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Issue of bad leadership in Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan as a case study

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has alleged that Mallam Nuhu Ribadu tried to incriminate former President Umaru Yar’Adua.
This he said happened when former President Olusegun Obasanjo showed a preference for Yar’Adua as his successor and not el-Rufai or the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
El-Rufai said this in his new book, The AccidentalPublic Servant.
El-Rufai also alluded to the insistence of Ribadu to be made Obasanjo’s successor in the book.
He said the former boss of the anti-graft agency was livid with anger the day Yar’Adua informed him that Obasanjo had asked him to pick the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential nomination form.
“Well, Obasanjo has not told me, and as far as the Presidency is concerned, I have my candidatefor the presidency, and that is Nasir el-Rufai. I am going to speak to Obasanjo about this,” Ribadu had told Yar’Adua, according to el-Rufai.
He said when it dawned on Ribadu that Obasanjo was in support of Yar’Adua, the former police boss started looking for incriminating petitions against him.
El-Rufai wrote, “Nuhu’s instinctive reaction was that of a typical policeman – dusted up EFCC files and combed for petitions against Umaru.
“Nuhu did not realise it at that time, but he was the one in trouble, not Obasanjo or Umaru. He dusted up all his files and found petitions against the then Katsina State governor and launched investigations.
“He was clearly trying to take Yar’Adua out of the race and narrow all options to zero except for el-Rufai,” he said.
The investigations, he said, led to the arrest of local government chairmen in the state, on the allegation of diversion of local government funds.
The former minister said he had to persuade Ribadu to stop the investigations, saying that people would read meanings into all his actions.
“Anything you do henceforth will only just confirm what people say about you –that you target people that threaten certain interests. If you had been investigating Yar’Adua for a year beforehand, that would have been different, butyou were not. It is too late to start now,” el-Rufaiclaimed he had told Ribadu.
El-Rufai also said leaving office as the President of Nigeria in 2003 was very painful for Obasanjo.
Writing under the sub-headline, ‘The final breakfast,’ el-Rufai said the former President looked pale and sad the day he was going to hand over power to his successor, the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
He said rather than being happy, Obasanjo looked as if he was going to be killed.
He wrote, “The sentiment of the breakfast was for the most part upbeat, though it struck me that Obasanjo, that morning, looked like he had grown several years older.
“He looked as if he was about to face death – hisskin was sallow and it was very clear that this was difficult for him, like someone in the final hours before heading to the electric chair.
“He did not eat any breakfast, he just had some tea. I never thought of losing power as being that painful, but he was visibly pained.”
But a source close to the former President said that el-Rufai, who was Minister of the Federal Capital Territory under Obasanjo, said he (el-Rufai) decided to deride the former Presidentbecause he did not anoint him as his successor.
He said el-Rufai had thought that the former President would put him forward as his preferred choice instead of supporting Yar’Adua.
The source said that the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, had told Obasanjo to narrow the search for his successor to only the former minister of the FCT.
The source, also a former minister, said, “el-Rufaiis bellyaching. He has not forgiven Obasanjo for not asking him to pick the PDP presidential nomination form, unlike Yar’Adua.
“He, with Ribadu backing him, had thought that the President would make him his natural successor. The anger of his rejection manifested in his new book.”




http://www.punchng.com/news/power-tussle-ribadu-tried-to-incriminate-yaradua-el-rufai/

Workometer

Must u expose ur ignorance? Studying political science does not make one a politician but a political scientist who study how people are governed

Ngodigha1: The most respected Nigerians are as follows:
Prof Chinua Achebe.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
Prof Wole Soyinka.
Dr Ngozi Iwuala.
Alex Ekwueme
Dr Ezekwesiri
Dora Akunyili
Alh Dangote
Solomon Lar
Chukwudifu Oputa
Ralph Uwechue
Ebitu Ukiwe
Pepper Clarke
Pat Utomi
Tam David West

or betterstil d whole of igbo race... Shameless thing

When we talk of morality in higher institutions, OAU should top that list.... A skul dat gives zero tolerance to cultism... U dare not play with scientific maximum shi shi which is d traditional punishment given to erring students

Most of u do not have d time 2 go thru it, yet u wil have d time to hurl insults at the General... Anyway, he laid emphasis on investigative journalism which most of u lack.

virtuoso01: ARO- Those Guys that use to do funny things and generally misbehave in an amusing way. Name is coined from the Aro psychiatric assylum.

ROAD 1- Those that fail to make 1.0 CGPA are shown the way out of Campus through road 1.

Eeeeeee move wa........ To show that one is not freaked by another person's action!

Nwa Teacher: Kai, is Hausa and Yoruba men that are mostly involved. They are the people eating the oil money while the main Naija Deltans are very far from oil money. No south south or south east name in d list. Chei, monkey dey work baboon dey chop

Bros, d list never complete.... More people to be exposed. So its likely we have Niger Deltans and ibos.... Who no dey thief for 9ja sef...

Nigeria will only get better when the ruled over-Rule the rulers........ Shikena

vivacious vivi: Kai, my Alma Mata is among o!#coveringfaceinshame#

So, u're a product of poor education..... Smh

I thought boko harams don't believe in western stuffs..... How come he's been treated by people that went thru western education?

Anti-semism
Neo-colonialism

Billyonaire: Anyaoku.....what are you saying again ?

Billyonaire: Anyaoku.....what are you saying again ?

obviously u're blind!!!

How many people is left in Nigeria? If this is true, may her gentle soul RIP!!

just one person is regarded as the oldest in the world. another question we have to ask ourselves is can't there be someone in a remote village who is older than the person who is regarded as the oldest? i think that answers your question.

He is the best in his dream. Messi is far far better

Tactics to get pdp's ticket for a second term..... Whether GEJ or any other candidate, Nigerians are tired of PDP!!!

There is just d need for us to change our perception at to what change actually is...... Most Nigerians believe changes can be effected with their arms folded and their legs crossed. We need to break away from the shackles of colonialism cos directly or indirectly we are still been colonised.

For those that choose Obafemi Awolowo University in the just concluded jamb examination and scored 200 and above..... The next line of action for you is to start preparing for the post-utme...... Feel free to ask questions that is related to the oau post-utme...

elements like u hate good football displayed by barcelona

gulfer: Let us see how Barcelona will fare on their own pitch with Milan; somehow Barcelona's dominance has to end.

propaganda of the highest order..............

alj harem: Is that not better than using the money to buy Gold for a wife in dubia ?

Nigeria is messed up I tell you

@gokuu, stop attacking personalities but rather attack d issue, Show me a university where priority is placed on social life at d expense of academic work and i will show u unilag, show me a university where u see questions b4 exams and i will show u UNILAG, My dear broda, swallow ur pride and take humble pie, Those guys are only good for third class in OAU,

Make dem come OAU oooooo. Unilag, a dumping ground for OAU students who no longer meet the required gp, Smh 4 education system in Nigeria, Over 100 1st class for these parry freaks, Na wa ooo!!!!!!!!!

Obafemi Awolowo University management has released the date of resumption for the 2011/2012 academic year, Freshmen are to resume 26th of february, 11th of march for stalites, fresh students will be matriculating on the 29th of march, Eportal opens for registration on monday (13th), Happy resumption to GREAT IFE students,

OAU remains d best university in Nigeria. I will like to share from your experience at d Oba Awon University(OAU).

which university in Nigeria do you think is the best and why do you think is the best?

A 13-year old boy, Nnadozie Dickson, has been fingered in the death of his 80-year old grandmother, Magdalene Ezeanowane, an incident which occurred on August 23, this year in Ikotun, Lagos State.

Nnadozie, who admitted that he conspired with a domestic cleaner, Augustine Ukwoma, 31, to rob the woman, said he did not have any intention of killing her. According to him, on that fateful day, Augustine had given him some drugs, which he said were sleeping tablets, to put in the old woman’s cup of tea, so as to make her sleep and enable the cleaner to rob her without any hindrance.

SATURDAY PUNCH learnt that it was while spending the last holidays with his aunt, Mrs. Chinyere Umekwe and her family, with whom his late grandmother was living, that the incident occurred.

Narrating the circumstances surrounding the death of the old woman, a source said that the Umekwes had just packed into the neighbourhood.

The late woman’s daughter, who incidentally is a younger sister of Nnadozie’s father, Mr. Theophilus Ezeanowane, was out of the country on an official trip to Ethiopia, and had left Nnadozie and her two little children in their grandmother’s care, as her husband was based outside Nigeria.

The source said that Ukwoma, who had been staying in the same building for two weeks before the incident, was hired by the landlord to clean the compound.

After Ukwoma learnt that the old woman’s daughter had travelled and her husband was abroad, he called Nnadozie to inquire if there was any hard currency in the house. The young boy naively informed him that indeed, there was a sum of N150,000 in the house and also told him where it was kept.

Ukwoma then promised to give Nnadozie some of the money if the boy could assist him in stealing the money from the old woman.

He allegedly gave Nnadozie some drugs, which he said were sleeping tablets, to be dropped in the old woman’s tea.

Nnadozie, after giving his grandmother the drugged tea, noticed that rather than sleeping, the woman started coughing repeatedly and dangerously.

Panicking, the young boy subsequently called Ukwoma to inform him of the development.

Not wanting to lose the money in the event that the old woman dies, Ukwoma asked the boy to go and play with his little cousins, who were playing downstairs, after promising to take care of the boy’s grandmother.

Nnadozie had gone back to the flat with his aunt’s six-year old son when the two children saw Ukwoma trying to suffocate their grandmother with a pillow. They then ran downstairs to the landlord’s flat to inform him.

An eyewitness, identified simply as Chuka, said Ukwoma was apprehended by the neighbours. After taking the old woman to the hospital, the landlord reported the case at Ikotun Police Station.

The old woman, it was learnt, later died as a result of the complications she developed after the incident. Her son, Ndubuisi, later reported the case at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, where ukwoma is being detained.

However, Nnadozie was released to go home with his father, but must report to the SCID whenever the need arises.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Mr. Samuel Jinadu, confirmed the incident, saying that the domestic cleaner was currently in police custody.


http://punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201110080282896

how can they say she consented to such act. 5 men at a time, the fact that she was begging them to kill her instead of sleeping with her shows she did not consent to it,