₦airaland Forum

PervRocker:
did buhari go into the streets killing people? Did u see him leading an army of civilians to massacre? U brainless jonathanians embrace ignorance and blame him cos he is a direct threat to ur "jesus" and his corrupt cabal that has been shamelessly sucking their own country dry tryna out-do each other on who steals the most dollars and I'm sure u must be one of the lap dogs benefitting from the stolen billions meant for the upkeep of this country. The people who support buhari are not paid, we are individuals with genuine love for this ship called Nigeria the ur "jesus" is almost done sinking. The hurricane that will sweep ya'll out is coming and its coming fast,its mild on the upright and fierce on the wicked/corrupt. Scientists just developed a new name for it, tell ur pay-master that Hurricane-Buhari is coming for him and his cohorts.

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Yea, violence is what Buhari supporters know best. Every word of theirs reeks violence. And their actions valorize it. We have been seen the hurricane since 2003. And I know that it is your 'genuine love' for Nigeria that drove you guys to murder innocent Nigerians in cold blood in states across Northern Nigeria in 2011. This time, that hurricane will clear Buhari's supporters first.

MichaelSokoto:
I can swear by d plate of eba & egusi soup am currently eatin dat u didn't type all diz, na copy & paste ni


F**ka*

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You are very intelligent. But the problem is that that your intelligence did not make you see this: "I will leave you with part of an essay I wrote 6 years ago on where power lies in the US communication policymaking".

PervRocker:
Dude we know nobody cares about u, but GMB care about Nigeria and that's what's important. Not baseless rantings from a maggot. Take ur lectures elsewhere homie. You've lost this.

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Typical of Buhari supporters. Insults. I keep wondering if that is the only thing they teach you guys in your meetings. Buhari cares about Nigeria and he did not stop his supporters from killing fellow Nigerians when he lost in 2011.

I hope you will not join in killing Nigerians in 2015.

atlwireles:
Poverty is truly a bad thing. The sociological and physiological damage it leaves in a people are way more harmful, than their physical appearances. Because Ayeni bought Nitel, he should not contribute to the political campaign of his choice? Money is the life blood of politics, as our system matures, more billions will be spent by politicians and their supporters to win elections. That's the way it works around the planet. What we should ask of them, is a public disclosure of the people donating. No secret accounts or payments from unknown parties. PDP and GEJ did the right thing, by having a public fundraiser, where you and I can point to who gave what.

Rich people will always be at the front of table, that's life. Don't cry about it, just try your best and become one of them.

GEJ till 2019.

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Don't mind these guys that only talk about the 'ideal' only when GEJ is involved.

netizenbuzz:
That something is normal or done everywhere doesn't make it right. Slavery was normal, that didn't make it right. Stop with this mentality.

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I don't know what your argument is and the mentality you are talking about. People must donate to campaigns. It is unusual for people to fund their campaigns alone. There is nothing wrong with funding campaigns as long as no law is contravened. It is also normal for people who fund campaigns with a view to benefiting in the long run through concessions and contracts. The rich elite the world. There is nothing you can do about it. This happens every country. It is all about interests--commercial and otherwise. Stop all these hypocrisy. Has it become wrong because GEJ is involved? Your concern should be if any law is broken and if due process is followed by the time they will be 'recouping' their 'investments'.

PervRocker:
Story for amadioha,orunmila & Co. GMB we know 2015

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If you like vote for Tafawa Belewa, that's your business. What is posted there is to feed your intellect-if you have any. If you think that any politician, including your Lord and master, GMB, cares about you, then you must be living in Pluto.

Adminisher:
There is hope for APC in Akwa Ibom (funny but true) and Rivers because of the long time links between the riverine people and the north and large numbers of other tribes living there.

The South East is under a dark cloud of lies, tribalism, islamophobia and northo-phobia. I don't see them recovering from these soon even though Imo State might spring surprises.

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I think you are the one suffering from southeastphobia. All you keep doing is to insult the South East. Do you think that insults win arguments? How about making your point without insults? Is that what they teach you guys in your APC meetings? SMH!

Ayeni has not done what isn't done in other climes. That is how it is done everywhere in the world. If you know anything about the elite policy network theory, you will know that in every country, the elites rule. Even if Buhari comes in tomorrow, nothing will change. The only thing that will change is that another set of elites will share our commonwealth. Is it not Tinubu and his cronies that run Lagos? Hypocrisy is when you condemn one bad act because you are not involved and keep mute on a similar act when you are involved. I will leave you with part of an essay I wrote 6 years ago on where power lies in the US communication policymaking: I used the elite policy network theory to illuminate my points.
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Elite policy networks, as we noted earlier, is another theory that will help us understand where power lies in the making of communication policy in the USA and who has benefited. The theory sees policies as serving the interests of the dominant class in the society. The theory is all about links and connections. It explains how circle of friends and associates pull the secret strings that produce or review policies. Wright Mills (1956: 292) notes that “ the conception of power elite and of its unity rests upon the… coincidence of interests among economic, political, and military organisations. It also rests upon the similarity of origins and outlook, and the social and personal intermingling of the top circles from each of these dominant hierarchies”.

For instance, in the mid 1980s, Hollywood producers used their links with the White House to influence the FCC to drop rules that curb the networks’ control over program production. The Hollywood producers, who may lose business if the change went through, pressurised President Ronald Reagan, who had long- term ties with the movie industry. “The President, in turn, called in the FCC chair for an unprecedented informational talk. Congress, responding to Hollywood lobbyists, added its pressure. The FCC withdrew its plan to deregulate the networks’ program-making role” (Head and Sterling, 1990:435). This confirms Mosco (1979: 128) position that “…evidence suggests…a considerable amount of industry influence is exerted not directly on the commission but through the Congress by the control that broadcasters have over the access of representatives. … Any proposal to insulate the commission from industry influence would therefore have to deal with the complex of relationships in which the commission is embedded”.

Another example comes from the 1996 Telecommunication Act. The camaraderie between the then President Bill Clinton’s government and the computer community, influenced the Act to a large extent. From Aufderheide (1999: 40), we can trace the White House connection that shaped the Act. According to her, “…The Clinton-Gore campaign strategically positioned itself as forward looking on technology issues, making friends in the computer community and handsomely collecting campaign contributions from computing and telecommunications companies in the process”. And on assumption of office, after winning the presidential elections in 1992, Clinton and Gore appointed as FCC chairman, their friend, Reed Hundt, with an implied term of reference of handling the regulatory details of the Act when enacted. Hundt reveals his links with the duo thus: “I had been Al Gore’s friend since high school and an adviser to him in his 1990 presidential campaign…I had known Bill Clinton since we were in law school together (Hundt, 2000: ix).

Explaining the part he would play as FCC chairman in the shaping of the Act, he adds: “My duty, as I saw it, would be to fulfil Al’s vision for the information highway. …We would cause new technologies to spread across the country. …The Democratic Congress would rewrite the 1934 Communications Act to replace monopoly with competition, in accordance with Al Gore’s wishes. …From the White House, Vice President Gore would negotiate the new law with Congress, and at the FCC I would handle the fascinating details of issuing the regulations that put any necessary law into specific meaning and effect” (Hundt 2000: 7).

So from the perspective of this theory, we can be infer that communication policies can actually originate from any meeting of friends and associates at any location. Positions are also ‘allocated’ at such meetings to ‘dependable’ persons that would help frustrate opposition. The theory also helps us understand how policies cloaked in the garb of ‘public interest’ may actually be aimed at furthering a group’s ambition or at protecting shared industry and political interests.

We will again use the 1996 Telecommunication Act as an example. Hundt (2000: 4-5) illuminates this for us: “The day after the November 1992 election, Al Gore’s closest advisers sat in attendance on the Vice President-elect on his modest suite at the Colonial Hotel in Little Rock. … Al proceeded down a list of things to do, assigning everyone some task. …I had long wanted the opportunity of public service. …If the Vice- President wanted to cause change in this part of the economy, he needed someone dependable at the FCC”. Hundt goes further to let us into the meetings where the specifics of the Act were drafted: “A dozen of us met at least once in two weeks in Al’s west wing office. …In order to promote economic growth, the group wanted to stimulate investment in new communication technologies. … To these ends, Al and his team crafted a policy that reversed the century-old ordering of the information sector into separate monopolies, each tightly regulated by FCC and the local governments… (Hundt, 2000:8-9).

Again, Hundt provides us with another apt illustration of elite power networks’ relevance in the analysing US communications policy: “The night I was sworn in, Betsy and I went to the White House…to a jazz concert hosted by Ameritech, the Midwestern Bell telephone company. …Ameritech’s fate depended on how the administration chose to rewrite the nation’s communication laws. The company’s corporate officers sat with the President. I was in the back of the room with Quello. … But from the quaint, edenic politics of friendship, I had won the job I wanted” (Hundt, 2000: 17). And Ameritech, too, benefited from its closeness with government. According to Aufderheide (1999: 59), when the Congress finally passed the bill, it addressed specific concerns “from a variety of perspectives. Ameritech, which already had a burglar alarm business, was exempted from the clauses restricting Bells from entry into the service, which hooks up to phone lines”.


From the foregoing, therefore, it will be safe to say that the real power in the making of communications policy in the USA lies in the hands of the dominant class in the society and large corporations since they have the wherewithal with which they can bankroll election campaigns, influence political appointments and lobby regulators as well as legislators. Aufderheide (1999:41-43), description of the unprecedented lobbying in the Congress before the enactment of 1996 Telecommunication Act captures this point better:

"As the House bill was put to vote in July 1995, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) called the process ‘living proof of what unlimited money can do to buy influence and the Congress of the United States’.… Those with more money probably got more of what they wanted.… By contrast, consumer, religious, minority, disabled, and other constituencies profoundly affected by communication decision making were hardly represented with PAC money, and many advocates on behalf of civil rights, the poor, children, and other vulnerable constituencies found it difficult even to raise telecommunications as a significant social rights and justice issue in the press, legislators’ offices, or at foundations. … In short lobbyists for communications and mass media interests profoundly influenced and often drafted, legislation…"

It, therefore, goes without saying that large corporations and the dominant class have benefited from US communications policies. Of course, they cannot spend money to influence policies without benefiting.

I don't know what journalism has become. Someone stays in his bedroom and tweets and journalists disseminate it as news without verification. Who is this chief? What is his credibility as a news source? Is he n army chief? Is he a journalist?






SMH!

Field Marshall datolee...putting the fear of God in the Boharams since AD 1859.

Actually, some records say that he is 57. But be informed that When the prof read Law, it was either a three or four-year programme. Law became a 5-year programme in Nigeria around 1993. Also know that Law school is one year for those who studied law in Nigerian universities but two years for those who studied abroad. I do not think the Prof has anything to hide about his age. He is an accomplished man. You guys should do away with this age nonsense. You cannot nail him with age. In any case, he is neither too old nor too young to be Nigeria's VP.


However, as I observed in an earlier thread, why is Prof at home with corrupt people? He worked with the utterly corrupt Bola Tinubu for 8 years. As a man of God, did he ever tell Tinubu that dipping his hands into public coffers was a sin? He also worked in the highly corrupt IBB's government--as a special adviser to the Attorney General for four years from 1988-1992. Did he consider IBB's government corrupt? If yes, why did he work for the government for four years? Why didn't he refuse to have anything to do with corruption?


I respect Prof a lot. But I must say, however, that he cannot deny not being part of corruption in this country. too bad.



Politicians, from A-Z are very selfish. They do not care about you. It's all about them.

In the final analysis, GEJ is a legitimate President of Nigeria. That is what Buhari is DREAMING to become, his life ambition. Jonathan enters where Buhari cannot enter and attends meetings Buhari cannot attend.

And he will address Jonathan as MR PRESIDENT





Hehehehehehehehe...How about that?

In the final analysis, GEJ is a legitimate President of Nigeria. That is what Buhari is DREAMING to become, his life ambition. Jonathan enters where Buhari cannot enter and attends meetings Buhari cannot attend.

And he will address Jonathan as MR PRESIDENT





Hehehehehehehehe...How about that?

I am a federal civil servant currently on study leave abroad. I have received my December salary. I called my sister, a federal civil servant, too. Why is PUNCH roping the FG in when it might be state governments that are saving their money for February 2015 that have not been paid? Yeye dey smell.

And some mofos are already shouting Jonathan.

soludo93:
This terrible and superficial write-up by a bigoted and frivolous buhari-sympathizer makes front page. Shame on who ever is responsible that is not aware of the bias projected by the clueless writer. To say that the VP wasn't prepared to become President and also that VP assuming the post president at the death of the president is accidental disqualified the author of this meaningless post from commenting on national issues. The author doesn't even know the qualifications and responsibilities of a VP. it is a shame that op also drew sympathy from gullible Buhari sympathizers.

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U got it. I know Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri very well. We were in University of Uyo together in those days. She is one of those people who formed civil society groups to make money out of it. An open APC sympathiser, this lady openly campaigned for Ngige in the last Anambra governorship elections, yet she went to INEC and got approval to go to Anambra to monitor the election as an independent observer. Pray! What type of report will such a person who has openly shown her support for Ngige write as an election observer? Will such a report be devoid of bias?

I hate it when people with bias masquerade as neutrals and lay claims to objectivity. I rwspect you more when you declare your bias from the outset. Hence I have more respect for the openly bigoted Sarduana than the now 'St' Buhari who is strugling g to deny his bigotry

He could be in his mid 50s. The looks do not always tell the age. I think he started out and accomplished a lot very early. He sure is cerebral. That, you cannot dispute. Sometimes, when you are involved with a lot of things before 35 you age quickly. Compare Obama in 2008 and now. Ditto for Jonathan 2000 and now. So, whether he looks 55 or not should not be an issue.

For me, the issue here is how he could work with Tinubu, one of the most corrupt politicians that have come out of Nigeria and never saw the corruption in the government he was part of? Did he at any time condemn Tinubu's propensity for looting? Did he ever let Tinubu know that by looting the public treasury, the needy will die of hunger. If he worked with Tinubu for 8 years and he never at any time saw corruption in that government, then we have to question his Christianity. Money shouldn't have made him to remain in Tinubu's government. He is from a rich family. His younger brother was also Attorney General in Otumba Gbenga Daniels' government in Ogun State. He (Yemi) had been in (a corrupt military) government at the centre before--working as an adviser to the Attorney-General in Babangida's regime, and he is a Redeemed provincial pastor (equivalent of a bishop in the 'orthodox' churches)


Why was he very much at home in Tinubu's corrupt government?

GBTYO:
"Muhammadu Buhari as a member of the SMC & as the head of the petroleum dept was by nature taciturn & introvert. But he took any work given to him very seriously & if he failed at whatever he did, it would not be because he did not put his best, in fact, his very best. He was as reliable as he was hard working & HONEST"

– Olusegun Obasanjo ("Not My Will", University Press Ltd., Ibadan, 1990, Pg 59)

Why Buhari no go honest for your eye?

Chai! Obasanjo na bad guy!. He knew Buhari was not intelligent. The words in bold are just euphemism for Buhari's best not being good enough. The words can also be seen as an innuendo--just like the biblical 'Namaan was a man of valour but he was a leper'. So, let's put Obasanjo's views this way: 'Buhari works hard and he always puts in his best. However, despite his hard work, there is always k-leg' in assignments he handled.



Obasanjo sef.

adadadon:
1. Buhari never built the first refinery and never claimed building it.

2. The Op/ the newspaper lied because as stated earlier it wasn't Buhari initiative but he was the Federal Commissioner for Petroleum Resources, March 1976 to June 1978;

3. He was the Military Governor, North Eastern State of Nigeria, August 1975 – March 1976; against the OP of 1975 to 1978.

4.Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, June 1978 – July 1978;

5. REFINERY PROJECT DECISION

The decision to construct the third Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refinery in Kaduna was taken in 1974 along with that of the second NNPC refinery located at Warri. However, it was decided that work would commence on the construction of the third refinery whenever the projection of the consumption of petroleum products justifies it.

By early 1975, in view of the fuel shortages experienced then, the Federal Government decided that work on the third refinery should be advanced. It was envisaged that the refinery was to be a simple hydro skimming type refinery in order to meet up with the fuel demand then.

Based on the feasibility studies carried out, which took into consideration the consumption of the various petroleum products within the Northern Zone, and adequate means of disposal for the surplus products, a Refinery with crude oil capacity of 42,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) could be easily justified. Hence, the refinery was designed for a capacity of 60,000 BPSD. It was much later that the Federal Government decided that the capacity for any refinery in Nigeria should not be below 100,000 BPSD. However, this would have led to the production of large quantity of heavy ends. And one practical and viable solution is reprocessing the heavy fuel oils.

In order to do this, the whole project plans had to be modified so that what initially was planned to be simply a hydro skimming type refinery, developed into an integrated refinery. The refinery would now be able to produce a wider variety of petroleum products, some of which should be lubricating base oils. Hence, it became necessary to import suitable paraffinic based crude oil from Venezuela, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.

Products from the Refinery include; Fuels for use as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) or Diesel oil, Kerosene, Fuel Oil, Sulphur and those from the lubricating oils complex are Base Oils, Asphalt (Bitumen) and Waxes.

The lubricating oil complex of Kaduna Refinery is the first of its kind in West Africa and one of the largest in Africa. The consulting firm, KING WILKINSON of Hague, Holland, in conjunction with NNPC engineers, developed the plan for the refinery. The contract for construction was awarded to CHIYODA CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF YOKOHAMA, Japan in 1977.

The Refinery project was completed and the Fuels Plant was commissioned in 1980. However the Lubes Plant was commissioned in 1983 and Petrochemical Plant much later in 1988. The initial operation and maintenance was carried out by Nigerian Staff and expatriate personnel as technical back up. By 1985, Nigerian staff had virtually taken over all the maintenance and operations.

If Buhari was the Federal Commissioner for Petroleum Resources, March 1976 to June 1978; who now supervised and awarded the contract.

culled from http://www.nnpcgroup.com/nnpcbusiness/subsidiaries/krpc.aspx.

6.The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is the state oil corporation which was established on April 1, 1977. In addition to its exploration activities, the Corporation was given powers and operational interests in refining, petrochemicals and products transportation as well as marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over the 35,000-barrel Shell Refinery established in Port Harcourt in 1965.

Who initiated the policy for the creation of NNPC? can it be the federal commissioner of Petroleum resources.

culled from http://www.nnpcgroup.com/AboutNNPC/CorporateInfo.aspx

7. Where did the writer or the OP got his fake news. At least NNPC will not lie against itself. Yes, Obasanjo was the president and he delegated it to somebody (who is that person BUHARI), did he deliver in the duty awarded to him by his boss? YES.

The OP is needs to do a proper research before posting. He lied about Buhari's profile. Haba, give it to he that is good in what ever he does.
Even Obasanjo who was his boss acknowledge his discipline and integrity.

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Buhari never built any refinery. He never initiated any. He was just a minister doing what was decided at the Supreme Military Council meetings. Anybody could have done same if appointed minister. The success and failure of any government lie in the head of state. So why should we praise the minister? Why not the permanent secretary who leads the implementation of the policy decisions of the government? Why not the directors under the permanent secretary? Why not the assistant directors? Why not the desk officers?

What else do these children of Beelzebub know apart from lies and propaganda? They keep lying to deceive Nigerians into voting a man with antiquated ideas who killed our manufacturing sector and plunged our economy into crisis in his first coming three decades ago. What good is there in a man who made it a crime for the media to report corruption in government?

laBarca:
The Obasanjo that probed the PTF account who came out the certify Buhari as the only Public official in Nigeria. Though Buhari ran against him in 2003, he still maintained that Buhari is corrupt-free.... Hear him

"Muhammadu Buhari as a member of the SMC & as the head of the petroleum dept was by nature taciturn & introvert. But he took any work given to him very seriously & if he failed at whatever he did, it would not be because he did not put his best, in fact, his very best. He was as reliable as he was hard working & HONEST"- President Segun Obasanjo, In His Book "NOT MY WILL"

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Which one preceeded the other: NOT MY WILL or the probe? I hope you know that NOT MY WILL was published in 1990 and if PTF was probed it must have been after May 29, 1999 when Obasanjo became a civillian president.

Now, I hope you know that :
-Danjuma's impression of Obasanjo in 1999 is not the same in 2014

- Obasanjo's impression of Jonathan in 2007 is not the same in 2014
-Tinubu's inpression of Obanikoro in 1999 is not the same in 2014


Your point would have been valid if NOT MY WILL was written after the PTF probe (if any). Besides, Obasanjo in what you quoted was talking about the Buhari who worked under him. that is Buhari as a follower. He was not giving the opinion on Buhari as a Nigerian leader


In Obasanjo's latest book, MY WATCH, he never made reference to Buhari's HONESTY or otherwise. However, he made reference to Buhari as leader -- in comparism to Jonathan. He said that Buhari would offer strong leadership (I don't dispute this) but that he(Buhari)would be a bad manager of the economy (I don't dispute this either). If Obasanjo still had the impression that Buhari was still honest, he would have restated that observation in his latest memoir, MY WATCH. By not restating that, it means there is 'K-leg' there. Now, offering strong leadership does not mean the same with honesty. Obasanjo, Abacha and IBB all offered strong leadership. Did they offer honesty? You may answe that.




I think the mistake the Buharistans make is to sell Buhari with lies, attributing to him what he is not, what he can never be and what he can't do. Rather than sell him with so much lies, I think they can harp on what many people believe he can do that may not be disputable: Strong Leadership. That way, it makes more sense. But the more the criminal coupist is sold as MR PERFECT, SAINT, INCORRUPTIBLE, the more the sellers shoot themselve on the foot.

Good your only link to Ekwueme's case was that Idiagbon said money was found in his house. You have never provided any link that says that Ekwueme was charged, found guilty and sentenced for money found in his house. Why was Buhari/Idiagbon not even bold enough to charge Ekwueme to a kangaroo court? BECAUSE THEY HAD NO EVIDENCE TO NAIL EKWUEME. The $56k only existed in their imagination. Only them saw the money. Till date no other person has come out to say he say the so called money.


You can recycle this thread 1 million times under different titles to launder the image of the criminal corrupt coup plotter civillian president wannabe. It can not wash away the stench of numerous lies of the lying propaganda party.

At least now we have known that the following claims of the coupist's followers are untruths:

-Buhari was not part of the 1983 coup(the --coupist himself-after many years of living in denial confirmed in recent intetviews that he was part of it. First in his interview wit THE CABLE, he said they planned the coup to be less bloody. Second in his CHANNEL'S interview, he said he did not regret toppling Shagari's govt). This singular act of using the gun to topple the will of the people is the highest form of CORRUPTION


-At least nobody will now tell us that Buhari's daughter is married to an Igbo man. There is a life thread here that has debunked the myth

- Nobody will now tell us again that Buhari initiated or built 3 refineries. Again, that untruth has a life thread here that has debunked it.


As usual, I expect my response to be crossed. That is what evil men do when they have no valid counter point.

rozayx5:
datolee started the propaganda busting first

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And he did a good job of it. The APC lying machines of Nairaland will never forget this thread. It exposed their intellectual deficiencies.

adadadon:
Besides its 3 Refineries being credited to Buhari and not four. Buhari was instumental to the building of three refineries

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Even when facts are before you SMH!

Of course we know. datolee had already made this point the day he drilled APC Nairaland liar-in-chief.


APC has lying in its DNA


From Buhari was not part of the 1983 coup to Buhari's daughter is married to an Igbo from Anambra to Buhari built refineries, we'll keep busting their lies.

Jarus:
First, I doubt Sanusi has a twitter handle and the said comment is most likely not from him.

Second, the title of that article is far from the quoted comment. It is very unfortunate that a newspaper like Vanguard will distort truth or make mischievous inference in order to nail someone.

Their political editor, Gabriel Omoh, has been a sworn enemy of Sanusi since he started his reforms in 2009. He was also the one that cast that famous but unsubstantiated story in Vanguard in February 2009 that the North planned to take over 5 banks.


Well, I have sent to Vanguard link to Emir to confirm whether he said so. Will report feedback

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Emmanuel Aziken, and not Gabriel Omoh, is Vanguard's political editor.

tit:
you are an uninformed bigot!
General Domkat Bali has attested to the fact that Buhari came to co-opt him into the coup.
IBB and some other boys had been coming to meet him but as Bali was reluctant about a coup, Buhari had to come and see Bali himself.
Domkat Bali is still alive and if you pay him a visit, as i had done, he can tell you the truth about Buhari.

Who is prof kole omotosho?
who give am prof?
is he a coup plotter?

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You know that guy is one of these blind followers of this criminal called Buhari.They can manufacture anything just to sell him. The criminal has even laid the whole issue to rest in two recent interviews. First, in his interview with The Cable last month he observed that they deliberatly made sure that there would be few deaths in the coup. By saying 'deliberately', it suggests that they met, planned and decided to make the coup less bloody.

Second, in his interview with Channels last week he said that he did not regret overthrowing Shagari. That was the first time he directly owned up to leading the coup after many years of denial.

Yet, Buhari's apologists like the dude you quoted would come to lie that he was not part of the plot.

It is just like their numerous tales that Buhari's cook is a Christian and his 1st daughter married to an Igbo.

LIARS! That's what they all are.

This could be jetlag. He probably left Nigeria and did not have time to rest before attending the meeting.

Having said that, I can see that many commentators do not know Jaja, one of the most distinguished diplomats and members of paliament ever to come out of Nigeria. He was from Abia State-of the Ngwa stock. He was the in fact the first Ngwa lawyer.

A little google search would have shown those lampooning him that he was the first speaker of the house of reps, the first foreign minister and the first ambassador to UN. Before the 1966 coup, he was the aviation minister. Many of Nigeria's aviation laws still bear his signature. He initiated the training of Nigeria's first crop of flight and grounds officers. The Aviation Training Centre, Zaria, was established during his tenure. He once sacked the chiarman of the board of Nigeria Airways for insurbordination. The Prime Minister pleaded with him to reinstate the board chairman but he refused. Instead, he handed a resignation letter to the Prime Minister.

If those that succeeded him were dutiful, honest and patriotic as he was, our country would have been a better place. Yes he slept. But it was mother nature rather than incompetence. If the OP had bothered to do a research on Jaja, he would not have posted this to mock the memory of one of our very finests.


On a personal note, Jaja's grandson, Uchenna, was my classmate in high school. A jolly good fellow, I have not seen the dude since we wrote our last WAEC paper that very hot afternoon many years ago.

How can a criminal be the best thing that has happened to Nigeria? He wants Nigerians to vote out a 'corrupt' government now because he is seeking their votes but did not remember in 1983 that Nigerians would have a chance to vote out the a 'corrupt' Shagari's government in 1987. SMH.

Thank God he has finally owned up to overthrowing Shagari's duly elected government (in his yesterday's Channel's TV interview) after many years of lying that he was invited by the 'coup plotters' to head the government. He will by himself expose more of his perennial lies.

By our Constitution coup plotting is a crime. Buhari plotted a coup. Therefore he is a bloody criminal. Subverting the will of the people with a gun is the highest form of corruption. Nigeria has yet to recover from that selfish and unpatriotic act of 31 December 1983.

Yet, some youths whom Buhari mortgaged their future want us to believe that this selfish criminal, who became politically popular in Northern Nigeria through his support for the 'Sharialization' of Nigeria, is the Messiah our country has been waiting for.


Too bad!

edogirl2:
I am sorry bros, this is no longer a hard and fast rule. Modern English writing perfectly permits the use of 'its' in this scenario. I read UK Guardian, New York Times, and the Economist routinely. The Economist (and most Nigerian newspapers) is the only one of the 3 that tends to adhere to your position. It's a bit archaic and tedious to always have to use 'her' when referring to a country.

Just like we were told in secondary school that there was no plural of 'ship,' however, today, you find many respectable publications referring to 'ships.' Language evolves.

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'Ship' has always had plural. You probably are refering to 'sheep'.

What is wrong with presenting them if their constituencies want them? Is APC not planning to present a coup plotter- who subverted the will of the people- to Nigerians?

laimo:
Baseless,corrupt,uncouth nonsense

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Of course it wil be to you because it burst the Buhari bubbles.