eGuerrilla: By raising his head above the parapet, it certainly appears that this trojan horse of a Governor is prepared to fall on his own sword.

Now, while I generally refrain from offering advise to PDP henchmen, I think the likes of Aliyu are doing the North a serious disservice, by touting the inviolability of backroom agreements which fly in the face of meritocracy yet again.


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Elueme: Which agreement are we talking here? Back door lame, informal arrangement that has no constitutional bearing or what? How does this affect the constitution of the federal republic and the eligibility of a candidate contesting elections as enshrined in the constitution. This move get to buttress the evil and cunniness of the northern governors who capitalized on the precarious situation of the president in the last general election to arm twist him into an Okija Like agreement. This desperate move by Aliyu and his clique is dead before arrival because the president like any other person is eligibly bound by the federal constitution to have a re- election and whatever, informal, verbal or written agreement he had with some persons are immaterial as far as good governance is concerned.

u are right but may not likely succeed inside the killer party. the numbers against him are quite huge. However, am quite sure money can change things. Nigerians should henceforth watch out, our external reserves is about to take a deep dive

greatgod2012: Now, its obvious that GEJ is not clueless but cunny, however, if d agreement is made public, he will learn to strictly follow any agreement made by him henceforth.

GARRI (x7):
What's Aniko Briggs Saying? That GEJ signed a document under duress? That's silly and ridiculous!!

GEJ needed the support of the Northern Governors and in return for their support, he signed a one-term pact with them. So where's the idea of duress coming from?

He can renege if he wishes to, but playing the victim card is‎​ downright silly....

figment232: GEJ should now realise that the battle line is drawn.He should damn any consequemces and send the EFCC after these good for nothing corrupt governors especially That BABA ALIYU with his overgrown stomach.Hediots mtcheeew!

gagapraiz: Fellow Nigerians. I would advice that we all come together and pray out GEJ and his Papa Decieve Pikin(PDP) in 2015. GEJ and PDP have cause enough damage to our system as a nation. I hate people who pretend to be good and bad or, people pretend to fight corruption and are corrupt. Enough is enough. Say no to PDP... Lets give them RED CARD for their inhuman behaviour..

GARRI (x7):
What's Aniko Briggs Saying? That GEJ signed a document under duress? That's silly and ridiculous!!

GEJ needed the support of the Northern Governors and in return for their support, he signed a one-term pact with them. So where's the idea of duress coming from?

He can renege if he wishes to, but playing the victim card is‎​ downright silly....

HAH:

Where is the merit ? It was an agreement by party member it has nothing to do with the general public. Agreement is Agreement let him honour it he can decamp to PDP cohorts like APGA and Labour Party

berem: I can see someone going contrary to the agreement.Jonathan should not be trusted.he can always buy his way out.

eGuerrilla:

Agreement or no agreement, what's stopping any Northern governor from putting his own popularity to the test?

kingoflag:

From Day1 it has been obvious that GEJ was a snake who will do anything to stay in power.

I doubt youve ever dealt with a barely literate, "Bush" Nigerian with the jungle mentality before. All they know is "survival", so they act slow, and are usually very pretentious but very calculating, devious, treacherous and deadly. Call him clueless at your own peril, in time you'll find out hes outsmarted you using the most deceitful of means. By then, its usually too late.

Oh, and the "Bush" man will always play "victim" every time you accuse him of his wrong doing.

Wsdm: Jonathan is a strategist eventhough he is using it to suit his ambitions alone. The PDP ticket is a bygone for him. Already, the SW, SE, SS and most middle belt states delegate are at his coffer, all he needs is doll out money to some northern hungry delegate and that is it. As for me, all the wrangling going on amongst them is a welcome development. There is already an ulternative for the masses( the APC) to boot out these MAD COWS ( PDP) from the corridor of power.

eggheaders: please let them release the copy of the agreement fast.and let Nigerians know the coward and power drunk fool they elected as president.and to aniko Briggs the brand of pawpaw leaf and goat excreta you sniffing is grade a.and seriously you need a session with those doctors in uselu.signed under duress my foot,hello somebody wake this nitwit from her deep slumber.

Gbawe:

Some of you with your blind hatred of certain folks and blind support of others. Is Aliyu more corrupt than GEJ? Next minute you will deceitfully say you want a better Nigeria yet you are here, when even our African neigbhours are becoming models of democracy, encouraging dictatorial conduct and abuse of power from the apex office in the land. Why not ask GEJ to fight corruption on its own merit rather than suggest he uses the EFCC to hound and victimise political opponents? Clearly many of us are as bad as our politicians and we probably deserve the leadership we have currently.

gonzaga: [b]Why is the North always fond of getting people [/b]to sign agreements whenever power is about to shift? These agreements most time, negates the provisions of the constitution which is supposed to be the supreme law of the land. I think this illegality must stop as I cannot remember ever hearing that a northerner was asked to sign any agreement before becoming President.

From the days of OBJ and now GEJ, we have heard that people were either blackmailed or forced to sign some phony documents. OBJ revealed this in 2002 when some people insisted that he was elected only for one term. The governor of Niger state in a widely publicized broadcast had again said GEJ signed a one term agreement. We have not heard about the one Yar'adu signed before he became President.

This knack for getting people to sign agreement is rather absurd giving the fact that; the agreement signed by Gowon and Ojukwu at Aburi was never respected by the same Northern elements who constantly force people to sign documents. Had that agreement been respected as signed, there wouldn't have been any need for the civil war. The rest as they say is history.

Since any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution is null and void, any agreement that also negates the provisions of the constitution should suffer the same fate. The decision to run or not to run in 2015 should be the exclusive prerogative of the President and not because of any agreement or intimidation from any quarters. This madness must stop!!!

Gbawe:

I certainly "agree"( ) with this opinion. Can anyone imagine Tinubu running to the ref every second and begging for a freekick two yards away from the opponents goal? Tinubu will simply out-plan, out-dribble, outsmart and outscore everyone !!!

These Northern PDP governors should come to terms with GEJ's treachery and do what they have to do because we all already know Mr.President openly pledged to do one term. Is it not the reason why OBJ is no longer in his corner and now touting Lamido? There really is a need for some to stop belabouring the pledge GEJ made and 'cracking' on with real strategy that will deliver the Party ticket for anyone keen to fight for it.

Bringing out some document does not make their case legally enforcible. Anyone who wants to become President should get into the arena and show the belly for a fight. Like or hate Atiku, he has already shown his strategy by announcing that "zoning is dead and GEJ is free to contest in 2015".

Godsbrown: U r just speaking english without substance

figment232: My friend that is the name of the game pursue them with EFCC.When some bigots that have enough skeletons in their cupboard dere to confront the C-in-C they should be dealt with accordingly.

taharqa: Yea!! The way he 'outsmartd everyone' in d last Ondo Elections... What position did he 'carry' again?? Just asking...

HAH:

Where is the merit ? It was an agreement by party member it has nothing to do with the general public. Agreement is Agreement let him honour it he can decamp to PDP cohorts like APGA and Labour Party

gonzaga: Why is the North always fond of getting people to sign agreements whenever power is about to shift? These agreements most time, negates the provisions of the constitution which is supposed to be the supreme law of the land. I think this illegality must stop as I cannot remember ever hearing that a northerner was asked to sign any agreement before becoming President.

From the days of OBJ and now GEJ, we have heard that people were either blackmailed or forced to sign some phony documents. OBJ revealed this in 2002 when some people insisted that he was elected only for one term. The governor of Niger state in a widely publicized broadcast had again said GEJ signed a one term agreement. We have not heard about the one Yar'adu signed before he became President.

This knack for getting people to sign agreement is rather absurd giving the fact that; the agreement signed by Gowon and Ojukwu at Aburi was never respected by the same Northern elements who constantly force people to sign documents. Had that agreement been respected as signed, there wouldn't have been any need for the civil war. The rest as they say is history.


Since any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution is null and void, any agreement that also negates the provisions of the constitution should suffer the same fate. The decision to run or not to run in 2015 should be the exclusive prerogative of the President and not because of any agreement or intimidation from any quarters. This madness must stop!!!