people, simply because they do not support 'one of their own', then all the Northern governors, ministers and others who support GEJ against Buhari, must be 'traitors'. Governor Shema of Katsina, a die-hard supporter of GEJ, must be the greatest of those Northern 'traitors' for associating with an outsider (JEG) instead of supporting his kinsman (Buhari) who is from his home state of Katsina.

99100:
Well the article made some sense but...

Lets pause for a minute......

And ask ourselves why the aformentioned terrorist group ie ISIS ,Alqaeda ,Taliban and Boko haram are all in Muslim dominated areas.

There is hardly a muslim country not associated with terrorism.

#My candid opinion though

You are right, all these blood-thirty terrorist groups you mentioned commit all their atrocities and crimes against humanity in the name of Islam.

However, you would be shocked to also find out the extent to which those Muslim terrorists are 'helped' in committing their terrorist crimes by non-Muslim players (who may be individuals, organizations or even governments) who have their own varying agendas for aiding and abetting such atrocities, and those agendas could be local or international. For instance, do you how the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and ISIS came into existence, who was financing and arming them at their inception, and why?

BabaAlabi:
A wise man said 'Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it'. The election has just been handed over to PDP by rejecting Fashola as the vice presidential candidate. Let me explain, just pay attention.
Nigerians have leaders elected based on three factors-Religion, Tribe and Greed. PDP with their ineptitude and incompetence have ruled this country for many years because those three aforementioned factors are always in place.
APC should have picked Buhari and Fashola with a clear message that Buhari is going to tackle corruption as he did when he was the head of state while Fashola will handle economic,educational and power problems the same way he did as the governor of Lagos. After 4 years, by which time Buhari will be 75 he will step down for Fashola thereby paving the way for him to become president.
In this way the North and South West will vote massively for APC and the muslim-muslim ticket wahala would be inconsequential at this point, leaving the minority South East and South South for PDP.
Educated nigerians-graduates,undergraduates and workers who are christians, will vote massively for Fashola. Local northerners and all the muslims in Nigeria will vote for Buhari. Many Yorubas will vote for Fashola. Some Igbos in Rivers and Imo will vote for APC because of Okorocha and Amaechi. Many Edo people will vote for APC because of Oshiomole.
Nigerians who have suffered enough won't care about the muslim-muslim ticket because it is only when you have eaten that you can quarrel and fight.
Nigerians need change, not just any change but the progressive change that Buhari and Fashola can bring but by rejecting Fashola, APC have rejected the presidential chair in Aso-Rock.
This is my humble opinion. If you think I am wrong, correct me with facts and reasonable comments. If you think I am right please join me in mourning for APC. God bless Nigeria.

OP, by opening this thread you have just confirmed what even the least discerning observers must have known by now, and this is the fact that those who hate to see Buhari emerge as the next present are ironically the most vocal in 'advising' and 'warning' the APC on who they should field as their presidential and vp candidates.

In this post, you deceptively portray yourself as a great admirer of Fashola's performance, on the basis of which you pretend to be arguing for his nomination as the APC vp candidate. But do you think people would never find out a thread you opened in 2012 with the sole purpose of rubbishing the achievements of the same Fashola? Even the way you titled that thread shows you were just out to taunt the same Fashola you pretend to admire here.

This what you wrote then:

BabaAlabi:
On behalf of other newbies and people brainwashed by the media hype of Fashola, I would like to thank Thelastpope and Sincere Nigerian for opening our eyes. It is really sad that throughout Nigeria there's no credible person that can lead us to greatness. Men with different intentions are raping our country everyday yet we thought Fashola was different. If there was to be a presidential election yesterday, I would have waited in the sun for 72 hours to vote for Fashola only to come here and see that he has achieved close to nothing for the past 6 years. Once again Thanks very much...
Please Note-I am prepared for all the insults the Fashola lovers are prepared to hurl at me but the truth is the truth and no one can change it....Peace

idumuose:



This one na serious matter.Even your local govt chairman wants to join (in) the suit against you.

That is the beauty of democracy!

And that's why enlightened observers cringe in utter disgust at the shameful display of primordial clannishness and political immaturity by some people from the SE/SS who call Amaechi and Rochas 'traitors' because they support the 'outsiders' and 'enemies' from the North and the SW instead of supporting 'one of their own'!.

These local Sokoto politicians you are celebrating here, are they not doing exactly what the Amaechis and the Rochas in the SE/SS are doing, i.e. simply exercising their political freedom not to support and associate with 'one of their own', but instead support an 'outsider' an 'enemy'.?

size40:
well , we don hear una cry. but no part of d country has benefited anything since GEJ became president.

Yes, the 15 years of PDP's misrule has only benefited the thieving elite (from all the regions and ethnic groups), making some of them into super-billionnaires, while the vast majority of the people (from all the regions and ethnic groups) sink deeper and deeper into abject poverty.

In addition to this lamentation from the Plateau PDP, two other recent stories also poignantly show that a corrupt and inept government benefits only a few thieving elite, and leaves the vast majority to wallow in deprivation and penury, reɡardless of their reɡions and tribes:

1. The story of some hungry and haggard people from GEJ's hometown (Otuoke) pitiably queuing and scrambling for a free bag of rice.

2. The pathetic image of a women wearing a PDP wrapper but at the same time fetching water from a filthy, mucky stagnant source that even an animal that is well catered for would not be allowed to drink from.

Jerry24kay:
The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, elders in Plateau State, a group tagged Equity and Justice Forum, Dakun Shun, has said citizens of the state are yet to feel President Goodluck Jonathan’s impact despite their one million votes for him in 2011.
The group threatened to mobilize the Plateau electorate against Mr. Jonathan in the forthcoming 2015 general elections.
“We call on Mr. President and the national chairman and executives of our party not to take PDP’s victory in Plateau State for granted,” Mr. Shun said. “The people who gave Mr. President a million votes are crying out in pain and anguish. Do not ignore them otherwise the consequences could be disastrous.”
Mr. Shun, a former Plateau PDP chairman, spoke on Thursday during a media briefing in Jos.
Mr. Shun, a member of the recent National Conference held in Abuja, said the Plateau electorates were yet to fully benefit from Mr. Jonathan’s four years in office.
He said the Plateau people have not taken their rightful place in the sharing of the democratic dividends during the Mr. Jonathan-led administration.
Speaking on the governorship rotation formula in Plateau State, the group insisted that the next governor of the state must come from the southern part of the state since the outgoing governor, Jonah Jang, hailed from the northern axis.
According to the group, Mr. Jang had plans to install his kinsman, Gyang Pwajok, a serving Senator representing Plateau North, to succeed him as governor of the state.
Mr. Shun assured Mr. Jonathan of losing Plateau State during the 2015 election, if the president supported Mr. Jang’s aspirant as governorship flag bearer for PDP.
The group vowed to mobilise the citizens of Plateau State to ensure that Plateau Southern Senatorial zone produced the next governor.
“PDP must stand with the people,” he said. “It’s the people who put governments in power. If our great party decides to stand with the government against the people, it must be prepared to count the costs at the end.”
He also called for the dissolution of the Plateau State chapter of the PDP, saying it was currently being used by the governor to actualise his personal intentions.
“The state exco of the party has shown grave ineptitude and insensitivity to the aims and political aspirations of its members,” he said. “So bad is the situation that the Chairman and his team have surrendered their official functions to the governor and descended to serve as commissioners and appointees on electoral matters which are primarily party functions.”


The group accused Mr. Jang of lawlessness in dealing with state matters.

“The reckless and lawless manner in which PDP conducts its affairs in Plateau State is insensitive and disrespectful to the feelings and expectations of its members. Our desire is to win the general elections.”




http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/172004-plateau-yet-feel-jonathans-impact-despite-1-million-votes-2011-pdp-chieftain.html

Was this significant political story systematically killed by a pro-PDP NL mod in order to save PDP and GEJ from the resultant embarrassment and electoral implications?

If that is the case, the mod who deviously prevented the story from seeing the light of the day should be ashamed of himself for the inglorious role he plays in stifling public debates that can inform and enlighten our people and help them make right political choices, which is a key element of a democracy.

achinaboy:
who sent u?

Maybe he is simply motivated by a genuine linguistic curiosity - to see how the national anthem would look/sound like when translated into our various native languages. That's why I obliged him and translated it in my own native language as above.

edababa007:
Abati, u get shame @ all?

Yes, so disappointing!

By the time Abati's tenure as the spokesperson of this grossly incompetent administration comes to an end, he may have accumulated A LOT in terms of monetary and other material benefits, much more than what he could have ever dreamed of achieving in his former newspaper's job. However, he may have completely lost ALL his personal credibility and respect by then, which is a pity!

vivaciousvivi:
Not only lawless but childish!
He would trade words with Ameachi, fire and seize the passport of Lamido...the list goes on. Useless, childish, idiotic man!

You forgot to add the shameless way he unleashed his overzealous security operatives to harass decent and eminent women of #BringBackOurGirls.

But when Tomporo warned him not to dare attend a well-advertized public function, he recoiled into his shell in a disgraceful show of cowardice and lack of leadership and courage.

Acidosis:
What you're about reading isn't one of those junks we read on paid-blogs & "online law firms" masquerading as investigative reporters. The [b]facts [/b]here have been confirmed by ME from 2/3 sources.

Unlike most people I've seen on Nairaland, I love history and I try as much as possible to relate the everyday event with the past.



More:
* http://thecityreporters.com/buhari-is-corrupt-atiku-a-mere-customs-officer-lai-muhammed-has-verbal-diarrhea-pdp-blasts-apc-leaders/

*AIT


NB: Your insult would be appreciated when it's accompanied with conflicting facts.

#Time_To_Re-Visit_History

#Save_Nigeria_Before_They_Deceive_Our_Children

You guys are increasing making yourselves laughing stocks in your desperate efforts to find anything, just anything, that you think can stick against the person of Buhari and impugn his integrity.

Here, you have only succeeded in desecrating the word fact , which is so sacrosanct, by presenting the wild allegations spewed by this hireling as 'facts'.

Since we all know that the allocation of an oil well in Nigeria is not like the allocation of a bag of rice by a politician to an ordinary Northerner or Southerner, why didn't the apparently hired desperado simply publish all the documented facts about the 92 oil wells allegedly allocated by Buhari, so as to reveal the no, location, date of allocation of each well and the names of the alleged Northern beneficiaries of the 87 wells and those of the alleged Southern beneficiaries of the 5 wells?

What you desperados do not seem to realize is that the more you persist in you futile efforts to dig up non-existent cases of personal corruption against Buhari, the more you would succeed in making some reasonable, enlightened and fair-minded undecided voters to consider voting for him!.

GeneralShepherd:
When hooligans govern a country,this is what you get

But the painful irony here is that the clueless president and his cohorts could not face a real hooligan when one dares them. Remember how Tompolo made the Coward-In-Chief to cancel an important official event that he was billed to attend last week?

vedaxcool:
That drunkard coward that looks for the slightes opportunity to wear military camo has once again shown that rather than allow democracy flourish his cowardly instinct seeks a military dictatorship! Ya adua should have never paired himself with such individual with no vision nor principles!
#voteoutogogorosense

And as if it was not only a few days a go the whole world witnessed how that Tomporo of a man scared the shit of him!