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Whatever has a beginning surely must end, been months since we've seen the sneering face of that animal Shekau in those despicable videos, Kudos to GEJ And the much maligned Nigerian Military

Demmzy15:
GMB my hero, FAYEMI my role model and Rochas our next Presido!

You don join temitemi1 abi

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SenseiX:
I'm pretty sure if it was a Tinubu Vs OBJ or Gej vs Amaechi thread, they'll all have rushed to read it,

Lol, Lalasticlala should front page this

The largely successful transition is an example to other African nations, Kudos to both sides, Nigeria will be better

Lalasticlala please do the needful

Since everything he does seemingly makes the news, here is President Elect Buhari catching up on the news while waiting for the Turkish delegation

SenseiX:
Given up on Sai Buhari already , Una never see anything ,Change my foot, watching in HD glasses

You'd rather he fails and Nigeria slides just to be proved right. How patriotic of you...

This is disappointing if true, sends a wrong message, Buhari should drop Sylva ,

Enough already,stop praising a guy for doing what he should have done anyways

Lalasticlala front page

From Twitter

This was reported by the cable in December and the word in Abuja now is that he is the man

Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi, former chief economic adviser to late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, will head the policy directorate of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, TheCable can report. Some other members of the directorate are Olawale Edun, former Lagos state commissioner for finance, and Yemi Cardoso, also former commissioner for economic planning and budget. Edun and Cardoso served as commissioners when Bola Tinubu was governor of the state. The team is tasked with developing the economic blueprint for Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Their work is expected to provide the policy direction for his government if he wins the February 2015 poll. TheCable also learnt that there will be two other directorates ─ one for political mobilisation and the other for communications. Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers state, is the director-general of the campaign ─ the only appointment officially announced so far by the APC. TheCable learnt that there are still many positions to be filled in the directorates. “The official announcement will be delayed a bit because the list is not complete yet. We are consulting widely,” an APC official said.   MEET THE ‘POLICY THINK-TANK’ TANIMU YAKUBU KURFI Not much is known about Kurfi, who loves to stay out of the limelight and has been keeping a low profile since he left government in 2010. He studied economics at Wagner College, New York, US. Kurfi, who is from Katsina state just like Buhari and former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, became commissioner for finance when Yar’Adua was elected governor of Katsina in 1999. He was later appointed managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria by President Olusegun Obasanjo. When Yar’Adua was elected president in 2007, he appointed Kurfi deputy chief of staff and chief economic adviser. He was believed to be the most powerful political appointee in Yar’Adua’s government. Kurfi hardly spoke to the media or addressed allegations, some of which accused him of stalling the power projects initiated by Obasanjo because he wanted to bring in new contractors. He was also accused of stalling the $8.3 billion railway modernisation contract agreed with China Civil Engineering and Construction Company by Obasanjo in 2006, allegedly because he wanted to bring in his own contractors. The delay in renewing or renegotiating the oil mining licences of Shell and other IOCs in 2009 was also attributed to him, allegedly because he had found some Chinese partners who were offering Nigeria an advance payment of $60billion for the oil blocks. Kurfi never responded to any of these allegations. In his new book, “My Watch”, Obasanjo described Kurfi as a member of the Yar’Adua ‘cabal’ who wanted to settle personal scores with him. The former president wrote: “At first, it was the same men now in the corridors of power, like Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi and Baba Kingibe, who suddenly remembered ‘the evil’ I had done them in the past, which they wanted to avenge. For Tanimu, whom I appointed Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria on the recommendation of then Governor Umaru Yar’Adua, my offence was that I did not appoint him to run and handle the Yar’Adua Presidential Campaign and manage the campaign fund. From what I had seen of his performance at the Federal Mortgage Bank, I would not have made or allowed such an appointment.” Nasir el-Rufai, former minister and now APC governorship candidate in Kaduna state, commented sparsely on Kurfi in an essay titled “Yar’Adua: Great Expectation, Disappointing Outcome” which he wrote in May 2009 as part of his course requirements at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government where he did a master’s programme in public policy. He described Kurfi as one of the Katsina professionals who made money from the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under Buhari. El-Rufai wrote: “A group of young professionals of Katsina State origin, who had made money from the Petroleum Special Trust Fund (PTF) program under the supervision of General Muhammadu Buhari, came to the rescue [to finance Yar’Adua’s governorship bid in 1999]. Their leader was Tanimu Yakubu, an Economics graduate of Wagner College, New York, and included Dr. Aminu Safana and Ibrahim Shema [current governor of Katsina]. Nura Khalil was part of the group but decamped to the APP. Other ‘businessmen’ like Dahiru Mangal and Ahmadi Kurfi (both alleged to be professional smugglers) contributed financially to the Yar’Adua for Governor Campaign in 1998-99.” Kurfi, whom many insiders expect to be Buhari’s key man if he is elected president, was nominated into the policy directorate by the former head of state, TheCable understands.

Read more at:http://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-tanimu-yakubu-yaraduas-former-adviser-heads-buharis-policy-team

TheImp:
Beautiful article as always from Segun, the Yar’Adua boys have cause to smile. Tanimu Yakubu is tipped to be Buhari's finance Minister and Yar’Adua 's COAS Dambazau to be NHS or Defence Ministet

Heard the Tanimu Yakubu Gist, hope it's not true, he worked under Buhari in PTF

Nice one from Buhari, GEJ has our respect.

GEJ's stock seems to have risen in defeat....thank goodness he listened to reason and didn't follow the Gbagbo path, now he'll be a major African statesman

TheImp:
Even If GEJ loses on Saturday which I doubt, he would remain in my opinion Nigeria's best president, I genuinely just like this guy and it's sad and painful when some Nigerians pour invectives on him. Posterity will judge you well sir, you forever have my respect and admiration and on Saturday my vote and that of my family is yours, sadly it may not be enough.
God bless GEJ. God Bless Nigeria

Jonathan's media team has been a spectacular failure, rather than showing this gentle urbane side of him and his achievements however minute,they focus instead on attacking Buhari and end up making Buhari even more popular, Jonathan is a good guy, no one doubts that but he has failed to define his presidency allowing himself to be teleguided by those who don't have his best interest, It's too late, He should be a statesman and hand over peacefully if he loses thus cementing his legacy, I used to be his fan but not anymore, on Saturday i'll be voting to reclaim my country, Sai Buhari

It was supposed to be just a Presidential Media Chat and nothing more. But immediately after the cameras stopped rolling and the recording lights were turned off, Mr. President stood up and shook hands with Adesuwa Onyenekwe, Deji Badmus, Ibrahim Sheme and me. He thanked us for finding time to come talk with him.
“Please join me for dinner in my official residence,” he said as he walked down the stage.
As he stepped away, Vice President Namadi Sambo appeared, shook his hand and congratulated him. “Mr. President, that was a great outing,” the vice president said.
Walking right down towards the door, a retinue of aides and guests waylaid him. Some shook his hand and others cheered him for standing up to our “incisive questions. Others just smiled approvingly and wished they had something to say.
While the President led the way to his residence along a long covered walkway, I began to imagine how it feels to lead one of the most populous and highly diverse countries on earth. I imagined how many hours of sleep any Nigerian president could have in a day and the number of people they meet on a single day. I shuddered.
Once we got to Mr. President’s official quarters, we were ushered into a well-lighted lounge with modest furnishing. There was nothing extraordinary about that room if you ask me. It was clean and fitted with handcrafted furniture which were well arranged to give ample leg space. As we walked in, we met a few guests who were already waiting. Mr. Jonathan took his seat and we were ushered into some of the empty couches as he engaged his guests.
In less than five minutes, he was done and again led the way to the dining room.
It was a rectangular room with a long dining table surrounded with about 20 chairs. The table cover was a flowery satin material. The plates and cutleries on the table were just the normal things used in any average family. Two drinking glasses were set for each guest, a white table napkin and a set of cutleries including a desert spoon and dinner spoon, a desert knife and dinner knife. At the centre of the table were toothpick cases and beautifully carved cases filled with serviettes. Apart from these, one bread roll and a butter portion was kept for each of the guest.
The President sat at the head of the table while Mr. Sambo sat on the first seat to his right. On the first seat to the left sat Adesuwa followed by Ibrahim, Deji and I. The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Mike Omeri, sat to my left while the Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo, sat opposite me. The Chairman of the Silverbird Group, Ben Bruce; the Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority, Sola Omole; the Director General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Ladan Salihu; the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, and a few others were also seated for the meal.
As we sat down, two waiters appeared with two big bottles of Eva water on their hands. Mr. President’s glass was half filled first. “Do you care for room temperature or cold water, Sir,” the waiters inquired as they move round. I went for room temperature. I was determined to eat anything served Mr. Jonathan. As water was being served, I observed that the waiters did not fill any of the glasses including that of Mr. President. I have been wondering why.
For the appetizer, the waiters brought croaker fish pepper soup. Mr. Jonathan got a portion of the fish and two servings of pepper soup. Many on the table took more than two servings of the fish and pepper soup. I refused to exceed the ration of my host.
I watched the President munch his bread slowly and calculatedly before taking a scoop from the pepper soup dish. While on the appetizer, the conversation was neither here nor there.
I had hoped to see a long table filled with the choicest foods and some of the best collection of wines. But there was nothing of the sort. There was not even a single bottle of wine in sight. Is this how they eat there? I wondered.
Done with the appetizer, the two smart waiters withdrew the used plates and immediately started serving the main dish. Again, they came with “ogbono” soup cooked with goat meat and dried fish.
Instead of serving the usual “eba, the waiters came up with a yellow-coloured paste. “This is a local meal eaten in some parts of Rivers and Bayelsa states,” said Mr. President. “It is made with riped plantain and yam.”
I don’t remember what Mr. President called it but it sounded like “Onunu”. Mr. President was served the yellow-coloured paste but I decided not to eat it.
Long ago, my parents had taught me never to try a new meal outside of home. I know people who ate strange foods at buffets and ended up in hospital. I have also encountered folks who ate what they never understood and their stomachs broke into rumbling rumba gyration. I wasn’t prepared for any surprises and so I went for white rice and stew. I don’t know what Adesuwa and Ibrahim ate but Deji was served white rice and goat meat stew just like I. The stew tasted like it was made from bleached palm oil.
I was watching closely as the waiters served Mr. President. I found that he got a thin slice of the paste that could barely satiate an eight-year old. To me, the food was too small for a man of his age and responsibility. I would have expected him to eat more but… I kept wondering, “is this the way this man eats every day?”
While eating, Mr. President narrated how he was served a similar food in Burkina Faso. “I was so surprised to find that it is also eaten in Burkina Faso,” he said.
“I was in the country when I was vice president. When we got to the dining table, I saw it among other foods served to us. When I asked, they told me it is made with riped plantain and yam and that’s the same way we do it back home. It is eaten by Ijaw speaking people in Bayelsa and Rivers states.”
As we ate, the president asked Mr. Nebo what the power situation in the country is and what the minister said wasn’t consoling at all.
“Mr. President, we were generating over 4,500 megawatts last week and the supplies across the country improved significantly,” Mr. Nebo said.
“But a few days ago, vandals again struck the gas pipeline in Bayelsa State and another in Delta State and that brought us back to 2,500 megawatts.”
The president shook his head in frustration and momentarily stopped eating as Mr. Nebo continued lamenting the havoc he said vandals were wreaking on power infrastructure in many parts of the country.
“We have jailed more than five persons in the last few months but the vandals won’t give up. Even those who are arrested would never speak. They would rather go to jail than name their sponsors. The youths we arrested cannot afford the kind of equipment used in destroying the pipelines. Hardly a week passes without one or two sabotage recorded,” Mr. Nebo said.
After Mr. Nebo delivered the bad news about the power situation in the country, Mr. Jonathan directed the minister to ensure that adequate measures are put in place to check vandalism across the country.
“We cannot allow these people to continue to sabotage our efforts. Nigerians do not understand that part of the problem we have in fixing the power sector is sabotage from unpatriotic people who do not want the country to move forward,” he said.
A homemade orange drink was served, but again the waiters would not fill the glasses. The quantity they pour out to the president did not get anywhere close to the rim of his glass. From its somewhat harsh taste, it was apparent the juice was extracted with the skin of the orange intact.
As each guest finished his meal, the waiters immediately removed the plates and served dessert which consisted of pineapple, pawpaw and watermelon. Mr. Jonathan’s wife, Patience was conspicuously absent at dinner.
The dinner ended with another round of handshake from Mr. Jonathan before he disappeared through one of the doors and we were ushered out of the president’s official quarters.
It was dark at the time we stepped outside the dining room but with the help of floodlights located strategically around, I saw wild animals roaming freely and playing with their little ones across the wired fence separating the living area of the presidential villa from the thick forest that encircles it. It was a really beautiful sight to behold.
When I got to the car park and checked my mobile telephones, I found I had missed over 20 calls. The phones were beeping intermittently as text messages and Facebook posts kept pouring in from many of those who had watched the programme.
I left the Villa that night thinking hard. I thought about a lot of things. Does Mr. Jonathan live that modest lifestyle or was it just staged? Do they not serve good wines on his table? Is he that simple and calm? So many questions…
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/178959-a-dinner-with-president-jonathan.html

The report seemed to suggest Jonathan refused the proposal, that said with more recurring reports about the mercenaries, it's probably true, more so with GEJ's penchant for foreign security, his Israeli bodyguards come to mind

SenseiX:
Indeed, plus it's headed by respected Ate do Peterside with input from Gallup USA,
Btw look at the gap between Elrufai and the incumbent,pdp has sadly lost Kaduna, refreshingly as expected Wike is dusting Dakuku in Rivers, Lagos is still to close to call

Rivers is and has always been PDP... I think Buhari should get the required 25%... I personally don't fancy Wike or Dakuku, Magnus Abe or Tonye Princewill would have made better govern

Since they correctly predicted Ekiti's gubernatorial results last year when most people thought Fayemi would be reelected, most people have come to respect the Anap-NOI partnership

A recent survey conducted for ANAP Foundation by NOIPolls Limited shows a close race in the Lagos State Governorship seat between the top two contenders; candidate of the PDP Jimi Agbaje and candidate of the APC Akinwunmi Ambode, with marginal five percent point gap between the two. 
 
When asked who respondents will be voting for in the coming February 2015 governorship elections in Lagos State, Ambode led the list of candidates with 26 percent, while Jimi Agbaje had 21 percent. However, 50 percent of those polled are undecided as to their choice of candidate; and it is believed this significant proportion of voters would be critical in deciding who eventually wins the coveted seat.
 
The survey results also show that both candidates have strong support from eligible voters across all age groups. However, a significant proportion of first time voters aged between 18-21 years (64 percent) are undecided as to their choice of candidate.
 
The survey also shows that about 9 in 10 eligible voters are registered to vote in the February elections, with almost 9 in 10 (88 percent) being absolutely certain that they will vote.Despite being mostly undecided, first time voters of between 18 to 21 years age group leads the majority of those who are absolutely certain they will vote. ANAP Foundation is a Non-Profit Organisation committed to promoting good governance. ANAP has been carrying out a series of Elections polls since 2011 with the sole objective of providing information on opinion research during the election periods. ANAP Foundation conducted similar polls for the Lagos state governorship & presidential elections in 2011. Our Ekiti poll release marked the first in our 2015 election series and is available at www.anapfoundation.com. Lagos’ is the fourth. We will be releasing additional poll results shortly. 
 
NOIPolls Limited, No.1 for country-specific polling services in West Africa, in technical partnership with the Gallup Organisation (USA), conducts periodic opinion polls and studies on various socio-economic and political issues in Nigeria. More information is available at www.noi-polls.com
http://www.anapfoundation.com/articles/press-release---race-for-the-lagos-state-governorship-seat

A recent survey conducted for ANAP Foundation by NOIPolls Limited shows a significant proportion of registered voters in Rivers State undecided as to their choice of candidate for the Governorship seat; with PDP candidate Nyesom Wike in early lead over the APC candidate, Hon. Dakuku Peterside.

When asked who respondents will be voting for in the coming February 2015 governorship elections in Rivers State, Wike led the list of candidates with 35 percent, while Dakuku Peterside had 19 percent. However, 42 percent of those polled are either undecided (21 percent) or sought confidentiality (21 percent) as to their choice of candidate. It is believed this significant proportion of voters would be critical in deciding who eventually wins the coveted seat.

The survey results also show that both candidates have some support from elegible voters across all age groups. However, most first time voters aged between 18-21 years are undecided as to their choice of candidate. The survey also shows that almost 9 in 10 eligible voters are registered to vote in the February elections, with about 8 in 10 (82 percent) being absolutely certain that they will vote.

ANAP Foundation is a Non-Profit Organisation committed to promoting good governance. ANAP has been carrying out a series of Elections polls since 2011 with the sole objective of providing information on opinion research during the election periods.  ANAP Foundation conducted similar polls for the Lagos state governorship & presidential elections in 2011. Our Ekiti poll release marked the first in our 2015 election series and is available at www.anapfoundation.com. River’s is the third. We will be releasing additional poll results shortly.

NOIPolls Limited, No. 1 for country-specific polling services in West Africa, in technical partnership with the Gallup Organisation (USA), conducts periodic opinion polls and studies on various socio-economic and political issues in Nigeria. More information is available at www.noi-polls.com
http://www.anapfoundation.com/articles/press-release---rivers-state-governorship-election-poll



Pre-Election poll for Kaduna Guber shows El-Rufai in early lead over Yero
A recent survey conducted for ANAP Foundation by NOIPolls Limited shows a significant lead in the Kaduna State Governorship seat between the top two contenders; the Current Governor of the State His Excellency Governor Muhktar Yero and Malam Nasir El-Rufai, with a twenty-six percent point gap between the two.  

When asked who respondents will be voting for in the coming February 2015 governorship elections in Kaduna State, El-Rufai led the list of candidates with 46 percent, while Governor Yero had 20 percent. However, 23 percent of those polled are undecided as to their choice of candidate; and could be key in deciding a winner.

The survey results also show that youth between the ages of 18-29 years and the Working Class between the ages 30-45 & 46-60 are more inclined to vote for Nasir El-Rufai, while the Senior Citizens who fall in the 61+ age group are more inclined to vote for Gov. Yero.

The survey also shows that almost 9 in 10 eligible voters are registered to vote in the February elections, with about 9 in 10 being absolutely certain that they will vote. Similarly, the working class of between 30 to 60 years, as well as Senior Citizens of age 61+, are absolutely certain they will vote.

ANAP Foundation is a Non-Profit Organisation committed to promoting good governance. ANAP has been carrying out a series of Elections polls since 2011 with the sole objective of providing information on opinion research during the election periods.  ANAP Foundation conducted similar polls for the Lagos state governorship & presidential elections in 2011. Our Ekiti poll release marked the first in our 2015 election series and is available at www.anapfoundation.com. Kaduna’s is the second. We will be releasing additional poll results shortly.

NOIPolls Limited, No.1 for country-specific polling services in West Africa, in technical partnership with the Gallup Organisation (USA), conducts periodic opinion polls and studies on various socio-economic and political issues in Nigeria. More information is available at www.noi-polls.com
http://www.anapfoundation.com/articles/press-release---kaduna-state-governorship-election-poll

President Barack Obama says the U.S. is willing to provide whatever help France needs as it investigates the terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month.

Obama spoke to French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH' oh-LAWND') on Tuesday ahead of his State of the Union address. The White House says Hollande updated Obama on the investigation and thanked him for sending Secretary of State John Kerry to Paris.

The two leaders also discussed the Ukraine crisis and called for more funding to bolster Ukraine's government. The White House says they also conferred on the security situation in Nigeria, where Boko Haram extremists are killing civilians. The two presidents called for credible, peaceful elections in Nigeria.

The White House says Obama and Hollande also discussed nuclear negotiations with Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/01/20/us/politics/ap-us-obama-france.html

I have and still remain a loyal member of the PDP and I am not the biggest fan of APC, however a time comes when one has to shrug personal sentiments aside and vote one's conscience......Goodluck Jonathan is a good guy and I believe he has done his best for Nigeria, however his best is not enough, I've defended him and accepted his flaws especially since I felt the alternative Buhari was not even an option....however since reading an interview Buhari granted to thisday posted by pendy79

https://www.nairaland.com/2053220/buhari-quest-secure-nigeria-thisday/1#29045544
I'd been having second thoughts about the man Buhari, I made dispassionate research and finally i've come to the realisation that he is Nigeria's best option.....he is just what nigeria needs, He is strong willed, forthright, incorruptible, disciplined, traits that are lacking in today's Nigerian politics.........He is not a saint, he has his flaws but he is a competent leader and i'm confident that a new Nigeria can be rebirthed under him, the interesting read below posted by helped in no small way in changing my opinion about him
https://www.nairaland.com/2089952/muhammadu-buhari-nigerias-strictest-leader
Goodluck Jonathan is not a bad guy and he has some modest achievements however even the most faithful supporter would admit his leadership especially regarding corruption and the security situation have been very questionable, he's a good guy but a mediocre leader. Come February 14 i'll be voting Gen Muhammadu Leko Buhari, I hope he wins and I hope he does not disappoint Nigerians........having a viable opposition has really enriched nigeria's nascent democracy......This does not mean I support the APC as I consider them the same as the PDP, however i'll continue to support competent individuals in both parties.......Fashola,Ribadu,Agbaje,Tambuwal,Alex Otti, Odinkalu, Dele Belgore, Abiola Ajimobi etc.......
PS this is just my personal opinion and I respect others right to theirs. I am Deltan and maternally Bayelsan and a Christian and I stand for Buhari
#SaiBuhari

Video Of Buhari Allegedly Asking Supporters To Kill In 2011 Goes Viral

A video clip in which the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, appeared to have used the Hausa word “halaka” (“kill”) during his 2011 electioneering is now trending on YouTube.

Buhari has, however, vehemently denied using the word, suggesting that the video was doctored. In the YouTube video, which lasts for one minute and 56 seconds, Buhari is seen addressing a crowd during his presidential campaign ahead of the 2011 election on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), which is now part of the APC.

The exact date and location of the rally were not stated in the clip, which carries an NTA bug.

Speaking in Hausa, Buhari appears to be saying: “Ku fita ku yi zabe. Ku Kasa, ku tsare, ku raka ku tsaya. Duk wanda bai yarda ba, ku halaka shi.”

The English subtitle which accompanies the video reads: “Firstly, you must register, come out and vote. You guard, protect, escort to the collation centre and you wait until the result is counted. Anyone who stops you, kill them!!! (Crowd chants wildly.)”

The YouTube video is generating some intense debate, with some commenters arguing over the connotative and denotative meanings of the word “halaka” in Hausa.

“Halaka” means “kill” or “destroy”, but a commenter said: “It’s like kare jini, biri jini that he also used (in his statement that “the dog and the baboon getting soaked in blood” if the 2011 election was rigged). It’s completely taken out of context. That proverb means it’s going be a fight to the finish. Most of the Hausa vocabulary Buhari used are in everyday use, so if they are that bad, we won’t be using it in day-to-day talk.”

The video, uploaded on December 23, 2014 by one Adam Chukwu, generated 13,000 views in the first three days. By Tuesday, this had gone up to 24,000 views.

The clip displays scenes of riots that erupted after the 2011 election in which over 800 persons died, including 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

There is no voice-over on the clip, apart from the background music, but these messages were displayed as commentary:
* In 2011, Presidential Candidate General Muhammadu Buhari called for Election Violence.
* He lost the democratic election.
* But achieved his dream of violence.
* General Muhammadu Buhari refused to condemn the outcome.
* General Muhammadu Buhari was recently confirmed as the APC’s presidential candidate in 2015.

Buhari denied responsibility for the killings then, while the report of the investigative panel set up by President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to be made public.

Meanwhile, Buhari has also sought to clarify claims that he was supporting violence in “the dog and baboon” metaphor he used during the 2011 campaigns.

At a recent social media forum, he said his use of the words kare jini, biri jini (literally dog blood, baboon blood) should be in the context of his voter education campaign. He said: “If you could recall, I said in the same place, Ku Kasa, ku tsare, ku raka ku tsaya. That means guard your vote. Go and vote. Stay where you vote. And make sure your vote counts. That is what I meant by kare jini, biri jini because the thugs of the PDP and INEC if they try to manipulate the figures, you are there, don’t allow it. So this is the meaning of kare jini, biri jini. I want people to make sure their votes count.”

The title of the video clip questions Buhari’s ability to lead Nigeria: “General Muhammadu Buhari’s calls for violence after the 2011 election led to mass bloodshed – is this the man we want to lead Nigeria?”

TheCable understands that complaints have been lodged with YouTube over the video, with one complainant alleging that the clip was doctored, but the video has not been pulled. Follow us on twitter @thecableng


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

Read more at: http://www.thecable.ng/trending-buhari-really-ask-supporters-kill-2011-campaign-video | TheCable

DavHa'ivri@haivri55m
Thank you to the people of#Nigeriafor standing with#Israel.
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AJC@AJCGlobal8hNigeria, hero of the day, says "mindful of the need toguaranteeIsrael's security." We salute its crucial abstention!
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pendy79:
this is the vintage Buhari that I know, precise, honest and straight to the point. No pretense or desire to deceive or portray himself to be what he is not.

A nice read and educative for those who will read without the burden of bigotry and primordial sentiments.

I support Goodluck Jonathan but reading this interview has somewhat changed my opinion of Buhari, maybe he's not so bad after all, i'll research more before making a decision to vote. thanks for sharing the article

Call it the many nights of long knives, it still may not sufficiently capture the intrigues, betrayals, sellouts and drama that typified the various meetings which ultimately culminated in the choice of a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy to the presidential standard-bearer of the party, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari.

With barely 24 hours to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of candidates by political parties, the name Osinbajo, which had been making the rounds as the alternative choice, finally got the official stamp of approval of the general to run with him on the party’s ticket.

Practically all but the last meeting convened for the choice of a running mate for Buhari had failed for one reason: the reported interest of a former governor of Lagos State and one of the national leaders of the party, Bola Tinubu, who made a poor show of concealing his desire for the job.

At each of those meetings, Tinubu, who yesterday said he turned down Buhari’s offer to be his running mate, was said to have made the emergence of a generally acceptable choice that excluded him impossible.

For Tinubu, party sources alleged that he saw his probable ascension to the vice-presidency as an opportunity to be “compensated” for his incontrovertible role in the establishment of a strong and viable APC, a move other members of the party, including the governors, had opposed on the grounds that he would be a hard sell to the Nigerian public.

To exemplify his all-consuming desire for the job, Tinubu was said to have attended one of the meetings with the South-west leaders of the party last weekend and told his audience a story of how Buhari had agreed to field him as his running mate.
According to him, all he needed was the consent of those at the meeting in writing, in order to convince the retired general that he (Tinubu) also had the support of the South-west caucus to emerge as his running mate.

Ostensibly, however, he was purported to have conjured the story following the honour accorded him by Buhari to choose the running mate and put himself forward for the position. But this, a majority of those at the meeting saw through, compelling one of governors to say if his statement was true, “Buhari has picked you,then you don’t need our signatures to get our support”.

Unfortunately for him, some of those at the meeting were uncomfortable with the fact that he wanted to get them to sign a communiqué, which he would have taken to Buhari, informing him that his people in the South-west, majority of whom are governors, had asked that he be fielded as the vice-presidential candidate. In Tinubu's estimation, the story would have been difficult to refute in order not to embarrass him nor put the party in a fix.

When it became clear to Tinubu that his people had effectively opposed his emergence as Buhari’s deputy, he reportedly broke down in tears, moaning that their stance would render him insignificant in the scheme of things if he was neither allowed the opportunity to field himself nor present a candidate of his choice.“We told him frankly: ‘Look, we love you as our oga but Nigerians don’t.' We told him we could not sell him because one, he is a Muslim and two, other issues might emerge from the woodworks that could be embarrass him and the party.“When it suddenly dawned on him that his goal was slipping from his grasp, he broke down in tears,” alleged a source, who also claimed that it was at that point everyone gave in to his demands that the post of Buhari’s running mate be zoned to the South-west and he should be allowed to pick someone else in his stead.

His despondency was further compounded after Monday’s nocturnal meeting where the parameters were clearly defined for the selection of a running mate. At this juncture, Tinubu may have thought that he had been completely schemed out and again sought the understanding of the South-west caucus of the APC to give him a soft landing by allowing him to decide who deputises for Buhari, regardless of his political baggage. With their backing, he dug deep.

[b]So while other vice-presidential hopefuls were being bandied as possible running mates, Tinubu ensured that the post of vice president never left the South-west, and made a last ditch effort to secure the position for himself.

In this regard, on Tuesday, he was said to have met with Buhari, who was at this point at his wits end with the pressure that had been brought to bear on the selection of his running mate.

Buhari, during the meeting, was said to have told Tunubu in clear terms that he would neither run with him nor accept a Muslim-Muslim pairing, adding that if he pushed it too hard, he (Buhari) might be compelled to stand down even as the party’s candidate.When Tinubu tried to make Buhari see things his way, a shouting match ensued, compelling the general to walk out on Tinubu so that the situation would not degenerate. It was against this backdrop that the former Lagos governor allegedly rushed back to his people to push for the emergence of Osinbajo.Seeing that Buhari was unyielding, Tinubu and the South-west caucus was left with no option than to unanimously back Osinbajo as the alternative option who was presented to Buhariand subsequently approved by him in order to meet today’s deadline for the submission of candidates’ names.[/b]

To political observers, Tinubu, with his overt desire, covert antics and brinksmanship, may have secured a diminished victory. But of greater significance, he has had a taste of what it means to manage and square up against the contending interests and forces at play in a truly large national party.In the days of yore, he could dictate the pace and rhythm of his more malleable, regional Action Congress (AC) and later Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). With APC, he was shown that he can no longer pull the strings like a puppet master behind the scenes as he deems fit.With Osinbajo’s selection for the number two slot, it remains to be seen if Tinubu’s latest gamble will do his party and Buhari’s chances in the contest against the Jonathan/Sambo ticket any good. In the final analysis, the answer to this lies with the Nigerian electorate.

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