₦airaland Forum

snowdrops:
Interesting analysis.
Dont over do it though; Yar'adua may well have arrived and receiving treatment at the rock as we have been told.
All these conspiracy theories dey cause headache.

Timehin:
With all the schemings and lies we seen in the past months i wouldnt be surprised if turai want her son-inlaw to be vp cos its not new in naija politics. Its public knowledge that the sarakis control/owns kwara state, the present governor may be suceeded by his sister in the next election cos that may be their dads who happens to be the godfather of kwara politics game plan.

Pharoh:
The sudden return of Umaru Yar’Adua to Nigeria in the early hours of this morning, which is now being referred to in Abuja as the “Turai coup d’etat,” was long in coming.  Saharareporters had reported persistently that Turai Yar’Adua and her husband’s core political associates and so-called “kitchen cabinet” were afraid of permanently losing power, and the longer Yar’Adua remained sick, the more obvious that reality became. The key plotters of Yar’Adua’s audacious midnight “return” to Abuja, as earlier reported by Saharareporters, are Hajia Turai; James Ibori, the former Delta State Governor; Tanimu Kurfi, Yar’Adua’s Chief Economic Adviser; Adamu Aliero, the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory; and Gen. Sarki Mukhtar(rtd) the National Security Adviser.

The plan involved securing oil blocks allocation to the Chinese government and another gas deal with Russia.  While Yar’adua was away, the hawks succeeded in getting him to “sign” the national Appropriation Bill and also succeeded in approving oil-lifting contracts in December 2009

Although, Yar’adua’s return was carried out by members of the Kitchen cabinet, facts are now emerging as to how the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, was co-opted into the deal that saw the deployment of two battalions in Abuja last night.  According to a petition sighted by Saharareporters, the COAS, through the Ministry of Defence, had awarded “Peacekeeping” contracts worth N9 billion to fictitious companies reportedly owned by James Ibori, an Isreali arms supplier, Alon Neiken (the owner of Megaplaza in Lagos) and himself (Dambazau). Four companies: HIS Nigeria, Nurit International, Yommy Logistics, Mass International, Arsenal International and M-2 International, were reportedly involved in the scandalous contract.

Yar’Adua’s core loyalists from the office of the NSA used the petition to confront Dambazau, it had been submitted to the EFCC and copied, to the NSA last Monday. The team with their knowledge of the peacekeeping contracts blackmailed him.  Dambazua, a Lieutenant General in the Nigerian Army, reportedly objected to earlier calls to take over power and fought back initially.  But he soon gave in and started taking orders from Yar’Adua’s ADC, Mustapha Onoedieva and an army infantry colonel, to deploy troops without question. Neither Goodluck Jonathan, neither the DG of State Security Services nor the Inspector-General of Police knew what was going on.

Since Yar’Adua’s return to Nigeria this morning, members of the kitchen cabinet have engaged in several manoeuvres as a way of moving forward.  They include trying to dissolve the cabinet today, but that plot was shelved because they knew that would be impossible without Yar’Adua putting up a physical appearance to explain himself to the nation or approach the Nigerian Senate to approve of new ministers.

Saharareporters had reported that Yar’Adua’s return would mean that he will “go to sleep” upon arrival while his minions figure out what to do about him.  That situation has not necessarily changed, given all the trouble Team Turai has taken to ensure nobody meets sees Yar’adua in the foreseeable future, if anyone ever does. The residence where Yar’adua lie comatose has been medically fortified and secured by Nigerian soldiers and access is highly restricted.  Our sources said several medical doctors imported from Saudi Arabia would manage Yar’adua’s so-called “recuperation”. There is no timeline for how long this would last but sources said it will be on for as long as the associates to hold the farce in place.

Meanwhile, Saharareporters has learned that the sudden return of Yar’Adua was as a result of the decision of the Saudi authorities to minimize the diplomatic pressure that his indefinite stay in the Kingdom was inflicting on them.

Also, Yar’Adua’s wife chose to move him out of Jeddah yesterday because some of the Ministers visiting the kingdom were insisting on seeing him, going through the Saudi government.  Sources in Saudi Arabia told Saharareporters that Turai had contacted the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ojo Maduekwe, to delay the trip and re-route the six-ministers to Riyadh first.

That was contrary to the original plan of the Federal Executive Council for the six-man team first to visit Yar’Adua in Jeddah, and then make a “Thank You” visit to the King of Saudi Arabia before returning home.  Maduekwe, playing his part in Turai’s script, connived with Aviation officials at the Presidency to delay the trip by one day. By the next day and to the utter shock of the other cabinet ministers who took the decision to send the team to Saudi Arabia, Maduekwe had unilaterally changed both the mission of the team and its itinerary.

Meanwhile, the time Maduekwe had bought for Team Turai was being taken advantage of.  Thus, by the time the FEC delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia, Turai had succeeded in packaging Yar’Adua into an air ambulance and left for Abuja. The Ministers—besides Maduekwe—were shocked, and found themselves scampering back to Nigeria early this morning.

Yar’Adua’s arrival was a dramatic display of desperation and power-grab by his wife and 10 other acolytes who have vowed never to allow Goodluck Jonathan to be President even for one day.
Their plan is to use Yar’Adua’s “presence” to commit as a trump card to ensure that Jonathan’s tenure does not gain any traction, and it has not escaped Nigerians that this morning’s statement by the presidency did not once refer to Jonathan in his acting capacity.  An e-mail heralding Yar’Adua’s return, which was sent by Turai and partly written in Hausa to his foot soldiers shows that she was having difficulties reaching some of them. This is probably because she had announced to them that her ticket to power and privilege, Yar’Adua, would be back in 10 days, but she was six days early!

Several sources in Abuja have told Saharareporters that the game has changed and that Turai has fully taken charge of the government, a situation that seems confirmed by Jonathan’s announcement that she will meet with her this evening.  Our sources also say that she is on a mission of vengeance and her co-kitchen cabinet members are no longer hiding their confidence and pre-eminence. And to demonstrate their confidence, the former Attorney General of the Federation, Michael Aondokaa, is said to be returning from self-exile in a matter of days, a kitchen cabinet source told Saharareporters.

Tension is high amongst government ministers as rumors circulate that their replacement would happen in the fullness of time.

Meanwhile, no one has seen or heard from Yar’Adua officially since his secretive return early this morning except the snippet of controlled information passed on to diplomats claiming that Yar’Adua was only resting because of the long flight and another group claiming that they saw him walk into the Ambulance or descend from the air Ambulance by himself.

The National Assembly is keeping mum as to how they interprete Yar’Adua’s return in view f their resolutions installing Jonathan as **Acting President, but a highly-placed lawmaker told Saharareporters that Yar’adua’s return early today was to disrupt the Wednesday FEC meeting that might have declared him incapacitated if he had not returned.
Tensions are understandably high in government circles, with the definite possibility of a coup in the air.  Several Saharareporters sources seem to feel the tension, as they speak in whispers.  But a military coup, as opposed to today’s civilian version by Turai, could be expensive for Nigeria.  Niger Delta militants and some Igbo groups told Saharareporters today that should they hear those two words, “Fellow Nigerians,” by which coups are usually announced, they may not be a part of Nigeria as it is currently known. 
http://www.saharareporters.com/real-news/sr-headlines/5284-the-turai-coup-detat-how-turai-yaradua-seized-power.html

Aloy+Emeka:
Power must return to North in 2011 –Elders [Or else?]
By Rotimi Akinwumi, Correspondent, Abuja

Some elders from the North on Tuesday warned that the region will not sacrifice the Presidency come 2011.




http://odili.net/news/source/2010/feb/24/407.html


They insisted that power must be given back to the region to enable it complete its eight year tenure in compliance with the unwritten zoning arrangement entered into by the six geo-political zones in 1999.

Northern Elders Assembly (NEA), under the Chairmanship of Inuwa Wada, in a communiqué at the end of its meeting in Abuja, urged all political parties, especially, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ensure that northerners are their presidential candidates for the 2011 elections, so that the desire of the region to govern for two consecutive terms will not be truncated.

The leaders were apparently reacting to insinuations that the transfer of powers to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will rob the North of the opportunity of retaining power in 2011 as Jonathan might to seek election into the office of the President in 2011.

The NEA noted that it would amount to cheating, if the North was denied the Presidency come 2011 on the premise of the illness of President Umaru Yar’Adua.

Any attempt to deny the North its right, it said, can become counter-productive for the unity of the country as “the unity of the North and the oneness of the country are mutually reinforcing”.

In the communiqué signed on its behalf by its Secretary, Aminu Kani, NEA noted further that the furore generated by the call for Jonathan to be made the Acting President was uncalled for as it was only logical for him to step into the office in the absence of Yar’Adua who is away on medical vacation.

Fhemmmy:
A statement was release on his behalf, that Jonathan will hold the mantle while he feels better, how long that would be, we all dont know and we all just have to watch

Devonian:
The fact is Yar’Adua assumed office not because the Nigerian population voted him into the Presidency, but because, Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, the silly, senseless, idiot, incestuous and shameless old wagon handed power to him, making him accountable to no one. The fact that Yar’Adua left Nigeria, remained incommunicado for 3 months, kept the entire country in absolute darkness about his health conditions meant that he’s morally unfit to lead this country. He has treated each and every Nigerian with ignominy and disrespect. In a civilized society, this would not happen. And, the only way the Lower and Upper Chambers can prove to the rest of the world that Nigeria is indeed an uncivilized, barbaric society is to allow this baboon looking beast, called Yar’Adua, to continue to rule this country. Then Nigeria is perpetually and irrevocably doomed.
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GBAM!

wirinet link=topic=403331.msg5573723#msg5573723 date=1266996664:
This is what you get when you "elect" nincompoops as legislators. All this yaradua nonsense was because we have legislators who do not know their jobs and are only interested in "Ghana must go" bags.

I am sorry to say, but the Jonathan Goodluck acting presidency is Illegal and he is not the commander- in - chief of the armed forces. The real C-in C is back. As long as Yara dua did not write the National assembly that he is on vacation, or the National assembly did not impeach him or declare in Incapacitated, then he remains our president dead, alive or in a coma. That is the Nigerian constitution and the army swears to uphold it. As i have always said here, the National assembly has no powers to declare anybody as acting president, just like the state house of assembly has no power to declare anybody acting Governor.

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SPOT ON.

wirinet:
Where are all the people who scream Giant of Africa, greatest black nations, G20, and all sort of empty boasts. Our president is in the custody ofthe Saudi King, and it is only he that can determine what the president does or does not do, who he sees and does not see, what he eats and what treatment he gets. No Nigerian doctor or official is allowed to see the president - not even his personal physician or health minister. We should all be ashamed of ourselves. We should just be regarded as a colony of Saudi Arabia.

So we will just wake up one morning and hear the death of our president from the King of Saudi Arabia with no explanation of how and why he died.

rebranded:
A good appointment for Ribadu will be head of INEC we will at least have credible elections

What do you guys think?

strangleyo:
My apologies i meant Niger.

If Jonathan stands by what he said today regarding coups, he will issue the Niger Republic an ultimatum, if elections are not organized Nigeria should proceed to remove the coup plotters and call elections for them.
West Africa needs 1 country to stabilize the region.

strangleyo:
The president of Niger dismissed parliament at his own peril.

When will African leaders learn that Africans are tired of being treated like slaves in their own country.

Nigeria is rated the worst country in the world for living standards, below Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hopefully elections are called immediately.

mikeansy:
Looks like Niger has a new leader

Major Adamou Harouna Umourou

Livvvvy:
very funny, If he had started exercises, then he should be able to talk as well.