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I wont believe sahara reporters until a nigerian newspaper publish it.
sahara is full of lies. Therefore I reserved my comment for now as they always want disruption to happen in NIGERIA

Drama unfolding


Rochas sidelined

Amaechi sidelined

Tinubu emasculated and castrated

Who's next?



Who say abokee no get sense

Nigeria Politics is a Time Bomb and Saraki is their Albatross. . .

President Buhari‘s insistence that he was not
going to interfere on the affairs of the Parliament
is a major gaffe any way you slice it. The
Parliament, as stipulated in the Nigerian
Constitution, would determine whether or not his
change agenda would fail or succeed in Nigeria.

As a Lawyer and Visioneer with a deep passion
for d poor in Nigeria, I can tell you that.
The PDP began to irredeemably fall apart the day
their own Speaker of the House,
Tambuwal began to show more loyalty and
favoritism for the opposition party, and there was
nothing the PDP could do to bring him to order
before the situation got out of control.

Only in
Nigeria is that kind of disloyalty tolerated in a
party official. It is true that the Speaker of the
House must be neutral in his dealings with
members as much as humanly possible, but the
‘river that forgets its source or origin’ as
reminded us by Elemure Ogunyemi, the Ekiti
country music idol, is bound to dry up sooner
than later.

Tambuwal got away with his disloyalty because
he figured out that he could only be removed as
Speaker by a majority of members in his
Chamber, and nobody else, as stipulated by the
obnoxious Nigerian Constitution. Unwritten ‘laws
of decency’ should have required the Speaker to
do the right thing without being told, but
because politics in Nigeria is all about self rather
than the ultimate interest of the Nation and the
institution, Tambuwal got away with his perfidy.
Not only that, he went on to be called a hero and
a consummate politician in a country where
corruption has become a virtue and a way of life.

Everybody in the PDP knew he was to all intent
and purposes an APC member, but the PDP and were in total
denial. Tambuwal kept that advantage until the
very last moment when he publicly admitted he
was going to be the APC Governorship candidate
in Sokoto since he could not run for Presidency. He
won the governorship election by a landslide.
That could only mean he had been rooting for
the APC long before he made it official.
Even though d Presidency tried to shake
Tambuwal up by the Inspector General of
Police, Abubakar Abba withdrawing his
security details and the official cars and drivers
assigned to him as Speaker. Tambuwal went to
Court to challenge the move and won on legal
technicalities. The PDP went into the last
elections totally embarrassed and humiliated by
their own Speaker, legislators like Bukola Saraki
and Governors like Kwankwanso and Amaechi
who openly decamped into the opposition APC.

In his own case, Tambuwal only stopped short of
openly crossing carpet into the APC. He was
widely known to have been holding nocturnal
meetings with the APC Caucus while still claiming
allegiance to the PDP.

The House of Assembly in Abuja under the PDP
was a House of Commotion, Intrigues, Horse-
trading and Bribery if you get my point. Even
though Nigerians with exception of me and those of us without voters card massively voted for change on
March 28 and April 11, I can assure you that
nothing has changed and nothing is going to
change in Nigeria for two important reasons.

First, neither of the two major political parties in
Nigeria today have any verifiable ideology that
explains their value system and political leanings.
Neither of them operates the kind of party
supremacy that is so critical in every Democracy.
Once the Party takes a decision, no member,
however powerful or rich can change it, whether
on the floor of the Parliament or anywhere else in
Nigeria

The Action Group under Obafemi Awolowo
became the powerhouse that made the Western
Region the pace setter in Nigeria among its peers
like the NPC and the NCNC. Rich individuals like
Pa Alfred Rewani, late Pa Ajao and Pa Shonibare
of Lagos were moneybags in the same Action
Group, but they all had to abide by what the
Party says.

Even Awolowo, arguably the most
conscientious politician and strategist among our
leaders, knew he could not achieve anything as
party leader without party discipline and
supremacy.
Awolowo initially wanted to make free education
in the Old Western region both ‘universal’ and
‘compulsory’ but the party settled for universal
only. Awolowo had no other choice because the
party was supreme. If Awolowo, the party leader,
could do that, no other member could challenge
the party and remain in the Action Group.
Awolowo was that strict. It was not like the
“animal farm” of today where a deserter from the
PDP like Bukola Saraki would not take no for an
answer because he is hell bent on becoming
Senate President to gain immunity from public
prosecution for atrocities he committed with
“Societe-Generale Bank“ a public institution he
plundered.

I don’t blame the APC for accepting “leprous”
Saraki into their fold. The APC was like a
drowning man that would cling to a snake at the
time it accepted Saraki, and the gamble paid off
big time in Kwara State, if not the whole of
Nigeria. They must now deal with and tame the
monster or suffer the same fate as the PDP
suffered in Kwara. Saraki is a true son of his
father. He is in politics not to help humanity but
to laugh all the way to the Bank for his own
benefit. As Saraki has become Senate President,
forget it. That is the end of Buhari’s anti-
corruption agenda.

I have cited the above examples to show that
neither the PDP, nor the APC that dethroned the
PDP for the first time in more than 55 years in
Nigeria has anything other than selfish interest at
heart. It is a complete outrage and GOOD that Bukola
Saraki, who destroyed the PDP for his own selfish
gain is attempting the same thing in the APC.

Saraki is just like his twin brother in crime,Tambuwal the current Governor of Sokoto. He is the
Judas Iscariot of Nigerian Politics.
, the outlaw Governor has got away
with murder in Nigeria, e
Goodluck Jonathan’s policy was to Transform Nigeria and Nigerians from bad tendencies,vices,Corruption but Defectors openly encouraged the PDP
members in the new Senate and the House of
Representatives to muddy the waters for the APC
and cause confusion by voting en masse for Sola
Saraki as Senate President.

I have NEVER HAD confidence in the APC and I expected
President Buhari to be so sluggish and slow
at doing what was expected of them. They were
supposed to hit the ground running, but grew so
careless and Relaxed after "defeating" d PDP


I am also amazed, if not totally shocked, that one
week after Buhari’s inauguration he still has not
found the time to issue a statement on the 60
Nigerian officers and soldiers awaiting execution
for not fighting Boko Haram with their “bare
hands”. Boko Haram was fighting Nigeria with
tanks, armored vehicles, AK-47 rifles and other
deadly improvised bombs like what Biafrans call
“Ugbunigwe” during the 1967 to 1970 civil war.
These soldiers were expected to face this people
with prayer and fasting. That is just wicked.

It is unconscionable that Buhari, a retired 4-star
General has not seen the need to issue a
statement on the fate of those brave soldiers
within a week of his inauguration. The Chief of Defense Staff and the other heads of the
Army, the Navy, and the Air Force who worked
with Goodluck Jonathan are still there,because they were recently appointed
Buhari looks fine to
me right now to keep quiet and not say a word its his style,no Idiagbon,dis is a Democratic system.

It also beats my imagination that the same
Buhari, up till now, has not said a word on the
fate of Captain Sagir Koli, who blew the whistle
on the covert operations that helped Fayose rig
the election in Ekiti on June 21.

"Brigadier-General
Aliyu Momoh, the commanding officer of the
operation is still in the Military, while Sagir Koli
has had to runaway from Nigeria to avoid" Pls it is Brig Gen Hafiz Momoh Rtd fmr NYSC DG/
Yet, Buhari still wants Nigeria to believe
he is the Messiah, coming to save Nigeria. If you
believe that crap, I have an island to sell to you
in the Pacific. Time is of the essence. Buhari is
damaging himself irredeemably in the court of
public opinion for all of the above.

Disillusionment has set in for many of his
supporters across Nigeria.!! I am very
Impressed with what he has done in his first
two weeks in office. I am very happy today
about his silence than anything else. I know dis is what nigerians will get 4 vpoting him into office
there is a limit to how much he could have done
in 2 weeks at least he has issued
some statements to assure Nigerians that he is
not totally lost or overwhelmed by the sheer
enormity of the problems he has to confront via his special assistants nd new 15 special advisers who are "ministers in training".

I believe dat baba knows it all and does not need any ones advice or control to run nigeria,he is experienced and a former head of state!!!

"" Buhari is losing momentum and I deeply regret that.
Buhari has told us enough about Nigerian
problems. What Nigerians want to hear now are
his solutions to these problems. I am not talking
of solutions that would require the involvement
of the Senate or the House of Representative or
the Judiciary. I am talking of solutions that he is
able to do with executive orders. He should make
himself and his Vice President a shining example
of the change he wants to see in Nigeria just like
El Rufai and his Deputy Governor have done in
Kaduna State. They both declared in their
inaugural address that they would both accept a
50 percent salary cut until further notice.

That Buhari is yet to name a single member of
his cabinet and principal officers close to 2 weeks
after inauguration is proof that the man is not
ready for prime time. I am saying it out loud
because I want the man to succeed. I can tell
you right now that what Buhari has promised to
do in Nigeria cannot be achieved with the level of
sloppiness and lethargy he has shown in his first
two weeks in office.
He offered Nigerians a sartorial list of the
problems he wants to tackle but he has not
articulated the ends, the ways and the means for
solving those problems with any comprehensive
strategy. What he is trying to do cannot be done
with his current level of commitment and drive.
It is sad to say but it is the truth.""

I fully understand that Buhari is trying to
convince his critics he is no longer the maximum
dictator he used to be as a military ruler but he is
doing it the wrong way by looking weak and
incompetent. By openly telling Nigerian he would
not interfere in what is going on in the
Parliament, he became spineless.

""I would not be complaining this much if I saw
some convincing evidence he really wants to
strengthen the supremacy of the APC. I see no
evidence of a guiding ideology that should
influence all of Buhari’s decisions. I see none of
that and I think the observation should be of
concern to all Nigerians like me who voted for
change on March 28 and April 11.
The APC won 59 seats in the Senate and the PDP
won 49 in the new Parliament. The APC won 213
out of the 360 seats in the House of
Representatives leaving the remaining 147 to the
PDP, the APGA and the other parties in Nigeria. If
you compare that margin of victory with what
normally obtains in stable Democracies like the
United States, Britain and the State of Israel, you
will all see that the APC has a majority that is
comfortable enough to be able to effectively and
successfully govern Nigeria. What if the margin
of victory for the APC was much smaller? The APC
has no excuse to give right now. If it fails it will
have nobody but itself to blame"".

I don’t care about the horse-trading currently
going on in the Parliament. The bottom line is
that the legislators sponsored by the majority
party must be seen to have won. That it did not
happen is a bad omen for Nigeria’s nascent
Democracy under the APC.

I don’t care how the APC and Buhari do it, the
duo of Saraki and Ekweremadu as Senate
President and Deputy President is as a major
humiliation and defeat for the APC, and more so
for Buhari and Osinbajo, and a bad omen for the
interest and future of Nigeria.
I rest my case"".


Congratulations to d new Senate President and d Able Deputy Senate President!!!
Its a new Dawn

Boyooosa:
sh*t happens even in the United States

but not like naija's own jare

comelylady:
Why must he hold the meeting on such an important hour. Anywhere, God has a way of destroying the plans of evil planers. Politics is now the game of the intellect. I am falling in love with it.

what u don't understand is that even if they show up for the Inauguration, they will still lose to Saraki, Saraki had 57 votes, the remaining 51 went to meeting....They were just looking for an excuse, so that they will say they were not present n saraki Boycott the meeting so that he could win, n label Saraki a Betrayer.

They say they don't have sense, they re smarter than u think

Sahara reporters your stories are always fictional. How can a meeting be fixed the same day and time as inauguration when the inauguration was never canceled?

Ezenwammadu:
Smart politics

dirty politics. I hope saraki does not have any skeleton in his cupboard,if he does,he better go and clean it up. This film is just about to commence and na roforofo fight be the title.

what u don't understand is that even if they show up for the Inauguration, they will still lose to Saraki, Saraki had 57 votes, the remaining 51 went to meeting....They were just looking for an excuse, so that they will say they were not present n saraki Boycott the meeting so that he could colabo with PDP n win , n label Saraki a Betrayer.

Don't say they don't have sense, they re smarter than u think

I don't believe this post at all. How will he call a meeting for 9am and by 11am not show up? As at the 9am he called for the meeting, Saraki had not been elected. Another story i heard is that he was not the one that called for the meeting at all. Let's see how it pans out.

PointB:
The Duara Dullard scheduled a meeting for 9am. As at past 10 am when the election started he wasn't at the venue of his scheduled meeting? Who deceived who?

I'll say Buhari played a fast on APC/Tinubu! hehehehehe

Another line of inquiry to examine whether PMB is complicit in dis mess.

Good thinking dat is.

adeekiti:
but not like naija's own jare

it might be more sophisticated over there, but they shitter tins... u ll be surprised when you read about Richard Nixon, their ex-president. He was far far desperate than what they playing now, they are just learners.

adeekiti:
weyrey le le yi o, na ur fault?

No wonder,so u r part of d ystrday shame?Tinubutivs....shame on ur ppl,datz 2bad of u.
Dat bil u nd tinubu is plannin to smugl into d house wil nt work.clowns.

ideylaff:
What is the fun in ego driven and over ambitious people we voted for .
Ehhhn

if u r to be saraki u wil do dsame.thy is no permanent friend or enemy in politics bt permanent interest d dat is wat we saw. Yestrday

you guys actually voted for CPC , ANPP and PDP disguising as APC in the last election. why are you surprised?? some pple no wan hear another party name and these politicians don do their research and spiritual findings n they been told APC wld emerge so they begin to jump in the APC ship with PDP, ANPP and CPC minds. above all Hausa needed the power back and it favored them in Buhari. PDP only mistake was fielding a non-Northern man. abeg enjoy your votes for the next four years

millionboi:
No wonder,so u r part of d ystrday shame?Tinubutivs....shame on ur ppl,datz 2bad of u.
Dat bil u nd tinubu is plannin to smugl into d house wil nt work.clowns.

yaba left straight

Boyooosa:
it might be more sophisticated over there, but they shitter tins... u ll be surprised when you read about Richard Nixon, their ex-president. He was far far desperate than what they playing now, they are just learners.

hmmm

Each time I read article on Nigeria politics or nation issues I wept profusely, I occasionally comment on this platform because it's meant to be an educative and solution sharing medium to the evil act going on in our blessed Nation. But people here are also behaving like the Nigeria politicians using all kind of abusive languages. Let us use this platform to help prefer solutions to the multi - facet problems of our great nation.
Majority of Nigerians are outside the shore of Nigeria languishing and suffering in diaspora all because of leaders have failed us all. Great Britain is great not because they have God's endowed natural resources, but because they had great men of vision with human feelings at the core of their heart. Nigeria is greater than Great Britain in terms of natural resources yet we are still living the stone age.
Fellow Nairalanders, I want to ask us a question, does Nigeria Government or its officials do read from this platform, do they have knowledge of what people are writing on this platform or does Nairaland have a way of getting them to the appropriate quarters. ? If not we have not started yet, I believe they should hear people's view as they are too far away from the reach of the people.they claim to govern. May God help us from this process I called " recyclement".

From all indications, Saraki is just interested in matching his father's achievement of being Senate President and he is not interested in the success of his tenure as Senate President. How can you get elected the way he did and he expects to reign in peace. I guess the PDP in him is still active. I make bold to predict that he will not last 4yrs as Senate President. Watch out for when half of the Senate will sit to impeach him and I will wait to hear him say quorum was not formed. There are indeed tumultuous times ahead for the Legislature.

doublewisdom:
You got the best moniker of the year.

omooba969:
Another line of inquiry to examine whether PMB is complicit in dis mess.

Good thinking dat is.

It's logical.


Buhari: I'll me you at 9am
APC Senators: Yes sir

9am (Conference Centre)
APC Senators: (All Seated, waiting) Where is Buhari?

10:05 am (Red Chamber)
Clerk of House: Makes pronouncement, and open nominations


10.17 am (Conference Centre)
APC Members: (Scampers off to Red Chamber on hearing of the on-going election)

Alas too little, too late:

Buhari: (Somewhere in Abuja, hears the news, turns around)


Who deceived who?

Buhari or Saraki?

omooba969:
Sweet & exciting to call it 'game' , I hope u won't come bck here crying like a baby wen APC ppl show up wit their joker.

I had hoped our politicians would seize d opportunity to set d record straight in dis new dispensation but the leopard neva changes itz fur!

FYI, am for oneness, sanity & orderliness. These old fo0lz r messing abt playing d dirty tricks they r well known for & u r happy to embrace it as 'game'...wot a pity.

Oh! Thank God for your newfound faith: Oneness, Sanity and Orderliness. You never realized this when GEJ was still in power, as you used to be one of the popular anti-TANoids we have on this forum. Good defensive tactics! But to me, politics is still a game

appini:
Honour does not exist in our politics.

Buhari is too dull to operate in today's Nigeria's political terrain.

He is not too dull Maybe he is too honest to operate in Nigeria that is completely infested with any type of immorality you can Imagine.
Honestly I see no future for this country unless a miracle Hmmmm a miracle

DauraDullard:
Oh! Thank God for your newfound faith: Oneness, Sanity and Orderliness. You never realized this when GEJ was still in power, as you used to be one of the popular anti-TANoids we have on this forum. Good defensive tactics! But to me, politics is still a game

Judging by your moniker, you seem to be one of those not interested in the development of the nation but rather you seek payback for the defeat of your beloved GEJ. I hereby declare you in contempt and sentence you to a mandatory lifetime of bitterness!

stechi:
guy,u suppose dey produce some comedy skits,honestly.....i don laff tire for here.......

PointB:
It's logical.
Buhari: I'll me you at 9am
APC Senators: Yes sir
9am (Conference Centre)
APC Senators: (All Seated, waiting) Where is Buhari?
10:05 am (Red Chamber)
Clerk of House: Makes pronouncement, and open nominations
10.17 am (Conference Centre)
APC Members: (Scampers off to Red Chamber on hearing of the on-going election)
Alas too little, too late:
Buhari: (Somewhere in Abuja, hears the news, turns around)
Who deceived who?
Buhari or Saraki?

PointB:
It's logical.
Buhari: I'll me you at 9am
APC Senators: Yes sir
9am (Conference Centre)
APC Senators: (All Seated, waiting) Where is Buhari?
10:05 am (Red Chamber)
Clerk of House: Makes pronouncement, and open nominations
10.17 am (Conference Centre)
APC Members: (Scampers off to Red Chamber on hearing of the on-going election)
Alas too little, too late:
Buhari: (Somewhere in Abuja, hears the news, turns around)
Who deceived who?
Buhari or Saraki?

The meeting na cover up, they will still lose if they had shown up at the inauguration, The fact that Saraki had gotten 49 PDP senators support n 8 APC senators ..there's only 51 left 4 lawan, they re acting like he boycotted the meeting to win.....think about it....they just want to label him a betrayer

Brugo:
The same Saraki who destroyed PDP from within.

One thing is sure: If Saraki had been chosen by APC the PDP would have voted for Lawan. The deception was not necessary cos as we have seen, Dogara won without all the drama.

APC is a young group. There are many heavyweights within the party. With time, things will settle.

The good news is that Buhari can still achieve most of his goals with Executive power alone.

...which arse hole GEJ never knew existed or didn't know how to use.

ad eekiti:
Na wa sha, what has politic turn to in naija, our leaders acting like kids and turning the nation with remote controls

SARAKI DID NOTHING WRONG. GMB N APC HAD GUT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NASS. NASS IS SUPPOSE TO BE INPENDENT.

SARAKI CONGRATS

abbey621:
[s]Judging by your moniker, you seem to be one of those not interested in the development of the nation but rather you seek payback for the defeat of your beloved GEJ. I hereby declare you in contempt and sentence you to a mandatory lifetime of bitterness![/s]

Arrant nonsense! What does "bitterness" mean? I don't even understand that word anymore because I'm enjoying myself here. I should rather encourage you to ask God to give you the fortitude to bear the four years of constant rebuttals that await you. Good day!

DauraDullard:
Arrant nonsense! What does "bitterness" mean? I don't even understand that word anymore because I'm enjoying myself here. I should rather encourage you to ask God to give you the fortitude to bear the four years of constant rebuttals that await you. Good day!

If creating a nuisance on Nairaland is what brings joy to your life then keep it up.......Awesome achievement

lukecent:
Too long but I managed to finish it.

The truth is Buhari was not preparing for governance before he was elected rather he, Rotimi & co were preparing for violence.
During campaign he was only saying 'I ll fight corruption' 'I ll stop boko haram' 'I ll make one dollar equal one naira etc. He never told us how he ll do all these.
Now he needs time, may be 4 yrs, to work these out.

The Fulani Daura President