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bnovative:
Fidel Albert is a lawyer who has handled a lot of court cases for apc, and he wrote this:

I am APC through and through. At least as
of today. I detest the PDP and what they
stood for the past 16 years. I cannot
touch the PDP with a ten meter pole. But
i would be mad to imagine that the APC is
that Bethsaida Pool, or even the River of
Jordan, that enjoys the fellowship of
angels who trouble its waters, and
instantly heals every soul that is diseased,
once they are immersed as members. I
have no such delusion. Nor do i imagine
every member of PDP to have been evil.
Some people did excellently either as PDP
members or as serving in the successive
PDP governments. On the other hand,
there are questions regarding the
integrity of several APC chieftains that
have not been properly answered till this
very day. But because we imagine the
APC to be the River of Jordan, and this
people are the gatekeepers, we conclude
therefore that their leprous souls have
been healed. But i have no such
delusions.


The other day, I thought myself good-
natured to wish Goodluck Jonathan a
happy birthday on facebook. I did this
because despite being his opponent
politically, and actively campaigning
against him, i recognized that he did this
country a great service by conceding
defeat at the polls, deflating the palpable
tension and deflecting what was an
imminent crisis. I thought he deserved
my gratitude for being so graceful and
elegant in defeat. My friends thought i
had betrayed the APC by felicitating with
the man on his birthday. Only that! Such
hypocrites.
Where was i again when Fayemi lost to
Fayose in 2014 and called to congratulate
Fayose. The entire APC hierarchy went
mad! How could he dare? How can he
concede defeat? What impudence! APC
never conceded defeat in that election.
As a matter of fact, APC challenged that
election right up to the Supreme Court,
and lost all the way. But guess what?
Fayemi, the candidate, was not joined as
a party to the petition. He was left out of
the fray. So, for those who said conceding
defeat was a common place gesture and
should not be commended, do not forget
APC's reaction in 2014, in the Ekiti
election. Do not also forget that this
country was boiling in 2015, and boiling
hot, and GEJ's action alone was, in my
view, responsible for diffusing that
tension. Can we forget so easily how
crowded MM International Airport was,
with people scratching and clawing to get
out before the polls? So many people
relocated from Nigeria. I even recall a
friend of mine, whose child was born in
the US, receive a call from the American
embassy that they wanted their Citizen,
his child, out of Nigeria before the
elections. Who can deny the prevailing
sentiments of that period?


It would seem the politics of Nigeria is
"either or." So i can't be caught talking to
a PDP member if i am in APC and vice
versa. Or no matter what, I must
demonise everything PDP and eulogise
everything APC. I cannot do that. Where
GEJ did well, I'll give him credit. Where
Buhari fails, I'll be the first to criticize
him. Maybe i'm not Nigerian.
I do not imagine Buhari to be God. At
least he is not my GOD. He is not above
reproach. He is not beyond criticism. In
any event, I am naturally iconoclastic. My
congenital tendency is to dare, where
others fret. So you can understand when i
say that I see nothing divine in him,
except that providence made him
President, against all odds. And it was for
a reason. So when all economic indices
are low, and I, as an ordinary man, feel
the suffocating squeeze on a daily basis,
and people who should be concerned are
rather aimlessly defending, or inventing
subterfuges, on a daily basis, because
BUHARI is president, then i feel
extremely sorry. I am an APC man
through and through, but i wont be caught
dead on that bandwagon.


There is no substitute for self-examinatio
n for the APC. PDP died the day it lost its
conscience and could no longer take an
objective view of its policies and actions.
If we must survive as a party, we must be
able to listen, listen hard and respond to
criticism. The criticism must not always
be constructive, but our response must
be. We must always take the moral high
road and be blameless. And the one way
of ensuring that APC dies very soon, is to
set up and worship a mere mortal as god,
before whom we must all fall in obeisance
and ask no questions. Once we've been
able to set up a cult personality in Buhari
and momentarily convulse in blind rage
anytime he is criticized, then we are ready
to die, as PDP died. So, when the Army
kills and maims, at the slightest
provocation and you say Buhari is right, a
piece in us dies. When a Court grants bail
and someone uses executive fiat to
unconstitutionally detain suspects in
custody, and you say Buhari is right,
another piece dies. When socialist policies
are introduced into a free market
economy with the immediate effect that i
can no longer pay for goods abroad, or
access my hard-earned cash abroad, or
even freely trade internationally and you
say Buhari is right, yet another piece dies.
We will continue to die, i assure you, in
installments, piece after piece, as we
insist on living in self-denial, till it
becomes difficult to know the exact place,
time and occasion we indeed died.


Recently, I had the ultimate
embarrassment in Dubai Mall where i
went shopping. I had parked several
items to the counter and confidently
whipped out my card to make payment.
When the figures were punched in, alas
my card was blocked. A message came on
the POS machine "do not honor purchases
on this card." And the Arabs looked at me
funny. What? For what offence? I have
never served in Government or stolen
Government funds. But my president cast
his anti-corruption net too wide and now
has a quarry of both fishermen and fishes
in his net. Let the fishermen go, and let
the fishes fry. The law, as implemented,
must be able to distinguish both. Or not?
Let me say that given the short duration
of his government, Buhari has done
extremely well in some areas. And I
commend him for this. Electricity is near
constant now. This is phenomenal. And I
don't share the sentiments of the
deluded GEJites, who would be quick to
say GEJ put together the structure.
Buhari has fixed, or shall i say is fixing,
power. That is a good thing. The PDP
government could not achieve this in 16
years. The war on corruption is also
splendid. My only misgiving is that it
seems a bit one-sided. Only prominent
PDP members. There has to be one
person in APC, defunct ACN, ANPP or any
other party who held power in any state
in Nigeria between 1999 and 2015 who
was corrupt. Who stole government
funds. And i don't mean Saraki. None?
That would be an absolute miracle. But
let's keep looking, so that we do not
entirely discredit the motive of the anti-
graft campaign as being a witch-hunt
exercise. Let's keep looking at and into
the APC, we might just find one person
and show a good example of our internal
self-cleansing policy.


The most critical thing now, requiring
urgent attention, is the economy. The
economy has to be fixed. I recognise that
we met it in shambles. Everything PDP
touched turned to dust, no doubt. PDP
was Midas bewitched. But we cannot
spend the next four years crying about
how bad we met the economy. We knew
how bad it was before we aspired to fix
it. It was the punchline of our campaign
promises. We've won the elections now.
It's time to get to work. We must open
up the economy instead of closing it. Lure
back the investors, as they make painful
detours to Ghana and Cameroun. Keep
the cash flowing in the system. Give
attention to education. It's a tough job,
mind. But there just has to be a better
way to do this than the socialist ideology
that seems to be unfolding.


There we are! I have had my say. Let the
heavens fall.
Still loyal to the APC.

Fidel Albert? Have taken note of that name. You sound as strong as the name. I respect you for deductive reasoning, and I'll pray for more of your kind. You have my respect for this inspiring piece.

mysteriousman:
I'm not complaining, most third world countries that later developed, were transformed by the military into developing ones

Haven't we had our share of military intervention?

freeze001:
Let me ask u, is it the name and structure of the party PDP that wrought havoc in Nigeria or the human members and leaders of the party? Who are the current members of APC and what are their antecedents? Is it party membership that determines capability or the innate character of the people who make up such parties?

With all the accidents that have occurred with airplanes and vehicles, whom do u blame? The operators or the vehicle/airplane? If the same person handles a v-boot recklessly will he suddenly become a better driver because he now handles a Toyota?

Pls allow the boy to wallow in his folly;
For such is the destiny of aisha's "agent of change".

JaredNomak:
Is this the only sensible guy in APC?

This man has my absolute respect!

Hope he didn't write this cos Buhari made him look like a thief in Dubai

Likely, all the same, he made a lot sense.

An interesting write up. Very mature.

As I recently stated in another post, Nigerians need to dissuade themselves of absolute thinking. Things are never absolute in life. If you study many of the people that are universally venerated toady(Churchill, Mandela, Martin Luther King...etc) you'll find some events/episodes that reflect negatively on them. It can't be otherwise for no man/woman is perfect only the ALMIGHTY is perfect. By the same token many of characters who are universally derided also have some positive traits. For example many people don't realize that Babangida had to overcome significant resistance from the Northern religious establishment in order to re-establish diplomatic relations with Isreal. Abacha for all his negativity stood up to the British when they banned Nigerian Airways by banning BA from Nigeria, and despite economic and political sanctions, was able to enthrone democracy in Siera Leonne.
My point here is that we should try and control our emotions and look at things objectively for things are seldom black or white but mostly a shade of grey.

I've never been a Buhari supporter, I've got my reasons for that stand, but I've defended him on NL and will continue to do so when people make unfair attacks on him. The man is trying to do his best in very difficult circumstances.

However there are very legitimate issues that he and his govt must be held to account for. The recent budget shambles is a case in point. Some of the figures being branded about are plain scandalous and for a govt that was elected on the mantra of CHANGE, it's simply unacceptable. I want to believe it was due to the late appointment of minsters (especially the Minister of Budget and Planning and the Minister of Finance) and hopefully we will not see a repeat of this in future budgets.

To the Buhari supporters out there, please try and learn not take every criticism of Buhari as some kind of attack. Did you parents who love you, not criticize you when you did wrong? If you want him to succeed and be re-elected in 2019 then you guys should actually be his loudest critics, when he goes wrong. Shouting 'Sai Baba' all over the place even when the president does something that is clearly wrong, is no way to help him.

mikolo80:
so basically you've got no argument, just insults. obviously grandma failed to raise up her child well and they've now passed the torch to you. pity your children abeg and don't teach them what will get them lynched

so you too think you have a point... Nna go and find a life see you talking of training up a child.. If I can't I will call you to do it for me... Omo were

uchejames2:
so you too think you have a point... Nna go and find a life see you talking of training up a child.. If I can't I will call you to do it for me... Omo were

your fada left lebe

freeze001:
Let me ask u, is it the name and structure of the party PDP that wrought havoc in Nigeria or the human members and leaders of the party? Who are the current members of APC and what are their antecedents? Is it party membership that determines capability or the innate character of the people who make up such parties?

In the National Assembly that has more APC messiahs as party members, did u hear any party divide when they unanimously screamed 'nay' against a downward review of their emoluments?

With all the accidents that have occurred with airplanes and vehicles, whom do u blame? The operators or the vehicle/airplane? If the same person handles a v-boot recklessly will he suddenly become a better driver because he now handles a Toyota?

so which is better, apc or pdp.
very simple question.
it's not complicated.
I don't give a hoot about black or white cats so long as they catch mice
I'm a realist
you're waiting for Jesus to come down to solve our problems
your strategy not workable
yes both bad situations but we have to choose one

bilulu:
u re jux too blind..... Who gave license for u to own d phone u re holding ryt now

they gave it free abi.
where is nitel
you lucky that thuraya didn't come first you for still de queue to make call de carry mumu nitel card around de put inside freezer

Nashoji:
I can't believe that one person can be these senseless. why can't pretend to have a single sense?

upon the whole article, you can't even comprehend a thing from it. chai, bros, you too dull.

your papa, your papa ma in de senseless. may ayelala strike your family down for supporting pdp
may sopono loot your future like dasuki Jona and patience did Max your wife be dull like dizzy, effing bastardy

nice and balanced yet somewhat biased post
nice and balanced for 90% objectivity
biased for trying to discredit gej for putting the power structure together has he forgotten that power distribution was privatized under gej and since pmb took over, status quo has remained?
well, b!@fr@ is all we ask for so just like the lawyer, i am not nigerian

R For

MIKOLOWISKA:
your fada left lebe

ur dad sucks ask ur mum

MIKOLOWISKA:
they gave it free abi.
where is nitel
you lucky that thuraya didn't come first you for still de queue to make call de carry mumu nitel card around de put inside freezer

under GEJ elections were so peaceful n results declared accordingly...... is dat not an achievement? under ur god elections has turn to bloodbath n inconclusive. If he can not conduct an election in d smallest state in Nigeria I wonder how 2019 will look like

jimharry21:
it's only you and your God know exactly where your loyalty resides?

It's not a matter of loyalty. This is our country, mine and yours and our children's. The future of it lies in our hands. We need to do things better than we did before but we are so blinded my material gains and myopic to views of others if they do not belong to the same sect as us. He's only trying to say we should work together as one and stop fighting each other. It's not a case of tribe or party or religion, it is a case of WE.

WE ARE ONE. GOD BLESS NIGERIA

dat lawya has been decieved. GEJ d foundation of wat d zoo is enjoying especially power. APC is Scam!

bilulu:
under GEJ elections were so peaceful n results declared accordingly...... is dat not an achievement? under ur god elections has turn to bloodbath n inconclusive. If he can not conduct an election in d smallest state in Nigeria I wonder how 2019 will look like

all the elections under gej were 'sacrificed ' as small fish due to federal might
not worth fighting for internship and all were lost by apc
now that pdp is losing dem no wan gree. why are you all bad losers even after rigging

uchejames2:
R For ur dad sucks ask ur mum

your mama right nippleu

MIKOLOWISKA:
your mama right nippleu

every single foolishness in you and ur dad was a perfect hit, from stealing to raping was back to back your father never ceases to perplex me., I hate to say this but ur daddy is your mummy

freeze001:
Let me ask u, is it the name and structure of the party PDP that wrought havoc in Nigeria or the human members and leaders of the party? Who are the current members of APC and what are their antecedents? Is it party membership that determines capability or the innate character of the people who make up such parties?

In the National Assembly that has more APC messiahs as party members, did u hear any party divide when they unanimously screamed 'nay' against a downward review of their emoluments?

With all the accidents that have occurred with airplanes and vehicles, whom do u blame? The operators or the vehicle/airplane? If the same person handles a v-boot recklessly will he suddenly become a better driver because he now handles a Toyota?

this right here is what I've been saying, I don't know if it is the excessive garri nigerians consume everyday that robs them of logic and reasoning. what and who is pdp? the name or the umbrella logo or the people in the party? if you agree it was/is the people in the party, what happens when the people who were part and parcel of this party for 16years move to another party? riddle me this, if you remove a good number of rotten eggs from crate A and put them in crate B, which of the crates is free of rotten eggs?

MIKOLOWISKA:
all the elections under gej were 'sacrificed ' as small fish due to federal might
not worth fighting for internship and all were lost by apc
now that pdp is losing dem no wan gree. why are you all bad losers even after rigging

how state did APC lost? or ve u forgotten how GEJ use to congratulate winners whether from PDP or APC....... bros remember wen u paint anyone bad dey also ve their gud side

MIKOLOWISKA:
all the elections under gej were 'sacrificed ' as small fish due to federal might
not worth fighting for internship and all were lost by apc
now that pdp is losing dem no wan gree. why are you all bad losers even after rigging

who was on seat wen Oshiomole came to power? Don't say wat u don't no bros..... even wen PDP lost GEJ always congratulate dem but ur god can't do anything......

bilulu:
who was on seat wen Oshiomole came to power? Don't say wat u don't no bros..... even wen PDP lost GEJ always congratulate dem but ur god can't do anything......

you're the ones that make people your god or Jesus. we just tired of pdp and cluelessness.and since only baba and tinubu our only option we chose them. no matter how bad they are far better than pdp

bilulu:
how state did APC lost? or ve u forgotten how GEJ use to congratulate winners whether from PDP or APC....... bros remember wen u paint anyone bad dey also ve their gud side

why will I congratulate a looter. gej just congratulating fellow looters. we the masses just want to get rid of pdp. when the time comes we get rid of apc and put better ppl there. small small we get there. na congratulation we go chop. gej know you cannot win in those states even with federal might

uchejames2:
every single foolishness in you and ur dad was a perfect hit, from stealing to raping was back to back your father never ceases to perplex me., I hate to say this but ur daddy is your mummy

your grandmas clitoriss

mikolo80:
mention one good thing pdp did

Am not a member of any political party but am prmpted to mention one good thing PDP did that affected us all positively. . . GSM. INTERNET. . . . . .

If u think that's not good enough then . . .

masterblogger:
Am not a member of any political party but am prmpted to mention one good thing PDP did that affected us all positively. . . GSM. INTERNET. . . . . .

If u think that's not good enough then . . .

that was a private investment by the comms companies. verily I say unto you if thuraya had come first we will not have GSM today. pdp want to ensure our poverty so that they can always win election with rice sharing. apc are also Brooks but slightly better than pdp

mikolo80:
that was a private investment by the comms companies. verily I say unto you if thuraya had come first we will not have GSM today. pdp want to ensure our poverty so that they can always win election with rice sharing. apc are also Brooks but slightly better than pdp

Please what private investment has this government brought that can be compared to GSM, INTERNET

mikolo80:
that was a private investment by the comms companies. verily I say unto you if thuraya had come first we will not have GSM today. pdp want to ensure our poverty so that they can always win election with rice sharing. apc are also Brooks but slightly better than pdp

Please what private investment has this government brought that can be compared to GSM, INTERNET . FYI thuraya is in Nigeria, I know some couple of friends who own one. Most importantly name 1 investment private or public that can be compared with the GSM

masterblogger:
Please what private investment has this government brought that can be compared to GSM, INTERNET . FYI thuraya is in Nigeria, I know some couple of friends who own one. Most importantly name 1 investment private or public that can be compared with the GSM

obj used 8 years to give us GSM,baba never reach 8 months. allow baba do eight years(him no go do pass 4) , if he fail I will agree with you. although just removing pdp from power is already a pass mark for me. it will force both parties to work harder next election.

masterblogger:
Please what private investment has this government brought that can be compared to GSM, INTERNET . FYI thuraya is in Nigeria, I know some couple of friends who own one. Most importantly name 1 investment private or public that can be compared with the GSM

read and comprehend, I said if, if, if thuraya came first first first bfor bfor bfor GSM