I don't if i'm the only one but i was taken aback when i came this serious piece of information, that members of the ruling party can stoop so low to mischievously organize an attack on a sitting President. And come to think of it, some people came here and blaming the opposition APC for the attack. Only God knows what other things they might have done secretly and blame the opposition for it. God help us all.
YUGUDA
Attack on Jonathan at Bauchi sponsored by our leaders, not APC – PDP Gov. Isa Yuguda 0[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]
BY NEWSPUNCH ON JANUARY 25, 2015 CRIME, HOME, NEWS, POLITICS
Premium Times - The Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, has stated that the persons who attacked President Goodluck Jonathan’s entourage were sponsored by leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and not by the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC.
Mr. Yuguda, who is the leader of the PDP in Bauchi, stated this in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election campaign in Bauchi on Thursday turned violent when the persons converged at the Ibrahim Babangida Square, venue of the event, and hurled shoes, plastic water bottles and other objects at the canopy where the president and members of his campaign team were delivering their speeches.
Although security operatives intervened to stop the thugs from disrupting the event, several vehicles coming out of the venue, belonging to the PDP presidential campaign team, were stoned while tyres were burnt.
The violent youth also clashed with security personnel deployed around Ran road and the Bauchi central market where a police patrol van was set ablaze by irate youth.
The PDP and the APC have accused each other of orchestrating the incident with both condemning it.
However, Mr. Yuguda, who hosted the president at the occasion, blamed PDP leaders from Bauchi, who are opposed to his administration, for the attack.
“The attack was organized by some of our top party chieftains who are from the state and reside in Abuja. They staged this disgraceful action of the youth,” the governor said in Hausa.
Although the governor did not mention the names of the officials, he is believed to have been referring to the party’s national chairman, Adamu Muazu, and the Abuja Minister, Bala Mohammed.
Messrs. Muazu and Mohammed have had running battles with the governor in the past, although all parties claimed it had been resolved.
Mr. Yuguda said the attack was sponsored to embarrass him.
“This attack is an insult to the Emir of Bauchi and myself, the Governor of Bauchi State, just to ridicule us before President Goodluck. Jonathan who visited the state and paid homage to the emir,” he said.
“The President, as the guest of the Emir and people of Bauchi State, deserved to have been treated with respect and dignity, in line with Islamic religious tenets, which the majority of people hold, but the broom-carrying and misdirected youth, in a despicable manner, behaved irresponsibly as the presidential convoy passed by.”
To buttress his claim that PDP leaders and not APC’s sponsored the attack, Mr. Yuguda compared President Jonathan’s visit to Bauchi with his visit to Kano, an APC controlled state.
“Mr President paid similar visit to Kano State which is a stronghold of the opposition and an APC state, but yet the President moved round the city freely, visited Emir of Kano, and nothing of such happened. Why Bauchi State?” he said.
“They want to show the president that I am nobody in the state that I am governing.”
Can we conclude that this gentleman has made an important and reasonable point?
Hypocrisy is when you say Buhari is too old at 70 – Segun Ali 0
BY NEWSPUNCH ON OCTOBER 24, 2014 FEATURE, HOME, NEWS, POLITICS
segun MR. SEGUN ALI A friend SEGUN ALI wrote on FACEBOOK (Unedited) Reminiscing!! “Hypocrisy is when you say that Buhari is too old at 70 and you keep calling Awolowo and Zik your heros. Whereas, Awo and Zik contested for Presidency in 1983 when they were both 74 and 77 respectively!
Hypocrisy is when you say the youths are better than the old…. Whereas the youths were responsible for the wars we had and are still having in Nigeria. .. Ojukwu and Gowon in 1967….. Asari, Tompolo, Shekau in today’s Nigeria.
Youth doesn’t connote soundness of mind and old doesn’t mean you’re senile. GEJ became Dep. Governor in his 40s, Obasanjo first Presidency was in his 40s, IBB ruled Nigeria in his 40s……Look at NANS today, will you be comfortable if GEJ handover to NANS Executive? There are good youths and good old ones……Age doesn’t take your brains away, neither is youthfulness a guarantee for mental fertility!
It is still this Buhari, yes that incorruptible Governor. Yes, that Petroleum Minister who constructed our refineries. …that Head of State that started War Against Indiscipline that has been reduced to Environmental Sanitation today…Yes that man that paid Nigeria’s huge debt but didn’t borrow…..
Yes it is still Buhari, handsome man with pointed nose…..A chief of army staff who went after the Chadian invaders and outran them, captured them and recovered all and put the fear of Nigeria in the minds of all her neighbours ……
Buhari the PTF Chairman whose performance, no one has ever come close to……A public officer with cleanest Record, most outstanding performance …… Frank and Bold, Tactical and Prudent. A renowned enemy of Corruption …..Lover of Nigeria …….
It is still this same Buhari that says ‘Here I am, send me’….. An ideal man for 2015.
We need a change!”
Do you agree with him? Spread d gospel of change..
I saw this rather interesting write up by Bunmi Awoyemi. Nigerians please read and judge if she raised any valid issues. Lets know your take on all issues raised.
President Jonathan, Why Do You Engage And Condone Corruption, Terrorism, And Impunity? By Bunmi Awoyemi
President Jonathan, where is the audit report indicting your administration for stealing $20b? Where is the N4 trillion you have spent on security in the last 4 years? Where is the $50m per day that you have generated for yourself since 2010 from crude oil theft in conjunction with the 12 oil tankers, PEACE 1-12 belonging to your wife under the protection of the Nigerian Navy? Where is the $1b that you and Stella Oduah stole in the aviation sector under your fake airport remodeling and aviation transformation agenda? Where is the N3-N4b per year that you budgeted for food at Aso Rock?
BY BUNMI AWOYEMI, PH.DJAN 09, 2015
I have heard time and time again from you, President Jonathan, that one of the reasons I should vote for you is to ensure the continuity of your programs. You repeated this at your Lagos State campaign rally when you angrily asked me for my vote. You concurrently criticised Nigerians in the diaspora and Nigerians on social media, whom you accused of unfairly criticizing your government.
President Goodluck Jonathan shows his provisional clearance form at the PDP HQ State House Photo You have forgotten that millions of Nigerians on social media, including yours truly, voted for you in 2011 because we were deceived into believing that you had a vision and a plan for Nigeria. You reeled out 91 electoral promises and we thought you really did intend to fulfill at least 75% of those promises. Unfortunately, you fulfilled only 8 out of the 91 electoral promises you made during your campaign as you moved from state to state, raising the expectations of millions of Nigerians, only for you to dash our hopes. Do you want me to allow the continuity of the stealing in your administration that you said is not corruption?
Where is Nigeria's missing $20b generated from crude oil sales? Where is the audit report indicting your administration for stealing $20b? Where is the N4 trillion you have spent on security in the last 4 years? Where is the $50m per day that you have generated for yourself since 2010 from crude oil theft in conjunction with the 12 oil tankers, PEACE 1-12 belonging to your wife under the protection of the Nigerian Navy? Where is the $1b that you and Stella Oduah stole in the aviation sector under your fake airport remodeling and aviation transformation agenda? Where is the N3-N4b per year that you budgeted for food at Aso Rock?
Where are the reports of all the fake committees that you have set up so far? There should be close to 100 committees.
Why did you hire soldiers and policemen to drive your campaign buses to the Northwest and Northeast because Nigerians have refused to do so at any price?
Why are you using soldiers and policemen to paste your campaign posters across Nigeria simply because ordinary Nigerians have refused to do it for you?
Why are you bastardizing our soldiers and policemen and misusing them?
Why did you transport thousands of people from 17 southern states to Lagos for your campaign rally to deceive Nigerians that Lagosians support you? Why did you induce them with bribes to come to Lagos for your campaign rally?
Where are the almost 300 Chibok girls that your service chiefs told us they had initially rescued, only for them to tell us that they had not rescued them. To make matters worse for your electability, your ministers and service chiefs told us numerous times that you know where the Chibok girls are; yet 8 months after they were kidnapped, you have not rescued them. Where are the remaining women, girls and boys running into the thousands who have been made sex slaves and suicide bombers by terrorists who should have been exterminated by you in a war on terror poorly executed by you?
Why did you dance over the graves of the almost 100 Nigerians that were killed at the Nyanya Abuja Bus Park by refusing to postpone your political rally as a gesture of respect towards the dead? Why did you do the same thing after over 200 Kano residents were killed by Boko Haram at the Kano Mosque close to the palace of the Emir of Kano? Why did you repeat this act of dancing "azonto" and "skelewu" at a PDP political campaign rally after over 50 boys were slaughtered by Boko Haram at a Federal Government-owned boarding school in Borno State? This is why I was really surprised to see you postpone your meeting with the PDP campaign council because of your sister's death. Your actions show that lives of ordinary Nigerians mean nothing to you. As long as you family members are fine, you don't care who dies. Nonetheless may the soul of your sister rest in perfect peace.
Why have your ministers and PDP spokespersons been engaging in doublespeak on the APC and General Buhari's purported support for insurgency? Why have they been saying after each bomb blast that APC and General Buhari are behind the planning and execution of each bomb blast only for the same people to say recently that all panels set up to investigate the APC and Buhari found no evidence whatsoever linking the APC and General Buhari to Boko Haram and terrorism? Why do you like engaging in petty politics? Why are you playing politics with the lives of Nigerians? You said that you know those who are supporting Boko Haram and that they are in your government but how come you are yet to fish them out and arrest them?
How come you said, before any investigation was carried out after the Oct. 1st 2010 bomb blast, that MEND had nothing to do with the the bomb blast only for you to state on the 8th of January, 2015, almost 4 years after, that MEND was responsible for the Oct. 1st bomb blast? Why are you inconsistent?
Why did you say that you have no enemies when you know that as Nigeria's Chief Executive, your job is to step on toes as you sign legislative bills passed by the National Assembly into law and enforce them? Why did you say that your style of leadership is to engage only in the prevention of corruption but not in punishing it by sending criminals to prison? What should we do with our criminal and penal code that prescribes various terms of imprisonment for various crimes? Should those laws be discarded? Could this be responsible for why almost every prison under your administration has experienced jail breaks on a weekly basis? Would you please tell us why you engage in and condone corruption, criminality, militancy, terrorism, theft, and impunity?
Bunmi Awoyemi, Ph.D, the author of this opinion piece, writes in from New Orleans, Louisiana and is a public affairs analyst, lawyer and entrepreneur.
Another senseless comment from another clueless politician, reduce prices of land. God, why is nigeria______ who such "leaders"? I'm highly disappointed in Jim Agbaje. When did he turn this? He was once a fine gentlemen. I even liked him, but, with all these obviously fake and empty promises, i can't say so again.
It was first "free internet service" to lagosians now this. Misplace of political priority. He should fire his political advisers or the political advisers should fire him. One of it should happen inorder to safe his campaign quickly.
OP sorry to say, this has been a totally embarrassing trend. After four (4) years, this is what the governor can boost of, God we really need visionary leaders like Pa Awo and co back again. Why do we keep celebrating mediocrity?
Unfortunately, i look through the candidates and i dont see any better person. For Akala and Ladoja to think of contesting again, is an insult to the good people of Oyo. Let them go sit somewhere and allow visionary people to contest, but, what can one do? This is a clear case of "if good people refuse to make themselves available for positions, then the bad and wick will have a feast". I knew Akala since when he was the North Ogbomoso constituency Chairman. The man even lost the primary for his re-election has local government chairman before he was selected by Baba Adedibu to be Ladoja deputy governorship candidate due to his lack of performance.
Anyway, most Nigerians and Africans as a whole are the most hypocritical blacks one can come across. We know the truth but, because it does not favour us or our family, we will deny it. I have had course to debate with people on these issues. I remember a friend coming to meet me some few days before the 2003 election and asking me to vote for the Obj PDP government then, i told him i will rather vote NCP of late Chief Gani, and the next comment he made was, why do you want to waste was vote? vote rather for a winning party. I asked him, " what and who made PDP or AC a winning party? If the people should decide to really make their vote count and decide not to vote for any of these popular parties, they and their leaders will be useless. Anyway, don't let me bore you with what happening after that.
I do not mean to be insulting, but, i guess i have to make points know.
[quote author=lalasticlala post=29910008][/quote]When i hear things like these, i feel very sad not because they were arrested, but, because they are nigerians and our Nigeria Navy and government have allowed this to happen. If our navy were as effective as they should be, pirates will not have tried to operate on Nigeria coast not to not talk of being bold enough to go as far as Ghana. Anyway, kudos to my Ghanaian navy.
macklef: Yh, i understand u. I said it earlier, some of those u chat with are trading coys. Get a real factory, even at that, 500pcs is hard to come by, very hard, me no what i went thru, but my seller had stayed in Nigeria for quite a time, he understands d population factor as such, could agree less.
1) Consolidate on the agricultural policy - If all we can achieve in the next 4 years is feed ourselves alone without significant import, it would be equivalent to 31 trillion naira per annum assuming 500 naira per day for 170 million Nigerians for 365 days. That is a massive market with mighty potentials for wealth to average Nigerians and significant employment.
2) Sustain the automobile policies - With five car assembly plants nearing completion as at Dec 2014 and another 10 targeting completion by Dec 2015. We can commence and sustain car assembly. By 2017, the car manufacturers will commence manufacturing of the spare parts in-country. and with the re-invigoration within the power sector and ajaokuta steel plant, this industry will be the soul of manufacturing in the whole of Africa. Nigeria will become a car export country for the region in the next 5 to 6 years
3) Ensure continuity on power roadmap en-route constant power - Nigeria is few years to constant power, with lots of power plants nearing completion already, the ongoing gas assembly plant in Delta state, the ongoing investment by the private investors and the bids in hand for foreign competitors that will be introduced in 2016 .... we cannot afford to distort any of these ongoing plans. The story about constant power will soon be history
4) Ensure true democracy is further entrenched into our society. 4 more years of freedom of speech/ information and free/ fair elections will deepen our democracy for better years. Autocracy, intimidation, press bondage and unfair elections will be alien to us come 2019. And any government afterwards can only continue or better the process because the foundations would have fully solidified
5) Ensure that our infrastructures get the desired attention including our roads, railways, airports etc and sustained for the long term. Ensure that the oil and gas sector is deregulated through removal of subsidy to allow private sector participation with the consequent emergence of numerous refineries and petrochemical industries. Continue set up of the right institutions to fight corruption like the e-wallet system for fertilizer scam, biometric registration for ghost workers scam, pension reforms for pension scam etc.
6) Ensure that our northern brethren get some education through a sustained alamajiri education system. This will further make them productive and less vulnerable to violence and destruction
SEVEN REASONS I WILL NOT VOTE BUHARI
1) It will be a blow on our democracy that we distort a pleasant Nigeria future for a man who ended our nascent democracy 30 years ago
2) The name Buhari is globally associated with Dog, baboon, blood, sharia crusade, death, anarchy, coup plotting, tribal high handedness etc and this cannot be the best fit for Nigeria in 2015
3) The man Buhari has not shown any plan for Nigeria, so far its been a campaign of paying 5000 naira to 25 million Nigerians which is totally laidback and unsustainable. Stabilizing crude oil prices by buhari as promised is also not possible. Feeding the school children is not sustainable and not what Nigeria needs at the moment..... No concrete plans for the Nigeria future
4) Unfortunately, a man that has Obj, Atiku, tinubu, Amaechi etc who have wrecked the Nigerian society as his support base cannot mean change in 2015. He cannot jail the hands that fed him meaning jailing by Buhari can only be sectional and based on favouritism. Buhari is also not open to setting up the right systems and institutions to make corruption in the various sectors almost impossible.
6) How can we have a president whose educational qualification is in contention in 2015? Would it have been easier and better if the requested certification is shown to the electorate?. Even if the certificate exists, calling the bluff of the electorate for whom you beg for their votes is the height of insensitivity on the part of the general at this time.... much more when he is power
7) In this period of Nigerian growth, we cannot go for uncertainties. Though I do not consider this a political point, but a reaction to a Buhari's presidency in the SS through resumed militancy will pull all our growths to a halt and the economic suffering will be unprecedented. Four more years under GEJ will ensure complete diversification of the economy through agriculture, automobile and oil&gas downstream after which an uprising in the SS will have minimal impact to the country's economy
trippy: look at you. If she wore any hijab you'd be the first person to shout boko haram. She dressed perfect. Did u see any part of her body aside her face? All u PDP people are confused and out of ideas.
Tell him my sister!!!, they are confused set of people trying so hard to remain confuse.
Japhet04: if anybody tell you sey I understand you ehn, dat person must be a liar
O.k you don't understand him, but, you understood the joke Fani-kayode enough to support his lies. Then i will help you, "what he meant is Fani-Kayode is a clown and has no recognition both privately and publicly" and in Obj's words "Give Fani-kayode food and he will sing and dance for you, omo ale jati jati", not my words, but, Obj's.
Japhet04: I'm happy that at least a man of public recognition has finally concurred to the fact Buhari has a hand in this boko haram issue,even if he is trying to cover up...,
Remember in GEJ's 1st and 2nd year of ruling Nigeria it was nothing but peace all the way but immediately Buhari sensed this he used boko haram as his prima facie tool in sabotaging the integrity of Goodluck's government and I see he has made a very big impact, he has managed to swerve the heart of our people against Goodluck even here on nairaland..,
May God Forgive you Buhari him alone knows your evil deeds..,
God will see you through this election GEJ
Peace
You are not different from your pay masters!!!. The same Fani Kayode who prayed and said God forbid Gej win second term, the same man who called Gej despicable names not too long?
You may have suddenly develop short memory, unfortunately for you some of us do not have such problem.
To even magnify your lies by claiming Gej 1st and 2nd years were peaceful, GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!, you are the IGWE of lies!!!!, BH has it is today started with Gej coming to aso rock. May save us from myopic people like you and your kinds
eleven: I guess this 'Change' is now by force. Threats everywhere, this obviously a step backwards.
My advise: Be very careful who you discuss politics with offline especially presidential elections. Please be extremely careful especially if you live in the North. You can be killed for as little as having a different view. Let's be wise.
God!!!, why are some people so intentionally MISCHIEVOUS!!!!, your attempt to play smart has been expose. Do you have to post a picture of APC billboard that is not even close to the riot venue to drive home your point? Only gullible people like yourself will fall for such gimmick you tried to play.
Unfortunately, you are not different from those gullible rioters in the pictures you posted. And before i take my leave, did they show you their APC membership cards before or during the riot for you to conclude their members or supporters of APC?
NairalandOP: "I came up with a special scholarship that tests those that make 1st class & send the best to the best universities in the world"
"You must vote for the Nigerian youth, you must vote for the Nigerian women!”
"There was not even one woman in the cabinet when they ruled."
“I have no enemies to fight. My interest is future generation.”
“They built prisons for you – I built universities for you,”
“Any country that does not obey the rule of law is a jungle.”
“We are building institutions to fight corruption.”
“If THEY had succeeded in fighting corruption, corruption would not have been here with us now.”
“Some people are already cloning voter cards. Are those the kind of people you want in power?”
“Yesterday I directed INEC that every registered Nigerian must vote.”
"I have no personal interests. My interests are Nigeria's interest"
"Nigeria does not belong to old people like us. The youths must redefine this country"
"I have never been driven by the love of power. Rather, I have gotten to where I am today by the power of love"
- President Jonathan
If the above bold statement is anything to go by, then our "good" President should be honorable enough by being a doer of his word but, not just another speaker by not contesting this election like his advised. Is high time people practice what they say. People can say thing just to win sympathy vote. PLEASE, Mr President withdraw your candidacy and allow a "youth" from your party to rather contest for the presidency in order for us to take you serious. Nigerians and HYPOCRISY!!!!
richardjemedafe1: apc are party of thugs,jihadist,mafia and rejected pdp cabals,frm d onset i knew apc are desperate 4 power if u guys are nt mindfull of this party nigeria go enter one chance,bcus they knew they are bond to failure i said it dt they is no smoke wtout fire apc are up to smtn,hmm our vote is 4 gej,formally i hate pdp wt my last breath bt d party has manage to flush sm bad eggs out to apc dt bring me into dt party ,gej is still d most credible man 4 dt post.
Man go back to school!! what has your statement above got to do with the topic under discussion?
ishiamu: And if the president swears in an Inec commissioner and who says he's not won the election?.....you work for your paymaster not for those that don't pay you...
Gej till buhari shows his certificate joor
Sorry for you, if you think Prof. Muritala Salau is a Gej boy, then once again i'm sorry for you. A world renounce nuclear physicist, i personally know him to be scholar of impeccable character. A former V.C, and a respectable gentleman to the core.
Flets: I will answer objectively and prove you wrong
The constitution is clear that anyone vying for the position of the president must have a school cert or its equivalent. You need to be clear on what equivalent is. A one year military training is not an equivalent of a six year secondary education.
Again the condition of entry to Nigeria army is school cert and that has not changed till date. At a minimum, Buhari should have that to join the Nigerian Army.
From the foregoing... Buhari should have at least school cert. Unfortunately the quota system favoured a lot of fulani entries into the army without adequate certification. Buhari has not shown any certificate to INEC, he swore an affidavit when he could simply request for a replacement from the certifying bodies if his got missing. Until late, Lai Mohd has come to tell us that his certificates were missing while Buhari told us it was with the army board. ..... Its clear to the blind from events so far that something is amiss
The fact that Buhari got away without a certificate in 2003, 2007 and 2011 does not make it any less evil and renders him unqualified. Buhari has no Bsc or Msc. NDA is not an equivalent of school cert rather school cert is a pre-requisite to NDA. Infact all the factors around Buhari makes school cert inevitable. So the question the world is asking is where is it?.
PDP is quiet on the subject cos it matters less to them now. If by a Miracle Buhari wins at the polls, the court will easily nullify his candidacy. PDP will revisit the issue only when it matters.
Note: I didnt call you names, I responded objectively. I expect that you follow suit. .... Thanks.
My guy i understand all what you tried to expatiate above. I believe INEC is the body in charge of verifying and certifying if a candidate is fit the contest for a particular position in an election or not. Constitutionally, they have been given that mandate, right, why don't we allow them to carryout this purpose for which it was setup. The other parties should rather concentrate on how sell their manifestos and by so doing give us reasons why their the best choice for Nigerians. If at the end of the day, INEC has no problem with his candidature and he contest and probably win like you stated above, the other party can then go to court and contest his validity if they so will. Or better still go to court now and contest his validity of his candidature for the said post.
Flets: There is no bigger issue to campaign about. That a man who is not qualified by the terms of the constitution is vying for the highest office in the land...... That is the real issue based campaign.
What makes him unqualified? Which part of the constitution makes him unqualified? and base on what is he not qualified? Don't you think, if his not qualified, the system will not allow him the contest? How did he contest for the HIGHEST office all these while if his not qualified?
In answering these questions objectively, you will come to reason with me that, these are all political gimmick? Thank you.
Flets: You are one embarrassing yourself. It takes less effort to provide the certificate than the lengthy propaganda.
The truth of the matter is that Sultan of sokoto gave IBB and Buhari the written letters with which they joined the army. Buhari and IBB has no school certificate. .. kapish!!
He grew in the army courtesy of the corrupt quota system and not merit nor certificate.
Buhari is not only a terrorist. ... he is a very corrupt tribalist.
What is this? I swear GEJ and his flock of supporters have no message for us. If they did not get this certificate issue, they will not have anything else tell us.
Tell us what else you have for us that you have not yet done or implemented already and stop whinny about this certificate. I thought your party asked us to do issues base campaigns.
mulante: Yet Nigerians in 2015 are still begging for that same military intervention in democracy. I think we are experiencing a collective manifestation of the Stockholm Syndrome in this country. We have been held hostage for so long, we do not know what to do with freedom.
Its not the military institution that is to blame but, the men and women who make up the institution and their civilian cohorts. We still have honest, dedicated and professional men and women in the military.
Like you stated above, "Nigerians in 2015 are still begging for that same military intervention in democracy", if can put it this way, "we are left with choosing between a bigger evil and a lesser evil" and my guy, i will gladly choose the lesser evil. Its better to have a certified and well known "uncorrupted" military person than a certified, clueless and most corrupt civilian at the realm of affairs.
[quote author=customized13 post=29500804][/quote]This is nothing but, tale by the fireside. Journalism at its lowest level. Mushroom journalism, shame, shame, shame and leadership expect us to believe this folktale.
macklef: Even schools are hot buy. If you want a school socks collabo tho, you can hit me up. Most sellers dont go less than 1000pairs, but uld rarely find schools that have that population on one style. Btw, no upcoming school will do this even some big schools run from it but, if there a branded school, deld go for it.
Una welldone o, import masters. Una dey lecture wella.
Big man, i am interested in customising socks, but, i'm finding it difficult getting sellers to accept orders less than 1000pics. Most schools that have shown interest in customising their socks have student population less than 1000. I need my help man. Thanks
elipheleh: THE THOUGHTS OF THE WISE MAN....MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT
ATROCITIES OF BUHARI
1. He Is A Hypocrite And Sanctimonious: Buhari is a self-acclaimed anti-corruption Czar, yet he served under late Sani Abacha without complaining of corruption. In the same period Buhari served as PTF Chairman under Abacha, Nigeria was named the 2nd most corrupt country in the world in 1996 by Transparency International; the most corrupt country in 1997 and 3rdmost country in 1998. Buhari didn’t resign or protest. He dismissed the TI Report with a wave of the hand. Can he do the same if such report says Nigeria is the most corrupt country in 2014? I know that Buhari would protest and call President Jonathan names.
Buhari as a man of integrity as he claims should have done what Tai Solarin, Duro Onabule and Ebitu Ukiwe did under IBB’s regime. IBB’s attempt to take Nigeria into the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) made his Chief of General Staff, Ebitu Ukiwe to resign. Ukiwe maintained that Nigeria, as a country, should not be a member of a religious organisation. Individual organisation can take up membership of religious organisations, but not the country. IBB made Tai Solarin the chairman of Peoples Bank with no fund and power to run it; he resigned and tendered his apology to Nigerians. Buhari has not apologized to Nigerians for working for the most corrupt govt in the world then, but he still maintains that Abacha didn’t loot Nigeria dry even as Abacah loots are still being sent back to Nigeria.
When he took over power by the gun, he supported rigging because it favoured him. But now, he is shouting of rigging. Hear him: “The last general election was anything but free and fair. The only political parties that could complain of election rigging are those parties that lacked the resources to rig.” – M. Buhari (First Speech after Military Coup, 31 December, 1983)
2. He Is A Religious Fanatic And Extremist: Buhari believes that his religion is superior to other religions and that Koran supersedes our constitution. In 2001, he gave his total support for Sharia with this statement:
“I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria. God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country.”- M. Buhari (August 27, 2001)
He made the above statement after he had gone to BBC Hausa Service to condemn the then Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for urging Muslims states who adopted Sharia to return to the status quo.
If you think that these statements mean nothing, then envision what would happen if a notable Christian political leader from the south make the same statement about spreading Christianity across Nigeria.
Prior to the 2003 elections, he made another shocking statement: “Muslims should only vote those who will promote Islam. We are more than the Christians if you add our Muslim brothers in the West.”- M. Buhari (2003)
3. He Introduced Kidnapping And Smuggling Into The Nigeria System:The story of Umaru Dikko is already well known that repeating it here amounts to tautology. However, Buhari and his ADC Col. Mustapha Jokolosupervised the smuggling of 53 suitcases filled with cash against the protests of Tunde Idiagbon and ironically, Abubakar Atiku (an APC bigwig), was the former DG of Customs. Do you still need to know why Buhari has never accused Atiku of being corrupt?
4. He Is Not A Man of His Words: Buhari cried in public and said he won’t contest elections again, yet couldn’t keep his words: “This campaign is the third and last one for me; since, after it, I will not present myself again for election into office of the president.” – M. Buhari (April, 2011 at the Int’l Conference Centre, Abuja)
Then again in 2014, he swallowed his words with this:
“I humbly present myself to all Nigerians and to God, seeking to be elected as APC’s presidential candidate.” – M. Buhari (Oct., 15, 2014 Eagle Square Abuja) 5. He Is An Ethnic Bigot Who Thinks That Vendetta Is Fighting Corruption: After Buhari and his boys overthrew the govt of Shagari with the sole reason that the govt was highly corrupt, he locked up Dr. Alex Ekwueme – the then VP in Kirikiri maximum prison but left Shagari – the president and Head of govt in his mansion. Ekwueme was tried by the tribunal set-up by Buhari and the tribunal declared that he was even poorer than he was before he came into office. Yet, Buhari jailed him and allowed Shagari to relax in his mansion.
He gave Dede Sam Mbakwe 100-year jail term for stealing nothing and also went after his wife. Ambrose Ali was tried for an undeveloped plot of land and he was jailed for 75 years with heavy torture that led to blindness and later death. Jim Nwobodo and Lateef Jakande were jailed for 100 years for stealing nothing. Adekunle Ajasin was tried by a military tribunal and found innocent. Buhari ordered a fresh trial, he was found innocent again. Buhari changed the tribunal and tried him again. He was still found innocent. Buhari still jailed him. But, Buhari left his personal friend – Awwal Ibrahim – the then highly corrupt governor of Niger State who was arrested at Heathrow airport with £14 million. Awwal was never jailed. He was placed under house arrest in his mansion like Shagari for just two weeks and indeed released.
6. He Is A Coupist: Buhari has no moral ground to stand for an election in Nigeria because he’s a destroyer of democracy and can never benefit from it. He overthrew a duly elected govt and ruled illegitimately until he was kicked out. For those that claim he was invited, go read the recent interview by Chief Ebenezer Babatope on why Chief Solomon Lar was imprisoned by Buhari.
7. He Doesn’t Talk or Act Like An Elder-statesman: He makes provocative statements that are capable of putting the country in crisis. This attitude caused the death of over 800 innocent lives including about 10 Corp members after he lost the 2011 elections. A man who considers himself as an elder-statesman and wants to rule Nigeria again should not be talking this way:
“God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way. If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and baboon would all be soaked in blood.” – M. Buhari
“2015 will be bloody…” – M. Buhari
Buhari snubbed the same Nigerians he now wants their votes by refusing to appear before Justice Oputa Truth and Reconciliation Panel. Buhari knew how important reconciliation is to the stability of democracy, yet he refused to appear before the panel.
8. He Cannot Formulate A Good Economic Policy: True to that, Buhari is the only former Head of State without a legacy. Not even one, despite ruling with iron-fist for 2 years. Someone said, Environmental sanitation is his legacy LOL and I ask, how has that improved our economy? Or is Nigeria now the cleanest country in the world with a booming tourism industry? And again, those that attended his declaration were disappointed as he couldn’t present a manifesto on how he can solve the numerous problems confronting Nigeria. We keep hearing from the Buharists: “I will fight corruption; I will stop corruption; I will end corruption.” How? By mouth? Recall what BBC said about Buhari’s economic policy: “Buhari’s attempts to re-balance public finances by curbing imports led to many job losses and the closure of businesses. These losses were accompanied by a rise in prices and a decline in living standards.” His economic policy started the devaluation of naira. During Shagari/Ekweme’s regime, $1 = N0.550 but before the end of his tenure in 1985, $1 = N0.894.
9. He Clamped Down On The Press: With the infamous Decree 4, he closed down Newspapers, arrested and jailed many journalists such as Ndukar Irabor and Tunde Thompson of the Guardian Newspaper on stories that were factual. He told the Nigerian journalists then that it did not matter whether the story reported was true or not, if his regime did not like it, the writer would go to jail. At a point Tai Solarin became the only voice who could speak as he stood at the road corner and was distributing leaflets detailing the various atrocities of Buhari. He arrested and jailed him. In prison, he was denied his asthmatic drug. He was released by IBB and later died of complication from the torture he suffered in prison.
10. He Is Not A Man of Principle And Integrity: Since 2003, Buhari has been jumping from one party to another in his desperate and endless quest to rule Nigeria. He started with ANPP in 2003 to CPC in 2011 and, now in APC. He might abandon APC for another party if they deny him ticket.
11. He Has No Regard For Human Rights: Mrs. Vera Ifudu, who was an NTA reporter then, was sacked for reporting what Dr. Olusola Saraki had told her in an interview about how the missing money was traced to Buhari’s account at Midland Bank London branch. Vera eventually won her case of wrongful dismissal in court against the NTA and was financially compensated.
Dim Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, who returned from 13 years exile, just a little over a year then, was as well locked up in Kirikiri Prison by Buhari. Up till today we were not told what his offence was. Busari Adelakun died of ulcer because Buhari refused him to be taken out of prison for medical attention. The then Gov. of Ogun State, Bisi Onabanjo suffered similar fate which we were told led to his untimely death.
For using the US$2.8bn to sing, Buhari jailed Fela Anikulapo -Kuti on trumped up charges under emergency law which prompted the sentencing judge to confess that he was ordered to do so and apologised to Fela. It was Buhari’s administration that said it has “decided to deal with this Fela problem once and for all.”
Buhari used retrogressive law to execute three Nigerians: Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26). One of those three – Ogedengbe – was executed for a crime that did not carry capital punishment at the time it was committed.
12. He Is Corrupt: That a blind man doesn’t see the sun don’t mean the sun is not up in the sky. That Buhari has not been jailed for corrupt practises doesn’t mean he is not corrupt, after-all, nobody has jailed IBB, OBJ etc., yet people say they’re corrupt. Buhari has never been able to account to Nigerians what he did with the N25 billion missing in PTF of which he was the chairman. Shagari incurred Buhari’s wrath when he decided to investigate the US$2.8 billion that disappeared from NNPC account and traced to the Midland Bank, London. Justice Ayo Irikefe panel was set-up and Saraki headed the Senate committee. The following were unequivocally discovered:
Firstly, a judicial panel was set up to trace the $2.8billion (Justice Ayo Irikefe panel).
Secondly, a senate committee was also set up to trace the $2.8billion (headed by the elder Saraki).
The findings of the senate committee were reported live on NTA by Vera Ifudu. Buhari overthrew the govt to burn and shred the evidence. Buhari got Vera Ifudu sacked. Vera Ifudu and the NTA went to court. Vera Ifudu won her case, got reinstated and was paid compensation A man that procured a loan of N27.5million to purchase his presidential form using man-know-man approach is definitely corrupt. Buhari ought to live by example.
13. He Is A Pretender And Deceiver: Buhari claims that he has no foreign bank account, no booming business, no house in Lagos or Abuja. He has 2 houses: one in Katsina and the other in Kaduna. Yet he has been contesting elections since 2003 and pursuing it up to the Supreme Court with his team of SANs. The minimum appearance fee for a SAN at the Presidential election case at the Supreme Court is N25 million. Where did he get this money? Can he tell us his sponsors? He borrowed N27.5 million to buy a form, yet he moves around in Chattered aircraft each time he wants to fly which is costlier than owing one. Buhari is definitely a pretender.
14. He Is A Tribalist: Since his days as a Head of State, he only appointed his people in important positions. As the chairman of PTF, he employed an overwhelming number of Fulani/Hausa/Moslem at the detriment of other groups and concentrated PTF projects in the North. He used the company of his in-law – (Salihijo Ahmad), Afri-Projects Consortium in executed all the projects. He shamelessly executed about 74% of the projects in the north and 26% in the entire south according to PTF Situation Report (Vol 2, 98).
15. He Has Soft-spot For Boko Haram: Buhari made the following statements which support Boko Haram:
“The declaration of state of emergency in three Northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe is a grave injustice against the North.” – M. Buhari (Liberty Radio, June 2, 2013)
“…when the Niger Delta militants started their activities in the South-South, they were invited by the late President Umaru Yar’adua. An aircraft was sent to them and their leaders met with the late President in Aso Rock and discussed issues. They were given money and a training scheme was introduced for their members. But when the Boko Haram emerged in the north, members of the sect were killed”. – M. Buhari (Liberty Radio, Kaduna May 14 2012)
But on Ombatse, his tone changed because they killed Fulanis: “…But those that killed the 56 security men must be hunted and prosecuted no matter how long it will take because this is the bottom line about law and order, and security in the country. They can’t be forgiven, they can’t override the constitution, Nigerians are being hurt and killed in their duties and those that killed them must be brought before the law.” – M. Buhari
16. He Is Anti-development: Buhari stopped the Lagos metro rail even when the military Administrator for Lagos State, alerted him that on the clause in the contract ($60 million metro rail project) agreement that would yoke the state into debt, if the contract was cancelled unilaterally. He replied: “Mudashiru, I don’t care”. Although the fund for the execution of the project which would have given Lagosians an intra-city light train transport system would not have come from Buhari’s Supreme Military Council, Buhari, cancelled this project of the state government, with ethnicity on his mind. Till date no Nigerian city has metro rail. Buhari out of jealousy of the leadership acumen of Dede Sam Mbakwe, he stopped all the wonderful projects initiated by him in Imo State when he overthrew the Shagari’s govt. Yet, Buhari left the govt without a legacy. What a man!
17. He Hates Education: Just like Boko Haram, Buhari is a supporter of the almajir system. No wonder President Goodluck Jonathan is the person that established the first and only federal university in Katsina State – Buhari’s State and 100s almaijiri’s model schools across the northern region. People like Buhari are against the almajiri schools.
18. He Is Weak: It is a fact that Tunde Idiagbo was the brain and pillar behind the govt of Buhari. No wonder Buhari was thrown out in what was regarded as a Palace Coup when Idiagbo went to Mecca. If Buhari that ruled with absolute power and iron-fist couldn’t protect his govt from being overthrown by junior officers, how could he safeguard and protect Nigeria in this turbulent time.
19. He Is A Product of Corruption And Nepotism: The manner and swiftness Buhari rise in the army can only be possible in a system where nepotism reign supreme. At 21, Buhari was cadet trainee; at 23 he was promoted as Commander 2nd Infantry Battalion; at 25 he was appointed Brigade Major, 2 Sector 1st Infantry Division; at 28, he was promoted Brigade Major and Commander, 31st Infantry Brigade; at 29 he was promoted Assistant Adjutant-General 1st Infantry Division Headquarters; at 34 he was appointed the military governor of North-Eastern State; at 39 he was appointed Chairman NNPC and GOC, 3rd Armoured Division, Jos, 1981-83; at 42, he shot his way to Dodan Barracks as Head of State. Most of these promotions were with no further education/training.
Buhari’s kids and people still use Quota system education (to enable them go to school) and federal character for them to get jobs. Imagine when a kid from Ebonyi State needs to score minimum of 112 in Common Entrance exams and another kid from Sokoto (a state that is older than Nigeria), Yobe etc., need only 9 and 2 respectively in the same exam. Remember that these kids wrote the same exam, in the same country, at the same time and answered the same questions. What corruption is worse than this? Yet Buhari has never condemned it.
20. Buhari Is Just Perpetually Unelectable: To those that still think Buhari would one day rule Nigeria again, ask Nasir El-rufai, he has the answer
You smell, look and sound like a SINKING man. A sinking man grabs unto anything he sees. So MYOPIC!!!!!! I PITY YOU and your LIKES
meccuno: What do we stand to benefit from these fake people called "palestinians"......they are a fake people....Egypt,syria,jordan,iran,saudi arabia have all rejected them.....what do they expect from us? Make them park well....
To you, you have spoken sense, local champion, God!! you are a disgrace to the Nigeria education system, a danger to FREEDOM of EXPRESSION and embarrassment to nairalanders. Sorry if i sound offensive, but, how on earth will any "reasonable" person just get up and call whole tribe or group of people fake people. It only goes to show how terrible your PHYSIOLOGICAL development was.
To a larger extend i don't totally blame you, i partly blame the bastardize Nigeria Educational system that keep producing people like you. I believe you also sometimes blame the different governments for the level of development in Nigeria, please a word of advice to you, never ever blame any government in the past, present and future and at any level for the problem of Nigeria, because you and your kind are the problem of Nigeria.
Once again i do not mean to be offence, but, just saw what i consider to be one of the major problem of Nigeria and want to help with some advises.
bondingman: This buhari of a man is simply a vampire.
I'm sorry for you, no, rather sorry for NIGERIA, where was this so call video all these years and it is now surfacing. Have you asked yourself why was it only 1minute 46 seconds, this mysterious video all of a sudden just appeared from no where.
As a professional IT person and a qualified engineer, i know for sure that virtually anything can be done on the computer if you can gather the right people.
Once again SORRRRRRYYYY for NIGERIA for being "blessed" with this HIGH number of MYOPIC people who only PRETENDS to love her.
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