₦airaland Forum

youngice:
if you like type from here to infinity, tinubu remains the greatest political strategist Nigeria has ever seen
and fashola and fayemi would know that they stand to gain more by following him than by trying to usurp him
after all an adage says 'what the elder can see while sitting ,the child cant see even on the highest mountain'

*the colored
Are u really high or ur just pretending to be
How can u say such NONSENSE
Are u aware that Nigeria have had a fair share of really great men in the past 100yrs of our unholy amalgamation.
Just calm down and make sure u revisit ur history books.
God bless you

No wonder Tinubu and Ameachi have not been flowing of recent. They both have similar characteristics. They are both very controlling people.

JustCalMeDBoss:
The lion who could not convincingly deliver south west. The reality that nigeria is bigger than a regional Godfather is setting in. More bitter truth will hit his praise singers. when the buhari cabinet is formed and we would truly see who used who. I have a feeling these ppl would crawl back to Gej for advice. Time it changes everything.

who is Gej after may29?

brixton:
These guys will not work, they will spend the next 4years fighting and sharing the left over from other leaders.

Change indeed!!

worst 4yrs of APC @ d helms of affair will by far better 16yrs of PDP rule

Ok

tp10:
A fake PDP propaganda.you guys are just disturbing yourself,the southwest has chosen buhari and we stand by our choice.the APC leaders remain together,tanoids dey cry.


Seun.they want to spoil your name.this is a silly cooked up opinion of one of abati boys and not that of Guardian.pls check and correct.

Who wrote the piece? 'The Guardian' or 'The Reuben'?

youngice:
if you like type from here to infinity, tinubu remains the greatest political strategist Nigeria has ever seen
and fashola and fayemi would know that they stand to gain more by following him than by trying to usurp him
after all an adage says 'what the elder can see while sitting ,the child cant see even on the highest mountain'

taa get out which dirty strategist? Jonathan was voted out Cus of his poor performance and d change pple seeked not Cus of tinubu. tell me one strategy tinubu applied in buhari's victory, just dey talk rubbish. he had strategy n he allowed Lagos gubernatorial election to be a 2 horse race. my man stop deceiving urself dats d greatest harm u can do to urself.

shut up!
watch and see events as they unfold and stop taking panadol for someone else headache.

shachris:
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/05/backlash-trouble-in-tinubu-household/

nortcentrallord:
Why do apc and tinubu's supporters always act like street hooligans and like they are still in the opposition. No constructive or objective argument to the thread. All I see is insults here and there. Nairaland used to be informing, educating and competitive but now it's filled with people of average intelligence who are best @ exhibiting motor park tout character.

and u want anybody to discuss dis trash of constructive lies and propagandans?, una no well

NewNigeriaMind:
Gej for advice
Nigga stop smoking what you smoking

God forbid bad tin! (Gej can't advice himself talkless of advicing others) #smh

One funny thing is that, every writeup weda guardian or not always has dis element of truth...by the way, the writer was against those PHD of TIN-ibu, and yet u TIN-ibu suporters are lashn out against the thread..hmmn! u dis APC(anoda propangada for confusion) always on it........
As for me; sitdown n see how the handwritn on the wall UNFOLDS.lol!

We are laughing at the men from the coven

For ur mind abi? Crawl back to GEJ? Like seriously.. Who told you GEJ is a politician in the first place? After may29, the man becomes more or less irrelevant to politics. He ain't got the charisma to operate as a political icon outside ASO rock.
People like OBJ, IBB and maybe Atiku have that kind of influence. But GEJ? Nah.. Talk another thing.

JustCalMeDBoss:
The lion who could not convincingly deliver south west. The reality that nigeria is bigger than a regional Godfather is setting in. More bitter truth will hit his praise singers. when the buhari cabinet is formed and we would truly see who used who. I have a feeling these ppl would crawl back to Gej for advice. Time it changes everything.

onatisi:
I don't think u got my argument,in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies but permanent interests. In our politics ,u can't rule out tribalism and religion. Pdp is going to be a south south and south eastern party in this dispensation. they will forge a united front and just wait for 2019 . South west has just 5 or 6 states and even out of that pdp has 2,most likely fayose and mimiko will decamp to another party ,which means the south west apc only has 3 states to their name. There is no way tinubu or south west apc will be able to raise issues and win with that number .

Thanks for your patience and analysis, but then you can't undervalue the fact that apc alliance with the north gave us the incoming republic. You can't downplay where the sympathy of that bloc will rest.

ALL is not well in the lion’s den. The first indication to this is the sudden presence of town criers in the jungle proclaiming the prowess of the lion. The lion remains the king and every animal knows that. Something must be gravely wrong therefore, if the lion is being forced to re-assert its place in the jungle. The lion is not king by consensus; he is by conquest and no other force in the wild jungle can push him to a subordinate role. He submits to no force majeure.

Kindly permit the allegory. I know that Nigeria is not an ‘Animal Farm’, but I do not have a better way of explaining the ongoing effort to re-establish Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Lion of Bourdillon in the minds of Nigerians. The campaigners, including one Hakeem Adisa, are making it look as if the Great Jagagban has miraculously become imperceptible in the national and regional power equations and requires to be thickly underscored through a vigorous publicity blitz to restore his visibility.

Who doesn’t know Tinubu in Nigeria? He is the man, who, in 2003, stood alone like Mountain Olympus, when others collapsed like a pack of cards in the Southwest and battled to a standstill, the ferocious electoral machinery of the PDP and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. From his isolated location in Lagos, he began life all over again in 2007. It was tough, but by dint of hard work, and perhaps, superior strategy, he came very close to recovering all lost territories.

But for the advent of Ayo Fayose in Ekiti State, just last year, and the continued recalcitrance of the Iroko of Ondo politics, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the job was clinically finished. The recovered territories include, Ogun, the home state of President Olusegun and symbol of PDP imperialism. Is this the kind of man that requires lengthy introduction to establish? Sincerely, I cannot find good reason for this sudden reawakening around Tinubu. We have just ended one general election and the next one is at least four years away, and so, I cannot accept that the spin doctors in town are preparing the Jagagban for a very big role in 2019.

Considering his large-scale investment in the APC project, the man had desired so badly, to fly the party’s presidential flag with General Muhammadu Buhari as running mate. When that initial plan allegedly failed, because of the new complex power web in the APC, he submitted a plan B, which was the donation of the VP-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbanjo. It was, somehow, difficult to believe that a man, who could take on the entire Yoruba establishment without shaking and reconfigure Afenifere into Afenifere Renewal Group, could be so easily stopped from getting a vice presidential slot in a party that he owns 50 per cent.

This initial setback notwithstanding, Tinubu, like a real lion, recovered very quickly to deliver Buhari against Jonathan on March 28. In effect, he has conquered Jonathan so that Buhari can reign. Remember also, that he conquered Buhari,, in 2011, so that Jonathan could spread wide, even as he conquered the almighty Obasanjo in the post election judicial contentions in 2007 to liberate a good chunk of the Southwest from the grip of the PDP. We can call him conqueror of great men including sitting presidents.




I’m not actually saying anything new. These facts about Tinubu are everywhere in the public domain, including the Internet. The facts will reel out if the name, ‘Asiwaju (Senator) Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ is keyed into the Google search machine, for instance. Note, however, that any additional information on the Google or any other site stating how Tinubu has made stupendous fortune, not through industry, as widely believed, but by participation in public service, must have been uploaded there by enemies and detractors of this great conqueror. I have been reliably informed that a vicious network of PhD (Pull Him Down) holders is bent on bringing Tinubu down from the glorious height he has attained in politics and business, working day and night without sleeping.

Meanwhile, I hear also that the cankerworm troubling the growth of the tree is not outside the tree. Indeed, names have been mentioned and they are persons who have always gone together with the Alpha Romeo on a hunting spree. The campaigners are specifically alleging that, like pestering jackals, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi (JFK), who, recklessly, lost the Ekiti State governorship election to Ayo Fayose last year, and Governor Raji Babatunde Fashola (RBF) of Lagos State, do not want the pride male of the pack to enjoy his March 28 kill.

This is most strange. Where are these two getting the inspiration to challenge their chi to a wrestling match? Disturbing as this may sound, naturalists maintain it is consistent with the rules of the jungle. They say there comes a time when vibrant young male lions seek relentlessly to dethrone a sit-tight head of the pack. Psycho-analysts also say that in extreme manifestations of the Oedipus Complex syndrome, son can liquidate father in contest for emotional rights. It is, however, a dangerous challenge because the consequences of failure are better imagined than experienced. Sure death is part of it.

What or whoever is behind this insurrection in the empire of the Jagagban is not of immediate interest. What is of concern now is nipping the rebellion in the bud so that the Asiwaju can at least gain needed breathing space to re-align strategies for trouble-free operations. I am confused myself. I do not know what to tell the Asiwaju to put down this unnecessary rebellion so that he can enjoy the fruits of his March 28 labour in peace.

Some people have suggested appeasement of the angry youths. Others are saying it is a dangerous path to follow, pointing at the fate of President Jonathan in the just concluded general elections. They argue that Jonathan’s six-year appeasement programme for the rebellious North did not save his kingdom from collapsing when the hour came on March 28. The options are really very slim and delicate too and I do not know what to suggest. But as they say in Warri, whether or whethern’t, ogoro (frog) must jump! The Asiwaju must engage the cup. It is facing him directly and it is not time to pray the prayer of ‘Lord, let this cup pass by me.’

In the absence of a clear and ready counter strategy, an answer appears buried in a line in one of the many write-ups being pushed all over the place to plead the case of the Jagagban in the court of public opinion. It reads: “One fundamental angle to Tinubu is his relentless advocacy of true federalism, which his party now has an opportunity to pursue. With functional federalism, it is easy to see that certain manifestations of dysfunction in the polity would become history to the benefit of the people.”

We are aiming at something and so it is not useful reminding this writer that Tinubu did not support the President Jonathan’s conference to discuss the great questions of the day, including, ‘true federalism’ and that in the presidential campaigns, the APC did not canvass the implementation of the report of that conference. Let us just agree that something, which is difficult to define for now, has intervened between March 28 and now, to make the lion have a change of mind.

Apart from a handful power oligarchs in the far North, this point about reworking the Nigerian framework to something close to a federation, resonates with the people. And that is the clincher! Instead of laboring to convince people about the sterling leadership qualities of Tinubu, Hakeem Adisa, for instance, can retool the argument and say, Fayemi and Fashola are fighting Tinubu because the latter wants to use his entrenchment in the incoming government of General Buhari to restructure Nigeria into a true federal system.

That is like passing a political death sentence on both ‘rebels’ in the Southwest and much of Nigeria. If for some strange reasons that master stroke still fails to turn the tide against the insurgents, only one option is left for the Alpha Romeo – yield a part of his territory to the restless young male lions. After all, there are situations in Oyo kingship or mythology when the Alafin has to go on exile or even commit suicide to give peace a chance.

NewNigeriaMind:
Wait let me understand this,

Fashola and fayemi the buhari favourites are the young lions.

Well,

Well Tinubu should let these two become all they can be, he should support.it.


Come on Tinubu, you are already great, you mentored these boys, let them do as they please.

Tinubu we respect you, but let these boys the young lions bloom.

What if Tinubu suspected the "young lions" have been tamed not to fight for "true federalism" which he has not indicated his intention to abandon? Maybe Tinubu is not as selfish as some think.

mathskill:
You think Buhari is a betrayer like GEJ. You wish Buhari will betray the hand that fed him the way GEJ did to all well meaning people that supported him.Well you are in for a shock. Buhari is not an ungrateful person he is a General and wont dump hos troops after winning the battle but instead will work hand in hand with Tinubu to make sure changr is implemented.

Continue fooling yourself. Very soon, you will know that it was CPC that won the elections and not APC. People like you have been scammed by the north.

ogene007:
Continue fooling yourself. Very soon, you will know that it was CPC that won the elections and not APC. People like you have been scammed by the north.

Remove the speck of ignorance,hatred and sentiment from your eyes then you will be able to see the kind of person Buhari is

absoluteSuccess:
Thanks for your patience and analysis, but then you can't undervalue the fact that apc alliance with the north gave us the incoming republic. You can't downplay where the sympathy of that bloc will rest.

bros, in the game of politics there is nothing like sympathy,it is all about interest. The north didn't have sympathy for gej despite the fact that he gave them everything he wants. Buhari will consolidate his hold on power before cutting tinubu to size . And another thing we must realize is that ,no matter what ,the north still sees apc as a yoruba party, I forsee another party coming on board very soon. But very soon ,it will be north against the south, and the south west don't have enough power to counter either the north or the east. It would have been a different case entirely if the whole south west is under apc then tinubu and co will have a good bargaining chip.

Jesusloveyou:
gej and pdp wil live to remember tinubu

I swear down

onatisi:
bros, in the game of politics there is nothing like sympathy,it is all about interest. The north didn't have sympathy for gej despite the fact that he gave them everything he wants. Buhari will consolidate his hold on power before cutting tinubu to size . And another thing we must realize is that ,no matter what ,the north still sees apc as a yoruba party, I forsee another party coming on board very soon. But very soon ,it will be north against the south, and the south west don't have enough power to counter either the north or the east. It would have been a different case entirely if the whole south west is under apc then tinubu and co will have a good bargaining chip.

We are forecasting how things will play out. How about how things once played out? If Buhari is all powerful to be able to use and dump Tinubu, his machineries should have put him in power without Tinubu and the sympathy of the west in place of GEJ 2011.

mathskill:
Remove the speck of ignorance,hatred and sentiment from your eyes then you will be able to see the kind of person Buhari is

Time will tell

tp10:
A fake PDP propaganda.you guys are just disturbing yourself,the southwest has chosen buhari and we stand by our choice.the APC leaders remain together,tanoids dey cry.


Seun.they want to spoil your name.this is a silly cooked up opinion of one of abati boys and not that of Guardian.pls check and correct.

Point of correction, the southwest has not chosen bullhary but some people in southwest had voted for bullhary. Me i hate him like poo! He had bout 54 percent of southwest votes, so has sw chosen bullhary?

The northerns are patience and extremely smart when it comes to relationship.
Tinubu should do himself a favor and quickly realize that he is not dealing the ibos (the money hungry) or the Yorubas (the sentimental group).

This administration will never allow Tinubu to call any shots.. Now is the perfect time for him to count his blessings and lay as low as possible.

absoluteSuccess:
We are forecasting how things will play out. How about how things once played out? If Buhari is all powerful to be able to use and dump Tinubu, his machineries should have put him in power without Tinubu and the sympathy of the west in place of GEJ 2011.

politics is kinetic and never static . The politics of 1999 ,wasn't applicable in 2003 likewise 2003 wasn't applicable in 2007 and so on . What happened in 2011 was that the ruling party had a northern candidate and it was the north turn . But in 2015 it was the north against the south .

story for the gods

olutunde12:
Point of correction, the southwest has not chosen bullhary but some people in southwest had voted for bullhary. Me i hate him like poo! He had bout 54 percent of southwest votes, so has sw chosen bullhary?

So it was Jonathan they choose. Clowns.Buhari has won,the southwest voted,you people can continue una tears.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH .

All empires rise and fall. The Tinubu dynasty won't be an exception to this rule. What an intelligent piece from the writer. The writer intelligently dribbled through just to appear neutral cos he knows APC change crew are gonna come at him with all they got.

I hope Tinubu will not leave the lubricated horse côrk he's sitting on for a hot stove... Not cool if you ask me...

Hardly do many of you understand the article in my own opinion. The writer chose a Satire approach and many buried analysis is lost on you lot.