₦airaland Forum

Exactlyy point. The level of intimidation was just out of place. So many governors plus security agents plus federal power. Adeleke. You be bulldozer

Grand Commander of the Federal Republic
Grand Commander Order of the Niger
These are the highest national awards that your country can offer any of its citizens.
These 2 are usually reserved for presidents

JuanDeDios:
Which one is GCFR, GCON? Lol.

The difference is that APC did not deploy full military might of the FG and loot the treasury to as gej did in 2013 install a political pariah in ekiti as governor

We remember very well.

KingRabota:
Grand Commander of the Federal Republic
Grand Commander Order of the Niger
These are the highest national awards that your country can offer any of its citizens.
These 2 are usually reserved for presidents

Oh, I know the awards. You missed my point.

victorazyvictor:
Who is talking. Sorry we don't take advise from a drunker

The drunkER did a much better job than APC's clueless duo of Buhari and Tinubu in all areas of governance, including corruption.

thisweekng:
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.

He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.

He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.

“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.

“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.”
Private sector to drive the economy

https://nairametrics.com/2023/09/01/the-last-time-nigerias-economy-was-stable-was-about-a-decade-ago-wale-edun/

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socialmediaman:
The 2018 Rating by Transparency International placed Nigeria at 148th position out of 180 countries. Nigeria was improving over the years under the previous government, until Buhari got elected as president, things became worse.

There is a difference between fact and fiction. We need to face facts, Buhari is worse than GEJ when it comes to fighting corruption, at least that’s what the facts prove.

Most of us believed there was corruption under Goodluck Jonathan’s Government. I agree with those who did, there was corruption, but not as bad as it is today under Mohammadu Buhari.

In 2012, Nigeria was placed at 139th position, In 2014, Nigeria gained 3 steps and was placed at 136th position. Under Buhari, Nigeria has lost many positions down to 148th.

There’s no further proof needed that corruption has worsened under Buhari’s government compared to previous years.

http://saharareporters.com/2018/02/21/transparency-international-ranks-nigeria-148th-worlds-least-corrupt-country

Odidigboigbo:
Did you read the part when he said "he ordered them to leave"? You would have find out truly if he ordered them to leave during his tenor

Which order?

In April 2014, the PDP Governors' Forum, chaired by Akwa Ibom Governor Godswill Akpabio, publicly declared that PDP governors would work to take back Osun, specifically congratulating Iyiola Omisore and promising to support him. Fifteen governors and three deputy governors attended that particular governors' meeting. �
The Nation Online +1
When Omisore formally declared his governorship ambition in February 2014, reports said Vice-President Namadi Sambo, Senate President David Mark, PDP governors, National Assembly members and PDP executives were expected to attend. �
Vanguard News
Most importantly, Jonathan himself physically came to Osun for the PDP's major rally in Osogbo on 2 August 2014, just one week before the election. Vice-President Sambo and other top PDP figures were also there. �
Vanguard News
Contemporary accounts also specifically allege that PDP leaders from Anambra, Lagos, Ogun and Ekiti were in Osun during the election, with military and police protection, while APC leaders were being arrested. That allegation came from the APC/Falana side, so it should be treated as a reported allegation rather than an independently established

GloriousGbola:
The difference is that APC did not deploy full military might of the FG and loot the treasury to as gej did in 2013 install a political pariah in ekiti as governor

We remember very well.

Come on. APC has done the same in many instances.

GloriousGbola:
The difference is that APC did not deploy full military might of the FG and loot the treasury to as gej did in 2013 install a political pariah in ekiti as governor

We remember very well.

The records show that APC is much worse than PDP in these things, including corruption.

How else is Tinubu and Buhari borrowing more than PDP presidents who gave us cheap petrol, cheap dollars, prosperity, peace and security?

socialmediaman:
The 2018 Rating by Transparency International placed Nigeria at 148th position out of 180 countries. Nigeria was improving over the years under the previous government, until Buhari got elected as president, things became worse.

There is a difference between fact and fiction. We need to face facts, Buhari is worse than GEJ when it comes to fighting corruption, at least that’s what the facts prove.

Most of us believed there was corruption under Goodluck Jonathan’s Government. I agree with those who did, there was corruption, but not as bad as it is today under Mohammadu Buhari.

In 2012, Nigeria was placed at 139th position, In 2014, Nigeria gained 3 steps and was placed at 136th position. Under Buhari, Nigeria has lost many positions down to 148th.

There’s no further proof needed that corruption has worsened under Buhari’s government compared to previous years.

http://saharareporters.com/2018/02/21/transparency-international-ranks-nigeria-148th-worlds-least-corrupt-country

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gabydaniels:
Aug 25, 2016
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed that the federal government has so far saved the sum of N1.4 trillion for not paying oil subsidy.

He also assured Nigerians that very soon, the foreign exchange market would stabilise going by some radical policies already introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The vice president who spoke in Kano yesterday during the third day of the 15th Joint Planning Board and National Council on Development meeting, urged Nigerians to restore confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, insisting that soonest, the current economic problems would become a thing of the past.

“With the deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector, there has been a significant increase in the availability of petrol throughout the country for the savings of N1.4 trillion on subsidy payments alone,” he said.

“Also, a more flexible exchange rate regime, we will have to decrease the pressure on the external reserve. In the short run of course, there should be consequences for inflation. We expect that with greater priority we have seen in the implementation of the policy by the CBN, the foreign exchange market will stabilise and confidence will be restored.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/08/26/osinbajo-we-have-saved-n1-4tn-by-not-paying-fuel-subsidy/

DeepSight:
Come on. APC has done the same in many instances.

I know you stan for saint GEJ but he is the LAST person who should be talking like this
same for OBJ who is now forming defender of democracy

you can celebrate Adelekes victory in osun, but the truth is that if APC had gone as hard as PDP/GEJ did in 2013, the election would have been a walkover

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/197776-how-jonathan-provided-billions-military-support-to-rig-fayose-into-office-pdp-chieftain.html

A former secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the governing Peoples Democratic Party, Tope Aluko, on Sunday revealed how former President Goodluck Jonathan gave the then candidate of the party, Ayo Fayose, large sums of money and military support to help rig the governorship election held in the state in 2014.

Mr. Fayose however reacted swiftly, describing the claims by the former PDP secretary as simply a new distraction from the APC in Ekiti State.

The governor said Mr. Aluko deserved no response from sane minds.

Speaking on a political programme, Politics Today, on Channels Television, Mr. Aluko narrated how the state’s chapter of the party convinced Mr. Jonathan to part with huge sum of money and direct the military and other security agencies to cooperate with the PDP and ensure the party wins the election at all cost.

“Before the primaries, we had this believe that because Jonathan was coming out for second term and because we are going to be the first election in the south-west, at a meeting, we told him (former President Goodluck Jonathan) that north-east, north-west and north-central may not be too sure for him because the Hausas are clamouring for presidency and that you now have south-east and South-south, you must manage the South-west”.

“It was on the basis of that that we told him that he must manage South-west.

“Because of his interest, even before winning the primaries, we did so many security reports to tell Mr President then that he must make sure that we manage South-west zone and it was because of that that he gave us the head of security agencies,” Mr Aluko said.

The PDP chieftain was also quoted as telling reporters in Abuja that Mr. Jonathan actually gave Mr. Fayose $37 million (N4.7 bn) which was used to rig the election.

The then incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi, conceded defeat after the Independent National Electoral Commission, declared Mr. Fayose winner of the election.

Before the election, security operatives from the State Security Service, acting as a “Strike Team” arrested some chieftains of the APC, including then spokesperson of the party, Lai Mohammed and others.

Troops of the Nigerian Army also blocked all roads leading into the state, and the planes of some APC governors, including those of Rivers and Edo States, were denied landing rights.

Mr. Aluko on Sunday said the then Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, and that of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, were made to give attention to the election because “we know that APC was everywhere in the southwest and we must naturally capture part of southwest if we want to balance what our brothers in the north were likely to bring on”.

He also revealed that there was an agreement to take out some members of the APC to ensure that they do not give adequate support to their members.

“There was a strike team, a mixture of the SSS, military, the mobile police… that is about all.

“We had a meeting at Aso Rock on security and funds. We were given security and funds.

He listed the persons at the meeting to include Mr. Jonathan; the then national chairman of the PDP,

we lived through this history so i'm not sue where the deification of run of the mill nigerian politicians is coming from

anonimi:
The records show that APC is much worse than PDP in these things, including corruption.

How else is Tinubu and Buhari borrowing more than PDP presidents who gave us cheap petrol, cheap dollars, prosperity, peace and security?


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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/197776-how-jonathan-provided-billions-military-support-to-rig-fayose-into-office-pdp-chieftain.html?tztc=1

A former secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the governing Peoples Democratic Party, Tope Aluko, on Sunday revealed how former President Goodluck Jonathan gave the then candidate of the party, Ayo Fayose, large sums of money and military support to help rig the governorship election held in the state in 2014.

Mr. Fayose however reacted swiftly, describing the claims by the former PDP secretary as simply a new distraction from the APC in Ekiti State.

The governor said Mr. Aluko deserved no response from sane minds.

Speaking on a political programme, Politics Today, on Channels Television, Mr. Aluko narrated how the state’s chapter of the party convinced Mr. Jonathan to part with huge sum of money and direct the military and other security agencies to cooperate with the PDP and ensure the party wins the election at all cost.

“Before the primaries, we had this believe that because Jonathan was coming out for second term and because we are going to be the first election in the south-west, at a meeting, we told him (former President Goodluck Jonathan) that north-east, north-west and north-central may not be too sure for him because the Hausas are clamouring for presidency and that you now have south-east and South-south, you must manage the South-west”.

“It was on the basis of that that we told him that he must manage South-west.

“Because of his interest, even before winning the primaries, we did so many security reports to tell Mr President then that he must make sure that we manage South-west zone and it was because of that that he gave us the head of security agencies,” Mr Aluko said.

The PDP chieftain was also quoted as telling reporters in Abuja that Mr. Jonathan actually gave Mr. Fayose $37 million (N4.7 bn) which was used to rig the election.

The then incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi, conceded defeat after the Independent National Electoral Commission, declared Mr. Fayose winner of the election.

Before the election, security operatives from the State Security Service, acting as a “Strike Team” arrested some chieftains of the APC, including then spokesperson of the party, Lai Mohammed and others.

Troops of the Nigerian Army also blocked all roads leading into the state, and the planes of some APC governors, including those of Rivers and Edo States, were denied landing rights.

Mr. Aluko on Sunday said the then Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, and that of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, were made to give attention to the election because “we know that APC was everywhere in the southwest and we must naturally capture part of southwest if we want to balance what our brothers in the north were likely to bring on”.

He also revealed that there was an agreement to take out some members of the APC to ensure that they do not give adequate support to their members.

“There was a strike team, a mixture of the SSS, military, the mobile police… that is about all.

“We had a meeting at Aso Rock on security and funds. We were given security and funds.

He listed the persons at the meeting to include Mr. Jonathan; the then national chairman of the PDP,

those were the times when nigeria was great - when gej turned NSA to a dollar dispensing ATM to prosecute elections. no wonder pdp stalwarts keep wailing about the economy - they no longer have free money and actually have to work for a living. sad

GloriousGbola:
those were the times when nigeria was great - when gej turned NSA to a dollar dispensing ATM to prosecute elections. no wonder pdp stalwarts keep wailing about the economy - they no longer have free money and actually have to work for a living. sad

If things are not WORSE now, why is debt mounting despite subsidy removal on petrol and dollars, with worsening unemployment and economic decline?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WzbBqAWPfI

Aug 29, 2023

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun made this known at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
Mr. Edun said that the benefit of the subsidy removal will be plough back into various sectors to improve business environment for local and foreign investment.
He added that with the increased revenue from subsidy removal, various palliatives have been made available to cushion its effect on a short, medium and long-term basis.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn29b0SkCWU?si=s_-vTlCqSlykI0BX

Ofunaofu:
Report: Current Govt Added More Debt in Two Years Than Nigeria Accumulated in 55 Years

• Decries Nigeria’s debt service-to-revenue ratio

•Urges FG to declare fiscal emergency

A new policy brief has warned that Nigeria’s worsening debt profile and weak revenue generation have pushed the country into a dangerous fiscal position, with the current administration accumulating more debt in two years than Nigeria recorded during its first 55 years after independence.

The report, released by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, a Nigerian policy think tank, argued that the country’s debt crisis has evolved into a governance and revenue emergency, as debt servicing obligations now exceed the federal government’s retained earnings.
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According to the think tank, Nigeria’s public debt rose sharply from N87.38 trillion in June 2023 to N159.28 trillion by the end of 2025, with President Bola Tinubu’s administration accounting for about N65.9 trillion of the increase within its first two years in office.

The organisation in the brief titled: “Nigeria Is Borrowing to Breathe—and the Clock Is Ticking”, noted that Nigeria accumulated only about N12.06 trillion in debt from independence in 1960 up to 2015, meaning the current administration added more than five times that amount in just 24 months.

The report stated that while previous governments also contributed significantly to the country’s rising debt burden, the speed of accumulation under the current administration had intensified concerns over fiscal sustainability.

“President Bola Tinubu’s administration has added a further N65.9 trillion in just two years. To put that in perspective: it took Nigeria’s first 55 years of independence to accumulate N12 trillion in debt. The current administration has added more than five times that amount in 24 months,” it argued.

It recalled that Nigeria briefly became almost debt-free externally after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo secured an $18 billion Paris Club debt relief package in 2005 and paid $12 billion to extinguish about $30 billion in external obligations.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/22/report-current-govt-added-more-debt-in-two-years-than-nigeria-accumulated-in-55-years/

anonimi:
If things are not WORSE now, why is debt mounting despite subsidy removal on petrol and dollars, with worsening unemployment and economic decline?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WzbBqAWPfI

Aug 29, 2023

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun made this known at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
Mr. Edun said that the benefit of the subsidy removal will be plough back into various sectors to improve business environment for local and foreign investment.
He added that with the increased revenue from subsidy removal, various palliatives have been made available to cushion its effect on a short, medium and long-term basis.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn29b0SkCWU?si=s_-vTlCqSlykI0BX

the APC administrations borrowed money to fund infrastructure

your precious pdp looted money to fund elections

know the difference

https://www.thecable.ng/emefiele-fg-to-toll-lagos-ibadan-expressway-2nd-niger-bridge-to-repay-infrastructure-loans/

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the federal government will toll the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Abuja-Kano road, and the second Niger Bridge to repay loans used to fund the project.

of course the next thing you will say is infrastructure like the 2nd niger bridge is a waste of money

GloriousGbola:
I know you stan for saint GEJ but he is the LAST person who should be talking like this
same for OBJ who is now forming defender of democracy

you can celebrate Adelekes victory in osun, but the truth is that if APC had gone as hard as PDP/GEJ did in 2013, the election would have been a walkover

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/197776-how-jonathan-provided-billions-military-support-to-rig-fayose-into-office-pdp-chieftain.html



we lived through this history so i'm not sue where the deification of run of the mill nigerian politicians is coming from

With every respect sir, you are the one who has consistently deified BAT. In this country no fair minded person can even attempt to compare the democratic credentials of both, whether we speak of freedom of the democratic space, freedom of opposition, the rule of law and human rights. BAT already has a grim record with respect to all of these. We are all living witnesses to the illegal removal of a democratic government in Rivers State. We have seen how many people have been arrested for their words. Please remind me of one such case with GEJ. There were subsidy protests on a massive scale in 2012. Can you compare the government reaction to what happened with either ENDSARS or ENDBadGovernance? Please and please you are the biased one here - and abundantly so.

It is very rich to talk about looting of the treasury to install a pariah. Of course selective memory will cancel out the memory of anyone moving bullion vans to his house on the eve of an election. Of course selective memory will forget all the billions looted from Lagos and used to fund a pariah as president of this country. I can go on and on and cite a zillion examples - in too many cases where one may even say both and even all politicians are complicit, you would single out GEJ and turn a blind eye to BAT.

For some strange reason you seem to have a special hatred for GEJ and a special love for BAT. I hope its not a tribe/ religion thing. Because honestly there are few people who would tell you that GEJ was worse than BAT in any respect.

GloriousGbola:
the APC administrations borrowed money to fund infrastructure
your precious pdp looted money to fund elections
know the difference
https://www.thecable.ng/emefiele-fg-to-toll-lagos-ibadan-expressway-2nd-niger-bridge-to-repay-infrastructure-loans/
of course the next thing you will say is infrastructure like the 2nd niger bridge is a waste of money

Any idea why the economy has wobbled and fumbled despite the rumoured spending on infrastructure by APC extreme poverty and insecurity shege politicians?

Meanwhie, I guess you are unaware of this update to what you shared about Ekiti, PDP election and Aluko, or are you

Court orders arrest of ex-PDP secretary, Aluko for perjury

Date: 3 February 2016

The matter was premised upon an application to the State Attorney General by a lawyer, Mr Sunday Olowolafe, calling for the prosecution of Aluko for alleged perjury.

The legal practitioner said; “I hereby apply to your office that Dr Temitope Kolawole Aluko be arrested and sued for perjury in view of the interview recently granted on Channels Television by ‪8:00pm on Sunday 31 January, 2016.

“The said Dr Temitope Kolawole Aluko now recanted the evidence he gave in the cause of the hearing of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition as a star witness even up to the Supreme Court. The Certified True Copy of the State on Oath, evidence of Dr Temitope Kolawole Alukoin Court on the 12/11/14 and Nigerian Tribune and The Punch newspapers of Monday, 01/02/2016 that reported the interview granted are hereto attached.

“It is to be noted that this if this act (Perjury) is not looked into, it will definitely defile the cause of justice and consequently rubbished the judicial proceedings.”

In the affidavit filed in support of the motion ex-parte by Special Assistant to the State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, he said Mr Aluko, who was a witness before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sworn to a Statement on Oath on August 4, 2014 wherein he stated that the Election was not only
free and fair, but devoid of violence, thuggery, hooliganism, snatching of ballot boxes, and related forms of electoral disorderliness.

Olayinka further averred that Mr Aluko tendered and adopted his Statement on Oath on November 12, 2014 and further gave evidence under cross examination.

He stated that all what Aluko said on Channels Television on Sunday,January 31, 2016 were contrary to and opposite in direction to his evidence before the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.

https://guardian.ng/news/court-orders-arrest-of-aluko-for-perjury/

GloriousGbola:
the APC administrations borrowed money to fund infrastructure
your precious pdp looted money to fund elections

This says it all for me. That you can say this shows something else is at play. Because I know you are old enough and have seen enough of Nigerian history not to make this kind of statement. But its fine. I understand you.

PDPdestroyer:
Nawa o. These past leaders really know Nigerians too well, they become saints once they leave office after perpetrating all manner of vices, they now preach against when out of office. Same Jonathan that used the military to rig Ekiti elections is now forming saint

You are missing the update to your screaming headline.
Let me help you.

Court orders arrest of ex-PDP secretary, Aluko for perjury

Date: 3 February 2016

The matter was premised upon an application to the State Attorney General by a lawyer, Mr Sunday Olowolafe, calling for the prosecution of Aluko for alleged perjury.

The legal practitioner said; “I hereby apply to your office that Dr Temitope Kolawole Aluko be arrested and sued for perjury in view of the interview recently granted on Channels Television by ‪8:00pm on Sunday 31 January, 2016.

“The said Dr Temitope Kolawole Aluko now recanted the evidence he gave in the cause of the hearing of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition as a star witness even up to the Supreme Court. The Certified True Copy of the State on Oath, evidence of Dr Temitope Kolawole Alukoin Court on the 12/11/14 and Nigerian Tribune and The Punch newspapers of Monday, 01/02/2016 that reported the interview granted are hereto attached.

“It is to be noted that this if this act (Perjury) is not looked into, it will definitely defile the cause of justice and consequently rubbished the judicial proceedings.”

In the affidavit filed in support of the motion ex-parte by Special Assistant to the State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, he said Mr Aluko, who was a witness before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sworn to a Statement on Oath on August 4, 2014 wherein he stated that the Election was not only
free and fair, but devoid of violence, thuggery, hooliganism, snatching of ballot boxes, and related forms of electoral disorderliness.

Olayinka further averred that Mr Aluko tendered and adopted his Statement on Oath on November 12, 2014 and further gave evidence under cross examination.

He stated that all what Aluko said on Channels Television on Sunday,January 31, 2016 were contrary to and opposite in direction to his evidence before the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.

https://guardian.ng/news/court-orders-arrest-of-aluko-for-perjury/

DeepSight:
With every respect sir, you are the one who has consistently deified BAT. In this country no fair minded person can even attempt to compare the democratic credentials of both, whether we speak of freedom of the democratic space, freedom of opposition, the rule of law and human rights. BAT already has a grim record with respect to all of these. We are all living witnesses to the illegal removal of a democratic government in Rivers State. We have seen how many people have been arrested for their words. Please remind me of one such case with GEJ. There were subsidy protests on a massive scale in 2012. Can you compare the government reaction to what happened with either ENDSARS or ENDBadGovernance? Please and please you are the biased one here - and abundantly so.

Under gej/pdp there only media house doing hard reporting on corruption died a natural death - 234 next
under gej there was a brazen attempt to run a jan 6 . we can all remember how atahiru jega stood up to orubebe.
If you call the ekiti election freedom of opposition well . . .
I will also remind you how the subsidy protests ended - with the military. that is the true face of a democrat? or militanst threatening Pengassan officals?

also saint gej had the military lay siege to tinubus residence

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/soldiers-deployed-tinubus-lagos-home/

https://thenationonlineng.net/soldiers-lay-siege-tinubus-home-imo-govt-house/

then again i have always said GEJ was at best a weak figurehead so you can attribute all of that to his underlings as an out

Tinubu is APC but pinning end sars on him is disingenuous since at that point in time team buhari had effectively sidelined BAT, but you do you

We are all living witnesses to the illegal removal of a democratic government in Rivers State.

an oil pipeline was bombed and tinubu should have folded his hands and allowed some cowboys to usher in a new age of pipeline vandalisation when nigerias income was on the line?

GloriousGbola:
Under gej/pdp there only media house doing hard reporting on corruption died a natural death - 234 next
under gej there was a brazen attempt to run a jan 6 . we can all remember how atahiru jega stood up to orubebe.
If you call the ekiti election freedom of opposition well . . .
I will also remind you how the subsidy protests ended - with the military. that is the true face of a democrat? or militanst threatening Pengassan officals?

also saint gej had the military lay siege to tinubus residence

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/soldiers-deployed-tinubus-lagos-home/

https://thenationonlineng.net/soldiers-lay-siege-tinubus-home-imo-govt-house/

then again i have always said GEJ was at best a weak figurehead so you can attribute all of that to his underlings as an out

Tinubu is APC but pinning end sars on him is disingenuous since at that point in time team buhari had effectively sidelined BAT, but you do you



an oil pipeline was bombed and tinubu should have folded his hands and allowed some cowboys to usher in a new age of pipeline vandalisation when nigerias income was on the line?

Before I respond to the above, note I editted my post above to add the following -

It is very rich to talk about looting of the treasury to install a pariah. Of course selective memory will cancel out the memory of anyone moving bullion vans to his house on the eve of an election. Of course selective memory will forget all the billions looted from Lagos and used to fund a pariah as president of this country. I can go on and on and cite a zillion examples - in too many cases where one may even say both and even all politicians are complicit, you would single out GEJ and turn a blind eye to BAT.

For some strange reason you seem to have a special hatred for GEJ and a special love for BAT. I hope its not a tribe/ religion thing. Because honestly there are few people who would tell you that GEJ was worse than BAT in any respect.

GloriousGbola:
Under gej/pdp there only media house doing hard reporting on corruption died a natural death - 234 next

So Channels and Arise, etc, were not.
This is truly funny.

You should not allow yourself to slide this far.
You are better than this.

under gej there was a brazen attempt to run a jan 6 . we can all remember how atahiru jega stood up to orubebe.

Lol. Orubebe's madness is now GEJ?
GEJ who remains congratulated for conceding peacefully and not even going to court?

Come on man, this is absurd. You are showing your hand in a comical way.

I will also remind you how the subsidy protests ended - with the military. that is the true face of a democrat?

Yes the military were deployed as they would be but tell me one single infraction they are accused of? Just name one.
By contrast we know what happened with EndSARS and EndBad Governance.

or militanst threatening Pengassan officals?

Now this is desperation.

also saint gej had the military lay siege to tinubus residence

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/soldiers-deployed-tinubus-lagos-home/

https://thenationonlineng.net/soldiers-lay-siege-tinubus-home-imo-govt-house/

Nothing happened.

then again i have always said GEJ was at best a weak figurehead so you can attribute all of that to his underlings as an out

I agree he was weak and also corrupt. Will you even agree that BAT is corrupt? You will say its necessary and its strategy.

Tinubu is APC but pinning end sars on him is disingenuous since at that point in time team buhari had effectively sidelined BAT, but you do you

1. Everyone knows of Tinubu's involvement in ENDSARS through the Governor who requested the military. Have you also seen the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the matter?

2. EndBadGovernance nko?

an oil pipeline was bombed and tinubu should have folded his hands and allowed some cowboys to usher in a new age of pipeline vandalisation when nigerias income was on the line?

Declaration of a State of Emergency is within his powers, removal of the democatic government is ultra vires and illegal.
Also, why has the same not been done in all the states where terrorists are running around and killing hundreds weekly?

Stop joking abeg. Everyone knows what happened there was entirely political.

DeepSight:
Before I respond to the above, note I editted my post above to add the following -

It is very rich to talk about looting of the treasury to install a pariah. Of course selective memory will cancel out the memory of anyone moving bullion vans to his house on the eve of an election. Of course selective memory will forget all the billions looted from Lagos and used to fund a pariah as president of this country. I can go on and on and cite a zillion examples - in too many cases where one may even say both and even all politicians are complicit, you would single out GEJ and turn a blind eye to BAT.

For some strange reason you seem to have a special hatred for GEJ and a special love for BAT. I hope its not a tribe/ religion thing. Because honestly there are few people who would tell you that GEJ was worse than BAT in any respect.

because BAT stood up to pdp for 16 years. He fought every step of the way. He was not handed anything. He did not cry about the hand he was dealt. He played the game that pdp created. No one is going to win elections in Nigeria without a war chest.


He did far more for democracy than all these ex pdp stalwarts who had turned Nigeria to a single party country. Every other political partybwas effectively a pdp satellite party. Did you not read how Gejs admin gave falae 100 million to prosecute elections?

And if BAT was the dictator you like to claim he is, he can do like OBJ and shut down every single member of the opposition. We saw OBJ do it to Jim nwobdo of savannah bank. We saw him use EFCC to harass Mike Adenuga till he left Nigeria

That is what makes Gejs hypocrisy disgusting. An undeserving beneficiary of a political machine who did Fk-all but squander money. What infrastructure did gej build in his 6 YEARS? All he did was run through the eca creating an illusion of wealth. Something any person going through a good run can do.

GloriousGbola:
because BAT stood up to pdp for 16 years. He fought every step of the way. He was not handed anything. He did not cry about the hand he was dealt. He played the game that pdp created. No one is going to win elections in Nigeria without a war chest.


He did far more for democracy than all these ex pdp stalwarts who had turned Nigeria to a single party country. Every other political partybwas effectively a pdp satellite party. Did you not read how Gejs admin gave falae 100 million to prosecute elections?

And if BAT was the dictator you like to claim he is, he can do like OBJ and shut down every single member of the opposition. We saw OBJ do it to Jim nwobdo of savannah bank. We saw him use EFCC to harass Mike Adenuga till he left Nigeria

That is what makes Gejs hypocrisy disgusting. An undeserving beneficiary of a political machine who did Fk-all but squander money. What infrastructure did gej build in his 6 YEARS? All he did was run through the eca creating an illusion of wealth. Something any person going through a good run can do.

You are not objective. I am. Because I can tell you many good things about BAT such as his NADECO struggle, his stance against OBJ, his raising of many quality leaders. I am sure you cant mention one good thing about GEJ which shows irrational hatred.

DeepSight:
So Channels and Arise, etc, were not.
This is truly funny.

You should not allow yourself to slide this far.
You are better than this.



Lol. Orubebe's madness is now GEJ?
GEJ who remains congratulated for conceding peacefully and not even going to court?

Come on man, this is absurd. You are showing your hand in a comical way.



Yes the military were deployed as they would be but tell me one single infraction they are accused of? Just name one.
By contrast we know what happened with EndSARS and EndBad Governance.



Now this is desperation.


Nothing happened.



I agree he was weak and also corrupt. Will you even agree that BAT is corrupt? You will say its necessary and its strategy.



1. Everyone knows of Tinubu's involvement in ENDSARS through the Governor who requested the military. Have you also seen the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the matter?

2. EndBadGovernance nko?


Declaration of a State of Emergency is within his powers, removal of the democatic government is ultra vires and illegal.
Also, why has the same not been done in all the states where terrorists are running around and killing hundreds weekly?

Stop joking abeg. Everyone knows what happened there was entirely political.

Did you read 234next stories when the paper was alive? Diezani and Chris aire?

Incidentally gej went to testify that he instructed diezani on everything she did

1. Everyone knows of Tinubu's involvement in ENDSARS through the Governor who requested the military. Have you also seen the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the matter?

Ehm everybody knows won't cut this.

Also, why has the same not been done in all the states where terrorists are running around and killing hundreds weekly?

Nigeria runs on oil. Nigeria has been failing to meet its quotas. Nigeria has loans currently being serviced by oil. Nigerian needs money to pay soldiers, buy weapons. But tinubu should sit back and watch the fight between Wike and fubara extend to our only source of income.

2. EndBadGovernance nko?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_Bad_Governance_protests


From Wikipedia

Protesters in Kano State waved Russian flags, calling for President Vladimir Putin's intervention and showing discontent with President Tinubu's administration.[49][50] The Russian embassy in Abuja subsequently said that the flags were the "personal choices" of protesters and denied interfering in Nigeria's internal affairs.[51]

DeepSight:
You are not objective. I am. Because I can tell you many good things about BAT such as his NADECO struggle, his stance against OBJ, his raising of many quality leaders. I am sure you cant mention one good thing about GEJ which shows irrational hatred.

Dollar was under n300 when he was in office

He did not do like most elevated politicians and discard his bush wife

He would have given Nigeria it's first female president (okonjo iweala) if he had been able to squash apc

I try?

GloriousGbola:
Did you read 234next stories when the paper was alive? Diezani and Chris aire?

Incidentally gej went to testify that he instructed diezani on everything she did



Ehm everybody knows won't cut this.



Nigeria runs on oil. Nigeria has been failing to meet its quotas. Nigeria has loans currently being serviced by oil. Nigerian needs money to pay soldiers, buy weapons. But tinubu should sit back and watch the fight between Wike and fubara extend to our only source of income.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_Bad_Governance_protests


From Wikipedia

Are you seruiously saying you believe the State of Emergency was declared because of that laughable false flag non-incident?
If you say so, I will be sad to say that you are not an honest discussant.

DeepSight:
Are you seruiously saying you believe the State of Emergency was declared because of that laughable false flag non-incident?
If you say so, I will be sad to say that you are not an honest discussant.

An attack on a pipeline was a false flag?

In a region full of youths itching for the good old days of militancy when ateke and co got rich?

OK ooo.

GloriousGbola:
An attack on a pipeline was a false flag?

In a region full of youths itching for the good old days of militancy when ateke and co got rich?

OK ooo.

So. It had nothing to do with the godfather problem twixt Wike and Fubara.

Are you for real?

Secondly, did you see video of the said attack?

GloriousGbola:
Dollar was under n300 when he was in office

He did not do like most elevated politicians and discard his bush wife

He would have given Nigeria it's first female president (okonjo iweala) if he had been able to squash apc

I try?

You try small. Small because you have chosen mostly soft things as opposed to the major things he should be noted for.

Seriously he was weak and corrupt. Let us acknowledge that BAT is strong and corrupt. And has tyrannical tendencies.

BAT also has scant regard for the rule of law. Both lecturer presidents had the best regard for the rule of law (Yaradua/GEJ).

There is no way on Earth posterity will judge them equally. One is gonna be judged kindly in spite of his flaws. For the other, he will live in infamy.

DeepSight:
So. It had nothing to do with the godfather problem twixt Wike and Fubara.

Are you for real?

Secondly, did you see video of the said attack?

Of course it had to do with Wike and fubara. Did I say otherwise?

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/784436-ex-rivers-hos-accuses-fubara-of-bombing-state-assembly-complex.html

Fubara and Wike are both thugs, but fubara was the governor in a state of escalating internal violence.

He did himself no favours by his initial actions which made the case against him.

GloriousGbola:
Of course it had to do with Wike and fubara. Did I say otherwise?

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/784436-ex-rivers-hos-accuses-fubara-of-bombing-state-assembly-complex.html

Fubara and Wike are both thugs, but fubara was the governor in a state of escalating internal violence.

He did himself no favours by his initial actions which made the case against him.

Escalating internal violence where NOT ONE person was killed and yet we have the northern states and whats going on there . . . .
Come on.

DeepSight:
You try small. Small because you have chosen mostly soft things as opposed to the major things he should be noted for.

Seriously he was weak and corrupt. Let us acknowledge that BAT is strong and corrupt. And has tyrannical tendencies.

BAT also has scant regard for the rule of law. Both lecturer presidents had the best regard for the rule of law (Yaradua/GEJ).

There is no way on Earth posterity will judge them equally. One is gonna be judged kindly in spite of his flaws. For the other, he will live in infamy.

Yardua who reversed sale of refineries?
Anyone who dies or is exited early in his first term will always have posterity on his side.

We saw the same with Buhari who in hindsight would have been great as a works minister but lousy as a president

I do not believe BAT has tyrannical tendencies for the simple reason that when he lost to NURTW in court, he found a way to work with them. According to you he was 100% remote controlling Lagos state govt, but LASG had to bend for tanker drivers. Whenever lastma seized a tanker parking on the road, the tanker drivers went on strike

Under saint gej when pengassan went on strike during the occupy Nigeria protests, thug for hire and current paddy of BAT orobo 1 of ijawland Asari fattykubo was sending threats to pengassan officials.

All I will say is if Tinubu was determined to win in osun he would have deployed the full security apparatus and nothing would have happened.
You forget that apc has lost multiple times before. Ekiti, Ondo. Kwara. And that time when they had to give omisore concessions in osun

What I would say tinubu does that I don't like is he can accommodate his political enemy of yesterday over his political friend of today. It happened in kwara where the belgores were in apc. Belgores were opponents to saraki. I'm the run up to 2015 saraki entered apc, so the belgores exited. And after all was said and done saraki pulled a Brutus on APC.

Same with Amaechi /Wike,though Amaechi did not do him self any favours by over aligning with team Buhari.

DeepSight:
Escalating internal violence where NOT ONE person was killed and yet we have the northern states and whats going on there . . . .
Come on.

There is a political cartoon I read many years ago where bosnians were asking gwb1 when the west would intervene in Yugoslavia like they did in Kuwait . And bush said something about their lack of oil.

The hard truth is that any govt will first focus on ensuring it secures it's cash flow over anything else.

GloriousGbola:
Yardua who reversed sale of refineries?
Anyone who dies or is exited early in his first term will always have posterity on his side.

We saw the same with Buhari who in hindsight would have been great as a works minister but lousy as a president

I do not believe BAT has tyrannical tendencies for the simple reason that when he lost to NURTW in court, he found a way to work with them. According to you he was 100% remote controlling Lagos state govt, but LASG had to bend for tanker drivers. Whenever lastma seized a tanker parking on the road, the tanker drivers went on strike

Under saint gej when pengassan went on strike during the occupy Nigeria protests, thug for hire and current paddy of BAT orobo 1 of ijawland Asari fattykubo was sending threats to pengassan officials.

All I will say is if Tinubu was determined to win in osun he would have deployed the full security apparatus and nothing would have happened.
You forget that apc has lost multiple times before. Ekiti, Ondo. Kwara. And that time when they had to give omisore concessions in osun

What I would say tinubu does that I don't like is he can accommodate his political enemy of yesterday over his political friend of today. It happened in kwara where the belgores were in apc. Belgores were opponents to saraki. I'm the run up to 2015 saraki entered apc, so the belgores exited. And after all was said and done saraki pulled a Brutus on APC.

Same with Amaechi /Wike,though Amaechi did not do him self any favours by over aligning with team Buhari.

You pick relatively small issues to damn those you dont like while ignoring humonguous scandals on the part of BAT.
Look at your only criticism of him in bold, ever so mild and quite a non-issue.

As for this Osun election it was clear that he was ambivalent and did not mind an Adeleke victory too much. Adeleke would have been in APC if not for the resistance of others like Oyetola, Omisore and co.