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PoliticsRe: OBJ Wanted A Buhari/Okonjo-Iweala Ticket In 2011 Polls-- El Rufai. by sesanrota(m): 1:48pm On Feb 03, 2013
This book will be interesting........so order ur copies now grin grin grin
PoliticsRe: Innoson Vehicles Complains Of Low Govt Patronage! by sesanrota(m): 6:24am On Jan 31, 2013
tongue tongue tongue[b][/b] :oYou are really suffering from Lagosphobia, you ve not mentioned State that stone throw and of the same language with close proximity to Anambra first...your beclouded mind is after lagos...Guy, get a life

This clearly shows why you are a GEJ puppet


Sincere 9gerian: Ethnic sentiments cannot be ruled out. For instance has the Lagos state govt ever patronised Innoson?
:oYou are really suffering from Lagosphobia, you ve not mentioned State that stone throw and of the same language with close proximity to Anambra first...your beclouded mind is after lagos...Guy, get a life

Sincere 9gerian: Ethnic sentiments cannot be ruled out. For instance has the Lagos state govt ever patronised Innoson?
PoliticsRe: Ezekwesili Lied Shamelessly – Doyin Okupe by sesanrota(m): 11:37am On Jan 30, 2013
see you who claims you wanted to know what fashola budgeted for food, and demands transparency and accountability,... someone that has been in Govt ask for a challenge based on facts....the least i expect is for a more technocrat like NOI or SLS to disprove such allegation with facts too, not to always tag or reduce everyine as curropt just to cover some skeleton by some inept attack dogs and pathological liers.

If govt doesnt have a constructive criticism like this, how do you measure the level of there transparency and accountability being practiced in a democracy

This only expose your double standard personality....Shikena!!!

taharqa: One of d few times when I will almost completely agree with Okupe (apart from d subtle insults). Nice response from d Govt; there shld be no furda response until Ezekwesili clarifies her figures and what exactly her accusatns are. If she merely needs to know hw d Account was managd, she knows where to go to get d info starting with dat CBN document, Period...
Technology MarketRe: Buy Your Inverters At Affordable Rates ................. and get a free gift!!! by sesanrota(m): 12:03pm On Jan 27, 2013
how much is your 2.5kva inverter....
Technology MarketRe: irrestible offer on Brand New Genuine Inverter Battery For Sale @ N40,000 (pic) by sesanrota(m): 11:38am On Jan 27, 2013
i can buy off the 2, but where is your location as i reside in PH, also can i have some pix....inbox me @ sesanrota@gmail.com
EducationRe: Female Hostel At Medical School Idi Araba (LUTH) - Pictures by sesanrota(m): 2:01pm On Jan 22, 2013
[b][/b]Bigoted Bigots, and when has LUTH become a property of lagos state government

Looking for every fault to undermine his Govt...well i have this for you, keep looking while he keeps shaming you grin grin grin

okpara ugo: Dont mind bigots, some are blaming GEJ because the university is situated inside Aso rock.
;DBigoted Bigots, and when has LUTH become a property of lagos state government

Looking for every fault to undermine his Govt...well i have this for you, keep looking while he keeps shaming you.

okpara ugo: Dont mind bigots, some are blaming GEJ because the university is situated inside Aso rock.
PoliticsRe: Realistic Options For Opposition Presidency In 2015? by sesanrota(m): 3:50pm On Jan 21, 2013
Bros, why asking, afterall what will be will be as you' ve ealier ascerted

okpara ugo: In which geopolitical zone was the survey conducted huh
PoliticsRe: Fashola Begins Inspection Tour Of Projects by sesanrota(m): 12:54pm On Jan 21, 2013
Your are still the one that will ask for accountabilty....so for him to do inspection on projects shows an appraisal of work onging and those nearing completion

Your own propaganda knows no bound and everyone on nairaland already knows your intent... well for those of us not as blind as you, seeing is believing they say, you are free to believe what you want.

Sincere 9gerian: All these POPPING OF CHAMPAGNE for "inspection" of ongoing projects? What will now happen when Fashola COMMISSIONS a project? I guess heavens will fall. Smh!

This propaganda is unprecedented.
PoliticsRe: Fashola Sacks Contractor Over Slow Road Construction by sesanrota(m): 3:41pm On Jan 16, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: How did things become this bad? Mere statements of "sacking" of a contractor, who was dully engaged by state govt officials, is being celebrated on NL?

The present contractor has not moved out of site and new contractor has neither been engaged nor moved to site. What then is the essence of the celebration?

These days it seems some sycophants will celebrate Fashola for farting in public
This is exactly d reason why you are not taking serious in previous threads and it goes to show that you have a phobia for anything Fashola

if after d statement and nothing happens with time then you have every right to discredit him....but for now, the people of the area is taking the governor by his words..
PoliticsRe: What Was Budgeted By Lagos For Feeding In 2013? by sesanrota(m): 2:14pm On Jan 16, 2013
thelastPope: This is why I want to know:


OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF (page 446-448) - note multiple upkeep allowance

Entertainment = 225 Million Naira
special duties = 6.5 BILLION Naira
Miscellenous = 117 million Naira

That right there is why every Nigerian must ask questions of their leaders from LGA to FG. No exemptions and no exceptions!
Just as you said no exeception....can u provide me with wat every state in Nigeria spend on feeding
PoliticsRe: No Going Back On Cell Phones For Farmers – Minister by sesanrota(m): 11:31am On Jan 15, 2013
Who will fund the recharge cards.... huh
PoliticsRe: Railtrack Construction Commencement Ceremony On The Lagos-b'dgry Expressway Pics by sesanrota(m): 2:34pm On Jan 08, 2013
Sincere 9gerian: I can see the ACN goons are popping champagne over "commencement" of laying of rail tracks 6yrs into the 8yr regime of Fashola. Is this not the same project that would have been completed by Jakande in the mid 80's if not for the coup by Buhari and his gang?
Anyway, I send my felicitations too. It is better late than never
This statement av finally confirmed that u are indeed a paid goon only to discredit ACN achievements, well either 8 yrs or fifty yrs, that fact remains that, it will soon be operational and ur are most welcome to ride on it then......
PhonesRe: Best Internet Plan For An Android Smartphone? by sesanrota(m): 7:48pm On Jan 03, 2013
Hi all, please which data plan and netwrk can i use for my IPAD 2.
PoliticsRe: An Exclusive Interview With Obasanjo by sesanrota(m): 10:13pm On Jan 01, 2013
Bros....just a question for u, the soldiers and policemen they killed ....thats HOLOCAST abi angry huh


vislabraye: Make Baba go siddon one place jare. Answer simple question: Did you plan for a third term?"
His answer: " A man would leave no matter how long he stays." Rubbish.

To see how daft he is, he was asked about the mass killing in Odi and Zaki Biam.
He said in summary: "The governors couldn't handle it and he said eh-ehn okay and then sent for a holocaust team.
In the case of Odi, did he find the killers? No.
The colateral damage was so much. How can this man justify the holocaust huh
PoliticsRe: Searching For Gej's Achievements by sesanrota(m): 7:20am On Dec 26, 2012
Honestly, i was forced to comment having seen a similar thread where some goons claimed fashola didn't do anything and seeing this i can't but weep for this country.

Its obvious nothing is really on ground as av not seen enough pictures like that of fashola to prove me wrong, meanwhile lets not even forget that fashola is a Gov, and GEJ is a president with all at his disposal. sad sad sad
PoliticsRe: Odili: How Jonathan Displaced Me As Yar’adua’s Running Mate by sesanrota(op): 10:06am On Dec 23, 2012
PoliticsOdili: How Jonathan Displaced Me As Yar’adua’s Running Mate by sesanrota(op): 9:50am On Dec 23, 2012
Dr. Peter Otunuya Odili

Tunde Rahman
He kept sealed lips for more than five years over what actually transpired in those dying days in 2006, at the height of the race towards the 2007 presidential election.

Former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Otunuya Odili, has now revealed the intrigues and power-plays that led to the emergence of the late Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate.

Odili also explained how he was nominated as Yar’Adua’s running mate only to be dropped dramatically at the Convention venue in Abuja through a complex power game between then President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Nuhu Ribadu.

Odili’s revelations are contained in his new biography titled “Conscience and History: My Story,” a copy of which was made available to THISDAY at the weekend.

The former governor had moved from being a frontrunner in the 2007 presidential race to a sure bet as Yar’Adua’s running mate, but eventually emerged with nothing at the end of the day.

In the book, Odili narrated how Ribadu was deployed against him on what he considered spurious grounds, first to pave way for the emergence of Yar’Adua as PDP presidential candidate, and subsequently to knock him (Odili) off the ticket as running mate after which Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was drafted in.

Odili said in the book: “On 12th December, a spurious and anonymous petition was posted on the internet from a questionable ‘source’ alleging CORRUPT practices against the Rivers State Government under me. These allegations were contrived into a petition by the EFCC under Nuhu Ribadu’s hand, to the President (Obasanjo) the same day.

“On the 13th of December 2006, Mr. President directed EFCC to investigate. On the 14th day of December, 2006, EFCC submitted a so-called 'interim' report to the then president who promptly minuted for my response on the same 14th December, 2006, but forwarded to me on 15/12/06, a day to the convention vide ref. PRES/44. I assembled what was left of my cabinet team, a few having been arrested and kept at the EFCC office in Lagos within these few days of urgent dramatic action.

“We submitted our response on the 15th day of December, 2006 by which time it had become clear what the whole exercise was about— 'get Odili out of the race for the presidency at all cost'.”

He said: “Till date the innocent uninformed still make reference to that judicially nullified and voided report. This became lucidly clear with the instant release of my staff who were being detained in Lagos by the EFCC as soon as I voluntarily and wisely withdrew from the contest. There was jubilation at the EFCC office immediately news of my withdrawal broke and all my staff were asked to go home immediately. This was on the 15th of December.

“Then came the ‘D’ Day- 16th December, 2006-the date of the convention. I was invited for morning prayers with the president at the presidential villa and after the prayers I had a brief chat with the then president in his private study at the residence. He acknowledged my letter of withdrawal from the race and informed me of his intention to get Umaru Yar’Adua-the now expected winner of the upcoming primaries at the convention- to make me his running mate.”

The former governor spoke of the late President Yar’Adua’s readiness to work with him.
According to him: “I was persuaded to go and accompany Umaru to the convention venue. I had been informed earlier in the day that the news of my pairing with Umaru was in the air and that ‘some people’ were already ganging up to oppose the proposed pairing.
“It was, however, noteworthy that when I got to the Katsina State Lodge to join Umaru to proceed to the Eagle Square I met him downstairs in the company of some party leaders-Chief James Ibori, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, Dr Bukola Saraki, Alhaji Aliko Dnagote, Malam Nuhu Ribadu and Nasir el-Rufai.

“Their conversation stopped when I walked in but I read nothing sinister to the gathering or reaction to my entry. Umaru quickly took me upstairs and thanked me for coming and assured me of his happiness at the prospect of our working together.
“He called his wife Turai into the room and introduced us. We later proceeded to the Eagle Square together and were joined by other colleagues in waking round the square”.

He continued: “In the course of the night, I was invited to the VIP Guest Room at Eagle Square and was privileged to sight the typed copy of Umaru’s prepared acceptance speech. It was clearly stated that he had nominated Dr. Peter Odili as his running mate for the presidential race.

“This was at about midnight or so. In the course of the next few hours, information started reaching me that there was a strong pressure to drop me from the ticket.

“At about 3.30am or so, I was again invited to the VIP Guest room at Eagle Square and informed that there was a strong challenge to my being the running mate based on ‘some fresh information’ just received from Nuhu Ribadu, that would need to be sorted out later in the day.
“By the close of convention at dawn only 2 State Delegate Stands were still full-Katsina and Rivers- all others were empty or had one or two people left. The result was announced—Umaru was the winner and he promptly read a handwritten acceptance speech that excluded my name. He announced that further consultations were being made on the matter of his running mate.”

He said, however, that “By 4pm on Sunday 17th December, 2006 Dr. Jonathan was announced as the running mate to Umaru Yar’Adua. By Monday 18th December I congratulated Umaru and Jonathan and urged all my supporters nationwide and Rivers people to support the ticket. Odili was out of the race and the ticket.”

On why he was stopped from the race, Odili said he was later informed that Ribadu had told Obasanjo that some foreign missions in Abuja would not be happy to see him on the PDP ticket on the basis of the “EFCC interim report”.

In the book, the former governor also narrated how his anointed successor and current governor of the state, Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, was disqualified from the governorship race.

He talked about the bad blood that would later be generated between Amaechi and him.
Odili also detailed all his legal battles to clear his name from what he labeled “mere contrivances” by Obasanjo and Ribadu to justify what they did against him.

He said it was after “a very astonishing meeting at the Presidency over the matter of my successor as Governor of Rivers State that I instructed my legal team led by the Attorney-General Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, to commence action first at the State High Court and then at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, against EFCC.”

‘As I was Driving out of the Villa, Jonathan Was Driving in... Moments later, He Was Named Yar’Adua’s Running Mate’
Below are excerpts from the book “Conscience and History: My Story,” By Odili

With the failure of the constitutional amendments, which included tenure elongation, campaigns for the presidency in 2007 took off about the 3rd quarter of 2006 across the country. By October and November my campaign, led by Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, had penetrated every state in the Federation and it became obvious the Odili candidacy had attained national acceptance and had become a movement. Odili was seen as the frontrunner, the candidate to beat. Traditional rulers, emirs, tribal leaders, labour unions, stakeholders, etc had embraced and were favourably disposed to Odili. For some inexplicable reason, the plot to stop him, by some people, became pathologically ‘urgent’. The PDP convention for nomination of the presidential candidate was slated for 16th December, 2006.

The commissioning of the Omoku Power plant of 150 mega watts, and 120 km double circuit Transmission Line to Port Harcourt, by President Olusegun Obasanjo, took place on 5th December, 2006. This again was the biggest power plant designed, constructed, completed and functional by any state government, between 1999 and 2006, the second by Rivers State Government under Dr. Peter Odili. We were lauded very generously and extolled for the unprecedented feat.

Exactly one week later, 12th December, a spurious and anonymous petition was posted on the internet from a questionable ‘source’ alleging CORRUPT practices against the Rivers State Government under me. These allegations were contrived into a petition by the EFCC under Nuhu Ribadu’s hand, to the President the same day. On the 13th of December 2006, Mr. President directed EFCC to investigate.

EFCC's Interim Report
On the 14th day of December, 2006, EFCC submitted a so-called “interim” report to the then president who promptly minuted for my response on the same 14th December, 2006, but forwarded to me on 15/12/06, a day to the convention vide ref. PRES/44. I assembled what was left of my cabinet team, a few having been arrested and kept at the EFCC office in Lagos within these few days of urgent dramatic action. We submitted our response on the 15th day of December, 2006 by which time it had become clear what the whole exercise was about—“get Odili out of the race for the presidency at all cost.”

For maximum mischievous damage this contrived so-called “interim report” was hurriedly uploaded into the internet, but when our response to the spurious allegations was submitted on the 15th of December 2006, it was not accorded the same treatment. Why, you may ask? Some sense of fair hearing isn’t it?

Till date the innocent uninformed still make reference to that judicially nullified and voided report. This became lucidly clear with the instant release of my staff who were being detained in Lagos by the EFCC as soon as I voluntarily and wisely withdrew from the contest. There was jubilation at the EFCC office immediately news of my withdrawal broke and all my staff were asked to go home immediately. This was on the 15th of December. Then came the ‘D’ Day- 16th December, 2006-the date of the convention.

I was invited for morning prayers with the president at the presidential villa and after the prayers I had a brief chat with the then president in his private study at the residence. He acknowledged my letter of withdrawal from the race and informed me of his intention to get Umaru Yar’Adua-the now expected winner of the upcoming primaries at the convention- to make me his running mate. I thanked him for his kind thoughts and assured him I bore no grudge or ill-will for the turn of events and that all through my campaigns I had ended my speeches on the note: “let God’s will be done”.
I left him on that note at about 7.30-8.00am. The convention was to start at 10am. As at 12.30pm the venue was literally empty, I was informed that most of the delegates who were in support of my candidacy were upset and unwilling to go to the venue. It took extra-effort and persuasion of my campaign organisation to get most of the delegates out to the Eagle Square. By 3pm the venue became fairly full.

Meeting Yar'Adua
I was persuaded to go and accompany Umaru to the venue. I had been informed earlier in the day that the news of my pairing with Umaru was in the air and that ‘some people’ were already ganging up to oppose the proposed pairing.

It was, however, noteworthy that when I got to the Katsina State Lodge to join Umaru to proceed to the Eagle Square I met him downstairs in the company of some party leaders-Chief James Ibori, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, Dr Bukola Saraki, Alhaji Aliko Dnagote, Malam Nuhu Ribadu and Nasir el-Rufai. Their conversation stopped when I walked in but I read nothing sinister to the gathering or reaction to my entry. Umaru quickly took me upstairs and thanked me for coming and assured me of his happiness at the prospect of our working together. He called his wife Turai into the room and introduced us. We later proceeded to the Eagle Square together and were joined by other colleagues in waking round the square.

Convention started after the arrival of all dignatories and convention events proceeded peacefully. In the course of the night, I was invited to the VIP Guest Room at Eagle Square and was privileged to sight the typed copy of Umaru’s prepared acceptance speech. It was clearly stated that he had nominated Dr. Peter Odili as his running mate for the presidential race. This was at about midnight or so. In the course of the next few hours, information started reaching me that there was a strong pressure to drop me from the ticket. Since I did not lobby for it, I wasn’t bothered-I remained with my state delegates.

At about 3.30am or so, I was again invited to the VIP Guest room at Eagle Square and informed that there was a strong challenge to my being the running mate based on ‘some fresh information’ just received from Nuhu Ribadu, that would need to be sorted out later in the day. I took the information in my stride and went back to the Rivers’ Delegate Stand and didn’t say a word about it to anyone.

By the close of convention at dawn only 2 State Delegate Stands were still full-Katsina and Rivers- all others were empty or had one or two people left. The result was announced—Umaru was the winner and he promptly read a handwritten acceptance speech that excluded my name. He announced that further consultations were being made on the matter of his running mate. End of story! The plot had worked. This confirms what Russel Wayne Baker, an American Columnist, said in 1935 in ‘The Sayings of Par Russel’:

“The dirty work of Political Conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.”

Announcement of Jonathan
By 4pm on Sunday 17th December, 2006 Dr Jonathan was announced as the running mate to Umaru Yar’Adua. By Monday 18th December I congratulated Umaru and Jonathan and urged all my supporters nationwide and Rivers people to support the ticket. Odili was out of the race and the ticket.

At the general election in April 2007, Rivers State under my leadership returned the highest votes in the country for Yar’Adua/Jonathan ticket for the presidency. But ‘how did water enter the mellon’? Let’s try and find out. So many conspiracy theories emerged in the days and months that followed. Since nothing is hidden under the sun someday God will reveal the truth.

What was the genesis of the fight against the possibility of an Odili presidency? Who was threatened by that possibility and why? Whose decision and when was it made to stop Odili by all means possible? Who was the fulcrum of the execution of that decision? How come that for 71/2 years nothing was raised by the EFCC or any relevant agency against Odili’s government in Rivers State and suddenly on the ‘eve’ of the PDP presidential primaries all conceivable vile allegations were unleashed? When did we Nigerians acquire such meteoric and forensic expertise and competence to produce a report within 36 hours of instruction to investigate? Just in time for the date line-December 16th 2006. These are questions yawning for answers. God’s time will tell.

On Sunday the 17th of December 2006 at about 3pm I was invited to the Villa to see the president. When I got there I met him sitting in his private study at the Residence with Chief Tony Anenih then Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the party, Dr. Ahmadu Ali then chairman of the party, the late Yar’Adua then flag-bearer of the party and Chief Bode George then Deputy National Chairman of the party. It was there and then I was informed that Nuhu Ribadu had informed the president that some ‘Foreign Missions’ in Abuja would not be happy to see me on the PDP ticket on the basis of the “EFCC Interim Report” which had been circulated to them. I was now formally told that I have been taken off the ticket.
PoliticsRe: Tunde Bakare inducted into Nairaland Politics Section Of Hall Of Fame 2012 by sesanrota(m): 9:17pm On Dec 22, 2012
Tunde Bakare
PoliticsRe: Julius Berger Summoned Over Sambo’s N16bn Residence by sesanrota(m): 5:11pm On Dec 21, 2012
D guy that always post that GEJ is working should also be posting this side by side

A failed state
PhonesSype Supported Phones And Network by sesanrota(op): 2:30pm On Dec 19, 2012
i dont have mobile netwrk where i am presently but have internet connection.
I have skype on my laptop and will like to call my wife

Please kindly assist with this: which phone(s)and network allows for Skype to skype calls /videocalls.
PoliticsRe: Patience Jonathan To Light National Christmas Tree In Abuja. by sesanrota(m): 11:05am On Dec 18, 2012
After crying for Yokowa place......Lighting X-mas tree next agenda.....biz continue
Car TalkRe: New Zealand Dogs Pass Driving Test by sesanrota(m): 4:29pm On Dec 17, 2012
404[size=8pt][/size].............God i beg o shocked shocked
PoliticsRe: Yakowas death - Buhari Postpones Birthday Lecture by sesanrota(m): 4:07pm On Dec 17, 2012
This is one leader, i will always respect no matter the sentiments and propaganda around him as each person is entitled to his/her own opinion and also choose what he/she chose to believe.......only one man that people can boast of not being corrupt yet the most corrupt is what we like yet we will be crying wen they see news like Billions missing...we deserve the leaders we have in nigeria
TravelRe: Pictures Of Crashed Helicopter That Killed Azazi And Yakowa by sesanrota(m): 9:16am On Dec 17, 2012
this is a wake up call for those looking forward to acquire jets, helicopters and so on... if servicing is not taking serzly, then u a just purchased ur death trap, not luxury anymore
Science/TechnologyRe: Inca Girl Frozen For 500 Years Now On Display by sesanrota(m): 12:39pm On Dec 15, 2012
fine chick.......
PoliticsRe: A Brief Encounter With General Buhari by sesanrota(op): 8:39am On Dec 14, 2012
This isnt a propanganda but someones opinion and real life event of a nollywood person.
must everything be propaganda
PoliticsA Brief Encounter With General Buhari by sesanrota(op): 8:24pm On Dec 13, 2012
AT the time Buhari ruled, Enebeli Elebuwa was the face of Nigeria. He played Andrew, a comic, in a short propagandist documentary widely circulated through the government media particularly the NTA which was at that time the veritable vehicle of government propaganda with its Siamese twin, Radio Nigeria. This was way before the advent of privately owned radio and television stations. The NTA opened and closed with the national anthem and pledge. News was broadcast only at 9pm.

There was no CNN. In the story, Andrew had planned to “check out” of Nigeria: there were no jobs. Power supply was erratic; fuel queues were long and snaky; essential commodities were being rationed and there was a draconian war against indiscipline. Three young men had been executed for peddling dope. The decree that sealed their fate was non-existent at the time the offences were committed. A democratically elected government had been ejected by soldiers and civilian rule was nowhere in sight.

A law forbade the possession of foreign currency and the naira exchange rate was frightening. Europe or America bore the only hope of survival for many young men and women. But right at the departure lounge, a voice of reason beckoned: only Nigerians could reverse this terrible and ugly situation. And if each and every Nigerian with the means to ameliorate the situation “checked out”, then doomsday was near. Andrew chose to stay. When Elebuwa later became popular and famous in home movies, those who knew him by his moniker stuck to that name.

The reality on ground did not support an early resuscitation of the comatose nation. And Buhari was coming to Benin. An ample opportunity presented itself for us to confront the strongman. A little over a year before then, together with his majordomo, Tunde Idiagbon, Buhari had sacked Shehu Shagari’s government. At that time, Benin was literally teeming with radicals and ideologues of all hues and colours.

No one would be intimidated. There was Tunde Fatunde, Festus Iyayi, Felix Orhewhere and a host of others. Outside the walls of the ivory tower there was Ohonbanmu, the Marxist ideologue who had just returned from a long sojourn in Germany and was ready to do battle. The students paraded Matthew “Matto” Urhoghide, Osaze “Pelebe” Ize-Iyamu, Evhi Eyeghre and Nnamdi Maduekwe. There was Thaddeus Alli and Kayode Thomas together with Isaac Ajayi, Onajide Onajiromu and Larry Ettah. Pelebe later became the SSG during Lucky Igbinedion’s time in Edo state while Larry Ettah today heads UAC. Inspiration was nearby and fear was unknown.

Somehow, Buhari avoided the university preferring instead to commission some showpiece projects at the sister teaching hospital. He had played into our hands and confrontation would be inevitable. And so as medical students, we made an offer to Navy Captain Yinka Omolulu, a navy doctor who was at the time the helmsman of the teaching hospital in Benin. It was an offer he could not refuse. He must have had sleepless nights pondering the consequences of his decision to allow a small party of four of us to see the strongman and prince of the Daura emirate. We had headaches for a different reason: The radio and television were filled with congratulatory messages for a messianic Buhari who had come to save Nigeria and was visiting Bendel state. We also had no more bursary as Ogbemudia no longer called the shots at government house. And how were we going to fit all our demands into Omololu’s allotted five minutes. We rehearsed and even had a dress rehearsal with Dr. Alex Khadiri of physiology department playing Buhari. Khadiri later went to the senate representing the people of Kogi east during Obasanjo’s second coming.

On that day, to Omololu’s horror, we demanded a private audience with Buhari. We had passed the point of no return and were ready to damn the fallout. You could hear a pin drop. The silence was louder than the clapping of thunder. With only his aide de camp by his side, the bespectacled general took us into a side room and firmly shut the door. Another mistake! Why couldn’t we just snuff the life out of this man and return Shagari to the mantle of leadership? The odds were in our favour. It was two against four, but the ADC was armed and so wise counsel prevailed. We asked him to justify his incursion into governance. We told him point blank that he was an illegal ruler and as illegitimate as could possibly be.

Taken aback but quickly regaining his composure, his soldier’s training took hold of him. With a calm candour and demeanour and in as solemn as a voice could be, he walked us through the financial and economic quagmire of Nigeria since the advent of Shagari. He pointed out the rot in the management of the nation’s resources especially in the petroleum sector over which he had once presided. He enunciated the cracks that had begun to develop in the body polity and the existence of divisions along ethnic lines. There were hundreds of millions in private Swiss banks siphoned overnight. The foreign reserves were all but gone.

Infrastructure had decayed and joblessness was in sight for young graduates. Even our teaching hospital was a glorified dispensary. The academia was being depleted of quality scholarship and faculty. Was this how we wanted to proceed? He availed us of a careful and meticulous plan he had put together to redeem Nigeria and asked us to watch him. The school authorities could do us no harm as we were not at liberty to reveal what transpired between us and the general. And we knew, none had the effrontery and bravado to ask Buhari. Should harm befall us and word filtered back to Buhari, the consequences could be dire. We were left to complete our studies.

The gangling Fulani soldier had enthralled us. He had held us captive. We were mute as Buhari spoke. We watched in awe as he excused himself for as he told us, he had a job to do. A little over a year after this incident, Buhari was toppled by Babangida, the gap-toothed general from Minna. Then Sani Abacha, the dark goggled one followed after a brief interregnum that threw up Ernest Shonekan who never sat down for a day at the office.

Today, seven reigns after Buhari, in the time of destiny’s child, Goodluck Jonathan, out of the four of us that met with Buhari, I am the lone one remaining in Nigeria. And Enebeli Elebuwa, Buhari’s face of Nigeria has died in an Indian hospital where he was ferried by a benevolent Delta state government after the country he loved turned him down.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/a-brief-encounter-with-general-buhari/
PoliticsRe: ACN: FG Wanted To Use Ribadu by sesanrota(m): 11:25am On Nov 05, 2012
It reiterated its earlier statement that the Federal Government was not interested in any genuine effort to clean up the corruption and mess in the oil sector, and that is merely engaging in window dressing by setting up committees upon committees, whose outcomes would eventually add to the growing list of reports that are now gathering dust at the presidency.

This part got me wondering if the president has a room stock pileed of different committee reports and reports of committees checking previous reports

Goooooosh, what a country
PoliticsRe: Akpabio Owns $45Million "Private" Jet - SaharaReporters by sesanrota(m): 5:35am On Nov 02, 2012
Billyonaire: My friend, Akwa Ibom State is rich enough to buy a private jet for her Governor, Stop this ranting.
People like you is why we remain we are backwards, when you put sentiments on all things, well no matter how bitter a truth is, its still the truth shocked
HealthRe: Seun Kuti: Marijuana Is Healthy But Cigarette Is Killing by sesanrota(m): 2:24am On Nov 01, 2012
Well for me in all this rants, na those 2 chicks i notice
PoliticsRe: Commissioning Of The Remodelled GAT, MMA, Lagos by sesanrota(m): 2:41am On Oct 30, 2012
i can only pray we catch up........
PoliticsRe: Commissioning Of The Remodelled GAT, MMA, Lagos by sesanrota(m): 1:38am On Oct 30, 2012
Bukkyade: Haters will avoid this thread like a plague. They will rather prefer to go to other threads and lambast the govt for not doing anything at all.
Witches and wizards
same way you lambast others, people are entitled to there opinion u know..

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