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reborn1:
Honestly, I dont know the problem of these i.diots. They keep throwing jabs at people that dont even care if they exist. Tonychris is fond of insulting the Yorubas everywhere on nairaland like they owe him something, the bigoted mod will ignore but rush to ban people when they retaliate. I am sure there wont be story when we start our own.

@Oneeast, God bless you General.

I took time off Politics section because the knowledgeable veterans on both sides have opted out and can not descend to the low IQ level of some present monickers on NL.

Banning is not my issue. No be today. My issue is the IQ level of the low lifers and paid party agents in Politics section nowadays.

Can't wait for the election to be over and all these stup1d Buhari vs GEJ and PDP vs APC threads can go into extinction.

Y1bos and their fixation on yorubas.

We are watching the thread closely and we will gladly take the thread to the dogs for you.

SaharaReporters has learned of a new twist in the desire of some top officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a six-month postponement of polls in Nigeria, with several sources saying a faction of the party would work to replace President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s presidential candidate.

In separate interviews with SaharaReporters, numerous PDP officials disclosed that many founding members of the party had lost confidence in Mr. Jonathan’s viability as a candidate, adding that a faction within the party had discussed easing the incumbent president out of the presidential race, and replacing him with another candidate from the Niger Delta zone.

“The only obstacle to the plan is that the South-South might kick against it, so we have arrived at a consensus to find another candidate,” one of our sources, a northerner, said.

“If elections could be postponed for six months, we will definitely replace President Jonathan as our candidate,” another member of the faction confirmed.

In a clear sign that the party was crumbling was within, several high ranking PDP members said they regretted letting President Jonathan carry the party’s flag as a presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections. Some of them confessed to being aware that the party’s prospects looked dire with Mr. Jonathan holding the presidential ticket.

“We are the ones who started the push for six months delay in the elections to enable us [to] put in place an interim government which would then enable the party to change its presidential candidate to somebody that is more competitive,” one official confessed. He added that Mr. Jonathan’s faction also sought the extension for their own designs, which was to explore ways of rigging the elections.

Our interviews revealed that many PDP governorship candidates in the north and elsewhere in the country were secretly working against Mr. Jonathan’s re-election or quietly distancing themselves from him.

One party leader revealed that some candidates in the northern area were all but campaigning for Mr. Buhari, the presidential flag bearer of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

However, some PDP officials told SaharaReporters that, while they hoped that President Jonathan could be sidelined to increase the chances of the party in the upcoming elections, they also wished that the APC would also dump Mr. Buhari as its presidential candidate.

The party officials claimed that key political figures across Nigeria continue to view a Buhari Presidency with mortal fear because of his stubborn personality and his promise to punish the corrupt.

Several of the PDP officials told SaharaReporters that the rift between Mr. Jonathan and a large faction in the party that wants him dumped was reflected in the responses to former President Olusegun Obasanjo who two days ago dramatically announced his resignation from the PDP, publicly tearing his membership card. Two of the officials disclosed that, while Mr. Jonathan’s aides launched direct attacks on Mr. Obasanjo, the officials at the party headquarters in Abuja adopted a more cautious and subdued tone, regretting that the former president had decided to leave the party.

Some officials stated that the party hierarchy viewed Mr. Obasanjo’s public departure from the party as a dangerous signal and as a major threat. “Chief Obasanjo doesn’t just come out swinging the way he has done recently unless he is privy to the existence of some third forces that are against President Jonathan. And to the best of our knowledge, the former president has never fought a battle like this and lost, no matter how long it takes him,” one of the officials said.

“The truth is that many senators, honorable members of the House of Reps and governors are loyal to Baba, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. So they are doing Baba’s bidding even though they are giving Mr. President [Jonathan] the impression that they are with him,” another party official in Abuja said.

The party officials acknowledged that the statements of former President Obasanjo in the last three days had caused a major havoc on the party’s plans to work towards an interim national government.

Several of the PDP officials attributed the fractiousness within the party to the way Mr. Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan, imposed unpopular candidates on the party in various parts of the country. Even though they agreed that Mr. Obasanjo had imposed candidates on the party in the past, one PDP official said the Jonathans consistently backed candidates who were extremely unpopular within the PDP and unelectable.

Asked if President Jonathan was aware of plans to replace him, some of our sources said the president knew that many powerful members of the party were not satisfied with his style and low performance. One source said former Vice President Alex Ekwueme and even the party’s chairman of the board of trustees, Tony Anenih, were far from enthusiastic about Mr. Jonathan’s re-election.

“President Jonathan’s candidature and unpopularity are damaging the party,” one official stated. He added that the party’s electoral prospects in the general elections had dwindled dramatically. “We are only sure of carrying about 11 states in the country, according to our internal polls,” one party official disclosed.

Party officials also said they were determined to change numerous candidates for governorships, the Senate and House of Representatives in several states if the six-month postponement ever became a reality. “The way President Jonathan and First Lady Patience Jonathan picked many candidates has now weakened the party across the country,” one top official in Abuja complained.

Whynotthetruth:
How do we fight corruption in your own understanding bro? let's start the debate from there...

Thank you for your objectivity.


We need updated legislation, that are in tandem with modern realities and forfeiture of assets acquired through the proceeds of such corrupt acts. The penalties in our current laws against corruption are too weak.

Our anti-corruption agencies should be empowered to go after anybody that is found liable. This is only possible if the body language of whoever is occupying Aso Rock is not supportive of corruption. I believe making the funding of the agencies statutory will also help out.

The judiciary system ought to be reformed and their processes harmonised. This will ensure speedy prosecution and judgement. The judges prolong most of these cases on flimsy excuses that are ridiculous.

Our religious and community leaders and National Orientation Agency need to embark of strategic, conscious and sustainable re-orientation campaign to change the mentality of the citizens. The psyche of the Nigerian populace has been gradually configured over the decades to accept corruption as a norm. When people start defending corruption based on she is our daughter "don't touch her" or people roll put drums to celebrate an ex-convict jailed for being corrupt or a whole town coming out to defend a 419 kingpin or drug baron from being arrested, all these shows our psyche against corruption as a people is warped.

Others can contribute.

agabaI23:
The way you believe that dictator with bad human rights records and zero economic performance is now a progressive.

The way you believe every word that falls out of Tinubu's mouth

The way you believe that any body that decamps from PDP to APC is now saint progressive

The way you believe every negative thing said about GEJ.

That is the way to believe a verifiable truth.
Invoke the FOI act if you need evidence because GEJ is involved.

Stop your mouth diarrhoea and show us the people that were charged to.court for such heinous crime against the Nigerian State and citizens.

Or is it only thieves that must be charged and not corrupt people, using the definition of GEJ of corruption.

When you discover a crime and you fail to penalise people, what message are you passing the others --- for your hollow brain l, the message is go ahead with the crime, just ensure you are smarter next time.

walozanga:
You need medical examination, since u no like good thing. Cow

Its obvious that your cerebral is full of abscess. Ndi ara.

You are picking on the wrongest person

walozanga:
IF U NO LIKE AM GO HUG TRANSFORMER!!!

Who is this ''were somebody'' ? Are you okay?

How do we believe this fallacy, when no one was ever charged to court?


Another lie from the pit of hell.

From Mandela of Otuoke to Doyin Okupe's Jesus Xt and now, here comes Jonah the Ghost Buster.

Another whining and embittered bush baby from alaigbo. If you are pained, go back to your gully eroded land and vote.

@ Barcanista,

the same way the demon of ING was defeated then, is the same way it will be defeated now.

If the only thing GMB can achieve for this country is curbing corruption and instilling discipline culture, he would have taken us 20years forward.

In this interview with ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, a national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, speaks on the recent comments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other national issues

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Goodluck Jonathan plans to perpetuate himself in government like the former President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo. What do you think of this comment?

He (Obasanjo) says he is a Christian and as a Christian, it is emphasised in the New Testament of the Bible where Christ said judge not so that you will not be judged. But his judgment is no longer about the policies of Jonathan. He has gone down to the extent of saying Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will jail you (Jonathan), that is why you are afraid. I am holding my breath because in an African setting, you talk to elders with respect and that is why I am trying to get the right words to describe my feelings. Baba (Obasanjo) is not a young man. He was Head of State at 39. So averagely, he should be about 84 or 85 and I am requesting that he should graciously fade away into the midnight. In the Bible, Romans chapter 13 states clearly that we should pray for those in authority. It says pray for your leaders so that they don’t run aground. So, to me that is my own interpretation. If baba (Obasanjo) had attended the Council of State meeting in Abuja, where they were very well briefed, and that it was decided that only the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, that could pronounce a postponement and that he should go and come up with a decision and Jega addressed a press conference. Now to start comparing our President with Gbagbo in Cote d’Ivoire is unjust, unsavoury and unfair because what is the population of Ivory Coast? What are the tribal sentiments of Ivory Coast? Are they the same here? I want to plead with Baba. God has been kind to him and he has served his own time. I don’t want to conclude that his life will be like King Saul in the Bible. I pray it will not be so. Baba has played his role. No generation can finish any job. Nation building is a continuous exercise. You come, do your own and go back into history.

Apart from the issue of insecurity which Jega gave as the reason for the postponement of the elections, do you think INEC was ready to conduct the elections on February 14 and 28?

I granted an interview recently and there were two posers that I gave to Jega. Thank God Jega is a professor. He told us that there was an 88 per cent collection rate in Borno State where there is massive insurgency as well as in Yobe and Adamawa states. Here, where there is calmness and civility, only 30 something per cent of the populace had collected PVCs. It is just improving. I think as of last Friday over three million had collected as against 5.6 million. And he is saying we are ready. Without the Permanent Voter Cards, you are immediately disenfranchised. Ask Jega that as a professor, will it be fair to conduct an examination whereby you have (students who have) covered 80 per cent syllabus and another class where you have (students who have) covered only 30 per cent syllabus. Is it fair?

The other question is this issue of card readers. Have they been tested? I am talking as an electronic engineer of 48 years in practice. You just bought equipment from China and the last time it was tested was in China. Our own environment is not the same. Look at the vagaries of the temperature here from the swampy areas of the South and the savannah in the North. Who has tested the equipment? Now, I am not saying they will not all work but if there are almost 9,000 polling units in Lagos, is he saying all the 9,000 card readers will be functional? If the card readers fail to work in some polling units, what shall we do?

Why did the military surround former Governor Bola Tinubu’s house?

If Bola Tinubu finds his way into national government, I will go on exile. He hasn’t the temerity and the calmness of mind. They don’t even know what to do in power. Because the vice-president is his boy, he will just order that Bode George should be picked up. He said soldiers came to him but he must have been dreaming. When he said soldiers had surrounded his house, I drove down there because my house is not too far from there. I know the hierarchy of the military and its behaviour. That they surrounded his house is lie number one because on either side of his house are two buildings. There is also one at the back. So, I wondered where the soldiers were hiding. Why would you lie for public consumption? So when I got down there, I knew that his spin doctors were working. These days people go on the social media and the story went viral. Why would he (President Godluck Jonathan) from Abuja, be running after Bola? Let them be very careful about the statements they are making. More so, if Obasanjo is now linking Jonathan with what happened in Cote d’Ivoire and coup; not in this 21st Century. That is past and gone forever. No nation goes through this kind of tribulation twice and survive. We have had our own experience of Civil War and I pray that God does not direct our minds in that direction and our people have to watch their mouths.

The general perception in Lagos is that the governorship race is between yourself and Tinubu.

Absolutely not! In the PDP, no individual owns the party. I happen to have been the first national vice chairman, South-West PDP, and then became deputy national chairman South and then deputy national chairman for the whole country and having done that, they have honoured me that as long as I remain in the party, I remain a member of the Board of Trustees and I am the only one representing the South-West in the national caucus forever. That is a great honour in our party but I don’t decide who becomes a candidate. Primaries were conducted and in this particular case, the voice of the people became louder than anybody’s. I am not like Bola Tinubu, I don’t have the papers of the party in my pocket. I don’t even have a veto power. But the other side doesn’t practice democracy. We have friends that are members there. Jimi Agbaje has no godfather but will not behave like an authoritarian governor.

But Senator Musiliu Obanikoro said you were the one that imposed Agbaje.

That is absolute garbage, he knew he was lying. You know he came from their party and that is why he was saying it was me. He has now retracted the statement. We are now one indivisible party and we are ready for election. All the vagaries and all that happened during the primary was a test of the ability and the strength of our party and we listened to the voice of the people. The voice of the people is the voice of God.

Jonathan’s perception in the South-West is not as favourable as it was in 2011. There has been blame on you and other PDP Yoruba leaders for allowing Buhari to increase in popularity in the South-West.

If you had said this about two or three weeks ago, I would have agreed. I got these feelers straight to my face. People came to me and said they would vote for Agbaje but they will not vote for Jonathan because he had done nothing for us here. And I explained that there is a general misunderstanding of the concept of operation in this country. The long periods of military rule presupposed that the Head of State was responsible for everything and it is that same thinking that is responsible for this situation. We are all hands on deck explaining the differences between military governance and democratic governance.

Highly educated people, my age groups, were asking me this question but I explained to them that 60 per cent of the impact the President will have on you is through the federal allocation to your state. Does he give every state and every local government allocation? Yes. They collect it religiously every 30 days. In the area of security, he guarantees it. It is only three states in the North-East battling insecurity. There is peace and he guarantees that. What of infrastructure? All federal roads in Lagos from Alfred Rewane in Ikoyi all the way to Third Mainland Bridge and Ebute Meta are federal roads. Are they like the roads in Somolu and Akowonjo?

Secondly, the APC refused to participate in the National Conference. Since he (Buhari) has refused to debate, what will he do about the resolution unanimously reached by the National Conference? What will happen to the report? The decisions of the National Conference are so germane to the future of this country. The more reasons why the man who conceptualised it should be allowed to implement his decisions.

Who should arrest OBJ?

Is it not the same Jonathan that cannot arrest Diezani and Oduah?

The same Jonathan that is under Patience's wrapper?

The same Jonathan that could not got to Chibok?

The same Jonathan that was too scared to attend our national day ceremony at Eagle Square?

Is it not Jonathan that cannot summon the Chadian and Nigerien Presidents to Nigeria, in fact the Chadian President 419-ed him.


He is too small to arrest the demon of owu.

@ barcanista

Just know that anything and everything is possible with this insane government.

One thing about Nigeria you need to realise is, for every step govt wants to take, it always test the waters with rumours, before unfolding the full package.

Hardly has there ever been a rumour that did not come out to be true after all.

Saharareporters told us Farouk collected bribe, we denied it. Alas it was true.
They told us Stealer Oduah bought odeshi-proof BMWs at outrageous prices, we denied it. Alas, it was true
They even told us she never had MSc, we denied it. Alas it was true.
They told us GEJ was planning to give presidential pardon to Alams, Bode george and Sergent Rogers, we dnied it again. Alas, it was true.
They told us election will be postponed, we swore that it cannot happen. Alas, the saharareporter oracle was right again.

Why should I not believe them?

Does OBJ have the power to form ING?

Is this not a confirmation that GEJ is planning ING? Or will OBJ be lobbying for what he does not have power to form or that is not being planned?

Jonah just keeps getting worse on a daily basis.

Why do you people like sentiments above objectivity? so he must be voted again because he is from a minority group. What a hollow thinking and mentality?

Was he not the same minority man, Nigerians from all works of life, religion and ethnic groups voted for in 2011? why was his minority status not important then.

If in your own opinion, you feel he outperformed OBJ and Yar Adua, it is your exclusive view and you are entitled to it. Others think he is the worst and most clueless and corrupt president we ever had. They are entitled to their opinions too. However, what are your yardstick for measuring him against the 2 previous administrations?

Stop basing your judgement on sentiments and dwell on objectivity, facts and figures.

What a write up from the Shine Shine Bobo Master himself.

From my observation in the last one week, the postponement of the election has only made the neutrals to tilt towards Buhari. The questions Jonathanians and SaTanoids should ask themselves are the following:

1. It is the same GEJ Nigerians rooted for in 2011, what changed between now and then?
2. It is the same Buhari, Nigerians have said no to 3ce, why are they suddenly rooting for him, in almost cult manner now?

We were told Buhari is a jihadist, there is no fact to that effect.
We were told he said he will make Nigeria ungovernable, it has been proven that a northern PDP member said it.
We were told he is a terrorist, but we can all recall that the murdered General told us PDP is BH and even the Preisdent said BH is in his PDP led govt.
We were told he is too old in 2011, we voted for a younger GEJ and he took our country many steps backward. How ols was Mandela? How is Netanyahu, George Bush Snr, Ronald Reagan etc
One useless and tout of a Governor put out his obituary, he, his cohorts and devilish party have been made to realise that only God knows the appointed time for anybody to die.

Instead of posting Army to Sambisa Forest, Jonathan is busy deploying them on the streets of opposition leaders.
Instead of GEJ to show us his PhD publications, he is busy making noise about Buhari's WASC. Does it not know the way to Cambridge Univeristy to establish whether the result exists or not. GEJ said his best student was Patience and that says alot about him as a dubious lecturer. If Patience is his best product, definitely others will be dumber than her.
Our younger and dubious PhD holder that is stammering over definition of corruption, reciting verbatim what one Justice Mustapha told him is corruption, is not worthy to be called my president in any way.

Under this administration, Corruption graduated from being a demon into being a god that is being worshipped. All economic jargons are not reflective in the life of ordinary Nigerians. Mr President said, during the Presidential Chat, that the mere facts that Nigerians are buying jets shows Nigerians are rich. How hollow can a supposed Phd holder be!!. He is celebrating Power and railway, the same that were the brain child of OBJ.
Sincerely, where is Reuben Abati?

It should be clear to us all that Buhari has destiny with fate on March 28th and surely we will play our part in making that destiny come to reality come March 28. GEJ can only run, he can not hide. We are eagerly awaiting March 28 with full vitality and vigour.

Waiting To March for Buhari -- Come March 28.

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Why were the moderators apologising before asking questions?

What sort of kangaroo interview is that?

So one justice Mustapha said it and he too regurgitated it like a primary school kid.

What a PhD holder.

Why were the moderators apologising before asking questions? What a weird interview.

GEJ had better relocate Aso Rock to Otuoke.

Tompolo and Dokubo in far away Gbaramatu Kingdom will not be able to save him in Abuja, with this looming catastrophe he is playing with.

The onus to prove an accussation lies with the accuser.

That is very fundamental in law.

When will this always whining bush babies of alaigbo ever learn that no one gives a hoot about them?

What is the correlation between Fashola and PVC? They are too used to their victim, they-hate-us and they-are-holding-us-down mentalities.

Mtchewwwwwww


Greedy covetous cannibals they have always been, they are and will always be.

Wait till Okowa becomes Gov of Delta and you will see the unprecedented level of insult they will be passing on other ethnicities in Delta.

ACTIONSOP:
Although, i am not a fan of any of the presidential candidates , however,I want to share this with you guys to judge, during a political interactions about Nigeria Feb.14 with some Northern colleagues of mine in Canada, this is what most of them had to say about Buhari and APC.
The reason for the massive support of buhari by the SW is very clear. APC planted Osinbajo (SW) a younger candidate as VP, knowing fully well that GMB an old fellow with health issues might not make it till the END just in case of victory at the poll.
The same principle Dr. GEJ assumed power after the death of late President Yaradua God bless his soul.

The reason why some Northerners are still doubtful about Buhari, some argued that why APC didn't choose from the majority of YOUNG ,educated and enlightened politicians as candidate from the North. If APC fans say that ONLY GMB at 73years is the man they trusted among thousands of noble candidates from the NORTHERN part Nigeria then there is a problem.

BOSTED bawooooooooo!!!!!!

Another Ariara Market Ewure on the loose.

Please we are begging you, start the militancy again.

Let the remaining handful of expatriates in Niger Delta relocate to SW again, as usual.

Mtchewwwwww.

Soludo is heartless.

He took NOI to the cleaners, without collecting change. CHAIIIIIII. DIARIS IS GOD Oooo

So, it was OBJ that got Debt Relief for Nigeria and not Madam NOI afterall. Hmmmmmmmmm.

gregg2:
I wish we could rewind this country 2 to 3yrs back so we can spot all those that kicked against savings for rainy day. They fought ECA, SWF and oil benchmarks even when Okonjo-Iweala continued shouting and warning us all. This is the list I can remember:

1) House of Reps (PDP, ACN, CPC etc members because constituency projects)

2) Amaechi's faction of governors forum -opposed SWF and ECA savings strongly and up to the courts

3) Punch newspaper and The Nations - they nearly labelled Okonjo-Iweala an enemy of the nation - preaching savings for rainy day when according to them it was already raining

4) Tinubu - I remember an interview he attacked the FG to save it's own share of the federation account if they care but release the states govs share claiming they have a lot to do at home

if they had not insisted on sharing, maybe 70BN dollars would have been declared missing.

The one that was not shared was looted by GEJ and his cronies. How can 20Bn dollars be missing? GEJ has spent trillions on military and our army is still as clueless as GEJ himself.

OP --- you better start packing your GMG.

The question is why is Nigerian Army always on the defensive. They have never sustained any offensive attack.

Why?

There is more to this rubbish called Boko Haram

Whether SaTANOids or Jonadaftians or Mandela of Otuoke or Doyin Okupe's Jesus Xt like it or not, come FeBuhari 14, it shall be SAI BUHARI.

Here come the whirlwind of CHANGE.