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2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Ahmadgani(m): 6:08am On Nov 15, 2016 |
With President Muhammadu Buhari barely two years in office, members of his kitchen cabinet, who have constituted themselves into a cabal, are already looking for his successor. Their actions are prompted by growing questions over alleged governance deficits of President Buhari’s tenure. Members of the cabal running Aso Rock are no longer comfortable with Buhari’s performance and are worried that the North could lose the Presidency in 2019 if nothing was urgently done. Leading members of the cabal are largely from Adamawa, Borno and Katsina States. The high-stake game is borne out of the deep knowledge of the President’s health, which has fuelled speculations that Buhari may not run for a second term on health grounds. Age is also not on his side. Born on December 17, 1942, President Buhari would be close to 77 years old by 2019. Consequently, the North, which fought tooth and nail to retrieve power from the South, has started looking beyond Buhari. Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, who like the United States President-elect, Donald Trump, lacks any prior experience in government, has been fingered by the cabal as a worthy replacement for Buhari, come 2019. To give more teeth to this quirky plot, some match-making by the cabal between Dangote and Buhari’s daughter, Fatima, is being fine-tuned but running into stormy waters. Dangote, according to sources, is already warming up for the marriage and for a shot at the Presidency. But Fatima, who, like her stepmother Aisha Buhari, has scant regard for the cabal’s ar rowhead, has “out-rightly” rejected the choice of Dangote. She equally rejected the persuasive pressure of another influential member of the infamous cabal. As 2017 draws near and in connection with crowning a successor to Buhari, key politi cal realignments are expected to start taking shape. A serving minister in the Buhari administration had recently shown how fluid the situation is by reportedly sending a text message to a member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), asking about a “post-Buhari” scenario. Today, Buhari has become very unpopular in the North due to the inability of his government to deliver governance that directly impacts the people. On the other hand, the nature of the appointments he has made, defined by lack of consultation and inclusiveness, has al ienated many. The wife of the president had recently in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa Service interview lamented that most officials of the government are not known to the President and the first family, adding that they are usurpers who did noth ing to help the All Progressives Congress (APC) struggle in 2015. The usurpers she was referring to in that controversial interview are the core members of the cabal that call the shots in Aso Rock, notwithstanding Buhari’s claims to the contrary. The core four-member presidency cabal under reference reportedly didn’t vote in 2015 because they didn’t register to vote. As the opposition carefully watches the unfolding development and fine-tunes its plot, the emerging poser is how the cabal hopes to pull off the audacious gamble. This remains a subject of speculation considering that they lack political skills and are very unpopular. In her famous interview, Aisha Buhari, when asked to name those who had hijacked the government, declared: “You will know them if you watch television.” One of the key cabal arrowheads has to- date allegedly cornered more than N5 billion school furniture contracts from Kaduna, Katsina and Sokoto States. The Kaduna State contract has however been terminated over “non-performance” by Governor Nasir el-Rufai, who unilaterally awarded it to Kaduna Furniture and Construction Company (KFCC) without due process. The initial sum for the Kaduna furniture contract was N1 billion. El-Rufai has never hidden the fact that his ultimate goal is the presidency. He has consistently told Kaduna State people that he is a one-term governor. The bad blood between a key member of the cabal, the chairman of KFCC and El-Rufai, is re portedly linked to the cabal offering the presidency to Dangote. Sources further revealed that it was the last gasp effort to stop the Dangote- Fatima wedding using the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Of fences Commission (ICPC) that caused the anti-corruption agency’s chairman to be suspended from office before Buhari inter vened. The cabal had sacked the ICPC Chairman, Ekpo Nta, without the President’s knowl edge – because he did not play ball – over claims that his tenure had expired. Ekpo was reportedly ordered by the cabal to arrest Gimba Kumo, a former managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank. Similar efforts with the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) re portedly failed. But the cabal never gave up, hence the reports in the media about the arrest of Kumo. http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/2019-north-looks-for-a-suitable-candidate-dangote-el-rufai-in-forefront/
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Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Smellymouth: 6:11am On Nov 15, 2016 |
¤ ''..The high-stake game is borne out of the deep knowledge of the President’s health, which has fuelled speculations that Buhari may not run for a second term on health grounds..." ¤ "..Age is also not on his side. Born on December 17, 1942, President Buhari would be close to 77 years old by 2019..." ______________________ Una nor know all these things before una put am there? 8 Likes
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Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by jcross19: 6:12am On Nov 15, 2016 |
2019 election will be sweeter than honey because of many dramas . Well north want to control the power while the south will be fighting themselves, shame. North is very strong because they made their unity through religion, they feed upon the fanaticism of their gullible illiterate ones to match to power , this is what south don't have. 3 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Firefire(m): 6:16am On Nov 15, 2016 |
"Members of the cabal running Aso Rock are no longer comfortable with Buhari’s performance and are worried that the North could lose the Presidency in 2019 if nothing was urgently done" Nigeria is a joke... 1 Like
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Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by SamuelAnyawu(m): 6:17am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Buhari Remains a Huge Mistake 2 Likes
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Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Firefire(m): 6:22am On Nov 15, 2016 |
SamuelAnyawu: It's high time we quarantined the ediots that brought this 'Huge mistake' upon Nigeria. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by PapaBrowne(m): 6:26am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Dangote is the only northerner I can vote for president. 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by blackpanda: 6:27am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Lmao Pathetic wishful imaginations of wailers. Buhari remains Godsent! This phase Nigeria is going through is very necessary if we are to survive. Nobody said change would be easy. But for once looters are afraid to steal! 5 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by richidinho(m): 6:28am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Noo.. They better bring IBB 2 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by littlewonders: 6:31am On Nov 15, 2016 |
See how they force feed us with stupidity, manifestation of an acclaim Nigeria hereditary: always there to rule. How do will tell these miscreants, true federalism is all we need. The country is sinking; people are dying as a result of bad government policy, mismanagement and regional sentiment yet these nincompoop have bluntly refused to see but to start preparing for the next election 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Progressive01(m): 6:32am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Thebreakingtimes?? Bye.. 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by modath(f): 6:32am On Nov 15, 2016 |
"Breakingtimes"? 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by richidinho(m): 6:32am On Nov 15, 2016 |
blackpanda: Question 1... N500m MTN bribe to the chief of staff Questiin 2.... N270m used to clear grass in the IDP camp by SGF Explain with the help of a diagram, the event that took place in question 2 above 8 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by bonechamberlain(m): 6:33am On Nov 15, 2016 |
El rufai !!?? Never would such people rule Nigeria again. We need moderates not extremist. 6 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by WhiteShark1(m): 6:35am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Typing... |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by sirfee(m): 6:36am On Nov 15, 2016 |
If this news is true,Nigeria is indeed in danger 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by zakim(m): 6:39am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by blackpanda: 6:42am On Nov 15, 2016 |
richidinho: Lol na real "aid of diagram". I dont know where y'all manufacture these baseless ridiculous fantasies Just looking for how to derail govt fight against corruption. If i ask u now the name of the company that was awarded the contract to clear grass or how the money was paid, you duick to swallow hook line and sinker any lies that will derail govt. 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Theoritical(m): 6:42am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Long story' give and take, Baba must contest 2019. Aisha will forever love to be adressed as first lady. Abi who nor like better thing.. As for that tiny man@elrufia, his dream of being president is one big joke that make no sense to Nigerians.... May God help us 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Nobody: 6:48am On Nov 15, 2016 |
bonechamberlain:El rufai? I would rather vote Buhari! 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by ybalogs(m): 6:48am On Nov 15, 2016 |
blackpanda:It remains wishful thinking cos I know very soon ,very very soon, things will only get better and Nigerians will know Buhari is really God-sent. 2 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Nobody: 6:51am On Nov 15, 2016 |
2019 is like 3yrs from now and why el-rufai? Buhari better run for 2nd term 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by pedrilo: 7:00am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Southerners r not united. #shame |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by bonechamberlain(m): 7:05am On Nov 15, 2016 |
walcut:having an illiterate extremist can be better, but having an educated extremist like el rufai must be rejected. 5 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by EdoBoy90(m): 7:14am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Alhaji Alico Dangote/Com. Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole for presidency in 2019. Full stop. 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Bigii(m): 7:15am On Nov 15, 2016 |
ybalogs: God forgive you He may not forgive you sha 1 Like |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by iamodenigbo1(m): 7:24am On Nov 15, 2016 |
CHANGE |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Ebuka007: 7:35am On Nov 15, 2016 |
Igbo president or Notting..... 2 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by mistabiola: 7:44am On Nov 15, 2016 |
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Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by Ebuka007: 7:53am On Nov 15, 2016 |
mistabiola:ur type is just unfortunate 2 Likes |
Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by mistabiola: 7:55am On Nov 15, 2016 |
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Re: 2019 | North Looks For A Suitable Candidate; Dangote, El-rufai In Forefront by IAmOged(f): 7:58am On Nov 15, 2016 |
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