Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by udumosam23(m): 9:26am On Jan 08, 2016 |
bnovative: Fidel Albert is a lawyer who has handled a lot of court cases for apc, and he wrote this:
I am APC through and through. At least as of today. I detest the PDP and what they stood for the past 16 years. I cannot touch the PDP with a ten meter pole. But i would be mad to imagine that the APC is that Bethsaida Pool, or even the River of Jordan, that enjoys the fellowship of angels who trouble its waters, and instantly heals every soul that is diseased, once they are immersed as members. I have no such delusion. Nor do i imagine every member of PDP to have been evil. Some people did excellently either as PDP members or as serving in the successive PDP governments. On the other hand, there are questions regarding the integrity of several APC chieftains that have not been properly answered till this very day. But because we imagine the APC to be the River of Jordan, and this people are the gatekeepers, we conclude therefore that their leprous souls have been healed. But i have no such delusions.
The other day, I thought myself good- natured to wish Goodluck Jonathan a happy birthday on facebook. I did this because despite being his opponent politically, and actively campaigning against him, i recognized that he did this country a great service by conceding defeat at the polls, deflating the palpable tension and deflecting what was an imminent crisis. I thought he deserved my gratitude for being so graceful and elegant in defeat. My friends thought i had betrayed the APC by felicitating with the man on his birthday. Only that! Such hypocrites. Where was i again when Fayemi lost to Fayose in 2014 and called to congratulate Fayose. The entire APC hierarchy went mad! How could he dare? How can he concede defeat? What impudence! APC never conceded defeat in that election. As a matter of fact, APC challenged that election right up to the Supreme Court, and lost all the way. But guess what? Fayemi, the candidate, was not joined as a party to the petition. He was left out of the fray. So, for those who said conceding defeat was a common place gesture and should not be commended, do not forget APC's reaction in 2014, in the Ekiti election. Do not also forget that this country was boiling in 2015, and boiling hot, and GEJ's action alone was, in my view, responsible for diffusing that tension. Can we forget so easily how crowded MM International Airport was, with people scratching and clawing to get out before the polls? So many people relocated from Nigeria. I even recall a friend of mine, whose child was born in the US, receive a call from the American embassy that they wanted their Citizen, his child, out of Nigeria before the elections. Who can deny the prevailing sentiments of that period?
It would seem the politics of Nigeria is "either or." So i can't be caught talking to a PDP member if i am in APC and vice versa. Or no matter what, I must demonise everything PDP and eulogise everything APC. I cannot do that. Where GEJ did well, I'll give him credit. Where Buhari fails, I'll be the first to criticize him. Maybe i'm not Nigerian. I do not imagine Buhari to be God. At least he is not my GOD. He is not above reproach. He is not beyond criticism. In any event, I am naturally iconoclastic. My congenital tendency is to dare, where others fret. So you can understand when i say that I see nothing divine in him, except that providence made him President, against all odds. And it was for a reason. So when all economic indices are low, and I, as an ordinary man, feel the suffocating squeeze on a daily basis, and people who should be concerned are rather aimlessly defending, or inventing subterfuges, on a daily basis, because BUHARI is president, then i feel extremely sorry. I am an APC man through and through, but i wont be caught dead on that bandwagon.
There is no substitute for self-examinatio n for the APC. PDP died the day it lost its conscience and could no longer take an objective view of its policies and actions. If we must survive as a party, we must be able to listen, listen hard and respond to criticism. The criticism must not always be constructive, but our response must be. We must always take the moral high road and be blameless. And the one way of ensuring that APC dies very soon, is to set up and worship a mere mortal as god, before whom we must all fall in obeisance and ask no questions. Once we've been able to set up a cult personality in Buhari and momentarily convulse in blind rage anytime he is criticized, then we are ready to die, as PDP died. So, when the Army kills and maims, at the slightest provocation and you say Buhari is right, a piece in us dies. When a Court grants bail and someone uses executive fiat to unconstitutionally detain suspects in custody, and you say Buhari is right, another piece dies. When socialist policies are introduced into a free market economy with the immediate effect that i can no longer pay for goods abroad, or access my hard-earned cash abroad, or even freely trade internationally and you say Buhari is right, yet another piece dies. We will continue to die, i assure you, in installments, piece after piece, as we insist on living in self-denial, till it becomes difficult to know the exact place, time and occasion we indeed died.
Recently, I had the ultimate embarrassment in Dubai Mall where i went shopping. I had parked several items to the counter and confidently whipped out my card to make payment. When the figures were punched in, alas my card was blocked. A message came on the POS machine "do not honor purchases on this card." And the Arabs looked at me funny. What? For what offence? I have never served in Government or stolen Government funds. But my president cast his anti-corruption net too wide and now has a quarry of both fishermen and fishes in his net. Let the fishermen go, and let the fishes fry. The law, as implemented, must be able to distinguish both. Or not? Let me say that given the short duration of his government, Buhari has done extremely well in some areas. And I commend him for this. Electricity is near constant now. This is phenomenal. And I don't share the sentiments of the deluded GEJites, who would be quick to say GEJ put together the structure. Buhari has fixed, or shall i say is fixing, power. That is a good thing. The PDP government could not achieve this in 16 years. The war on corruption is also splendid. My only misgiving is that it seems a bit one-sided. Only prominent PDP members. There has to be one person in APC, defunct ACN, ANPP or any other party who held power in any state in Nigeria between 1999 and 2015 who was corrupt. Who stole government funds. And i don't mean Saraki. None? That would be an absolute miracle. But let's keep looking, so that we do not entirely discredit the motive of the anti- graft campaign as being a witch-hunt exercise. Let's keep looking at and into the APC, we might just find one person and show a good example of our internal self-cleansing policy.
The most critical thing now, requiring urgent attention, is the economy. The economy has to be fixed. I recognise that we met it in shambles. Everything PDP touched turned to dust, no doubt. PDP was Midas bewitched. But we cannot spend the next four years crying about how bad we met the economy. We knew how bad it was before we aspired to fix it. It was the punchline of our campaign promises. We've won the elections now. It's time to get to work. We must open up the economy instead of closing it. Lure back the investors, as they make painful detours to Ghana and Cameroun. Keep the cash flowing in the system. Give attention to education. It's a tough job, mind. But there just has to be a better way to do this than the socialist ideology that seems to be unfolding.
There we are! I have had my say. Let the heavens fall. Still loyal to the APC. Fidel Albert? Have taken note of that name. You sound as strong as the name. I respect you for deductive reasoning, and I'll pray for more of your kind. You have my respect for this inspiring piece. |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by freeze001(f): 9:27am On Jan 08, 2016 |
mysteriousman: I'm not complaining, most third world countries that later developed, were transformed by the military into developing ones Haven't we had our share of military intervention? |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by bnovative(m): 9:37am On Jan 08, 2016 |
freeze001:
Let me ask u, is it the name and structure of the party PDP that wrought havoc in Nigeria or the human members and leaders of the party? Who are the current members of APC and what are their antecedents? Is it party membership that determines capability or the innate character of the people who make up such parties?
With all the accidents that have occurred with airplanes and vehicles, whom do u blame? The operators or the vehicle/airplane? If the same person handles a v-boot recklessly will he suddenly become a better driver because he now handles a Toyota? Pls allow the boy to wallow in his folly; For such is the destiny of aisha's "agent of change". |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by udumosam23(m): 10:03am On Jan 08, 2016 |
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Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by bjdon: 10:23am On Jan 08, 2016 |
An interesting write up. Very mature.
As I recently stated in another post, Nigerians need to dissuade themselves of absolute thinking. Things are never absolute in life. If you study many of the people that are universally venerated toady(Churchill, Mandela, Martin Luther King...etc) you'll find some events/episodes that reflect negatively on them. It can't be otherwise for no man/woman is perfect only the ALMIGHTY is perfect. By the same token many of characters who are universally derided also have some positive traits. For example many people don't realize that Babangida had to overcome significant resistance from the Northern religious establishment in order to re-establish diplomatic relations with Isreal. Abacha for all his negativity stood up to the British when they banned Nigerian Airways by banning BA from Nigeria, and despite economic and political sanctions, was able to enthrone democracy in Siera Leonne. My point here is that we should try and control our emotions and look at things objectively for things are seldom black or white but mostly a shade of grey.
I've never been a Buhari supporter, I've got my reasons for that stand, but I've defended him on NL and will continue to do so when people make unfair attacks on him. The man is trying to do his best in very difficult circumstances.
However there are very legitimate issues that he and his govt must be held to account for. The recent budget shambles is a case in point. Some of the figures being branded about are plain scandalous and for a govt that was elected on the mantra of CHANGE, it's simply unacceptable. I want to believe it was due to the late appointment of minsters (especially the Minister of Budget and Planning and the Minister of Finance) and hopefully we will not see a repeat of this in future budgets.
To the Buhari supporters out there, please try and learn not take every criticism of Buhari as some kind of attack. Did you parents who love you, not criticize you when you did wrong? If you want him to succeed and be re-elected in 2019 then you guys should actually be his loudest critics, when he goes wrong. Shouting 'Sai Baba' all over the place even when the president does something that is clearly wrong, is no way to help him. |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by uchejames2(m): 2:42pm On Jan 08, 2016 |
mikolo80: so basically you've got no argument, just insults. obviously grandma failed to raise up her child well and they've now passed the torch to you. pity your children abeg and don't teach them what will get them lynched so you too think you have a point... Nna go and find a life see you talking of training up a child.. If I can't I will call you to do it for me... Omo were |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 1:27am On Jan 09, 2016 |
uchejames2: so you too think you have a point... Nna go and find a life see you talking of training up a child.. If I can't I will call you to do it for me... Omo were your fada left lebe |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 1:30am On Jan 09, 2016 |
freeze001:
Let me ask u, is it the name and structure of the party PDP that wrought havoc in Nigeria or the human members and leaders of the party? Who are the current members of APC and what are their antecedents? Is it party membership that determines capability or the innate character of the people who make up such parties?
In the National Assembly that has more APC messiahs as party members, did u hear any party divide when they unanimously screamed 'nay' against a downward review of their emoluments?
With all the accidents that have occurred with airplanes and vehicles, whom do u blame? The operators or the vehicle/airplane? If the same person handles a v-boot recklessly will he suddenly become a better driver because he now handles a Toyota? so which is better, apc or pdp. very simple question. it's not complicated. I don't give a hoot about black or white cats so long as they catch mice I'm a realist you're waiting for Jesus to come down to solve our problems your strategy not workable yes both bad situations but we have to choose one |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 1:31am On Jan 09, 2016 |
bilulu:
u re jux too blind..... Who gave license for u to own d phone u re holding ryt now they gave it free abi. where is nitel you lucky that thuraya didn't come first you for still de queue to make call de carry mumu nitel card around de put inside freezer |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 2:08am On Jan 09, 2016 |
Nashoji: I can't believe that one person can be these senseless. why can't pretend to have a single sense?
upon the whole article, you can't even comprehend a thing from it. chai, bros, you too dull. your papa, your papa ma in de senseless. may ayelala strike your family down for supporting pdp may sopono loot your future like dasuki Jona and patience did Max your wife be dull like dizzy, effing bastardy |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by Nobody: 2:29am On Jan 09, 2016 |
nice and balanced yet somewhat biased post nice and balanced for 90% objectivity biased for trying to discredit gej for putting the power structure together has he forgotten that power distribution was privatized under gej and since pmb took over, status quo has remained? well, b!@fr@ is all we ask for so just like the lawyer, i am not nigerian |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by uchejames2(m): 11:51am On Jan 09, 2016 |
R For MIKOLOWISKA: your fada left lebe
ur dad sucks ask ur mum |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by bilulu(m): 8:16am On Jan 10, 2016 |
MIKOLOWISKA: they gave it free abi. where is nitel you lucky that thuraya didn't come first you for still de queue to make call de carry mumu nitel card around de put inside freezer under GEJ elections were so peaceful n results declared accordingly...... is dat not an achievement? under ur god elections has turn to bloodbath n inconclusive. If he can not conduct an election in d smallest state in Nigeria I wonder how 2019 will look like |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by Gmekx(m): 8:38am On Jan 10, 2016 |
jimharry21: it's only you and your God know exactly where your loyalty resides? It's not a matter of loyalty. This is our country, mine and yours and our children's. The future of it lies in our hands. We need to do things better than we did before but we are so blinded my material gains and myopic to views of others if they do not belong to the same sect as us. He's only trying to say we should work together as one and stop fighting each other. It's not a case of tribe or party or religion, it is a case of WE. WE ARE ONE. GOD BLESS NIGERIA |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by drss2(m): 8:40am On Jan 10, 2016 |
dat lawya has been decieved. GEJ d foundation of wat d zoo is enjoying especially power. APC is Scam! |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 1:08am On Jan 12, 2016 |
bilulu:
under GEJ elections were so peaceful n results declared accordingly...... is dat not an achievement? under ur god elections has turn to bloodbath n inconclusive. If he can not conduct an election in d smallest state in Nigeria I wonder how 2019 will look like all the elections under gej were 'sacrificed ' as small fish due to federal might not worth fighting for internship and all were lost by apc now that pdp is losing dem no wan gree. why are you all bad losers even after rigging |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 1:19am On Jan 12, 2016 |
uchejames2: R For ur dad sucks ask ur mum your mama right nippleu |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by uchejames2(m): 5:07am On Jan 12, 2016 |
MIKOLOWISKA: your mama right nippleu every single foolishness in you and ur dad was a perfect hit, from stealing to raping was back to back your father never ceases to perplex me., I hate to say this but ur daddy is your mummy |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by sarutobie(m): 7:33am On Jan 12, 2016 |
freeze001:
Let me ask u, is it the name and structure of the party PDP that wrought havoc in Nigeria or the human members and leaders of the party? Who are the current members of APC and what are their antecedents? Is it party membership that determines capability or the innate character of the people who make up such parties?
In the National Assembly that has more APC messiahs as party members, did u hear any party divide when they unanimously screamed 'nay' against a downward review of their emoluments?
With all the accidents that have occurred with airplanes and vehicles, whom do u blame? The operators or the vehicle/airplane? If the same person handles a v-boot recklessly will he suddenly become a better driver because he now handles a Toyota? this right here is what I've been saying, I don't know if it is the excessive garri nigerians consume everyday that robs them of logic and reasoning. what and who is pdp? the name or the umbrella logo or the people in the party? if you agree it was/is the people in the party, what happens when the people who were part and parcel of this party for 16years move to another party? riddle me this, if you remove a good number of rotten eggs from crate A and put them in crate B, which of the crates is free of rotten eggs? |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by bilulu(m): 8:36pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
MIKOLOWISKA: all the elections under gej were 'sacrificed ' as small fish due to federal might not worth fighting for internship and all were lost by apc now that pdp is losing dem no wan gree. why are you all bad losers even after rigging how state did APC lost? or ve u forgotten how GEJ use to congratulate winners whether from PDP or APC....... bros remember wen u paint anyone bad dey also ve their gud side |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by bilulu(m): 10:08pm On Jan 12, 2016 |
MIKOLOWISKA: all the elections under gej were 'sacrificed ' as small fish due to federal might not worth fighting for internship and all were lost by apc now that pdp is losing dem no wan gree. why are you all bad losers even after rigging who was on seat wen Oshiomole came to power? Don't say wat u don't no bros..... even wen PDP lost GEJ always congratulate dem but ur god can't do anything...... |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 12:40am On Jan 16, 2016 |
bilulu:
who was on seat wen Oshiomole came to power? Don't say wat u don't no bros..... even wen PDP lost GEJ always congratulate dem but ur god can't do anything...... you're the ones that make people your god or Jesus. we just tired of pdp and cluelessness.and since only baba and tinubu our only option we chose them. no matter how bad they are far better than pdp |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 12:43am On Jan 16, 2016 |
bilulu:
how state did APC lost? or ve u forgotten how GEJ use to congratulate winners whether from PDP or APC....... bros remember wen u paint anyone bad dey also ve their gud side why will I congratulate a looter. gej just congratulating fellow looters. we the masses just want to get rid of pdp. when the time comes we get rid of apc and put better ppl there. small small we get there. na congratulation we go chop. gej know you cannot win in those states even with federal might |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by MIKOLOWISKA: 12:48am On Jan 16, 2016 |
uchejames2: every single foolishness in you and ur dad was a perfect hit, from stealing to raping was back to back your father never ceases to perplex me., I hate to say this but ur daddy is your mummy your grandmas clitoriss |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by masterblogger(m): 1:51am On Jan 16, 2016 |
mikolo80: mention one good thing pdp did Am not a member of any political party but am prmpted to mention one good thing PDP did that affected us all positively. . . GSM. INTERNET. . . . . . If u think that's not good enough then . . . |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by mikolo80: 1:58am On Jan 16, 2016 |
masterblogger:
Am not a member of any political party but am prmpted to mention one good thing PDP did that affected us all positively. . . GSM. INTERNET. . . . . .
If u think that's not good enough then . . . that was a private investment by the comms companies. verily I say unto you if thuraya had come first we will not have GSM today. pdp want to ensure our poverty so that they can always win election with rice sharing. apc are also Brooks but slightly better than pdp |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by masterblogger(m): 12:02pm On Jan 16, 2016 |
mikolo80: that was a private investment by the comms companies. verily I say unto you if thuraya had come first we will not have GSM today. pdp want to ensure our poverty so that they can always win election with rice sharing. apc are also Brooks but slightly better than pdp Please what private investment has this government brought that can be compared to GSM, INTERNET |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by masterblogger(m): 12:04pm On Jan 16, 2016 |
mikolo80: that was a private investment by the comms companies. verily I say unto you if thuraya had come first we will not have GSM today. pdp want to ensure our poverty so that they can always win election with rice sharing. apc are also Brooks but slightly better than pdp Please what private investment has this government brought that can be compared to GSM, INTERNET . FYI thuraya is in Nigeria, I know some couple of friends who own one. Most importantly name 1 investment private or public that can be compared with the GSM |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by mikolo80: 11:03pm On Jan 16, 2016 |
masterblogger:
Please what private investment has this government brought that can be compared to GSM, INTERNET . FYI thuraya is in Nigeria, I know some couple of friends who own one. Most importantly name 1 investment private or public that can be compared with the GSM obj used 8 years to give us GSM,baba never reach 8 months. allow baba do eight years(him no go do pass 4) , if he fail I will agree with you. although just removing pdp from power is already a pass mark for me. it will force both parties to work harder next election. |
Re: See What An Apc Lawyer Has To Say About Buhari. by mikolo80: 11:52pm On Jan 16, 2016 |
masterblogger:
Please what private investment has this government brought that can be compared to GSM, INTERNET . FYI thuraya is in Nigeria, I know some couple of friends who own one. Most importantly name 1 investment private or public that can be compared with the GSM read and comprehend, I said if, if, if thuraya came first first first bfor bfor bfor GSM |