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NewNigeriaMind:
The king of Jordan cancelled an international event just because one jodanian was killed by isis.

He flew home and the next day to give moral support to his army, he joined them at the naval base to boost their morale.

Leadership comes with responsibility, great power comes with great sacrifice. if you are not ready to be a leader, then stay out of power.

if I was the one, this is what I would have done.

I would have moved to the nearest barack to the location, gather the soldiers, ask them what they need, provide it immediately even if I have to use aso rock entertainment budget to get the need equipment and finally I will address all Nigerians and explain to them the lives of the students is more important than any political rally.

that is what a leader does my friend

Are you not listening or reading or seeing?? Christ!!!
Where would he get the arms to equip the soldiers? The fvcking whites blocked all avenues!!!!
The fvcking whites backed the insurgents through it back channel. Are you not in this country??!!!

And who says he did encourage the soldiers? Who says he did go to see them??!!!

Honestly, stop this selectively blindness and reason with ur eyes and senses open

tellmemore15:
very true report, was america waiting for boko haram to wipe off the whole of nigeria before selling arms to the nation? i dont blame jonathan for buying arms from Russia, the country had no other option. even the attempt to buy from the black market in south Africa was intercepted by the same west.

the man tried abeg.
Finally, the writer forgot to tell us the real reason the west backed the opposition, its all because of OIL.

Not just Oil, total dominance

millionaireman:
Because they first told you that Jonathan is a thief, without first providing you evidence of his thievery; you agreed he was a thief

because they told you that Jonathan was running a most corrupt government, but failed to show you any evidence that Jonathan wa s running a corrupt government. Majority of Nigerians including you agreed...

and they told you Jonathan was a weak leader because he could not fight BH to finish, he could not release Chibok girls, but majority of you Nigerians did not know that BH violence and Chibok kidnap were instruments that aimed to sack Jonathan from office.

God bless you....

Some people don't just think...

madridguy:
Jonathan caused the whole issue himself. We Voted for him only for him to tell us that some " CABAL " are bigger than the masses.

Shey you know that this same CABAL are still at work?

NewNigeriaMind:
Made to believe or what is the fact that even a blind man can see.

Jonathan records on anticorruption is abysmal

Jonathan record on providing security is no better.

A president that goes to dance shoki at a really 24 hours after students were killed in their hostel has no business being in governance.

Were u expecting him to have cancelled the event?
Who told you he wasn't doing anything about it?
Even if he had cancelled the event and stayed in the villa for anoda 24hrs, who that have brought the people back to life?

At times we nigerians we are so selfish that we forget the president is actually a human like you.

If you were the one, what would you have done?

NewNigeriaMind:
Every other thing in this article is stories.................................




This is why he lost:


corruption and insecurity.

Jonathan failed badly in these two regards and America is not about to witness another war from terrorism in any other part of the world. The world leaders were tired Jonathan cannot curtail Boko Haram and corruption funds book haram.

If Jonathan has succeeded in these two, he wouldn't have been voted out by the common man

That is what you were made to believe....

millionaireman:
......Plotted for their Puppet to be in control of Nigeria.

Never in modern history had the Western media been so fiercely deployed to tar the image of an African president before uprill the day of a presidential election.
It culminated with an Ambassador of one of the Western countries telling us that the voting technology which Nigeria employed was not even yet available in his own home country. By then, he had known who the likely winner would be.
Imagine that. Who was fooled?

I guess Nigerians would always be fooled because we are always trying to play catch up with the whites.

ChangeisHere:
If true then we should all be thankful to these countries from saving Nigeria from Jonathan and his corrupt government

At the end of it all, Nigerians themselves removed Jonathan from power. God bless Nigerians

I think the world leaders sold that idea to us

sleekp1:
Anytime America plots against you, it means you're doing something great for your people.

I guess they hate being threatened when it comes to power.

OUTGOING President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re-election bid several weeks before the March 28 poll to a web of plots hatched at home and honed abroad, Saturday Tribune has reliably learnt.

Information also in possession of Saturday Tribune revealed a last-minute contest between forces that wanted him to bow out and those that wanted him to hold out for as long as necessary even when it was evident that the news from the field pointed at a possible defeat.
It was learnt that as of 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday, hawks around the president were still at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, piling pressure on him not to concede defeat.

Those working on him to concede and bow out, reportedly led by a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, were also said to have stayed put in the same Presidential Villa, persuading him that it was the most honourable way to go since it was clear that figures from the field were not in his favour.

The drama in the Presidential Villa was also said to be closely monitored by combined international forces that had concluded on post-Jonathan presidency, reportedly led by the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

One of those around the president persuading him to stay put was said to be a General in the army from a not-too-core Northern state, reportedly assuring him that the alleged irregularities in the North, underage voters, among other issues, which were beamed live by a national television station and shown on the Cable News Network (CNN) would be enough ground for him to reject the outcome.

The president was also allegedly told that he would be making General Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) heroes by conceding to them, because all the good works he had done which were nearing fruition would blossom during their reign and would count as their achievements.

He reportedly told them that no matter how long he stayed in office, he would still leave one day and since crisis was certain to herald his opposition to the outcome, he would be reneging on his promise that no Nigerian blood would be worth his political ambition.

Convinced that it was the way to go, the president reportedly took “his own” by surprise by making the now-famous phone call to Buhari without telling them, although they were present at the president’s abode.

He was also said to have played a fast one on the hawks by making the call before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Buhari as the winner, following his assessment of the figures available to him, while those pressurising him to hang on reportedly thought the concession would be after the announcement by the electoral body as is usually the practice.

The western world, according to available information, keyed into the Buhari presidency project months before the election and the refusal to sell arms to Nigeria to fight the Boko Haram insurgency by Washington was said to be mainly predicated on the likelihood of Jonathan’s administration using same to quell possible civil disobedience if he manipulated the results to remain in power.

With political forces in the nation led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo reportedly concluded on getting him out at all cost, the western world, particularly the United States and the United Kingdom, were said to have been persuaded into the project on two main planks; corruption and insecurity.

Settled that Jonathan’s administration had been underwhelming in performance in those two critical areas and convinced that the incumbent was bent on retaining his job, the international coalition allegedly undermined his administration as much as possible, with allies elsewhere, including Africa, also allegedly brought into the Jonathan-must-go project.

A source pointed at two main happenings in the course of the election to show how deeply the international community was involved, while making the outgoing president to be at ease, despite the rug being pulled off his feet.

The US and the UK had been at the forefront of peace pacts across the nation, starting with Jonathan and Buhari in what came to be known as Abuja Peace Accord, with Jonathan’s government having to react angrily at a point at the perceived temerity with which top diplomats from the western world were handling peace pacts and activities regarding the electoral process.

“They almost became a parallel government in Nigeria. That is what you get when a leader is too pacifist,” a source in the government said.

The unprecedented joint statement by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, overtly accusing Jonathan’s camp of moves to tamper with the incoming results of the presidential election was seen as the final move by them to show the side they were on in the contest.

The government source noted that APC was always calling on the international community to wade in when accusing Jonathan’s government of plots to manipulate the elections, because an understanding existed between them after Buhari’s appearance at Chatham House and his famous interview with the CNN.

After the field job was done and figures confirmed Jonathan’s loss, those behind the plot to ease him out and save the country from chaos were said to have moved to the last stage in the presidential contest, which was to persuade him to accept defeat, since his refusal of same could ignite the South-South and South-East and possible bloody attacks on Northerners in such states.
A predictable reprisal in the North was projected as possible fulfilment of the feared break-up. The oil interests of those western nations in the Niger-Delta also reportedly necessitated a negotiated peaceful exit for him by persuading him to accept defeat and assurance obtained from Buhari that Jonathan would face no harassment out of office.
Having fulfilled his own part, Buhari had also fulfilled his with public pronouncement that Jonathan had nothing to fear under his administration, while engaging in peace preachment to his supporters.

Apart from obtaining assurance from Buhari, the western world would also lead in global praise of Jonathan, aimed at attenuating the pains of making the wrong history of being the first defeated incumbent, while leading opposition figures were also said to be under firm instruction not to attack him in any ways until he steps down on May 29.

The US and UK were particularly said to have completely bought into the anti-Jonathan project following his decision to turn to Russia for purchase of arms, with a diplomat in foreign service saying that it would have been better for Jonathan to completely move over to Russia’s side instead of playing in the middle.
According to him, “whoever advised him to purchase arms from Russia when a real war was on with the United States misled the president. You don’t even do that during the Cold War, let alone during this “Hot War.” There was no way US intelligence circle would forgive a big nation like Nigeria making such diplomatic faux pas.

“These security experts have serious leverage over American presidents. Regardless of any friendship that could be between (American president, Barack) Obama and Jonathan, when such security goons say it is time for a leader of a nation to go, American presidents hardly say no and, obviously, Jonathan had no serious pact with (Russian president, Vladimir) Putin, beyond buying arms.”

Since the presidential election result was announced, President Obama had issued about three press statements on the outcome, Jonathan’s concession and the need for the two leaders to keep preaching peace to their supporters as well as asking that finest democratic ideals should be upheld in the conduct of the April 11 governorship election.

A government source explained that Obama’s unusual interest in the governorship election was borne out of fears that Jonathan might take his frustration of loss out on the process and tamper with it in a way to give his party, which would be in opposition from May 29, an edge in governorship spread by winning as many states as possible.

In days ahead, it was gathered that beyond the phone calls, Jonathan may be visiting the United States as a special guest of Obama which, an insider said, is aimed at retaining him as the face of peace offering to the Niger-Delta, which is feared could become the breeding ground for fifth columnists that would make the nation’s economy unmanageable for Buhari.


http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/33450-how-world-powers-plotted-jonathan-s-defeat

Jesus!!!

Haba....this is also God's creation

akinsadeez:
hahahahaha. Seconded!

I swear...

jacksparrow1207:
This one no be national election o. Na rivers state election. Wike vs Amaechi
Hope u still remember wetin Wike do Amaechi?

no worry, we sabi this game..

jacksparrow1207:
No sir. We rigging judie in

Oya na, Judie na PDP
Pamyp na APC...

Make we see who go kanolise each other

DarkAngel86:
https://www.nairaland.com/pamyp

We found our queen pls pls accept
You are beautiful stunning sexy as..... me

We have to rig her in o. No need for campaigning or voting..

I nominate pamyp

missclasssy:
I nominate cutesexy1

www.nairaland.com/cutesexy1

Nawa o..all these babes dey NL?

Anyway, I second the nomination

Oahray:
I'm serious o, bros. Just see no need to add an (m) after my handle.

Lol....you just shy or wat..
The crown needs to remain in Lit section

kitnah:
A boy??

Lol....don't mind her..
She wanna escape

Oahray:
ha! I'm male o

Lmao...try harder...
Just accept

I nominate Oahray

ipleddge:
which of d two be cocokiller,the M or F

na the M..

kitnah:
Lmao!!

But mi o ni time ni

No worry..we go buy clock put for house...

kitnah:
nahh

pimples dey my face

too much groundnut dey worry you fah!!
No worry, na brains over beauty

adeh39:
I ACCEPT

You have to actually use ur pic...

ZedX6:
[color=#150000]I nominate asa nwa, asa baby, oyoyo Chizzy20 [/color]

Guy!! I cut cap for you o...you get better eye.
I just hope they all won't decline

kitnah:
Alright

I will think about it

Will you contest in the men's edition??

Just say yes jhoor.....
We wud campaign for you

kitnah:
No,I'm not a coward.

Honestly.....I nominate Kitnah.... It wud be fun jhoor