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vicknesh:
Anti-graft agency alleges plot against it by Rivers government

Farida Waziri, chairman, EFCC

While the Rivers State commissioner for information, Ibim Semenitari, on Tuesday, denied an alleged planned protest against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sponsored by the state government, the people of the state on Wednesday staged a demonstration against the anti-graft agency.

Thousands of delegates from the 23 local government areas in the state, wearing T-shirts with anti-EFCC inscriptions and placards marched from Isaac Boro Park to the EFCC’s Port Harcourt office axis and back to the Government House to express their displeasure over the recent arrest of state government’s officials by the agency.

Some of the inscriptions on the T-shirts and placards borne by the protesters read: ‘EFCC Please Obey the Law’, ‘WE will not be Intimidated, We will defend our state against EFCC’, “EFCC and Farida should Obey the Rule of Law’, EFCC should leave Rivers State alone.” Reacting to the allegation, the information commissioner, Ibim Semenitari said, “We are not aware of any protest against EFCC officials or its zonal office in Port Harcourt. Governor Amaechi is the chief executive officer of Rivers State and will not be involved in what can lead to the breakdown of law and order. If there is a plan by some people to protest, it may be a private initiative.

“It is laughable that anybody or organisation can accuse Rivers government of planning arson or attack on EFCC’s officials. We cannot do that. The Rivers State governor and government are responsible.”

Meanwhile, the recent brawl between the state government and the anti-graft agency started when the commission arrested three local government officials in the state over alleged diversion of N12 billion local government funds about two weeks ago.

EFCC had arrested the three officials when it could not find the five commissioners and three council chairmen said to be directly linked with the allegation, despite combing their ministries and local government areas.

In reaction to the arrest, the state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, while declaring open an information summit held in Port Harcourt on Thursday, [size=16pt]September 2, 2010[/size], faulted EFCC’s action, citing an existing court injunction which barred the commission from investigating the state officials.
AFTER THIS EFCC HARRASSMENT AMECHI AND OTHER GOVERNORS ARE REALLY SUPPORTING GOODLUCK JONATHAN,  IT SEEMS YOU ARE A DREAMER

vicknesh:
AFTER ALL THIS EFCC SAGA DO YOU THINK AMECHI IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTING JONATHAN, stop fooling yourself

orangemen:
that is nigeria for u - ANY GOVT IN POWER.
IN 2007, IT WAS, DROP your PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION OR FACE EFCC SO THIS TIME ARROUND, U HAVE TO EITHER SUPPORT JONATHAN OR FACE EFCC.
the same gangstars that brought yar adua/jonathan's govt is still in place.
we must remember obasanjo never opened up to his desire for third term.
i am not interested in who the next president will be but my worries are more on the means by which is selected.
in other countries where u have leaders with genuine ambitions, they will stay away from active politics when they leave office but what do we have here? a group of criminals who move from one post to the other even at 200 yrs old just to die stealing.
let pdp make the ground smooth for every contestant so that the masses will have a say in who will rule them.

vicknesh:
THE POINT IS GOVERNOR AMECHI DID NOT ATTEND THE SO CALLED RALLY, 

vicknesh:
THIS IS A SIGN ALL THIS GOVERNORS ARE JUST DECEIVING JONATHAN

vicknesh:
Rivers Govt shuns Jonathan’s rally in Port Harcourt

By Aniefiok Macauley (Uyo) and Godwin Egba (Port Harcourt)



A rally organised in Port Harcourt on Tuesday to flesh up Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential ambition was well attended, just that those who did were mainly the opponents of Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State.

Amaechi and all his aides stayed away.

[size=16pt]However, another campaign gig in Uyo witnessed both a massive turn out and the adoption of Jonathan by South South leaders.[/size]

The attendees in Port Harcourt included members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) whose positions have been re-allocated to others, elected members whose positions are marked for replacement, loyalists of two former Governors, and ethnic opposition groups.

[size=16pt]Members of these camps, who may have formed a coalition of about 50 groups in Rivers, took Port Harcourt by storm with a boisterous rally at the Isaac Boro Park.[/size]

A source said the boycott by government officials may be connected with the presence at the rally of many of the anti-Amaechi members of the PDP.

“I think their absence was not unexpected given the animosity between the organisers and the Amaechi government,” the source added.

[size=16pt]Among the mammoth crowd [/size]were Ijaw leader Edwin Clark, former Aviation Minister, Alabo Graham-Douglas, former PDP Governorship candidate, Sergeant Awuse, and National Coordinator of Youths support Groups for Jonathan, Chibudom Nwuche.

They also included former Governor Celestine Omehia; former House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, Austin Okpara; former Senator Cyrus Nunieh; Ijaw activist Ankio Briggs; and former Commissioners.

Clark, who chaired the event, said the aim of the solidarity rally was to expose the lie that Rivers people are undecided in their support for Jonathan’s run.

Graham-Douglas traced the history of the Southern minorities’ political friendship with the North and the region’s economic marginalisation when the pillars of Nigeria’s economy were cocoa, palm oil, and groundnut.

He recalled that God mercifully smiled on the South South when oil was struck in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State in 1956 but regretted that “despite the region’s oil wealth that oiled and continues to oil the national economy, the region and its people have been consigned to political exclusion from national leadership poverty and lack of development.”

He said there has been no government in Nigeria since 1959 without the backing of the minorities, especially from Rivers and Bayelsa.

“Instead of our historical allies to support us this time, they chose to work against it, is this attitude fair?” he wondered.

Awuse insisted that Jonathan has the right to vie for the Villa.

“Jonathan is like a co-pilot in a plane where the pilot suddenly died. Will the co-pilot allow the plane to crash?” he asked.

Awuse urged Nigerians to allow Jonathan to lead the country for the next four years.

Omehia, who drew standing ovation as he rose to speak, implored the people to keep organising solidarity rallies, and all the delegates to cast their votes for Jonathan in the primaries

[size=16pt]The crowd defied a heavy rain and water logged ground to demonstrate their support for Jonathan. [/size] (no one who was paid will do this )

The other rally in Uyo Township Stadium drew people from political parties who said they endorsed Jonathan after consultative meetings on his national acceptability.

Clark, who also attended the second rally, reassured that Jonathan will run and that Governor Godswill Akpabio and the entire people of Akwa Ibom support him 100 per cent.

[size=16pt]He said the crowd at the event showed that the people of the South South are solidly behind Jonathan, and “when we took the decision about five days ago in Abuja, I told my people that Akwa Ibom State is a fertile ground for us to have the rally.”[/size]

Others present at the rally included Vice President Namadi Sambo and Akpabio, who said the Johnathan/Sambo ticket is the best thing to happen to Nigeria as a nation.

Sambo added that Jonathan is fully committed to the transformation of the Niger Delta through the construction of the East-West Road to attract foreign investors.

The articles you are posting are not well researched as you are shooting yourself in the foot. If i was babangida, i will fire you. You cannot read . Shows the shoddy mess of people Babangida is going to force down our throats. Face your education and stop supporting thrash while mortgaging your children's future.

vicknesh:
Pro-Jonathan rally flops in Lafia
Monday, 13 September 2010 00:47 Hir Joseph, Lafia
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The first rally meant to garner support for President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 presidential race in Nasarawa State was greeted with disappointment at the weekend.

The rally was organised in the state capital, Lafia by one of the many Pro-Jonathan groups, National Democratic Youth Movement for Good Governance (NDYMGG).

The Abuja based NDYMGG, sought audience with Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma by noon on Saturday, according to its programme, but the governor refused to receive the procession.

Chikat Ishaya Lekshak, NDYMGG’s national co-ordinator said his group received the governor’s attitude with shock. “The reason we chose to come to Nasarawa was because Doma was among governors who openly declared support for Jonathan, only for us to be disappointed”, Chikat told newsmen at the parade ground where the procession terminated.

When contacted, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Mamman Alakayi, said the group never wrote to inform Governor Doma of the visit to him during the Sallah celebration when he received several visitors.

According to him, the group didn’t even seek permission to hold any rally in the state capital.

Doubting the authenticity of the group, the commissioner said: “[size=16pt]There are over 1000 groups claiming to work for the president. we don’t know which is authentic.[/size]”

[size=16pt]About two weeks ago, Governor Doma had led a section of leaders of the state including his predecessor, Abdullahi Adamu and the minister of state for information, Labaran Maku, as well as the leadership of the PDP in the state to the Presidency where he promised support for the president’s bid to contest in 2011.[/size]

Meanwhile, though the group was not received by Doma, it still went ahead with the scanty procession, singing and dancing along major roads in Lafia, till the rally ended at the parade ground. The visit to Government House was expected to receive the governor’s blessing and kick-start the rally, but the governor’s refusal to meet with the leaders appeared to have slowed down their spirit.

The group’s coordinator also expressed disappointment with the reception accorded the procession in Lafia, saying the rally was greeted rather with posters of General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), another presidential aspirant.

Jonathan’s posters which were pasted on public installations including road signs were superimposed with those of IBB, to the disappointment of the rally.

chyz:
This thread should be removed from the politics section.it is meant to cause tribal mayhem and the poster is reducing the quality of the "Politics" section, the poster has also change the title of the thread which the name "Ibo" was used,in order for it not to be sent to the "Tribal" section:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-513711.0.html

chyz:
This thread should be removed from the politics section.it is meant to cause tribal mayhem and the poster is reducing the quality of the "Politics" section, the poster has also change the title of the thread which the name "Ibo" was used,in order for it not to be sent to the "Tribal" section:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-513711.0.html

chyz:
Thanx for at least admitting the bolded.However, im still giving bk babe a benefit of a doubt because he must of started this thread because it had something to do with the progress of the yoruba people. So again i ask the OP, how does this help the progress of the yoruba people?

ferari90:
by Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on Monday, August 16, 2010 at 2:42pm

Distinguished Gentlemen of the press

TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD OUR NATION


Why do I want to be President? Firstly, it is my constitutional right to do so. I have a fundamental right as a bona-fide Nigerian to vote and be voted for in an election. I am only exercising my franchise. Secondly, my previous government was a military one. I have seen over the years that many things could be done better. I have also spent many years to understudy democratic leadership in several countries (where our billions are stashed) and have mastered the art of democracy and learnt how to apply it better under our Nigerian conditions.



On June 12: Severally and with great remorse too, I have taken responsibility as a true leader for the actions and decisions of the military administration that I led. The annulment of the June 12 election is one of the ugly spots one has to live with. It was a collective decision taken after series of consultations with several stakeholders. Even though ours was a military regime, yet we governed as a team, majority decision always carried the day. I know that a day will come when Nigerians will forgive our regime because we are a godly nation that embraces the culture of forgiveness. After all, I introduced the era of new-breed politicians. In addition, the electoral formula we used is to date considered the most effective in the country. I am referring to "Option a 4" and the establishment of two political parties. I am neither an enemy of democracy nor averse to the success of the candidates that contested the said elections. I knew both Bashorun MKO Abiola and Alhaji Bashir Tofa. Years after the annulment, I, in concert with other patriots, conscious of the geopolitical divides in the country, tried to assuage the feelings of the aggrieved people by supporting the candidacy of my senior military officer former President Olusegun Ogasanjo [size=16pt](Mistake Number 1)[/size], who in our estimation has an unshakeable faith in the unity of the country and who hails from the same State with Bashorun MKO Abiola. [size=16pt]Who Tha Fugg Killed MKO? Answer that IBB [/size]



OKIGBO REPORT: Many mis-informed critics have been using the Okigbo Panel Report in the most blindly, controversial and distorted manner lacking fairness and morality. [size=16pt]They dwell so much on a purported $12.4billion Gulf Oil Windfall. Let me state categorically that the Okigbo Panel was never a trial court for me ( , nor be Naija we dey?).[/size]


ON DELE GIWA: For the umpteenth time, [size=16pt]I wish to state that, I did not murder Dele Giwa( )[/size]. In addition, no agent or agency of government was found guilty of this heinous act by the law courts. [size=16pt]I am a man of great faith in God and I believe in the sanctity of life. My discipline as a military commander also does not condone the killing of defenseless innocent people( )[/size]. Aside, court judgments have vindicated me on this. Some of them were by the [size=16pt]esteemed Justice Candido Johnson (investigating his esteemness(sic)) who quashed the allegation for want of evidence ( )[/size] by the prosecutors. Nevertheless, perception, often repeated, no matter how untrue, becomes very hard to obliterate.



Finally, my humble upbringing does not give room for one [size=16pt]to join issues with juniors (all juniors to IBB cannot question him)[/size] nor insult or disrespect elders. Better still, I do not quarrel with anyone, not even my peers. To all I accord mutual respect. I grew up with these ideals. However, a treasured attribute of mine has been grossly abused and misinterpreted by my critics. All thanks to Allah that my faith, Islam, is about a total submission to the will of the Almighty and abhorrence of oppression of others ([b]A true leader does not mention his particular faith, when contesting in a diverse environment. he is vindicating himself to Northerners and muslims).[/b]



I guess you will find time in your quiet moments to reflect on these issues as you engage the public on a regular basis through your news report, articles, editorial comments and opinions. A formidable Press is surely the hub that wields together the tracking spokes in the wheel of national development. May your pens never run dry of indelible ink! On a lighter note, I think the press should also give our regime some credit for liberalizing the space for the media, particularly the ownership of private television, radio stations and universities. God bless you all.



Long live Democracy Shariaocrazy, PDPocrazy.



Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.



General Ibrahim B. Babangida, GCFR

Saturday, 14th August, 20 10.

sbeezy8:
[size=13pt]BECAUSE THE BASIS OF IGBOS ARGUMENT AND PEOPLE LIKE MBU WAS THAT THE COUP WAS CARRIED OUT TO INSTALL AWO ! WHICH IS  A LIE.[/size]

so this helps keep the name of awo out of the jan coup  carried out by igbos.

MOBO444:
[b]My cousin just told his Black Edo state girl friend [/b]of 8 years that he will marry her but she won’t join him in America, he will rent for her a one bed room apartment in Ugbowo, Benin city, were his family can monitor her and he don’t want her to join him in California, America, he presently live and work in California as a senior medical assistant, and our family has also advice him not to take her to the USA, we all know the rubbish Black Nigeria women do when they get to the United State of America.

She can make babies for him, she can have a car to herself maybe in 3 years time, and he will also send her money for her upkeeps from time to time, he will also send her good designers cloths from time to time, but he won’t take her to America, his family will also keep an Eagle eye on her so she don’t do any smart move in Benin, Edo state. Nigeria women who join their husband in America always take the men through hell and back, so many Nigeria women have died in different state in America killed by angry and betrayed Nigeria husband, The Black Nigeria women do stuff like arrest their husband, milk his money and send to family back home, even build houses in their villages without the husband knowledge, some later even divorce the husband and claim his houses and property in America, this is also an eye opener to all Nigeria Black brother and the men have to be wise.

The girls (Kehinde) parent and family are not too happy, but they don’t have a choice as my cousin can decide to quit the marriage plan and take his plenty dollars back to America with him and let their so called Black daughter roam the street of Benin, Edo state  to start all over again, her family better not dare us, ok.