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Imagine if Nigeria is rule by Kabiru...LWKMD

Cajal:
Nigerians and corruption are like Catholics and holy mary

oga knw ur boundary n dont talk anyhow.

Never again

Aufbauh:
Point of order: All the 12 PDP presidential aspirants have corruption case hang on them, even the ones unmarked their dossier shall be open.

I believe the APC counter forces are waiting for any one of them to emerge from the premaries.

TheCable
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Jideofor Adibe
Conversations with Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, PDP presidential aspirant



It was Thursday, June 14, a day to the commencement of the Sallah holiday. I sent a message to Sola Atere, spokesman of the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki Presidential Campaign Organization, introducing myself, and asking if I could have a one-on-one, roughly one-hour conversation, with his principal, for my column. In less than an hour or so, I got a reply from Sola saying it was doable, and that it was better for me to take advantage of the relatively low traffic in their office that day. In another two hours or so, the interview was fixed.

I was seated with Sola in his office discussing politics – as adult Nigerian males often do whenever they converge. We have been on it for some 40 minutes or so while waiting for the guest in Turaki’s office to come out. Suddenly the door to Sola’s sparsely furnished office opened, and Turaki walked in with that confidence of senior lawyers. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). I stood up and gave him a warm and firm handshake. We exchanged a few pleasantries. He drew a seat, and for the next one hour or so, we went toe-to-toe. It was a horizontal conversation in which I mostly played the Devil’s Advocate and asked tough questions, some of them deliberately provocative – without being disrespectful.

I wanted to know why he wants to be President after a number of unsuccessful attempts at becoming Governor of Kebbi State and asked if that is not too much leapfrogging. He did not think so. He gave me a long history of his engagement in politics, starting with the time he was the Secretary of the Youth Wing of the NPN in 1981; his gubernatorial aspirations for Kebbi Sate under various platforms – the United Nigeria Congress Party in 1996 (under Abacha); the All People’s Party (APP) in 1998; the United Peoples Party in 2003 and under the People’s Democratic Party in 2007. He also told me of the various intrigues that prevented him from realising his gubernatorial ambition for Kebbi State, including the cancellation of primaries he said he clearly won. For him, the changed circumstances in the country made him to abandon his gubernatorial ambitions for Kebbi to seek for the presidency of the country. “There is extreme polarization in this country – even among religious sects – in a way that has perhaps never been witnessed before in the country’s political history [since the end of the civil war]. At the same time the electorate is increasingly looking for candidates with integrity and credibility to fix the increasing rot in the system, the increasing disillusionment, the increasing pauperization of Nigerians of all ethnicities and religions.”

I interrupted him and asked whether by talking about ‘credibility’ and ‘integrity’ he was not appropriating the platform which Buhari’s supporters use to promote and market him and whether he did not think that was being uncreative. “Not at all”, he answered. “The truth is that many people who marketed or bought into the candidacy of Buhari on the basis of his supposed integrity and credibility are having buyers’ remorse because there are so many actions of the government that contradict those two attributes”. He argued that though many of Buhari’s previous supporters who marketed or bought into his candidacy because of his assumed integrity and credibility are disappointed, voters are still looking for candidates with genuine integrity and credibility who will additionally possess some critical qualities that Buhari obviously doesn’t have. “I can match Buhari integrity for integrity and credibility for credibility. I have what Buhari has – or is assumed to have – but he does not have what I have – my relative youth and the dynamism that comes with it, my sense of fairness, my being a bridge builder, my being cosmopolitan and my being well- educated.”

He argued that it is because of the current circumstances of the country – increasing poverty, increasing despondency and increasing polarization of the society – that some people felt that he has those attributes that will meet the challenges of the current circumstances of the country and therefore persuaded him to run for President. He accepted to run on the PDP platform, he said, after consultations with his family members, friends and associates across the country.

I challenged him to give some instances of bridges he has built across the country, which he felt gives him an advantage over Buhari. He gave a few examples, including what happened when Obasanjo’s second term in office was coming to an end and various ethnic groups were laying competing claims on the presidency – the south-south which, he said, wanted it as “the hen that lays the golden eggs, the south-east which felt it was marginalized out of the highest office in the land and of course some Northern groups which wanted power to return to the North after Obasanjo’s tenure – as a matter of entitlement.” He said that as the chairman of the Northern Union at that time, he pressed on the Northern groups that were demanding for the return of power to the north as a matter of entitlement that power must be negotiated with other groups, and not demanded by fiat. He won most of them over, he said, and consequently interfaced with several of the contending groups –Afenifere, Southern Peoples Assembly, Arewa Consultative Forum, groups from the south-south and powerful politicians. He believed that his shuttle diplomacy helped to “ensure the return of power to the North with largely the buy-in of other groups from other parts of the country.”

He did not think that his candidacy will be perceived in the North as an attempt to split the Northern vote – if a southerner emerges as a major candidate in the election. He also did not think that being Hausa, his candidacy will pit the Fulanis against the Hausas – if he gets the PDP’s nomination. He equally did not think it will be an issue dealing with Buhari’s fanatical supporters, some of whom burnt the homes of Northern politicians who supported Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

“Let me tell you, the circumstances have changed in the North. Yes, from 2003 until after the 2015 elections, no politician from the North could offer Buhari a serious challenge. But people have seen Buhari’s performance in the last three years and most people are not finding it funny – whether they are Hausa or Fulani or Igbo or Yoruba. It is not just about increasing poverty but also about increasing insecurity to which all groups are exposed. I can tell you authoritatively that many of Buhari’s former ardent supporters are no longer with him.

“Look at the Shiites for instance; do you think they will support him again? There are other sects and groups that have also become alienated from him. So the circumstances have changed. Even some of his long time, hard line supporters over the years have either become lukewarm towards him or have even secretly abandoned him – so the game has changed. The point is that various ethnic groups, including the Fulanis are suffering from one thing or the other – insecurity, increasing poverty. The election will not be about ethnicity or religion but about fixing a broken country and I feel I am in a good position to play that role.”

I reminded him that performance in office is relative and that assuming that Buhari is underperforming as he contended that it will not, on its own, automatically translate into votes for the opposition groups. He concurs. “Yes, Buhari’s failures will not make him lose the elections. You need someone who can match him or better him integrity for integrity, honesty for honesty, fairness for fairness and at the same time bring other attributes on the table which he clearly does not possess. This is what will make the contrast clear and the choices before the electorate clear. And I believe this is where my strength lies.

“I was Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs (2013–2015), Supervising Minister, Ministry of Labour and Productivity (2014–2015); Deputy Director-General (North), PDP Presidential Campaign Organization (2014/2015) and Member, Board of Trustees, PDP (2015). I have been investigated severally but nothing has been found against me. I have no EFCC or ICPC case. So I have what Buhari’s supporters believe that he has but Buhari does not have the other attributes that I have. This is the contrast”.

On his chances of securing the PDP’s nomination given that he will be up against very well resourced individuals –Governors and former Governors, including the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar – Turaki did not think that money alone will be the decisive factor in securing the party’s nomination. “Yes, money is important. But don’t forget that Obama emerged as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in the US despite not being rich; Shagari became the Presidential candidate of the NPN in 1979 but he wasn’t rich, Buhari has been contesting for the presidency of this country since 2003 under different platforms without being rich. So it is not only about money.”

I asked him what we should expect from him in his first week in office if he becomes the President in 2019. For him, the first challenge, he said, is to restore the confidence of the citizens in this country. “This country is broken, really broken”, he said. “We have never been as polarized as this and this polarization is worsening every day. If by God’s grace I get my party’s nomination and win the election, at the Eagle Square where I will be sworn in, I will give an executive order that all outstanding court orders that have not been observed must be obeyed. This country must be based on the rule of law.”

He also promised that on the day he will be sworn in he will announce some critical appointments that do not require Senate approval while he will send the full list of his cabinet for Senate approval within one week of being sworn in.

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Kabiru Taminu Turaki was born on April 3, 1957 at the Nassarawa area of Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State. He studied Law at the University of Jos (1982-185) and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1986. He also studied Islamic Investment Structuring at the Islamic Finance Institute of Southern Africa (2010). In 2002, he became the first lawyer from Kebbi State and the entire former North Western States to be elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The Dan Masanin Gwandu was a member of the National Political Reform Conference in 2004, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Team Nigeria Trust Fund, a body that was set up to galvanize private sector participation in the sports development and financing in Nigeria. His publications include Intrusion of English Law on the Inheritance of Land in Nigeria (1985); Problems of Bail in Nigeria Law and Courts (1990) and The Challenges of Political Parties: INEC Regulatory Functions vs Electoral ACT, 2010 – (2011).


Source: https://www.thecable.ng/conversations-kabiru-tanimu-turaki-pdp-presidential-aspirant/amp

Op thank u this APC VERSION. Can we have that of PDP's VERSION PLS.....

This Men cannot rule my country Nigeria.
God bless Nigeria

demarketing strategy

aragonchuks:
Never again

Dey there make pant dey where you

Buhari till 2023

If you call this investigative journalism then you're a slowpoke.

I believe in the rule of law and if the laws doesn't say you're guilty then you're not.

I think we should also channel the blame to our judiciary too, they seem to be exempted from all this corruption chorus.

I think we should cede the judicial arm of our government to our former colonial masters. Seems we are not capable of running a judicial arm of government by ourselves.

I don't know how a law court can find Saraki innocent of charges or Atiku, Tinubu, Ekweremadu, etc.

Nigeria should pay the UK to have them adjudicate these cases for us.

Allegations are different from convictions.

gaby:
Okay copied and a beautiful work of investigative journalism carried out there.

Now kindly get back to work and jejely furnish us with those of APC.

I no go school ooo, but we term this, balanced and unbiased reportage/journalism.

I dey wait...

Thank you...

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APC is the incumbent and has over 80% advantage.

But the whole point of his post is to scrutinise the lead opposition so that the quality of the eventual flag carrier will make them succeed at the polls. It is an intelligent post and NOT your usual banter. It is not for comparative study or for self-righteousness vis a vis APC.

To beat the incumbent, you must hang on some leverages, as he has posted, otherwise you shoot yourself in the foot.

Dee60:
I think the report is very shallow.
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Kingsley Moghalu is on the short list! Let us see who else comes out.

Well within Nigeria Political Atmosphere, he has no influence, no party structure across the nation, that cut him out the race. An ordinary man in the north did not know him, yet he parked his bus under the bridge.

In Addition, He should come to PDP for VP Slot. A Ticket of Turaki and Kingsley will be nice afterall

bedspread:
You are Right bro! But am looking at it based on the Country constitution

Are you minding the fool?
Buhari also had corruption allegations before he was later elected as a president.

tinubu owned premium times has started it's work.....

Wow this is not funny. All PDP aspirants have corruption charges against them but I must clearly say that APC is corruption personified. The C in APC stands for corruption

xpmode:
What the law says

Section 137 (1) (d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) says, a person shall not be qualified for election to the office of the President if “he is under a sentence of death imposed by any competent court of law or tribunal in Nigeria or a sentence of imprisonment or fine for any offence involving dishonesty or fraud (by whatever name called) or for any other offence, imposed on him by such a court or tribunal, or

e) within a period of less than ten years before the date of the election to the office of the President has been convicted and sentence for an offence involving dishonesty or he has been found guilty of the contravention of the of the Code of Conduct;….

====End or Article====

The Question is what will PDP do, field in the Aspirants who people will doubt their integrity OR Repeat Yaradua Case?

Personal Opinion
In the Days of Olusegun Obansajo, Yaradua was unpopular Candidates in the whole federation, but his Integrity and Education level was the strength of PDP campaigned strategy and NIgerians buy into it. Late Umar Musa Yaradua was not over ambitious person which make him to love People more than his ambition, he understood PDP manifestos, he is a visionary leader. All his 7 Point agendas were creative caved out of PDP manifestos.

What Nigeria need and should go for is:
=> A man of integrity with Clean Profile
=> Not over ambitious,
=> Someone who understand and believes in his Party Manifesto
=> A hardworking fellow, who has attained a Apogee of his Career
=> Someone who understand rule of law
=> Some can clarifies his Campaign promises
=> Not someone who sing Restructuring with telling us what he/she will do under the Restructuring Programme.

Has any court of competed jurisdiction convict and condemned any of the aspirant mentioned above
All the aspirant mentioned above, is there any of them that is having alleged corrupt case pending in court

chikachuks1:
Wow this is not funny. All PDP aspirants have corruption charges against them but I must clearly say that APC is corruption personified. The C in APC stands for corruption

Just imagine somebody in prison is been allowed to pick nomination form under the platform of APC

how about Datti Baba-Ahmed? just read about him...good profile

Vizzy4u:
oga knw ur boundary n dont talk anyhow.

...am sorry sir

These are the three (3) people APC fears, walahi... But who is not corrupt in Nigeria? According to Falz, everybody is a criminal.

Please, can we know anybody in APC without corruption allegation including your so called president who is presiding over corruption itself. Go and have a sit pls.

it's s mere allegation. there is also allegation that buhari stole over 400 millions when he was a minister of petroleum.

Nobody is free from corruption even you that wrote this.
But even at that we don't need change again, they should just give us our remaining balance if at there is still anything remaining

CORRUPTION HAS BECOME TOOL,DEVICE & INSTRUMENT IN THE GOVERNANCE OF OUR COUNTRY.IT TAKES GOD'S GRACE & HELP THROUGH PRAYER TO SHUN & ERADICATE IT

xpmode:
What the law says

Section 137 (1) (d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) says, a person shall not be qualified for election to the office of the President if “he is under a sentence of death imposed by any competent court of law or tribunal in Nigeria or a sentence of imprisonment or fine for any offence involving dishonesty or fraud (by whatever name called) or for any other offence, imposed on him by such a court or tribunal, or

e) within a period of less than ten years before the date of the election to the office of the President has been convicted and sentence for an offence involving dishonesty or he has been found guilty of the contravention of the of the Code of Conduct;….

====End or Article====

The Question is what will PDP do, field in an Aspirant who people will doubt his integrity OR Repeat Yaradua Case?

Personal Opinion
In the Days of Olusegun Obansajo, Yaradua was unpopular Candidates in the whole federation, but his Integrity and Education level was the strength of PDP campaigned strategy and NIgerians buy into it. Late Umar Musa Yaradua was not over ambitious person which make him to love People more than his ambition, he understood PDP manifestos, he was a visionary leader. All his 7 Point agendas were creatively caved out of PDP manifestos.

What Nigeria need and should go for is:
=> A man of integrity with Clean Profile
=> Not over ambitious,
=> Someone who understand and believes in his Party Manifesto
=> A hardworking fellow, who has attained the Apogee of his Career
=> Someone who understand rule of law
=> Someone who can clarifies his Campaign promises
=> Not someone who sing Restructuring without telling us what he/she will do under the Restructuring Programme.

Mr Op...are you OK? When has "allegations" suddenly become "conviction"? Has any court of law found them guilty? All this beer parlor talks can not take us anywhere?

NB

President Buhari have also been alleged to steal from the government when he was petroleum minister... So, what should we do about him?

they are all elements of corruption