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Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 12:36pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
ANAMBRA11: You are part of the ibos online that I was referring to in my earlier post.May God judge you and jonathan for all the havoc you people are inciting in this country. You knw why I am not happy? There are millions of peace loving ibo pple who are doing their businesses all over Nigeria and they will be put in harms way by all the hate you are spewing on hausas and yorubas online.You set of hate mongers are the same people calling Yorubas Cowards and you hate Succeeded in Radicalizing hitherto Educated and Liberal Yoruba youths online.What you don't know is that in yoruba land,we the educated ones are very respected by the area boys and we can cause mayhem by just intimating the rascals on the streets about all the insults you ibos heap on us yorubas online and we would have real crisis offline.The average yoruba man listens to iroyin (News in yoruba) on our transistor radio and all these insults like "Yorubas are Cowards" are being disseminated to the yorubas and everybody is now conscious and getting radicalized. I am afraid Mr Jonathan willl push the WAR button next month by refusing to relinquish power and mayhem will be let lose.These stupid ibo posters and SEUN OSEWA will personally be held liable if any pogrom happens. That is a promise! #STOP THE IBOS FROM INSULTING NIGERIANS 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by scribble: 12:37pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Alcatraz001: I'm sure Seun Osewa is Ibo too Instead of you to accept the fact that your candidate is not "well liked" by Nigerians from all ethnic and religious backgrounds, you resort to this shameless online tirades and mistruths There are Nigerians that look beyond tribal sentiments but you are not one of them, you seek to keep Nigerians in that backward thinking and then you call it CHANGE God forbid olorun maje that an oloriburuku like Buhari will rule Nigeria ever again. Lagbara Jesu Kristi. Amin. 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Princewill1(m): 12:38pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
SEE THEM DEMANDING FOR NEGATIVE CHANGE!! HYPOCRITS!! When their son OBJ was in power,Yorubas rejected Buhari and demanded for CONTINUITY in 2003 Elections,despite the massive looting and mismanagement going on in that administration. Now that no Yoruba man is even in the sixth position in this country,they all want negative change.If you people love Buhari so much,why not vote him as early as 2003,you were then blinded by tribalism. Ok we in SE\SS it is our turn to demand for CONTINUITY. Any problem?? 4 Likes |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by scribble: 12:39pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Alcatraz001: provide it again and just so you know not all Yorubas speak Yoruba fluently this is a new generation...the official lingua franca of Nigeria is English anyway I wont waste time trying to defend myself to such a shameless and ignorant little man that thinks all YORUBAS will AUTOMATICALLY support Buhari SHAME!!! You are a disgrace to the clan. Yoruba ronu. 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 12:40pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Alcatraz001:there Is an adage that says when war is being discussed,the wagging tongues of a yoruba man is an insult to the gathering 4 Likes |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 12:45pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
ANAMBRA11:You are a dunce-head if you think the Ijaws are foolish. I know the plan of the Igbos my guy but it won't work because we are no fools. You guys are looking for means to get back at the Ijaws. You have been trying to instigate crisis between the Ijaws and the Nigeria state so that you can turn around to support the Nigeria state and "claim" Portharcourt and other cities in the Niger Delta. Boro was a very wise man, IYC, INC and others are wise groups. Ijaws are wise, we know our NUMBER ONE enemy and our antagonists. If we want secession, trust me the Ijaws themselves will call for Niger Delta republic just as we did in 1966. We don't need the Igbos or other tribes to tell us what to do. Till date no exMilitant or incumbent Militant has threatened election violence should Jonathan lose save for Asari who is more of a political militant with verbal vernom but no action. Ateke Tom, Tompoilo, MEND, General Boyloaf, Gen Willy etc are not even calling for violence despite their respective political inclination. Funny enough, ALL the posters on this thread that are spitting empty venom on behalf of Niger Delta people are from SE (including you). My advice to you is to mobilise your Biagfran brothers to carry arms and protect your igbo territory from President Buhari if you feel you don't want him. We from the SS will decide for ourselves. We don't need your input, the Kaiama declaration that we work with don't even recognise any Igbo group. We decide for ourselves. 3 Likes |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 12:51pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
scribble: You see that the truth is out in the open? What kind of yoruba person won't understand that simple translation! Well,I know you are not yoruba so let's leave that at that. I am not advocating for all yorubas to support Buhari,heck even a foremost tribalist and yoruba Nationalist, Olayinka Grandson is not supporting Buhari so what right would I have to force all Yorubas to support Buhari? My main contention at this moment is to please implore all ibos on this board to stop creating threads that insult Buhari,Yorubas and Ibos because they are sowing the wind now but when they reap the whirlwind,they will scream genocide. If everybody is observant,you will notice that all northerners are unusually quiet,even the muslim bodies are quiet even in the face of the charlie hebdo imbroglio that happened in france. Do you know why they are quiet? They have their own struggle coming up next month and the ibos are everywhere insulting buhari,yorubas,muslims and every other person not supporting Jonathan. The gentility of a tiger is not COWARDICE.Please you people should be careful.Mr SEUN OSEWA and his mods have allowed this site to be used to spread hateful propaganda by the IBOS and am pleading with them to censor insultive and hateful threads aimed at insulting the Nation if we don't support Jonathan.I pity the ibos because they are the ones outside their ancestral land and they are also the most intolerant. Posterity will judge me that I sounded a note of warning to these children of hate (ibos). Please desist from inciting fellow countrymen. |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by asadike(f): 12:52pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Jonathan has a back up plan, buhari has his too. Make both of them lose jare make we hear word. |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 12:54pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Princewill1:Who and who is the "we SE/SS"? Must you attach? I want to really understand the basis of the bold. Was the Igbos in support when we the Ijaws declared our own republic in 1966? Was the Igbos in support of the creation of Bayelsa State? Did the Igbos ever liked Isaac Boro and Saro Wiwa? Did the Ijaws not resist the Biafran movement successfully? Are the Igbos in support of our Kaiama declaration? Aren't the Igbos still bitter against the Ijaws? Didn't IYC tame the Igbos in Bayelsa State when they disrespected Isaac Boro Day by not closing their shops in 2014? Are the Igbos in support of Resource control? So what is the basis of the "We" and when did it start? |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by scribble: 12:55pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Alcatraz001: hehehe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwa5LTBoWU Forward Nigeria is led by Yoruba boy Moses Fabiyi See the way they are campaigning for Jonathan Yet you think we are lke the mumus in Jos shouting buhari oyoyo |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by kheart(m): 12:58pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Sippin my kunu while we await and welcom GMB here in kaduna. Smh for E-war mongers, if una don experience full scale riot u guys ll nt be spewin rubbish here |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Princewill1(m): 1:05pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
bayulll01:STOP MAKING NOISE COWARD!! Block where and where?? See who is threating igbos.Whatever you are promising here,we have seen the worst before and nobody is being moved by your empty threats. Come Fed.14,we are returning GEJ back to Aso Rock and nonentity who is not comfortable with it is FREE to SECEDE!! |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 1:05pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
scribble: I have passed my message and I am content with myself. Jonathan failed Nigerians and now he's using extremely divisive ethno/religious schemes to try and hoodwink us,it won't work! There is no islamist that can islamize Nigeria,Nigeria's christian are too much and too wealthy.If buhari or any muslim fanatic tries that,we would fight till our death so no amount of propaganda will work this time. If Mr jonathan thinks he can rig and scuttle the coming elections,he would end u like Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast and Nigeria will continue.Where is Abacha today or where did Obasanjo's 3rd term scheme get him to? The South South should be very weary of the ibos because they want to use the Niger deltans as a canon fodder while getting their wish of BIAFRA.Please run away and dissociate yourself from these very hateful tribe...they hate every other Nigerians because they lost a very senseless WAR. If the ibos want out of Nigeria,go to the UN and ask for a referendum to be conducted and we would grant your wish.Stop using Mr Jonathan to destabilize Nigeria,it won't work! Selah 3 Likes |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by thewarrior72: 1:07pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
barcanista:Why shame?, aren't them your new found love? |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by scribble: 1:08pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
sharrap Im a Yoruba man married to a Delta And you my friend are the one using extremely divisive ethno/religious schemes to try and hoodwink us,it won't work! Alcatraz001: |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 1:10pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
barcanista:get back at the ijaws for what? Re we the ones stealing your oil? Well GEJ is an ijaw man so I have no p with ijaw people,I still believe you re a yoruba man trying to sow discord between igbos and ss,incase you re an ijaw man please,minimise the way you use SS,speak for only you and your family,because there re a lot of igbo niger deltans thank you 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by dasrackhor(m): 1:13pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Alcatraz001:dats y I keep saying dose moderator aint working or OSEWA is been used by some entity...How on earth will some1 let something like dis to b on a thread knowing fully well d brink nigeria is @ dis time....sometime dem go place ban on someone for saying d obvious truth....Which way forward nigeria? |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by thewarrior72: 1:13pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Alcatraz001:Dumb illiterate, stop attacking igbo posters & face the poorly written propaganda |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 1:17pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
ANAMBRA11:You can as well believe that I am a fulani man or a french man- that isn't my business my friend. It is yours. But like I said, the Ijaws are VERy wise |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Princewill1(m): 1:24pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
barcanista:YOU ARE LIVING IN THE PAST!! 1966 is not 2015,a lot have changed ever since. Why is it all Igbos with presidential ambition have to step down for an ijaw man GEJ,apart from ostracized Rochas?? Why is it that SE is an ijaw man(gej) biggest stronghold?? Mr man! We have now formed a common front!! |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 1:31pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
dasrackhor: My brother God bless you.I know the CIA is everywhere working to see WAR in this country and Jonathan is the main character in the whole saga. We will keep watching and praying. He who has ears,let him ear. |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by thewarrior72: 1:34pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Alcatraz001:You can do your worst small boy & should I also inform you that no region or tribe has a monopoly of violence. By the way, don't you know that your people & hausa are also scattered in SE & SS? |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by dasrackhor(m): 1:37pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Alcatraz001:one united nigeria is what we r all praying for n 1 strong united nigeria ΐτ̅ will be by God grace....Its Well my broda.... |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Nobody: 1:39pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Princewill1:Guy nothing is past. No Igboman stepped down for Jonathan, in fact Igbos have always voted for incumbents irrespective of tribes. Igbos were the Champions of Abacha and IBB regimes. Igbos voted for Obj against Ojukwu in 2003, Igbos voted Yaradua against Ojukwu and Uzor Kalu in 2007. Igbos are the pillars of every incumbents. Nothing changed! No political front btw SS/Ss has ever been built. We look at where we were to know where we are going. The Ijaws have always been independent of their struggles since time immemorial, if we want secession, we will do it our way and for ourselves. We don't need an alliance with anyone neither have we sought for any. Support Jonathan if you feel he's good, many ijaws too support him and some others are not in support, but it doesn't translate to alliance at all.... It is a PDP thin. Even Sambo supports him. That is politics. 3 Likes |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by Iykopee(m): 1:53pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Lord i pray this country be divided. the Rivers state indigenes aint gaining notin from this fraud of a country.... |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by baybeeboi: 1:56pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
pls we need more warship here in the Niger Delta.......i don't have one yet |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by jamace(m): 2:11pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
jingh:Who is ruining the country? The North or the SS? Most of you refuse to take history serious hence you don't even know where the problem of Nigeria lies. When the issue of Boko haram started around 2003 (?), what did OBJ do? And What did the Northern elders do? OBJ was not moved because he thought boko haram was part of sharia practice. The Northern elders were silent too because it was a religious holy war. Fast forward to 2011, some northern elders made some provocative and inciting statements of violence should Jonathan won the election and that was the motivating factor the sect needed to deal with the govt of the infidel Jonathan. Now there is a boomerang and some ideeots are shouting that Jonathan can not secure the lives of Nigerians. All should note that the negligence of duty by Obj and the covert support of violence by the northern elders brought us to where we are today. Whatsoever a man sows, that he will reap. |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by maslong(m): 2:36pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
bayulll01: The award winner of NOISE MAKERS in nairaland ever. empty barrel that make the loudest noise. NONSENSE YOU. 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by wirinet(m): 2:38pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
kayjasper: Thank you my brother for seeing the obvious truth. I had been screaming since the amnesty program started that the jonathan version of the amnesty program is just a guise of creating an alternative army, to be deployed after the tenor of the present administration - either 2015 or 2019. Jonathan is creating an alternative army and navy by arming over 26,000 ijaw youths. It is a pity the Igbos and some south south tribes are cheer leading him on, they would be the first to bear the brunt of the Ijaw army when they start enforcing the Kaiama declaration. I believe Jonathan's refusal to attack the Boko Haram Insurgency is a delibrate ploy to weaken the military and the Nigerian state. With Boko Haram in the North and Ijaw Militants in the south Nigeria is indeed sitting on a keg of gun powder |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by seniorklop: 2:40pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
BlackTechnology:And the point my brother is that as @ today, GMB has better antecedent than GEJ. We can go on with the arguement and all what not but do you know that PDP could have been in a better position now had they screened out jona during d primaries? its not hypocrisy...its you letting people down when entrusted with mandate. To whom much is given, much is expected. i think i'm speaking the mood of a large portion of nigerians, we are not politicians and our position is determined by what we see and feel. Sadly, i didnt see nor feel your GEJ. Should GMB failed, trust me he wont get second term. We wont be taken for granted anymore not from PDP or APC. #teamchange |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by patrickmuf(m): 2:56pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Princewill1:Formed common front? You must be joking Mr. If you guys have not learnt from the mistake Ojukwu made, others have learnt...Listen, the SS stands for one Nigeria, don't try to rope us into your hate game... 3 Likes |
Re: Jonathan's Back Up Plan If He Looses!!! by adoyi81: 3:40pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
[quote author=idumuose post=29899450] Here: history is harsh, because it hides nothing from honest and discerning people. For those who are dancing at the prospect of voting in Muhammadu Buhari, please consider the following historical facts. Interpret them however you choose, but think about them deeply: Kennedy Emetulu (1) Think of the kind of nation the colonial masters bequeathed to us before leaving. They instituted different political, social and legal system in the North and South, but still ran the country as one and left us without any attempt at righting the wrongs they’ve instituted. (2) Think of the pogroms in the North against the Igbo and Southerners. What were the reasons for this? There was no reason more than that the Igbo and Southerners were seen as taking over the economy and geographical space of the Northerner in a supposed one, free Nigeria. (3) Think of the First Republic and the issues that led to its demise. These issues ranged from the obvious injustices perpetrated at the centre by a majoritarian oligarchy, which then led to electoral violence in the West and national distrust in the Niger-Delta. (4) Think of beginning of military intervention in politics and the cost to the nation: (a) The First Coup of January 1966 and the real motivation of the chaps behind it. (b) The coming of Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and the counter-coup that saw his death and the mass killing of Igbo officers within the army, including the pogrom that followed up North. (c) The Civil War and the cost in human and material resources to the nation. Was it necessary? Why the waste? What have we learnt? Think of the Asaba and Owerri massacres (Buhari was part of the latter)? Were they necessary? What have we learnt from that war? (5) Think of the whole nine years of General Yakubu Gowon, the seven months of General Murtala Muhammed, the four years of Shehu Shagari. The almost two years of Buhari, the eight years of General Ibrahim Babangida, the five years of General Sani Abacha, the one year of Abdulsalami Abubakar and the two years of Umaru Yar’Adua. For almost 40 years of the 54 that we have had flag independence, the North has ruled the nation, but what did their leadership do for Nigeria? Why is the Northern elite now hell-bent on taking back power at the top? How long have they been out of it that they now want it back? What did they do with it for their people when they had it? (6) Think about June 12 and the murder of MKO Abiola. Imagine the opportunity our country had at that juncture in our history and who truncated it. Who are the beneficiaries of the truncation of June 12, but Buhari and the industrial- military complex that backs him now as members of the APC? (7) For the Yoruba, think about the power you have now and how to use it responsibly. When Obafemi Awolowo had it, he used it responsibly and this nation is grateful for it. For those who are hailing Bola Tinubu as some kind of political genius, do they think Tinubu is safe under a Buhari presidency as he has been under Jonathan? Do they not see how easy it would be for Buhari to pluck out Tinubu in a power tussle over control of the APC under the guise of fighting corruption? Do they think there is anything a Vice President Yemi Osinbajo can do in the circumstances? What would be the fate of the Yoruba at that point? ( Think about the National Question and what this false change would mean for the Southern minorities and the nation. Since the Willink Commission of 1958, their troubles have been in the front burner of national discussion and we have shouted ourselves hoarse for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC). Whether we want to believe it or not, Jonathan’s presidency sort of doused the raging fire, so what would his ouster do? Think about the Orkar Coup of 1992 and what motivated those young men now lost to the firing squad. (9) For the Yoruba, think about those who today mostly populate the highest and middle level echelon of the oil industry. They are not Niger-Deltans; they are young Yoruba professionals and Tinubu who worked with Mobil knows this. Are you prepared to sacrifice them and their career to install a Buhari who, from his actions and utterances, look bent on dipping the Koran in the sea in the form of establishing Sharia all over Nigeria? Does anyone think the South-South will sit down and share the oil wealth with a nation of the sort Buhari has in mind? Does anyone really think Buhari has the temperament to hold a complex Nigeria together? (10) To the Northerners, think about what we are already seeing about Buhari on the campaign trail. Does he look like a healthy person? His gaunt, austere look is not just about his stature. The man is old and ill and this campaign will take a lot from him. If, God forbid, he does not survive this campaign or his first term where would that put this country? Does anyone think that the power-mongers of the North will simply stand by and let the Vice President take over constitutionally? Are we prepared to go through the Yar’Adiua experience again, especially this time when they are likely to be more desperate? What would it mean for those in the North who think it’s their turn to take over, rather than wait till 2019 when they are likely to have a more vibrant candidate with real national appeal contesting for the presidency and with a chance to win and govern in peace? (11) Think of Buhari as the head of state and how he ran the nation. The day he was overthrown, I was at the parade ground at the Orientation Camp in Toro, Bauchi where I was serving my NYSC. I remember that the chap who was our Commandant was a young Captain said to be a cousin to Brigadier Joshua Dongoyaro who announced the overthrow. His second-in-command was then Lieutenant Ugo Buzugbe who is today a Major General. Once word reached us of the overthrow, the whole camp went agog with jubilation! On the day, I was delegated by my friends to go to Jos to buy some things for a party we were planning. I got there and the whole city was jubilating! We heard of spontaneous jubilation all over the country. Today, some brilliant, but devious spin-doctors are painting Buhari as a great leader who is now making us feel nostalgia for his time! Only fools who would want to be treated like animals and butchered without reason would look at Buhari and say he is the change we need. Yes, we might need change, but not Buhari! We are not a cursed people! We should never go back to our national vomit! (12) Think about his manifesto and what he offers. Is there anything there that he can do better than Jonathan? He talks about fighting corruption, but Buhari is a corrupt man being shielded by spin-doctors! The facts of his corruption are there! How can anyone believe the lies about his poverty? What poor man contests every presidential election since 2003 in such a grandiose manner? Can’t we see the corrupt people he consorts with and those interested in sending him to Aso Rock? Does that add up? (13) Think about this fellow who has been a recurrent name in Nigerian politics since his overthrow by his military colleagues, but who cannot tell us one good cause he has put his name or his money in. Where are the charities he supports? What business is he involved in? What has he been doing with almost N30 million he receives monthly as gratuity? How has he improved himself since leaving office? Why can he not just tender his First School Leaving Certificate, rather than lying and getting others to lie for him? How many scholarships has he awarded, even as we know that his daughter lives the high life in a UK university where she pays more than £16,000 as school fees? How many university chairs has he endowed? How many professional bodies does he support? How many international missions has he helped with? All we have seen him do since is go to BBC Hausa, say some inciting and divisive things and when called out, he proclaims innocence and accuses journalists of misinterpreting him. (14) Think about his support for Boko Haram and the group nominating him as their representative in negotiation with the Federal Government. Why did he cowardly refuse to be part of the negotiation when he’s spent the whole time attacking the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government over Boko Haram? Does anyone think the present Nigerian Army would accept this type of untrustworthy and divisive figure as Commander-in-Chief? After all, following the annulment of the June 12 election, one of the reasons Babangida said they couldn’t hand over to MKO Abiola was because he wouldn’t have been accepted as Commander- in-Chief. Buhari was one of the beneficiaries of that annulment. I can’t see him being a good Commander-in- Chief. As bad as it sounds, he will do the same mistakes he did the first time and worse and Nigerians would be reduced to jubilating again when a coup topples him. Egypt after the electoral victory of the Muslim Brotherhood comes to mind. And that would be the least terrible of all choices we can get. (15) Think of Buhari who has no idea of modern governance. Only dishonest people will believe otherwise. Listen to him and see how vacuous he is. No matter how they try to hide his illiteracy, it’s glaring. He has now joined Twitter, because of election, but what does he really know about modern communication? His best phrase is “I will fight….” No, governance is not about fighting; it’s about governing. I don’t want to hear people tell me he would surround himself with the best brains, because anyone without a brain ruling Nigeria will not know the best brains and even when they are there, a man with the ignorant stubbornness of Buhari will not listen to them or know how to use them. (16) Think of the world we live in and the kind of leadership driving developments in other lands. Think of us in 2015 celebrating a Buhari as our President! The country of Tafawa Balewa, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo celebrating a Buhari in 2015? Some may say Jonathan is not better, but that would be unfair. Jonathan is far better, even if he is not the best we can offer as a nation. Forget the propaganda that he has not done anything, he has. His administration has achieved a lot and those who are honest know this. Indeed, his administration has achieved more for the North than any Northern leader in our history. His problem is that he does not have good marketers. Whatever minuses we think Jonathan has, Buhari will triple them. (17) Think of the Boko Haram menace and understand that it is not a question of Jonathan failing on national security, but a huge sabotage against our nation by elements looking to benefit from his ouster. One of the worst things done to our nation by that buffoon, Olusegun Obasanjo was the emasculation of our armed forces. He did it when he came into power in 1999 under the pretext that he was professionalizing the army and stopping them from planning coups. His Ministers of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma and Rabiu Kwankwaso oversaw the destruction of the army, even as massive money was voted in the defence budget. Of course, we had no threat. By the time that threat came in the form of Boko Haram, Yar’Adua dealt with it with overwhelming force. But that was the problem. Yar’Adua ordered the killing of Boko Haram activists extra- judicially, but that only earned them international recognition from Global Jihad. With external money and training, they were transformed and under Jonathan, they became the Nigerian franchise of Global Jihad. Then in collaboration with Northern power-mongers they began a process of blackmailing Jonathan. He asked for negotiation, they would not budge; he promised them amnesty, they would not budge. They simply continue to kill defenseless citizens at will, because they know that will undermine Jonathan and the state. They support this with propaganda, inflating number of casualties and working with their political partners to undermine the state and state response at all levels. Meanwhile, when the nation had the OPC problem in the West, Yoruba leaders went out there to sort it out. When we had problems with Bakassi Boys in the East, Igbo leaders rose to the challenge and when we had the militancy in the Niger-Delta, South-South leaders, including Goodluck Jonathan went into the creeks to talk the boys into disarming. Now, what have the Northern leaders done about Boko Haram since it started its rampage? Some wring their hands helplessly, while others like Buhari make political capital out of it! Of course, all Boko Haram wants now is a Northern president who would establish Sharia all over Nigeria and Buhari will give them that. But what that means is that they used the power of their guns to impose on us a national leadership that would take us back to the Middle Ages. I have no scruples with Buhari and his kith and kin that want criminal Sharia, but they cannot impose it on the rest of the nation above our Constitution. I will not vote for my own death! I will not vote for my people’s death! I will not vote to take Nigeria through the darkness that I know a Buhari presidency represents! (18) Think about the fact that we lost more people to communal, ethnic and sectarian violence under Obasanjo, including deaths by political assassinations, yet everyone is conveniently forgetting this fact and proclaiming Jonathan a weakling. Would we prefer that Jonathan and the military give communities the Odi and Zaki Biam treatment in the name of fighting Boko Haram? (19) Think about the National Youth Service Corps members and the almost 1000 people that lost their lives up North after the last presidential election simply because Buhari did not win. Did Buhari’s reaction at the time show him as a statesman? Did it show him as someone who cares for the life of Southerners? Is that not the same man who has promised that dogs and baboons would be soaked in blood if the election is rigged this time, which in fact is a code word for massive violence if he loses? (20) Think Nigerians! Those of you North and South who love this country and who know what we have sacrificed to get here should think of the future. It’s okay to think it’s great removing an incumbent, but think what will replace that incumbent. It’s okay to preach change, but please interrogate that change. Is it really the change we need or a pretence to change that would impose a worse future on us? If the potential for trouble in that new future is worse than the present, stick to what you know. The devil you know is always better than the angel that you don’t know! Those who say if Buhari fails, we will vote him out in four years should remember that we might not have that luxury, because there has to be a living, viable nation before we can talk elections. A word is enough for the patriot![/quote Lengthy one,it is revealing |
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