thekingsmen:
Your analysis is spot on....

But i doubt Saraki will humbly step down from his position without a sustained fight.. He still has many lifelines and am sure he will use them all up before contemplating a step down from the senate top seat...

In the event he plays out all his cards and is still crippled by events, then i fully recommend this your stategy Mr TonyeBarcanista... PdP must not miss this golden opportunity to silence APC once and for all in the red chamber

babaearly:


I've been following your posts but i must say you are a misguided youth
It will be wise if you channel your efforts into nation building rather than fighting along party lines
This same saraki you are rooting for has great skeletons that has been laid bare,
then why are you now turning it into a party battle affair? instead of eschewing corruption and stand by the law that has made thieving politicians being docked and stripped of all they stole when they got the chance to make things better for their people, here you are turning the law to a joke and into a party battle affair? what's wrong with you?
It's young people like you that will still say ibori was witch-hunted till this day.

How long will you caress the ego of pdp hoping to get a job from them? Why will you be this selfish and oblivious to the reality at hand?
These politicians are using you or you wish to use yourself for their corrupt plans but why will a young mind like you go to waste?

what message are you passing across to other youths, rather unemployed like you?

babaearly:


I'm not talking about this article per say but all you have been doing since moving from APC to PDP
Well i dont have a problem with that but you have been all about this like you have no life outside here
I have seen your facebook and the message i get is of an able bodied youth wasting away
I see you sitting down with your laptop and thats your dp which is quite sad.
Your mates are quite different when you see them on Linkedin but i doubt you even use that resource

Quit this road you are toeing because it will give you more misery. You might seem destined for great things
but you are channeling your emotions and will power from the wrong people to a crowd that does not even give a damn about you
Many of your "followers" are still struggling with their day to day life
and it beats me some still support you, when you support the politicians who have made a mess of their life

Think about it

Firefire:
Where do we go from here?

Who among the lots is less corrupt ?

Or are we now considering "Less Corrupt" by grading corruption in Nigeria?

APC is pushing for Senator George Akume a former governor of Benue State who served two four years term with nothing to point to as his achievement?

or the wife of the 'King of Corruption' Oluremi Tinubu whose antecedent and ignoble character is well known. Can someone please point me what Remi Tinubu achieved with the last constituency allowance ?

The evil mechanism of Buhari and Tinubu to have a puppet as the Senate President must not stand.

It high time we allowed elected political leaders to rule without recourse to one selfish godfather in Nigeria.

We demand that the elected official be answerable to their constituency and not to the tin-god.

God bless Nigeria...

NgeneUkwenu:


The guy is jobless!

coolplanet:


Have u also consider Tinubu?

TonyeBarcanista:

Let's teach APC how to play politics.



May God Bless Nigeria
Power To The People

thekingsmen:
Your analysis is spot on....

But i doubt Saraki will humbly step down from his position without a sustained fight.. He still has many lifelines and am sure he will use them all up before contemplating a step down from the senate top seat...

In the event he plays out all his cards and is still crippled by events, then i fully recommend this your stategy Mr TonyeBarcanista... PdP must not miss this golden opportunity to silence APC once and for all in the red chamber

NgeneUkwenu:


The guy is jobless!

OPCNAIRALAND:

There is hardly any sitting Senator in the Legislative Chamber who, under probe and scrutiny, will pass an accountability stress-test, particularly so if in the past they were Governors or Ministers. People like Senator Stella Oduah, Senator Dickson....even people like Senator Kashamu who were just top party stalwarts have one or two high scale controversies they would gladly trade off (plea bargain) and get a clean slate than clutch to party loyalty or to Saraki and risk spending time in prison.

Saraki's loudest supporter, Dino Melaye, has so far maintained silence and was not seen in his entourage to CCT Court. There is a reason for this.

PDP is not in a position to protect its Senators against charges of corruption. They are not in control of Judiciary or Law Enforcement. These Senators are vulnerable and you can expect them to vote for their freedom than for party ideology.

TonyeBarcanista:
APC should forget about the Senate Presidency. They shall be beaten in this game.


@NigerianVenom: David Mark don try, we need a new face in that office.

TonyeBarcanista:
The travails of Abubakar Bukola Saraki has opened a new chapter in the Senate and possible a vacuum in the office of the Senate President. We have to be honest with ourselves: Bukola Saraki has lost the moral ground to preside over the Senate Chambers. He has to step down voluntarily, and allow for someone without a moral burden to fill the vacuum. We are not unaware that the ruling APC is already scheming for replacement of Saraki. We also cannot feign ignorance to the fact that the APC is still bitter that senator Ike Ekweremadu of PDP emerged Deputy Senate President. They are plotting to oust him also and install their "choice". The PDP must wake up and take the battle to APC over full control of the Senate. PDP must seize full control of the red chambers.

The Reason APC and Buhari Want Saraki Down:
Make no mistake, Nigerians of good conscience want the senate president to answer for the 13 charges against him, and some want him to step down from his exalted office on moral ground. However, APC and the Presidency want Saraki to go down so as to have their stooge as Senate President. They are not interested in fighting corruption. If they were, they wouldn't have brought Saraki into the Senate in the first place. If Buhari was interested in fighting corruption he wouldn't have withdrawn the N2.8 billion corruption charge against ex-Bayelsa state governor Timpre Sylva, and even gifted him with the party guber ticket for the December election. If Buhari is serious with corruption fight, he would be prosecuting Pa Abubabakar Audu on his ongoing corruption case instead of campaigning for him to return to Lokoja Government House in order to continue where he stopped in the alleged looting spree that went under him as governor between 1999 and 2003. Buhari and APC want Saraki to go down simply because they wanted total control of the Senate and also to share Senate standing committees from the comfort of Buhari's presidential lodge and Tinubu's bedroom in bourdillon road.

The Upper-hand Is With PDP:
The Senate composes of 109 Senators. The PDP has 49, while the APC enjoys 60. Of the APC 60, about 12(including Saraki) are seen as rebels and has been ostracised by their party. The PDP must meet these pro-Saraki APC minority group to present a PDP candidate from NC as Saraki's successor(anybody but David Mark). The APC rebels should be rewarded with membership/chairmanship of choice standing committees. With 61 senators(49 PDP Se+ 12 APC) behind PDP candiate, the party stand as "Majority" to defeat whoever the gods of APC present as their candidate because APC will be left with 48 senators. A very wide majority. Considering that PDP need a minimum 55 senators for this battle, 61 will be more than required. This is enough to humble APC.

Saraki Must Make Up With PDP
As for Bukola Saraki, he is unfortunate to be served the same meal he served former president Goodluck Jonathan and PDP. However, he has to repent and respond to his alleged offence. But, he should be told that the only way he can redeem his betrayals towards PDP is by supporting a PDP candidate to succeed him. This will also defeat the evil mechanism of Buhari and other APC gods.


Finally, the PDP must not let go of this rare opportunity to legitimately control the Senate and have the Umbrella standing in the office of the Senate President. Buhari will have no choice but to work with PDP-led Senate.

Let's teach APC how to play politics.



May God Bless Nigeria
Power To The People

saintopus:


I agree in totality of the analysis of Tonye Barcanista as well. But yours seem to be more realistic considering the way politics is played in Nigeria.

I know that Saraki will come out to fight dirty until all possible avenue to keep him in office had been exhausted.

babaearly:


I'm not talking about this article per say but all you have been doing since moving from APC to PDP
Well i dont have a problem with that but you have been all about this like you have no life outside here
I have seen your facebook and the message i get is of an able bodied youth wasting away
I see you sitting down with your laptop and thats your dp which is quite sad.
Your mates are quite different when you see them on Linkedin but i doubt you even use that resource

Quit this road you are toeing because it will give you more misery. You might seem destined for great things
but you are channeling your emotions and will power from the wrong people to a crowd that does not even give a damn about you
Many of your "followers" are still struggling with their day to day life
and it beats me some still support you, when you support the politicians who have made a mess of their life

Think about it

OPCNAIRALAND:
Barcanista,
There is a legal instrument called plea bargain, a negotiating contract used by prosecutors to win convictions by volume at a fraction of what the cost would be otherwise to the defendant. The victories are political gains for the Justice Dept.

There is hardly any sitting Senator in the Legislative Chamber who, under probe and scrutiny, will pass an accountability stress-test, particularly so if in the past they were Governors or Ministers. People like Senator Stella Oduah, Senator Dickson....even people like Senator Kashamu who were just top party stalwarts have one or two high scale controversies they would gladly trade off (plea bargain) and get a clean slate than clutch to party loyalty or to Saraki and risk spending time in prison.

Saraki's loudest supporter, Dino Melaye, has so far maintained silence and was not seen in his entourage to CCT Court. There is a reason for this.

[size=15pt]PDP is not in a position to protect its Senators against charges of corruption. They are not in control of Judiciary or Law Enforcement. These Senators are vulnerable and you can expect them to vote for their freedom than for party ideology.[/size]

OPCNAIRALAND:
Barcanista,
There is a legal instrument called plea bargain, a negotiating contract used by prosecutors to win convictions by volume at a fraction of what the cost would be otherwise to the defendant. The victories are political gains for the Justice Dept.

There is hardly any sitting Senator in the Legislative Chamber who, under probe and scrutiny, will pass an accountability stress-test, particularly so if in the past they were Governors or Ministers. People like Senator Stella Oduah, Senator Dickson....even people like Senator Kashamu who were just top party stalwarts have one or two high scale controversies they would gladly trade off (plea bargain) and get a clean slate than clutch to party loyalty or to Saraki and risk spending time in prison.

Saraki's loudest supporter, Dino Melaye, has so far maintained silence and was not seen in his entourage to CCT Court. There is a reason for this.

PDP is not in a position to protect its Senators against charges of corruption. They are not in control of Judiciary or Law Enforcement. These Senators are vulnerable and you can expect them to vote for their freedom than for party ideology.

OfoIgbo:
I thought of this same strategy a few days ago when I started taking interest in the Saraki saga.

It has one flaw, and a major flaw it is.

MONEY POLITICS. Remember that people like Tinubu have amassed corrupt riches over the decades, and I am not sure how principled, these batch of PDP and rebel APC senators are to resist any financial inducement from Tinubu's minions. This is the only flaw to your plan, that I can think of at the moment.

However all hope is not lost. I can think of two ways of countering potential Tinubu et al financial inducement of senators

Mogidi:
Another in-depth analysis of current events by the one and only TonyeBarcanista.

Firefire:


Whatever party, I am indifference in this matter.

We need a selfless leader and not a puppet...

A leader who is not corrupt and can defend the defenseless.

Btw: Who among the PDP senators are you thinking about ?

babaearly:


...These politicians are using you or you wish to use yourself for their corrupt plans but why will a young mind like you go to waste?

what message are you passing across to other youths, rather unemployed like you?

TonyeBarcanista:

My Oga, I loyal Sir! Leave those APC guys, they will come to terms with the real situation.

modath:


I now realise why you couldn't make it work on twitter "YOU ARE NOT VERY SMART"..

Saraki didn't "win", he "manipulated his way to a seat he is only going to occupy on a very temporal basis...

I don't even know why I bother with your write ups that are not only full of structural & grammatical errors,They are self aggradizing.

Johnnyessence:
tonyebarcanista or what do u call urself u take corruption as normal thing in this country meanwhile u got no jobs due to the corruption act by ur leader in government. its so painful we are reading ur analysis as if u are part of them how will corruption will be checked in this country. it shows if u are in the government u will embezzle our treasury and take it as normal thing. that's while God won't allow u and ur generation to smell the seat at the center cos' ur heart is corrupt and we will not allow u to govern us no matter ur vocab here.

However, APC and the Presidency want Saraki to go down so as to have their stooge as Senate President. They are not interested in fighting corruption. If they were, they wouldn't have brought Saraki into the Senate in the first place. If Buhari was interested in fighting corruption he wouldn't have withdrawn the N2.8 billion corruption charge against ex-Bayelsa state governor Timpre Sylva, and even gifted him with the party guber ticket for the December election. If Buhari is serious with corruption fight, he would be prosecuting Pa Abubabakar Audu on his ongoing corruption case instead of campaigning for him to return to Lokoja Government House in order to continue where he stopped in the alleged looting spree that went under him as governor between 1999 and 2003. Buhari and APC want Saraki to go down simply because they wanted total control of the Senate and also to share Senate standing committees from the comfort of Buhari's presidential lodge and Tinubu's bedroom in bourdillon road.

babaearly:


Bro, you are trying to act like a brilliant person but you don't even come close
Please this is not an insult. I was not talking about any political party
because i have a disgust towards all of them for how they made nigeria become the mess it is today
but what breaks me down is the supposed "leaders of tomorrow" blowing the air out of the
backside of these same corrupt politicians milking us dry