Here is an excerpt from Akin Osuntokun's Thisday Column,
I join President Goodluck Jonathan and other well-wishers to thank God that General Muhammadu Buhari came to no harm in the attack on his convoy two days ago. The bad news is that scores of lesser known mortals lost their lives in the twin bomb attacks in Kaduna. For the record I have just been informed by Dangiwa Umar of how, a while ago, he got President Jonathan to boost the security around Buhari - which he did - with, among other reinforcements, the provision of armoured vehicles for his personal use. Only God knows the role played by these appurtenances in the survival of the general.
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In a manner of speaking, this incident was presaged by the relapse of Buhari into the characteristic mould of issuing volatile and inciting statements - itself a culmination of an earlier one by another national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Since the outcome of the Ekiti State governorship election, the party appears to have gone into a state of acute paranoia and panic. Contrived or inadvertent, the intensified momentum towards anarchic breakdown of society is an ill wind that will blow nobody any good.


Ironically, a lot of the sabre rattling is really a twisted cry and supplication to Jonathan to help in salvaging the APC from itself-imploring the president to use his good offices to intervene in saving APC governors from being impeached; to pull PDP back from the massive tailwind it gathered from Ekiti State. You have to ask yourself whether this escalation would have materialised if APC had won the election in Ekiti State, if Osun State is not at play, if Nyako had not been impeached, in short if the party is not collapsing on itself.


The way some APC partisans have latched on to the Buhari attack to rope in the president would have been comical were it not so tragic. If anybody should talk of conspiracy theories, the finger pointing may actually be more plausibly directed near home. The instant scapegoating of Jonathan - pointedly precluding Boko Haram as likely suspect - is in itself cause for suspicion. General Buhari had better watch his back against those who would rapidly concoct diversionary excuses for his potential assassination.


Even if Jonathan were to be incredibly naïve politically, he would at least know that Buhari is more useful to him alive than dead. Nothing solidifies support for Jonathan’s candidature better than the personality and potential candidacy of a divisive and polarising Buhari. So why eliminate such a rough and ready mobilisation tool? My thinking is that Buhari is a problem not for Jonathan but for the APC.


Contrariwise and for the same reason of his utility for his political opponent, Buhari has become like a fishbone caught in the throat of the APC. He is the central dilemma figure of the party. He is their most popular candidate, yet, constrained by the exclusive sectarian lop-sidedness of his popularity, he, most likely, would never be a winning bet for the Nigerian presidency.
The most charitable view of the insinuations and allegations being bandied around by people like Nasir el-Rufai is that it is a poor imitation of the wild and scurrilous allegations accusing Jonathan of waging genocide against the north by Murtala Nyako. This not being the case let us hope that this dastardly act is not an indication that some people are just too much in a hurry in the race to succeed Buhari.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/assasination-attempt-on-buhari-/184478/

I recall Gen Buhari saying in a recent Sahara Tv interview that he has no fear of BH as the govt has provided enough security for him, now confirmed by the respected Prif Akin Osuntokun and Col Dangiwa Umar

na today yansh don dey for back?

Nigerian Army themselves have armoured tank and Boko is still dealing with them.....xLet's thank God alone for his life....for those saying GEJ should also share in the praise, try harder.

Hmmmmmm

Obiagelli:
God bless you, i have been looking for that article. Thanks.

Exactly, posted these article to refute conspiracy theorists accusing both sides of being behind the attempt , Of Recent at least prior to Buhari's statement on the impeachment, both men had enjoyed a mutually respectful relationship meeting at least thrice in private to discuss national issues something Buhari mentioned in his statement on the impeachment saga so i wonder why someone would accuse Gej of trying to kill him knowing the General's massive following in the North and the likely response, Mallam ElRufai just can't reason rationally

The president also promptly called him when he was informed of the attack

mm

The lunatic el rufai should bow his head in shame

mtchewwww useless thread from sense LESS n use Less op

Great info for some knockle heads here who were asking if Buhari wasn't a thief with enough money to finance terrorists, how then did he get the money to buy armoured vehicles?

Now you guys got your answer! Choke on it!

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is a great and good man. Posterity will judge him positively and he will be sorely missed after 2019.

This is exactly how politics is played.
Assuming tables turn and APC happens to be the govt at the centre..... could this gesture ever be reciprocated?

Your guess is as good as mine. Their antecedents have been purely negative and evil politics.

Thats how politics should be played with decency, Kudos to GEJ

kheart: mtchewwww useless thread from sense LESS n use Less op

ode oshi,aran oko

Obiagelli:
someone actually posted a thread here that buhari most have gotten the SUVs with stolen funds.

Hello Oby, hw fa na long tym
Tot yu were ban. Tho I havnt been posting jus viewing.

Too much hate in NL dis days.

ratiken: Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is a great and good man. Posterity will judge him positively and he will be sorely missed after 2019.

This is exactly how politics is played.
Assuming tables turn and APC happens to be the govt at the centre..... could this gesture ever be reciprocated?

Come 2015 the tables will surely turn and you see many gestures being reciprocated.

Sometime last month, I read a report where the federal government was reported to have increased security around former heads of state because of intelligence report that there were plans to attack them. So for people to claim it was stage managed is surprising. Also the allegation by Buhari and APC that it is an attempt on his life sounds like it is the PDP/FG that is responsible which to me is un called for and baseless.

http://leadership.ng/columns/379194/wants-buhari-dead

you need to read this too

ratiken: Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is a great and good man. Posterity will judge him positively and he will be sorely missed after 2019.

This is exactly how politics is played.
Assuming tables turn and APC happens to be the govt at the centre..... could this gesture ever be reciprocated?

Your guess is as good as mine. Their antecedents have been purely negative and evil politics.

i wonder my brother cause the jweeds i know are devilish

sai Gej till 2019

i said it buhari's counterpart doesn't want that presidential ticket for him thats why they want to take the opportunity of the fuss between him and Gej to eliminate him so that blame will go to Gej and public sympathy and votes to them but they failed.

buhari should watch his back and know who to trust in that party.
i said it that Apc is just a brand name with the same 80% of pdp thieves lets just say it's nPdp with the brand Apc.


#DontTrustAtiku

Obiagelli:
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Take care.

LMAO!! You're so dumb man! You're a clear example of what they call confidence in stup*idity

kheart: mtchewwww useless thread from sense LESS n use Less op

gramci: The lunatic el rufai should bow his head in shame

You conveniently skipped Dokubo who said the General bombed himself. You ignored the many members here you have been raining insults on the General for allegedly bombing himself.

BTW, El-Rufai said the bombing of GMB was an assassination attempt - and that is a fact. Whoever that is, only God knows.

Obiagelli:
God bless you, i have been looking for that article. Thanks.

That's very kind of Jonathan

Oga jona.please provide bullet prooveless cares to the third class citizens. Make it affordable we r willing to buy at 150000 naira oh. How much is bulletproove jeep?

For all his flaws though, GEJ is the closest Nigeria has had to a gentleman president, Gowon and YarAdua aside.
That said, BH remains fundamentally an apolitical group and rather than politicizing issues of national security, we should tackle em headlong.

Fukc this crap

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