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manmade: This is a case of history repeating itself Muse ( Archives) :
THE RESIGNATION OF AUDU OGBEH,
PDP CHAIRMAN
Reuters
Monday, January 10, 2005
Audu Ogbeh, PDP Chairman,
resigns
By CAMILLUS EBOH
Audu Ogbeh told reporters he resigned
to ensure the People's Democratic Party
(PDP) would "remain stable without
crisis", but senior party members said he
was forced out by Obasanjo who could
not take his scathing criticism.
Ogbeh's resignation, which takes effect
from Feb. 28, came after weeks of horse-
trading by senior PDP members who had
wanted to save the party chief.
"We are all very upset. Obasanjo's
intolerance is a very bad sign. We are
scared that we are moving towards
tyranny," said a senior PDP member who
had supported Ogbeh.
Politicians and analysts said Ogbeh's
letter, dated Dec. 5 and published in the
local press, reflected widespread
frustration with Obasanjo whose election
in 1999 ended 15 years of military rule
in the poverty-ravaged oil exporting
nation.
Obasanjo's economic reform programme,
which has received the informal backing
of the International Monetary Fund, has
failed to lift most Nigerians out of
poverty. Corruption has remained
endemic five years after his first
election, despite a high profile campaign
against graft.
Ogbeh drew a parallel between
Obasanjo's government and that of
Shehu Shagari, sacked in a coup in 1983
after four years in office, and warned the
president was heading in the same
direction.
Ogbeh's letter also outlined the situation
in southeast Anambra state where police
stood by in November as political
militants torched government buildings
and shot at the governor's convoy during
three days of rioting.
Angered by the stark warning, Obasanjo
threatened Ogbeh with investigation by
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission.
Analysts say the Anambra crisis reflects
poorly on Obasanjo beacuse he had
withdrawn police protection from
governor Chris Ngige, who is locked in a
bitter power struggle with his estranged
political patron, Chris Uba. Uba's brother
is one of the president's closest aides.
Anambra is one of more than a dozen
states where there was widespread
rigging in the 2003 general elections,
which returned Obasanjo for a second
term in office.
Earlier in October, one of Africa's most
prominent literary icons, Chinua Achebe,
rejected a national honour from the
Nigerian government citing the political
crisis in his home state of Anambra.
Civil rights groups have accused
Obasanjo, a former military ruler, of
running a "civilian dictatorship" in
Africa's most populous nation, a charge
the president denies.

hardywaltz: Exposing corruption of this magnitude does not require any protocol.
If this were in saner climes the country citizens will all be on the street demanding the resignation and prosecution of GEJ and all his fellow clueless thieves in partner.

sainty2k3: Presidency is busy making noise, why is it that FGN can't allow Cbn, ag, and others to be part of the agreement, why can't they pay the 2014 share of the money as planned. Federal government definitely is deceitful and not to be trusted, resident doctors did, and till now they never receive anytin

Beaf!:
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Bla bla..

Abacha's son popular in Kano? Do you know the result of the last election he contested?

daRealest: It is dangerous to loose the support of 7 governors ahead 2015..GEJ knows that!

slim fit :
It's like these people thought they were tough fighting in a battle they can't win and accepting defeat for them seems to be very difficult.

They are lucky they were fighting with clueless if it was me they would be in jail by now.

bishop4APC: Pdp had come and gone, party that was created from the temple of hell, pdp as a party was dominated by the likes of hitler, pharaoh,king herod, saddam hussein, kim jung ill, stalin, robert mugabe etc party that is full of lies,greed and also pulled the law out on anybody who opposes, pdp abused its rights as a leader of a free nation, party that doesn't care about the good of its people...there are enough reasons to bid them farewell and give the progressives chance to fulfil the dream of our great nation that has been sold and scattered by hoodlums.

size38: Felix Obuah is a man I have known long ago in Rivers state collage of Education Ndele, Rivers state. He is somebody who talks without making any kind of sense in his talks. Logically from his statements, its obvious he and his gangs are trying to cause mayhem on the arrival of APC leaders in the state. Also, he accused the Governor of giving out 500 million of state fund to rent crowd. He should understand the Governor Amaechi has more grass root support than any one of them in Rivers state. Not even GEJ, wike, himself Obuah, Evans Bipi etc can match Amaechi's grass root support in Rivers state. I say none them at all.

gurnam: The President is entitled and qualified to run for a 2nd term....absolutely no question on that.....but while pursuing that ambition...he should not forcefully stop other from pursuing their own ambitions too....that is the beauty of democracy!!!

When a President uses state forces and instruments of coercion to stop people from associating...having legal meetings and generally inhibiting the tenets of democracy that he is the single largest beneficiary..then people have legitimate right to kick against him.

Ile-Ife:
If she likes let her sign MoU between Nigeria and Jupiter, Pluto and mars, she was caught stealing and she should go. You can replace her with the Obi of Onitsha for all i care, no wahala.

eGuerrilla: The opposition finally airs its views on this issue...



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omenka: 1. In the history of NCAA, has the life of any of their visitors been made attempt on to necessitate the purchase of armored
vehicles

Until there is an attempt which will put Nigeria in the bad light or even sanctioned before Govt should start running like Headless chicken

2. The evidence of the bank statement of coscharis motors regarding this transaction as provided by Saharareporters (which coscharis hasn't denied) indicates that the purchase of the vehicles was through any means but "Lease Financing". Can she clarify that??

Fund movement will be between First bank and Coscharis while NCAA get the cars. Clarification lies with First bank therefore.

3. Was the purchase of the said "specialized security vehicles" approved in the ministry's budget as passed by the national assembly

She has quoted where the fund was approved. Check the explanation again. Is that kind of spending from IGR allowed for a parastatal?

4. Who were the other auto dealerships available at the bidding?? Was the quotation of coscharis the most competitive?
Competitiveness and value for money are two different things? Remember Fashola went for a Bulletproof Jeep of 200 Million each not because of just competitveness buh value for money (just an example)

5. We believe the other parastatals under the ministry receive foreign visitors from time to time as well?? Following your logic, they would be needing similar vehicles for their guests wouldn't they, madam minister

Which Parastatal is that FAAN



This one is simply indefensible madam.
Throw in the towel honorably and save whatever is left of your dignity. We know you arnt going to jail. This is Nigeria!!

Let the investigations be done rather than asking for a sack out of emotions and end the issue abruptly without learning for it.

Symphony007: are you talking around UST that is the only public university in the country that is functionnin while ASUU is on strike, you have the guts to vomit all this rubbish where were you went peter odili was governor of rivers state? Were was your voice when kids in government school like holy roasery,comprehensive,habour road,etc sat on the floor to learn? Were was your voice then? Today you are being critical because they had the responsibility to hire more space for kids to learn. Where were you when PETER OTUNAYA ODILI WAS GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE?

REHOZIBAH: Some of you are too undiscerning to know the issues involved in a course of action hence are won't to say what is wide off the mark

Is it not this Mohammed Abacha whose name have been mentioned in the $2.6Billion Malabu Oil block scandal alongside Dan Etete? The PDP and GEJ govt sure have something they can hold against him hence his need to safe face by joining them

I adore GMB who refused to allow this poster boy of corruption dent his hard earned incorruptible image in 2011 by flying the CPC guber flag

Good riddance!!!

Orlando Owoh: Do you know the agreement GEJ entered with the north, that made them vote against their own politicians in 2011? GEJ should tell us.

ebenezer4o2: I think Sanusi is as confused as GEJ.
Another time he would be warning the FG against Spending during war,small time he'd want to change the polymer note;why can't him jus face dat his concubine and reason well for once?

Rhino.4dm:
The popular opinion here in PH is tilted in favour of Amaechi. You can help yourself out by tuning into any of these radio stations. Nigeria Info, CoolFm, Wazobia and, what have you.

Most callers are now asking what good has Jonathan's presidency brought to south south and Rivers State.The nearest possible time to deliver the east west road at this snail's speed could be around 2020. You may want to start telling us why any sensible rivers state indegene should leave a man that physically transformed their state for someone with zero presence even in his Village. Your propaganda can only work on people browsing from thousands of miles away.

REHOZIBAH: Dis title of dis thread is sensational to say d least!

Occassions lyk dat r meant 4 throwing banters n conviviality!

D coup dat brought in Buhari served a purpose then n dat was to stem d corruption dat politicians of dat time wer flagrantly displaying

We were innudated wt nauseating display of affluence n iniquitous accumulation of wealth by politicians especially of d ruling class

Shagari d president was adjudged not to b dat corrupt but his weakness n refusal to reign in party members was his greatest undoing

Even civil servants were not left out! Then was d era of brown envelope! B4 u cud get anytyn done in govt circle,u av to tip off an official by packaging crisp naira notes in a brown envelope

Getting a contract approved was predicated on u having factored in a 10% extra cost on yr normal valuation

N dis was hampering d smooth running of govt! Nepotism n evri vice were @ dia infancy then n Nigerians were really complaining!

It was d indignation dat reckless lifestyle of d politician birthed in d military dat made Buhari n odas 2 chase d corrupt politicians away

A few months afta,d politicians aving accumulated a war-chest of money started mounting propaganda against d regime using d mass media capitalising on d regimes' excesses

IBB who aving studied dat Nigerians really do not hate corruption but wish to b part of it also took ova n really democratise corruption

Evri known enemies of (Buhari)govt were bought on-board thru indiscriminate award of contracts n d satanic SAP economic policy

Brown envelopes n 10% both disappeared leaving d stage 4 gross n undescribebable monumental corruption,people just collect mobilization fee of any contract n vamoose

In oda not 2b prosecuted,d contractor-politicians started hobnobbing wt d military

In a nutshell,it is not so simplistic to say Buhari truncated democracy if d 'ifs' n 'why's' are nt properly explained

4me evr action of each military ruler shd b dispassionately explained 2 situate dia place in history

Murtala n Buhari stil tower above evri military ruler dat Nigeria hs had.Gowon got tainted by his sit-tight antics n civil war

Back to Tinubu,I wud av bn agrieved dat Tinubu is hobnobbing wt Buhari if I ddnt kno d precedent of GMB as an anti-corruption crusader or his distaste of lascivious lifestyles of present day politicians

I subscribe to d need 2 completely change d course of dis country by progressive politicians wt Nigeria being dia focal point n not any ethno-religious connotation or colouration being deplored by d PDP

I adore GMB 4 d little he was able to achieve by whipping d then very corrupt politicians n business men including Dangote then cos Buhari remove d monopoly dat Dangote alone hd over importation of som food items

Several of d politicians Buhari moved against were even fellow northerners like Abdusamad,Mai Deribe n several odas not d 'Na my Brother' kind of politicians we av now

Its a known fact dat billions in import duty waivers were being granted 2 som business men who r major financiers of d govt in power

Who can 4get d ultimate monopoly Femi Otedola enjoyed in AGO importation 4 abt a year unda OBJ who gave him importation contract 4 all d diesel d whole of nigeria was consumming wc d young man now sub-contract to other major playas in d industry

You all don't kno dat monumental corruption emanates frm d leader dats y dey can neva fight corruption

Malabu,Halliburton n several hideous corruption scandals r 2 numerous 2 mention

4me as a Yoruba man,Xtian n highly detribalised,nobody can taint General Muhammadu Buhari in my view cos dis man is d demon dat our ruling elites fear

Its only we d youths dat I am afraid for cos d corrupt elites av almost succeded in twisting our history since most of u probably were not born until d 90s hence d social media av bn used to whip of grand hatred against people who ordinarily shd b our heroes

Dey did it to Gani Fawehinmi who pipo even later said was looking 4 cheap publicity owing to his incessant cries n activism against d corrupt n entrenched establishment

Gani later tried his hands in politics,d propanganda machinery stil said 'd best activists r not always d best leaders n dat Gani shd b content wt being just a human right crusader'

Anytime I see u all fighting yrslf on d basis of religion,ethnicity I always weep within me cos corruption,sleaze,n visionless leadership dosnt kno Hausa,Igbo nor Yoruba

REHOZIBAH: Dis title of dis thread is sensational to say d least!

Occassions lyk dat r meant 4 throwing banters n conviviality!

D coup dat brought in Buhari served a purpose then n dat was to stem d corruption dat politicians of dat time wer flagrantly displaying

We were innudated wt nauseating display of affluence n iniquitous accumulation of wealth by politicians especially of d ruling class

Shagari d president was adjudged not to b dat corrupt but his weakness n refusal to reign in party members was his greatest undoing

Even civil servants were not left out! Then was d era of brown envelope! B4 u cud get anytyn done in govt circle,u av to tip off an official by packaging crisp naira notes in a brown envelope

Getting a contract approved was predicated on u having factored in a 10% extra cost on yr normal valuation

N dis was hampering d smooth running of govt! Nepotism n evri vice were @ dia infancy then n Nigerians were really complaining!

It was d indignation dat reckless lifestyle of d politician birthed in d military dat made Buhari n odas 2 chase d corrupt politicians away

A few months afta,d politicians aving accumulated a war-chest of money started mounting propaganda against d regime using d mass media capitalising on d regimes' excesses

IBB who aving studied dat Nigerians really do not hate corruption but wish to b part of it also took ova n really democratise corruption

Evri known enemies of (Buhari)govt were bought on-board thru indiscriminate award of contracts n d satanic SAP economic policy

Brown envelopes n 10% both disappeared leaving d stage 4 gross n undescribebable monumental corruption,people just collect mobilization fee of any contract n vamoose

In oda not 2b prosecuted,d contractor-politicians started hobnobbing wt d military

In a nutshell,it is not so simplistic to say Buhari truncated democracy if d 'ifs' n 'why's' are nt properly explained

4me evr action of each military ruler shd b dispassionately explained 2 situate dia place in history

Murtala n Buhari stil tower above evri military ruler dat Nigeria hs had.Gowon got tainted by his sit-tight antics n civil war

Back to Tinubu,I wud av bn agrieved dat Tinubu is hobnobbing wt Buhari if I ddnt kno d precedent of GMB as an anti-corruption crusader or his distaste of lascivious lifestyles of present day politicians

I subscribe to d need 2 completely change d course of dis country by progressive politicians wt Nigeria being dia focal point n not any ethno-religious connotation or colouration being deplored by d PDP

I adore GMB 4 d little he was able to achieve by whipping d then very corrupt politicians n business men including Dangote then cos Buhari remove d monopoly dat Dangote alone hd over importation of som food items

Several of d politicians Buhari moved against were even fellow northerners like Abdusamad,Mai Deribe n several odas not d 'Na my Brother' kind of politicians we av now

Its a known fact dat billions in import duty waivers were being granted 2 som business men who r major financiers of d govt in power

Who can 4get d ultimate monopoly Femi Otedola enjoyed in AGO importation 4 abt a year unda OBJ who gave him importation contract 4 all d diesel d whole of nigeria was consumming wc d young man now sub-contract to other major playas in d industry

You all don't kno dat monumental corruption emanates frm d leader dats y dey can neva fight corruption

Malabu,Halliburton n several hideous corruption scandals r 2 numerous 2 mention

4me as a Yoruba man,Xtian n highly detribalised,nobody can taint General Muhammadu Buhari in my view cos dis man is d demon dat our ruling elites fear

Its only we d youths dat I am afraid for cos d corrupt elites av almost succeded in twisting our history since most of u probably were not born until d 90s hence d social media av bn used to whip of grand hatred against people who ordinarily shd b our heroes

Dey did it to Gani Fawehinmi who pipo even later said was looking 4 cheap publicity owing to his incessant cries n activism against d corrupt n entrenched establishment

Gani later tried his hands in politics,d propanganda machinery stil said 'd best activists r not always d best leaders n dat Gani shd b content wt being just a human right crusader'

Anytime I see u all fighting yrslf on d basis of religion,ethnicity I always weep within me cos corruption,sleaze,n visionless leadership dosnt kno Hausa,Igbo nor Yoruba

REHOZIBAH: Dis title of dis thread is sensational to say d least!

Occassions lyk dat r meant 4 throwing banters n conviviality!

D coup dat brought in Buhari served a purpose then n dat was to stem d corruption dat politicians of dat time wer flagrantly displaying

We were innudated wt nauseating display of affluence n iniquitous accumulation of wealth by politicians especially of d ruling class

Shagari d president was adjudged not to b dat corrupt but his weakness n refusal to reign in party members was his greatest undoing

Even civil servants were not left out! Then was d era of brown envelope! B4 u cud get anytyn done in govt circle,u av to tip off an official by packaging crisp naira notes in a brown envelope

Getting a contract approved was predicated on u having factored in a 10% extra cost on yr normal valuation

N dis was hampering d smooth running of govt! Nepotism n evri vice were @ dia infancy then n Nigerians were really complaining!

It was d indignation dat reckless lifestyle of d politician birthed in d military dat made Buhari n odas 2 chase d corrupt politicians away

A few months afta,d politicians aving accumulated a war-chest of money started mounting propaganda against d regime using d mass media capitalising on d regimes' excesses

IBB who aving studied dat Nigerians really do not hate corruption but wish to b part of it also took ova n really democratise corruption

Evri known enemies of (Buhari)govt were bought on-board thru indiscriminate award of contracts n d satanic SAP economic policy

Brown envelopes n 10% both disappeared leaving d stage 4 gross n undescribebable monumental corruption,people just collect mobilization fee of any contract n vamoose

In oda not 2b prosecuted,d contractor-politicians started hobnobbing wt d military

In a nutshell,it is not so simplistic to say Buhari truncated democracy if d 'ifs' n 'why's' are nt properly explained

4me evr action of each military ruler shd b dispassionately explained 2 situate dia place in history

Murtala n Buhari stil tower above evri military ruler dat Nigeria hs had.Gowon got tainted by his sit-tight antics n civil war

Back to Tinubu,I wud av bn agrieved dat Tinubu is hobnobbing wt Buhari if I ddnt kno d precedent of GMB as an anti-corruption crusader or his distaste of lascivious lifestyles of present day politicians

I subscribe to d need 2 completely change d course of dis country by progressive politicians wt Nigeria being dia focal point n not any ethno-religious connotation or colouration being deplored by d PDP

I adore GMB 4 d little he was able to achieve by whipping d then very corrupt politicians n business men including Dangote then cos Buhari remove d monopoly dat Dangote alone hd over importation of som food items

Several of d politicians Buhari moved against were even fellow northerners like Abdusamad,Mai Deribe n several odas not d 'Na my Brother' kind of politicians we av now

Its a known fact dat billions in import duty waivers were being granted 2 som business men who r major financiers of d govt in power

Who can 4get d ultimate monopoly Femi Otedola enjoyed in AGO importation 4 abt a year unda OBJ who gave him importation contract 4 all d diesel d whole of nigeria was consumming wc d young man now sub-contract to other major playas in d industry

You all don't kno dat monumental corruption emanates frm d leader dats y dey can neva fight corruption

Malabu,Halliburton n several hideous corruption scandals r 2 numerous 2 mention

4me as a Yoruba man,Xtian n highly detribalised,nobody can taint General Muhammadu Buhari in my view cos dis man is d demon dat our ruling elites fear

Its only we d youths dat I am afraid for cos d corrupt elites av almost succeded in twisting our history since most of u probably were not born until d 90s hence d social media av bn used to whip of grand hatred against people who ordinarily shd b our heroes

Dey did it to Gani Fawehinmi who pipo even later said was looking 4 cheap publicity owing to his incessant cries n activism against d corrupt n entrenched establishment

Gani later tried his hands in politics,d propanganda machinery stil said 'd best activists r not always d best leaders n dat Gani shd b content wt being just a human right crusader'

Anytime I see u all fighting yrslf on d basis of religion,ethnicity I always weep within me cos corruption,sleaze,n visionless leadership dosnt kno Hausa,Igbo nor Yoruba

Adex097: 7 hospitals for a population of close to 0.5 billion people *smh*
Well 7 is still better than non.

maxwello.yg:
I am patiently waiting for Reuben Abati's response.

kulikuli26: its obvious you are not a keen follower of northern politics, how can you even list sokoto, kano or even kebbi as states where their governors don't control the party structure in the state even adamawa will be a total giveaway to APC by the time the crisis between NYAKO and TUKUR is not resolved because ACN is strong there and with the support of CPC PDP will be totally chased out of the state......WAKE UP BRO!!!!

jr101: Oh Abati! I dont really blame the man, i just pity him, d highest he can stay in aso rock is 8years, then he is coming back to meet us. He should know that Nigerians dont forget tinx easily, where is Aondooaka today, d former AGF that said yar adua can rule from anywhere in the world. People like him dont know d extent of the damage to their personality. Where is Femi Fani Kayode today

I know that d first thing he will do after leaving his job will be to release a book or memoir narrating his experience, just like Segun Adeniyi. I hope he will not be an accidental public spokesman (apologies to el rufai)