₦airaland Forum

PMB let my people go

wilcox:
After 3 years and no ministerial or juicy appointment for Mr DM and he choses to reverse his car and look for where to peach his tent pending the outcome of 2019. Oga you come late the government you helped to market to the people of Nigerian is a bad one and is now you chose to talk? I guess you should caption this piece "DELE MOMMODU LET NIGERIANS BE"

Momodu is not an hungry man. U have forgotten about Ovation? Someone cannot talk in peace in this country again. Remember dude sided with PMB before the elections.

HarunaWest:
How About the Likes of Amaechi,Tinubu,Fashola....This men were under investigation, they struck a deal with PMB and were given a clean slate...I understand Dele Momodus Point of View,when the N-PDP defected prior to 2015 election,all we had was shouting match between both parties not witch hunting... trying to hound Saraki et al. isnt the best way. Now he has made those men popular demand and if he isnt careful, electorates will vote along sympathy lines and boot him out. Stop trying to pitch tents with politicians,I roll with them so I know them better than you do.. Let's criticize with common sense and not affiliation.

Who was investigating Amaechi and Fashola b4? The last time Tinubu was taken to court by gej, he won the case so what are u saying?

robotix:
and PMB has arrested any? Lol. Joker

Whose fault that u decide to turn blind eye to news of bandits arrested in Benue, Plateau, Zamfara and other places?

seunmsg:
Dele Momodu should shut up and stop doing laundry business for Saraki at his age. Nigeria is a country of law and order. If Saraki or any of the defectors run foul of the law, they will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If Orji Uzo Kalu, Buhari's number one supporter in the south east can still be facing corruption charges in court without presidential interference, Momodu should not come here and tell us nonsense.

You won't listen. Just because he said the truth. When some PDP members joined APC,it was legal and morally right but when they left APC,it is now illegal and not morally right. Hypocrites.

wilcox:
After 3 years and no ministerial or juicy appointment for Mr DM and he choses to reverse his car and look for where to peach his tent pending the outcome of 2019. Oga you come late the government you helped to market to the people of Nigerian is a bad one and is now you chose to talk? I guess you should caption this piece "DELE MOMMODU LET NIGERIANS BE"

Yeah, we all marketed this government one time or the other to our disappointment before backtracking. Therefore, there's nothing wrong in Mr Dele's advice. Sadly, the dog that is doomed to lost is deaf to the owner's whistle

Oblang:
Whose fault that u decide to turn blind eye to news of bandits arrested in Benue, Plateau, Zamfara and other places?

Show me the link to the news of herdsmen killers arrested for Zamfara,Plateau,Benue killings since you know better. I am waiting o.

StarPlayer:
You need to work on your english ma

Mr worker, English tutor..

ikevictor:
All this long epistle from this bereaved fool(Dele) is so that Buhari will give way for him and his team of extremely selfish demons to continue holding Nigeria to ransome as has been for the past 25 years. God will surely punish you wicked fools frustrating efforts of the government to move forward. Both APC n PDP, the demonic individuals know themselves, in addition to the goons that hop from one party to another.

We are watching and we are sure this hostage situation will surely end one day!!

Then the light will shine on us the masses...

BUT WE MUST GET OUR PVCs FIRST!!!

THATS OUR ONLY VISA OUT OF THIS DEMONIC CLAWS OF BAD GOVERNANCE!!

Getting PVC is not the problem but who to vote?

Seen none till date (with focus to the presidential election)

those that have shown interest are either not credible or not ready .

Our PVC may end up being useless without having the right candidate.

A good example of ready and credible candidate should have similar/close characteristics of MKO Abiola, that's the best " example of presidential candidate " Nigeria has till date by fact.

Whatever Nigerians saw and believe in him (at the time of his presidential campaign) that made majority unite in vote despite religion or tribe is what Nigeria needs now.
Show me such person and I will show you Nigeria's next president or the usefulness of my PVC.

Dele Don receive alert.

jbtobsyn:
Show me the link to the news of herdsmen killers arrested for Zamfara,Plateau,Benue killings since you know better. I am waiting o.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/plateau-killings-suspects-arrested-paraded-govt-relaxes-curfew/amp/
https://www.google.com/amp/dailypost.ng/2018/08/04/troops-arrested-bandits-zamfara-naf/amp/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/police-repel-attack-on-zamfara-communities-arrest-notorious-bandit/amp/
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/266918-troops-arrest-another-killer-herdsman-in-benue.html

Read as many u want to read there...u are free to believe whatever u want to believe but that will not change the reality on ground...

maestroferddi:
Adolf Hitler was being praised and eulogized as he drove Nazi Germany to eventuate the greatest calamity in human history.

You were not taught history in school and I am sure you don't read it on your own...

Conclusion: disaster waiting to happen.

What does Adolf Hitler has to do with the next election.

This is democracy, you can vote for who ever you want and I choose to vote Buhari. Why are you pained?

Almaiga:
What does Adolf Hitler has to do with the next election.

This is democracy, you can vote for who ever you want and I choose to vote Buhari. Why are you pained?

I want to assume you are not a historical illiterate...

Pataricatering:
the average Christian has allowed himself to be used to wage a war against Muslims by your pastors and politicians (who by the way always work hand in hand to oppress citizens ) ! You turned an ethnic issue ( which has been waged equally under two Christian presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan ) into a religious one demonizing and making an enemy of your “ Muslim brothers “ as you put it ! We all know Christians do not consider Muslims their brother in any way !

Do I blame you? I blame our politicians. If Akpabio can partner with Buhari after all the killings, who am I to care about what happens in the middlebelt.

seunmsg:
Dele Momodu should shut up and stop doing laundry business for Saraki at his age. Nigeria is a country of law and order. If Saraki or any of the defectors run foul of the law, they will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If Orji Uzo Kalu, Buhari's number one supporter in the south east can still be facing corruption charges in court without presidential interference, Momodu should not come here and tell us nonsense.

He just narrated why Nigeria is messed up. Did Buhari stop anyone from defecting? If a politician is found to have committed a crime the law must take its course regardless of whether he defected to another party or not.
If the president himself should commit any crime against Nigerians the law must patiently wait for him till his immunity is over.

wingmanII:
He was blackmailed. The man looted Akwa Ibom treasury like crazy. Effc got something on him. APC or jail

He should have stood his grounds! He’s a rich man and can rally his people to resist the north but he failed. They have rendered the work of people useless. Buhari can continue his Islamization drive. We Christians are his for the taking it our leaders can fall so easily.

Elbinawi:
MY DEAR PRESIDENT, LET YOUR PEOPLE GO

By Dele Momodu

Your Excellency, it is with every sense of love and patriotism that I have decided to write you again despite the frustration of knowing that you may not hearken to my sincere advice to you, as I have written to plead with you on several occasions, but my entreaties have been to no avail. I pray this letter meets you well in the beautiful city of London where I expect you to be resting and relaxing by now whilst waiting to undergo your mandatory physical check-up. Sir, though this piece amounts to unsolicited advice from a self-appointed Special Adviser, I wish to reassure you that you should stop banking on professional politicians who are merely using you to feather their own nests. I demand and require no gratification whatsoever other than to put it permanently and indelibly on record that someone told you the truth while the unrepentant liars took over your space and led you astray.

Before I go on, please, permit me, Sir, to take you down memory lane, from the First Republic to the present. Practically all our leaders failed, or fell, usually not because of only what they did wrong but ostensibly because of what they did not do right. Let me also establish one fact. Most of our leaders have been catapulted to power, not by their superlative might, but by divine intervention. One day, I will chronicle how providence has been responsible for the exalted position all our leaders found themselves. Sadly, practically almost all of them forgot how they reached their lofty heights and sought to personally perpetuate themselves in power, but the celestial manner of their enthronement also saw to their humiliating, sometimes tragic, downfall. Consequently, virtually all, except may be General Abdulsalami Abubakar, were disgraced, removed or retired ignominiously or controversially.
President Obasanjo who was easily the most efficient, efficacious and effervescent leader, after the brilliant and youthful General Yakubu Gowon, ended his tenure in 2007 with the reverberating hoopla surrounding his third term bid. Whether he was interested in it, or his acolytes forced him into it, all his good works would always attract that cloudy addendum. It is noteworthy, for emphasis, that no leader in Nigerian history has ever succeeded in enslaving Nigerians. We can stretch this further, by stating categorically, that no leader in the world has ever achieved absolute authority permanently. Indeed, that is a preserve meant only for God. If only humans reminded themselves constantly of this fact and their mortality!

This is the reason I wish to appeal to you once again to resist the temptation of wanting to take Nigeria back to those days of oppression and suppression. In case you need to be reminded of how much God loves you, I shall gladly oblige. When your military regime was toppled in 1985, your enemies danced on the streets. You were compared to the worst dictators on earth and many would have thought it was finished and over for you. But the ways of the Almighty are not the ways of man. 30 years later, the same Nigerians who rejoiced over the collapse of your military junta, in their collective wisdom or stupidity or amnesia, gave you a resounding victory at the polls against a powerful government and incumbent President. This was after you had tried for a record third time and had virtually given up any chance or hope of winning a Presidential election again. You had actually wept for Nigeria and yourself on that third inauspicious occasion. This time around, in 2015, everything seemed stacked against you, including old age and diminishing health. Yet Nigerians at home and abroad placed their abundant faith in you. What you have done with their faith since then is debatable.
What more could anyone ever ask for again in this life? Credit for that victory must go to everyone, including saints and sinners, in case such nomenclatures exist on planet earth. Please, let no one rewrite the history of that epic battle to dislodge the PDP behemoth. It was thus a gross miscalculation to get power by such default and try to change the narrative by saying you belonged to everyone and to no one, or whichever way it was crafted by your speechwriters. Truth is you belonged to the party that embraced you, warts and all, and all the foot-soldiers who made it possible for you to attain power once again. Not just that, you instantly became the father of the nation on that fateful May 29, 2015, and could no longer discriminate against anyone for that matter. If you wanted to govern in peace and make appreciable impact, you should have treaded softly and walked gingerly towards your ultimate destination. The war of attrition that broke out as soon as you took power was totally unnecessary and uncalled for. Except for your most loyal supporters, not many ever trusted the many fisticuffs were to the benefits of Nigeria, but only for the pecuniary gains of the privileged ones in power.
If you fight a war for over three years and you are unable to defeat your enemies, you should realise that it is either they are stronger than you or your strategy is abysmally faulty and failing. I love the Yoruba adage: “ta a ba leni, ta a ba bani, iwon la a bani sota mo…” (If we pursue an adversary and cannot catch up with him, it is better to retreat, than continue to make enemies of such a person). It is not an act of cowardice to retreat or even surrender. The fight you are pursuing right now would eventually prove too costly for you and for Nigeria, even if you manage to win it, which I seriously doubt. By the time you reach the end of it, you will discover the meaning of anti-climax. The victory will be a pyrrhic one or if otherwise, a cataclysmic defeat. Therefore, I’m shocked that you’re allowing some reckless and vengeful politicians to goad you on and mislead you into victimising those who have left your party and are now opposing you. The same people you met and laughed with recently, before our very eyes, have suddenly become enemies who must be destroyed by all means. Sir, this act is totally unfortunate. Only God can give power and only HE can take it back. You did not use force to take power in 2015, why do you then think you need to retain that power by use of force and fire?

I’m not sure if you are familiar with world history, my dear President. You may need to ask your aides to print out some dark moments in human history for your perusal. What often happens is that you will, inadvertently, turn those you’re harassing now into superstars. What you are playing with is a game of David and Goliath. It is one of the most fascinating scenes in the Christian Bible. Goliath was so confident of his awesome strength and stamina and so looked down on pitiable and diminutive David. The Holy Bible recalls their fight was a classic example of a mismatch. But Goliath suffered a crushing defeat in the hands of David. That battle is still celebrated worldwide till today, and it is a story almost every child knows and is taught to learn from. The didactic lesson from it is that not every battle should be fought and not every arsenal should be deployed. Better to keep some things till they are absolutely needed. This cat and mouse game of using State apparatus to witch-hunt deserters is becoming predictable, boring and nauseating.

Those who have decamped from APC have only exercised their fundamental rights. Whether they are morally right is neither here nor there and is ultimately a verdict for the electorate to ponder and unravel when elections, which loom large, finally arrive. Similarly, whether they are legally justified in their defection is a matter which your party may seek to take up in the courts, and I am certain that the Courts will do justice to the case as they have been doing despite terrorisation, bullying and coercion from some over-exuberant agencies of your government. I pause to observe that some of these guys were hailed by us when they joined our side the last time. At that time, we justified their defection to us as being part of the democratic process. If they have now decided to go because they believe they are not wanted by some influential gladiators in the ruling party, my dear President, please let them go. Your party’s point that they have done so for less than altruistic reasons will be considered and digested by our people who are quite politically savvy and discerning. They will make up their minds as to the rights and wrongs of it all.

Your Excellency, I want you to remember that you will not be in power forever. You have your family and friends to consider. Those who have been locked up in prison today and those being hounded could never have envisaged a day like this would ever come when there would be a reversal of power and fortune. It is too cheap for a Governor to decamp today, and then he and his operatives are being terrorised tomorrow. Power should never be abused in this manner. Who knows what would happen when tomorrow comes again?

One of the reasons former President Jonathan is respected today and enjoys some peace is because he gave you great respect though both of you fought tooth and nail over power. He tolerated many of us who supported you and did not make the occupation of Aso Rock a matter of life and death. Sir, why can’t you reciprocate this wonderful gesture? It is to his eternal credit that, in the midst of our attacks on him, I got invited to the wedding of his daughter, and was treated with decorum. Politics should never be a matter of brutish animosity. That is why I always have tremendous regard for lawyers. They may fight like savage adversaries in Court but, whilst they are there, they still show themselves some honour and respect. It is their attitude once they step outside the courtroom that is even more remarkable. Then they shed the toga of adversaries and become noble and learned friends. I wish all of us could imbibe this kind of camaraderie in the practice of our political beliefs.

Furthermore, I have copious examples that show that what you sow is what you reap. I wish to plead with you to cool temper, Sir. I know how it feels to be abandoned in the lurch by your own friends and supporters. But that is life. Everything can’t be smooth all the time. When you go to the FIFA World Cup, you do so knowing only one team can grab the much-coveted trophy. You should try to play a good and clean game and leave the rest to Allah. You have played your part to the best of your abilities and should be happy once your conscience is clear that there was no better way to do things.

Even if you decide to keep all your opponents in the gulag, it still does not guarantee that you will win the next election in 2019. But if you do it in God’s way by embracing decency and fairness, your rating will go higher. You will attract natural admiration. The love of the people cannot be forced. You’ve been drawing sympathies to the decampees because of the high-handedness and intolerance of some of your agents. As I started this mail, what kept coming back to me was a very popular autobiography I read as a youth, LET MY PEOPLE GO, written by Albert John Luthuli, the very first Black African man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Luthuli led the African National Congress in South Africa in the apartheid years for 15 agonising years and coordinated mass resistance and non-violent crusade against the White supremacists. Though he did not live long enough to see the end of apartheid, others carried on the task and Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison, came back alive to become the first President of an independent and free South Africa.
Mr President, there is a moralistic lesson to learn from the life and trajectory of the great Madiba Nelson Mandela. He became a world Statesman for his uncommon magnanimity and spirit of forgiveness. He had the power to exterminate his former tormentors and jailers but instead he decided to set up a Truth and Reconciliation Committee that tried to integrate the whites into a new black-dominated government. Nigeria needs urgent reconciliation, healing and unification, which has led to a strident clamouring for restructuring. We should be tired of fighting for power for personal aggrandisement after groping in darkness for 58 ugly years. There are no prizes for war but there are beautiful garlands for peace.

Sir, I’m begging you in the name of God, please, let your people go, in peace.
I remain yours most sincerely…


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/04/my-dear-president-let-your-people-go/amp/

Didn't this same man campaign for buhari el dullarkpoo?

megareal:
You know na. Man is trying to cover his looting ass. Udom Emmanuel has been covering for him all these while but I think the shi**it is about to hit the fan in their relationship.

I'm still sad though. Godswill Akpabio has no business with APC.

I am a Yoruba man and I am very sad. It is very sad day for Christianity and the south. So Akpabio cannot hold his own against Buhari for another 4 years? Everything will be fought for in Court. He really messed up ooo. I am still reeling from the shock.

sholatech:
PMB..Please let my People Go!

This epistle is too long mehn!!!!

9jawindow:
Getting PVC is not the problem but who to vote?

Seen none till date (with focus to the presidential election)

those that have shown interest are either not credible or not ready .

Our PVC may end up being useless without having the right candidate.

A good example of ready and credible candidate should have similar/close characteristics of MKO Abiola, that's the best " example of presidential candidate " Nigeria has till date by fact.

Whatever Nigerians saw and believe in him (at the time of his presidential campaign) that made majority unite in vote despite religion or tribe is what Nigeria needs now.
Show me such person and I will show you Nigeria's next president or the usefulness of my PVC.

Well said “ready and credible”

Maybe that has been the biggest problem all along...

Then the focus should shift from listening to, or condoning these publications from a totally flawed government to identifying and promoting the right individual using our biggest weapons - Social Media and PVC!!

This is by far the most important mission for every Nigerian youth who wishes to see a better future in this country, instead of wasting their life times discussing Chioma and Davido.

A word is enough for the wise...

Much as I never believed in Buhari, I had wanted him to prove me wrong by giving us an inspiring leadership that will not only change the country but also the believe in this country. Most Nigerians of this age have not experienced good leadership to know to know what good government means therefore can afford to support this government on account of the previous.
What makes a country work is equity, justice and the rule of law. Once these factors are infringed upon no peace, unity and progress will be achieved. The truth is that majority wanted GEJ out for reason or the other without researching and interrogating the character and ability of the aspirants in 2015. Let us vote wisely in 2019.

Oblang:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/plateau-killings-suspects-arrested-paraded-govt-relaxes-curfew/amp/
https://www.google.com/amp/dailypost.ng/2018/08/04/troops-arrested-bandits-zamfara-naf/amp/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/police-repel-attack-on-zamfara-communities-arrest-notorious-bandit/amp/
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/266918-troops-arrest-another-killer-herdsman-in-benue.html

Read as many u want to read there...u are free to believe whatever u want to believe but that will not change the reality on ground...

Are they now in Jail?

Every well meaning leader must step on toes to achieve. People should learn to accept that there is no gain without pain. Dele Momodu wants padi padi government, is that how he runs his company? No.
If Buhari is found wanting after his tenure, then he should also be ready to face the consequence of his actions. Uncle Dele, you know what is happening in Philippines, you also know about Bolivia.
Please stop your frivolous letters.

jbtobsyn:
Are they now in Jail?

They are in jail awaiting trial...

Amberon11:
But how can Buhari understand all that grammar?

Does he even read............he only checks the cartoon section

Dele should contact asukwo to cartoonize the message.......after all a picture is worth a thousand words

ikevictor:
Well said “ready and credible”

Maybe that has been the biggest problem all along...

Then the focus should shift from listening to, or condoning these publications from a totally flawed government to identifying and promoting the right individual using our biggest weapons - Social Media and PVC!!

This is by far the most important mission for every Nigerian youth who wishes to see a better future in this country, instead of wasting their life times discussing Chioma and Davido.

A word is enough for the wise...

Abiola touched lives across the country , mentored many. He did not sit in abeokuta with arrogance and full of self integrity.

resurgent2019:
I just pray Buhari listens. Another point worth noting is that politicians are not to die for. You can imagine my shock and sadness at Godswill Akpabio’s alleged plan to APC and Buhari after the suffering of Christians for the past 4 years under this same Buhari? So exactly have we hoi polloi been waging an online war for? And in the process making enemies of our Muslim brothers? So Akpabio by joining APC is invariably saying Buhari is not a terrorist responsible for killing Christians in the middlebelt? I am still perplexed at this point.

It is a game of interest. He wants to be the senate president and DIE there if possible.

Oblang:
They are in jail awaiting trial...

Please name those they arrested for you to know they are in jail. Is it they said they are in jail?

kings09:
Wen he was writing opinion articles against Gej's govt, u praised him. Suddenly, ur tone has changed since he z against ur master buhari

Don't mind that deluded fellow. He is a pathetic hypocrite

jbtobsyn:
Please name those they arrested for you to know they are in jail. Is it they said they are in jail?

Oga read the link I gave u or use ur Google. They are going to be tried like every other criminals...

All I know is that with the way mohamadu is going he will not end well. God gave him power to redeem himself from the mess of his first coming and he decided to be an oppressive pharaoh of the worst kind and the same God has turned on him just like he did to Jonathan. Watch and see how his plans plans will collapse before him like a pack of cards. Humans never learn from history. No dictator ever ends well. But this uncle can write ohhhh.....kilode

Thank you Dele Momodu. I just hope PMB's aides will allow him see/read this. It shall be well with this giant-Nigeria.