Your news is highly unlikely. According to your information, she would have to drop out of the senatorial race, which is the key reason for her leaving the presidency.Not happening.

From the words of the former US ambassador, it is plain that they are not concerned about the well being of the Ivory Coast but more concern about the interest it has by the country being together, even with continuous conflict. The country is basically North against South, sharing would definitely be the best option apart from separation. But by the last two sentences of the ambassador, it is clear that the US is scared that the sharing of power with turn into the separation of North and South after Sudans Referendum;which will also lead to the other separations all across Africa.This will liberate Africa more and strengthen it,which the opposition doesn't want. Hopefully the AU and ECOWAS supports the sharing of power and not be puppets to the French and US.

[size=15pt]US envoy cautions against power sharing in Ivory Coast[/size]

Thursday, 06 January 2011



A former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, has urged West African leaders to rule out power sharing in Cote d' Ivoire in their bid to resolve the political standoff.

Campbell, a senior fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR), a Washington-based think tank, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.

``I will urge ECOWAS not to go down the power sharing road as it happened in Zimbabwe and Kenya.

``Because what power sharing does is that it enables a big man who has lost an election to remain in power, and from that perspective this is a particularly sensitive time in Africa.

``There is going to be referendum and election in Sudan and elections in Nigeria.

``The spread of power sharing may well tempt those who lose those elections to try to either somehow hang onto power or gain power or (even) some options of power.

``Power sharing is undemocratic,’’ he said.

NAN reported that incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo had refused to cede power to Alassane Ouattara, who is officially regarded by the international community as the winner of the November 28 presidential elections.

ECOWAS, which has been mediating in the matter, had threatened ``legitimate use of force’’ to get recalcitrant Gbagbo out of office.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/15755-us-envoy-cautions-against-power-sharing-in-ivory-coast

[size=15pt]Obasanjo threatens to quit PDP[/size]

Thursday, 06 January 2011 00:00 From John-Abba Ogbodo (Abuja), Kelvin Ebiri, (Port Harcourt) and Charles Coffie Gyamfie, (Abeokuta) News - National

Atiku cautions S’South delegates



AFTER several months of absence from the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday stormed the place with a mission, asking the leadership of the party to either urgently resolve the crisis rocking the South West zone or be prepared to witness exodus of members including himself.

Meanwhile, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged South-South delegates to respect the zoning policy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because of the zone’s demographic weakness and posterity.

Atiku accused President Goodluck Jonathan of wanting to bribe each delegate with N2 million if he had succeeded in the exclusion of local council chairmen, state lawmakers and party chairmen as delegates.

The former president, who arrived the PDP premises about 1:00p.m. dressed in sky blue outfit asked whether the national chairman was in the office and when told that he was, he walked straight to the second floor of Wadata Plaza where the chairman’s office is located.

The former president was joined by the Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala and some other stalwarts of the party from Oyo, particularly those loyal to the camp of the governor of the state.

The Guardian learnt that because of the presence of the former president, the national chairman of PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, had to ask members of the Enugu State chapter who had come for the resolution of the chapter’s crisis to wait.

At the meeting with Nwodo who was later joined by other members of the National Working Committee (NWC), Obasanjo lamented the crises that have engulfed the South West zone of the party and urged the leadership of the party to take urgent measures to restore peace, “failing which the PDP faces a challenge of exodus of members,” Obasanjo said.

According to party sources, he singled out the killing of the PDP factional leader of the proscribed National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako (Eleweomo) warning that it was time for the party to stand up and take drastic measures so as to avoid a recurrence which would give the opposition room to castigate PDP.

Obasanjo equally expressed his displeasure over the way and manner the party’s congresses had been conducted so far, citing his state, Ogun, as a case study and pleaded with the NWC to take up the challenge.

In the case of Oyo State, he noted that grave as the challenge was, if the party took the right step, the issue could be resolved before the main elections. Sources said that the former president suggested to the party to set up a team to visit the South West and Oyo in particular with a view to assessing the situation on the ground.

He alerted the leadership of the party to the threat of the rival Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) that has claimed some states in the South West and other political parties making inroad into the area stressing that “if we don’t wake up, things may become difficult for us a party in the zone.”
There was no member of the Senator Teslim Folarin’s camp at the meeting.

The NWC members led by Nwodo, commended the former president for the mature approach he employed to tackle the problem of PDP in the zone, saying: “This is a welcome development and it is what we expect leaders of the party to do at all levels.” The party also promised to “do all that is possible to address the matter.”

The national chairman asked Alao-Akala and his entourage to remain behind for a meeting over the matter.

After the meeting, Obasanjo refused to respond to questions asked by journalists on his mission to the party headquarters until when asked: “Are you still laughing?” He responded: “May God never take laughter out of my mouth and out of your mouth.”
The NWC members later took a group photograph with him before he left the premises.

Immediately after Obasanjo’s departure, the governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako, arrived PDP secretariat and went straight to Nwodo’s office. Before then, the national chairman had started a meeting with the chieftains of the Enugu State branch where the party structure is torn between the governor, Sullivan Chime and the national chairman.

As at the time of filing this report, the meeting was ongoing while the Oyo delegation was still waiting for its turn of the meeting. Among the Oyo delegation were former governor, Omololu Olunloyo, deputy governor, Taofik Arapaja; former military governor of Lagos State, Brig. Gen. Raji Rasaki (rtd); Sola Filani and former minister of Justice, Richard Akinjide, among others.

In the Enugu State PDP delegation were the governor, Chime, Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, former president of the Senate; Ken Nnamani; former governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo and a host of others.
It would be recalled that the crisis has stalled the planned congress in the state.

Atiku while addressing delegates at the Rivers State PDP secretariat in Port Harcourt yesterday, stressed that the power sharing policy of the party, made it possible for an Ijaw to be current President of the country.

He said: “I was telling Bayelsa delegates that do you know that the whole of you are not up to one senatorial district in Kano? Let us be very thoughtful of what we are doing. I was telling some people last night that you want to abandon zoning, not so. You want to abandon zoning. As of today, 61 per cent of PDP delegates are from the North. I don’t need to come here and talk to you.”

He added: “All I need is to mobilise all the northern delegates to vote for me, even if I take 55 per cent of that 61 per cent, I am okay. You have only 31 per cent here in the South. The entire number of delegates from the South-South are not half of that of the North West. Tell me when it comes to numbers how you are going to win this election? Let us abide by the zoning policy made by this party because these are the stark realities. We are talking about figures and numbers.”

Atiku who was accompanied by former Governor of the Central Bank, Prof. Charles Soludo; former Information Minister, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, Prince Tonye Princewill; the Deputy Zonal Coordinator in charge of Rivers and Bayelsa States and other members of his campaign team, said the events of the next one week are critical to the future of Nigeria.

Atiku insisted that the PDP had a zoning policy which is enshrined in its constitution and which every member of the party must abide by for the stability of the polity.

The former Vice President said if he was an over ambitious person, he would have in 2003 succumbed to pressure from PDP governors to vie for the party’s presidential ticket against former President Obasanjo. According to him, he declined because of the zoning policy of the party.

“I have sacrificed the presidency in 1993 for the unity, peace and stability of this country by stepping down for Chief MKO Abiola. In 1998/99, the entire PDP machinery was in my hand. If I had been over ambitious like some people say, I would have given the PDP ticket to myself but I took PDP ticket to Obasanjo in his farm, who had just been released from jail. I said take the ticket. Come and be our president because I always put the interest of this country before mine” he said.
He said ironically, President Jonathan had three weeks ago sent a bill to the National Assembly with the intent of excluding state lawmakers, council chairmen and party chairmen as delegates. According to him, had the president not been resisted, he would have narrowed the democratic space, which ought to be expanded.

Rivers State Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru told Atiku to be rest assured that having listened to him, the state delegates would definitely meet later to take decision on how to support him. According to Ikuru, every delegate is an adult and knows the direction the country should go.

Chairman of the state Council of Traditional Rulers, Amanyanabo of Kalabari, Prof. Theophilus Princewill Amachree told Atiku during his visit to the council secretariat to approach the primaries with decorum, devoid of acrimony, thuggery and any action that could bring about disrepute to his name.

He insisted that what Nigeria and Nigerians needed at this stage of her history were men and women of proven integrity imbued with selfless service to lead the country in unity to the desired destination.

Meanwhile, there was palpable anxiety on Tuesday in the political camp of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole as all the three candidates he sponsored to the PDP House of Assembly primaries in Ogun State lost.

The primaries had taken place on Monday but were cancelled by the panel set up by the party’s national body for the exercise. The panel’s Secretary, Chief Obinna Nnaji who announced the annulment explained that the exercise was concluded before the arrival of the panel members which ordered a repeat on Tuesday.
But at the fresh exercise, all the three candidates presented by Bankole, Mr. Sarafa Oloyunebi, Idowu Owolabi and Mr. Ganiyu Bankole were defeated at the exercise. Ganiyu is the Speaker’s relation.

They contested at Bankole’s (Speaker) Abeokuta South Federal constituency I and II. The candidates had participated in the Monday exercise which was later annulled.
Ganiyu was defeated in Odeda Federal Constituency by the factional Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Soyemi Coker while Oloyunebi was defeated by the immediate past Secretary of the Abeokuta South Local Council, Mr. Nurudeen Olaleye and Owolabi was floored by Gbenga Ogunfolaji.

But Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye’s group, which organised its own parallel primaries on Monday refused to participate in yesterday’s exercise, insisting that the panel that cancelled Monday’s exercise did so illegally hence their action was null and void.

The Martins-Kuye group’s parallel executive is led by Chief Dayo Soremi while the other group which is being backed by Governor Gbenga Daniel is led by Joju Fadairo.

Soremi in a statement explained why they rejected the decision: “Mr. Nnaji cannot give what he does not have. The powers to fix dates of primaries of our party have been exercised by the National Working Committee (NWC) and confirmed by the National Executive Council (NEC) of our great party. No individual, or group, panel or panelists can exercise such authority except as a day-dream exercise in futility.

“The House of Assembly primaries in Ogun State conducted on January 3, 2011 were very peaceful as could be attested to by members of the media, SSS, police, CIB and INEC; we wonder why anybody could then be induced to create chaos, which is the predictable outcome of a so-called new primaries.

“It was clear that the Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel and his faction, lost out woefully in the primaries conducted Monday, as the authentic members of the party whose names are in Abuja voted overwhelmingly for our aspirants who have now emerged as our party candidates.

“Documentary evidence in form of pictures, video recordings, etc abound to show that our primaries were conducted properly and peaceful.”


http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34655:obasanjo-threatens-to-quit-pdp&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

^has he been on today or commented on it?No.

Mods, the thread should be deleted like the thread about Ileke-Idi was.It is unfair how Beaf is being attacked because of his support for a particular candidate.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-579703.0.html

This thread is really disrespectful and should be deleted:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-579703.0.html

Ileke-IdI:

Nope. Finished cooking and cleaning today.
what? are you volunteering to be my housemaid? I pay good

Be your house slave so that you can use me for sex?! It can never happen.i can never agree. Look, stop this your bad behaviors.

The only way i can consider her is if she learns how to behave herself.

Ileke-IdI:

lol 

Because by your posts, we can tell that you're handsome.

And by your pic we can tell that you are handsome as well.

Ileke-IdI:

@Invisible

This is not funny. How dare you wish Becommrich sth like that

Hypocrite. Shouldn't you be somewhere cooking and cleaning?

What a dumb move.Very dumb of him to do. Then what is the function of the other security offices?! Instead of the dude to try and restructure what is already there, like the police force, as various governors have suggested, he is appointing an Anti-terrorism chief.smh. Is he this dumb?

Where are they getting all of this money from?!!!!! I have never seen an administration spend so much money in such a short period in my life[b]![/b] This is ridiculous[b]!![/b]

Blazay:

Yes!
Jennifer "Jemila" Atiku is from Anambra State.

I here the Sultan of Sokoto is from Anambra as well.

No, and why is this even in the politics section?

Blazay:

Mu he he he he. . . if you say so.
His face sure looks roasted.
What a hideous-looking creature.
A law-enforcement agent too?
Why come all the way from Ghana to rot in jail for a kitten?


Happy New Year buzugee. . . I think your melanin-challenged brothers are more civilized. You must be referring to your other 'Mandingo' exported brothers from Africa.


More on your story from the comments section:



Is it by force?  I just don't get it!
What a shame.
May he rot in hell. . . OJ Simpson from Ghana!!!

Dude, this topic is really bothering you huh?!! You went back at modified your posts about a hundred times already.

Obiagu1:

Thanks for the post especially the bolded. It was what kept us relevant in the 60s and what will keep us relevant in the future.

The same relevants that's leading Igbos begging for presidency as a sign of equality right?

Based off his face, Ileke-Idi him must be related.

[size=15pt]Enugu assembly speaker risks impeachment[/size]

By Ozioma Ubabukoh, Enugu

Tuesday, 4 Jan 2011



Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr. Eugene Odo, has come under threat of impeachment over last Thursday’s purported endorsement of the 2011 presidential ambition of former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by members of the house.

The legislators, who received the aspirant on Thursday in the assembly chambers, had on Sunday denied supporting his bid.

They re-stated their commitment to the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan.

A source, however, told THE PUNCH that the presidency was worried about the role played by Odo in endorsing Abubakar. Some unnamed Presidency officials were said to have directed the Enugu State Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, to push for the impeachment of Odo.

According to the source, “If Chime fails to do so, he may find it difficult securing the ticket of Peoples Democratic Party for the governorship election in Enugu State .”

Jonathan, who was jolted by media reports of the endorsement of Abubakar by the legislators, became more uncomfortable with the speaker when additional information was given to him that the assembly had earlier suspended a female member, Elizabeth Ezeugwu, for attending a rally organised by his

It was learnt that Odo, sensing trouble lurking around him, on Sunday denied asking the house to endorse the former vice-president.

The speaker went further to postpone the resumption of the house from Tuesday (today) to January 20, 2011, to forestall any attempt to impeach him.

Our correspondent gathered that Odo met with his colleagues on Monday, but it could not be ascertained whether it was in connection with the alleged plot to remove him from office.

One of the legislators at the meeting stated that the members might not support the removal of the speaker, as he had been carrying them “along since he was elected to lead the House in June 2007.”

When contacted, the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr. Marcel Njeze, said there was no such plan.

Njeze said, “Even Governor Sullivan Chime, knows that members of the house never meant what they said when Atiku visited the house.

“The governor knows that we were making a caricature of the former vice-president. Nobody wants to impeach the speaker. It is not true. There is nothing like that.

“Chime also knows that our support lies with Jonathan and not Atiku.”

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201101043113678

eku_bear:

@Jenifa_ and @Ola edo: My reading is quite different. The Yoruba there charged a lot in rent, Hausa didn't want to pay it anymore, worked to achieve their own settlement, used a crime wave to achieve this.

If my interpretation is different from yours, so be it. We can agree to disagree.

You should take Stephen Speilberg's job. We don't have to agree to disagree brother.You've posted the pages already, so the facts are there. Where did it say that they worked to achieve their own settlement though? Also, it didn't say the yorubas charged a lot of rent and the hausas couldn't pay it so,  What it said was the yorubas charged THEM(the hausas) a lot of rent and kept increasing it, ripping them off.


It(the settlement) was more like a be careful what you wish for thing.

The 4 representative for each thnic group thingy wouldn't work.It's a bit of a stretch.Nigeria is already screwed to the point that it'll never work.

Beaf:

I doubt any governor was. The fact is he got there in spite of coming from a tiny ethnic group and he looks the likeliest to win in the rerun this week.

Ogboru, who I believe is Urhobo but mixed with Igbo on his mom's side won that election,but you are right Uduaghan is likely to win the rerun.

Beaf:

There is little they will be able to do about that. They are already in the same state and not crying that they want to leave. So forget about impracticalities.
Your uncle is unlikely to know anything about the Warri crisis, otherwise he would have told you Awo caused it in 1956.

Today, the governor of Delta state is Itsekiri, even though Itsekiri population is only about 500,000. Where else on Earth do you think they can ever get such a deal?
The population of Urhobo's and Igbo's is in the millions, yet Uduaghan is most likely to win the governorship again. Dude, Delta state is the best state in the country.

Beaf, Uduaghan was never elected as Delta State governor.The election was canceled and he was imposed.

Jenifa_:

I really don't know what your point is. what do you mean by "who caused the crime wave"?  pls tell us who "caused" it. 
The fact of the matter is that the hausas were harrased in the yoruba town. Even if they had asked for their settlement, it was because they were trying to get away from these harrasments. Another of their mechanisms is to increase their religious participation to increase solidarity and emphasize the difference between them and yorubas. This is true for many immigrant settlements around the world especially when the settlers are being harassed. They develop a mechanism against it such as taking refuge in their culture and becoming more cultural and resisting assimilation to separate themselves.

the idea that the crime wave was to get a settlement and limit entry into cattle business is solely your own theory. this is not supported by the book at all.  how does petty burglary limit yoruba entry into cattle business? The hausas didn't have to do anything to limit yoruba entry into cattle business. The cattles were coming from the north and hausas were the natural middlemen. There was absolutely no competition there!!

From what i read, the yorubas along with the british put the Hausa into a settlement. Before the settlement the hausa were being usfairly treated and ripped off by the yorubas from the beginning.However, the hausa also brought prostitution and other criminal acts with them as time went on. The hausas limited no one into the cattle business.

jason123:

Its not about biafra fear or anything. I was trying to make a point ( I also included the SS). So, its not about biafra.
Moreover, anyone can develop a regional army. Even Awo trained some men in Ghana

That was believe to be untrue.It is said that the government made up that story in order to throw him in jail for treason.

Also Biafra included south-south areas as well, but i see ur point.

jason123:

okay, if the power is devolved downwards, do you not think a region probably the SE or SS (no offence) might break away since they gain nothing from the union?

EDIT: remember that in someone once said that he had the biggest army in black africa. He achieved this feat by regional policies. Dyou not think it can happen again?

You and your repeated biafra fears lol

asha 80:

well most often than not

So money is more important than their lives?!That's sad.Should igbos in the east even mind them when they get massacred then?

asha 80:

hehe guy your blood hot o.however i have come across a number of them they say they prefer up north because competition for business and life in general is lesser there and food is cheaper.for igbos there there is a population issue down south.

In other words,those zombies are staying there because of money.

Jenifa_:

I felt he was being sarcastic.

I was being serious not sarcastic.