₦airaland Forum

emiye:
I want wike to win, the people must be thought a bitter lesson about not making emotional political decisions.

2015-2019, with wike as governor, we go see how far.

My broda, I really feel for the people.
However, I do not really blame them. I blame the political elite who were extremely short sighted while wike was establishing structures in the last four years. He used the last four years as minister of state to arm himself with enough financial muscle while empowering his lieutenants. Most of the alamajiri schools in the north were built by his boys. Yet the rest of PDP in rhe state stood aside Watching hands akimbo as they thought it was an amusing fight between Amaechi and wike.
Now wike will run roughshod all over them and this visit of violence will bot cease overnight.

Bawss1:
Despite the fun of violence...?

Nigerian journalism is on crack!

I saw that line and concluded that the writer is a sadist.

naijababe:
Starting Private Practice.......I am watching because of Taye Diggs and Kate Walsh, I could marry either

Boredom can drive us to many things, and one of them is watching Private Practice. A so-called medical show, this is an hour with some very unpleasant, unlikable, annoying rich people who sleep with each other because no one else could tolerate them.

Not an original comment of mine but I share the sentiments therein.

philips70:
With the 16-cylinder PDP killing and rigging machine in Rivers Dakuku can never win any election even if they do it 10x. But Rivers people will cry because violence has come to stay again for the next 4 years like it was in Odili government. You Barcanista as a Riverian know this more than many people here.

Just saw your post after posting mine.
You read my mind.
Rivers have entered one chance.

I still think Wike will win.
He is a horrible choice but he has enough foot soldiers to make mince meat of Ameachi's incumbency.
However, in him I think Rivers people have swallowed a bone that will choke them.
The indifference of the political elite in that state to the rise of Wike is one that they will live to regret.
How our polity produces the likes of Wike, TA Orji and Fayose is a worrying trend.

naijababe:
Starting Private Practice.......I am watching because of Taye Diggs and Kate Walsh, I could marry either

I always knew you were bi.

Katsumoto:
Chief Gbawe

How are you? Congratulations to you too on this victory. Hopefully, the General can set Nigeria on the proper path.

Chief, don't be scarce again o.
Some of us miss you when you disappear even when we do not always agree with you.

olajide8:
Yes but nda isaiah- hmm" soludo maybe not - but we wait to see! General dambazo is coming back- as either NSA or minister of defence* fayemi is coming on board mamora - SA national assembly relations* others would be ambassadors expect a lot of new faces pat utomi and bizmack ruwane- nigeria is about to start working*

I love the way you guys drop these names left,right and center. I hope all these newspaper iintellectuals will deliver?
I really do not care who is appointed as long as it is no longer business as usual.the change we want is a change from the usual impunity,lawlessness and abuse of power. Anything short of that,the next change will be with machetes,petrol and tyres. In that change,there will be no Apc or PDP. The entire political class will be consumed as one.

odeotito:
Just unfortunate that Agbaje is now tainted as an Igbo ethnic politician! Imagine him promising to make an Eze Igbo a First Class Chief in Lagos. Except he was deceiving the Igbo he should know that The Igbo are a fiercely Republican and autonomous people who will not accept the overlordship of a single person as Eze all over Lagos Igbo- confusion will ensue! Just wondering how much of Igbo he can speak - in case he needs to try making a run for Governorship in any of the eastern states!
Shame to the apostles of ethnic politics playing us against one another! Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa et al are Nigerians who deserve to vote and be voted for ANYWHERE in the country.
It remains to be said however that it is an unreasonable and unfair thing to do to hit your host community under the belt by playing the ethnic card in election time when you have not been discriminated against in enjoying the dividend of democracy! The obvious attempt by Igbos at doing so in this elections is unfortunate and will only serve a notice on the Yoruba to be wary of the Igbo as a people nursing an agenda to take over their host community. The Igbo must consciously set out to put the Yoruba (their hosts in Lagos) at ease by correcting that impression.

My igbo bros are often short sighted. They never think that far when reward is involved.
On a related note, the oba messed up big time. The arrogance in his refusal to still apologise is still worrying. I have not seen a more defenseless comment in a long time.

Gejpresident:
The same way Jesus died for mankind to be saved,

knowing fully well he did nothing wrong and has the power to stop his arrest is the same way GEJ actually sacrificed his office for peace to be in Nigeria.

U left office for the lives of none northerners living in the north and Nigerians at large.

God will surely bless u and vindicate u GEJ did not lose this election, people conspired to have him rigged out, he ignored them and accepted it.

I dedicate this season of peace to u Sir, peace shall never depart from u, ur home, ur family, ur life and anywhere u step foot on.God bless u and God bless southern Nigeria.


Keep smiling Sir, Jesus loves u, whether they like it or not. U are Mr. President of Nigeria, its on record and they can never do anything about it.Instead, they'll continue killing themselves over nothing.

God bless PDP

Enough of this crap.
He is the Jesus of Africa,yet his wife is unleashing mayhem in rivers state?
Gullible hypocrites.

The same GEJ that is about to win the Nobel Peace prize for conceding defeat?
It must be another GEJ.

Political contractors!!

barcanista:
Wow, Wike please calm down. Be assured that you are our incoming Governor. Sai Wike

Is this the kind of governor you want and need?

How does our polity throw up such loutish characters bereft of any decency and progressive thinking is still my biggest issue with Nigerian politics.
You think Fayose is a thug, you have not seen Wike.

When I look around and see men like GEJ, Wike, T.A. Orji and even Buhari at the driving seat of our political structure I understand that corruption is not our biggest problem. We have a bigger problem with a system that throws up either the outright mediocre or barely average to lead a nation like ours at such a critical juncture.
A leader who rants in public with such divisive words like Wike, is he the type who will lead a state to development?
What kind of laws do we expect T.A. to make in our senate?
If Jonathan was not completely out of his depth, Buhari would have stood no chance.

May his family find strength in their grief.

Oba should just come out and apologize by himself so that all these charlatans scoring cheap points via his awful comments can be starved of the cheap publicity they are getting.
They say 'Igbo enwe eze' yet all these contractors are busy crowning themselves far away from home.
Eze Ndi igbo indeed!!

Raiders:
why don't you compare the turnout rate for Kano/jigawa and that of Rivers/ Delta/ Akwa Ibom . The SS had a higher turnout rate than most north states

Why do you want to spoil a good tale with facts ?

kinibigdeal:
Why do you hate hearing the truth...jega is a failure

Since when did you become the dictionary for truth?
Your opinion of Jega is not popular nor is it rooted in any hard fact.

He is entitled this opinion but not his own fact.
This is nothing but the rantings of a troubled mind and that is my own opinion.

ArcToyin:
am not supporting the Oba's utterance but what i deduced was the conniving of the igbos to vote against the ruling party in the state. What Lagos has allowed them to do is beyond what any other states has done for them. Is just like biting off the hand that fed you.

You are digging further into a hole.
They have not bitten any hand. Politics is about protecting interests. All they have done is use their votes to protect theirs.
It happens everywhere. Lagos is doing something seemingly unique on account of its size and economic position in the scheme of things. Not because of the benevolence of its indigenes. Every mega city is same; from new York to joburg to London.

What does he know about life performances?
All these boys that mime over there cds played in the background by djs.

That state of origin crap is the most pointless row I see in Naija forms. Utterly useless.

TheMadame:
I am a proud Yoruba mother and I respect our traditions but I must say when I listened to that audio tape I was seriously sad and unhappy with Kabiyesi for his statement to the Igbos.
Traditional rulers should be seen to be neutral in politics and even if they have their candidates it should be between themselves and their God. Nobody and I repeat,nobody should force or coerce any one to vote for any candidate so Kabiyesi was bang out of order on this one and he has endangered Mr Ambodes candidature even though I believe Mr Ambode is a better candidate than Mr Agbaje.
I voted for General Buhari during the presidential elections but I would never coerce my husband,daughter or son to vote for him because I believe in the free will of every individual.
On saturday every one should go out and vote according to his or her conscience. I will still vote for Mr Ambode,but I will never force or curse any one to make him/her vote for him.
I think we should let this matter die a natural death and learn to live as one people. Go out and vote according to your free will and whoever wins should be accepted by all,although I am expecting a very close race.

God bless you.
However, I wish to point out that kabiyesi has form in this subject.
He made similar comments when disparaging the gubernatorial ambition of Hamzat while endorsing Ambode.
That one was swept under the carpet. Maybe because it was not tribalistic in nature.
Ethnic comments do not ire me as I find them silly irrespective of who it is coming from. My grouse is with the utterly biased and partisan nature of the comments.

ayindejimmy:
Pls. That statement was provocative and anyone that watch the video will know the Oba was speaking out of anger.
Ifeanyi Ubah was in Lagos last week. Did he visit the Oba to acknowledge him? No. He went and start running his mouth to jimi Agbaje and reading riot act to him.
If you're wondering why the Oba can be so infuriated now... It's because he has been pushed to the wall by his supposed guest that are planning to overthrow him.

Are actually comparing the conduct of a street thug like Ifeanyi Ubah and a reverred first class King?
If the Oba cannot ignore money miss roads like Mr. Ubah then something is wrong with his temperament.
I repeat there is no defence for the oba's comments. He needs to apologise by himself and disarm the political jobbers who are scoring cheap points.

How long will it take the oba to covenant an issue an unequivocal apology with no IFs and BUTs?
I don't mean one by an errand boy of his.

A simple but complete apology will suck the air out of the cheap points being scored by ethnic jingoists and political jobbers on account of this saga.

Also,the oba should henceforth learn to talk like a reverred figure he is meant to be. Like I said earlier, joke or no joke, this is not the first time he is making such uncouth comments.

Danrizzle:
Buhari's government would be in debt.... in debt to cabals and saboteurs. Imagine what could have assembled together in one boat, men like atiku, obj, tinubu, etc. We all know this fellows can never mean well for the country. So selfish that they can't see..... in short its not even about the selfishness factor these guys are turned demonic, fighting against anything good and progressively positive. Nigerians been short sighted since time immemorial.

Every govt is always in debt to those that brought it to power.
It is nothing new. The tory govt in the UK is forever in debt to big businesses.

The issue is having a strong leader at the helm who is able to steady the creditors and put the masses in the midst of the equation.
GEJ was in debt to militants, Edwin Clarke and the likes. The problem was that he was too weak to rein them in.

If Buhari proves to be as weak, you and I are free to vote him out.
No need for the gyrations.

Dele010:
I see nothing wrong with this...
[size=14pt]if Buhari can keep control over those under him[/size]
Hopefully... because him being able to control things that happen is one of the main reasons people voted him in.
If he can't accomplish that... well... everybody knows what'll happen.

exactly

Chigold101:
it is time for APC to show the love they claimed to have for Igbo man. APC should make Soludo finance minister & stop harrasing Ndi Igbo with the so called senate president bullpoo.

Rochas oge elugo. Bia kwado Soludo ka oburu fainansi minista

As an igbo man I find this comment nauseating. Politics is a game of game theory and intrigues.
You do not purposely strengthen a weak hand. Neither do you reward a lack of support.
Why should they reward the igbos with a seemingly powerful position when other regions that supported the party are left with less?
If you wanted them to show you love, you should have voted for them.

Secondly, the igbos had their sons as deputies in both chambers of the parliment and another son of theirs as the SFG.
What good did they get out of it?

Enough of this emotional blackmail.
These positions only do the holders and their circle of friends much good.

naijababe:
I am no fan of any Oba using their office without decorum but mehn, PDP in my opinion is just as crass jumping on this message and using it like it came from Ambode

Also, no one plays the victim card like Igbos. Very nauseating, in my view.
So you have a table set before them and PDP by the oba himself.

naijababe:
I am no fan of any Oba using their office without decorum but mehn, PDP in my opinion is just as crass jumping on this message and using it like it came from Ambode

But all I have seen them do is attack the oba directly.
Ambode needs to dissociate himself by refuting the words of the oba. Not that watery comment he made.
You cannot blame PDP. As much as they are as crass as they come, they just won a lottery off the uncouth oba.

naijababe:
Learn decency from Ooni of Ife?! Wonders shall never end.

All modern day royal father are nothing but political contractors. This is not the first time the oba of lagos has talked like a tout in public over this Ambode issue. His background as a police officer is becoming more understandable.

henpaul2000:
I said before now I am saying it these people are thieves, let see how the sharing will go. I tell u now and again they will definitely fight on this issue.
I am watching

Name five nigerians who you will want to see as ministers that are universally acknowledged as being non-thieves.