₦airaland Forum

For as long as it is necessary, President
Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP must hear this, as
our elders say “it is only a blind man who falls
into a pit twice” and put the other way, “once
bitten, twice shy”. As the President is getting set
to publicly launch out his 2ND term ambition for
2015, it is expected that, he and the PDP
leadership have done an examination of the past
challenges which were aimed at detracting him
by some governors from the PDP umbrella family.

The President has a solemn duty to squarely
project into the future, navigating his projections
from the unwholesome sabotage suffered in the
hands of those governors, who later defected to
the APC. Politics, is a concentric layers of
conspiracies laced in daylight smiles covered with
midnight sabotage. Today, in the Senate, House
of Representatives, State Houses of Assemblies,
APC numbers increased significantly following the
said defection of those governors with the
legislators they influenced to be elected in their
states. Political analysts argue that this strategy
by the governors, to move to the APC with their
legislators, was to stabilize them as observed in
the case of Rivers, Kano and Sokoto states where
majority PDP members are APC members now.

For now, the president should not sleep with his
two eyes closed. The virus to decamp to the APC
is still hovering in the air and may soon manifest
after the PDP presidential primaries. This may
appear unbelievable to Mr. President to hear, but
this is the plan of some PDP governors who are in
search of a soft landing from prosecution. They
are secretly hobnobbing with the opposition. Part
of the bargain and strategy is to ensure that the
stooges and cronies they sponsor as governors,
legislators at all levels decamp to the APC with
them after 2015. Today, the Tambuwal the
governors foisted on PDP has moved, the game
plan is for those who influenced his election to
subsequently move to join him.

The great Ijaw leader, Chief E. K. Clark once
argued that part of the crisis in the polity was
caused by some of our governors. This indeed is
an objective statement of truth and to be
forewarned is to be forearmed. Some of the out
going PDP governors are merely wearing PDP coat
inside an APC body.

It should be noted that they were part of the
game in 2011 using some of their House of
Representative members, to foist Hon. Tambuwal
as speaker against PDP majority. This betrayal
should not be forgotten in a hurry.

For emphasis, the president and the PDP must be
sufficiently interested in who become state
governorship aspirants and National legislators
for 2015. It must not be business as usual where
everything was left in the hands of the state
governors. It’s no longer funny. It may not be out
of place to remark that some of these PDP
governors have entered into a secret pact with
the opposition to do otherwise after 2015.

Outside the sponsored insurgency and sabotage,
President Jonathan still remains the man to beat
in 2015. Nigerians are aware however what steps
he takes to protect his second term administration and to prevent a repeat of the attendant bitter experience is now. It entirely rest on him and the PDP leadership. The governors cannot produce their successors as state governors and legislators and go ahead to foist national legislators on the president. This again is dangerous. Their aim is to influence or control the centre from outside.

Political analysts have continued to argue that
the matured handling of the affairs by Dr. David
Mark and his principal officers gave stability to
the Jonathan administration. The President and
the PDP national chairman, as tacticians should
rise up to the challenge now to identify and
constitute a future loyal and dependable team of
national legislators for 2015. This may not be an
easy assignment. They have to contend with the
selfish organized resistance of some of the state
governors to impose their stooges in keeping with
their secret bargain with the opposition. Surely, it
may amount to gross political miscalculation,
misadventure and or self inflicted injury should
the president again fold his hands and watch the
governors now pretending to love him more than
they love their wives have 100% of the National
legislators who will work with him. It has been
observed that in some states, the governors to
pre-empt the party have suddenly introduced the
abstract popularity test and or zoning to areas of
their surrogates to beat the interest of the party.

If anybody is to be watched, therefore, it is the
state governors now creating fear and the false
impression that without them the president will
not win in 2015. It is common facts that PDP
wants Jonathan, Nigerians also want Jonathan to
consolidate on the achieved gains.

I repeat, the outgoing governors must be watched
because they may have a secret agenda to help
consolidate the opposition. One is not here saying
that, the president, the PDP must believe this but
that this must be heard, for if Julius Caesar heard
or believed the soothsayer, he would have saved
Mark Anthony from his epoch funeral speech.

•ETENG wrote in from Calabar

Bakozy:
On 2 the nxt 1...#no tym

Truth24:
Lo and behold, I got d shock of my life, yea She turned me down and was so serious about it.... I dint know how d sweats ran so fast dat in few seconds it had reached my buttocks......Lol.

Cutehector4u:
A guy crying because she said no? Who does that!!!

iceberylin:
A BASTERD

Cutehector4u:
A guy crying because she said no? Who does that!!!

okpismart:
Source: http://.com.ng/index.php/national-news/item/1015-bomb-explosion-kills-10-in-yobe

Nosyke:
..

TDonald:
These 3 are it for me

KANU ‘PAPILLO’ NWANKWO


Although Kanu made most of his EPL appearances as a substitute,
he is the reason the league became a popular one here in Nigeria.
He moved to Arsenal from FC Internazionale of Italy for 4.1 million
pounds after a scare about his heart. He went on to play for West
Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth. He made a total of 315
appearances (118 as a substitute, an EPL record) scoring 57 goals.
He won 2 Premier League titles, 3 FA Cup trophies, and 1
Community Shield, African and BBC Footballer of the year during his
stint in England.


JOHN MIKEL OBI



John Michael Nchekwube Obinna popularly known as Mikel Obi
joined London giants Chelsea after a tug of war with Manchester
United that saw FIFA intervene and act as a pacifier between the
two rivals. The matter was resolved and Chelsea were asked to pay
12million pounds in compensation to Manchester United and
4million pounds to his parent club, FC Lyn Oslo of Norway.
He made his EPL debut as a substitute and scored his first goal in
English football in 6-1 thumping of Macclesfield Town in January
2007 (FA Cup). He’s gone on to play in the League Cup, FA Cup,
and Champions League finals for the club. He’s the most decorated
Nigerian to play in the EPL; he has won a Premier league title, 4 FA
Cups, 1 League Cup and 1 Champions League medal during his 5
years at Chelsea. He’s also made 160 appearances for the club
scoring 2goals.


YAKUBU ‘YAK’ AIYEGBENI



After a tremendous display in the 2002/2003 Champions League
campaign in which he scored 7 goals in 8 matches, he earned a
loan deal to Portsmouth FC, who were fighting for promotion in the
Championship. He helped them to the EPL before signing
permanently.
He is the third highest goal scorer in the history of the Nigerian
national team. He made his debut in English football as a 57
minute substitute for Vincent Pericard in 1-all draw against Brighton
& Hove Albion on 18 June 2004 and scored his first goal against
Grimsby in his first start.
He played 37 times in Portsmouth’s debut season in the EPL
scoring 16 times; he scored his debut EPL goal in the 1-1 draw
against Manchester City (his second match).
He went on to represent Middlesborough, Everton, Leicester City
and Blackburn Rovers. He scored 29, 26, 25, 17 EPL goals for
Pompey, Middlesborough, Everton and Blackburn Rovers
respectively. He has a total of 97goals in 213 appearances;
averaging 0.45goal per game.

utenwuson:
My able comedian presido.....wat did Abati told him sef, oga jona pose like ds mk we convince Nigerians say u d read well well......funny tin is, its about african history' hw does dt one mk ds country a beta place! Every1 surrounding ds clueless jona looks even more clueless than him!

sunnshyn:
Seriously, someone confirm that Lagos - Benin is 3 hrs??

Wow!! That's good news really!

Truth be told sha, anyone in power with their right senses should be able to do these things, afterall there are allocations for them.

I never voted GEJ and still wouldn't...I'm waiting for someone younger, with fresh blood, enough of the fresh air...someone under 50, so far I haven't seen one. If it doesn't happen, I won't be voting come 2015.

launique:
Y did you rearrange it yourself? Was that how the OP rearranged his own? APC e-rats always twisting stories to suit them and find an opportunity to criticize the president.

launique:
Y did you rearrange it yourself? Was that how the OP rearranged his own? APC e-rats always twisting stories to suit them and find an opportunity to criticize the president.

IfyAwazie:
D guy is looking for appointment.