Zoning: Don’t push us to the wall, Violence
may be inevitable -Atiku warns
December 15, 2010
By Henry Umoru
A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar Wednesday warned that if the leadership
of the Party and that of the country jettison the
already existing zoning arrangement, it would
amount to making violence change inevitable.
Speaking Wednesday at National Stakeholders’
Conference, 2010 at the Thisday Dome, Abuja, the
former Vice President who noted that he was not
praying that the political situation of the party and
that of the country should get to the level of
applying violent means to address the nation ’s
problems, also stressed that if the PDP fails to
embrace reforms, it stands the risk of making itself
irrelevant.
Meanwhile, Former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu
has called on Nigerians especially those from the
South to put behind them those eras in the 1960s
which produced coups and counter coups in the
country, just as northerners became Heads of State
during the periods.
According to Ayu, “North is not set out to dominate
anybody. I want you to ignore the Nigerian history
of 60 ’s that produced coups and counter coups
with its leaders as northerners. It was not
conspiratorial on the part of the Northern political
leaders, it was accidental.
“When we had opportunity we, not only brought
out President Obasanjo who was in prison for
treason out, but the north made him President
even when his immediate community rejected him.
It was the highest show of solidarity by the North.
The least our brothers from the south can do is to
demonstrate and reciprocate the goodwill. ”
Ayu who admitted that the task ahead them is
ensuring that the Consensus Candidate for the
north, Atiku Abubakar gets the party ’s ticket as
well as become the President of the country come
next year, said, “we are trying to tell you that we
have difficult task ahead of us. If you are not
present here today, the consensus effort would
have been a failure. But with your presence here
today, Atiku ceases to be the Northern Consensus
Candidate but the Consensus Candidate of
Nigeria. ”
The Conference which had as its theme, “Building
Consensus for National Unity”, was convened by
the Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, the
Igbo Political Forum, the Yoruba Redemption group
and the South South Unity Forum.
Speaking further, Atiku said, “Our coming here is
not about Atiku, it is about the peace, the unity and
stability of Nigeria as exemplified by all the
speakers who spoke to this audience today. Today
is about building consensus for national unity. We
have some elder statesmen on consensus building.
It is about the rule of law, due process and standing
for what is right.
“I am an instrument for realizing these value. I
promise that by the grace of almighty God, we shall
bring this country back to the part of honour.
Before I end this short address let me send a
message to our great party the PDP: if the PDP does
not reform, it stands the risk of making itself
irrelevant. Let me again send another message to
the leadership of PDP that those who make
peaceful change impossible, make violent change
inevitable. ”
Also in his remarks, former Senate President Ken
Nnamani who warned that some leaders of the
country were planning to put national unity to the
burner, stressed that rotation and zoning which has
become part of the nation ’s history, was beyond
the north, the PDP, adding that it has become a
national challenge.
Nnamani who noted that Nigeria has a lot to learn
from the process that brought out Atiku Abubakar,
stressed that it showed high sense of humility and
patriotism, just as he said that if the choice was
from some parts of the country, there would have
been series of court litigations now, adding that
zoning must be adhered to against the backdrop
that all political office holders were beneficiary of
same process.
The former Senate President who called for the
externalization of the Consensus candidate
process, also called on Nigerians to disregard
comments by the President General of Ohanenze
Ndigbo, Ralph Uwachue, adding that as a country,
we lack political will to implement agreements,
adding that some politicians were over heating the
polity for their gains, even as he said that there
was tension in PDP because of plans to circumvent
the rules.
Roll call
General Ibrahim Babangida, General Mohammed
Aliyu Gusua, Atiku Abubakar, Former Chairman,
Police Affairs Commission, Chief Simon Okeke, Dr.
Iyorchia Ayu; Lawal Kaita; AVM Hamza Abdullahi;
Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Ajia Chinyere
Ogugua Agagbo; Funke Adedoyin; Professor
Babalola Borishade; Alhaji Isa Ozi Salami, Professor
A.T. Abubakar, Professor Sam Oyovbaire; Lawal
Batagarawa; Saleh Hassan; Haruna Adamu and
Saleh Hassan.
Others were former Deputy governor of Kogi,
Patrick Adaba, Air Commodore Ibrahim Alkali,
Farouk Bibi Farouk; Udenta Udenta; Professor
Chukwuma Soludo, Professor Osita Ogbu; Mrs Titi
Ajanaku, Chief Peter Biakpana; Oyewale Fashawe;
Hassan Mohammed; Aboki Shuluwa; Saleh Jambo;
Dr. Sam Egwu, Professor Chinwe Obaje, Professor
A.B.C Nwosu; Kalu Idika Kalu; Ibrahim Kazuare;
Senator Yushua Anka, Senator Hamman Bello,
Dubem Onyia, Representative of Israeli
Ambassador, among others.

Speaking further, Atiku said, “Our coming here is
not about Atiku, it is about the peace, the unity and
stability of Nigeria as exemplified by all the
speakers who spoke to this audience today. Today
is about building consensus for national unity. We
have some elder statesmen on consensus building.
It is about the rule of law, due process and standing
for what is right.
“I am an instrument for realizing these value.

[size=16pt]I promise that by the grace of almighty God, [/size]



we shall
bring this country back to the part of honour.
Before I end this short address let me send a
message to our great party the PDP: if the PDP does
not reform, it stands the risk of making itself
irrelevant. Let me again send another message to
the leadership of PDP that those who make
peaceful change impossible, make violent change
inevitable. ”

Boboribo:

Now the roforofo begins.  Why is the 2011 project looking like a re-harsh of 1993?  Then it was North V. South.

Boboribo:

Now the roforofo begins.  Why is the 2011 project looking like a re-harsh of 1993?  Then it was North V. South.

maimalari:


“When we had opportunity we, not only brought
out President Obasanjo who was in prison for
treason out, but the north made him President
even when his immediate community rejected him.
It was the highest show of solidarity by the North.
The least our brothers from the south can do is to
demonstrate and reciprocate the goodwill. ”

jason12345:

[b]how can someone that wants to be the president threaten the nation he wants to rul[/b]e BASTAR.D!!! . WHEN ARE THE YORUBAS GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE CALLED NIGERIA (NORTH)

McKren:

@ Topic


You no be Itshekiri man again?

ziga:

No problem. . . As long as the violence begins on his own home, family and property.

jason12345:

[b]how can someone that wants to be the president threaten the nation he wants to rul[/b]e BASTAR.D!!! . WHEN ARE THE YORUBAS GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE CALLED NIGERIA (NORTH)

bk.babe97y:

Wow, Nigerians are finished! lol. "Highest show of Solidarity"? lol. Who the hell is this fool? Never heard of him.

The way I understand it a Yoruba man won a Presidential Election fair and square. Instead of him being sworn in a President he was incarcerated and "Killed". The Hausas, seeing that the Country was about to disintegrate, handed over power to another Yoruba son. Is that a "sign of goodwill" as stated by this monkey?  They had no fuxcking choice!!!!

If the Hausas truly seek reciprocity they should hand over, and allow, 1000 of their most brilliant and richest political leaders die like dogs in the hands of the Yorubas

Everybody should read and re-read the above. That was the true state of play for this nonsense talk by Athefku, a political prostitute who cannot account for where he got his money from. A common Custom officer?

The North BORN TO RULE led by their godfather CIROMA has not tell Nigerians the full story, so they may start their violence. out of 50 years of Nigerian independence , The North ruled for 34 years, south barely 16 years, and they are talking about zonining of incompetent people. Once the south do another 18 years we can then start to zone left right to centre. In  2015, it will be the Igbo's, and minorities in the South then minorities in the North before Hausa/fulani and Kanuri's. YEYE MAN FULL OF DESPERATION

Quote from: bk.babe97y on Today at 07:10:08 PM
Wow, Nigerians are finished! lol. "Highest show of Solidarity"? lol. Who the hell is this fool? Never heard of him.

The way I understand it a Yoruba man won a Presidential Election fair and square. Instead of him being sworn in a President he was incarcerated and "Killed". The Hausas, seeing that the Country was about to disintegrate, handed over power to another Yoruba son. Is that a "sign of goodwill" as stated by this monkey? They had no fuxcking choice!!!!

If the Hausas truly seek reciprocity they should hand over, and allow, 1000 of their most brilliant and richest political leaders die like dogs in the hands of the Yorubas

Everybody should read and re-read the above. That was the true state of play for this nonsense talk by Athefku, a political love-peddler who cannot account for where he got his money from. A common Custom officer?

The North BORN TO RULE led by their godfather CIROMA has not tell Nigerians the full story, so they may start their violence. out of 50 years of Nigerian independence , The North ruled for 34 years, south barely 16 years, and they are talking about zonining of incompetent people. Once the south do another 18 years we can then start to zone left right to centre. [b]In 2015, it will be the Igbo's, [/b]and minorities in the South then minorities in the North before Hausa/fulani and Kanuri's. YEYE MAN FULL OF DESPERATION

Boboribo:

With the bolded, you sound like the zoning champions yourself.

vigasimple:

I was only trying to educate Atiku about Nigeria political history, and as the lawyer saying, that he who must come to equity must come with clean hands.

Fact: NORTH RULED NIGERIA 34 YEARS, SOUTH 16 YEARS.

If the North are crying of equity and fairness and using zoning as mechanism to get the fairness, then Power should remain in the south for the next 18 years, you will see that SW is not seeking Presidential power at this point, first SS who is the current President, then SE. then minorities

chyz:

Since when did the SOUTH rule 16 years?

I was only trying to educate Atiku about Nigeria political history, and as the lawyer saying, that he who must come to equity must come with clean hands.

Fact: NORTH RULED NIGERIA  34 YEARS, SOUTH 16 YEARS.

If the North are crying of equity and fairness and using zoning as mechanism to get the fairness, then Power should remain in the south for the next 18 years, you will see that SW is not seeking Presidential power at this point, first SS who is the current President, then SE. then minorities