₦airaland Forum

It would have been so easy if anger could solve
problems. We would have chosen the path of the
prophecy of the legendary Bob Marley of blessed
memory. “A total destruction, the only solution.
They aren’t no use, no one can stop them now!”
Quite obviously, the civil war that seemed to have
been avoided in March 2015 on the heels of
former President Jonathan’s concession of defeat
to retired General Muhammadu Buhari, is now
looming large more than ever before. Who didn’t
feel a chill up the spine when the carefully
choreographed theatre of the absurd played out
at the collation centre of election results on that
fateful sunny day when ex-Minister Orubebe
starred as the notorious bad boy and angel of
doom? Who didn’t feel the eerie air of silence that
seemed to have paralysed the nation in
expectation of the second Act?
Again, who did not heave a sigh of relief when
Goodluck Jonathan finally did the needful and
called Muhammadu Buhari on telephone to
concede the obvious defeat that was only waiting
to be announced? Who?
Of what relevance is that today, though, in the
face of dreadful realities portending danger and
misery for the Niger Delta and the rest of the
country?
Indeed, every fair-minded analyst knew what it
meant for Nigeria when news broke out that
former President Jonathan performed the
historical act that was done before him only by
Dimeji Bankole at a lower level, to concede
electoral defeat and congratulate the rightful
winner. We knew the pit of hell that Nigeria was
rescued from and agreed that Jonathan deserved
accolades.
Tragically too, we knew very many things that we
did not want Jonathan to get away with. One
generally known fact is that no nation on earth
makes budgetary provisions for the re-election
campaign of any political leader. Nigeria was no
exception. Yet information dominated the
airwaves of the free flow of hard currency for
gratifications to mobilise support from all nooks
and corners for Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election.
Ridiculous pictures hit the airwaves, of an
incumbent president kneeling and crawling for
prayers before witches, pastors and imams.
Millions of dollars were paid for spiritual salvation
and physical manipulations.
Today, thanks to the dogged but expected efforts
of President Muhammadu Buhari, these issues are
no longer speculations but common knowledge
that will soon be widely validated by judicial
pronouncements. Government and party officials,
who knew so well that there was no budgetary
allocation for the re-election campaign of the
president are now trying in vain to feign
ignorance of the source of the money that was
disbursed to them to prosecute the president’s
re-election campaign. The giver and the taker of
stolen money are often considered trapped in the
same cage in the spirit of the law. Ignorance is no
excuse.
The same applies to a cousin or next-of-kin of the
president, who is officially awarded a $40 million
contract and is paid upfront in full for doing
nothing.
A lot happened prior to the elections too.
Sanusigate ended up in some Pricewater charade
with whistleblowers rather than the perpetrators
of crime being hunted beyond all bounds. The
perpetrators revelled in triumph and emptiness,
believing in the power of the highest political
instance. The brigandage of an elitist clique called
the shots in the land much to the amazement
and fury of the discerning minds. A nation was
simply bastardised by drinkers of liquor and many
who should have known better.
No doubt that the anger was immense that
Jonathan sought to paper-over with the virtue of
conceding an electoral defeat that was not
orchestrated to look as such. The sweetness of
the moment was compounded by memories of
the vicious rape committed on a single nation in
the belief of raping the nation on a turn-by-turn
basis and from region to region. Worse still, it was
led by a man who, Nigerians erroneously believed,
was blessed with the highest possible academic
decoration as a symbol of intellectual superiority.
Now, we know that former President Jonathan is
immensely constrained intellectually by virtue of
his actions and omissions. Discerning Nigerians –
not the half-educated and emotionally
overwhelmed soldier-bees – had long come to
terms with this reality and accepted that an
internationally brokered soft-landing (even
though only speculated) for the ex-president may
be grudgingly accepted in the interest of peace.
That much was the status quo until Sahara
Reporters threw the bombshell. We will come to
that later.
No one anticipated the enormity of the theft that
the former president supervised until fingers
started pointing at him repeatedly, as the
legitimator of the loots that turned the Central
Bank to a self-service snack bar. The deliberate
weakening of the Nigerian Armed Forces through
the free ride granted the Generals to loot the
coffers blind was complemented by the
suspected arming of rebel forces in the creeks
with warships from Norway, as far as we know in
public space. Former President Obasanjo worried
aloud about fighters sponsored by President
Jonathan, who were receiving military training
overseas. His open letter claiming the stock-piling
of weapons by Jonathan’s men is no secret to the
nation. Today, some militants are boasting of
missiles to strike the presidential palace.
It all started with the curious and sudden
resurgence of secession agitation led by one
pathetic but fully misguided agent of the invisible
forces that was quickly tamed and quarantined
by the forces of re-organised authority. Having
been frustrated in that angle, the forces obviously
regrouped and activated the alternative option of
restarting the Niger Delta militancy, again, under
the pretext of marginalisation.
They proceeded to launch treasonable sabotage
attacks on the economic lifeline of the country
and did not care that they were subjecting their
region to the more serious collateral impact of
environmental hardship. While speculations have
been rife on the evil project being the brainchild
of political sponsorship, no one saw the bombshell
coming that indeed elected and trusted officers of
state in charge of public funds would come
anywhere near sympathising with the diabolical
notion of the criminals in the creek.
Indeed, like me, many Nigerians are waiting and
hoping they will wake up soon from a deep sleep
and understand that the bombshell exploded by
Sahara Reporters was just a dream after all.
The yet-unrefuted Sahara Reporters report
contends that governors of the Niger Delta region
with the exception of Cross-River and Edo State
are presently in an open and brazen gang-up to
kill the war against corruption as it affects their
region by calling for the abandonment of
corruption charges against politicians from their
region. This is supposed to be in return for the
cessation of pipeline-bombing hostilities. In this
extremely outrageous ploy, it is yet unclear if they
enlisted the support of the only government
Minister so far perceived to be hardworking and
productive, or if this Minister – himself from the
region of the tamed trailblazing secessionist
agitators – has been a part of the criminal design
all along.
No surprise that the teeming majority of Nigerians
who voted for a clean-up of the system to reset
the button of decency, are now up in arms and
extremely infuriated. The blackmail that was
planned by these governors, who now stand
under the serious suspicion of at best
sympathising with the criminal activities of the
Niger Delta militants or at worst, having
sponsored them all along, seems predicated on
the obnoxious thought to fall back upon, that the
resources being from the Niger Delta justifies
corruption by politicians from that same region.
They, therefore, hold the belief that the state can
be legitimately blackmailed in this respect.
Many have been wondering why former President
Goodluck Jonathan in his abundance of wisdom
has so far failed to speak up on the atrocious acts
of his kinsmen. Now, there is a sense of knowing
why it has been so. Yet, a more intelligent
approach of openly disowning the rampaging
criminals, whether he sponsors them quietly or
not, would have been the least strategic move to
expect. It is reminiscent of the game that he
played in the run-up to the Presidential election of
2015. Even though all indications pointed to his
re-election ambition and efforts, he kept mute on
the issue for a very long time and even denied it
outright when confronted directly. On one
occasion, he was quoted as telling his
predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo that “I have
never told anyone I wanted to run for re-election”.
With the bunch of pedestrian advisers
surrounding him, he will, sooner or later, end up
ostracising himself in the international
community, where the same people who have
been awarding him questionable democracy
prizes will begin to question his integrity and the
role he is playing in destabilising his country. Most
pathetic of all is the lack of constructive remorse
in the attitude of the former president under the
evidential yoke of consuming vices. With evidence
mounting by the day, of the unprecedented
monumental scale of corruption directly
coordinated by this former president, he still
nurses the hope of bullying his way out of the
stinking quagmire.
In his failure to learn from history, he is unable to
see what his presidential bullying has turned his
party (the PDP) into. He bullied his way into
presidential candidacy in the spirit of ‘having it
my way or the highway’. Denying his party, the
option of a strategically more qualified candidate,
he ran for re-election and lost woefully and today,
his party is in tatters. Again, he is trying the same
diabolical tactic using the Niger Delta as a
springboard. His pawns are the ganja-smoking
sons of Jah and militant-minded governors of
Nyesom Wike quality that were foisted on us by
allegedly compromised Supreme Court judges. In
the end, all signs are pointing to the fact that the
Niger Delta may as well be left in tatters like PDP
as a historical presidential souvenir. If the
meaning of “Goodluck” is to leave a trail of
disaster wherever the former president goes, I will
gleefully wish the Niger Delta good luck.
For now, though, the fury and outrage that the
so-called governors of the South-South plus Ibe
Kachikwu have triggered in the public should be
encouraging enough for President Muhammadu
Buhari to bring out the General in him pretty
quickly in spite of age-induced frailty. Indeed, in
the depth of my anger at this willful sabotage to
spite the aspirations of a nation for good
governance and a return to casual sanity, I would
have advised the president to summon an
emergency meeting of the Council of State to
declare the urgent need to arrest former
President Goodluck Jonathan there and there,
declare a State of Emergency in the rebel states
of the Niger Delta, arrest the governors and have
them tried for treason, and declare an all-out war
on the Niger Delta until the militants are wiped off
the face of the earth.
Unfortunately, though, anger does not solve
problems and innocent souls will bear the brunt.
No matter what happens, this is a battle that
Muhammadu Buhari must win by hook or by
crook. By defiance and doggedness! Without
surrendering, without retreating! No region in any
nation is ever granted a free ride to corruption –
golden egg or not. Nigeria will not be an
exception.
Every well-meaning Nigerian will now be best
advised to brace up for the impending revolution
to topple the forces that will not let Nigeria be. At
individual level and at the level of voluntary, non-
governmental organisations, the time is fast
approaching to seize the sceptre and grab the
bull by the horn. Preparations should start here
and now, to pick up the gauntlet and deny evil
forces the taste of victory. Nigeria must survive
and together, we will blow ‘em all up!

buharifraud:
Unfortunately, though, anger does
not solve problems and innocent souls
will bear the brunt. No matter what
happens, this is a battle that
Muhammadu Buhari must win by hook or
by crook. By defiance and doggedness!
Without surrendering, without
retreating! No region in any nation is
ever granted a free ride to corruption –
golden egg or not. Nigeria will not be an
exception.


www.opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2016/06/08/arrest-jonathan-now-declare-state-emergency-blow-em-frisky-larr/


FRISKY LARR IS A PAINED E-ZOMBIE AND HATER OF THE SOUTH-SOUTH.

blackpanda:
Very true. Buhari has to be brutal if nigeria is to survive. The era of soft persuasion is over

DaBullIT:
Buhari knows what to do
Unfortunately Constitution is limiting what Buhari can do
With all these recoveries and hard work I've seen, i am inclined to believe Buhari is hated by East and infected every other part of the country because this was the same way he dealth with their corruption in the early eighties
People know trouble would come , even patience Jonathan lamented not wanting to take food to her husband in prison
Looters knew Buhari would prosecute them, and that's why they said all those hateful things about me before, during and after elections
Buhari needs an Iron hand , That is the only if the world will cut him some slack

No one anticipated the enormity of the theft that
the former president supervised until fingers
started pointing at him repeatedly, as the
legitimator of the loots that turned the Central
Bank to a self-service snack bar.

989900:
I just want the agitators to fire 1 missile, or bomb one gov't establishment outside their domain, so we can place them all on lockdown.
Hell, we might just find a way to do it for them and blame it on them (the old style way). #falseflagthings

I am tired of their senseless st00pidity already.

Buhari's administration might, or might not get it right economically, but as far as I can see, 'one nation', or six nations, this old man is our best shot as a group/groups of people, staying together or going our separate ways, this old man is our best shot at laying a foundation for accountability, transparency, zero-tolerance for corruption.
If we don't let him get it right, either together or assunder, we might never get that part right for tens of years to come.

DaBullIT:
seun
mynd44

this is insulting and bullying or do the rules get edited for certain people only ?

WhoRUDeceiving:
[s]There's still time to get another shot of hennessy because from all indications you are still drinking Paul Mason. Are you not ashamed that a coupist is leading your democracy, one that is over 70 and is probably having cancer now? Are you not ashamed of yourself that despite what England did to your forefathers, you are still happy to maintain their structure and call yourself a Ni.gger Arean or even their lil bi.tch?

They have not gotten it right economically in 2016, neither did he in 1984 and all those Fulani generals have done nothing but continue the colonial era or exploitation and suffering.

Do you hear laughter? I do...from United that Nigeria is owing billions to, the so-called Giant of her Royal Majesty's loot.[/s]

WhoRUDeceiving:
There's still time to get another shot of hennessy because from all indications you are still drinking Paul Mason. Are you not ashamed that a coupist is leading your democracy, one that is over 70 and is probably having cancer now? Are you not ashamed of yourself that despite what England did to your forefathers, you are still happy to maintain their structure and call yourself a Ni.gger Arean or even their lil bi.tch?

They have not gotten it right economically in 2016, neither did he in 1984 and all those Fulani generals have done nothing but continue the colonial era or exploitation and suffering.

Do you hear laughter? I do...from United that Nigeria is owing billions to, the so-called Giant of her Royal Majesty's loot.

WhoRUDeceiving:
The only bully here is you homey. And it looks like that is what you are advocating for Buhari to do..to use iron hand, to lock up people, to intimidate folks, and in fact to be the dictator that he once was right? That is what you said, or did you mis represent yourself or him? If so then it's okay to give an apology.

Now see you, wanting to cry foul because not everyone on nairaland has wasted their brain.

989900:
I just want the agitators to fire 1 missile, or bomb one gov't establishment outside their domain, so we can place them all on lockdown.
Hell, we might just find a way to do it for them and blame it on them (the old style way). #falseflagthings

I am tired of their senseless st00pidity already.

Buhari's administration might, or might not get it right economically, but as far as I can see, 'one nation', or six nations, this old man is our best shot as a group/groups of people, staying together or going our separate ways, this old man is our best shot at laying a foundation for accountability, transparency, zero-tolerance for corruption.
If we don't let him get it right, either together or assunder, we might never get that part right for tens of years to come.

PigMeat:
[s]Internet warlord! Your power is reduced to keyboard alone. For your information your are yet to pay ECOWAS the $3.3million for your stewpidity as a country. U want to use coercion NDA, then be ready to go hungry.[/s]