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All because of N100bn bond, Jonathan and his cronies are refusing to do the right thing. So sad, no wonder PDP is losing ground. I am sure they will not be re-elected in Ogun next year. Jonathan is setting a bad precedent and record because he doesnt want to offend Gbenga Daniel and lose Ogun state, but i think he will with the way he is going. Too bad for him if this is how he will handle the South West, as we have seen in Ogun and Oyo. Its ACN all the way. No more looters and N100bn bond money sharing.

There were strong indications on Monday that the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, is un-willing to enforce the order to reopen Ogun State House of Assembly within seven days by the House of Representatives.

T[b]he assembly has been unable to sit for over four months due to an internal crisis.
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On September 6, a group of nine lawmakers had suspended the Speaker, Mr. Tunji Egbetokun and 13 other lawmakers indefinitely for alleged gross misconduct.

A court later nulified his impeachment and affirmed him as the authentic Speaker.

Despite the judgment, the house has not resumed its legislative function, a development that led the House of Representatives to direct the IG to provide the necessary security for the assembly to re-open for business under the leadership of Egbetokun.

Egbetokun had followed up the directive by writing to the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Musa Daura, to comply with the directive.

The lower chamber also said that it would take over the functions of the state assembly at the expiration of the seven-day ultimatum in line with the 1999 Constitution, if it failed to recovene.

[b]But the Police Public Relations Office, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, in Abuja evaded questions on the readiness of the IG to comply with the decision of the House.

Ojukwu in a telephone interview directed our correspondent to go through the Constitution and see whether the House has powers to give orders to the Police or not.

He said, “Well, we will work within the ambit of the law to ensure peace and security; protect lives and property.”

[size=14pt]But when pressed to clarify his position, he added, “Go and check the Constitution and see whether the House of Representatives has powers give orders to the police.”[/[/size]b]

The anticipated sitting of the lawmakers did not hold on Monday as the Assembly Complex remained shut by security agents.

The Speaker had in line with the directive of the lower chamber fixed the sitting of the committee of the House for yesterday while the plenary session was slated for today (Tuesday).

Our correspondent who visited the assembly complex, saw security men positioned at strategic locations of the complex while the gates remained under lock and key.

Not only this, the two gates to the Governor’s office were manned by security agents as those that have appointments to keep were screened before they could enter the secretariat.

Egbetokun, while speaking in an interview with our correspondent on Monday, said he was still awaiting the reply to the letter written to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Musa Daura, to provide security for the lawmakers.

He said, “But the feelers I have been able to get is that the security agents are still there and the place still remain lock. We are waiting for the reply to our letter before we take the necessary steps.”

He stated that the failure of the House to sit has hindered deliberations of the matters listed for the day.

When contacted on the telephone, Daura said, “I’ not confirming anything. If he said he wrote a letter, go and confirm from him.

“He is the author of the letter and not me. So, I can’t confirm to you whether we received any letter or not.

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If he falisfied his qualifications and faked his achievements even in the slightest bit, he should be exposed and have to either retract the statement or explain what he meant.I wonder why Nigerian's are never objective.This is why we are so quick to praise 419's and fraudsters.We never ask the "why or How possible" questions.American's are often fooled by con artists.Including their TV stations and supposedly credible sources.Maybe it is lazy reporters or people loving sensational news.It took another Nigerian to debunk his claims which to me is acceptable.Would you have preferred if a white man shamed us? And further proved how fraudulent we could be?I have seen this argument and was ashamed and disappointed by Phillip.Dr.Toyin Falola did his duty, and that is that.I hope we, in the future come out and debunk false claims and insult fraudulent people.Especially people of questionable character and resources.This is nothing like bad belle, it is just cleansing ourselves of the filth that has eroded our society and showing them that they are no longer respected in our country.

Na wa oh.Na so e easy?Lust of the Yoruba yansh don kill you.Ur obviously an unstable guy.When you go to a black woman, what happens after 7yrs?

^^^
Orders from the president, Adesegun Musiwa.hehe

In Yorubaland the women pay for the whole wedding. . They are gaining a stallion in their family so they gats to pay. . That is how it should be, afterall the men take care of these women and they plenty pickins for the rest of his life. So a wedding bailout package is a good thing to welcome the man into lifetime of suffering, bondage and spending billions.

adeola2707:
i guess you are the one who dont know what you are saying. just pray that what happen to my sister happen to you. listen i know the haed and tail of this story. this guy walked out of my sister two months after having his stay in  the uk.  see no sensible man would wake up in the morning and just walk out of his matrimonial home, this is no boyfriend and girlfriend talk. they did a proper wedding in a catholic church, but  ths guy certainly had his plan. I dont know if you are a girl or guy but if they do that to your sister you would know how wicked this life is. like i always say to everyone  including this my sister, when god decides to take vengenance for someone, it surprises all. Olorun ni oba to ngbe ni nija, teru ba oni ja gan gan. i believe the guy never loved my sister he just used her. i understand that this guy has said a lot to support his action, but guess what he knows where he chats his rubbish, he never says it to people that really knows him.  AND TO YOU MY LOVELY FRIEND WHO SAYS MAYBE IT WAS MY SISTER THAT IS AT FAULT. JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL BUILD A HOUSE FOR ANOTHER MAN TO INHERIT. see i know both of them very well and i happened to be one of there alarina's.  my sister met yemi through Abbey lanre, they got talking , my sister then went to naija to meet him one on one.  Do not be deceived about how this guy dresses or looks. he is a nobody. for anyone that lives in lagos, tell them to go to awomodu street, no 2, bariga. at least you will get to know the kind of background this guy is from.  6 months after my sister met him, she decided to bring him to uk. they went to ogudu registry in 2005 and both arrived in the uk in dec 2005. this guy went to school and my sister contributed towards the tuition. he had no job for 7 months my sister fed him clothe him and his family. sent yemi junior one to school, set his immediate younger sister in a trade with 200k which she ruined. when abi said something about how the money was wasted the guy took sides. upon all this my silly sister still went ahead to marry in a church wedding at st wilfred catholic church in nov 2007. abi said she had 2 miscarriages in 2008, the last one which i am aware of. few days after the miscarriage, this guy walked out of my sister and the only thing he took with his was his passport (tell me how wicked can this guy be) she tried all her best to get this resolved, even me called yemi awomodu and spoke to him for 4hrs but he couldnt say the exact thing that went wrong.  The most annoying part of it was that my sister stayed in touch with his family as she really wants her marriage to work. when i say stayed in touch like still sending feeding allowance, the younger ones still calling for school fees e.t.c. seriously the most annoying part of it was that we recently had a family do in nigeria, and my parent invited them as they wanted to make abi happy. As soon as my sister got to naija, she bought 3 aso ebi for them @15k each. it was a day to the party that someone sent a  text to my sister phone telling he to give each member of the family a holy bible to swearif yemi did not just have a baby in uk. that day i felt bad to watch my sister go through all this agony again. my sister was sick for 6 months when yemi left her and we were all so happy to see she is back on her feet, now this again. and it was a day to my brother wedding. We told my sister to call yemi's mum to find out. She called yemi's mum and the mum denied . immediately my sister asked the driver to took her to yemi's house. i decided to go with her because she wasnt in the right frame of mind,,  We got there still the mother denied it, it was then the elder sister came out who said it was true and she was going to tell my sister but she was just waiting for the right time. How wicked can this people be? and guess  what they still had the gut to come to the party. This people are wicked and dont have the fear of god in them. From May 2005 to Nov 17 7007, this yemi guy never had sex with my sister as he claimed he is a catholic and would never have intimacy until he gets married in a church. its a shame that this guy fooled  everyone of us thinking that his genuine. i am very sure that my sister is not the first girl he has broke her heart but i know that as long as god lives yemi awomodu would live to regret his action.

You sound like a very insulting person. If this is how your sister is then it is no surprise that he left. What did i say in my post that warrants this?

Brilliant thread *Subscribing* DapoBear is simply very intelligent and I like his intellectual discussion with Gbawe. Please beware of the Junkie, don't let her come turn this thread into a daft thread.This is way ahead of her level of intelligence.Carry go my guys, I gbadun you proper.P.S this is about Yoruba States so the IGBO/Yoruba internet warriors should respect themselves.

Ileke-IdI:
TewMuch, stop right there. Do not post another topic.
Gbogbo topic ti o n post, enikan ti already post e.

I dont see this one. But i see the Olunloyo one. . My bad.

I like this guy already. He has answered my questions swiftly. I wonder why other Governor's do not do this? Nigeria will be a better place. The riggers especially will be too afraid for their lives. He should liquidate all Oni's properties if he stole from the state. . This guy is going to be amazing. Wish i was from Ekiti all of a sudden.

A new era dawned in Ekiti State yesterday as Dr. John Kayode Fayemi was sworn in as the third elected governor of the 14-year-old state with a promise said there would be a comprehensive review of what has transpired in the last 42 months of the ousted Governor Oni’s administration.


Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi flanked by his wife, Bisi (left), and the Deputy Governor, Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka, at the inauguration ceremony yesterday in Ado-Ekiti


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This followed the eclipse of the 42-month-old administration of Engr. Segun Oni pronounced illegal by the Appeal Court, sitting in Ilorin which declared Fayemi as the rightful winner of the 2007 governorship election and April 25, 2009 and May 5, 2009 re-run polls he contested with Oni Friday.

Although the new governor promised that there would be no recrimination or retaliation against the “usurper” regime, he explained,“this is with a view to strengthening the fabric of democratic governance and correcting the ills of the past, not an exercise in witch-hunt.” And to show that the refrain of a new dawn is here, which dominated his inaugural speech, was no mere political symbolism, the new governor pronounced far reaching policies and welfare package for the people of the state.

Among these are: free education for primary and secondary schools pupils and a review of recently jacked up fees of the state-owned tertiary institution; free health programme for children below age of five, pregnant women, physically challenged and the aged. Also among his 8-point agenda, which he promised to implement with vigour are massive job creation, modernization of agriculture, improvement of infrastructure, provision of adequate security, tourism and industrial development, promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

In line with this, he ordered that all Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service should revert to their positions as at May 28, 2009 immediately, while suspending all irregular civil service appointments.

At a colourful ceremony held at Palm Spring Housing Estate along Iworoko Road, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, the new governor, who was dressed in immaculate white lace material with a matching green colour Awo cap, took the oath of office at exactly 3.10pm with his wife, Bisi, standing by his side.

His deputy, Mrs Olufumilayo Olayinka, was the first to have the oath administered on her by the state Acting Chief Judge, Justice Silas Oyewole at about 2:48pm.

The new Ekiti helmsman took the oath amidst cheering by a large crowd including dignitaries from various parts of the country. The ceremony was witnessed among other, Lagos State Governor Raji Fashola; his Edo State counterpart, Adam Oshiomhole; Governor Segun Mimiko of Ondo Stte, Bisi Akande, National Chairman ACN, former lagos State Governor and ACN chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu former Ekiti Stae governor Niyi Adebayo, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose; the former Secretary of Afenifere, Mr. Ayo Opadokun; an Afenifere leader, Senator Ayo Fasanmi; Osun State ACN governorship candidate, Rauf Aregbesola and traditional rulers from the state.

Addressing the people of the state, Governors Adam Oshiomhole, Segun Mimiko and Raji Fashola implored the people of the state to support the new governor for the economic and infrastructural development of the state to succeed. Delivering his inaugural speech, Dr. Fayemi said, ”From the dismal tunnel into which electoral robbery has drawn our beloved state, made worse by the impunity of the violators of our collective rights to political choice, their Lord Justices of the Appeal Court have rescued our state and delivered your voice and choice back to you, the people of Ekiti State. It is not Kayode Fayemi and Funmi Olayinka who have got victory here today. This struggle has never been about us. It’s been about you and the corporate sovereignty of Ekiti people.”

Speaking further, Fayemi said: “Today, we enter into sacred social contract with you, our people. Let this message be heralded in every corner of the our beloved state, let it be echoed in the four corners of this great country and beyond the shores of Nigeria.” He, however, paid tributes to lovers of the struggle, especially those who lost their lives in the course of fighting for the restoration and the revalidation of his mandate.


http://odili.net/news/source/2010/oct/17/524.html

Septuagenarian former governor of old Oyo State, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, is not your typical every day politician. Call the mathematician a maverick and you might not be far from the truth. He became a commissioner at the age of 27 and by the time he was elected governor in 1983, he had held five different government positions, including one that placed the entire Ibadan land at his disposal.


He lost his father in December 1948 when he was just 13 years old, but that setback didn’t stop him from securing a PhD in Mathematics from a London University in 1961.

In 1983, Olunloyo ran for the Oyo governorship on the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) platform, and against all odds defeated the incumbent, Bola Ige of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). He assumed office in October 1983 only to lose the seat three months later in December following a military coup. After being banned by the government of General Ibrahim Babangida as one of the old breed politicians, he joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the restart of the Fourth Republic in 1999.
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In this interview, he dismisses the position held by northern political leaders on zoning, an issue that is presently rocking the PDP. Olunloyo also warned that the nation was gradually drifting towards disintegration.

How will you describe the ongoing controversy in the PDP over zoning?

It is a very complicated issue and I am very shocked at the level of bitterness that has attended this controversy. There has been a lot of heat but very little light.

Some politicians in the North wrote a letter to the PDP national secretariat asking that the incumbent President be stopped from contesting the 2011 election on the basis that there was an agreement on zoning in the PDP. Alhaji Adamu Ciroma and five others jointly signed the letter. I don’t feel happy with that letter.

But in that letter, they made a case why the North must produce the president for the next four years…

(Cuts in) That is a completely useless case. The letter was written within the ambits of the constitution of the PDP. I have studied the matter and I realised that the position they are advocating is totally useless and the letter was faulty and inaccurate. I will say that the letter was designed to foment trouble.

I don’t like the tone of the letter; it is like a threat. One thing I saw in that letter is that it is about the North, the North and the North. All the writers are from the North and it was written from the narrow perspective of the North. But there is a flaw in that letter that made it perfectly useless; talking about zoning. They claimed that something was zoned to the North, but this is a howler. The North is not one of the zones in the PDP.

What do you mean by that?

What I mean is exactly what I said. The PDP constitution recognizes six zones and the North is not one of them. The North is a region. The constitution talks of South West, South East, South South, North West, North East and North Central. Nowhere was the North mentioned.

Section 7(2c) that the Ciroma group quoted does not save the letter either. The policy of power rotation and zoning of the PDP, like that of its predecessor the defunct NPN, was not worked out. It is a potential policy; it is not an actual working policy. It is dishonest because if it were a honest policy, it will state who is zone 1, who is zone 2, who is zone 3 to zone 6. But this document did not do that.

The Ciroma letter also gave the impression that each zone should have eight years. I don’t know who told them it would be so. Olusegun Obasanjo was lucky to have spent eight years. He could have died, he could have been impeached or he could have resigned.

A zoning policy must state clearly what will happen when somebody is impeached or when he dies or when he resigns. Can we begin to say, like in Ibadan that the governorship of Oyo State was zoned to Ibadan in 2003 for eight years, and after Ladoja was impeached and the impeachment was cancelled, it should still have been zoned to Ibadan and that nobody from outside Ibadan is eligible to contest the Ibadan ticket? Such rubbish!

Another thing is I don’t like the irreverent manner they address this President. Maybe it is because he is from the minority and I know they cannot talk to any body from one of the three big tribes in the country the manner they talk to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. They talk so rude to him and I don’t like it one bit. The president has moved through the levels of governance.

What made him the substantive President is not the PDP. It is the inexorable force of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If they had their way, the PDP might have said they should go and bring a substitute for the late (Umaru) Yar’Adua from Katsina. But the Constitution doesn’t allow such nonsense. We are willy-nilly compelled that the next President has to be the sitting Vice President.

The President told them that his office and that of the Vice President are not zoned in the PDP. I will go further by saying that the PDP lacks such power.

They cannot even do so if they wished.[/b]

Let’s look at a scenario where PDP leaders will sit at Wadata Plaza and say we are zoning the Presidency to the North East or to the South East. What that means is that only candidates from that zone can vie in their primaries and they would exclude aspirants from other zones. But that does not guarantee them winning the election because PDP is not the only party in Nigeria. What if another party decides to choose say Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and at the general election Buhari wins? What purpose has the PDP zoning played? It is of no use.

They cannot tell the people of the North East that they have had their turn. When Obasanjo contested in 2003 for a second term, Barnabas Gemade from the North Central contested and (late) Abubakar Rimi from North East contested too.

It is not that the PDP doesn’t have a zoning policy. The word ‘zoning’ is in its constitution but they have never spelt it out, so it is not a workable policy and therefore makes it null and void. The nation’s presidency is not a chieftaincy title. It cannot be taken away until all the ruling houses have had their turn. The PDP zoning matter is an internal thing and they have no guarantee that it will go round all the zones before their success is punctuated.

What if the Alliance for Democracy zoned the governorship to Oyo South where Lam Adesina is and he wins and then comes back to say Oyo South is yet to have its second term? What could have been the second term was what Rasheed Ladoja used under a different party. A proper zoning policy will say the number of zones and the order the position should rotate.

Is that what you see as missing in the PDP constitution?

It cannot be there because it is beyond the PDP. If they say zone one, zone two, zone three and they are beaten by another party at the general election as zone three is about to have its turn, what do they do? Will they say that zone has had its chance?

Will you then agree that Ciroma and co are justified to insist that the North should produce the president for another four years because Umaru Yar’Adua ruled for just three years before death took him away?

It is not a matter of their son. Yar’Adua is a member of the PDP from the North West. The North is a moribund old school amalgamation that does not exist. There is nothing call the North in the PDP constitution. It is rotation among zones that exists. It is not rotation between North and South. If one allows the type of this Ciroma letter to go into the psyche of the people, then they can just choose people from the same place.

The Ciroma group got so many things wrong. They are asking that a substantive President should not take part, but they have forgotten that the only condition for a sitting President not to take part in an election is if he has exhausted his mandatory two terms of four years in office.

The argument of some people is that the President should not contest now but in 2015

Why should he wait till 2015? There are two ways power can shift. The PDP as a party can do it and power can also shift by itself. When Yar’Adua was elected President after Obasanjo’s eight years, power shifted from the South West to the North West. But when Yar’Adua died, power shifted to the South South even without the consent of the PDP. The PDP was powerless in the matter. The PDP is in the minority when the power shifted. It is the force of the (Nigerian) Constitution that took over. Interestingly, the whole nation is watching the PDP and they need to know that it is not the PDP that made Jonathan President. It is the force of the Constitution.

So it can be said that the presidency that Jonathan is enjoying is divine power shift?

It is not divine power shift; it is a constitutional power shift.

But if Yar’Adua were alive, we would not talk of power shift

Nobody is ever around forever. Every mortal like you and I will die at a point in time. People die and they kill people like they killed Bola Ige.

What do you then make of the threat by the North that the PDP will pay dearly if the party jettisons zoning?

That is Ciroma’s idea. He is too experienced and nationalistic to be saying things like that. He cannot just behave like the ostrich. He is thinking we are still in the 1914 amalgamation era. They should have said that zoning is between North and South, but the PDP constitution says power will rotate within the six zones. Ciroma’s letter is totally vitiated and ruined by this North, North, North thing that ran through it.

Unfortunately, Ciroma’s family has contributed so much to Nigeria’s development that he should not be found where this country would be put on edge. His brother, Liman Ciroma, is a fine gentleman. Ciroma should not be found saying irreverent things like that about Nigeria. Suppose PDP disappear as a political party? I know some people won’t mind that. He should be talking on issues that will bring the people together like corruption and power.

The northern elders also called on the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against the President because of the poor security situation in the country

They cannot do that. What is the security situation in the country? Have they been to the Niger Delta before? They should go and see the despoil that is going on in that place. All these violence is well known in that place. I hope no one will play around with the Ijaws. Power has shifted to the Ijaws and they should be allowed to enjoy it for the time being. This country was not made for the WA-ZO-BIA people alone. It is for all ethnic groups and everybody must be allowed to get to the peak of the power of this country.

Kuwait used to be part of Iraq and one day they decided to part ways. I hope we would not provoke the people of the Niger Delta to take the Kuwait option? If the Ijaws decide to go their own way, they will get support from so many countries. Many of these foreign nations are not interested in our history. They want oil and as far as they can get it they won’t mind.

Are you saying we should allow the Ijaw to enjoy power for some time as the Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa had done in time past?

Yes, they should. In 1957, oil was found in Oloibiri. At that time, the people of that area were complaining and the Willinks Commission was set up to address their fears. The southern minorities have not been having it easy in this country. The minorities in the North have fared better. Yakubu Gowon is an Angar from Pankshin in Plateau State but he ruled for nine years. Then (Ibrahim) Babangida, a Gwari from Niger State had eight years. In the North Central alone, they already had 17 years. But the southern minorities don’t enjoy anything; it is six months here and there. We need to be fair to all groups in this country.

Between1994 and 1995, the late Bola Ige and I wrote a series of articles about this so-called rotational presidency. There is noting like that; Bola Ige called it rotational confusion. In an interview that he had with Newswatch magazine in November 1994, he expressed deep fears for Nigeria.

Ciroma and his people are missing it. The North is not a zone; it is a region and that is what they are asking for. The North is not a zone known to the PDP. It is a region and they are trying to be clever by half. If the PDP decides to zone its presidency to a particular zone, what obligation has other parties to do the same?

Do you think the PDP might run into problem in the 2011 polls?

It is more than the PDP. From the tone of Ciroma’s letter, the North is already threatening to break up the country.

Are you talking of the country or the party?

They will break up the country. It (PDP) is the biggest party and if they do it, then it will affect the country. Ige in his 1994 interview said, and I read: “I fear that some selfish people might lead Nigeria into a break up…My fear is that some selfish people who call themselves leaders are not allowing Nigeria to become great by providing first class leadership and because of what they are doing, I fear they might lead Nigeria into a break up. Because when you have such dichotomy and imbalances and those in power are not giving attention to them, some centrifugal forces might be at work. It can mean break up…”

Ige also said the Ijaws should not be provoked into doing things. He said in response to a question during that interview: “When I talk about the oil states, people forget that the Ijaws exist from Ondo State to Akwa Ibom. People are not thinking about that. They see them as Ondo, Edo or Akwa Ibom states. They forget that they belong to an ethnic group and oil exploration makes them to be more united. You could have some people telling them why don’t you go? I am only trying to show that the factors that can lead to the hardening of positions exist.”

That was Ige as far back as 1994 and I hope that we won’t play into the hands of some people who don’t wish this country well.

That means the prediction by the U.S. that Nigeria might break up by 2015 might come to pass?

Yes, it might come to pass and I wish that those in power will know what they are doing. If care is not exercised, that prediction is very serious, and the threat at the end of Ciroma’s letter was bad.

Some groups sympathetic to the Ciroma position have gone to court seeking to stop Jonathan from contesting the 2011 election…

They are not allowed to go to court. The party is the alpha and the omega in internal squabbles.

Suppose Jonathan does not win the PDP primaries, what happens?

He can go to another party like Abubakar Atiku did in 2007 and he might also choose not to contest. Atiku even amazed me. He went to the AC (Action Congress), then decided to come back to his vomit and was started talking of a waiver. I was ashamed.

You think he should not have been given a waiver?

No, I don’t think so. Can he just be wandering within the existing parties like that?

Looking at those aspiring to be President, it appears we are recycling old leaders

I think the military has a general conspiracy against all of us. Obasanjo has had the best of all worlds. He was military head of state between February 13, 1976 and September 30, 1979. He spent three years and seven months, and then another eight years as a civilian President. Later he attempted to have a third term, which was aborted. There is a thing that I found interesting about him. He handed over to civilians in 1979, and in 1999 General Abdulsalami Abubakar handed over to the man that handed over to the civilians. They are going round in circles.

While he was in office, General Babangida banned some politicians he termed old breed from taking part in the electoral process and you were one of them. What do you think now that he is planning to come back and he is close to 70 years?

It is not only a reversal; he made a mistake by saying he wants to come back. He also made a hopeless statement recently that young men of nowadays are not suitable for power. When he was 44 (years), he said we who were trained by the system were not suitable and he banned us. He called us old breed politicians. He is now 70 years and he is making an attempt to come to power.

A generation has passed and he is still planning to come back. When he was banning us he said he wanted new breed and the late Ige said he was looking for new greed. We laughed because we knew he is wrong.

The generation he banned was the people who loved to serve without any personal consideration. I was made a commissioner at the age of 27 in 1972. I was Commissioner for Education twice. I can tell you that till today I don’t have a plot of land in Lagos or Abuja. I have no house in any country abroad.

Did the banning of old breed politicians create a problem for Nigeria?

Yes, it created a problem. Those us who are ready and trained to serve honestly were fenced out. We could have stamped on corruption. He didn’t allow us to consummate our careers. He brought in all manner of inexperienced people. If he was right then, then he is wrong with what he plans to do now. If he is right now, he was wrong then.

But we are fighting corruption with many agencies in place. Are we fighting this malaise?

No, corruption is fighting us. Even you people in the media always make the cartoon of corruption as a beast with two horns in the head and a spear to destroy the helpless country. The form of government we are running is too expensive. Members of the (National Assembly) collect all manner of money. The payment of these lawmakers on its own causes inflation.

You think we should run a smaller government?

We should run parliamentary system based on the zones. Papa Obafemi Awolowo did very well when we were running the parliamentary system; let us go back to those days. There is too much corruption in the system now.

Is it correct that as a governor you don’t need to steal because so many unsolicited gifts would be given to you?

It depends on the background of the man getting to the office. I know people who are rich before they got to office and still stole. I know governors who are poor as church rat and they still stole in office. Those who will steal will steal.

When we were in office, my salary was N20,000 per annum; that is equivalent of $16,000 then. It is N4 million today. I must say that this was before introduction of the Structural Adjustment Programme.

You said you don’t have property scattered all over unlike some former office holders…

I joined the government when there was no corruption. I joined the government with people who are determined to serve their fatherland. People in the government serve because they love it and they have a name to protect.

Again, the background matters too. I have to protect the name of my father. My father, who died in 1948, built this house I stay today in 1954. When Shagari came here in 1986 and was surprised asking me when I built the house, I told him my father built it not me. It is a matter of conviction, and corruption can only be tackled from top down.

Why is the civil service today very corrupt?

That is unfair. There is corruption everywhere. The army, the police, the judiciary, corruption is everywhere.

Will parliamentary system prevent corruption in Nigeria?

It will to some extent. We also need to block all avenues of wastage. Nigeria has the highest cost per meter of road construction in the world.

Why?

It is because of theft. There are so many first generation successful men that stole to make it. They split tenders to be able to shortchange the rules. The question of corruption also has to do with religious, economic and social aspect. We need to take care of the community and change our value system. The urge to buy a car by all means won’t be there if we work on the public transport system.

Some of your former colleagues who were governors for three months in 1983 were jailed for corruption, but you were commended. How did it happen?

I had been in government five times before I was made governor and I know how people steal and what not to do. I have seen money and I have been exposed to positions of trust. I was once in charge of all the land in Ibadanland and I had a clean record.

Is that because of your home background?

That is part of it, but the most important thing is I hate going to prison. I will die if I’m jailed. I am an arrogant person and I am talkative and I won’t keep my mouth shut. I realised that if you want that freedom you won’t steal. If you want to steal you must learn to keep your mouth shut. I can’t keep my mouth shut.

finezlord:
yoruba girls ? no  please, they are too dirty and lazy i rather go for a dog than a yoruba girl. no regrets.

Just like your mother and sisters are dirty, ugly, dogs. That men use like wash rag and dump in a latrine.

Ileke-IdI:
I have to go with TewMuch on his speculation.
That has to be an Igbo or Edo or Non-Yoruba guy singing. . . . that is def not Yoruba.

Why are you doing this?

Its Itshekiri. Wow the words are yoruba but with an edo accent.lmao

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what tha? What language is this? It seems like its an Igbo/edo man with a thick accent singing in Yoruba. Am confused.

adeola2707:
heya,congrat .the guy wicked sha. how dare him bite the finger that fed him. anyway all i know is dat whatever you do to people cmes back to you 100 folds. yemi is a wicked man and to the new bride. pasan ti won fina iya ile oun be lori aja fun iyawo. you really want to reap where you did not sow. its a pity. i told my sister not to marry this guy but it fell on her deaf ear. after bringing this ingrate from nigeria, send him to uni, gave him indefinite leave and all he can do topay my sis back is this. but god is the best judge and he will judge accordingly

O ga oh. yansh opening. I dont know if your post was necessary. The guy is an adult and can chose who he wants to be with. What if your sister was to blame? You never know as you never lived with them. You only believe her story and her side. So please be careful what you say and how you spoil people.

dunno how this is surprising. They are both queer and weird. If it is true, they are a good match and deserve each other. Only the both of them can understand each other.

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World class Igbo beauty: Madam Nneka Anyanwu.

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I am not certain I engaged you in any conversation.And I know you are not the OP.Who even died and made you a moderator.Step back crack junkie troll and find something to do with your life.You need reading and comprehension skills, take your own advice first and go look for your other trolls so you can start the same old ridiculous and baseless arguments.That's all I have to say to you on this thread.

How come everyone expects Lagos state to be accountable to everyone and help everyone out of poverty since the whole Nigeria is moving there.Why not ask what the government is doing to reduce poverty?Lagos State is doing what it should do to help itself maintain a standard and attract investments.If you can't live there move somewhere more affordable.And go and task your home state governments to do something.Hold them accountable.Everyone leaves these other guys to chop correct money and put all their useless burden and destitutes on Lagos.Rubbish.Lagos is not the only city in Nigeria.What is Nigerian government doing to help the poor?

What I want to know from the lawyers is if fayemi can charge Oni with fraud and rigging the elections? We have to find a way of holding these people accountable so that future criminals will think before they allow themselves to be used by puppet masters.Oni's government should be investigated over the past 3yrs, and he should be sentenced and even asked to pay restitution to the state for mismanagement of funds, looting, and fraud.

What is painful about this Okah is not the fact that he lied, but the fact that he thought Nigerians were so dull for him to make up such a story.Well he was right because 25% are dumbasse*s as they believed.His wife was involved in these lies, so it was a planned thing.Now that it has backfired he is finally coming out with the truth.His wife should be arrested and charged with accessory to committing terrorist acts and manipulating or interferring in investigations,Nd his kids should be deported back to Nigeria.He must pay for this and get the death sentence.One person, trying to destroy a whole country all by himself.I bet the allure of being the possible "Life ND president" was too much for him.People forget money is a demon,it will push you to kill yourself soon enough.

I respect this Fayemi guy, he fought to the end.And he knows his right.Good for him.I hope he gets the 2nd term automatically as compensation from the government.kudo's to the judges.

Get a life and stop being a retarded money prostitute.Fashola is doing great and will get reelected for a second term.If you don't like it,move to ur village so someone more appreciative of new government can replace you. Idiot.

Naija might be crap, but no Naija man will give up their passport or citizenship because we know the country's potential. When things get better, wetin we wan do? Who go give us passport? You want us to be aimless and homeless retarded African's abi? I will pass. I also think you want to use this to know our names. Start with you own Name first. Mine is Omonaija monisopassiportinu.

lol, this is a lie. A whole American cannot come and tell us of our lineage, it is not documented like America. So where the hell did she get her facts? Some Nigerian's dont even know their age, so how the hell will they know their 10th cousin twice removed? I call bullshit. This person needs to get a life. . OBJ related through Akpangbon and amokole? rotflmao. OBJ's Ancestors have probably never lived outside Yorubaland except when OBJ left. hahahahahhahaha. Funniest poo. Who sponsored this mess? Prosecution of Yoruba's when and for what reason? When did that prosecution occur? rotflmao. Too many lies. 17th century prosecution? Christianity didnt even come till the 18 or 19th century.

I hope state police is introduced soon, so that the useless idiots currently there can be replaced with OPC. SW will be a much safer place. Fashola needs to increase their compensation. They work more than police in catching robbers and stopping other crimes. They do the ground work of catching the criminals, while police just jail them. They are more capable and should be encouraged. Compared to the police they earn peanuts, which should not be the case.