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Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by phemmyutd(m): 9:17am On Feb 15, 2015 |
The ex-militant leader has remained optimistic about the second term of President Goodluck Jonathan even before this time. Now, with the time ticking closer to the presidential election, he appears firmer in his conviction. There is nothing anybody says that will make him to believe otherwise. Not even the “fireworks” from the opposition. Asari Dokubo, like the PDP, is also advocating for a return to the temporary voter cards. In this interview with Vanguard, he insisted that President Jonathan is facing unusual opposition to his second term bid because some people feel they have the divine right to rule Nigeria. Excerpts: Is it not surprising to you that the security agencies united to say they couldn’t provide security for the elections which primarily necessitated the postponement? That does not concern me. I don’t speak for the military. But most people see it as conspiracy against democracy... What is conspiracy when INEC has not been able to provide PVCs? When it has made sure that in Rivers State, only 56 percent of the population have their PVCs? What of the remaining Rivers people that they want to disenfranchise? My wife has not collected her PVC. Should that have made the military to recommend the postponement of the elections? I am not concerned about the military. It is not my business what Nigerian military does. You know where I am coming from. So whatever the Nigerian military says, it is their business. How do you react to the postponement of the elections? I am not in support of the postponement if all the preparations had been done. In fact, I have sapped myself. I worked to the point that I nearly passed out. I was addressing Muslims in Lagos on the 31st of January and I collapsed because I had not been having enough sleep and time for myself. I had thought that the elections would come for me to go the Saudi Arabia and thank Allah for the victory he has granted us. But a situation where over 20 million are deliberately going to be disenfranchised by INEC, that’s not fair. It is very hypocritical of the United States; I think the president has been giving a lot of people unnecessary opportunities to meddle in the internal affairs of Nigeria. Nigeria is a sovereign state. It is not a satellite of the United States of America. Will anybody in the US say that 100 people should be disenfranchised not to talk of 20 million people? Is it Goodluck Jonathan or the PDP that stopped INEC since 2011 to make preparations for 100 percent distribution of the PVCs? How come 36 percent of the PVCs has been collected in Lagos and over 75 percent PVCs has been collected in Borno State where, according to their quotes, about 20 LGAs are in the hands of insurgents? This lends credence to the suspicion that the APC is working with the insurgents. I listened to Senator Mamora on television and he said that local government elections were conducted in Borno and Yobe States. What was the magic? What agreement did they have? God is revealing these people. Who are collecting the PVCs in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe States? How come Borno and Yobe have collected more PVCs than Lagos, Rivers, Imo States? Who is deliberately hoarding the PVCs? Is it Goodluck Jonathan? Have they compromised INEC? I was a member of ACN, so I know how they operate during elections. I know that before elections, when PDP is dealing with the top cadre of the security agencies, APC relates with the DPOs, DCOs, the rank and file. Is that not a wild allegation? It is not a wild allegation. I can give evidence. As somebody who was very active in ACN at the highest echelon, i dealt with the national leadership of the party directly and I know how they operate during elections. We keep quiet because we have friends there. But friends are no longer behaving like friends. So, we too should behave the way we behave. But that was ACN. ACN? It is ACN that has transmuted into APC because ACN is APC. All the others are just affiliates. They are associates. The driving force of the party is ACN. They are using the so-called idle followership of Buhari in the North. The machine, the intelligentsia, the think tank, everything is ACN. That is the way they rig election. In the judiciary, in INEC, they have people they work directly with. So, the elections should not be held with the PVC. No. The temporary voter cards, since INEC is unable to distribute all the PVCs, we should use the temporary one. PVC is not in our law. PVC testing machine is not known to our law. The electoral law does not recognise it. There is no e-voting. So, we should go back to the temporary voter card. INEC is deliberately disenfranchising some Nigerians. The constitutional right of a person is sacred to vote and be voted for. My wife contested House of A candidate in Reps election in 2011, up till now, she cannot find her PVC. And it is the responsibility of INEC to provide the PVC. It is none of my business if somebody wants to come and pay me money and he says he went to the bank and armed robbers stole the money from him. So, if hoodlums stole PVCs, what’s my business? Bring my PVC. It is my right to vote and be voted for. You cannot deny me that right. You advocate for 100 percent collection of the PVC but do you think it is possible for everyone to collect his PVC? Besides, no law has said so. That is an assumption. You cannot deliberately circumvent the law. You can’t trample upon the law. Even when there is no law to compel the people to collect the PVC? But all the people who registered have their temporary voter cards. So, if we are not ready with the PVC, we can take their PVC to them. Their address is there. The bio-data are there. So, we can take it to them. You are an ardent supporter of President Jonathan. Can you share what you have done so far to ensure his victory at the polls? I have campaigned. There is nothing I can tell you more than that. I have reached out. We have networked and we are still doing it. We are not sleeping. We are not losing a second. Most people are still quick to say that amid other challenges, the economy is down under the president’s watch. Many believe such may work against his re-election. How do you react? There was a global recession that swept across the West: Britain, US, Japan and so on. Today it is the turn of the oil and gas producing countries. Is it only Nigeria? Ghana economy is in tatters even though oil contributes very little to Ghana. Ghana’s currency is falling everyday. Dubai is in trouble. They have devalued their currency by 37 percent as at the last count. Russia is in trouble. Angola is almost going bankrupt. So, it is a global economic trend. It is not only Nigeria. But does the opposition have the recipe to manage the economy? On a television interview posted online, one of the campaign managers of General Buhari was seen with loads of dollars in his breast pockets. But he struggled to cover it. How can leaders be spending dollars and not Naira, thereby depleting the foreign exchange capacity of the country? And we know that most of them don’t spend Naira. They spend dollars, pounds and euros. That is what is causing the crisis in the economy. It is more demands for foreign currency than we earn from our resources and so the economy will be going down. It is all Nigerians that must work. Whatever policy on the ground, money laundering policy, etcetera, if the people are not ready to abide by the rules, hard and stringent economy rules, then we will have a problem. Do you see him winning the elections in six weeks time? I have always told you that we had already won. We will win. They will complain and we are ready for them. This election is between me and the Gambari North. |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Faibuhari: 9:25am On Feb 15, 2015 |
GEJ will win and APC will form a parrallel government in Sambisa 2 Likes |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by midolian(m): 9:30am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Let the pig kip grunting. 6 Likes
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Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Young03(m): 9:30am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Still waitin 4 d day |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by chimsimdindu: 9:39am On Feb 15, 2015 |
NO NEED WASTING THIS MY SPACE ! |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 9:54am On Feb 15, 2015 |
I hope Nigerians will not repeat past mistakes. It's time we start guarding against provocative utterances capable of heating the already heated polity. It is high time we make our choices - a one Nigeria or no Nigeria? But whichever choice we make, right or wrong, posterity will be the judge. |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by marvelousabah(m): 10:05am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Continue my man...i dey ur back. |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 10:10am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Chicken heart like you. Hisss... Nothing has happened to Gen. Danjuma. It past 15 days. 2 Likes |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 10:10am On Feb 15, 2015 |
midolian:ya father is a pig! |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by kestolove95(m): 10:11am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Illiterate 6 Likes
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Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by midolian(m): 10:12am On Feb 15, 2015 |
OREMUSSANCTUS:do you even have a father? 2 Likes |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by size38: 10:50am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Asari should allow his pvc speak for him. Not making noise everyday. 1 Like |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by nwala85: 11:11am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Oga Asari has spoken, on his last command we stand. The US and other foreign powers should learn to respect the sovereignty of Nigeria or we expose the veneer of their own democracy. Buhari is not qualified to run an election; he has no prerequisite certificates, he was never and can never be a democrat. Boko Haram is a northern creation to undo Jonathan and can never succeed. We are saying that the north and their fellows in this conspiracy should retrace their steps or they stand to loose. You can't rule a nation or any of her parts by force or threats of arms. The northern had better realize that we are wise now,( our eyes don open). Worse still, we have agreed that Jonathan is the last president of Nigeria to our oils wells and wealth. |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by nwala85: 11:15am On Feb 15, 2015 |
midolian: You are the son of a bitch for dearing Asari. Mungo park like you . Egbesu will strike you by the cheekbones. |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by midolian(m): 11:18am On Feb 15, 2015 |
nwala85:Igbo boy, go back to business. Church time don pass 2 Likes |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by nwala85: 11:18am On Feb 15, 2015 |
kestolove95:you are bastar |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by luvmijeje(f): 11:19am On Feb 15, 2015 |
PUSH1: Are you sure the due day has passed? Asari is a lousy id. iot. 2 Likes |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by SkyBlue1: 11:23am On Feb 15, 2015 |
This man and other prominent criminals should be watched closely after elections. So if Jonathan legitimately loses election then what is going to happen? And these are the sort of poeople Jonathan rubs shoulders with. This has been the key problem with Yaradua and Jonathan's government, not fixing the fundamental problems that originally drove people to militancy but supporting criminals instead. Even if true federalism is implemented tomorrow people like Asari and some other of them will still exist because they have gotten used to the federal goverment givig them free money for nothing, they are simply criminals that have gotten used to a comfortable life at the federal goverment's expenses and that is all they are. 1 Like |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by waternogetemeny: 11:28am On Feb 15, 2015 |
TEMPORARY VOTERS CARD MUST BE RETURNED. I DOUBT JEGA AND INEC HAVE HAND SOME CARDS TO THEIR TRUE OWNERS. BEST WAY TO GET MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION IS FOR THE RETURN OF TEMPORARY VOTERS CARD |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 11:56am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Dasini: 12:11pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
This thug shud shut up and stop making inflammable statement. He is nothing but coward, thot he said he wil take T.Y Danjuma up, he is only ranting,he has forgotten he has one vote,we shall all see the election outcome 1 Like |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by allanphash7(m): 12:16pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
Is dere anyone else who name his dog asari dokubo? Cos Tha is d name of my dog He bark anyhow without control Infact am so tried of this dog |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Sunymoore(m): 12:25pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
Fat pig... Continue yarning nonsense! Ediot 1 Like |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by kestolove95(m): 12:30pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
nwala85:anoda illiterate...poor english,cant spell... Go skool una NO..see ur life 2 Likes |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 12:33pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
PUSH1:fool...where u expecting danjuma to go on twitter to apologize? Danjuma has already apologize to asari incase u don't know..corn head |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 12:44pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
Mellin: You are the fool here. For even believing that a nonentity like asari has a say in Nigeria. Ode.. 2 Likes |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 12:56pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
This Asari is a fool and he's now acting like he's above the law..,,, |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by PassingShot(m): 1:02pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
Asari, the big empty barrel. |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 1:04pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
Ma bro, one tin u shld no abt dis apc thugs shouting change is dat dey kids and dey don't know history and ve refused to go read their history books. Buhari is a snake, ve said it before, and I will kip saying it, y is it dat he is still using pastors as his running mate? Now, as it stands, no muslim in d west or north will want to vote for jona, while christians will want to vote for apc cos of d pastor guy. D plan failed wen he used bakare. Dragging pastors and using dem so as to split christians votes while his muslim guys will vote solely for him. It baffles me dat south west apc thugs led by tinubu wants to betray selling dem birthrite to d north cos of power, buh I thank God many groups are beginning to deny him. Buhari is a fulani, dey don't forgive dey don't change dey wicked, for those who know fulani too well. If no muslim can comfortably supports jona, y den re christians fooling demselves? We allow maggots into d church all ind d name of politics buh no christian can go to d mosque to campaign. I said it before, buhari can't mock God cos he's no man, he did it before using bakare, buh he failed. Where is d bakare today? And now osinbajo is d one being used, I bet he's going to fail and dat will be a calamity for him and dose foolish christians and westerners supporting buhari. God is no man and can never be mocked. Ma bro, jona won d election d minute it was prosponed, long live jona. Ve ya ever seen any muslim on nairaland supporting jona, nope, cos he's a christian and buhari permutation is to split christians votes using pastor and d west using a yoruba man while he finks he owns d north, buh dat won't work anymore, #shalom 1 Like |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 1:14pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
He just a mouse with a mic! |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by Nobody: 1:14pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
PUSH1:he has no say but when he shut down the oil creeks the fg went begging him thereby granting him amnesty just for the oil to flow?....oya hide ur face in shame |
Re: Asari Explodes Again: Jonathanmust Win Presidential Election by ManUtdholic: 1:15pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
All this pple ranting can't face Asari and tell me this Mtcheeew |
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