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MissMeiya:
So you are demanding that a diasporan should campaign for change in every single local and state government in Nigeria? No, not even that, you're demanding that he make SPECIFICALLY Lagos, a state on the opposite side of the country from his home state, the focus of his activism, like a tribalist, like you, instead of like the patriotic nationalist he is.

Here's an idea. You go do something about Lagos, and leave national activism to eldee. Since promoting civic engagement can only happen one level at a time. When you're done with Lagos, don't forget to do every other state in Nigeria, INDIVIDUALLY. Or you must accept tribalist as your official job title.

Ridiculous person.

I give up on you. I like to engage reasonable folks in intelligent discourse. As parties, there is no difference between the PDP and APC. There is another thread going on about who your local govt chairman is and what projects they have executed. It is telling that almost all the posters from different states (both PDP and APC) are saying that their lg chairmen are doing nothing except collecting and sharing money. But I don't get to hear clamour for change at the state and local level as I hear for change at the center. And this is because for the tribalists like you, it is all about getting the presidency. For your ilk, it is not about performance.
Yes,GEJ is not performing. However from what we see on ground in APC run states, APC is not the change we desire.

MissMeiya:
You and the guy you responded to are the real ethnic bigots. What does eldee have to do with Lagos? Because he's Yoruba? He's a Northerner.

It seems you woke up on the wrong side of your bed. Narrow-minded ethnic bigots like you do not like balanced argument.
The person I responded to might have assumed eldee is from Lagos state. I did not make that assumption. But it does not matter which particular state he is from. My point is that the demand for accountability should be across the board: Fg, state, local govt. If you have problem with that then it shows your lack of objectivity and that tells us who the real ethnic bigot is.
My position is this: President Jonathan did not perform. But he has some good economic transformation programs I would like to see continued (eg power, petroleum, agriculture, industrialization). Also I believe more than 90% of the governors and local govt chairmen did not perforn. Majority of them are worse than Jonathan.
If you are shouting for change and you are asking me to vote out Jonathan at the center, why are you also not asking me to vote out most of the governors and lga chairs that are not performing.
The reason I mentioned Lagos state is because that is where I reside. The performance (or lack of it) of the governor there affects me. My mention of Lagos has nothing to do with where eldeethedon comes from. Now to prove to me that eldee is not being hypocritical, it would help if you or anyone else can point us to where he has criticised the govt of the state he is from or resides in. Same applies to you. Otherwise I would brand you all hypocrites and ethnic bigots. Cheers and I hope you have a happy new year.

sunayo:
Like someone already pointed out, there are three tiers of govt in Nigeria but most Nigerians blame the federal for all the ills.

Fashola started the Lagos badagry road since since 2007 till date it has not reached Alakija, the train he said will become operational by june 2013 is nowhere in sight. He demolished buildings and shops in Ojoku Str, Ajegunle since 2007, they only started work on it after Apc lost Ekiti state. Buba Marwa road and several others in my area in Satelite are in terrible state, all under state and council. So what are we saying.

APC supporters should be objective.

Don't mind the hypocrites. I also reside in Satellite town. I can't even find any decent road to drive on. All the roads are in terrible state all year round.
There is massive corruption in Lagos state. The govt is inept, only performing on the pages of the newspapers.
But the call for change from the hypocrites is only for the presidency. No call for change at state and local govt level.

whiterock:
He asks people not to be influenced by ethnic and religious considerations, but I bet the first thing that informed his opinion is where he comes from and the garbage they are being fed in propaganda, over there.

I respect El Dee for his music, especially 'make we yarn'. I want to see his tweet on accountability in Lagos State under Tinubu and Fashola. Or is he telling us that Lagos govt has fulfilled all its promises to the masse? He acknowledged that the government has done something, but it is not enough. If that is the basis of his criticism, he should also call out LASG or remain silent cos he is beginning to sound like Lie Mohammed and El rufai.

I listened to Aisha Osori on Raypower yesterday 31/12/2014 pontificating on the state of affairs and accusing the President's men of inciting violence. I asked myself; "would she be saying this if she had won the AMAC/Bwari PDP ticket for House of Reps?"

Nigerians should beware of emergency social crusaders.

Don't mind Nigerians and their hypocrisy. Ethnic bigots have suddenly become very objective critics. But they turn a blind eye to the massive corruption and bad governance in their states and local govts.
I live in Lagos state and cannot even find a decent road to drive on.
Our objective critism should be across the board, not selective. And we need positive change at all levels.
#vote jimi agbaje for gov. Lagos

Kolade354:
see great analysis and you still wan defend this visionless leader.........Is it my state governor that privatise PHCN? Well hapi new year dude.

So you don't think we should also hold state and local govts to account?
I reside in Lagos. Almost all the inner roads are horrible. These roads are the responsibility of the Lagos state govt and the various lga's/lcda's. I don't remember when last I drove my car because it has become a nightmare to drive around Lagos unless you have an suv/truck.
Area boys still rule, causing havoc all over. A lot of black spots, like mile2, where people get robbed daily.
And the govt, both state and local, never explains how the money they get is spent and why roads are in such horrible state.
After 16yrs of ACN/APC govt, one should expect much better than we have gotten.
As you scrutinize the fg and urge us to vote right, without ethnic or religious sentiment, we should do same for state and local govts. Otherwise it would amount to hipocrisy.
And those of you shouting of change at the center, don't you all think we also need change at the state level?

@meccuno. Thanks for posting this interesting piece from Sanusi. I think it's an objective view of Nigeria's history. He is right on point. I wish Sanusi joined partisan politics instead of becoming emir. Would definitely print out and file.

meccuno:
http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=868:yorubas-are-the-problem-with-nigeria-by-sanusi-lamido-sanusi&catid=57:sanusi-lamido-sanusi

Yorubas are the Problem with Nigeria - By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Written by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 05:01

By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Prosective Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.

i. The Yoruba elite and area-boy politics;
ii. Igbo marginalisation and the responsible limits of retribution; and
iii. The Yoruba Factor and "Area-boy" Politics.

See also The Adulteress' Diary by Lamido Sanusi

My views on the Yoruba political leadership have been thoroughly articulated in some of my writings, prime among which was " Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors" published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. There was also an earlier publication in the weekly Trust entitled " The Igbo, the Yoruba and History" (Aug. 21, 1998).

In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.

The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. After Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention. When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy.



When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians.





Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non-registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud.



Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation.



When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses.


For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals.

Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists.



Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other "nationalities" that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances.



To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood.

I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys.

iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution.

The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi. Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of the blame for shattering the unity of this country.

Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb.

After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and suffered.

If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems.


By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Alman:
As good and enterprising d Igbos are they are not always futuristic in their approach to politics. They have no national leader, just fighting one another. The bargaining power they ve were not judiciously utilized. By now, Igbos migration to other zones in d country should ve reduced drastically. My encounter wit some secondary students in anaambra was so shocking. These guys were hell bent to go to Lagos at expense of their studies and believed Lagos was a paradise. Gej played on their intelligence thru advice he got from some of their ndigbo bros (as he suddenly became azikiwe). He is using same now. D famous ABA market she be an international arena is highly deplorable and unsightly. Igbo ppl talk to urself Ur zone deserve more. D shirt I ( cut and sow)bought in ABA last time for atoken is comparable to expensive imported one I bought in Lagos. Igbo stop eating Ur future and batgain well.

Yes the Igbo need to get their politics right. But the focus should be on getting decent and capable state governors that can perform with the little they are getting from the federation.
Should the state govt wait for the fg to come develop Aba for them?
The Igbo by nature are independent minded. So don't expect a national leader of the Igbo. This trait has it's merits and demerits. The group mindset of most other ethnic groups actually feed the tribalism that a lot people condemn and make it difficult to have a united One Nigeria.
Nigerians need to be frank with themselves. Do we want One Nigeria or do we want our individual ethnic nations. We cannot continue to avoid answering that question.

obayaya:
Igbos are tribalistic? Really?

A region that is bent on voting a man isn't from their region, who hasn't done much for their region as you said. But are willing to vote him regardless because they see the good in him.

Can you say that about the Yorubas and North?

You really need to shut up sweetheart. GMB couldn't save your father in the 80s, How exactly is he gonna save you in 2015?

You are entitled to your opinions, but please leave Igbos out of it... Rubbish

Don't mind the morons. Objectivity and critical thinking are scarce commodities in Nigeria.

kenonze:
if u must abuse someone, fine but dont abuse a tribe or region.
I know in reality u are a good man that shows respect for elders. many read whatever u post/ comments and rate u on that. u dont allow social network to turn u into something u are not ok. I would urge u to withdraw ur statement because its inflammatory!

Don't mind the fool.

Don't mind the idiot.

@thekingsmen, thank you for your enlightening posts on how Buhari and IBB got us into OIC secretly by fiat, without our permission. This is another issue the Buhari campaign needs to address. I see Buhari as a man of integrity. But I also see him as a tribalist. And now, with this information, it looks like he was a religious bigot as some people allege. He needs to address all these concerns that people have about him.

Kenai:
You're going to be among the first to be executed, because you're a bigot yourself.
Mumu trying to goad people into starting a flamewar with your idiotic reference of "people from the other side of the Niger".
Wetin concern people from the other side of the Niger with this so-called festival they're doing?
Abeg, if you want to commend Kano people, do so without these silly underhanded swipes at others. I thought the spirit of the New Year would have given you some little common sense, but it turns out I was wrong.

I thought so too. Nigerians seem to be among the most prejudiced and narrow minded people.

OtunbaJega:
Awesome!!!!!

Waiting for the bad belle guys from the other side of the Niger to show up and start calling them names like abok.i, almajiri and mallam like they ain't humans.

I swear ethnic bigots should be sentenced to death by hanging, they ain't so different from terrorists..

I guess the 'death sentence' should start with you because you came across just as an ethnic bigot. Nigerians are very funny people. Easy to call others names that they are mirror image of.

To the topic. Very nice of the Kano State govt. Other states should emulate this orderly way of welcoming the new year. And they can then strictly enforce ban on indiscriminate throwing of bangers.

bushdoc9919:
Read the article elsewhere. It was a good article...and indeed the problem with the Opposition is that they are largely defined by the fact that they are not the PDP. We don't have a clear idea of what they intend to do.

But let us be frank....the reason why APC and PDP can get away with vague ''I will build road'' manifestos is because Nigerians are not a thinking people. We don't ask questions. We just want our share of the cake, thank you very much.

So, until Nigerians start asking questions, we will forever have vague ''I will give you road'' type manifestos.

You are right. Critical thinking is not our forte over here.

andyanders:
Well, it is a good lesson for them because most of the kids fail to understand the danger of these banger they play with.I could remember a time I ran into some group of kids and adults throwing banger and I parked, came down to advise them not to throw the bangers with them, I was surprised that their parents stood up to challenge me why I should tell their kids not to throw banger that it was a festive period.I let them be and I hope more of them get messed up same way these kids got messed up so that by the time they grow with the scare, they will now have to know what to tell their children.

Government keep warning parents not to allow their wards be throwing festive explosives like this, and you find our that most of their parents even follow them to be committing same offence.

If this particular case can be taken to places like media houses= Channels TV and others, better.

I don't intend to sound mean but yes, this should teach them a lesson. Bangers have always been banned but the ban is never enforced.
But a normal human being living in a country with high incidence of armed robbery and now terrorism should not have to be told not to be throwing explosives to celebrate Christmas. They would not let us know when there is robbery operation or terrow attack. Bunch of chaotic fools.

Thanks to the poster. I have wanted to know what Buhari's plan would be as regards true federalism or confederation, state police, privatization of all govt businesses eg the power sector, refineries etc. I already know he will be real serious about fighting corruption and he would be strong on security issues. I believe that govt should leave the running of business to the private sector. He needs to assemble a competent economic team because I believe he is weak in that area. He needs the likes of Soludo on his economic team. And he needs to assure Nigerians that he will not be tribalistic as most northern leaders have been in the past.
Enlightened Nigerians want the good transformation programs of the Jonathan administration to continue.
We remember how Yaradua grounded every economic program Obasanjo started because of tribal sentiment and foolishness. Buhari needs to assure that this will not be the case with him.
And he needs to explain why he, together with Ibb and Abdulsalami, declared few yrs ago that a confirmed thief like Sani Abacha is not corrupt. Did he say that because of tribal sentiment which is typical of Nigerians (solidarity with a fellow northerner against a perceived anti notherner Obj then).
The present administration has disappointed but we need a better alternative.

PassingShot:
In your own world, you have made loads of sense! What's with the insults from Jonathanians? And before you rant further, did you read the news I attached? I know you're blinded by bigotry of ethnicity and religion. No surprises there!

Case of pot calling kettle black. Whoever does not go with you is blinded by ethnicity and religion. God will keep all of us. If Buhari wins, within the first year, by the time the northern oligarchy tells everybody whatsup, it would be regrets. It has happened before. Will happen again. And that is assuming that Tinubu does not make last minute deal with Jonathan, pockets some money and leaves the rest of you clueless ones holding the bag. Ask Nuhu Ribadu about that (ref: last presidential election).
Like I said earlier, we are entitled to one vote each. No need making much noise. You are sure of only your one vote ( unless you are planning to engage in some unwholesome act).

thunder74:
The agreement I was asking you to produce is the one he made with the North that they threatened to produce, the one they alleged he signed with them. Guess you do not have it because it does not exist.
Then, on the attached or posted news paper, Jonathan was proposing a single term of 5 years for the president and governors and promised that if it is approved, he will only serve one term. The question is, was the proposal accepted? NO, it was not, therefore the condition in which to sacrifice his constitutional rights does not exist. Read the attached news and stop misleading people with your propaganda.

@Thunder74; I am glad you got the context under which the headline pasted by PassingShot was made. Jonathan was proposing a single term. But it was rejected. Many accused him of wanting to extend his term.
@PassingShot; you thought you were clever by pasting that headline to hoodwink gullible ones. Well, you are clever by half. You only have one vote. We all do. So speak for yourself. I personally know Yorubas that are strong supporters of Jonathan.

PassingShot:
It is "say" not "said".

OBJ has also alluded to it. no need to lie.

@PassingShot can you please let go of this agreement thing. We also heard that Ibb and Abdulsalami made OBJ to sign such agreement. Nothing came of it. In Anambra state, then governor Chris Ngige was also made to sign agreement with the cabals in Anambra to hand them most of the state's federal allocations. Thank God he did not keep that agreement. Those agreements are illegal and should not be adhered to by well meaning citizens. Only crooks would be expected to abide by such agreements. Personally I would sign such if you demand but I would definitely not abide.
It seems you do not know your right as a Nigerian. But nobody has the right to ask another Nigerian to sign that he would serve one term and hand power back to him.
The reason this is coming up is because GEJ is lacking in the performance department. However, we do not have a better alternative at this point. GEJ has made some progress. But he needs to do more; especially in the area of fighting corruption and security. And he needs to get the ball rolling in bringing us closer to confederation.
APC and Buhari are not a better alternative.

emeka2847:
These contractors have been paid by PDP to make APC and Buhari/Osinbajo look like northern candidates.

ACF be warned, Buhari/Osinbajo is a national agenda!

Reset Naija: GMB 2015!!!

Of course they are northern candidates. It would be made clear to you if they win. Then your eyes will clear.

bushdoc9919:
No, the North does not need to produce the President.

And for that matter, neither does the South.

The above call by the Arewa forum is symptomatic of what is wrong with this country.

In Nigeria, everyone believes that if your brother is in power, everything goes easy for you. Indeed decades of underdevelopment in the North are blamed now on the fact that the North does not have access to power now. No one blames the governors , the Local Govt chairmen, the State Assemblies and the National Assembly for developing a policy of sustained investment in technical education, scientific education and industrial development that would have led to a prosperous and developed North and middle Belt.(And no...going back to groundnuts and cotton won't save the North....no more guaranteed markets for such products).

Instead of asking for Power and power....the Arewa must instead prepare for a future without them holding power at the center. Yes...it means them getting a lemon....but they can get lots of lemonade from that lemon.Invest in your people....so that we can talk of a Super Power industrial North in the decades to come.

And the same goes for the South too. Let us all no longer concentrate on gaining power at the center....but on empowering our peoples. That should be the job of the Nigerian Leadership....developing all parts of Nigeria into an industrially powered syncytium....rather than fight wars over how oil money is shared....and sadly....PDP and APC have no idea on how to do that. Better they get the ideas fast.

Well said. But it would not happen under the unitary system we run. Nigeria can only survive as one nation and make massive progress under a confederal system. Otherwise we are just wasting our time rotating the presidency. Thank God money from crude oil is fast drying up. That will help force Nigerians to become sincere about our politics.
Whoever wins in 2015 will have a hard time running the country. And if Buhari wins (i hope not), Jonathan's people will see his loss as a gang-up by north and s/w. Then they will resume their insurgency, basically cutting off the fg from what is left of the little crude oil income.
So those of you 'sai Buhari' people need to use your heads or else you may help to destroy Nigeria.
The northern elite need to emulate the Igbo by looking for something productive to do outside of govt job.

PassingShot:
Before you react to this, please answer this question objectively:

[size=20pt]If you were in same position as the North with the agreement reached with the clueless one, would you have acted differently?[/size]


Even the South rejects Jonathan as well!


The North rejects him for going back on his agreement of one term only. If found in same situation as them, I will take similar decision.

We the Yorubas reject him on the basis of performance and for calling our leaders rascals smong many other blunders.

The Itsekiris and Urhobos reject him for allowing Tompolo to trample on them and for marginalization.

Other well meaning Nigerians, irrespective of tribe and religion reject him for corruption and sbsence of security in the land.

The International Community rejects him for being so clueless and incompetent which has made us become a laughing stock in the committee of nations.

The voice of the people is the voice of God.

GMB 2015.

And you think that Buhari, with the likes of Tinubu surrounding him, will excel? Most of you that will vote APC at the center will regret after 4 years of massive corruption and same non performance we are experiencing under GEJ.
The change we need is in political restructuring of Nigeria. Otherwise we are just wasting our time.
A Buhari regime would drag us back by halting the economic transformation that is taking place now. He would obviously cancel privatization of power sector and refineries. He obviously will fall out with Tinubu and his group and them some of you Tinubu fans will come here to complain after being sidelined by power hungry northern elites who are desperate for power.

RaptorX:
Naval man that has probably never been on a ship before, only in Nigeria do you see this rubbish. Put your hand on a American police officer, at worst you get shot or if you lucky you going to jail, you can be all the military man you want to be. In Yankee police are not to be fvcked with.

Of course in any civilized society where there is law and order, police is the authority. The military are just like civilians but are respected because they have signed up to lay down their lives for the country.
The Nigerian military has lost the respect of the people.

ahmedolawale:
hi am aware of this issue this police wife was telling complete lie from wat had actually happened. It was her husband and his fellow police colleague that started beating d naval MWO first b4 d man tried to defend himself. The police already had d eye problem b4 this incident and d naval guy that the police men were beating name old man ooooh. They real molested d man dat day and dis same wife of the was standing there instead of her to caution her husband she ddnt . This whole matter was a simple matter but because d police dat day were all drunk and were acting under d influence of alcohol.

Are you a naval officer? I ask because I find it hard to believe your version knowing how thuggish and arrogant our military men are. Most Nigerian military men believe they are above the law. The woman's version seem more credible. I look forward to a president that would put everyone in their place.

emiye:
But Tinubu did not support Obasanjo's 2nd term bid, if my memory serves me right, he was the only AD governor of the then 6 AD GOVERNORS who was opposed to the AD backing Obasanjo, and on election he voted for AD on the governorship and presidential ballot paper(election was same day), eventhough the AD had no presidential candidate. Tinubu showed his ballot papers after voting to the press with shout of "jeun soke" from those around him

Pls don't try to rewrite history. Tinubu supported Obasanjo's second term like other AD governors. He actually came on tv to ask Lagosians to vote AD for governorship and OBJ for president. He was lucky to have not lost like the other AD governors. They forgot that the masses are not that sophisticated. He escaped losing thanks to massive rigging by touts and area boys.

WhiteTechnology:
Chemali come and hear from the horse's mouth.

APC has no plan for

Resource Control

Fiscal Federalism

Privatization

Political Federalism

Decentralization of Nigeria

Restructuring of Nigeria.




Read through and all you see is FG FG FG FG FG FG FG FG FG

It shows that APC love our false federalism = Unitary system

These are the type of questions people need to ask candidates before deciding who to vote for. Nigerians vote based on tribal sentiments. If Nigeria is not restructured, we will not make progress as a nation and at some point, disintegration will happen.

Legit:
Certainly not Nigerian one that nobody in the world respect, except nigerians beating their chest with their yeye SAN. They can even win Bakasi, little Cameron beat them. Anywhere but Nigerian Legal or Medical education.

Well I did not think you are a lawyer. But if you are, let us know the foreign school you attended and cases you have won. You are a Nigerian. We all contribute in our own small ways to the mess we find ourselves in. It's easy to put others down.

100Cents:
If Ihejirika decides to sue you for the rubbish you just wrote, i am sure you will defend yourself by yourself in court.

Show some respect. Chief of army staff is not an office of an internet warrior..

Some of these guys just open their mouth and talk loosely. They don't realise they can be sued. Like I said earlier, I might be tempted to forward this thread to the General's lawyers.

akinsadeez:
''Truth'' is a valid defence to both slander and libel. All the Australian has to do is prove to the court that he was telling the truth and the case is gone

And that's where the problem is. Did you not read where an aid (now former aid) of Borno state governor confessed to cooking up the story and feeding it to the Australian. And they made him think they are Boko Haram. Why would anyone think that Boko Haram would publicly disclose their sponsor. You guys are really naive.

Legit:
Ihejirika should have sue for slander not libel, since the focus is on the broadcasting. The "lawyers" shld've known better, but they are probably nigerian trained, nobody in the world recognised the so called SAN or nigerian legal education. This Ibo bigot, that only promote his Ibo brothers in the army, just want money or try to make u think he is not culpable. I do not know the details, but he should have go to Australia to ask for relief. While jurisdiction make have long harm, but safe us the headache, go to Australia to file your case.

'Top non Igbo legal luminary'. So which foreign law school did you attend.

hansad:
Immediately after Ihejirika whom you call a clown left the army, Boko Haram quickly developed wings, and has since then been capturing Nigerian cities left right and centre, wrecked more bomb havocs in so short a time than ever before. Many of you are driven by ethnic/religious bigotry in Nigeria, and that is fast wrecking havoc on the country.

Don't mind the goons.

grayht:
Ihejerika suing Davies in Abuja when he should have gone to Australia to sue the arse of the guy for maximum effect. He is not because he will be disgraced and outrageously humiliated. Davies will not be in Abuja to defend himself and the case will be allocated to a friendly judge already settled with maximum egunje. Mr Boko haram sponsor Ihejerika , sue Davies in Australia , where he made those statements , don't hide here in Abuja and expect us to believe you trying to clear your already battered useless reputation . By the way, why did it take you this long to institute this litigation ?

Hey Mr, if I were you I would be very careful. You are here calling the able General a Boko Haram sponsor. You are risking a lawsuit. You better have your proof or a deep pocket. One might be tempted to forward this thread to the General's legal team.

nduchucks:
Ihejirika is a clown. If he is clean he should go to Australia and file his lawsuit there.

I suppose that is out of the question because of fear of the Hague.

The Australian committed the crime in Nigeria and you want the General to go to Australia to file the suit. Clap for yourself. I wonder who the clown is here.