Jonathan Confused Over 4 PDP Govs' Alliance With APC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_upzkPXfZ3HLU2Ima3-u_UQMSVSOTlrb0aDRHwdgCsC7-wCQy4CunxuMVGIhrBp7fduUnBm50csNEVDLN0OwYhmWPUrQTv2_YOaNjE3aKn804bPNbt5u7SfZTJ-_WbLs7Roa7cTTuqjfX/s1600/goodluck_jonathan_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_upzkPXfZ3HLU2Ima3-u_UQMSVSOTlrb0aDRHwdgCsC7-wCQy4CunxuMVGIhrBp7fduUnBm50csNEVDLN0OwYhmWPUrQTv2_YOaNjE3aKn804bPNbt5u7SfZTJ-_WbLs7Roa7cTTuqjfX/s1600/goodluck_jonathan_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>With the storm over the shift of polls yet to settle, the Presidency has run into a fix over what to do with four of its governors said to be secretly working for the success of the opposition in the rescheduled elections.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Saturday Vanguard</b> learnt yesterday that the Presidency became convinced that the four governors were not sincerely working for the success of the ruling party after reviewing their activities in relations to the presidential campaigns in their respective states.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was gathered that an appraisal carried out by security agents and placed at the disposal of the ruling party clearly indicated that PDP would lose election in the affected states because of the activities of the governors.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A competent source told <b><a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/presidency-dilemma-four-govss-secret-alliance-apc/">Saturday Vanguard</a></b> in Abuja that both Jonathan and his party were upset that the governors were hiding under the party to work for the APC, thereby making it difficult for them to be promptly dealt with in line with the constitution of the party.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The source said that although the action of the four governors drawn from the North West and North East of the country had been discussed extensively by the Presidency and the PDP, the party and the president were in a fix on what to do with ‘traitors’ because of the impending elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President is said to be particularly irked by the action of one of the PDP governors from the North East, who did not only give the sum of ₦25 million in support of the opposition candidate campaign but also directed his officials to give maximum logistics support to the Buhari Campaign team during their campaign in the state on February 3 this year.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The same governor, it was learnt, however showed what a presidency source described as a ‘lukewarm disposition’ to the Jonathan’s Campaign team by not mobilising enough support for the presidential rally in his state and arriving late to the venue of the campaign.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The governor is said to have unwittingly exposed disloyalty and disdain to the President and his party by coming to the venue of the rally six minutes before the arrival of the presidential team, thereby leaving several things undone and ending up embarrassing the first family and his party when they went to campaign in the state on January 31.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The governor is reported to have delayed the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Team in the state until the eve of the presidential visit thereby making the team headed by a former Senator from the state, to hit the rocks in his effort to ensure a successful rally in the agricultural state. As a result of the sympathy of a North East governor for the APC, he is said to have displayed a lackadaisical attitude towards the visit of Jonathan to his state last month.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> During the visit, the president was said to have been miffed by the near empty stadium that he noticed upon his arrival for the campaign in the state that is close to a desert.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Presidency, Saturday Vanguard also learnt, was also hurt that none of the governors had shown remorse over their ‘betrayal’ by not speaking out against some of the wrongs openly committed by their agents against the presidential campaign teams in their respective states.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was gathered that the Presidency was seriously disappointed that none of the affected governors had openly condemned the stoning of its presidential campaign train in their states while some of them turned round to blame some senior officers of the Presidency for the attacks.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The APC, which is fully aware of the tacit support of the four governors, almost went to make a formal announcement that they were set to defect but they were said to have persuaded the party not to do so, promising instead to quietly work and deliver their states to the opposition because of Buhari’s factor.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Asked what the Presidency would be doing to sanction the four governors, the source hinted that the Presidency was confused on what to do to them given the need to put its house in order and pursue the elections as a united party.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The source said that it would be counterproductive for the Presidency and the PDP to take any disciplinary action against the governors at this stage since the elections were already around the corner.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The development came as it emerged last night that the move to ‘discipline’ Prof Jega for alleged sympathy for the APC would be dropped if he jettisons the use of the card readers and permanent voter cards, PVCs for the elections.</div>

Jonathan Confused Over 4 PDP Govs' Alliance With APC

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Obasanjo Scheming To Head Interim Govt. - Abati

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku1eeHJAr0M9-XLCxEhOjdXjTLHV1EwyMh6UymEYUDhO7gI92WSTz6b1nZ-glBs2lYaRR8EQ2nD0_zAr9AISySytr4EKNI7XiniVbXf0ifxXdHGsMtiZeEG91Jh5yJCpFbhs-nWlbkMBv/s1600/Obasanjo+and+Jonathan+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku1eeHJAr0M9-XLCxEhOjdXjTLHV1EwyMh6UymEYUDhO7gI92WSTz6b1nZ-glBs2lYaRR8EQ2nD0_zAr9AISySytr4EKNI7XiniVbXf0ifxXdHGsMtiZeEG91Jh5yJCpFbhs-nWlbkMBv/s1600/Obasanjo+and+Jonathan+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>On his return from his foreign trips, former President Olusegun Obasanjo while answering journalists at his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta Saturday alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan was using the postponed election as delay tactics to perpetuate himself in office. The former president said Jonathan was planning what he called the Gbagbo treatment for Nigeria.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, in a swift reaction, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati said it was indeed the former president who is scheming to plunge the country into crisis so he can head an unconstitutional interim government.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Below is the statement by Dr Abati as culled from his <b><a href="http://www.reubenabati.com.ng/2015-02-14-OBASANJO-acirc-S-UNWARRANTED-ATTACK-ON-PRESIDENT-JONATHAN-IS-ODIOUS-REPUGNANT-AND-SELF-SERVING-.html">personal website</a></b>. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>OBASANJO’S UNWARRANTED ATTACK ON PRESIDENT JONATHAN IS ODIOUS, REPUGNANT AND SELF-SERVING</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We find the false claims and allegations reportedly made against President Goodluck Jonathan by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta very odious and repugnant. <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As we have had cause to say before, it is most regrettable indeed that a man like Chief Obasanjo, who should know better, chooses to repeatedly, wantonly, and maliciously impugn the integrity of a sitting President of his country for the primary purpose of self-promotion. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is obvious from Chief Obasanjo's serial vituperations against President Jonathan who is doing his best to positively transform Nigeria for the benefit of all of its people that he has willfully chosen to close his eyes to the present administration’s good works and intentions. For reasons best known to him, Chief Obasanjo has set his mind on regime change by fair or foul means. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Otherwise, it would be completely senseless, irrational and out of place for Chief Obasanjo, who still claims to belong to the same party as the President, to accuse President Jonathan of plotting to win the rescheduled presidential elections by "hook or crook" and planning to plunge the nation into crisis if he loses the election. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For the record, President Jonathan has no such intention and will continue to give the greatest possible support to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other relevant federal agencies to ensure that the rescheduled elections are successfully conducted. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Indeed, it is not President Jonathan who remains faithful to his oath of office who is trying to plunge Nigeria into crisis, but Chief Obasanjo who is scheming to plunge the country into chaos in pursuit of a selfish and highly egocentric agenda. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Chief Obasanjo's plot with others within and outside the country to thwart the general elections and foist an unconstitutional Interim National Government, which he hopes to head on the nation is well known to us, but by the Grace of God Almighty, his odious plan to return to power through the back door will fail woefully. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>READ: <a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/jonathan-afraid-of-being-jailed-by.html">Jonathan Afraid Of Being Jailed By Buhari If He Loses - Obasanjo</a></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We know very well that it is in pursuit of this nefarious plot that the former President continues to sow the seeds of discord and crises in the polity by purporting to remain in the ruling party while openly consorting with the opposition, endorsing its candidates and predicting victory for opposition candidates in a manner most unbecoming of a supposed elder statesman. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Thankfully, the vast majority of Nigerians who are patriotic and right-thinking cannot be fooled by Chief Obasanjo’s antics.  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We urge them to be assured that President Jonathan's commitment to democracy in all its ramifications remains constant and that he will never be party to the use of any unlawful means to remain in office or gain political advantage over his opponents. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President stands by his commitment, which he reaffirmed on national television last Wednesday that on his watch, all elections in Nigeria, will be free, fair and credible, and that all certified election results will be respected. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As President Jonathan has also assured the nation, the rescheduling of the general elections was in the best interest of the nation and was never driven by any ulterior motive on the part of government as Chief Obasanjo and others have alleged. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Jonathan will continue to put his best efforts into giving Nigeria quality leadership and will not be distracted from his purpose by unwarranted and needless criticism by persons who ought to know better. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President also continues to trust in the good judgment of Nigerians and to believe that in appreciation of his sincere efforts to move the country forward over the past four years, they will re-elect him for a second term on March 28, 2015 with a mandate to pursue his agenda for national transformation to a successful conclusion.</div>

Obasanjo Scheming To Head Interim Govt. - Abati

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See Tinubu's Supporters' Message To The Military

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSClVryPzNDOnP2RQOUdrUTX6Az8Qhyphenhyphenpw7KfXrmyLMK1TiTYxz9Jhqg3169RHYXq1C_etBg2Z5pI7Ijtp2663S0YjZS4QUhr5KiNJD3u9EnEE3HfR7eQYqKQcVSt_MfMSAEj8C_49g9zQq/s1600/TINUBU-620x330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSClVryPzNDOnP2RQOUdrUTX6Az8Qhyphenhyphenpw7KfXrmyLMK1TiTYxz9Jhqg3169RHYXq1C_etBg2Z5pI7Ijtp2663S0YjZS4QUhr5KiNJD3u9EnEE3HfR7eQYqKQcVSt_MfMSAEj8C_49g9zQq/s1600/TINUBU-620x330.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Supporters of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are not amused by the recent deployment of soldiers close to his Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi residence.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For four days this week, the armed soldiers laid siege to the area in what the APC called part of the plan by the Presidency to intimidate leaders of the party in the run-up to the rescheduled elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Although the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division, Major General Tunmi Dibi, said  the military deployment was ‘routine’ and part of a joint measure to secure Lagos, Tinubu’s supporters responded in a unique way yesterday with a message for whom it may concern.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They hung two giant banners across Tinubu's fence  with the inscription: "Wrong Posting. This is not Sambisa Forest."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sambisa Forest in Borno State is believed to be the hideout  of Boko Haram fighters where over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok last year by the sect were first taken to.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Several of the group’s training camps are also located therein.</div>

See Tinubu's Supporters' Message To The Military

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Mbu's Calls For Killing Of Civilians Barbaric - APC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSGpHcJ_On3ksy0CVd1UHSesexyjXG69Ti4jXNCh5CsDwBRupLggDVGqm92UZf31Q26NHNaI40y2vDsBeNYBcVYjJ3QUCRD5jtqr2OKdarMNViCbbnf9vVt7rh1f0oxtC-QnWF7UWMghA/s1600/Mbu1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSGpHcJ_On3ksy0CVd1UHSesexyjXG69Ti4jXNCh5CsDwBRupLggDVGqm92UZf31Q26NHNaI40y2vDsBeNYBcVYjJ3QUCRD5jtqr2OKdarMNViCbbnf9vVt7rh1f0oxtC-QnWF7UWMghA/s1600/Mbu1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the AIG in charge of Zone 2 Command, Joseph Mbu, as a lawless and barbaric policeman saying he should urgently be called to order by his boss before he starts another around of his trade-mark controversial policing.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said since he was posted to Lagos, Mbu's actions have neither dignified the police as an institution nor portrayed him as a well-trained law enforcement agent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It said the temperament, comportment, utterances and actions of Mbu, a very senior police officer, are capable of inciting mass killings, violence and anarchy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ''Since his posting to the Zone 2 Command, this contumacious policeman has exhibited an egregious act of lawlessness by barging through the Lekki Toll Plaza without paying toll and then ordering the arrest of policemen and workers at the Plaza. Is it not an irony that a man who is trained to enforce the law is the same who is breaking the law?</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ''But that action, as bad as it was, pales into insignificance when compared to his most recent statement in which he was basically inciting the police against the citizenry and encouraging the killing of civilians. It is sheer irresponsibility for a senior policeman to say that for every policeman who is killed during the election, he will kill 20 civilians.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ''Lest we are misunderstood, our party will never condone the killing of police personnel or of any law enforcement agent for whatever reason, just as we will not condone the killing of any innocent Nigerian. If a senior police officer does not know how to convey to his officers and men that they should protect themselves while also avoiding extra-judicial killing of any citizen, then the funds spent in training him have been wasted'', APC said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The party said such language as <i>'fire-for-fire'</i> , <i>'If one of my men is killed, I shall kill twenty of them' </i>or <i>'you have the power to stop the Governor'</i> is inappropriate, inciting and barbaric, especially under a democratic dispensation, and is most unbecoming of a senior law enforcement agent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It therefore said Mbu should be held solely responsible for any violence or killing of innocent citizens before, during and after the elections in the area under his command.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> APC warned Mbu to mind his utterances and actions, shake off all the vestiges of lawlessness and barbarism for which he has become infamous and comport himself like a senior police officer that he is if he wants to succeed in his new assignment.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ''If he continues in his old, unedifying ways, he will face a public opprobrium as he has never done before", the party said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source: <a href="http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/new-news/19045-mbu-s-calls-for-killing-of-civilians-lawless-barbaric-apc-says">Daily Post</a></b></div>

Mbu's Calls For Killing Of Civilians Barbaric - APC

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S'Court Sacks Traditional Ruler After 30 Years On Throne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CTmgYI3Q3ULwS3ySAstUrqdPXYjy_8ajwvYOib8amclvcsr7hv38BQWWoppEI9rMlWYO6uS-ecijOHwtyPQU-TsXQfWrFyvpfo6f5e0hiHDpwgVPD6ifgOzcsoyNPOY6v0Ehg0ZhWTZJ/s1600/COURT-1-300x224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CTmgYI3Q3ULwS3ySAstUrqdPXYjy_8ajwvYOib8amclvcsr7hv38BQWWoppEI9rMlWYO6uS-ecijOHwtyPQU-TsXQfWrFyvpfo6f5e0hiHDpwgVPD6ifgOzcsoyNPOY6v0Ehg0ZhWTZJ/s1600/COURT-1-300x224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the appointment of a traditional ruler in Plateau State, <i>Nde Goyang Kayili</i> of Somji, Kabwir District, Pankshin Local Government Area, 30 years after he ascended the throne.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Delivering the lead judgment in an appeal brought by Kayili’s counsel against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Jos Division, Justice Clara Ogunbiyi held that the appeal lacked merit and dismissed it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to <b><a href="http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/29443-supreme-court-removes-traditional-ruler-after-30-years-on-throne">NIGERIAN TRIBUNE</a></b>, the apex court's five-member panel also held that the main appeal and cross-appeals were devoid of merit and dismissed them but declined to award costs to either party.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The court further held that the Court of Appeal was right to have decided that the Somji stool was rotational between the two royal houses of Neha and Ne'es.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It also affirmed the Court of Appeal’s judgment that it was Neha's exclusive right and turn to occupy the stool since the death of <i>Nde Boyi Goshit</i> from Ne'es family on September 5, 1984.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The Court of Appeal was on a sound footing and could not be faulted when it preferred the evidence of the plaintiffs on this issue as against the evidence of the defendant.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "In the result and with all issues resolved against the appellant, the totality of the appeal is lacking in merit and on the totality of the appeal and cross-appeal, both are dismissed with no order as to costs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Having proved that they belong to the <i>Somji Ruling House</i>, which stool is rotational, and that it is now the turn of their ruling house, it is therefore, their exclusive right to occupy the stool", Ogunbiyi ordered.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the plaintiffs, Esly Yilbuk and two others, now deceased, had instituted the suit in 1987, challenging Kayili’s appointment on behalf of the Neha Ruling House.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The trial court had held that the plaintiffs’ claim to the throne had not been proved and dismissed same, following which they proceeded to the Court of Appeal, Jos Division.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Court of Appeal, however, reversed the trial court’s judgment and ruled that the plaintiffs had proved their case to entitle them to the judgment and the stool.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Unsatisfied with the Court of Appeal’s decision, the defendants’ counsel, Mr Sunday Obende, approached the Supreme Court for final determination of the suit.</div>

S'Court Sacks Traditional Ruler After 30 Years On Throne

The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the appointment of a traditional ruler in Plateau State, Nde Goyang Kayili of Somji, Kabwir Di...

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Jonathan Afraid Of Being Jailed By Buhari If He Loses - Obasanjo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG70COCcDKbS_hHlje6cJVc4hrCvX3l9oXOtUOsEj_nNrq-zUPNjJIUkrlQ9i02NK1vizMiF4YAYb_wMIcI-BR5w6B_SES1K_LfHOKthuCg5b_L5BdzfhxlLuLdiI1eYOjnyHAiXJYRsdm/s1600/Obasanjo-and-Jonathan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG70COCcDKbS_hHlje6cJVc4hrCvX3l9oXOtUOsEj_nNrq-zUPNjJIUkrlQ9i02NK1vizMiF4YAYb_wMIcI-BR5w6B_SES1K_LfHOKthuCg5b_L5BdzfhxlLuLdiI1eYOjnyHAiXJYRsdm/s1600/Obasanjo-and-Jonathan2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has unleashed another attack on President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of playing politics of do-or-die like the former President of Côte d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo and that Jonathan is afraid of being jailed by Buhari if he loses.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Obasanjo said this on Saturday at his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta while speaking with newsmen shortly after he came back to the country from his overseas trips.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Obasanjo while reacting to the postponement of the election said the postponement of the election was a grand plan by Jonathan and his cronies to perpetuate themselves in office till the situation becomes clear that the election would favour him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He accused Jonathan of playing a brand of politics played by former President Gbagbo who he said had delayed the presidential election of the country and when he eventually conducted the election and lost refused to leave the office.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to Obasanjo, "I was away because I had a number of assignments abroad which took me to Morocco, Munich, Nairobi, London and New Delhi. Exactly a week today, when we were in Munich for what they called Munich Security Conference annual event and all people who are in security community normally, you found them there.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "For this year, the Vice President of America was there; the Secretary of State, John Kerry was there; the Chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany was there; President of Ukraine was there and many others.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I was there with Koffi Annan. Our side was to talk about peace and security in Africa. I was to handle the African perspective while Koffi Annan was to look at it from the global perspective.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "While I was out, I refused to make any categorical statement on this issue because I wanted to come back home and learn at first hand what actually transpired and what was going on, and it turned out to be a forced decision on the INEC because it was alleged that the Security Chiefs were unable to provide security and as a result the Chairman of INEC had to postpone, in accordance with the dictates of the so called Security Chiefs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I thought for me, that was bad precedent for democracy in Nigeria. It meant it doesn't matter what preparation or lack of preparation any electoral body could make in Nigeria, the final decision whether election will take place on the day scheduled for it lies in the domains of the security. It is a sad day for democracy in Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "And I will say this, we must all feel concern before democracy is killed. The observable and what would appear to be happening is that the president has a grand plan, a grand plan to ensure that by hook or by crook, he wins the election or if it all fails, they scuttle it and create chaos, confusion and unpleasantness in the whole country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Because it is the duty and function and responsibility of the security officers to provide security, the President is the Chief Security Officer of the country and he is the Commander-in-Chief and if security is required anywhere anytime, it is his duty to provide it. Failure to provide it is dereliction of duty, pure and simple.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Either the President is following his own grand plan or his aides and associates are working a script, they are playing a script which must not get his endorsement if not initiated from him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "What again it looks to me is that the President is trying to play Gbagbo. Gbagbo was the former President of Cote d’Ivoire and Gbagbo made sure he postponed the election in his country until he was sure he would win and then allowed the election to take place. He got an inconclusive election in the first ballot and I believe this is the sort of thing Nigeria may fall into if I am right in what I observed as the grand plan, and then in the run-off Gbagbo lost with 8% behind Ouattara and then refused to hand over. All reasonable persuasion and pleading was rebuffed by him and he unleashed horror in that country until nemesis caught up with him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I believe that we may be seeing the repeat of Gbabgo or what I called Gbagbo saga here in Nigeria, I hope not".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <b>Source: <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/jonathan-afraid-jailed-buhari-loses-obasanjo/">Vanguard</a></b>

Jonathan Afraid Of Being Jailed By Buhari If He Loses - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has unleashed another attack on President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of playing politics of do-...

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