jonathan is a green snake in a green grass

The removal of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as governor of Delta State by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday may have split governors of the South-South region.Investigations by our correspondents across the region on Thursday indicated that a number of governors in the region regard the removal as "an assault by the President's Ijaw associates."

A highly placed source said, "The Ijaws want everything. The representative of Delta in the President's cabinet is Ijaw, even though the Ijaws in Delta State are in the minority. The representative of Rivers State in the President's cabinet is also Ijaw.

"The removal of Uduaghan is an escalation of the larger plot by some Ijaw elements to corner everything."

Another source however dismissed the insinuation of blatant Ijaw domination. The source said, "We all protested the election results all over the country.

The election that brought Uduaghan to power was a fraud. We must commend the judiciary. What happened in Delta on Tuesday was a victory for all lovers of democracy."

But sources opposed to Uduaghan's removal on Thursday spoke of "a thickening Ijaw plot" spearheaded by Godsday Orubebe, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and Chief Edwin Clark, the Ijaw leader.

"These people are going to cause very serious problems for the president. Clark is daily creating new enemies for the president. The unpopularity of the president in the north, for instance, is daily being stoked by people like Clark," one of the sources said.

Solomon Funkekeme, Secretary of the Uduaghan Campaign Organisation said there was no fear about the re-run ordered by the court. "As far as we are concerned, the structures we have in place in Delta State and the achievements of the Uduaghan administration in the past 42 months would make the election a walkover," Funkememe said.

However, Mr. Sherif Mulade, an aspirant to the Delta State House of Assembly said, " Eight-five percent of Deltans do not want Uduaghan back and all efforts would be mustered to prevent his re-election. Great Ogboru won the election in 2007 and his mandate was stolen by Uduaghan in connivance with INEC."

Uduaghan was removed by the Court of Appeal in Benin in a judgment delivered by Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem at about 8pm.

The Ijaws occupy four of twenty-five local government areas in Delta State. In Rivers, they have ten of the twenty-three local government areas. They are however the majority in Bayelsa State.

Top Ijaw government appointees in Jonathan's cabinet, include, Diezani Allison-Madueke; the Petroleum Affairs Minister; Gen. Andrew Azazi, the National Security Adviser; and Odein Ajumugobia, Foreign Affairs Minister.

Others are Godsday Orubebe; the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs; and Timi Alaibe, the Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs.

Meanwhile, speculation that Uduaghan will not be fielded for the court-ordered re-run governorship election has been dismissed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the National Working Committee of the party said yesterday that he remains it’s candidate for the election.

An Appeal Court sitting in Benin, Edo state had on Tuesday nullified the election of Dr. Uduaghan as the governor of Delta state and ordered a re-run within 90 days.

The party's NWC rose from a meeting yesterday and declared that in keeping with its tradition that incumbents remain the candidates whenever elections are nullified, that the same rule applies in the Delta state case.

The statement issued by the party at the end of their meeting read in part; "The National Working Committee hereby affirms that His Excellency, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan remains the candidate of the PDP for the gubernatorial re - run elections. This is in line with established tradition where duly nominated candidates are presented by the Party in all bye elections. For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP shall not contemplate replacing Dr Uduaghan for the re- run exercise."

Some interest groups in the Delta state chapter of the party are canvassing for none retention of Dr. Uduaghan as the party's candidate for the re-run election. Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark had on Wednesday urged the anti-graft agencies to arrest and prosecute Uduaghan for alleged fraud he committed while in office before his election was nullified.

EVEN IN CHRISTIANITY SEX AND DRINKING IS PROHIBITED BUT STILL CHRISTIAN DO THIS THINGS, KISSING I WHITEMANS THING IT IS NOT AFRICAN

to me i think pastor tunde bakare should not criticize ibb because ibb is a muslim and pastor tunde comment maybe mistaken by muslims as religious criticism. its just like an imam criticising a christian political candidate. i hope this wont make people in north to start killing christians

~Bluetooth:

Definitely not possible in southern part of  Nigeria but some state universities up north may consider you.

BLUETOOTH you sound like an illerate. All universities in nigeria either state or federal adhere to national universities commission (NUC) standards. As regards admission standards all universities are same. Therefore just advice the guy to go for a PGD.

president badluck jonathief has been trying to see the downfall of okah but by gods grace okah is wining the case

: No more war
…As GOC Maina bids farewell
By Mariam Aleshinloye Agboola, Jos
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Photo: Sun News Publishing
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Former General Officer Commanding, GOC, 3 Armoured Division, Nigerian Army, Jos, Plateau State, Major General Saleh Maina, shortly before his transfer, assembled youths of different ethnic and religious backgrounds at the Rwang Pam Stadium to celebrate the return of peace to the state.

The celebration, tagged Half Marathon and Cultural Concert, brought together the youths lucky to survive the crises which rampaged the tin city in the past two years. Maina, who doubled as Commander, Special Task Force (STF) on Jos Crisis, has since been redployed to Army Headquarters, Abuja.

The youths drawn from secondary schools and local government areas in and around the city were handsomely rewarded for being part of the celebration. Apart from men and officers of the division, men and officers from the other armed forces, and paramilitary also graced the occasion. Plateau State Government was represented by the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr. Nankin Bagudu.

The day was started at 8,00 am with the marathon race and athletics. Some people living along the roads where the marathon runners had to pass through had began to panic at the army presence along the roads. Even though the soldiers were there to ensure easy passage for the athletes, rumour making waves in town was that some Maitatsine adherents were being moved from Bauchi to the South.
At the end of the marathon race, only six ladies could return. The first was Dimetu Buba who won a cash prize of N75, 000. The first runner up was Janet Dungs who got N50, 000 and the second runner up was Rotgat Gyang who got N25, 000. Those in the fourth, fifth and sixth positions went home with N5, 000 each.

Among the men, though many of them returned, 15 of them got more than handshake from the organizers. The first to the third positions were rewarded like the women participants while others, up to the 10th position went home with N10, 000. From the 11th to the 15th position also got N5, 000 each. In the 4 x 400 meters race (Female), Students of Mount Olive Secondary School came first; followed by Students of Command Secondary School who came second while the third position was clinched by youths from Jos East local government Area. In the 4 x100 meters (Female), the first position went to police Team, second position went to Plateau State.

Sport Council Team, and third position was clinched by students of Abba Memorial College. In the 4 x 400 race, (male), the police team clinched the first position, Command Secondary School, clinched the second position while Jos East youths came third. There was equally a tug of war competition between the GOC’s team and that of the Commissioner of police. At the beginning, the Commissioner of Police’s team looked good to carry the day, but there was a sudden change of fate and the GOC team won. The Plateau State Cultural Troup, using songs and dances from the different ethnic groups in the country, mimicked experiences from the crises and the advantages derived from living together.

Maina said he was thrilled by the development in the state and the enthusiasm of the youths in participating in the events. He was full of praises for the MTN, Multilink, UAC Foods, Zuma Steel, NASCO Foods, Plateau Sport Council and more importantly the state government who had supported and made the peace concert possible. He recalled that the task force was at first not well received by the citizens of the state because of the bad publicity it received. Eventually, there was better understanding of the role of the STF and it began to enjoy the cooperation of the people.

While thanking God and citizens of the state for the return of peace, recalled that there was a time Plateau children could not go to school, but that has become a thing of the past. The former GOC who was naturally elated that his mission in Jos was a thing of success made everybody at the stadium to stand up and say it aloud that “never again will there be war or bloodshed in Plateau State.”

Bagudu who represented Governor Jonah Jang acknowledged the role the STF played in the return of peace to Jos and thanked the members for their efforts. He used the occasion to recall the feat the state accomplished despite her challenges in the sporting area, adding that two of the state’s teams have been promoted to the Premiere League.

Souvenirs were given to all those who contributed in making the event memorable especially the likes of Mrs. Salome Bello and Hanatu Dungs.

It was a mission accomplished for Maina who came Jos as GOC on January 26, 2009.

I AM GRADUALLY FALLING IN LOVE WITH KOBOJUNKIE

KOBOJUNKIE IS MY FAVOURIDE NAIRALANDER

THIS GUY IS A WHOLE STATE COORDINATOR OF GOODLUCK CAMPAIGN TEAM, AND I THINK THAT MAKES YOU THE DOG NOT HIM

DURING OBASANJOS FIRST TENURE FELAS MOTHER WAS KILLED BY SOLDIER WHICH OBJ CLAIMED WERE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS

OBJ IN HIS FIRST REGIME STOLE 2.8BILLION NAIRA FOR REFERENCE LISTEN TO FELAS SONG ABOUT IT

OBJ KILLED BOLA IGE, HARRY MARSHALL, CHUBA OKADIGBO AND EVEN STELLAS DEATH LOOKS LIKE SHE WAS SACRIFICED

16BILLION DOLLARS POWER FUND

THIRD TERM AGENDA

IMPOSITION OF THIEFS AS GOVERNORS eg ALAO AKALA, GBENGA DANIEL, SEGUN ONI, AGAGU

ABOVE ALL SLEEPING WITH HIS SONS WIFE haba this man is more devilish than ibb

ZUBBYNWA:



Your Mama there, thunder fire you and IBB

U SEEM TO LIKE  OBJ BECAUSE HE IS ALSO FUCKING YOUR MOTHER THE WAY HE WAS FUCKING GBENGA HIS SONS WIFE, ANYWAY MY REGARD TO YOUR MUM I WONDER IF SHE COULD TRY YOUNG DICK LIKE MINE, ?

ZUBBYNWA:



Your Mama there, thunder fire you and IBB

U SEEM TO LIKE  OBJ BECAUSE HE IS ALSO FUCKING YOUR MOTHER THE WAY HE WAS FUCKING GBENGA HIS SONS WIFE, ANYWAY MY REGARD TO YOUR MUM I WONDER IF SHE COULD TRY YOUNG DICK LIKE MINE, ?

IBB BUILD FIVE UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY - YOLA, MINNA, OWERRI,AKURE,BAUCHI

IBB ALSO BUILD PORTHARCOURT REFINERY,

AJAOKUTA STEEL

KAINJI AND SHIRORO

THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE,

ABUJA ETC OBJ WHERE IS YOUR WORK

segan:

whooooooooooooo killledddddddddddddd DELE  GIWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ,

I GUESS THAT WAS MEND's tutor

WHY IS IT THAT NOBODY WANTS TO ALSO ASK OBASANJO WHO KILLED BOLA IGE, HARRY MARSHALL, CHUBA OKADIGBO AND FELAS MOTHER DURING OBASANJOS FIRST TENURE 8 WONDERS SHALL NEVER END

anonimi:



did anybody notice the bold part of the op
look no further the "evil genius" at work

YOU ARE A FOOLISH MAN INDEED, WHY DO YOU THINK IBB OR ANY OTHER PERSON WILL HIRE MEND, BESIDES NEITHER IBB NOR ATIKU WAS INVITED TO THE CEREMONY , WHAT HAPPEN WAS THE MONEY PROVIDED FOR AMNESTY WAS STOLEN AND DEPOSITED INTO GOODLUCK JONATHAN CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION HENCE WHY WE WITNESS PATIENCE JONATHAN DISTRIBUTION OF RICE WORTH 12BILLION NAIRA. GOOODLUCK SHOULD GIVE MEND BACK THEIR MONEY,

GOODLUCK JONATHAN IS THE FOOLISH PRESIDENT NIGERIA EVER HAD. IMAGINE AN ORDINARY FAKE SPEAKER OF A  STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY HAS AUDACITY TO COME BEFORE THE PRESIDENT,

WHAT IBB IS SAYING IS REALLY CORRECT, SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO LOOK AT PROBLEMS WITH OUR ECONOMY, POWER, UNEMPLOYMENT etc, THIS IS WHY WE NEED PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE WHO CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE GO ABOUT GOVERNANCE. UP IBB 2011

The NPLF, a major coalition seeking power shift to the North, made its position known in a statement in Abuja, signed by a former President of the Senate, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.

Some members of the forum are: Adamu Ciroma, Yahaya Kwande, Lawal Kaita, Mogaji Dambata, Ahmadu Kurfi, Audu Ogbeh and Tanko Yakassai.

They asked the international community to call the President to order over his actions that are, in their view, capable of undermining the Constitution and democracy.

They also alleged that the President is adopting a do-or-die posture as it was before the 2007 elections.

The group accused the President of intolerance of opposing views in his bid to retain power.

It said: "Recently he falsified history by declaring openly that zoning in the PDP does not include the Office of President and Vice-President. Section 7.2c of the PDP Constitution states clearly that: "In pursuance of the principle of equity, justice and fairness, the party shall adhere to the policy of rotation and zoning of party and public elective offices and it shall be enforced by the appropriate Executive Committee at all levels." It does not give exception to the offices of the President and Vice-President.

"The recent public humiliation of respected political leaders of the Southeast, among whom were a former Vice-President, Senate President, former governors, ministers and highly-respected leaders is symptomatic of dictatorship, which is going out of fashion in other countries of Africa and in the Third World.

"Last month, the administration caused the cancellation of a meeting of Northern governors and other political leaders scheduled to take place in Kaduna. Also, last month, we the NPLF were compelled to issue a public statement condemning the selective targeting of governors and state governments perceived to be pro-zoning and opposed to the unbridled ambition of Goodluck Jonathan.

"Consistent with this mindset, the wife of the President publicly berated the elected Governor of Rivers State. Despite widespread public outcry and condemnation, no apologies were extended to the governor and people of Rivers State. This precipitated mass protests in Port Harcourt.

Jonathan, in a statement by his campaign organisation, rejected the group’s claim. The statement by Director of Media and Publicity of the Goodluck Jonathan/Namadi Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Sully Abu, said "allegations of the involvement of the government of President Jonathan in actions which the Forum claimed were ‘capable of undermining democracy and the country’s Constitution’ have become characteristic.

"The allegations were designed to impugn the integrity of the President. In that endeavour, the Forum is bound to fail woefully in the eyes of right-thinking Nigerians.

"We wonder what these political leaders want to bequeath to the country, if they insist on fouling the political atmosphere by overheating the polity through tendentious accusations. We call on Nigerians to ignore such tantrums.

"Agencies of government do not have to wait for any prompting or directive to perform their statutory functions and no one should cast aspersions on the president in this regard.

"Nowhere in the statement is the Forum concerned about the welfare of Nigerians. The focus of the Forum mainly is how to stop President Jonathan from contesting the 2011 presidential election.

"In contrast, President Jonathan’s mission is how to transform Nigeria and to touch the lives of the populace in a positive way.

"We counsel all politicians to heed the advice of President Jonathan to run issues-based campaign as he will not be intimidated by any manner of underhand and diversionary tactics from the political opposition under any guise.

"We seize this opportunity to emphasise that President Jonathan is running on a national, not sectional or zonal platform, and call on his opponents to do the same."

The NPLF, a major coalition seeking power shift to the North, made its position known in a statement in Abuja, signed by a former President of the Senate, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.

Some members of the forum are: Adamu Ciroma, Yahaya Kwande, Lawal Kaita, Mogaji Dambata, Ahmadu Kurfi, Audu Ogbeh and Tanko Yakassai.

They asked the international community to call the President to order over his actions that are, in their view, capable of undermining the Constitution and democracy.

They also alleged that the President is adopting a do-or-die posture as it was before the 2007 elections.

The group accused the President of intolerance of opposing views in his bid to retain power.

It said: "Recently he falsified history by declaring openly that zoning in the PDP does not include the Office of President and Vice-President. Section 7.2c of the PDP Constitution states clearly that: "In pursuance of the principle of equity, justice and fairness, the party shall adhere to the policy of rotation and zoning of party and public elective offices and it shall be enforced by the appropriate Executive Committee at all levels." It does not give exception to the offices of the President and Vice-President.

"The recent public humiliation of respected political leaders of the Southeast, among whom were a former Vice-President, Senate President, former governors, ministers and highly-respected leaders is symptomatic of dictatorship, which is going out of fashion in other countries of Africa and in the Third World.

"Last month, the administration caused the cancellation of a meeting of Northern governors and other political leaders scheduled to take place in Kaduna. Also, last month, we the NPLF were compelled to issue a public statement condemning the selective targeting of governors and state governments perceived to be pro-zoning and opposed to the unbridled ambition of Goodluck Jonathan.

"Consistent with this mindset, the wife of the President publicly berated the elected Governor of Rivers State. Despite widespread public outcry and condemnation, no apologies were extended to the governor and people of Rivers State. This precipitated mass protests in Port Harcourt.

Jonathan, in a statement by his campaign organisation, rejected the group’s claim. The statement by Director of Media and Publicity of the Goodluck Jonathan/Namadi Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Sully Abu, said "allegations of the involvement of the government of President Jonathan in actions which the Forum claimed were ‘capable of undermining democracy and the country’s Constitution’ have become characteristic.

"The allegations were designed to impugn the integrity of the President. In that endeavour, the Forum is bound to fail woefully in the eyes of right-thinking Nigerians.

"We wonder what these political leaders want to bequeath to the country, if they insist on fouling the political atmosphere by overheating the polity through tendentious accusations. We call on Nigerians to ignore such tantrums.

"Agencies of government do not have to wait for any prompting or directive to perform their statutory functions and no one should cast aspersions on the president in this regard.

"Nowhere in the statement is the Forum concerned about the welfare of Nigerians. The focus of the Forum mainly is how to stop President Jonathan from contesting the 2011 presidential election.

"In contrast, President Jonathan’s mission is how to transform Nigeria and to touch the lives of the populace in a positive way.

"We counsel all politicians to heed the advice of President Jonathan to run issues-based campaign as he will not be intimidated by any manner of underhand and diversionary tactics from the political opposition under any guise.

"We seize this opportunity to emphasise that President Jonathan is running on a national, not sectional or zonal platform, and call on his opponents to do the same."

sbeezy8:

we(yorubas) also sleep with other peoples daughter  like igbo calabar ijaw urhobo etc. you name it we've slept with them

ITS NO SURPRISE BECAUSE, YORUBA MEN ARE HE-GOATS BUT MIND THE WAY YOU CALL IJAW NAME BECAUSE  IJAW CONTRIBUTE ALOT REVENUE WISE TO NIGERIA WHEREAS  YORUBAS ARE JUST PARASITES,

THIS LADY KILLED A CONSULTANT MEDICAL DOCTOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED, NIGERIA WHEN WILL ALL THESE BE OVER

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A MAN WHO SLEEPS WITH HIS SONS WIFE, ANYWAY IN YORUBALAND FATHER SLEEPING WITH SONS WIFE IS NOT AN ABOMINATION STUPID PEOPLE

SHEAU:

give him only one reason for calling him thief

CANT YOU SEE THE KIND OF BONDS THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT IS ISSUING EVERYDAY AND ALSO OTHER FOREIGN LOANS WE JUST COLLECTED. UNDER JONATHIEF THE EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT IS NOW DOWN TO USD$ 400,000,000 FROM USD$27,000,000,000

PROBABLY JONATHIEF DOESNT WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT BOKO HARAM BECAUSE HE FEELS , ANY AGGRESSION TOWARDS BOKO HARAM COULD TANISH HE CHANCES OF WINNING THE ELECTIONS IN THE NORTH, BUT TO ME JONATHIEF IS THE MOST SELFISH PERSON I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THIS WORLD BECAUSE HE IS JOKING WITH THE SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF HIS SELFISH AND MISGUIDED AMBITION, LET US JUST VOTE FOR RIBADU

june 12 was annulled because security reports showed that abiola is a drug pusher

what is jonathief doing about this boko haram?

A VOTE FOR JONATHAN IS A VOTE FOR OBJ, FELLOW NIGERIANS LET US NOT ALLOW OBJ TO COMPLETE HIS MISSION OF SELLING THE REFINERIES TO HIMSELF AND HIS FELLOW YORUBA BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

wales:

They will all fail down if they do not go by what Gowon as said

GOWON IS A RETARD, IF YOUNGER GENERATION ARE PEOPLE LIKE ALAO AKALA, GBENGA DANIEL,IKEDI OHAKIM, ANDY UBA, TINUBU, ALAMESIEGHA etc THEN I PREFER THE OLDER GENERATION

Ayowumie:

Stolen money of the people of Kwara, i guess.No body knows o. I guess all of them will be contesting on imaginary platforms.

No, that is not how it is. Politics is all about calculation. This is it. Many of them don't dream about ruling the nation. Their intention is to merely declare their political ambition while in the end they step dpwm for a popular candidate. If the popular candidate happens to win, the politicians that step down will then solicit for slots in the executive cabinet. That is how they do it. They tell the winner "remember i gave you my support by letting go of my ambition, so, this is what i want in return, "
The core north never see people from North Central as Hausa/Fulani. As far as they are concerned, he is not representing the North. Forget about theories, the Hausa/Fulani dynasty and or hegemony is so rigid to the extent that if you are outside the core Northern states, they label you as part of northern minority tribes and not a part of Hausa/Fulani dynasty.

That is my theory as well.

YOU ARE BIG LIAR AND YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE NORTH. SIR ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA IS FROM BAUCHI STATE WHICH IS NOT EAST YET HE WAS VOTED BY THE WHOLE NORTH TO BECOME NIGERIAS PRIME MINISTER, SO ALSO IS ATIKU ABUBAKAR FROM ADAMAWA STATE. EVEN IBB IS FROM NORTH CENTRAL AND YET EVERYBODY IN THE NORTH SUPPORT HIM. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE MINORITY NORTH.

Hamid O:

u r a negative person, u r d only 1 dat sees this as a positve tin. I think u have a problem diffrentiating btw positive n negative. just tell us u have a beef with this Wale guy from some where cos Saraki is of no good, infact he is greedy, dull and i think he takes after his father

BUKOLA SARAKI IS NOT DULL ATLEAST HE IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND HE STUDIED IN UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UNLIKE JONATHIEF WHO STUDIED IN ZOOLOGY AT UNIVRESITY OF PORT HARCOURT.