I v said it before that our judiciary is becoming the worst in the entire universe. I am a legal practitioner but with the way they do away with Judicial Precedent, I am afraid there is going to be the highest form of dictatorial happenings in Nigeria.

emzila:


AN EX PRESIDENT MY FOOT. HE HAD BETTER NOT BE FOUND GUILTY. WHAT HAS COME OVER NIGERIAN YOUTHS? SO IF SOMEONE THAT WAS TRUSTED WITH WITH THE SECURITIES OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES OF A NATION TURNED AROUND TO SACRIFICE THOSE LIVES AT THE ALTER OF GREED AND SELFISHNESS, YOU MEAN SUCH PERSON DESERVES RESPECT? FOR WHAT! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, RESPECT IS NOT A BIRTH RIGHT, IT IS EARNED AND ONCE U SELL YOURS AT ANY UNSCRUPULOUS ALTER SUCH AS GREED, PRIDE, SELFISHNESS etc, EXPECT NON FROM ANYONE.

he is better than yo old man and that President Buhari. When Buhari was out of power who knows him outside the shores of Nigeria. Jonathan has been guest speaker of ds n dat. hate or like him, he is d true definition of Democracy in Africa

luvinhubby:

Kogi was outrightly rigged and Bayelsa was turned into a war by troops loyal to APC. Viral videos abound of gun-wielding soldiers snatching ballot boxes in Southern Ijaw, no further proof is needed and Burutai should first safeguard his home town before anything else.

live that idiot let him keep fooling himself. Ijaw Land is no go area for apc.

midolian:
Though rigging happens everywhere, becoming victorious in an election in Nigeria has always been about what the people want, the money and partly who rigged it best,.. but can you prove this your allegation? If No, I would suggest you shut it before Buratai comes looking for you

Pls I am Ijaw and very proud to be. if u want to view video on how army officials were molested in southern Ijaw, bayelsa when they were trying to rig pls go to YouTube. write videos on "Southern Ijaw youths and army turned amassoma election into theatre of war" then u will see how disgraceful our army has become. I witnessed it with my very eyes. pls remove the scale of hatred and bias from yo eyes and see the the video for yourself. we will never allow apc to rig us in any ijaw land, tell yo apc goons to be ready for violent poll whenever they want to rig in Ijaw land. I am praying for the rerun in rivers, the 9 ijaw localgovernment areas in rivers state will be very interesting. we are waiting for u guys. pls make Tinubu INEC chairman, we will disgrace u guys.

so just 30% for capitals expenditure? rubbish, so all the infrastructures they promised us what happened to them? imagine, Buhari could've been a good president but because of the havens they promised; monthly stipends, 1square meal etc they have to make sure the recurrent expenditure is 70%. Nigerians stop promising rubbish until u assume office.

who cares if apc take over the legislative affairs of the state provided there will acting governor in person of the speaker, Adams Daub...
If like let Buhari be the INEC boss, we will teach them another lesson, exactly what happened in Bayelsa. We go they flog soldiers like malu for the street, u need to see as we they flog Burutai boys for the street especially in Sagbama n Ekeremor local govt areas and Amassoma in southern Ijaw.

toludadon:



Oga ,your reference to Ladoja invalidated your argument. Ladoja was reinstated by the court because the court held that 18 people that impeached him fell short of ⅔ despite them claiming that some members were under suspension hence the ⅔ shouldn't be from the 32 members but the court ruled otherwise

pls in d Ladoja's case, what d supreme held before arriving at the 1/3 was the validity of the suspension of the members suspended by the house. there was no fair hearing and u n I know that fair hearing is the hallmark of fundamental human right. pls in determining quorum, what is consideredis the members of the house and the suppose members are not an issuein determiningthe quorum of the house. see also Alamieyeseigha v. Bayelsa state House of Assembly and the obiter in Joshua Dariye v. Plateau State House of assembly. pls go and read the Ladoja's case. stop relying o what d court says about quorum but read the whole judgment especially the reasons for the judgment.
pls take the hint of the court.

mazzi:
Was is it only 10 members that elected him as speaker or the full house of assemble? Constitution did not mention number of members you will have in the house before the speaker assume duty as acting governor in a situation like this.
APC na scam.

u r the wisest person among all the contributors here. I v said it before and will still say, the constitution said 1/3 of members. if the court of appeal nullifies 23 seats it means the 1/3 will be calculated from the remaining members. they are assume not to be members for the time been. pls go and read the constitution very well as well as the case of Oyo state house of assembly v. Ladoja

rebirth of the same Buhari. abuse of the rule of law is here again. even in Abacha's time, the federal government respected the court decision in celebrated case like; Abacha v. Fewehinmi on his fundamental human right.

MalcoImX:
Thanks. I thought, mistakenly that such settlements are entered into only after a suit has been instituted.

u r welcome and thanks for taken the hint.

MalcoImX:
Lawyers please enlighten me. Do you do out of court settlement without the matter being in court?

yes.
one of the signs of a good lawyer is that, when u r approached by a client u consider litigation as d last option. if what we called ADR can mitigate the dispute there is no need to go to court. This is in line with one of the preliminary matters u consider before going to court which is Enforcement of Judgment. It's very tedious to enforce judgment against the state because the approval of the attorney general is a prerequisite. And u n I know that A.G is a political appointee, making it difficult for him to grant approval on enforcement of judgment against the state.

look at the disobedience of court orders in Dasuki's case, Nnamdi Kanu and the former NIMASSA's DG.
Nobody is against the fight against corruption but carry it out in line with respect of the rule of law. lack of respect for the rule of law amounts to anarchy and ds might lead us to the state of nature where life was " short, nasty and brutal".
I know most of u won't agree with me because u have no idea of what rule of law is. I am legal practitioner and it hurts me seeing orders of court been disrespected with total impunity all in the name of fighting corruption.

Demmocrats:
2007

trying to let u know how time flies and how change of time brings about old foes to become best of pals.
Also to let u know that Buhari disregard for court rulings are not mere incidence rather they were quite glaring before he was voted in because of hatred for a particular group of people by others

THE NIGERIAN NATION AGAINST GENERAL BUHARI
By Wole SOYINKA
This intervention has been provoked, not so much by the ambitions of General Buhari to return to power at the head of
a democratic Nigeria, as by declarations of support from directions that leave one totally dumbfounded. It would appear
that some, myself among them, had been overcomplacent about the magnitude of an ambition that seemed as
preposterous as the late effort of General Ibrahim Babangida to aspire yet again to the honour of presiding over a society
that truly seeks a democratic future. What one had dismissed was a rash of illusions, brought about by other political
improbabilities that surround us, however, is being given an air of plausibility by individuals and groupings to which
one had earlier attributed a sense of relevance of historic actualities. Recently, I published an article in the media,
invoking the possible recourse to psychiatric explanation for some of the incongruities in conduct within national
leadership. Now, to tell the truth, I have begun to seriously address the issue of which section of society requires the
services of a psychiatrist. The contest for a seizure of rationality is now so polarized that I am quite reconciled to the fact
it could be those of us on this side, not the opposing school of thought that ought to declare ourselves candidates for a
lunatic asylum. So be it. While that decision hangs in the balance however, the forum is open. Let both sides continue to
address our cases to the electorate, but also prepare to submit ourselves for psychiatric examination.
The time being so close to electoral decision, we can understand the haste of some to resort to shortcuts. In the process
however, we should not commit the error of opening the political space to any alternative whose curative touch to
national afflictions have proven more deadly than the disease. In order to reduce the clutter in our options towards the
forthcoming elections, we urge a beginning from what we do know, what we have undergone, what millions can verify,
what can be sustained by evidence accessible even to the school pupil, the street hawker or a just-come visitor from
outer space. Leaving Buhari aside for now, I propose a commencing exercise that should guide us along the path of
elimination as we examine the existing register of would-be president. That initial exercise can be summed up in the
following speculation: “If it were possible for Olusegun Obasanjo, the actual incumbent, to stand again for election,
would you vote for him?”
If the answer is “yes”, then of course all discussion is at an end. If the answer is ‘No’ however, then it follows that
a choice of a successor made by Obasanjo should be assessed as hovering between extremely dangerous and an outright
kiss of death. The degree of acceptability of such a candidate should also be inversely proportionate to the passion with
which he or she is promoted by the would-be ‘godfather’. We do not lack for open evidence about Obasanjo’s passion in
this respect. From Lagos to the USA, he has taken great pains to assure the nation and the world that the anointed NPN
presidential flag bearer is guaranteed, in his judgment, to carry out his policies. Such an endorsement/anointment is
more than sufficient, in my view, for public acceptance or rejection. Yar’Adua’s candidature amounts to a terminal kiss
from a moribund regime. Nothing against the person of this – I am informed - personable governor, but let him
understand that in addition to the direct source of his emergence, the PDP, on whose platform he stands, represents the
most harrowing of this nation’s nightmares over and beyond even the horrors of the Abacha regime. If he wishes to be
considered on his own merit, now is time for him, as well as others similarly enmeshed, to exercise the moral courage
that goes with his repudiation of that party, a dissociation from its past, and a pledge to reverse its menacing future. We
shall find him an alternative platform on which to stand, and then have him present his credentials along those of other
candidates engaged in forging a credible opposition alliance. Until then, let us bury this particular proposition and
move on to a far graver, looming danger, personified in the history of General Buhari.
The grounds on which General Buhari is being promoted as the alternative choice are not only shaky, but pitifully
naive. History matters. Records are not kept simply to assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the
future. Of course, we know that human beings change. What the claims of personality change or transformation impose
on us is a rigorous inspection of the evidence, not wishful speculation or behind-the-scenes assurances. Public offence,
crimes against a polity, must be answered in the public space, not in caucuses of bargaining. In Buhari, we have been
offered no evidence of the sheerest prospect of change. On the contrary, all evident suggests that this is one individual
who remains convinced that this is one ex-ruler that the nation cannot call to order.
Buhari – need one remind anyone - was one of the generals who treated a Commission of Enquiry, the Oputa Panel , with
unconcealed disdain. Like Babangida and Abdusalami, he refused to put in appearance even though complaints that
were tabled against him involved a career of gross abuses of power and blatant assault on the fundamental human
rights of the Nigerian citizenry.
Prominent against these charges was an act that amounted to nothing less than judicial murder, the execution of a
citizen under a retroactive decree. Does Decree 20 ring a bell? If not, then, perhaps the names of three youths - Lawal
Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26) do. To put it quite plainly, one of those three –
Ogedengbe - was executed for a crime that did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed. This was an
unconscionable crime, carried out in defiance of the pleas and protests of nearly every sector of the Nigerian and
international community – religious, civil rights, political, trade unions etc. Buhari and his sidekick and his partner-in-
crime, Tunde Idiagbon persisted in this inhuman act for one reason and one reason only: to place Nigerians on notice
that they were now under an iron, inflexible rule, under governance by fear.
The execution of that youthful innocent – for so he was, since the punishment did not exist at the time of commission -
was nothing short of premeditated murder, for which the perpetrators should normally stand trial upon their loss of
immunity. Are we truly expected to forget this violation of our entitlement to security as provided under existing laws?
And even if our sensibilities have become blunted by succeeding seasons of cruelty and brutality, if power itself had so
coarsened the sensibilities also of rulers and corrupted their judgment, what should one rightly expect after they have
been rescued from the snare of power” At the very least, a revaluation, leading hopefully to remorse, and its expression
to a wronged society. At the very least, such a revaluation should engender reticence, silence. In the case of Buhari, it
was the opposite. Since leaving office he has declared in the most categorical terms that he had no regrets over this
murder and would do so again.
Human life is inviolate. The right to life is the uniquely fundamental right on which all other rights are based. The
crime that General Buhari committed against the entire nation went further however, inconceivable as it might first
appear. That crime is one of the most profound negations of civic being. Not content with hammering down the
freedom of expression in general terms, Buhari specifically forbade all public discussion of a return to civilian,
democratic rule. Let us constantly applaud our media – those battle scarred professionals did not completely knuckle
down. They resorted to cartoons and oblique, elliptical references to sustain the people’s campaign for a time-table to
democratic rule. Overt agitation for a democratic time table however remained rigorously suppressed – military
dictatorship, and a specifically incorporated in Buhari and Idiagbon was here to stay. To deprive a people of volition in
their own political direction is to turn a nation into a colony of slaves. Buhari enslaved the nation. He gloated and
gloried in a master-slave relation to the millions of its inhabitants. It is astonishing to find that the same former slaves,
now free of their chains, should clamour to be ruled by one who not only turned their nation into a slave plantation, but
forbade them any discussion of their condition.
So Tai Solarin is already forgotten? Tai who stood at street corners, fearlessly distributing leaflets that took up the
gauntlet where the media had dropped it. Tai who was incarcerated by that regime and denied even the medication for
his asthmatic condition? Tai did not ask to be sent for treatment overseas; all he asked was his traditional medicine that
had proved so effective after years of struggle with asthma!
Nor must we omit the manner of Buhari coming to power and the pattern of his ‘corrective’ rule. Shagari’s NPN had
already run out of steam and was near universally detested – except of course by the handful that still benefited from
that regime of profligacy and rabid fascism. Responsibility for the national condition lay squarely at the door of the
ruling party, obviously, but against whom was Buhari’s coup staged? Judging by the conduct of that regime, it was not
against Shagari’s government but against the opposition. The head of government, on whom primary responsibility lay,
was Shehu Shagari. Yet that individual was kept in cozy house detention in Ikoyi while his powerless deputy, Alex
Ekwueme, was locked up in Kiri-kiri prisons. Such was the Buhari notion of equitable apportionment of guilt and/or
responsibility.
And then the cascade of escapes of the wanted, and culpable politicians. Manhunts across the length and breadth of the
nation, roadblocks everywhere and borders tight as steel zip locks. Lo and behold, the chairman of the party, Chief
Akinloye, strolled out coolly across the border. Richard Akinj i de, Legal Protector of the ruling party, slipped out with
equal ease. The Rice Minister, Umaru Dikko, who declared that Nigerians were yet to eat from dustbins - escaped
through the same airtight dragnet. The clumsy attempt to crate him home was punishment for his ingratitude, since he
went berserk when, after waiting in vain, he concluded that the coup had not been staged, after all, for the immediate
consolidation of the party of extreme right-wing vultures, but for the military hyenas.
The case of the overbearing Secretary-General of the party, Uba Ahmed, was even more noxious. Uba Ahmed was out of
the country at the time. Despite the closure of the Nigerian airspace, he compelled the pilot of his plane to demand
special landing permission, since his passenger load included the almighty Uba Ahmed. Of course, he had not known of
the change in his status since he was airborne. The delighted airport commandant, realizing that he had a much valued
fish swimming willingly into a waiting net, approved the request. Uba Ahmed disembarked into the arms of a military
guard and was promptly clamped in detention. Incredibly, he vanished a few days after and reappeared in safety
overseas. Those whose memories have become calcified should explore the media coverage of that saga. Buhari was
asked to explain the vanished act of this much prized quarry and his response was one of the most arrogant levity.
Coming from one who had shot his way into power on the slogan of ‘dis’pline’, it was nothing short of impudent.
Shall we revisit the tragicomic series of trials that landed several politicians several lifetimes in prison? Recall, if you
please, the ‘judicial’ processes undergone by the septuagenarian Chief Adekunle Ajasin. He was arraigned and tried
before Buhari’s punitive tribunal but acquitted. Dissatisfied, Buhari ordered his re-trial. Again, the Tribunal could not
find this man guilty of a single crime, so once again he was returned for trial, only to be acquitted of all charges of
corruption or abuse of office. Was Chief Ajasin thereby released? No! He was ordered detained indefinitely, simply for
the crime of winning an election and refusing to knuckle under Shagari’s reign of terror.
The conduct of the Buhari regime after his coup was not merely one of double, triple, multiple standards but a cynical
travesty of jus tice. Audu Ogbeh, currently chairman of the Action Congress was one of the few figures of rectitude within
the NPN. Just as he has done in recent times with the PDP, he played the role of an internal critic and reformer,
warning, dissenting, and setting an example of probity within his ministry. For that crime he spent months in unjust
incarceration. Guilty by association? Well, if that was the motivating yardstick of the administration of the Buhari
justice, then it was most selectively applied. The utmost severity of the Buhari-Idiagbon justice was especially reserved
either for the opposition in general, or for those within the ruling party who had showed the sheerest sense of
responsibility and patriotism.
Shall I remind this nation of Buhari’s deliberate humiliating treatment of the Emir of Kano and the Oni of Ife over their
visit to the state of Israel? I hold no brief for traditional rulers and their relationship with governments, but insist on
regarding them as entitled to all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of any Nigerian citizen. This royal duo went to
Israel on their private steam and private business. Simply because the Buhari regime was pursuing some antagonistic
foreign policy towards Israel, a policy of which these traditional rulers were not a part, they were subjected on their
return to a treatment that could only be described as a head masterly chastisement of errant pupils. Since when, may
one ask, did a free citizen of the Nigerian nation require the permission of a head of state to visit a foreign nation that
was willing to offer that tourist a visa.?
One is only too aware that some Nigerians love to point to Buhari’s agenda of discipline as the shining jewel in his
scrap-iron crown. To inculcate discipline however, one must lead by example, obeying laws set down as guides to public
probity. Example speaks louder than declarations, and rulers cannot exempt themselves from the disciplinary strictures
imposed on the overall polity, especially on any issue that seeks to establish a policy for public well-being. The story of
the thirty something suitcases – it would appear that they were even closer to fifty - found unavoidable mention in my
recent memoirs, YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DOWN, written long before Buhari became spoken of as a credible
candidate. For the exercise of a changeover of the national currency, the Nigerian borders – air, sea and land – had
been shut tight. Nothing was supposed to move in or out, not even cattle egrets.
Yet a prominent camel was allowed through that needle’s eye. Not only did Buhari dispatch his aide-de-camp, Jokolo –
later to become an emir - to facilitate the entry of those cases, he ordered the redeployment – as I later discovered - of
the Customs Officer who stood firmly against the entry of the contravening baggage. That officer, the incumbent Vice-
president is now a rival candidate to Buhari, but has somehow, in the meantime, earned a reputation that totally
contradicts his conduct at the time. Wherever the truth lies, it does not redound to the credibility of the dictator of that
time, General Buhari whose word was law, but whose allegiances were clearly negotiable.
Source : http://saharareporters.com/2007/01/14/crimes-buhari-wole-soyinka

bias moderators pls bar me from posting, why lifting my ban? shameless people, I did nothing but u chose to ban because I was telling the bitter truth about yo failed apc government. initially I tut nairaland was an unbiased place, I never knew it was another Sahara Reporter. ban me for all I care. I v prepared my write up along side my comments and will be publishing them soon let the public judge me whether I run contrary to yo rules. I will accompany same with yo rules.

Demdem2:


The house if majority of them is sent packing won't be able to form a quorum. It's expected that the HOR will resume that responsibility from abuja.

pls, when u talk about quorum it has to do with the members elected and not the suppose members of the assembly. whoever that losses his seat is not going to b counted when the issue of quorum is to be determined. the members whose elections were upheld will seat and d quorum will b 1/3 of them.

abduljabbar4:


Even if he is shekau( if you like say that tompolo is more dangerous than shekau, i know your stupidity can be up to that extent) he can be bundled and taken to prison

stop been a coward, yo Buhari was on top gear when it got to do with Dasuki and NIMASSA DG, let him hurry up to arrest Tompolo pls. if he fails to, he is a coward then.

NgeneUkwenu:


Before it was like that until the PDP started losing appeals, and they selfishly amended the constitution to pave way for appealin up to the Supreme Court in the case of governorship petition.

So as it is now, The Presidential and governorship petitions terminates at the Supreme Court, while the rest stops at the Appeal court.

pls save yo self of the hypocrite. the amendment follows Justice Salami connivance with Tinubu that led to the judicial fraud and the follow up in the sokoto state governorship election tribunal. go to school and read well u see the beauty of the cases ending at the supreme. come to think of the conflicting judgments given by the COURT OF APPEAL in Jimi V. Ambode against Wike v. Dakuku on card reader. Also, the case of Ortom of Benue and Kogi states senatorialelections where d senators elections were nullified because of none holding of primary election, but it held differently in benue where there was no governorship primary election. when the case get to the supreme court, the court will harmonize some of these bad judgment and take a decision across board.

Rumours Over Arms Build-up In South-East, Niger Delta
6 hours ago

A report by New Telegraph indicates that there is a secret arms build-up in the South east and South south regions of Nigeria.
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase
The report quotes a highly placed security official who said the federal government was ‘worried and concerned’ over the
situation in both regions.
The source said: “Some practical and strategic steps have to be taken immediately to circumvent these growing concerns if the
government must make any meaningful progress to deliver on its promises to the people.”
While the source blamed what he called “miscalculated security steps on the part of some agencies” for some of the avoidable
concerns, he however said direct engagement with concerned stakeholders in the affected areas is in the pipeline.
The source also said fresh security ‘persuasions’ have been tabled before President Muhammadu Buhari to have a holistic
review of the government’s stance on certain issues.
He cited the charges against the director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and the recent invitation of ex-militant warlord in the
Niger Delta, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) as the reasons for the arms build-up.
He said: “Some of us have cause to believe that most of the steps taken security wise in the last six months have been ill-
advised and avoidable. We have no reason to be in the news that some MASSOB and IPOB members have been abducted or
seized by the military.
“Also, we have no reason to detain for so long, an inconsequential Kanu to the extent that he has become a central point in the
ethnic and regional agitations in the East. So, the young man has to be allowed to go. This is not to talk of the EFCC’s
miscalculation by inviting Tompolo at this time.
“Perhaps, some persons have forgotten that the pain of the loss of Goodluck Jonathan in the last presidential poll still lingers
and once you play into the hands of these people, the nation might feel the heat with red eyes. So, we cannot afford to toy with
such things.
“We understand that there are some political forces inciting such moves, but some of us have made persuasive moves to the
president to allow the sleeping dog to rest rather than stirring up troubled waters that may have collateral damages on the
economy. We can’t try that in the face of the consequences inherent in this.
“Government is very much aware of this development and the reasons behind some of these provocative moves are what baffle
some of us. For instance, there are intelligence reports of how ex-militants took over the electoral process in Bayelsa state.
“It is not as if they love the governor there, they are merely rehearsing with the election to do the ultimate and the avalanche of
weapons is a source of concern and worry.”
When contacted, Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said he could not comment on the issues raised by
our correspondence on the telephone.
“Please I cannot make any comment on these issues you have raised; I don’t want to be misquoted on any of the issues
please,” he said.
Meanwhile Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, has called on religious leaders in Nigeria to appeal to those
agitating for a republic of Biafra to let peace reign in the region.
He made the statement on Wednesday, December 9 in Abuja stressing the important role of the Nigerian clergy in this respect.

Source: https://www.naij.com/674519-speculations-arms-build-south-east-niger-delta.html/

Dear Minister: Jonathan is not to Blame!
December 22, 2015 at 1:06 pm in For the record , News
(An Open Letter to the Honourable Minister of Information of the Federal Republic of Nigeria)
Dear Honourable Minister Lai Mohammed,
Greetings and congratulations on your recent and well deserved appointment as Nigeria’s Minister of Information.
You may recall that we met on the set of ‘Politics Today’ in May of 2011 soon after I was interviewed by Deji Bademosi and just
before you were interviewed.
The purpose of my letter to you today is in response to your statement made on Monday the 21st of December, 2015 in which
you accused former President Goodluck Jonathan, whom I served as one of three spokesmen, of being responsible for the
current excruciating fuel scarcity now subsisting in Nigeria.
Your exact words were “What I will be telling Nigerians is that what we met on ground is such that we are paying for the sins of
the last administration…..One of the reasons for the fuel scarcity was the inability of the last government to make adequate
provision for fuel subsidy”.
My candid take on your message to Nigerians is that it is an abdication of responsibility on your part and does not project you
and the government you represent as being responsible.
Government, as you very well know, is a continuum. One government takes over from where the other stopped and to say that
an action in December of 2015 (six months after ex President Jonathan handed over to the incumbent on May 29th, 2015, ) is
the fault of the last President, is to confer super human powers on Jonathan.
To prove to you that it is wrong to blame the former President, I will quote the words of the incumbent President.
A month ago, President Buhari, while speaking to the Nigerian community in the Iranian capital, Tehran, said “I believe if you are
in touch back at home, you would have been told that already there is some improvement in power”.
Those were the words of President Muhammadu Buhari in Tehran on November 25th, 2015.
You, Honourable Minister, also boasted about the improvement in power back in August 2015, when you attributed the
improvement to the ‘body language’ of the ‘new sheriff’ in town.
You may recall that you said “I say it anywhere I go that even though we have not added one single megawatt to power, there
has been improvement. My colleagues in the PDP will say no; that’s not true. But I maintain that this improvement is as a result
of the kind of integrity that President Buhari has brought to leadership.”
Now, you and I know that despite what you said about the President’s “body language”, there is absolutely no way that any
action or inaction of President Muhammadu Buhari could have led to an improvement in power.
All the new power stations that have come on stream this year were either built or completed by Jonathan. Absolutely all of
them were conceived, funded, built and commissioned by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidents, the same party that you
said had destroyed Nigeria.
On October 19th, 2013, then President Jonathan completed and commissioned the 530 Megawatts Omotosho Power station
Phase 2 begun by his predecessor.
On February 20th, 2015, he commissioned the 750 MW Olorunsogo II Power Station in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun
State.
On March 24th, 2015, Jonathan also commissioned the Phase I 504MW (Simple Cycle Gas) Alaoji Power Plant at Umuobasi-
Ukwu, Abia State.
Former President Jonathan was also the leader who successfully privatized major chunks of our power generation and
distribution infrastructure. He also created the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC.
So concerned was President Jonathan to know the state of electricity provision that I had to do regular, sometimes weekly,
polls and surveys on Twitter to get the public’s feedback on the state of power in their locales.
Yet, despite all these, President Buhari and you, Honourable Minister, were not shy at taking credit for the improvement in
electricity in far away Tehran and Lagos at various times this year.
One wonders why the same “integrity” you credited for automatically improving power cannot provide fuel?
Don’t you think it is a bit rich to blame ex President Jonathan for the current fuel subsidy especially given the fact that leading
lights of your party resisted and rejected the ex President’s move to do away with fuel subsidy by deregulating the down stream
sector of the petroleum sector?
Indeed Honourable Minister, you may recall that as the National Publicity Secretary of the then Action Congress of Nigeria, you
released a statement condemning the then government’s plans to deregulate the petroleum industry and remove fuel subsidy
and also said that the removal of fuel subsidy was “a threat to Nigeria’s unity”.
Sir, you would agree with me that it is only honourable to take the bitter with the sweet.
I am reminded of my 10 year old daughter’s comments to me every time I accuse her of watching too much television. She
quotes a line from the Disney movie, ‘A Bug’s Life’ in which Hopper says to Atta “First rule of leadership: Everything is your
fault”.
If my daughter at 10 is aware of this rule, shouldn’t a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who also happens to be over
60 years of age, and who also happens to be the official spokesperson of the current administration know this rule?
A bad workman may blame his tools, but it takes an irresponsible workman to blame his predecessor!
When Jonathan became President on May 6th, 2010, he met a comatose railway network. He did not blame his predecessors.
Rather, he went to work.
Within two years, he successfully rehabilitated a significant portion of our national railway infrastructure and had restored intra
and inter city routes for the first time decades. He made it possible for Nigerians to travel from Lagos to Kano for less than $10
(₦1600).
There were services from Port Harcourt to Enugu, Makurdi to Port Harcourt and Gombe-Kafanchan-Kaduna to mention but a
few.
For the first time in decades, there was a direct rail transport from Tin Can Island Port in Lagos all the way to Kano with stops
along the way.
Jonathan successfully built the brand new standard gauge 187 kilometer Abuja-Kaduna railway which will make it possible to
live in Kaduna and work in Abuja.
Within Lagos, he introduced air conditioned fast Diesel Multiple Unit trains, the first of its type in Nigeria.
I quite remember that when I wrote about these accomplishments, members and sympathizes of your party publicly labeled me
a liar.
I remained a liar in the eyes of the Nigerian public until my recent surprise vindication by the new Minister of Transport, Rotimi
Amaechi, who said while on a familiarization tour of the Nigerian Railway Corporation as follows “in fact, I think we have a
problem; most people don’t believe that the railway transport is functioning in Nigeria. I didn’t even know, until I started this
tour, I never knew that the railway was functioning, it was even from his (MD’s) speech that I learnt that there are some
coaches or services that go to Kano or Port Harcourt or elsewhere. So we need to make people become more aware that the
narrow gauge is working, and that people can still use it to travel around that country.”
Now, Honourable Minister Lai Mohammed, who do we blame for this remarkable progress in our rail sector?
Let me end this letter to you with a quote from best selling author, Dr. Steve Maraboli: “It’s time to care; it’s time to take
responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others.”
Thank you and be assured of my continued loyalty and support to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Regards,
Reno.
Reno Omokri, former Special Assistant on New Media to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Source : http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/dear-minister-jonathan-is-not-to-blame/

abduljabbar4:


Wait for the order first. Just like the other guy that was bundled in a bus, tompolo will be tied like a bag of rice and locked

don't forget tompolo is not NIMASSA former DG. If u think it's easy, today is 22nd, 5days past d deadline, why not declare him wanted now. Tompolo for yo information is more deadly down yo Buhari errand boys a.k.a Boko Haram.

abduljabbar4:


And who are you? You live between the legs of a man. Pathetic!

Pls Mr. tuwo eater, pls go n meet yo yan rin yan for Daura. go n polish my shoes, I will pay u #30. animal, banza bokwai, malo like u.

carinmom:

The guy's moniker alone tells you the kind of person he is, SMH for him.

ode, awon olo oshi. u shake yo head for moi, oh gush, what da Bleep.. Lol, pls go to Orile Iganmu or yo lion of Bourdilion to get yo Xmas turkey.

Inspectahdeck:
Wise word. Many thanks for the insight. Even as lai Mohammed explained to the public some people choose to go the other way.

because of people with brains like yours, ds government will be d worst on earth and not just in Nigeria. they know what people like u want to hear(lies, complain like a nagging wife, blame etc) they have thrown governance to d mod. since I was born, I v never heard or seen fuel scarcity dat hovers for a month let alone 2months. go n hide yo face is shame shameless man or woman I don't even know. I am a Yoruba man n I voted for Buhari, but that doesn't mean Ishouldn't criticise their ineptitude.

tobex23:



Its Ikoyi, not Okoyi...
This clearly shows you shouldn't be taken serious, as you have no idea of what you are crying for.
Fish.

it's typographical error, n d last time I checked it's common.
so u don't have anything to say about the slowpoke, yellow teeth in bourdilion avenue, Ikoyi? I just passed there, see as omo ni le (s) gathered there begging for stomach infrastructure. #smh, yo people and stomach infrastructure, is like butter n bread. awon olo oshi

bcs of our unreasonable expectations from APC.[/quote]
Are u ok, what do u mean by unreasonable expectations? the last time I checked it was apc who promised us heaven on earth. don't even tell me that they met empty account because yo junketeer has been on a wide goose chase with the scarce resources. come to think of it, I remember Fayemi saying they will meet empty purse, meaning they were aware of the challenges, so what js the excuses for.
use yo brain, e joo, abbah, ki lo de, iwo,

shepherd77:
The arms deal was a fallout of gej's ineptitude so who should we blame? Me?


The subsidy payment covered majority of what gej's regime owed.so who do we blame? You?



So blames put on gej are justifiable.

I rest my case

#quote me wrongly and watch your d.ick head go shorter.

dude are u okay? which subsidy are u talking about? omg, pls check d period of subsidy covered by yo 500+billions budget. oh, I forgot yo brain was lost before u were born as yo mum went for D&C but they didn't flush everything. u are d proceed of the remnants. ode, awon olo oshi, wayray. ba so' ro'.

Jesusloveyou:
because everywhere in nigeria is "change" mostly end time change

pls where are u from, in my place if u shout change, they can descend on and hit u hard.