AyePappy:
The US has no moral ground to stand on and talk on election integrity with the great sham perpetuated with mail in ballots this mid term elections.

The case of Arizona is so brazen with how the DemonRats rigged and stole the gubernatorial race.

How can someone who is overseeing election integrity be running for an elective position ?

America should not preach to us about democracy as they are not in any way a democratic society.

America should not preach to us on press freedom as the US govt has been killing and jailing journalists and whistle blowers alike. See Seth Rich and julian assange.

America is a cancer to the world and the sooner it implodes and burns to ashes the better the world will be.

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seankafor:
do USA abide by these rules outside their country?

And do you think Russia doesn't abide by these in their country?

And how do you dictate how security agency interrogates terrorist who poses threat to country's security or who has caused serious damage to security?

There shouldn't be any rules when interrogating with a terrorist or a potential terrorist

Danny50:
Putin be spewing rubbish as ushual

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When the row between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, spilled onto the streets after the party’s presidential primaries in May, I argued that to solve Wike, one had to first fix the candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

In light of Wike’s no-holds-barred interview last Thursday, things may have fallen apart, irretrievably. That interview, perhaps only comparable in seismic scale and onomatopoetic resonance with julian assange’s WikiLeaks, has shaken the PDP to its foundations.

The fallouts may well remain the biggest threat to the PDP’s electoral chances next year.

But what was the point, really? Was it to set the records straight? To take his pound of flesh? To avenge the betrayal of his ancestor – Peter Odili – sold down the river under similar circumstances? Or just to bring the roof down and, if possible, escape with the rubble as a trophy?

Wike is not done yet. Still, even in the midst of the wreckage left behind by his last interview, the inescapable question would be: what is his endgame?

I’m not sure his interview would significantly damage either party Chairman Iyorchia Ayu or Atiku. Verbal attacks that would damage politicians will kill them first. And their gift for taking disasters in their stride gets even better during campaign sessions when, to use the title of Simon Kolawole’s imaginative new book, most people would simply say, “It’s all politics!”

But even if Wike’s targets feel any discomfort at all, it still doesn’t answer the question: what is his endgame?

Endgame, mind game

My guess is that his objective is to severely damage both the candidate and the party that neither would be worth anything at next year’s poll. This might sound ridiculous, since the state PDP has fielded at least 48 candidates, believed to be his close allies, for next year’s election under the party’s flag.

Wike is not a fool. If he thought he would be unable to survive and make something for himself or his supporters from the party – whole or in ruins – it’s unlikely that he would play hardball.

Since it’s too late to switch parties at this time, my guess is that he would secure his base in Rivers State where he appears to be very much in control at this time. After the elections, he might for his spectacular labours of sitting in and pissing in, then use his base to negotiate with the party at the centre. That, of course, is assuming the APC wins the presidency, otherwise he would be dead meat.

We saw this arrangement work before when Bola Tinubu’s Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, made a deal with Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 to turn a blind eye during the presidential election while securing Lagos during the state election. For parties not separated by ideology or principles, how Wike manages his post-election affairs, even if he succeeds, might yet leave him with a permanent label of “buyer beware”.

The conversation has, of course, not been framed in the stark terms I have used here. Wike, who might have been an excellent opposition leader in a parliamentary system, has said that this is not about himself.

According to him, he feels obliged to compel the party to honour its constitution on zoning, particularly since Ayu (a Northerner) accepted that he would step down, if a Northerner emerged presidential candidate.

Those on the other side say that was not exactly how Ayu put it. According to them, he said he would step down if the party (meaning the NEC) asked him to do so. In any case, they argue, why is Wike complaining or, to use campaign spokesman Daniel Bwalya’s phrase, playing God? After all, not only did he bring former Chairman Uche Secondus and later also instigate his removal, he also brought Ayu!

Ayu backstory

Now, that is where the story gets interesting. Inside sources informed me that Wike indeed brought Ayu, but it was an assignment executed for him by his ally and Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. A source familiar with what happened said Ayu had assured Wike at the meeting in his house in Abuja that not on his watch as chairman “will one Fulani succeed another”.

At that point, well before the primaries of course, Wike had obviously told himself that he had the party exactly where he wanted it: he would be the inevitable PDP presidential candidate. But the last politician who kept his word was the one who never gave it.

When the sale of the party’s form started in March, it became an open sesame. To forestall a Northern coup, pro-Wike forces set up the Bala Mohammed committee which then took on a life of its own. It spent months looking for a secret in plain sight: that regardless of what the constitution said, it would be an “open contest!”. The rest, of course, is history.

But was there a chance that Wike and Atiku may have patched things up, especially after the famous but highly secretive London meetings? Improbable.

Sources familiar with the outcome of the meetings said even though Atiku seemed disposed to ditch Ayu, he was concerned about a) the impact, especially so close to elections, and b) that he might be unable to get the NEC to do it.

Of course, Wike allegedly assured him it wouldn’t be a problem. He, Wike, had done it before and the head of Secondus on a platter was proof. In case there was any question about a viable replacement this time, however, former Ondo State Governor, Dr. Segun Mimiko, was on standby.

‘Owners’ of PDP

But there was an elephant in the room – the disposition of the “owners” of the party. When Atiku returned to Abuja from the London meetings and broached the matter, the “owners” declined. They expressed the view that Wike had crossed the line. He would be tackled at the “appropriate time”. No deal.

Two credible sources said the “owners” in question were former military head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar; former National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Gusau; a former Director General of the State Security Services, suspected to be Lawal Daura; and a shadowy but immensely consequential figure at the Villa likely to be Mamman Daura (President Muhammadu Buhari’s relation). A media mogul in the PDP also lent his voice.

Ayu is saved for another day not only by the vital intervention of some of the “owners” of the party but also by his “old boys’” network, reinforced by the promise that either himself or former Senate President Bukola Saraki could become the next Secretary to the Government of the Federation, if the PDP wins.

Now, back to the question: what is Wike’s endgame? To avenge his displacement from within while securing the positions of his allies who are already carrying the PDP flag into the next election. His destination – if not by words, but by conduct – is APC. Everything in-between is in translation.

And my guess is that he might not be a total stranger there. Not only because the main parties are largely different only in name, but also because some members of his cabinet and allies are refugees from APC, a party that has downgraded its funder-in-chief of yesterday, Rotimi Amaechi, from Buhari’s campaign DG to Tinubu-Shettima’s “adviser on infrastructure”.

Pundits may worry about the possible consequences of Wike’s actions on the fortunes of the PDP in Rivers State, and perhaps elsewhere that he may have clout. My guess is that the combined effect of Labour Party’s Peter Obi and Wike’s activities would prove quite daunting, especially in the South-East and South-South that have been the mainstay of the party in about two decades.

If we have seen anything in Nigeria’s politics in the last 23 years, however, we know that in the end, feuding parties know where their interests lie, whatever pundits may think. And, as we say in my neck of the woods, they will be alright!

NwaNimo1:
Next stop.....the front line!

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Traitor....more cannon fodder for Zelensky!

pustance:
True, a lot of underwater UFO sightings have been reported in the past, especially one that occured about 30 years ago, in a certain Scandinavian country, which baffled their inteliigence at the ease and face the UFO came out from the ocean and flew directly into space. But when you consider that the earth is located in a Galaxy called milky way, which contains at least 100 billion planets, and scientists actually estimate that there are between 100 billion to 200 billion galaxies, then we might be able to draw a conclusion that there are more aliens in other planets than underwater.

Also, the issue of the United States declassifying their secret files about alien activities and UFO sightings would only be done to suit their national interest, one of the reasons why I chose Africa as my organization's expedition ground for aliens and UFO sightings. I have read some many books on aliens and UFO sightings, some with various degrees of evidence point to the fact that the Tall Whites( a group of aliens with lots of physical similarities to human beings), have been assisting the United States in the area of research since the 1960s and they are based in Area 51, Nevada, United States.

Do you think if this above information were to be true, it would ever be declassified? Rather I imply you to pay more attention to and read more about the WikiLeaks exposure of the CIA secret files on Aliens and UFO sightings, since at least, the American government had in the past owned up to the fact that WikiLeaks actually revealed their secret classified documents and julian assange is right now been tried.

Jakumo:


The video clip is obviously CGI computer-generated imagery, but it is very nicely done, and the aliens are also created to look like typical grey alien beings.

I have no doubts at all that alien craft have been visiting earth for thousands of years, with many of their civilizations residing deep under the sea. That said, it is worthwhile pointing out artistically created videos that aren't real, so as to separate real aliens and their technology, from human attempts to portray aliens on film.

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NOETHNICITY:
Well last time I checked, julian assange the owner of Wikileaks is being viciously hunted by USA which has been battling to have him extradited, and stands chance of barging life imprisonment if extradited, over allegations of revealing informations that threatened it’s national security.

And I am sure you consider USA a free country. So my dear friend freedom is relative.

Umunze1stSon:

Yes you are right, Tehran isn't plagued by terrorism, conflict or war. But in terms of freedom, Lagos ranks far above Tehran.

Freedom is luxury. Recently in Saudiarabia, a woman was jailed for 34 years simply because she joined twitter and expressing her self through the platform.

fxexperts:


If I say this guy is still a kid he will not believe. Keep going about your normal line of delivery from slavery rubbish talk. You for one doesn't even know what slavery is about. Because your ancestors where taken as slaves mean you still have to carry the slave tag on your forehead, then by all means suit yourself. You are a slave to the west, but I am not, and like I said I have had face to face dealings with American's and Europeans on many occasion. Don't think because i am on a faceless forum with you mean I am like you or will ever be like you. God forbid. You are still obviously a kid with the slavery mentality wrap around your forward, that is why you are still thinking you have to fight to break away from your chains of slavery. You know nothing about life and human psychology, I doubt if you are even educated.

You fill your heart with hate and wish evil on the west is that not witchcraft in action, all because you want to break your chain slavery, because you think of yourself as a slave, and the only way to get ride of your chains is to change from one slave master (West) to another(Asia). This will be my last reply to you. Stop harboring such mentality it will only destroy you. Peace.



A reasonable reply. But why didn't Russia use diplomacy and negotiation to win Ukraine over and China Negotiation to win Win Taiwan over. Why just the show of force. And trust me these countries are signing up to be members of NATO because of the fact they cannot trust Russia and China. Don't be the big bad neighbor next door and expect all your neighbors to love you. no you only get what you give out.

Says the ignorant one.


Why has God not killed the devil yet. Because in trial and tribulation people tend to seek their savior and master. If Russia is defeated today. Then there will be no need for NATO anymore. no country will sign up for that shit. Russians are the ones making NATO to grow more in numbers. Same reason why you had pay extra to employ local Vigilante in your area due to increase in criminal activities in your area. Know this and know peace.