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PoliticsWhen Will Jonathan Apologize To Nigeria? By Perry Brimah by okoolori(op): 11:05pm On Jul 12, 2014
In his article When Will Jonathan Apologize to Nigeria? Dr. Peregrino Brimah, inspirer of the Every Nigerian Do Something group, criticizes President Goodluck Jonathan and the government headed by him, arguing that Jonathan has allowed "incomprehensible wickedness" to unfold freely under his watch.

Dr. Brimah reacted to President Jonathan media aide Reuben Abati’s article the latter penned for Washington Times, Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram Charges of a ‘do-nothing’ strategy are misconceived, defending Goodluck Jonathan and the military’s approach to dealing with the Boko Haram deadly menace.

"I wondered how he feels when he wakes up every morning to another day where the art-of-lying-and-discombobulating will again be perfected and applied at and to literally all matters of national interest." Dr. Brimah wrote.

He then proceeded to voice his own list of President Jonathan’s biggest failures:

inability and/or refusal to deal with and/or eradicate Boko Haram, and insecurity in general, despite billions of naira allocated to the corresponding sector annually. As a result, almost 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls are still in the hands of the terrorists who are most likely abusing them; agricultural economy is being destroyed, over 80,000 peasants have been killed and 3 million northern farmers displaced in the North;
the fact that Nigeria is now officially at the world’s top position in oil vandalism. Dr. Brimah doubts that Government Ekpemupolo (also known as Tompolo), a powerful Niger Delta militant and a billionaire whom President Jonathan appointed to secure the oil facilities in the region, is indeed fulfilling his duty faithfully, since today, "we have the worst level of [oil theft] in our entire military and non-military history and have achieved the #1 position in the world";
the fact that President Jonathan apparently favours – "loves," according to Brimah – criminals and terrorists, as, after four years of Jonathan being in power, Boko Haram came to prominence and "not a single sponsor of the terror group has been convicted";
the fact that current government "frees all criminals and killers". Dr. Brimah names Hamza al-Mustapha, the interior minister Abba Moro, Ayodele Fayose, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and Jonathan’s spouse Dame Patience Jonathan, for their involvement in multiple controversies of varying levels and their subsequent acquittal;
the fact that Nigerian army, once a very "prestigious" force, is today globally notorious for "deadly corruption, hopelessness and terror aiding, killing its own soldiers, supplying arms and cover to terrorists, inflicting direct terror on the citizenry".
Also, Dr. Brimah mentions a "well-known" truths that Nigeria is now number one
kidnap capital of the world,
most terrorized nation on Earth,
for dangerous high sea piracy,
in oil spill pollution,
in poverty in cognizance of population/economy figures.
"With all this, as Nigeria falls down … and becomes a globally registered and acknowledged nation of … every terrible indices there is, the question is – is there any point where the president of Nigeria will apologize for this incomprehensible wickedness?" Dr. Brimah questions rhetorically in conclusion.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Sign Alexis Sanchez From Barcelona by okoolori(m): 5:38am On Jul 12, 2014
Herrmes: Seriously? does anyone in your life ever takes you seriously? because I'm having a hard time doing so, so I can't say something about the transfer of Oezil because I don't have a club? at least I support a good one please don't get upset over my opinion it's not gonna change you can cry all you want, I'm schooling and I spend my spare time here, any problem with that? please don't try to make me look narcissistic.
Ki Lon so? U better ko oju si iwe oloshi, omo Iran Kieran kawai.... Dan baansa... Serious fellow
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Sign Alexis Sanchez From Barcelona by okoolori(m): 9:49pm On Jul 10, 2014
Herrmes: I couldn't care less, my team is better than yours, all I'm saying is Alexis going to Arsenal Is a step back in his career like it was with Oezil. You just have to admit it, giving up Oezil was the best thing Madrid did last season, we won la Decima, now its Sanchez to the same arsenal, arsenal fans are rejoicing over a "good" player that flopped ay Barca and to think of it €40 million, Smh
So where or which club should he (Sanchez) and Mezut ozil should have signed for? I guess your family club in Herrmes...... Mtschewww... Olote kawai.... Bad belle somebody.
U better find something doing and don't be lagos looker... Shacklerry
AutosRe: IAAI and COPART buying made easy - LIVE BID by okoolori(m): 10:20pm On Jul 07, 2014
Lot # 23052074 - 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX
Pls can u get this ride for me and this is my contact lets talk
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SportsRe: Mikel Does Not Deserve Nigeria No. 10 Jersey - Etim Esin by okoolori(m): 8:49pm On Jul 07, 2014
BecaciaBarbie: This guy must be a Nairalander!


Same old story! mtchewww!


NEXT!!!

Mikel sweery, just know that i love you "ti ori, ti ese" infact, i am willing to catch a Grenade for you if possible... wink

Haters....GnD!!!
Alakora, na woman rapper dem dey say But me I go call u, Man rapper, owo epo also known as Oil and Gas. Mschewwt
AutosRe: I Am A Clearing Agent,if You Have Consignment,am @ Your Service by okoolori(m): 5:40pm On Jul 06, 2014
mrbanji: Good morning sir...
2003 EOD will cost:- 360k.
2008 Toyota Camry will cost:- 730k.
I shall get back to u as soon as I asked my brother to send me BOL.
AutosRe: I Am A Clearing Agent,if You Have Consignment,am @ Your Service by okoolori(m): 12:24pm On Jul 06, 2014
Mr Banji Gd morning Sir, pls I have 2003 EOD and 2008 Toyota Camry coming this month in fact say by next week or so! Pls what's the cost of clearing them each?
Waiting ur earliest response, Sir.
TV/MoviesRe: You’ll Soon Have To Pay To Watch ‘free’ TV At Home- FG by okoolori(m): 1:18am On Jul 06, 2014
Who be our teacher? na oyinbooooo. Morafuker ni FG. Animal for human skin. Trying to dash us human rite. NTA wey be shengbele since wey dem finish the last episode of things fall apart, na so dem fall apart and now some craze man inside human skin from yaba left wan charge us COT for pagbon tv wey it's citizens can't remember when de watch it last? Craze world
AutosRe: Free VIN Check FOR CARS FROM USA ,CANADA by okoolori(m): 8:21pm On Jan 10, 2014
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2003 Honda Accord EX
Report Run Date: 2014-01-10 13:49:43.125 EST
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Class: Mid Range Car - Standard
Engine: 3.0L V6 EFI
Country of Assembly: United States
Vehicle Age: 11 year(s)
Calculated Owners: 2
VIN: 1HGCM66513A012763
Year : 2003
Make : Honda
Model: Accord EX
Style/Body: Sedan 4D
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0 Problem(s) Reported: 15 Title/Problem areas checked:
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image No hail damage title record
image No insurance loss title or probable total loss record
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image No manufacturer buyback/lemon title record
image No odometer problem title record
image No rebuilt/rebuildable title record
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image No NHTSA crash test record
image No frame/unibody damage record
image No recycling facility record

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0 Problem(s) Reported: Mileage Date Reported
image 10 10/29/2002
image 39,895 11/27/2006
image 39,895 11/28/2006
image 39,905 12/02/2006
image 43,919 04/17/2007 not included in rollback calculation
image 41,266 04/24/2007
image 95,842 05/05/2010
image 97,540 06/04/2010
image 100,674 11/08/2010
image 101,845 12/30/2010
image 104,545 04/21/2011
image 106,650 06/20/2011
image 110,857 01/19/2012
image 127,349 06/24/2013
image 128,052 07/10/2013
image 132,544 11/14/2013

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1 Event(s) Reported: 6 Vehicle uses checked:
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3 Event(s) Reported: 9 Vehicle events checked:
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Report Run Date: 2014-01-10 13:49:43.125 EST

Vehicle: 2003 Honda Accord EX (1HGCM66513A012763)

Event Date Event Location Odometer Reading Data Source Event Detail
10/29/2002 FL
10
Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:0086680899) (Lien Reported)
10/29/2002 DELRAY BEACH, FL

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
11/12/2002 FL

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:0086775855) (Lien Reported)
08/11/2003 DELRAY BEACH, FL

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
07/26/2004 DELRAY BEACH, FL

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
08/05/2005 DELRAY BEACH, FL

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
04/05/2006 FL

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:0086775855) (Lien Reported)
09/06/2006 DELRAY BEACH, FL

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
11/27/2006 FL
39,895
Auto Auction REPORTED AT AUTO AUCTION
11/28/2006 FL
39,895
Auto Auction AUCTION ANNOUNCED AS FLEET/LEASE
12/02/2006 ALEXANDRIA, VA
39,905
Dealer Record VEHICLE IN DEALER INVENTORY (COLOR REPORTED AS GOLD)
VEHICLE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WARRANTY
04/13/2007 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
04/17/2007 ALEXANDRIA, VA
43,919
Independent Emission Source PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION
04/24/2007 ALEXANDRIA, VA
41,266
Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Lien Reported)
03/23/2009 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Independent Emission Source PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION
05/08/2009 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
05/05/2010 FAIRFAX, VA
95,842
Dealer Service TIRES ROTATED/BALANCED
LUBE, OIL/FILTER CHANGED
VEHICLE SERVICED
06/04/2010 FAIRFAX, VA
97,540
Dealer Service ENGINE SERVICED
VEHICLE SERVICED
11/08/2010 FAIRFAX, VA
100,674
Dealer Service TIRES ROTATED/BALANCED
TIRES/WHEELS SERVICE PERFORMED
VEHICLE SERVICED
12/30/2010 FAIRFAX, VA
101,845
Dealer Service VEHICLE SERVICED
04/21/2011 FAIRFAX, VA
104,545
Dealer Service RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE PERFORMED
VEHICLE SERVICED
05/02/2011 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
06/20/2011 ALEXANDRIA, VA
106,650
Independent Emission Source PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION
06/22/2011 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
01/19/2012 FAIRFAX, VA
110,857
Dealer Service LUBE, OIL/FILTER CHANGED
VEHICLE SERVICED
06/28/2012 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
06/24/2013 ALEXANDRIA, VA
127,349
Independent Emission Source PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION
06/26/2013 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
07/10/2013 FAIRFAX, VA
128,052
Dealer Service LUBE, OIL/FILTER CHANGED
11/14/2013 FALLS CHURCH, VA
132,544
Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE
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AutosRe: Free VIN Check FOR CARS FROM USA ,CANADA by okoolori(m): 7:44pm On Jan 10, 2014
PLEASE KINDLY HELP ME TO CHECK THE VIN REPORT ON THIS VIN BELOW:
VIN# 1HGCM66513A012763
THANKS
AutosRe: Free Vin Checks And Reports by okoolori(m): 6:57pm On Jan 10, 2014
please kindly help me to check this VIN# 1HGCM66513A012763
and send the report here or to carlosawwal@hotmail.com

thanks so much
AutosRe: Super Clean 2005 EX Honda Accord EOD by okoolori(m): 3:17am On Jan 01, 2014
Bros na so U carry this car enter new year for ur hand U no let me buy since November. I go report U to my daughter say na U no let us buy another car, say ur price is too high for daddy to change motor... Lolz.
Compliments of the season to U. Happy new year. How much will U sell ur car last
PoliticsRe: Join APC Or Leave My Cabinet – Kwankwaso by okoolori(m): 11:24pm On Dec 23, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: The ARROGANCE with which some of these northern leaders speak says alot. An arrogance born out of born-to-rule mentality. In the thinking of the likes of Kwankwaso, other parts of the country are populated by lesser humans or people of little or no political value.
Hmmm... If kwankwaso had threatened the so called ministers not to think of join APC or get sack, the reverse would have been the case of ur senseless comments, abi egbon oode? Sometimes I just couldn't help it but to laugh each and everytime U posts or comments on issues and sensible debates on this Nairaland mr omugor..
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo Accuses Jonathan Of Promoting Corruption by okoolori(m): 1:05am On Dec 12, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: What an irony! The same OBJ that wanted an UNCONSTITUTIONAL third term is now trying to prevent an incumbent president from seeking his CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED second term? Why should an OBJ do his second term and even tried to seek a third term BUT a Jonathan cannot seek second term? So what is the difference between an OBJ and a Jonathan? Is it in the colour of their skin or tribe? And OBJ is being cheered on by Tinubu slaves? What an irony! Smh for my country.
The Big problem we have with someone like and some of these southners/
eastners is biasness,egocentrism and abatement
of fellow in criminal or cruel act. They neva See
anything wrong wit Oduah, Maduke, Iweala,
jonathan, nd even wen Okadigbo was accused of
financial misappropriation in his days in
senate,they celebrated his life well spent. Faruk
lawan was stoned in his own state for being
involved in the malicious corrupt practices, we
booed Dimeji ,ette nd even Obj was once stoned wit
sachet water around his otta farm. We detest
Immorallity nd Indiscipline.
What is their problem for good christ
sake..haaahaah!
It high time u stop this nonsense nd embrace
attitude worthy of emulation.
Anyway... not all Igbos shield these
immoralites...Apology to the good ones.
AutosRe: Super Clean 2005 EX Honda Accord EOD by okoolori(m): 8:50am On Nov 03, 2013
BOSS UR CAR IS A CLEAN CAR BUT YOUR PRICE TAG IS SCARING ME AWAY. I REALLY LOVE IT BRO. VERY CLEAN BUT JUST COME DOWN ON THE PRICE
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AutosRe: Toyota Sienna 2004 Neat Price 800k Call 08132547049 by okoolori(m): 6:22am On Oct 08, 2013
No contacts no emails and U want it bought....
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AutosRe: Very Clean 2003 Accord - Ex - Fabric - Alloy @ Affordable Price by okoolori(m): 6:19am On Oct 08, 2013
Largeman,
Hope U have seen my mails. Waiting for ur earliest responds
AutosRe: SOLD!! Reg 2005 Toyota Corolla (bank Type) For Sale by okoolori(m): 6:07am On Oct 05, 2013
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PoliticsRe: Delta Kidnap-Kingpin Gives Jonathan A 60-day Ultimatum by okoolori(m): 6:10am On Sep 19, 2013
"They cried that their oil was being used to develope other parts of the country. . . they cried about marginalization. . . they cried about deprivation, they cried about exploitation, they cried about oil spillage, abject poverty and total denial of the benefits of God's special gift to them. . .
Then from three states in the South-South, they got six states. . . But they wer...e still crying. . . And from there, they got a review and had increase in derivation funds. . . they still kept on crying. They got NDDC and put their people there, and they changed gear - they started stealing! They got Niger Delta ministry and they stole the more! They wanted to be major stakeholders in the Nigerian State and got the Vice Presidency. . .
They gave them so much attention and their children in the creeks were given renewed hope and sent abroad for varying degrees of good things, never given to the descendants of even the so called power brokers. . . Then the big one came, the NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY!
But have they stopped crying? No!
Will they stop stealing? No!
Will the creeks not breed militants anymore? No!
With the Vice Presidency, did deprivation stop? No!
Even with the Presidency, are they better for it? No!
If the South-South is not showing fundamental developmental prospects or is not fast turning into a developing region in Nigeria with all the pride in this world as having a once in a lifetime opportunity to have their son as the president, then the rest of Nigeria should forget about anything coming out of the GEJ presidency for the good of the entire country
PoliticsRe: Soldiers Kill Ombatse Leader, Arrest Others by okoolori(m): 6:16am On Sep 18, 2013
[quote author=mekano1980]Bullet proof charm is not for our Gallant Soldiers,if u could remember the fight between Umuleri and Aguleri in Anambra state where u will see only Matchet cutting somebodys head,but u cannot see the person holding the matchet,all the Police men ran away,it was only our gallant soldiers that went. And conqure them,we have to praise our soldiers because if not for them I wonder what this country would have turned into.Kudos to them,our Gallant soldiers.,atleast their will be PEACE in the land of Nassarawa and Nigeria as a whole.[/quote
]
Our safety is in the Hands of the Almighty God. No one can safe except that God safe and He never leaves His own people,bro.
PoliticsRe: Lagosians Commend PHCN For Improved Power Supply by okoolori(m): 6:05pm On Sep 14, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: When power drops by even 1megawatt, APC maggots will come out spitting fire but when the same power increases, they go into hiding. It is not impossible that APC warriors are responsible for the series of pipeline vandalism that resulted in drop of power in the first place.

Meanwhile, @Op, what about source?
Hmmmm senseless talk I tot u r better than this ogbeni adagba je raufu. In case u had forgeting, THat " To Whom a brain is given, Sense is required of him. Ogbeni, use ur IQ for far better things than attacking the gov that is perfoming.
PoliticsRe: 2015: The Arithmetic Of Bad Luck by okoolori(op): 11:16am On Sep 09, 2013
ckkris: Jona still wins in 2015. Let the campaign start. You will see that PDP has verifiable &real national spread.
With the students still home and the PDP convention dinner still going on.... He has swallowed the poison of greed and the fact is... He and his cohorts will die alone.
Politics2015: The Arithmetic Of Bad Luck by okoolori(op):
2015: The Arithmetic of Bad Luck - by: Dr. Aliyu Tilde

After becoming President, Jonathan blew the opportunity of becoming a statesman and, instead chose to become a gangster. He swallowed the poison of greed alone. He will die alone.

The ongoing crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is deepening by the day. I was among the skeptics that dismissed the crisis as one of those that the ruling party would weather. However, there are many indications that this one is proving to be different.

Comparison
We have seen the disenchanted founding fathers of the PDP leave the party or politics entirely, one after another. Few, like Audu Ogbeh, its former chairman, joined other parties and remained there. However, many, like Atiku Abubakar, Abubakar Rimi, Ghali Na’abba, etc, returned to the witch-mother, quickly or eventually. The overall picture that we have of such decampments is that for reasons of power and wealth, PDP members can hardly survive outside the party as long as it continues to occupy the presidency.

In previous conflicts, it was easy for the party and the president to use the material resources at their disposal and the power invested in his position to buy disgruntled elements back or force them to return. More important than the two is the fact that since they are hardly popular, PDP politicians cannot stand on their own outside the party and survive in the harsh weather of opposition politics. This was highlighted by senior special assistant (on public affairs) to the President just a month ago when he said that the rebelling governors must eventually return to PDP because they cannot afford to abandon the winning party. Subsequent developments show that he may be wrong.

What makes this crisis different is a combination of many things. One, the new PDP faction is engineered by a good number of governors from states that cannot be ignored by the President in his election arithmetic. To lose seven will be substantial. They are outgoing, not in need of the party to give them a second chance, and from states that have substantial amount of votes. There are many first tenure governors belonging to their camp, claimed the rebelling governors, but who are advised to keep their heads low in view of the complications they may face now.

Never in the history of the PDP was it faced with a gang of seven governors. Atiku might have had many governors behind him but since he was central in the revolt against Obasanjo, persuading him and threatening the governors with EFCC was enough to close that chapter. And when he left the PDP and joined hands with the AD to form AC, he did not go with any governor behind him.

The situation outside the PDP has also contributed immensely. The formation of the APC has provided the rebelling governors with an alternative to join or align with in order to give the obstinate President a good run for his money. PDP no longer enjoys the monopoly of winning an election. It is not the winning party, as Okupe would like us to believe. Abandoning it is no longer a class suicide. Okupe himself has realised this and is tuning down his rhetoric of dismissing the aggrieved governors.

Also, the crises have hit the President when he is weakest especially with his breakup with the architect of his presidency, the former dictator president, Obasanjo. Essentially, the President has miscalculated that he could dispense with Obasanjo and get away with it, seeing, among other setbacks that the latter suffered recently, that he could not even get his daughter win a senatorial seat, that he could not install a speaker or Chairman of PDP Board of Trustees and, after all, he no longer enjoys an incumbent control over state resources as he used to do when he plotted the ascendency of the present President. Jonathan is misled by Mr. Fix It and his position-happy assistants, forgetting that Mr. Fix It too could not even fix his Edo constituency which he lost to ACN.

More than the Obasanjo factor, Jonathan is not assisted by his lack of popularity among Nigerians, arising mainly from his widely believed incompetence, which he did everything to prove right, willingly. If he had worked hard to earn the trust and support of Nigerians through good governance, he would have been in a position to pitch the masses against the governors. Instead, his tenure has proved to be a disaster and as corrupt as any Third World leader could be.

Then the conflict between the President and the rebelling governors is of the insoluble genre: they are asking him to “forget” standing for another election in 2015 based on a promise he made in the run up to 2011. Here, carried by his power of incumbency, the President thought he could, as Obasanjo did, break the promise without attracting any harm. It is proving difficult. This time, the governors are not letting it go without a fierce fight. But few presidents can willingly yield to threats even in the face of American might or mass protest. The Presidency, especially to people like Jonathan, is a position of do or die.

On the other hand, the New PDP governors are equally stubborn, if not more than the President. Moreover, the conflict has been allowed to ossify so much so that it is impossible for them to back out. On their side are people like Atiku who are already warning them of the dangers of capitulation: “Do not make the mistake of capitulation, which I made in 2003. Once you do so, rest assured that the tiger of Jonathan will return to devour you mercilessly. Remain on course.” Add to this advice the characteristic vengeance of Obasanjo that is adding oxygen to the fire in the background. With these voices and those fears, the governors could only become more dogged by the day.

We can go on and on in our comparison of past and present conflicts in the ruling PDP. Let us break that now and focus on the implication of the President’s position. Effectively, the crisis shuts the gates of 2015 before the President. The scenarios are obvious and they all point to a President in his decline and fall: Goodluck is faced with bad luck in all directions. Let us look at the arithmetic.

Arithmetic
Starting from the APC governors, the President should not expect support from their eleven states. For ethnic reasons, one may allow him the majority votes of Edo state. That takes away the support of eleven governors and the majority votes of ten states.

Then Jonathan is certain to lose the majority votes in six of the seven New PDP governors – that is granting him Rivers State who may decide to support him for ethnic reasons. This brings the number of states that the President may lose their majority votes to sixteen.

Then comes the five states of Bauchi, Gombe, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi and Kaduna in which the President will also lose their majority votes though the governors are yet to abandon him. He lost them in 2011, some woefully. This brings the number of states against the President to a staggering figure of twenty-one.

Taraba state is uncertain, the votes being likely to be shared equally between the APC candidate and the President. That leaves the President with the majority of votes in only Benue and Plateau States in the North for obvious reasons, plus, of course, the majority votes in the southeast, South-South and, possibly, non-APC states of Ondo and neighbouring Ekiti in the southwest. Even here, the states and zones are not big enough on the voters register to make any significant impact, with some having as low as 472,00 votes (Bayelsa) when compared to Lagos (6million) and Kano (5million) votes, both of which are not supporting the President.

I will come to another possibility where the opposition can win the overwhelming majority votes in all states of southwest without exception. But before then, let us see what the above arithmetic means in terms of voter-opportunity for the President – a complete bad luck: 22.9million against 45.7million or one-third against two thirds!

I have presented below the total number of voters in each state belonging to the President and the opposition APC. (I am afraid that the formats of my blog and Facebook page may not keep the table intact.)
Jonathan States
1 Bayelsa 472,389
2 Ekiti 750,753
3 Ebonyi 876,249
4 C/River 1,018,550
5 Enugu 1,301,185
6 Benue 1,415,162
7 Abia 1,481,191
8 Ondo 1,558,975
9 Imo 1,611,715
10 A/Ibom 1,714,781
11 Anambra 1,758,220
12 Delta 1,900,055
13 Plateau 1,983,453
14 Rivers 2,419,057
15 Edo 1,412,225
16 Taraba 1,308,106
TOTAL = 22,982,066

APC Candidate States
1 Fct 886,323
2 Kwara 1,115,665
3 Yobe 1,182,230
4 Kogi 1,215,405
5 Nasarawa 1,224,206
6 Gombe 1,266,993
7 Osun 1,293,967
8 Kebbi 1,603,468
9 Adamawa 1,714,860
10 Niger 1,721,478
11 Zamfara 1,746,024
12 Bauchi 1,835,562
13 Jigawa 1,852,698
14 Sokoto 2,065,508
15 Oyo 2,577,490
16 Borno 2,730,368
17 Katsina 2,931,668
18 Kaduna 3,565,762
19 Kano 5,135,415
20 Lagos 6,247,845
21 Ogun 1,869,326
TOTAL = 45,782,261

Depending on who the APC fields as its presidential candidate, the President may not even get the votes of Ekiti and Ondo states. That makes his chances bleaker: 20.6million against 48million votes.

This picture is a complete bad luck for the President in two ways. If the opposition is able to join hands with the New PDP, pick a winning candidate, mobilise its voters and fight fiercely to protect the votes, then it is certain to defeat the President at the polls in 2015, hands down. There is simply no way the President can bridge the gap between 14 states that he would have and the 22, plus the FCT, against him. I cannot see how he can leap from a majority of 22million votes to position himself above the majority of 48 million.

Stepping Down
What may make the prospect even darker is the possibility that once the ship of the President starts sinking, the remaining governors might abandon it and he might not be sure of anything anymore. At that point, I have no doubt that the party will be wise enough to prevail on him to step down and stay as a lame duck for the rest of his tenure, defeated, deflated and disgraced by bad luck.

That is the path he has chosen and he has himself to blame for it. The nation, including this writer, rallied around him when he was fighting to be recognized as Acting President. After becoming the President, he blew the opportunity of becoming a statesman and, instead chose to become a gangster that is bent on installing his loyalists and members of his ethnic group in every position of influence. He swallowed the poison of greed alone. He will die alone.

Conclusion
The days ahead will definitely be interesting to watch. Will the President be able to weather the storm and turn the table against his opponents in the PDP to enable him clinch the ticket and face the APC and its allies in the next election? Will the opposition itself forget its regional differences and personal ambitions and oblige itself the indisputable winning candidate that will enable it give a devastating blow to the President in 2015? Will the PDP see the writing on the wall and ask the President to honourably step down from his 2015 ambition such that it can at least have the energy to stand up to the opposition and possibly defeat it at the polls? What are the possible cards that each side will use as we approach 2015?

Bamanga, the chairman of the old PDP faction, for example, is already threatening to use state institutions to sanction legislators who joined the New PDP. This is stupid. The PDP has set the precedence already that once a party is factionalized, its elected members can decamp to other parties. That judgement is returning to harm it severely. The law enforcement agents, the judiciary and INEC will also be calculating in their response to Bamanga’s threat: they have their self-interests to protect in a post Jonathan Nigeria. Once they calibrate that the position of the president is unpromising, they will be unwilling to harass anyone on his instigation.

Our assessment above is limited to the sight that today can afford us. Regardless of how wide that band is, tomorrow could give us a different possibility altogether that may favour the President or it could further collaborate against him and corroborate the testimony of its immediate predecessor, thus relieving us of the calamity of having a president that is destructive, corrupt and incompetent.

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