Politics as practiced within d context of Nigerian Democracy cannot be justified by rational thinkings.To the IBB decampment enthusiasts and antagonists, we all have a moral justification to pitch our stand wherever. Unfortunately, we are at a crossroad between the past ,present and future motives of ALL our so called leaders and political platforms. Forget d annulment,the SDP/ NRC two-party system was a huge,record-breaking success- a credit to IBB,a man dt will later contribute wholly/partly to d menace of this country under d platform of PDP. PDP wasn't outrightly bad! Yar'adua was a good man. Jonathan is a mixed fortune. APC is an unavoidable pill,d bitterness or otherwise we can only know only if swallowed. Buhari wept for Nigeria -whether genuinely or otherwise but shedding blood most-likely WILL NEVER win election in Nigeria. Ofcourse it will be easier for 1 month old baby to say -'Eko o ni baje' than Fashola climbing the PDP Aso Rock. Fellow Brethens, we may encounter obstacles on our path b4 2015-politician can behave like chamelions ;parties may merge and re-emerge; INEC headquarter may be sabotaged,money may be shared to d electorate; police may witch-hunt us BUT WE MUST RESOLVE NOT TO ALLOW OUR MIND TO BE ENSLAVED AGAIN BY mere
NAME OF A PERSON,'ANIMAL'(political tools)','PLACE(parties,regions)' OR 'THING'-(enticements, lack of self-belief,disunity,ethnicity,religion)'.

Nigerias needs a scape goat and PDP just happens to be d poor candidate. I can however assure nigerians dat d demise of pdp would not signal the end of our problems. D prospective leaders of tomorrow (if nd only if they win oh) re d same leaders of yesterday to whom corruption is a sibling. They re only capitalising on d fact dat d present government is out of favour nd nigerians re so desperate for change, they wud go for any alternative without knowing whether its better than d previous. PDP is not the problem of nigeria, nigerians are the problem of nigeria. We have corruption in our blood.

when will Nigerians stop betraying fellow Nigerian it common here in South West, is it a course? if I may ask IBB is now hero prazing him as if is now God u silly people that forget things easily. Do u guys still remember June 94? u bagers. MKO, Kudirat, killing of innocent people? northern knows Fashola is a fool, they will use him to sell Yorubas to northerners. be wise. when u guys started seen rods of Boko Haram here is south west, then u guys will use ur mendular.

I am really concerned that our dear Gbawe should even hint at it being "pragmatic" to consider an IBB membership of the new party. In terms of voting capital, it could only steal votes. In any sense of political influence also, the stark reality is that IBB is politically dead. Anyone who thinks the contrary is living very far in Nigeria's past.

Now, aside pragmatism, there are just some suggestions that should never be heard from 'progressives'. . . and the faintest sigh of IBB, is one of such.

If anyone thinks that IBB is useful to today's PDP, that person is dreaming. Nor will he be useful to the APC. He can only hobble it, and in fact, the slightest association he has with APC will instantly destroy the credibility of that party.

Any party that recognizes ibb in Nigeria is a rogue party,for the simple fact that ibb is a national rogue.

He stole our 12 billion dollars oil windfall andup till date,he has not given account for that money. And nobody is asking,nobody cares.

Gbawe:

Stop saying the same thing over and over again in different ways that are all united in redundancy. Every politician bring something. The APC would not be a Party with a winning mentality if it simplistically discriminates based on the past Party affiliation of potential new members.

Every candidate should pragmatically be inspected on an individual basis and managed well within the overall mission target of the APC. The APC should remain amenable to leveraging on any Political strength offered. Otherwise it has no business attempting to depose a Party that has cornered every aspect of Nigerian institutional ethos to remain in power. If people like you have your way, with you unambitious and unfeasibly populist talk, then Nigeria will keep producing Utomi and Gani Fawehinmi 'saintly' figures as challengers to the PDP. For obvious reasons, those sort, unless backed by a pragmatic political machine, will fail against the PDP in 100 attempts over 400 years.

Points well taken. But shall we now in a desperate attempt to wrestle power from pdp vote for even well known criminals just because they're on a different platform.
A strong opposition to pdp is a welcome development because, as someone mentioned above, it will have a positive knock-on effect on pdp's performance if they happen to emerge as the ruling party once again, having had a good fight/challenge at the polls. However I strongly beleive the focus should be on individuals and their credibility, and not on parties. I will feel no qualms voting for pdp again if I see in their flag bearer a more credible personality n vice versa.

I don't trust this endorsement.

Na wa o!!

APC, wattagwan? Kilon sele? Wetin dey happen?

E ma disappoint mi o. Kaiii!!!

IBB nikan nikan. IBB ke? Nibo la ti n se iyen?

APC! APC!! APC!! Ere meloo ni mo pe e?

Yoruba_Omoge: I don't trust this endorsement.

Na wa o!!

APC, wattagwan? Kilon sele? Wetin dey happen?

E ma disappoint mi o. Kaiii!!!

IBB nikan nikan. IBB ke? Nibo la ti n se iyen?

APC! APC!! APC!! Ere meloo ni mo pe e?

Thrice!
But this is an unsolicited endorsement, so i really don't think we should start blaming ACN that IBB said he endorsed them.
Moreover, he was only endorsing them because he felt that it will help us moves towards a two party state not because he wants them to win.
BTW, I keep repeating, you are so familiar with my Iyalode Tinubu, Desola. Thought have brought this up sometimes. Though you seems to be an Ekiti, Desola is a Lagosian.
But writing styles almost the same thing.
Oh, I have forgotten, Yoruba is blessed with a plethora of Sharp and brilliant ladies.

bad_ass_nigga: I can't wait for pdp's down fall

xame thing here

If APC allows obvious looters into there party it will be old wine in a new bottle, so what's the point. At least have a public grilling of any ex pdp public official and get them to fully declare their assets and be willing to sign an immunity clause exemption. It is the moral bankruptcy of our people that enables thieves and impunity into public office and so we cannot really blame theses looters and election riggers. Nigeria has the government it deserves and reading the type of comments here it is clear to see. Nigeria will remain doomed because we the people have low morals. A strong opposition with high integrity is better than one that relies on the support of looters and thieves as it will be no progress. Wake up!

[size=13pt]This is similar to Babangida endorsing Buhari

Clearly not sincere.

So what does it mean?

I think he is trying to derail and scatter the APC

We May see him try to campaign for power again.[/size]

@byrron
Thanks for a well articulated post. I do agree with you, something is definitely wrong with the citizenry.

[size=18pt]Babangida ,the evil genocidal kleptomaniacal looter[/size]







The aim of this write-up is to notify Babangida and his cronies that there are patriotic Nigerians all over the world, who have knowledge of his secret activities against the interests of Nigeria, for his own personal selfish benefits. His cousin had described him to me, as a ruthless, vindictive, unforgiving megalomaniac and extremely corrupt. Since he literally determines what happens in Nigeria, it might be very dangerous to pose a frontal attack against him. He’s a very ruthless man and powerful. If he could order his childhood friend, Gen. Mamman Vatsa, to be killed without batting an eyelid, we’d be just small mosquitoes!

We all need to start shouting our lungs out through writings, so that these thieves would feel the pressure and get out of the way for a better Nigeria It’s just a shame. When I was growing up in Cameroun, every remote village had pipe borne water and all the major towns and cities had 24hours /daily, of electricity! Nigeria is probably the only country in Africa where citizens defecate openly, all times of the day, in major cities, without consequences! I feel sad thinking about all these.

I’m currently based in the U.S and a full blooded and patriotic Nigerian, though born and raised outside Nigeria. The first impression any first time visitor would have of Nigeria would be of a country where nobody takes the law seriously because the laws are there but never enforced due to corruption; of a chaotic, free for all country with a complete lack of patriotism from top to bottom.

How did we get to this sorry and seemingly irreversible state? Our biggest problem is the continued recycling of the architects of corruption and their cronies, the so called military and political "elites", under various guises of minister this, minister that. Ghana was able to move forward because Rawlings realized that the only way to move Ghana on was to completely eliminate all the old thieves. This option may not be feasible in Nigeria’s case, but if we all join hands together, especially our journalists, and say “enough is enough” to these thieves, instead of celebrating them, we can achieve something significant. But first, we have to identify the architects of corruption and relentlessly go after them through our write-ups or other civil actions.



The sole architect of the extreme corruption as seen today in Nigeria and the sorry state of affairs is no other than the former dictator, IBRAHIM BADAMOSI BABANGIDA. One of his relatives was my roommate in the US during my under graduate education. I was able to glimpse the true nature of the beast from him. Here is the Babangida most Nigerians know nothing about. Babangida is the most destabilizing force in Nigeria today and the more Nigerians know about it the better.

Babangida was sent here (U.S) in 1983, for a military course, during the Reagan administration. He admired Ronald Reagan’s Machiavellian dribbles with the American public and became a disciple of Reagan’s trickle-down economics, popularly derided as "voodoo" economics, where the resources and wealth of a nation are distributed to a few cronies, with the hope that their business activities would create wealth that would trickle down to the common man! This is how Babangida single-handedly wiped out the Nigerian middle class, creating a few stealing billionaires and a mass of poverty, with nothing in-between.

Anyway, while in the U.S. it became obvious that Babangida was recruited by the CIA. Mobutu’s power and relevance to the U.S interests in Africa was waning and they needed another Mobutu in a strategic country. Babangida fitted Mobutu’s personality traits; very ambitious, unpatriotic, bold, greedy and cunning.

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So Babangida fitted the profile of a strong-man, like Mobutu, the U.S was looking for. It was also this time, in 1983, that Buhari and Idiagbon overthrew Shehu Shagari, who was drifting and didn’t seem to get a handle on how to move Nigeria forward. Buhari/Idiagbon had always been true patriots, and came in to try to save Nigeria.

Buhari’s government was very serious about putting Nigeria on a straight path. There was a serious effort to combat indiscipline, drugs and corruption that bedevilled Shagari’s government. Buhari refused to borrow any more money from the IMF and World Bank; refused to devalue the Naira, as demanded by the West.

When the West tried to blackmail and sabotage the Nigerian economy at that time, he countered it with the counter-trade polices, which was actually a corruption fighting tool (it was used by Cuba to neutralize years of America’s economic blockade of that island nation).The West knew that Buhari/Idiagbon were hell bent on serving only Nigeria’s interests against any other interests and they weren’t going to have it.

It should be remember that it was also during this period that Reagan was fighting several covert or proxy wars around the world. During the Reagan’s administration, the CIA actually became the main instrument, albeit covertly, of America’s foreign policy. When Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua became the leader of that country, it did not go down well with America because of his Marxist leanings.

The CIA created and funded a rebel army, the Contras, to overthrow him, in what became known as the Contra War. The U.S Congress was kept in the dark about this covert war for a while, but when it came to their knowledge, they cut off all funding for the illegal war. The CIA was determined to bring down Ortega’s government so they had to come up with other ways of funding the war and bypass the Congress. They turned to selling drugs, but they could not do this directly from the U.S soil, so they looked for a Third World country to use to import the hard drugs and later smuggle to the U.S.

Nigeria became very attractive to them because of its corruption, large population and chaotic nature. They felt it was the only country they could pull off such with relative ease. But Buhari was the head of state and was sending drug dealers to the firing squad. They knew he would never let them use Nigeria as their base for drug operations to fund their covert war. Nigeria was still the most attractive to them for the venture. It became clear to them that Buhari/Idiagbon had to go.

So entered Babangida and the coup that overthrew Buhari, covertly planned, supported and carried out with the aid of the CIA.



As soon as Babangida overthrew Buhari, he proceeded to undo everything Buhari tried to achieve for a better Nigeria. He devalued the naira, accepted all the conditionalities of the IMF and World Bank. Nigeria became a free for all with zero accountability. If you remembered his speech after the coup, there were ramblings about democracy, free market, human rights, etc. In fact the wording of that speech could have been scripted by the American State Department. In 1986, the Time Magazine (either February or September edition) reported that at the height of America’s covert wars during the Reagan administration, the U.S had the very elite commando unit of their armed forces, the SEAL, dispatched to several different countries for covert activities. Guess what; this unit was in Nigeria in August 1985, during the week that Babangida overthrew Buhari. These Special Forces are highly trained in all kinds of warfare. No Nigerian ever asked why they were in Nigeria at that particular time. The thinking of the CIA was that a coup against a Northern Muslim Fulani by a middle belt military personnel would be resisted and therefore bloody. So the SEAL was dispatched to make sure Babangida succeeded. If the coup had been resisted, Buhari and Idiagbon would have been killed, no question about it

After the coup, the CIA cut a deal with Babangida, where Nigeria was used as a major drug transit and money laundering center for the proceeds of the CIA drug trade. This is how the CIA was funding their Contra war. The phony or rogue bank, BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) was used to launder the proceeds of the drug business and take them out of the country. Babangida’s loots left the country through this bank. Remember that branches of this bank were everywhere in Lagos and the North. Two investigative journalists in the US later broke the news that the CIA was involved in drug smuggling to fund the Contra War. They didn’t mention the country that was used, but from all indications, it was Nigeria! However, Dele Giwa somehow stumbled on this information and was seriously investigating it and was about to break the news when he was killed. This is the main reason that Babangida had Dele Giwa killed.



Remember also that the former leader of Burkina Faso, Capt. Thomas Sankara, of blessed memory, was a close friend, albeit, revolutionary friend of Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, who was hated so much by the .U.S. After Sankara was killed, obviously with help from the West, the rest of Africa condemned the cowardly act except Babangida. As a matter of fact, he gave the leader of the coup that killed Sankara, Major Compaore Blaise, a red carpet welcome to Lagos, barely a week after the murder. Again when in 1986, Reagan unjustifiably bombed Libya and killed Gadaffi`s daughter, everybody in Africa condemned the unprovoked attack, except Babangida, who was blaming Gaddafi for the attack.

Toward the end of 1986, or 1987, (can’t remember the exact year), Babangida was given a "Strategic" award, by the Heritage Foundation, a US right wing front whose philosophy is total world domination, economically, politically and militarily. The few other people, who had received this award, include Henry Kissinger and the former NATO Commander, Alexander Haig, people who had gone out of their way and the risk of their lives to advance America’s interests.



No Nigerian journalist or news organization asked or questioned the reason IBB was given that award. Nobody asked why there was an explosion of drug activities during IBB’s regime. The only investigative journalist we had, Dele Giwa, was killed, so we were and still are in the dark of what is actually going on in Nigeria. And to make things worse, most of our papers are owned by the looters or friends of the looters.

Anyway, it was during IBB’s regime that most of our wealth was looted out of the country (about 80%). It was the dream of America to make IBB, President for Life, just like Mobutu.

Enter Orji Kalu, now former Governor of Abia State. I am not very sure whether it was IBB who introduced Kalu to the CIA or the other way round, but it was the dream of the US to make Babangida the President and Kalu his Vice. Kalu is still a sleeper operative of the CIA. Three weeks before the last presidential election in 2007, Kalu was at the CIA headquarters at Langley, Virginia. The only way anybody could get into that building is if you have a top secret security clearance or an active asset of the CIA with high level security clearance. Remember that Kalu had always boasted about how close he was with the Bush family. The only link between the two is the CIA and the fact that Kalu was a valuable asset for them, having proved it by betraying Nigeria, one way or the other, for his own personal gain.



How did IBB move his loots to France and Switzerland? IBB is as devilishly clever as he is ruthless. Kalu became the go-between, between him and the CIA, to avoid being linked to the CIA. With the help of the CIA, Kalu created numerous phony front companies to launder IBB’s loots and payouts from the CIA deal, and move them out of the country through the rogue bank, BCCI. This is why when Ribadu arrested Kalu for corruption, the Bush regime was up in arms against it, and the current Attorney General, Michael Aondoaaka took over the EFCC, in a mild drama. I’ll come to this later.

Kalu has the same character traits as Babangida or even worse. The CIA found him very valuable to them because this guy could do literally anything for personal gains and aggrandizement. Remember, Kalu had always stated that he is who he is today because of IBB. In fact this is the only honest statement that ever came out of Kalu’s mouth.



IBB created the very problems we are all suffering today. He never ever wanted to give up power for what he was getting out of it. He is an extremely crafty guy and dangerously cunning.

America’s dream, or rather the CIA’s dream, was to make Babangida a long time dictator like Mubarak of Egypt, and Orji Kalu his vice president, and for Kalu to continue after Babangida. The election that Babangida held in 1993 and which Abiola won was never meant to be. Babangida never wanted to give up power. America didn’t want him to give up power either. So he wasted all our resources, just to pretend that he wanted to give up power. He annulled the election on the advice of the State Department of the US, who did not trust Abiola to cut deals with them whenever they needed one.

When Abacha realized that Babangida had no intention of giving up power, he tricked Babangida and forced him to hand over to the Shonekan’s so-called Interim National Government. The US never forgave Abacha for that. Abacha’s demonization went full blast. The US had hopes that they could still find a way to bring Babangida to power.

The easiest way would be to eliminate the two major contenders, Abacha and Abiola.This would leave us no other option but Babangida. Abacha and Abiola could have been killed with the assistance of the CIA. I studied chemistry, as an undergraduate, and I know that a very minute drop of concentrated potassium chloride could easily create a massive natural heart attack and death immediately.

Potassium chloride (KCl) has a very narrow lethal dose, i.e. very narrow range of lethality. This is the weapon of choice for most intelligence covert operations, because it could never be traced by any toxicology tests. My strong suspicion leans toward the use of KCl to kill Abiola and Abacha, to make way for Babangida to return. Babangida has never told the truth about why he annulled that election. He could never tell the true reason. Nigeria was smart to let Abdulsalam to rule after Abacha’s death, instead of Babangida.



Abacha was never a saint, but most of the demonization against him was orchestrated by America, in a way, to divert attention away from Babangida. Even the so called Abacha loot in Swiss banks could have been Babangida’s, just to use the insignificant amount to blackmail Abacha, and have Nigerians believe that all the looting was done by Abacha.You see, our biggest problem is believing everything the West tells us without questions, not minding that they have always employed the Machiavellian doctrines in their dealings with the rest of the world.




The US actually succeeded in having every Nigerian talking about Abacha’s loot, while Babangida conveniently faded to the background, attending weddings, birthday parties, funerals, etc, everywhere! In 2007, all grounds were cleared for Babangida to sneak back, and with the advice of the Bush Administration, for him to appoint Kalu as his running mate, a position which Kalu declined.

Most Nigerians, and most of the rest of the world except Western Europe and Israel, are extremely naive about America. As much as being utilitarian, Americans are natural existentialists, driven in all their actions, bad or good, only by self interests. The only thing consistent about Americans as individuals is their unpredictability. For example, an American can ceremoniously and sanctimoniously give you a million dollars today, and tomorrow that same American kills you unceremoniously over five dollars! It saddens me whenever I read about our government officials trooping here to "learn" about the American system. The American government structure is very organized and extremely well structured and managed by very patriotic citizens. But honestly, America does not want the same fine structure for any part of the world outside Western Europe and Israel. America’s prosperity and power are based partly on their ability to manipulate all the developing countries to remain dependent, so that they could easily be used.



America did not accomplish their goal to return IBB to power in 1993, but they encouraged him to contest in 2007. In fact, everything was on the ground for him to run again, but Kalu refused the Vice President-ship. I, personally, was very alarmed that Nigerians folded their arms and some misguided corrupt cronies were actually rooting for this evil man who killed the finest of young Nigerian army officers, and essentially the architect of the present rot we are in.

I sent part of the information I’m giving you to Nuhu Ribadu, when he was Chairman of EFCC, and also to the Sun Newspaper (at the time, I did not know the paper was owned by Orji Kalu, Babangida’s partner in crime). I’m very sure Ribadu read it, and probably briefed Obasanjo about it. Those at the Sun Newspaper could have informed Kalu about it, and Babangida could have gotten wind of it. About a month after I sent the article, I learnt that Babangida withdrew his ambition with the phony excuse that he would not run against his "younger brother, Yar’Adua".

My honest belief then was that he realized that there were people with damaging information about him. And also, Obasanjo could also have discouraged him, having been briefed about this information by Ribadu.These are my speculations as to why Babangida suddenly withdrew from contesting. So Ribadu played a major part in Babangida not running in the 2007 election.

Babangida has a huge animosity against Ribadu, who was really responsible for derailing Babangida`s presidential ambition in 2007. He never forgave him. In one of his several wedding or funeral services talks, Babangida made it clear that even if he never ran for the Presidency again, he would be involved in determining whoever rules Nigeria. He was responsible for the selection of Yar’Adua as President, after twisting Obasanjo’s hand, who owed him for getting him out of jail and making him President in 1999.

Most of PDP’s "BIG" men are all carry-overs from the Babangida’s regime. Remember when he said he was satisfied with the selection of Yar’Adua as President, calling him his younger brother? He actually forced his old cronies and "boys" in the PDP to select Yar’Adua. He knew that Yar’Adua has a lot of humility, defers to him and lacks self confidence. He knew he could easily manipulate Yar’Adua. Essentially, Babangida is actually the one still calling the shots, behind the scenes, in Yar ‘Adua’s government.



All Ribadu’s problems were orchestrated by Babangida. Most Nigerians thought it was Ibori, but though Ibori is one of his "boys", Babangida is the only one in Nigeria powerful enough to go against Obasanjo’s friends. Babangida influenced the appointments of Okiro (IGP) and Aondoakaa (AGF) and Waziri (EFCC), all in an effort to kill the war on corruption, and stop all the noise about corruption. Have you noticed that in all his public utterances, Babangida had never said anything against corruption? He does not see corruption as corruption, because he believes in Reagan’s trickle down or voodoo economics, i.e. give the wealth of the nation to a few of his cronies in government or business, and they would create wealth for others. It is this same Reagan’s idea that is wreaking havoc in the American economy today!

Everyday, Yar ‘Adua’s government looks more and more like Babangida’s regime, because he influenced Yar’Adua to recycle his old cronies into important positions. These are men who through the years, have perfected the art and science of stealing and looting.

Babangida remains the most destabilizing and powerful force in Nigeria today. It’s almost as if he owns Nigeria. He remains untouchable because all the recycled kleptomaniacs called politicians, who are in leadership positions today, owe their wealth and power to Babangida Watch my words, all talk about Nigeria’s progress, remains just talk, until Babangida’s powers and influence are erased. Until we have bold, very patriotic, incorruptible, and independent individuals elected by the people, Nigeria would go nowhere!!!!.


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The only leader that Nigerian people ever elected was Abiola. The others were either influenced by foreign powers in collusion with corrupt politicians and the military. Nigeria needs the likes of Nuhu Ribadus, Gani Fawhinmis, Tai Solarins, and yes, Mohammed Buharis and Babatunde Idiagbons.

I was born in Cameroun, and I am a true pan-Africanist. I am an extremely patriotic Nigerian with a lot of passion for Nigeria. Any foreigner who ever comes in contact with me ends up loving Nigeria and wanting to go there. It’s my little way of rebranding Nigeria, whatever that really means. I sincerely believe that Nigeria could potentially be the greatest wholly black nation on earth if we could put our acts together and stop corruption at all cost and by all means necessary. The West is very much aware of Nigeria’s potentials and they are doing everything to stop it, especially the US.

This is why the American Press uses every opportunity to humiliate Nigeria, to make us lose our Natural self confidence and not compete with them toe-to-toe. There are more criminals in one American city, than all of Nigeria combined! The truth is that a powerful wholly black nation would shatter the methodical stereotype of the black race, as stupid, by their media over the years. A powerful black nation would also awaken their black population to aim higher, and regain their confidence after years of emasculation. This is something they’ll do everything to avoid. I honestly believe that most of our problems, especially the Niger Delta, could be traced back to LONDON AND WASHINGTON, through their multinational corporations, who corrupt and impose corrupt and inept leaders on us

.............Anyway, let see what we do to help our country.

The article should be reconstructed as poser questions for Babangida to answer to Nigerians. This brings out all the points of interests, but avoids accusing him directly
This would force him to react and be on the defensive, thereby, exposing himself for a second look by Nigerians.

Cozie Chimason

Am.Michael@nigeriama

any discerning observer will have noticed by now that the emergence of the APC has spurred PDP(GEJ) to work harder and faster than we had been used to, a simple perusal of Nairaland's front page will make that obvious,except one wants to deceive one's-self,this goes to show what an able opposition can do...now, for GEJ,he has been a disappointment,a very big one,which i dont blame him for,because a study of the Man's behaviour makes it obvious that he simply does not have the intellectual capacity to execute his Job well,as such,for the 2015 election,i beleive it would be the wisest course to go with the APC,in the hopes that the PDP will in turn,keep them on their toes...after all;isnt that what Democracy is all about?

I can see many peolpe labeling IBB as a criminal running to APC,yes it is true,and what is wrong with that? Why will PDP allow ibb to be their member when they know quite well that he is a criminal and annuler? We should not forget that,SDP form PDP ,now PDP will also form APC,we know they are criminals but with different manifesto and this can bring a good leader in place that can save this country for this present situation,if you say IBB should not be allow to join APC because of his sin then you are not to be this earth because God forgive sin so also we people of God should forgive those that sinned against us.dont you know that the PDP GEJ is enjoying today was form by criminals?why do you vote for them when you know that the ibb who is a criminal and annuler was part of PDP?let encourage the new party because it will only make the old wine, PDP to perform ,can you beleive me that since APC annouce the merger PDP have been having sleepless night?this will make them to perform ,and if they dont,they should be kick out because the result at hand show that they are under perform and should be kick out

We can blame past leaders and outside forces that may have helped them loot and destroy our country all we want, but until we admit that there is a problem with the citizenry, Nigeria is going nowhere.

What kind of spineless people are we? We let armed robbers into our homes to loot, rape and kill. The only recourse most of us have, is to run to our different religious enclaves to give thanks that we survived the attack.

If you lost your life in one of those attacks, I wonder how you are going to justify yourself to the almighty that the life he gave you, you couldn't even fight for it.

We are a bunch of religious pretenders. We sure are not Godly. Every Nigerian wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die. I wonder how we get there.

IBB may just be disenchanted with the PDP because of the recent GEJ approach to returning in 2015.

I am afraid. The hope some of us have put with APC may be dashed if the likes of IBB is what they are courting. I can't imagine Gen Buhari and IBB I am afraid. How do you carry out reforms and tackle corruption if the likes of IBB are your allies?

Oga Fash, Oshio, Tinubu, Buhari, Ribadu, Fayemi, Rochas your supporters do not want this o. Gbawe so fun won o.

I hope it's just an endorsement of the 2-party system as the article says...

Is it a coincidence dat OBJ resignd has PDP BOT chairman last yr. Hope BABA is nt planning to decamp.

Emusan: 2015; year of drama in nigeria. Just passing by

electorats will vote for pesonality nolonger party, wich APC will produce a compitent man to contend PDP

byrron: [b]PDP CHIEFTAINS SUPPORTING AND POSSIBLY DECAMPING TO THE NEW BRIDE IN TOWN CALLED APC AND U GUYS ARE HAPPY?
IF PDP MEMBERS, THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HAS LOOTED THE COUNTRY AND NOW JOINED THE OTHER LOOTERS THAT FORMED APC THEN WHAT IS THE JOY? WHAT ARE WE REALLY CELEBRATING?

OK, we don't like the name pdp but we don't mind the same oppressors or criminals changing names or decamping to continue doing the same thing in as much as they don't bear the name PDP abi?

Last time i checked, its the same names that have been looting our common wealth and have been decamping from one party to the other that came to form the new bride called APC and an open invitation has also been given to members of the other looting party called PDP to come and join them in the new amalgam of oppressors.

When are we going to start making use of our brains as citizens?

we are damn too gullible, once a known criminal decamps to another party he becomes a saint and we erase all his antecedents from our brains or 1kb memory cards.

Well, our situation now is like having an option of choosing between the devil (PDP) or Satan (APC)and any choice we make gives us the same result. PDP + APC (amalgam of political criminals)= 2 sides of same coin.

the situation is just a hopeless one and the alternative is as hopeless as the former so nothing to cheer about, its just a cyclical movement with out motion.

im sure if Goodluck Johnathan decamps today even as the president to APC, he becomes a progressive automatically and the story line will change in as much as the name pdp is not mentioned, he becomes gej and not pdp the same way most of u voted gej and not pdp.
something is wrong with all of us especially we the citizens

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the best idea iv ever seen on nailalie is this one.
Pls let us list the name of this APC saint who we all believe that will move nigeria to the next level.
No 1.~ Tinubu ....

That is good for our democracy, i dont know why pdp is after him, what did he say now dat is wrong, they should concentrate on how to put their house in oda, than attack Come 2015 APC is a party to beat, by d special grace of GOD, amin.

@GenBuhari:

I don't want to quote your article because it would be a waste of cyberspace. You and the author of that piece are marvelous propagandists! US this, US that....habaaaa!!!

You guys are one of the few people who have not woken up to the fact that IBB is a spent force in Nigerian politics today. If he were still relevant, why didn't he win northern political leader's nomination ahead of Atiku? Has the US given up on him and now prefer Atiku or maybe GEJ instead? Where were all his mavericks when GEJ refused to sign an agreement with northern political leaders on 2015 and went ahead to thrash him and Atiku together?

About your assessment of US's influence in Nigeria and the propaganda that they do not want Nigeria to succeed, I would ask you the following questions: why did the US help China to rise in the 90s? What is US doing to stop Brazil and India's current phenomenal economic growth? Who has the CIA enthroned in those countries? Why do you think Nigeria is more important to US than Brazil and India? Do you know how much FDIs from the US have flown into those countries searching for crazy return on investments? Do you know how much FDIs are waiting to come to Nigeria from the US if we can just get our acts right? Do you know that the US stands to gain more from a prosperous Nigeria than a dying one? Just think, how many economies in the world are growing at more than 5% annually in the last 10years? Not more than 10 and Nigeria is one of them. Even though our growth is skewed towards the oil and gas sector, they recognized our potentials and are ready to deal with us. You propagandists should know that the US doesn't force trades, they don't put guns to your head and you can call the bluff of them like some of our brothers in Africa - Angola is doing and still be fine. I know you mentioned IMF/World Bank policies but those are simply business. If you go to a bank to borrow for your company, the Bank could grant your loans with conditions. They won't force you to take the loan but once you agree to the loan and its conditions, it is binding on you. The World Bank most times chose or dictate their terms for repayment. So its business, you either take it or leave it. So don't blame them when they ask you to remove subsidy, remove certain privileges you give to your citizens etc.

All the United States wants in any growing economy is to be its biggest trading partner in a bid to sustain its leadership of the world trade. No country in the world wants a Nigeria success more than the US. The US constantly invests in partnership programs with emerging economies and they do that so that when there are economic advantages showing up, they would be in a pole position ahead of countries like China who has now recognized the US advantage and has been courting African countries.

So, please leave propaganda. We are the architects of our own problems!

Gbawe! Gbawe!! Gbawe!!!
Keep teaching the pdp apologists simple and elementary political calculation.
IBB in this report exonerated himselft of being an apostle of 'two-party' system, which Obj and his co-horts destroyed, just to castrate oppositions.
IBB is happy that the nation is returning to what he designed. What a LEGACY?
The report did not convey the opinion/reaction of APC leaders, so where do the PDP goons on nairaland deduce their point from?
IBB's position on the emergence of APC is sending jiltery down the spine of d PDP because it portend a greater danger for their 2015 political aspiration.
The rumoured 12 PDP governors purported defection to APC, resulted to the formation of PDP GOV'S FORUM. What a sign of MAD (mutual assured destruction)
PDP, as infered from the last 3 lines of the report will put IBB where he belong, hmmn? Cant wait to see the end result.
All in all, congrats to all positive-thinkers.
To those who are tired of the 14 years rule of PDP, congratulations in advance.
The GOOD NEWS is that the 'HOUSE' is collapsing; PDP is on self-destruction mission.
PDP on the brink of collapse; what a Victory for NIGERIANS.

This endorsement means nothing,it's just a way for babamgida to vent his fustration because he has no future in the pdp. afterall no nigerian will be more likely to vote apc because of an endorsement from the corrupt general.in fact i advise the apc to distance themeselves from this endorsement to protect their credibilty moving forward.

Sayfat: Gbawe! Gbawe!! Gbawe!!!
Keep teaching the pdp apologists simple and elementary political calculation.
IBB in this report exonerated himselft of being an apostle of 'two-party' system, which Obj and his co-horts destroyed, just to castrate oppositions.
IBB is happy that the nation is returning to what he designed. What a LEGACY?
The report did not convey the opinion/reaction of APC leaders, so where do the PDP goons on nairaland deduce their point from?
IBB's position on the emergence of APC is sending jiltery down the spine of d PDP because it portend a greater danger for their 2015 political aspiration.
The rumoured 12 PDP governors purported defection to APC, resulted to the formation of PDP GOV'S FORUM. What a sign of MAD (mutual assured destruction)
PDP, as infered from the last 3 lines of the report will put IBB where he belong, hmmn? Cant wait to see the end result.
All in all, congrats to all positive-thinkers.
To those who are tired of the 14 years rule of PDP, congratulations in advance.
The GOOD NEWS is that the 'HOUSE' is collapsing; PDP is on self-destruction mission.
PDP on the brink of collapse; what a Victory for NIGERIANS.

I am glad you see the big picture. Anyone who thinks I am a fan of IBB simply does note get it. I am only interested in the emasculation of the PDP. The truth is that many on this thread, even as we are of opposing views, mean well for Nigeria. Yet only few will possess the clarity of vision and lack of sentiments that enables a perception of the big picture pertinent to gaining victory at the all-important centre.

I welcome chaos in the PDP household and will be very happy for the likes of IBB to publicly undermine the PDP. If IBB can be used in some positive way for the APC, why the heck not? It is all Party politics and representative of a level where inflexibility and lack of foresight can ruin everything. Even as we want what is best for Nigeria, we will, like Gani Fawehinmi et al, continue to lose out to those who are cynically effective at exploiting the reality of Nigeria many of us are too sentimental to appreciate or accommodate.

byrron: [b]PDP CHIEFTAINS SUPPORTING AND POSSIBLY DECAMPING TO THE NEW BRIDE IN TOWN CALLED APC AND U GUYS ARE HAPPY?
IF PDP MEMBERS, THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HAS LOOTED THE COUNTRY AND NOW JOINED THE OTHER LOOTERS THAT FORMED APC THEN WHAT IS THE JOY? WHAT ARE WE REALLY CELEBRATING?

OK, we don't like the name pdp but we don't mind the same oppressors or criminals changing names or decamping to continue doing the same thing in as much as they don't bear the name PDP abi?

Last time i checked, its the same names that have been looting our common wealth and have been decamping from one party to the other that came to form the new bride called APC and an open invitation has also been given to members of the other looting party called PDP to come and join them in the new amalgam of oppressors.

When are we going to start making use of our brains as citizens?

we are damn too gullible, once a known criminal decamps to another party he becomes a saint and we erase all his antecedents from our brains or 1kb memory cards.

Well, our situation now is like having an option of choosing between the devil (PDP) or Satan (APC)and any choice we make gives us the same result. PDP + APC (amalgam of political criminals)= 2 sides of same coin.

the situation is just a hopeless one and the alternative is as hopeless as the former so nothing to cheer about, its just a cyclical movement with out motion.

im sure if Goodluck Johnathan decamps today even as the president to APC, he becomes a progressive automatically and the story line will change in as much as the name pdp is not mentioned, he becomes gej and not pdp the same way most of u voted gej and not pdp.
something is wrong with all of us especially we the citizens

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I don't need to read all u wrote cos ur first paragraph shows u r sensible and not beeing decieved by Party Name or FLAG , we need people like u to sensitize the society at Large ... What u have just wrote in here is exacly what we move Wise Nigerian foward and leave mediocre in darkness as all the mediocre need is a Gala n Lacasera to motgage the future and as well their children.. God Bless u Man!n

what a lot of posters do not understand is that IBB has an interest in being relevant to any party in charge of Nigeria. The day opposition gets into power, he will finally face the charges he should have faced a long time ago. He is a smart guy, and will have his hand inside APC as well as PDP. He cannot take any chances.

Billyonaire: I am surprise that IBB is very popular amongst the underdogs, This is a Military Dictator who annulled June 12, killed MKO Abiola, and set this country backwards. This IBB should have been shamefully sacked from PDP and publicly executed if not for respect we have on past Presidents. In his very careful and maradonic move, he uttered an inconclusive statement and the APC (should I say Chloroquin) parasites are scrambling for wants of words. Is IBB relevant in today's Nigeria ? The answer is No, IBB is the reason we are in darkness. It takes a GEJ to refocus our steps.

dont say what u dont no but what u read on paper. it will suck u if necessary that your present Senate president suggested and plan the killing of MKO. the west have knowledge of this.