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The worst thing that can happen to Northern presidential aspirations in 2015 is for Buhari to be on the APC ballot.

On Friday, 23rd August, 1985, the military government of Major-General Mohammadu Buhari decided to place me under arrest. My crime was that I wrote, among others, an article entitled: “Counter-trading Nigeria’s Future” in the National Concord, exposing the government’s scam of diverting public funds into private coffers through barter-trade with Brazil. A man by the name of Benson Norman was sent from the State Security Services (SSS) to my office to get me. Not finding me, he left a note that I must present myself unfailingly at the SSS office at 15 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos the next Monday morning.

However, on Sunday, 25th August, 1985, Lateef Aminu came first thing in the morning to my house to inform me that the government of Buhari/Idiagbon had been overthrown. For this reason, I am fond of telling people that God brought about a change of government in Nigeria just because of me.

Coup-plotter

Under the Buhari/Idiagbon regime, once you ended up at 15 Awolowo Road, you may never be heard of again. Decree Number 2 of 1984 empowered Tunde Idiagbon to arrest and detain anybody indefinitely without trial and without legal reprieve. After Buhari was overthrown, Mohammadu Gambo opened the prison doors of 15 Awolowo Road on public television, revealing people in various stages of UnCloth and malnutrition that had been kept in the dungeons without trial by Buhari’s hound-dogs.

As self-imposed Head of State, Buhari had no regard for human rights. Immediately he seized power, he announced that he would “tamper with” the press. Soon, the infamous Decree Number 4 was promulgated which made even the publication of the truth a punishable offence. Under this cover, Buhari jailed innocent journalists, including Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabo. He abolished civil liberties, promulgated retroactive decrees enabling him to kill Nigerians through jungle justice, proscribed civil society organizations and professional groups and exercised “absolute” power.

This same Buhari would now have us believe that he has gone through some metamorphosis and has become a democrat. I am sure you will forgive me if people like me don’t believe him. Buhari is not, has never been, and will never be, a democrat. Only in Nigeria would a man with his track record, who came to power through a military coup that illegally overthrew a democratic government, now be acclaimed as a democrat. It is on record that Buhari’s military regime is the only one in Nigeria’s history that failed to promulgate a program for return to civilian rule.

Facts and fiction

So what exactly qualifies Bihari as a democrat today? Precious little! There is nothing democratic about forming and joining political parties just in order to be the presidential candidate. Little wonder then that Buhari’s parties have a short shelf-life. Buhari would like to be Nigeria’s head of state once again. He can no longer achieve this through the barrel of a gun. The only route now open to him is through the democratic process. That is the reason why he now conveniently fashions himself as a democrat. It is merely a means to an end; no more, no less.

Buhari’s reputation as an anti-corruption crusader is also a myth. As head of state, he did not make any dent in Nigerian corruption. All we got was a cosmetic “war against indiscipline.” The counter-trade scam happened under his watch. Rather than deal with it, he sent his hound-dogs after nonentities like me who dared to expose it. That scam was no different, in scope and scale, from the petroleum subsidy and other corruption scandals that have since plagued Nigeria. The Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) that Buhari headed under Abacha was also a citadel of corruption. While Buhari himself might not have enriched himself, his cronies and those who worked under him did so handsomely.

On three different occasions, Buhari has run for the presidency. On three different occasions he has failed. That should really be enough. If, as seems likely, he were to run for the presidency a fourth time in 2015, there is no question that he would fail yet again. Try as he might again and again, Mohammadu Buhari can never be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Buhari’s sectarianism

There is a fundamental reason behind this. Buhari is a lousy politician. He is an unbending former military dictator and not a democratic consensus-builder. Like his new ally, Bola Tinubu, Buhari is a regional, sectional politician. Such politicians are practically impossible to package and market nationally in the ethnically-delicate Nigeria of today.

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El’Rufai, one of those Northerners who deserve to be serious contenders for the presidency of Nigeria, observed that Buhari remains “perpetually unelectable” as a result of his “insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus.” This is an elegant way of saying that politically, Buhari has an uncanny tendency to put his foot in his mouth. He talks before thinking of the political implications of his words. He shoots from the hip.

The strength of Obasanjo, which enabled him to capture the presidency on two different occasions, was that he was perceived as a broadminded politician, not overly partial to his people in the South-West. As a matter of fact, in his first election, his people did not want him. The strength of Goodluck Jonathan, which propelled him to win the presidency, was that he was able to string together a coalition that stretched both north and south of the Niger. The weakness of Buhari is that he is totally unacceptable to people outside his region.

Buhari is a Northern regional champion. As head of state in the 1980’s, his government was unapologetically Northern. No attempt was made to balance the ticket at the top. It was the only regime in Nigeria’s history headed by two Northerners. When he seized power, Buhari put Shagari, the Northern head of state he overthrew, under house arrest. But then he jailed Alex Ekwueme, the Southern vice-president. You may well ask what makes Shagari less culpable for the misdeeds of the Second Republic than his number-two man. The simple fact was that Buhari was Fulani as was Shagari; but Ekwueme was Igbo.

Impolitic words

At the height of the Sharia debate during the Obasanjo administration, Buhari declared that Muslims should vote only for fellow Muslims. This was politically suicidal for a man seeking national office. He became an advocate for implementation of Sharia all over Nigeria. He protested to the Oyo State governor, in the context of a dispute between Fulani herdsmen and indigenous farmers in the state, that “your people are killing my people.” This turned out to be unfounded and perhaps the reverse.

His threats during the campaign for the 2011 elections incited widespread violence in the North after he lost. His supporters went on a rampage; looting and killing; in spite of the fact that, by all accounts, the elections were adjudged the most free and fair in the history of Nigeria’s current democratic experiment. By the time the mayhem had subsided, over 1000 people had been slaughtered in cold blood and some 65,000 displaced.

Forgetting that a statement made in Hausa would readily be translated into English, Buhari later declared unapologetically in a BBC interview: “If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.” These are the tokens of an irresponsible politician, whose ambitions for power supersede the national interest. Who then are the dogs and baboons that Buhari has in mind to soak in blood if and when he loses yet again come 2015? Are they his children or are they those of others?

With the Boko Haram insurgency in the north, Buhari played to the Northern gallery yet again, calling the Jonathan government “the biggest Boko Haram.” Wole Olaniyi was a fly in the wall at a meeting in Kano Government House designed to persuade PDP rebel governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to decamp to the APC. Assuming that only Northerners were present, Buhari declared the Boko Haram was a “strategic plan” by the government of Goodluck Jonathan to “destroy the North.” When Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states, Buhari still saw this with Northern goggles, insinuating that the President is waging war on the North.

President of the North

Without a doubt, Buhari has massive support in the North. Indeed, he is the most popular Northern politician in the North today. But that precisely remains his undoing at the centre. The more he has been identified as a Northern champion, the less attractive he has become as a national choice. Even in the North, his support base is limited to the Muslim population. He does not appeal to Northern Christians. Then there is the added factor of the opposition of his implacable opponents among the Northern elite. Men like Babangida and Atiku would rather die than allow Buhari get to Aso Rock.

One thing is certain, the South-South and the South-East will not vote for Buhari in 2015. Not only that; there are no buyers for Buhari’s sectarian politics in the South-West. No matter what Tinubu might be telling him, the people of the South-West will not vote for Buhari in 2015. We already had the template in 2011, when Buhari tried to sell himself, first by balancing his ticket with a Yoruba man; and then by making sure the Yoruba man is a Christian; a pastor no less. But it just did not wash. It will not work in 2015.

The worst thing that can happen to Northern presidential aspirations in 2015 is for Buhari to be on the APC ballot. That is a sure guarantee that the North will not be providing the next president. Buhari would be a shoo-in in an election for president of Northern Nigeria. But in an election encompassing the entire country, the best he can envisage is to be a kingmaker. He cannot be king. The nearest Buhari will get to Aso Rock in 2015 is by attending the Council of State meetings.

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The worst thing that can happen to Northern presidential aspirations in 2015 is for Buhari to be on the APC ballot.

On Friday, 23rd August, 1985, the military government of Major-General Mohammadu Buhari decided to place me under arrest. My crime was that I wrote, among others, an article entitled: “Counter-trading Nigeria’s Future” in the National Concord, exposing the government’s scam of diverting public funds into private coffers through barter-trade with Brazil. A man by the name of Benson Norman was sent from the State Security Services (SSS) to my office to get me. Not finding me, he left a note that I must present myself unfailingly at the SSS office at 15 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos the next Monday morning.

However, on Sunday, 25th August, 1985, Lateef Aminu came first thing in the morning to my house to inform me that the government of Buhari/Idiagbon had been overthrown. For this reason, I am fond of telling people that God brought about a change of government in Nigeria just because of me.

Coup-plotter

Under the Buhari/Idiagbon regime, once you ended up at 15 Awolowo Road, you may never be heard of again. Decree Number 2 of 1984 empowered Tunde Idiagbon to arrest and detain anybody indefinitely without trial and without legal reprieve. After Buhari was overthrown, Mohammadu Gambo opened the prison doors of 15 Awolowo Road on public television, revealing people in various stages of UnCloth and malnutrition that had been kept in the dungeons without trial by Buhari’s hound-dogs.

As self-imposed Head of State, Buhari had no regard for human rights. Immediately he seized power, he announced that he would “tamper with” the press. Soon, the infamous Decree Number 4 was promulgated which made even the publication of the truth a punishable offence. Under this cover, Buhari jailed innocent journalists, including Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabo. He abolished civil liberties, promulgated retroactive decrees enabling him to kill Nigerians through jungle justice, proscribed civil society organizations and professional groups and exercised “absolute” power.

This same Buhari would now have us believe that he has gone through some metamorphosis and has become a democrat. I am sure you will forgive me if people like me don’t believe him. Buhari is not, has never been, and will never be, a democrat. Only in Nigeria would a man with his track record, who came to power through a military coup that illegally overthrew a democratic government, now be acclaimed as a democrat. It is on record that Buhari’s military regime is the only one in Nigeria’s history that failed to promulgate a program for return to civilian rule.

Facts and fiction

So what exactly qualifies Bihari as a democrat today? Precious little! There is nothing democratic about forming and joining political parties just in order to be the presidential candidate. Little wonder then that Buhari’s parties have a short shelf-life. Buhari would like to be Nigeria’s head of state once again. He can no longer achieve this through the barrel of a gun. The only route now open to him is through the democratic process. That is the reason why he now conveniently fashions himself as a democrat. It is merely a means to an end; no more, no less.

Buhari’s reputation as an anti-corruption crusader is also a myth. As head of state, he did not make any dent in Nigerian corruption. All we got was a cosmetic “war against indiscipline.” The counter-trade scam happened under his watch. Rather than deal with it, he sent his hound-dogs after nonentities like me who dared to expose it. That scam was no different, in scope and scale, from the petroleum subsidy and other corruption scandals that have since plagued Nigeria. The Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) that Buhari headed under Abacha was also a citadel of corruption. While Buhari himself might not have enriched himself, his cronies and those who worked under him did so handsomely.

On three different occasions, Buhari has run for the presidency. On three different occasions he has failed. That should really be enough. If, as seems likely, he were to run for the presidency a fourth time in 2015, there is no question that he would fail yet again. Try as he might again and again, Mohammadu Buhari can never be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Buhari’s sectarianism

There is a fundamental reason behind this. Buhari is a lousy politician. He is an unbending former military dictator and not a democratic consensus-builder. Like his new ally, Bola Tinubu, Buhari is a regional, sectional politician. Such politicians are practically impossible to package and market nationally in the ethnically-delicate Nigeria of today.

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El’Rufai, one of those Northerners who deserve to be serious contenders for the presidency of Nigeria, observed that Buhari remains “perpetually unelectable” as a result of his “insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus.” This is an elegant way of saying that politically, Buhari has an uncanny tendency to put his foot in his mouth. He talks before thinking of the political implications of his words. He shoots from the hip.

The strength of Obasanjo, which enabled him to capture the presidency on two different occasions, was that he was perceived as a broadminded politician, not overly partial to his people in the South-West. As a matter of fact, in his first election, his people did not want him. The strength of Goodluck Jonathan, which propelled him to win the presidency, was that he was able to string together a coalition that stretched both north and south of the Niger. The weakness of Buhari is that he is totally unacceptable to people outside his region.

Buhari is a Northern regional champion. As head of state in the 1980’s, his government was unapologetically Northern. No attempt was made to balance the ticket at the top. It was the only regime in Nigeria’s history headed by two Northerners. When he seized power, Buhari put Shagari, the Northern head of state he overthrew, under house arrest. But then he jailed Alex Ekwueme, the Southern vice-president. You may well ask what makes Shagari less culpable for the misdeeds of the Second Republic than his number-two man. The simple fact was that Buhari was Fulani as was Shagari; but Ekwueme was Igbo.

Impolitic words

At the height of the Sharia debate during the Obasanjo administration, Buhari declared that Muslims should vote only for fellow Muslims. This was politically suicidal for a man seeking national office. He became an advocate for implementation of Sharia all over Nigeria. He protested to the Oyo State governor, in the context of a dispute between Fulani herdsmen and indigenous farmers in the state, that “your people are killing my people.” This turned out to be unfounded and perhaps the reverse.

His threats during the campaign for the 2011 elections incited widespread violence in the North after he lost. His supporters went on a rampage; looting and killing; in spite of the fact that, by all accounts, the elections were adjudged the most free and fair in the history of Nigeria’s current democratic experiment. By the time the mayhem had subsided, over 1000 people had been slaughtered in cold blood and some 65,000 displaced.

Forgetting that a statement made in Hausa would readily be translated into English, Buhari later declared unapologetically in a BBC interview: “If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.” These are the tokens of an irresponsible politician, whose ambitions for power supersede the national interest. Who then are the dogs and baboons that Buhari has in mind to soak in blood if and when he loses yet again come 2015? Are they his children or are they those of others?

With the Boko Haram insurgency in the north, Buhari played to the Northern gallery yet again, calling the Jonathan government “the biggest Boko Haram.” Wole Olaniyi was a fly in the wall at a meeting in Kano Government House designed to persuade PDP rebel governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to decamp to the APC. Assuming that only Northerners were present, Buhari declared the Boko Haram was a “strategic plan” by the government of Goodluck Jonathan to “destroy the North.” When Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states, Buhari still saw this with Northern goggles, insinuating that the President is waging war on the North.

President of the North

Without a doubt, Buhari has massive support in the North. Indeed, he is the most popular Northern politician in the North today. But that precisely remains his undoing at the centre. The more he has been identified as a Northern champion, the less attractive he has become as a national choice. Even in the North, his support base is limited to the Muslim population. He does not appeal to Northern Christians. Then there is the added factor of the opposition of his implacable opponents among the Northern elite. Men like Babangida and Atiku would rather die than allow Buhari get to Aso Rock.

One thing is certain, the South-South and the South-East will not vote for Buhari in 2015. Not only that; there are no buyers for Buhari’s sectarian politics in the South-West. No matter what Tinubu might be telling him, the people of the South-West will not vote for Buhari in 2015. We already had the template in 2011, when Buhari tried to sell himself, first by balancing his ticket with a Yoruba man; and then by making sure the Yoruba man is a Christian; a pastor no less. But it just did not wash. It will not work in 2015.

The worst thing that can happen to Northern presidential aspirations in 2015 is for Buhari to be on the APC ballot. That is a sure guarantee that the North will not be providing the next president. Buhari would be a shoo-in in an election for president of Northern Nigeria. But in an election encompassing the entire country, the best he can envisage is to be a kingmaker. He cannot be king. The nearest Buhari will get to Aso Rock in 2015 is by attending the Council of State meetings.

Raiders:
why are you pro PDP ? Are you not tired of 15 years of pdp rule. Don't you think its time we try something different in Nigeria

Y did Buhari cancelled the lagos monorail project?

Y did he favour only the north as PTF chairman?

Y did he instigate Christians to be slaughtered in 2011 post election violence?

Y did Boko Haram choose him as their negotiator?

Y did support islamization of Nigeria

Gbawe:
It is nauseating how you drag ethnicity into everything. Why not just support who you personally want to and let others do same? Are you more Yoruba than than the rest of us? Must you insult other Yorubas because they rightly see no good in a Government that has delivered failure everywhere over 5 years? Must you attack others for justifiably wanting change when they gave GEJ, with their votes, one term to perform yet he let everyone down horribly and only succeeded to create the biggest corruption and private jet-owning Oligarchy in Nigeria's history?

What manner of Yoruba are you anyway when the tolerance and live-and-let-live ethos we are known for appears to have bypassed you and your household? My friend, learn to be truly democratic by standing on your own two feet and stop attempting to use insult, blackmail and scaremongering to force others into backing your position. Campaign for your GEJ and leave others to support Buhari. GEJ condemned himself to his current situation by squandering the electoral support and goodwill many Yorubas had for him through terribly woeful and ultra-corrupt leadership over 5 years. I do not know how you can come here in good conscience and insult others for wanting change when they have indulged GEJ for 5 long years. You think you can insult Yorubas into giving a failure another 4 years to further destroy many Nigerian lives and future? Shame on you and your myopically ethnocentric outlook. You are the one who is "BLIND".

Correct guy.
Sharp guys like this are y Lagos still does have a mono rail system, y lagos still drink sewage water and y the mega still project is still on paper.

Boy clap for yourself

Why write a protest letter to RCCG?

was daddy GO the author of the audio?

Why not publicly counter the claim in the audio?

Lets have a public debate between lie mohammed and Bosun Emmanuel on this.

We need to unveil the truth

pentagonal: I better shut and quit my fvckery. I epitomise all negativity that pastors curse out every Sunday and how far can uselessness go than what my biography portrays. I have the IQ of a brainless he-goat. my non functional brain will have been more useful to humanity if it's fitted in papa chike he-goat cranium.

pentagonal: says a clinical certified m0ron weaned on expired goat milk. will you shut up and go get yourself euthanized. [b]you waste of natural selection [/b]sired by skhepe drinking dingbat, that killed themselves after realizing the evil they have done by cursing the biosphere with your godforsaken birth.

Is this your best shot?

How does these Gobbledygook, gibberish mumbo jumbo make you intelligent? Did you make any sense to yourself?

Why is it that most daft being cant stand a simple argument?

pentagonal: shut up bingo!!! made an error meant to write vanguard.. abati stooge guys. if the combination of the IQ of 25 generations of your family tree is added together, it can't still match the intelligence of my shoelace. scamp before I turn on the aggression on you.

Good. now that's a good boy - admitting you f up is fine. now learn to say thank your when you are given some good education.

If you have any iota of intelligence in that your skull, we are yet to see it.

So far, you seems more intelligent with your mouth shut up

pentagonal: from same guardian that lies per second billing have you seen olubunmi okogie and Mathew kukah opinions on the jet moving cash. please to come here and sell porkies to me.

Guardian? cant you read? where did I quote guardian.......bros you fall my hand die!

When did the opinion of these two become evidence based proof.

Bros buy JAMB shap shap!

pentagonal: still jargons so the conspiracy guys arrange the cash and arms in the can pressy jet. go tell your tales to the catholic guys that pulled out of the bling bling association of charlatans.

Your problem is the blackman's problem:

learn to READ AND COMPREHEND.

CATHOLIC Church, weekend, described as malicious and misleading, a media report that the Church chided the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor over the 9.3million arms deal in South Africa
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/9-3m-arms-deal-catholic-bishops-exonerate-oritsejafor/

pentagonal: balderdash how does this hogwash settles, the mystery of the milli dollar and the private jet going on rentals.

“In as much as I am shocked and distressed by the incident, I wish to appeal to Christians in Nigeria to remember that a war has been waged against the Nigerian Church. This war is being fought on many fronts and this unfortunate incident is another dimension in the assault against the Church.“It is clear that those who manipulated this conspiracy desire to create a schism in the Church. The media hype and the deliberate distortion of information that followed it confirmed that forces that desperately desire to cause division and disunity in the Church are at work. Even the devil knows that a house that is divided cannot stand. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/9-3m-arms-deal-oritsejafor-opens

snowprince07: come again pls

No dear, 5 rounds should be ok for you

The sustained onslaught against the current CAN president, chiefly by opposition element and their sympathizers are not without reasons. Below are the 5 top factors responsible for the vicious attacks:

1. CALLING FOR DESIGNATION OF BOKO HARAM AS A TERRORIST ORGANISATION.

As far back as June 2012,the leader of Nigeria’s Christians called Tuesday on the United States to declare the Islamist group Boko Haram to be terrorists, but a US official said it was more important to address social inequalities. This really got the opposition pissed off because as the world now know, APC and Boko Haram goes hand in hand. Designating one as a terrorist organization simply mean designating the other as same. Please don't as me to prove this.

2. A VOCAL CAN

The Christians body in Nigeria has before the advent of Pa Ayo being a timid, almost muted organization without a voice which sits very well with islamazation agenda of the fanatical Muslim community. But with coming of Pa Ayo, all that has change. CAN now has a say in virtually all national issues so long as it effect the body of Christ in Nigeria. And this isn't funny to a whole lot.

3. A DIE HARD SUPPORTER OF THE GEJ ADMINISTRATION

As a leader of a Christian body, am amused how some people will rather prefer Pa Ayo to support say Buhari who supports BK, or Elrufai who ridicule Christ, or Kwankwaso who refused to show empathy to Christians victims of Kano park bomb blast, to Jonathan. And when has been a fan GEJ becomes a crime? But its a case of a friend to my enemy is my enemy

4. A WEALTHY CAN PRESIDENT

Most previous CAN presidents were merely middle income earners who depend on charity from various people including Muslim leaders to run the activities of the Christian body, but that was before the advent of the game changer. This one is not only wealthy but flaunt his wealth at your face and many are sore angry.

5. A PENTESCOSTAL CAN PRESIDENT

Change is something that is difficult to deal with. And Pa Ayo represent not just a change but a paradigm shift as the first Pentecostal CAN president. So when next you hear catholic bishops, or some nairalanders who claim to be christians throw jabs at the reverend gentle man, just nod your head in understanding.

House of rumors

Oklander: I actually didn't know [b]my family [/b]is so cheap to bring into public dustbin, my situation is pathetic as my parent I'm insulting here may not know that I were born with congenital anomaly. I need serious help, so f.u.ck off.

Pity!

Oklander: Stop vomiting trash from your empty head and go back to read and comprehend that post you think you are responded to...I have no much time for f00ls. So you stfu, fu.cktard!

Very much like your father, lie Mohammed. Shying away f rom the issues and resorting to name calling and mud slinging.

Honesty, you have my sympathy. You do brother.

If common sense were shared evenly you wont be in this state - its really no fault of yours, some things are by birth default

Oklander: Let the PDP come out clear instead of hiding and masquerading as TAN so that the defeat on the debate may be seen by gullible Nigerians like you as TAN's defeat alone. Let PDP come and Lai Muhammed will trash and put them where they belong>>>#Dustbin

You amaze me. How does a change in nomenclature affect the outcome of a debate?

If really, a change in name affects sense of reasoning, then my advice to your is to change your moniker then maybe, (maybe) you might begin to make some sense.

Tell you lie lie Mohammed to take up the challenge or shut d f up forever.

Oklander: TAN is PDP simple! Idiôts trying to deny the obvious.....

Is that why Lie Mohammed is afraid of a public debate with TAN?

ABUJA- ONE of the major pro- Jonathan support groups rooting for his re- election, the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria TAN disclosed Wednesday that rather than organise a rally in the North East which is slated for this week Saturday, it would instead put in place a prayer session for Nigeria because of the security challenge following the activities of members of Boko Haram.

According to TAN in a statement by its Director of Communications, Udenta O. Udenta, top clerics from the two main religions in the country, Christianity and Islam from within and outside the zone would be mobilized to Gombe, the Gombe state capital for prayers to God to put an end to the problem.

Meanwhile, Udenta O. Udenta has challenged the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC to a public debate where they would face each other and brainstorm on national issues, adding, “Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria TAN after due consideration of the developments in the polity as it relates to the continued deliberate misconception of the its activities and the mindless attacks on it, has on Wednesday challenged the main opposition party All Progressive Congress APC’s spokesman Alhaji Lai Mohammed to a public debate with its spokes person Dr. Udenta . o. Udenta to discuss issues of national importance

According to TAN, the challenge has become imperative to lay to rest the opposition party’s bell arching over the ongoing nationwide rallies of TAN, adding, ” the debate is to enable the two bodies, APC and TAN present to the public their various positions on raging political issues for their discernment. TAN said that as an advocacy group it would not shy away from its responsibilities just because some political nihilists are intent on sowing chaos and disorder in the polity.

” The feedback from TAN monitoring system shows that Majority of Nigerians are happy with our activities going by the turn out and enthusiasm that greeted four out of our scheduled six zonal rallies.

“The zonal rally scheduled for the North East this Saturday will take a unique shape different from the previous ones to reflect the prevailing situation in the troubled zone. The Saturday rally, the statement continued will be more of a prayer session for peace to return to the zone and indeed Nigeria.

“Top clerics from the two main religions in the country, Christianity and Islam from within and outside the zone would be mobilized to Gombe, the Gombe state capital for supplications to our creator for an end to the hostilities, prayer for members of the nation’s armed forces who are putting their lives in the line of fire to keep the nation safe, and distribution of relief materials to victims of terrorism and other internally displaced persons.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/tan-challenges-lai-mohammed-apc-public-debate/#sthash.Cw9Xfv65.dpuf

When I saw a 2012 anti-CAN post making FP today, I laugh.

CAN president is doubtlessly giving some people sleepless nights. They would have prefer a dumb CAN president, but this one is giving them a run for their money.

We stand united behind CAN president

Is Buhari even qualify to govern say Kano or Lagos? Truth is Buhari is part of the mess GEJ is dealing with now.

Just imagine if he had approve the Lagos metrol rail project then!

SMH

Beware of BAT. Beware of Ebola

The north might not be sponsoring bh financially, but the are providing the support base, the military intelligence, the pr platform, and the moral boost yo continue the killing.

Anything that will discredit the gej administration has the full support of the north.

The north might not be sponsoring bh financially, but the are providing the support base, the military intelligence, the pr platform, and the moral boost yo continue the killing.

Anything that will discredit the gej administration has the full support of the north

She is just being sober, regretting all her comments and attacks on the GEJ administration now that results are begining to shame all critics of the this God ordained administration.

[quote author=na_joke]silly thread......[/quote]you are indeed a joke

danot1030: which lie did they report, is it a lie dat stella oduah bouhgt 2 bulet proof 4 255m or a lie dat ur predent drunk n fell, or is report abt shepo dat was false or ar u disclaiming stella certificate forgery? u ar ur like are so pathetic and shameless.

It is because of gullible people like you that swallow line, hook, sinker and fisherman that makes junk journalism thrive only in Nigeria.

Learn how to think by yourself. Dont let other people think for you.

Regards.

Having failed woefully in their latest adventure to smear the image of pro GEJ officials and taking into consideration their track record as peddlers of falsehood, what do you think will be next lie by these shameless online media in an attempt to smear the image of the jonathan administration? Below is my quess, feel free to add yours. Lets beat them at their game.

1. "$896,000,000,000 stolen from the presidency"

2. "Jonathan suffering from terminal illness"

3. "Jonathan WAEC result is fake"

4. "10,000 PDP senators in Bauchi defect to APC"

3. "Harvard has no record of NOE"

Cry cry baby FFK, just gear up to face your corruption charges. You are closer to the kirikiri than you think. No amount of stella is this or that can save you. Cheers

a 'big' party is measured by electoral victories and not by the amount of decampees on the pages of newspaper.

Since registeration how many election has apc participated in? How many has it won?

Who next will apc be merging with after the assured defeat they are bond to suffer in 2015?

DemDem do you any idea?

How far with Lagos light rail project Tinubu promised us 15 years ago?

Do we have to wait for another 15 years?

Just asking.