Monday, June 23, 2014

APC Cracks!

APC Cracks! The emergence of Mr. Ayodele Peter Fayose of the PDP as the Governor elect of the state of Ekiti certainly took off an enormous wind of the sail of the largest opposition party in Nigeria, the APC! Despite huge media campaigns both within Ekiti state and the entire south West as well as the huge phantom website that Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu , Gen. Buhari and the rest of the other big wigs of the opposition have been creating as well as the arrogant show that they are the only progressives that ever threaded the little green planet, PDP still took over Ekiti state from them! The people of Ekiti have shown that indeed they are not bamboozled by loudmouthed talks of the politicians nor would they ever again bow to huge media campaigns by politicians. This is a sure sign that Nigerian electorates have evolved! It is time that Governments not only of APC, all governments should look in wards and find out what the populace really want and help the citizenry to achieve what they want! To start with even the other South West States the APC is currently in control now, let the APC not be too sure they would retain them . For instance though Barr. Babatunde Fashola did quite well in infrastructure development but let the APC in Lagos not think that the cost, pain and suffering people went through before those infrastructures were built would to be easily forgotten by the highly sensitive electorates in Lagos now will the electorate forget easily the huge amount of money that Lagos state government stubbornly charge in their state controlled universities. APC should also not think that lagosians would forget quickly the fact that despite the fact that a court of competent jurisdiction had ruled that the toll being collected at the new bridge in Ikoyi is illegal yet Lagos government still stubbornly continues to collect the toll and many other things. Same in Ogun State and the other gentle man, Gov. Aregbesola and his religious biased education drive. Lagos continues to build houses that only commissioners, permanent secretaries, top shots in the civil service and politicians are the only ones who could possibly complete the payment of the house from their honest pay! The lesson for the APC generally is that they should drop this, their myopic and unpatriotic opposition stratergy they have been using ever since the successful registration of the party. Recall that the first show of muscle that the APC displayed was to attempt the filibustering of bills sent by President Jonathan. While that was half digested the Boko Haram issue came up and right up to the abductions of Chibuk the APC never came out clearly to condemn the heinous activities of this criminals used by some reactionary elements in the North to attempt to send President Jonathan to the swamps of Beyelsa State. Even with the sensitive nature of the Chibuk incident the APC played politics up to the involvement of the international interests! Though the APC is claiming that they have already unseated President, they are only waiting for 2015 to come to formalize the process! Though I personally do not know how APC came about this position but they should be mindful that Nigerians would not forget easily the few actions they have taken even outside Aso Rock and that Nigerians are wondering what they would do when eventually they seize power that is if they could. The APC should not be surprised when President Jonathan double his lead in 2015 in comparison to his first election if the APC continue with this their crude pattern of opposition that is not issue based but just baskets of criticisms instead of proving alternative solutions! General lesson for all politicians, is that they should all understand the dynamics of evolution of political maturity of the Nigerian electorates. The Nigerian electorates are no longer ready for frivolous talks and all those crazy maneuvers politicians are used to. They want a piece of serious actions on the part of all elected officials and no matter the crazy media campaign and show of arrogance by elected official if they fail to do what must be done they would be shown the away out regardless of which party the official is from!

Monday, June 9, 2014

Northern Christians be warned- Be aware of possible North Sudan experience!,

Northern Christians be warned- Be aware of possible North Sudan experience! I really appreciate the extreme danger moderate Muslims and Christians in the North face as regard if they chose to speak out against the evils of Boko Haram. However I am appalled that Northern Christians are not speaking out and more so acting out less against the activities of Boko Haram. The Northern Christians must do much more than they are doing at present. Northern Christians in AREWA, Northern Elders forum and other North Interest groups must speak out and act decisively against the domineering influence of the Northern reactionary and divisive elements, whom I strongly believe have high jacked the various Northern interest groups. I also believe that Christians and even moderate Muslims who may chose to speak and act decisively against Boko Haram may become subject of extermination by Boko Haram but the prize of not speaking and acting now would definitely much more than the possible dangers right now especially for Northern Christians! Let the moderate Muslims and Christians not be carried away by the crazy sentiment that there was a gentle man agreement between the North and the South for the rotation of the presidential position. Though this is quite true and desirable however the emergence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria President was and is never a breach of that gentleman agreement. If Gen Olusegun Obasonjo had died suddenly while in office there was no way that Atiku Abubaka couldn’t have replaced him and I don’t think any Southern would have opposed him to contest for the presidency once he steps in. There are also the crazy talks elevating an ordinary Gen. Olusegun Obasonjo to a deity position that would have or rather that knew that President Yardua would die and so brought him out so that immediately he dies a southerner would once more step into Aso rock!! What an arrant non-sense! Come to think of it those who peddle this crazy and ridiculous talk conveniently forgot to also blame the electorate in Katsina state who elected Yardua in as a governor without which he most unlikely would have been picked for Presidential ticket of the PDP. Gen Olusegun Obasonjo has no such deity power and so couldn’t have exercised a power he does not have. The untimely, unfortunate death of President Yardua and emergence of Dr. good luck Jonathan as Nigeria President were all acts of God, as simple as that!. In fact come to think of it was most unlikely that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan would have ever entered Aso Rock if President Yardua had completed his two terms, Obasonjo did it to Atiku Abubaka despite the enormous help Abubaka gave to the General! So the all in the North has to accept it that Goodluck Jonathan having emerged has the constitutional right to contest for two terms according to the Nigeria constitution! Our northern brother should also understand that if a hasty farmer stands up to dig out his yam and unfortunately the tail of the yam severs off , he the farmer would now spend more time to kneel to dig out the tail! Our Northern brother should not forget in a hurry that from Gen Gowon to Multara Muhammed to Alh. Shehu Shagari to Buhari to Babangida to Abacha to Abubaka is almost 35 years of near uninterrupted Northern rule of the nation Nigeria! That is more than 65 % of the nation’s life span and the heavens did not fall or does our brother in the North felt that this was normal because some Northerners believe that some exclusive section of the North is born to rule! If it is so I advise our brothers in the North to forget those non sense all Nigerians irrespective of where they come from have all the rights to run the affairs of the nation so long as the person have the requisite capacity. The Northern Christians and moderate Muslims should understand that over 90% of the southerners are desirous of a strong and united Nigeria but if the North is of late talking of separatism I believe that all patriots would do all that is necessary to thwart that but even if the nation for any reason tows the part of break up the South would never be the worse of it! So the South is not perturbed of all talks of separatism. Now why Northern Christians must do and act more than they are doing now is that if for any reason the nation is split it is almost certain that it would be hard-line Muslims that would be in control of the North. It is almost certain that Sharia would be the only legal system in the North then and may even progress to barn Christianity totally in the North and you can add up what pains and misery that would be visited on the Christians up north. The Northern Christian should also not put hope in the moderate Muslims that speak out against their hard headed brother they would instantly go silent if the nation should split and even they don’t want to they would be whipped into submission by the hardliners! Make no mistake about this, it would be North Sudan! Now that Southern Christians are helping to fight against Muslim hard liners it is damn difficult you can guess the misery and human degradation that would be visited on northern Christians that would happen if the north goes its way. The Northern Christians should talk more and above all act more for instance I do not expect less than 300,000 Northern Christians and moderate Muslims to enlist in the Nigerian army as regard the new open window for general recruitments against Boko Haram and their supporters in AREWA and NORTHER Elders forum and other Northern pressure groups. Finally I urge southern Christians and moderate southern Muslims not to ever forget our brothers and sisters in the North !

Thursday, June 5, 2014

The Quest of the Opposition Party FOR power at all cost and the blood of innocent Nigeria,

The Quest of the Opposition Party FOR power at all cost and the blood of innocent Nigeria Are we not facing a repeat of history? When Adolf Hitler desperately wanted to take over government of Germany, he and his SA henchmen led by people like Arthur Axman and Roehm. They commenced on a bloody campaign of terror against the helpless German population! They killed, maimed ad spilled blood of Germans as if killing and spilling of blood of German citizens were such a noble thing. What was more rascals, royal to Adolf Hitler even burnt down the Reichistag, the German seat of government all in an effort to meet Hitler’s quest for power. Their slogan was that they won’t let the Germans rest unless ad until Hitler takes over the German Government. However we all knew how that Dictatorial Government went and the trouble it landed the German people into! You recall vividly that during the last general election that some elements in the North, including one of the leaders of the largest opposition party declared that if Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was elected that they would make the country ungovernable and doubtlessly that was when Boko Haram shelved its religious cloak and took up a political cloak! Recall that as the nation is burning some prominent member of the opposition are in different forum are threatening that if the 2015 election is ‘rigged’ that they would ensure that the nation burns, the question is, what moral justifications does the opposition party have to threaten spill of blood of Nigerians considering how the same opposition party’s election or should I say selection went in Edo state, Imo state and other state,? Till date thousands of innocent Nigerians had had their heads severed off, stomach turned open, pregnant women slashed into two and even unborn child slashed into pieces either directly by Boko Haram bombs or AK47, several hundreds if not thousands have been kidnapped, killed or maimed, several properties and thousands of people means of lively wood worth several billions of Naira had been destroyed and just recently over 200 little girls had were adopted in Chibok by Boko Haram and had commenced in meting out human indignity, killings and misery to the victims! What were responses of the opposition in Nigeria? Ø Unless and until , the APC is voted into power i 2015, mayhem may not end and even the spilling of blood of innocent Nigerians will not stop until after three moths! Ø ‘’The opposition also in addition organised rallies or hijacked rallies and here is their slogan; Jonathan bring back our girls!’’ Ø The Nigeria military is have a hell of rough time dealing with the insurgents and allegedly their supporters in the Nigeria military . Here is the response of the opposition: “ there should be probe of the amount budgeted to the military!” “The Nigeria former Chief of Army Staff should be dragged to human right court!” and a hell lot of other crazy and irresponsible talks. Let’s have a look at the first response, what APC is saying, is that indeed they know what should be done to stop the mayhem on thousands of Nigerian citizens but they are keeping it to their chest until and unless they step into Aso rock! However the APC has not realized yet that, they may not have anybody left to rule y 2015 and come to think of it since important leader of the party ,b y his earlier threat, may actually be giving some sort of support to the insurgent and more so considering the allegation of PDP spokes man indicting the same leader of the support of the insurgent. If indeed he step into Aso Rock, he certainly would not need up to one working day to stop Boko Haram from killing and maiming innocent Nigerians if the allegation of PDP spokes man and his earlier threat were anything to go by! The rallies high jacked or sponsored y opposition shouts, preposterously “Jonathan bring back our girls!”. Instead of ‘Boko Haram release our girls’. This is also in line with opposition demand for probe of Nigeria military even before war on insurgent is won. However these two irresponsible calls are akin to a dubious old man who would go into the bush and knock the evil drum, ‘gbamgbamgbam!’ and come out on the main road to ask who was knocking the evil drum! My advice to the President, considering that the amour spent now on security and containing the scourge of the insurgent is now running into several hundreds of billions and all these wastages are mostly in states controlled by the opposition is that he the President should not waste time to deploy full force of the military ad wipe out the Boko Haram insurgent, irrespective of the fact that they may be using innocent Nigerians as human shield! Of course the military should try all tactic ad tricks to see if they could decongest area of military operations of as much innocent Nigerians as possible before any operation but where the insurgents make this impossible then unfortunately what must be done must be done regardless. Of course since Gov. Shetima claims that Boko Haram insurgent is more equipped than the Nigeria military he should or worry himself of possible colossal collateral damages in his state and other North East states. Finally the opposition should not bask in the euphoria that Nigerians are stupid, we are not stupid; by all the body language of the opposition and open statements by some of their leaders it is pretty obvious that the opposition may be dubiously rendering some sort of moral support to the insurgents at the very least in it’s quest to maim and kill innocent Nigerians and I doubt if Nigerians would fail to remember this if there will be 2015 elections!