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@barcanista
who was petroleum minister when d $2.8 billion got missing?

the politicians dat were jailed how come no northern Moslem was among them?

they didn't say Buhari has been contesting since 1999, they said 2015 would be his 5th attempt @ presidency, the 1st being with the barrel of a gun.

how is ptf d most successful parastatal? because Dora worked there? did Buhari hand over d running of ptf to his in-law or not?

was Fela arrested for criticizing Buhari or not?

what abt d 53 suitcases? u didn't say anything abt them

is a lie dat Buhari promulgated d decree 4? tell us if journalists were not arrested arbitrary by dat administration

The EU team are interested in violent free election. And They already know d one wt history of election violence. They went to persuade him to accept his failure when he fails again

There was no need to plead with GEJ's supporters to be civil even when Buhari campaigned in Bayelsa. It's taken for granted dat PDP supporters would not take laws into their hands. the same cannot be said of buhari's supporters. They behave like their leader!

masseratti:
Lie from the pit of hell....Sarkin kano never said that,stop lying not good.

have u opened d link.

Rossikk:
I can't believe our constitution does not require an intending president of this great country to have at least a first degree from university to lead this country.

How can WAEC be the minimal qualification?

It makes no sense. This is a $510 billion economy. The biggest black run economy on the entire planet. How and why should it be managed by a person with only WAEC secondary school qualification?

At secondary level, you have not developed the modern analytical skills, and problem-solving skills, nor developed the moral certitude and character consolidation required for the leadership of Africa's greatest nation.

We need to take another look at that constitutional provision.

True
The military handed dat constitution to us because dey know dat most of dem don't have first degree.
Now some one whose WAEC certificate is not only questionable but d one he presented show he had F9 in maths wants to be our president . Nawaa oo. Nigerians and mediocrity!

Fashola has bcom something else. He used to focus more on governance dan politics. Nowadays he plays more politics and talks anyhow. He must have smoked d supporter of APC

Fashola used be a fine gentleman. He wasn't like a typical Nigerian politician. He focused on governance, not politics. He was a technocrat, not a politician.

But he has lost it all.

What went wrong wt him?
Ooh! He's is APC; he must have smoked d supporter of APC!

Newly married ex-beauty queen, Ibinabo
Fiberesima in recent times has shown the strong
passion she has for politics.
Despite not running for any elective position in the
land, the incumbent president of the Actors Guild
of Nigeria,AGN, is surely delving into politics. She
has been everywhere campaigning for the re-
election of President Goodluck Jonathan in the
forthcoming elections.
In fact, Ibinabo is leaving no stone unturned in her
bid to ensure that Mr. President remains in office
beyond 2015. During the week, the actress took to
her facebook page to explain why Nollywood
practitioners have endorsed Jonathan’s re-election
bid.
She accused Nigerians of being ‘unappreciative’ of
Mr. President’s intervention in most sectors of the
nation’s economy.
According to her, “Let me briefly explain why
Nollywood and indeed the creative sector seem to
have endorsed GEJ for second tenure.
He sets up a $200 million loan scheme residing
with bank of Industry and Nexim bank, already
accessible to numerous stakeholders, building big
screens, DVD/CD replicating plants… Through
Project Act initiative, 240 practitioners have
benefited in skill enhancement trainings in the US,
India, UK, South Africa and Nigeria respectively.
I am one of the beneficiaries. Also, he approved
film production grant of an average of 7million
naira to 120 film producers and directors…I am
also a beneficiary of this project. In addition, he
provided N2 billion through project Act for the
development of Nigerian film distribution among
others.
No president has demonstrated such huge love,
respect and support for the creative sector.”
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/ibinabos-romance-politics-nollywood-endorsed-jonathan/

Aggrieved stakeholders of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state have threatened to
leave the party if Senator Julius Ucha remains the
party’s governorship flag-bearer, adding that if
they still remain in the party, they would work
against Ucha as its candidate.
However, THISDAY gathered that one of the APC
chieftains and former aspirant for Ebonyi Central
Senatorial Zone, Chief Innocent Ugo Chima, has
joined the Peoples Democratic Party because of
the leadership crisis in the opposition party.
Chima’s defection came as the factional chairman
of the party, Sam Igwe and his executives had
formerly decamped to the ruling PDP as,
according to them, “APC is a shattered boat and
has no hope for the Igbos”.
The stakeholders in a statement signed by Ebele
Bernard, Demian Agwu-Onu alleged that Ucha
sponsored thugs to disrupt the governorship
primary when he discovered that he was not
winning the election.
They further called on the national leadership of
the APC to address the anomalies because if
urgent steps are not taken, they would decamp to
other political parties.
The statement insisted “that Chief Austin Igwe
Edeze should be returned as APC gubernatorial
candidate for Ebonyi state in line with the popular
yearning of Ebonyi people since Senator Julius
Ucha sponsored thugs to disrupt the governorship
primary”.
“We wish to state categorically that if Ucha
remains the APC flagbearer, we will not stop
aggrieved stakeholders from defecting to other
political parties. We will still be in APC but will
work against Ucha if he remains the candidate”,
they threatened.
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ebonyi-apc-stakeholders-threaten-to-leave-party-if-ucha-remains-guber-candidate/198867/

The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer
Force (NDPVF) Alhaji Asari Dokubo, has said that
Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta
(MEND) is a faceless organisation which no longer
existed as far as the struggle for people's
emancipation in the region is concerned.
Speaking against the background of the
controversial statement issued last week by MEND
endorsing the candidacy of the presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
General Muhammadu Buhari, the former militant
leader described the acronym, MEND as
pseudonym being used by the imprisoned Henry
Okah to extort money from ignorant persons.
Asari Dokubo also said the name Gbomo Jomo,
who always signed statements on behalf of MEND,
is not known to any nationality in the Niger Delta
region.
"Our people say birds of the same feathers flock
together, it is not strange that this organisation is
endorsing Buhari. First, I have always maintained
that there is nothing like MEND.
"When I was in prison, the organisation I lead,
NDPVF, the NDPSF and other organisations came
together to stop my arrest and they wanted a
faceless organisation. Some guys, including Henry
Okah, were sent to me in Kuje prison for us to get
a name and to get my opinion on what they were
going to do,
"I accepted though majority of members of NDPV
resisted it, I told them that we should be faceless
and so they formed MEND."
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/mend-doesnt-exist-says-asari-dokubo/198920/

Civil rights group, The Peoples Forum, PF, has
joined the demand for investigation into the alleged
funding of the campaign of the presidential
candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Major
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
The Forum also called for the probe of the
purported endorsement of Buhari for the 2015
presidential election by the Movement for the
Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND).
The spokesman of PF, Elias Kaka, said in Lagos, at
the weekend, that the probe of the funding of
Buhari’s campaign was necessary despite the
denial by the Buhari Campaign Organisation, in
order to put the records straight.
“Despite the denial that Buhari’s campaign is not
being bankrolled by some unnamed Arab countries,
there is the need for thorough investigation on the
matter against the backdrop of the extant security
challenges and the purported islamization of the
country by some faceless groups”, the spokesman
said.
Last year, Boko Haram had agreed to dialogue with
the Federal Government only if such dialogue be
held in Saudi Arabia and Buhari be appointed as
an intermediary.
This had raised dust and suspicion of a likely Arab
connection.
But the Buhari Campaign Organisation denied
being funded by any foreign organization,
dismissing as ‘laughable’ reports that he was
awaiting funds from unnamed Arab establishments/
countries to prosecute his campaign.
Kaka said the endorsement by MEND lent credence
to the suspicion to the growing concern for further
investigation.
“On Tuesday, the spokesman of MEND, Jomo
Gbomo, in a statement, claimed that the militant
group had endorsed Gen. Buhari for the 2015
presidential election, launching a scorching attack
on President Goodluck Jonathan,”the PF
spokesperson said.
“But President Jonathan has dismissed the alleged
endorsement of Buhari by MEND, saying no person
who means well for the country should be excited
by the endorsement of a terrorist organization.
“Despite this, the issues need thorough
investigation to set the records straight
considering the insecurity challenges the country
is being faced and in order to avoid heating up the
polity. The election is around the corner, anything
that will set the country ablaze must be avoided”,
the PF said.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/pressure-on-probe-of-buhari-campaign-funding-grows/

Yes fighting corruption is not all abt jailing pple u perceive to be corrupt without trial. Buhari did it as a military head of state he can't try it now.
OK after jailing those so called corrupt pple, did corruption stop?
The best way to fight corruption is to make it difficult to happen in d 1st place. that's GEJ's strategy.
Prove: Check Transparency International 's rating of Nigeria b4 Jonathan and what it is now.
we used to be 2nd most corrupt country in the world, but now we're 37th. Significant improvement!

Nigeria's former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari,
71, is not a quitter
Defeated in the last three elections, he has
returned to contest the highest office.
Mr Buhari will face incumbent President Goodluck
Jonathan, who is from the southern Niger Delta
region, for a second time at the polls in February.
It looks set to be a close race as on this occasion
the Muslim northerner has been chosen as the
candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC)
party, formed last year after four opposition parties
merged.
The APC has also been attracting heavyweight
defectors from the People's Democratic Party
(PDP), which has dominated the political scene
since the end of military rule in 1999.
Mr Buhari has always been popular among the
poor of the north (known as the "talakawa" in the
north's Hausa language).
Now some feel his military background and his
disciplinarian credentials are just what the whole
country needs to get to grips with the Islamist
insurgency in the north.
A Muslim from Daura in Katsina State, who has
given his support to Sharia in the north, Mr Buhari
has previously had to deny allegations that he has
a radical Islamist agenda.
This proved a problem for him in the 2003 polls -
he failed to secure much support among
Christians in the south, where he was viewed with
some suspicion.
But having escaped an attack on his convoy in
Kaduna in July, which bore all the hallmarks of a
Boko Haram assassination attempt, he has
promised to end the insurgency within months if
elected.
He has blamed President Jonathan's weakness for
its escalation and has refused overtures to
participate in talks with the radical militant group.
His tough stance as a military commander in 1983
- when some Nigerian islands were annexed in
Lake Chad by Chadian soldiers - is still
remembered in the north-east, now the militants'
stronghold, after he blockaded the area and drove
off the invaders.
'War Against Indiscipline'
He ruled Nigeria from January 1984 until August
1985, taking charge after a military coup in
December 1983.
It is a period remembered for a strict campaign
against indiscipline and corruption, and for its
human rights abuses.
The verdict on Mr Buhari's 20 months as Nigeria's
leader is mixed.
About 500 politicians, officials and businessmen
were jailed as part of a campaign against waste
and corruption.
Some saw this as the heavy-handed repression of
military rule.
But others remember it as a praiseworthy attempt
to fight the endemic graft that prevented Nigeria's
development.
He retains a rare reputation for honesty among
Nigeria's politicians, both military and civilian,
largely because of this campaign.
As part of his "War Against Indiscipline", he
ordered Nigerians to form neat queues at bus
stops, under the sharp eyes of whip-wielding
soldiers.
Civil servants who were late for work were publicly
humiliated by being forced to do frog jumps.
He also introduced a notorious decree to restrict
press freedom, under which two journalists were
jailed.
However, his attempts to re-balance public
finances by curbing imports led to many job
losses and the closure of businesses.
As part of anti-corruption measures, he also
ordered that the currency be replaced - the colour
of the naira notes were changed - forcing all
holders of old notes to exchange them at banks
within a limited period.
Prices rose while living standards fell, leading to a
palace coup by Gen Ibrahim Babangida on 27
August 1985. Mr Buhari was imprisoned for 40
months.
Mr Babangida wanted to speed up the restoration
of civilian rule, which Mr Buhari did not see as a
priority.
'Up to the people'
Mr Buhari has continued to defend his military
coup of 31 December 1983.
"It is up to the people. If you choose correct
leadership, there won't be any need for the military
regime.
"The military came in when it was absolutely
necessary and the elected people had failed the
country," he said in October 2005.
When former President Olusegun Obasanjo was a
military ruler in the 1970s, Mr Buhari held the key
post of minister of petroleum affairs.
But the relationship between the former colleagues
cooled as Mr Buhari's coup ousted a civilian
government, led by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who won
elections organised by Mr Obasanjo.
This led to continuing questions about Mr Buhari's
commitment to democracy.
Relations between the two former generals may
now thaw following what seems to be an
endorsement for Mr Buhari from Mr Obasanjo in
his recently released autobiography.
Mr Buhari "would not be a good economic
manager", wrote the politician who won two
presidential elections for the PDP after 1999 , but
"will be a strong, almost inflexible, and a
courageous and firm leader".

m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12890807

APC supporters including dis op are shocked d way GEJ spoke dat day. They didn't see it coming. GEJ took them to d cleaners, exposing all their propaganda and deflating d larger dan life image they've created abt their 'messiah'. since then they've been whining

For those asking for source, see 4urself...

It looks like this is some kinds of the dividends of democracy, at least you have the freedom to say whatever your choice is.

Prof. Wole Soyinka is here again! Ask him what he think about Goodluck Jonathan retaining his seat in ASO rock, and you would be surprised to hear him paint Jonathan in the way you never think is possible.

“Even though I have said it time and time again that the president should control his wife but there is something significant about Mr. President.

He is the first president without any ties to the military mafia. All his children are in schools here in Nigeria. You cannot come across a skyscraper in any corner of Nigeria and people will tell you it belongs to him; even a seven storey building.

I strongly believe that GEJ is a phenomenal change from before and if we cannot find a better, young alternative, then we must remain with him until we can groom someone better.

This is no time to go back to the military mafia and go back to our vomit”

In essence, he is repeating the popular adage that the “Devil you know is better than an Angel you know nothing about”

The year 2015 is less than a month to go and the presidential election is just around the corner, Like every other elections, it has to be contested and there must be winners and losers.
http://constative.com/politics/prof-wole-soyinka-clears-goodluck-president-2015

http://www.nigeriatell.com/news/prof-wole-soyinka-endorses-goodluck-jonathan-for-2015#.VK-wVoMo_Jt

The United States Government has said there are
no signs that Nigeria will disintegrate before,
during or after the February general elections.
While explaining that Nigeria is facing “big
challenges,” the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr.
James Entwistle, stated that the problems at stake
were surmountable.
According to the American envoy, Nigerians
should “throw out of the window” the idea from
“some think-tank or somebody outside the (US)
government” stating that Nigeria would fall apart
in 2015.
Entwistle spoke in Lagos on Thursday during an
interactive session with journalists on the recent
donation of a US naval ship, christened NNS
Okpabana, to the Nigerian Navy.
The US diplomat said, “I have been plagued by
the question (on Nigeria’s possible disintegration
in 2015) and I have gone back to look and I can’t
find any government report that said Nigeria
would disintegrate in 2015. Maybe some think-
tank or somebody outside the government said it;
I don’t know.
“But in my opinion as the US Ambassador to this
country, I am not worried in the least that Nigeria
is going to disintegrate in 2015. Regardless of
what someone may have said, the question is that
we are now here in 2015: Do we see signs that
Nigeria is going to disintegrate or fall apart or
something? I don’t know what you think. But I
don’t see those signs.
“But I see signs of growth, optimism and I see
that to minimise the challenges that you have, in
this life, you have to keep on keeping on and I
think the future is quite bright.”
Entwistle added that if the Federal Government did
what would need to be done in the coming years,
especially as pertaining to “security, corruption
and all of these things,” the future of Nigeria
would be “very bright.”
www.punchng.com/news/no-signs-nigeria-will-disintegrate-in-2015-us/

SweetJoystick:
Why you no ask DSS, PDP arm to explain to Nigerians the relationship? Bloody fools

what will u say if Boko haram declares support for GEJ? u will certainly call him a terrorist. but since it's Buhari, u're ok with it. Hypocrisy!

meracool:
SHUT Up...!!

When our Neighboring Benin Republic is enjoying Uninterrupted power supply..

Is there improvement in power supply or not?
if past administration did half of what dis administrations has done in power Nigeria will be experiencing constant power supply by now.
why is it so difficult for u to acknowledge dat dis administration has done anything well? hatred is a killer oo.

No problem, d DSS has taken those arrested to court. APC shld go and prove their innocency in court. Even though we know Tinubu has d 'resources' to buy judgments

I returned to Abuja yesterday after spending the festive period in my village. I live in Apo, around d mechanic village area. Around 6 pm when I returned, I met d lights on. And from dat time till now, and as I type dis (more dan 26hrs after my return), the light has not blinked for one second! This is unprecedented in our national history. I pray dis is sustained.

And people who hate to commend the govt for anything still come to Nairaland to say dat there is no improvement in power supply!

It's not yet Uhuru for d power sector because in my village during d festive season, we had an average of 6hrs supply per day, though pple say it was much better b4 d Christmas. But to say there hasn't been improvement is a big lie. I believe dat with time, what we're experiencing here will go round d whole nation.

GEJ all d way

I dont think anybody will say that Jonathan is the best person to be the president of Nigeria at this time.
but when the other option is Buhari, then there is really no other option.

THE ONLINE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HIERARCHY OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY
26DEC


The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a publication on the website of Sahara Reporters with the caption “Nigerian Army Presents Unverified “Lt Col” To Refute Petition Against Military Hierarchy”. It is noteworthy but sad and unfortunate that Sahara Reporters has committed itself to support for terrorism and fighting Nigeria, its people, its military and particularly the Nigerian Army.

Before Sahara Reporters published their purported document described as petition from Lt Col Wende, a serving Commanding Officer, the Nigerian Army conducted a thorough investigation on the document involving other security and intelligence agencies. The process confirmed that the serving officer was not the author of the petition. Yesterday, the officer dissociated himself from the so-called petition in a press conference he personally attended. While reputable media organizations were on hand to engage the officer, Sahara Reporters being a faceless medium, preferred to remain faceless and was not represented. Sahara Reporters sadly, but predictably, and in fulfilment of its support for terrorism published in its website a fabrication in which it referred to the officer as “unverified”. How absurd!

Sahara Reporters has strived hard to present itself as a propaganda medium for terrorism and Boko Haram in particular. It is with this in mind, that the Nigerian Army conducted a press conference in Maiduguri in which the officer who appeared for the press conference is Lt Col Wende, a serving officer of the Nigerian Army. Since the officer has clearly dissociated himself from the document, it makes sense that the so-called petition is the handiwork of Sahara Reporters. With time, terrorism in Nigeria and Sahara Reporters will be defeated by the collective will of the good people of Nigeria.

OLAJIDE LALEYE
Brigadier General
Director, Army Public Relations

http://defenceinfo.mil.ng/the-online-campaign-against-the-hierarchy-of-the-nigerian-army/

barcanista:
They can settle themselves but Peterside will be elected Governor

Na you go write the result?

A renowned Kaduna-based Islamic cleric and scholar, Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, has reacted to the arrest of a 13-year-old girl, Zahrau Babangida, who was ready to ‘die as a martyr’ by committing a suicide bombing.
In a statement published on his official Facebook page on December 26, 2014, Friday, Sheikh Gumi reminded that it was the biological father of the girl who forced her to step on the pass of mass murder. However, the cleric emphasised that roots of the problem are deeper than simple persuation of innocent children by the jihadists.“It’s the problem of the society that venerate ignorance,” Sheik Gumi noted.

“Ours – I mean the northern Muslims especially – is a case of self-anihilation. Worst still we don’t enjoy the only ‘virtue of ignorance’ which is to accept you don’t know hence you seek for proper knowledge. Our ignorance is compound. We don’t know that we don’t know. Talk less of seeking for knowledge.
“The religion we claim to know is the first that condemns us. We are heretics, superstitious and many of us heathens. We can only bark, revile, abuse and foam. In the end we commit suicide. All because we refuse to learn and accord knowledge the reverence it deserves.

“Imagine people annihilating themselves by refusing vaccination. Even if the majority has agreed, the point is that it lacks the leadership dexterity to convince or forces the others into doing the proper thing. We are now the shame of mankind. From among us the polio virus has an abode and a settlement to reinfect humanity again.

“For long we rejected modern education – I dare call it Western – where as Islam was the precursor and catalyst of modernism. Name it medicine, law, astronomy, mathematics etc. Even if the majority has accepted it, the point is that we lack the leadership acumen to divert most of our resources to augment education. We spend billions on entra Hajj and Umra and polygamous male chauvinistic stunts than pay attention to want is more preferential to our religious obligations and worldy achievements.

“Our choice is seldom anything but sentimental. Our temperament is reactionary not proactive. Our ignorance has become the honeycomb of our leaders, religious or otherwise. If not how can the poor illetrates be convinved to make a trek miles in scorching sun seeking for blessings without Divine counsel? How can people cling to false hopes for salvation, crimes and criminals for emancipation? You don’t kill if you want to survive and you don’t deceive if you don’t want to be deceived. This is the golden rule of life.

“In this people, Zahrau Babangida was born 13 years ago. So there is little or no wonder.
We have to be true to ourselves. If it’s poverty that is tormenting to us stupidity let us know that the poverty is because of our doing. We had enough resources to build our selves but our priority is somewhere else. We have geniuses, doctors, engineers, teachers etc but they all are under the spell of an ignorant people. Their strategy is just ‘Shut up!’ to save your skin. But I say No speak up to save a nation. Let us properly educate ourselves. It’s the only lasting remedy to our predicament.”


It would be added that the girl revealed Boko Haram extremists threatened to bury her and other girls alive in case of refusal to embark on a suicide mission. Zahrau remains in custody, while the police and security operatives continue investigations. Currently they are looking for the father of the girl, who allegedly belongs to Boko Haram.

http://www.naij.com/349992-sheikh-gumi-speaks-on-arrest-of-13yo-girl-jihadist-in-kano.html

Remember also to thank God oo....

In a move to strengthen the position of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to win all elections in 2015 in Rivers State, PDP Governorship Candidate, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Christmas Day reconciled with nine aggrieved governorship aspirants, with the aspirants declaring that they would work for the victory of the PDP in 2015.
The reconciliation took place in the presence of the Rivers State PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah, Minister of Sports, Dr Tammy Danagogo and Senator George Sekibo. These leaders signed the communiqué alongside the governorship candidate and the nine aspirants.
Barrister Wike had earlier on reconciled with six other aspirants, bringing the number of aspirants who have resolved to work for the PDP to 15 out of the 24 who bought forms and were cleared to contest the December 8, 2014 PDP governorship primary in Rivers State.

The governorship aspirants who resolved to work with Barrister Wike at the meeting held at Le Meridien Hotel, Port Harcourt in the overall interest of the PDP include; Professor Don Baridon, Mr Ben Dimpka, Professor Israel Owate, Mr Siha Ofonyi, Mr Richard Victor, Engineer Beks Dagogo Jack, Mr Nimi Wilson-Jack, B.D Esale and Mr Dennis Oseleye Ojuta.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/wike-9-pdp-guber-aspirants-reconcile-ahead-2015-election/

I listened to the President's speech. he didnt mention anybody's name. no party was mentioned. he just made a general statement against statements dat cld incite violence.
How come APC believes the president was talking to them? Guilty concienve?

Obiagelli:
We are comparing the pdp and apc. Btw the word here is hypocrisy and you just confirmed that

All this is abt who to vote for in 2015, GMB or GEJ. U opened dis trade to make us accept Buhari as president. That's why ur friends are calling on 'Jonathanians' to respond. Why are they not calling on "Mu'azuans". Mu'azu is not contesting for anything... we'll talk abt him when he declares for preident.

The last time I checked, Mu'azu is not campaigning to be president of Nigeria

He may have signed Sharia into law but has never advocated for its enforcement throughout the country the way Buhari did
(fundamentalism is trying to force ur believes on every other person).

Note: we are not comparing Buhari and Mu'azu. it is GMB vs GEJ

Indications have emerged that all is not well in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as plans are being devised to unseat the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, following what some sources described as his roles in the just concluded national convention of the party.
THISDAY gathered that Oyegun is being targeted by two forces within the party who are not happy with his role during the national convention.
One of the forces is said to be angling for what its leaders described as a, “balancing act,” while the other is said to be aggrieved that the Oyegun truncated an earlier plan to feature a Muslim/Muslim ticket.
It was gathered that the camp loyal to Rivers State Governor, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, is angling for what is described as a “balancing act” within the party, following the emergence of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as the running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 contest.
The group, according to sources in the party is claiming that since the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) faction of the party led by Buhari has picked the presidential slot, while the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) side of the merger has also picked the vice-presidential slot, the governors’ camp led by Amaechi should now be allowed to pick the chairman.
Though Oyegun was only elected in June, one of the sources had claimed that the party can effect a balancing act by calling an extra-ordinary convention.
Another source in the party claimed that some leaders of the party are not happy with Oyegun for failing to back the Muslim/Muslim ticket option, believed to be capable of providing the party with its strongest hands.
It was gathered that the target of the Muslim/Muslim ticket was the former Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, who is believed could provide massive votes from the South-west.
Oyegun’s sins according to this group is that he failed to strongly defend the option and allowed some young elements from the North to force the party’s hands and drive it away from the Muslim/Muslim option.
But so far, there appears to be no agreement in the works as to the possible timing of the bid against the chairman.
Sources said that three meetings, one in Abuja and two in Lagos, have been held to strategise on the plot on how and when it would be expedient. While some people have argued that his removal now would have minimal effect on the elections, some had insisted that nothing can be done before the election.
The group described its anger thus: “When the chips were down he (Oyegun) refused to stand up to defend the Muslim-Muslim ticket, one of the conditions the informed his emergence as the party chairman.
He allowed some people to browbeat the party with arguments. Whereas those from the South-west insisted that they want to put their best foot forward.
“Some of us are angry because we brought him in to stabilise things. We are weighing the effects of his planned removal now to the fortunes of the party at the polls but we are determined to press on.
“We made him the chairman and when it was pay back time he joined the ‘opposition’ in the name of populist agitation against Muslim/Muslim ticket.”
Those clamouring for balancing act to accommodate Amaechi and the governors also said that the group can be pacified for its loss of the vice-presidential slot through the emergence of Chief Sam Sam Jaja, who is also from the South-south.
It was however confirmed that opinions were clearly divided on the possibility of stoking the “fire” in a party that is angling to contest a major election against the ruling party.
Some of those opposed to any planned move against Oyegun were said to have insisted that any move against him would indicate that the some interested leaders of the party produced Oyegun out of selfish reasons.
Some people who have heard of this development are saying that does it mean that his emergence as Chairman was predetermined fulfill certain ends.
“It is good this is coming out. I can assure you a number of us will oppose it. Does it mean that he was brought in against popular will? Some people left the Party while some just moaned and stayed on after the June convention that produced him. Does it mean he was brought in to help actualise an ambition for the VP slot. We are waiting,” the source said.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/plot-to-unseat-oyegun-uncovered/197648/

Jarus:
That was even 2011. Some of us saw the handwriting early.

You couldnt stop him from winning then;
neither can you, this time