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What is going on, people of nigeria? Can a lousy state publicity whatever or party chairman gag the third-in-command of a country? Does Ken Nnamani still have his constitutional protected rights to express himself? Is Honorable Ken Nnamani an employee of the criminal obasanjo? What's going on, people!! What an animal farm of a country. The comic continues to flow! Thanks to Hon. Uka for opening this topic, my favorite. - Posted October 06, 2005 06:54 PM - MeBiafran.

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Nnamani Banned from Criticising Obasanjo

From Emmanuel Ugwu in Enugu, 10.05.2005 – Thisday

Senate President Ken Nnamani was yesterday banned from using Enugu State as base to launch any criticism against the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo. The order was handed down to him by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a press briefing addressed by the state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ugulu O. Ugulu.

He said the party was “shocked” by the comments credited to the Senate President in a radio programme where he featured as a guest.
In Media Link programme on Radio Nigeria Enugu last Sunday, Nnamani reportedly slammed the anti-corruption crusade of the Obasanjo administration, saying that it was characterised by insincerity and selective justice...

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‘Enugu Lawmakers’ Utterances Against Nnamani Sad’

From Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja, 10.12.2005 - Thisday

Senate Committee on Inter-parliamentary Affairs Chairman, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, yesterday described as “sad” the utterances of the Enugu State Caucus of the House of Representatives against the Senate President Ken Nnamani.

The caucus had upbraided Nnamani over alleged attack on President Olusegun Obasanjo in which they alleged that Senate President criticised the anti-corruption stance of Obasanjo as “insincerity” and “sacred-cowism.”
But Chukwumerije, in a three-paragraph statement, described the response of the federal lawmakers as “most amusing, if not for its tragic implications.” He said “the incident is sad. Must every Igbo state be in turmoil, a familiar divide often between “Abuja” and home fronts?”

“The unflattering sight of competitions for demonstration of sycophantic commitment to federal might and love of President Obasanjo remains the one of the tragic phenomena of our post-war corporate worth.

“The response (of the legislators) was thus like the belated snap of a trap waiting eagerly for a marked prey or like the eager leash of an ambush on a long stalked enemy. I find it amusing because the attack was at the wrong moment and on the wrong ground,” he said.

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…Orders Release of N700m for Nukai Bridge in Taraba

President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered the immediate release of about N700 million for the construction of the Nukai bridge in Taraba State that collapsed recently due to flooding, taking with it a lot of lives and farmland. More...

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We do have a very serious problem in Nigeria. Two Wednesdays ago, much of Lagos was enveloped in a strange gas that reddened the eyes and peppered the throat. It was serious enough for the State government to order schools shut and pupils sent home. Driving out of Lagos two days later the effect of the gas was still strong enough for me to try to evade it by putting on my car’s air-conditioning. Yet, up till today, no one knows the gas’ composition or where it came from. It means that the state of our emergency/safety services is deplorable. – Vanguard Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Chuks Iloegbunam.

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Imo State government has opened a condolence register at the Government House, Owerri, in respect of the death of Nigeria’s first lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo.

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Her home state of Delta, Ogun or any other state that is directly related to obasanjo and stella, certainly not Imo!! Can you hear me???


Of stella and her bungled look-good attempt:

The image below is culled from elendureports.com



It will not be beneath any hospital in the so-called civilized world that still mounts window air conditioners to practice primitive medicine. Some things as serious as putting the life of someone who literally bloated out of shape on the peoples’ stolen monies calls for commonsense application in the decision making. To know that a facility in Spain (of all places) that remains oblivious to central A/Cs may in fact be backward in many important areas. Well, it’s too, no three late now! Any hospital that still uses window unit air conditioners in any part of so-called advanced world cannot be that well equipped in modern equipments in the practice of medicine yet stella and her handlers failed to take notice? The question on most peoples’ lips is why did Mama Pancake choose a hospital that is still in the dark over the more up-to-date ones that are found in places like: London, USA, Germany, France etc? Is this like, “ngbe owu ga egbu nwa nkita odigi anu ushi nsi?”

This was a lady whose avaricious appetite called for more and more and more, more more (lol) who wanted everything in life, even those that GOD the omnipotence made impossible to acquire. She wanted them all! At a few weeks short of 60 years old, who cares how she looked? I don’t! I was told by a reliable source that the Spanish hospital was chosen to conceal the purpose of her trip so that she could surreptitiously come back to nigeria to flaunt her new looks by saying traaaaaaaaalaaaaaaaaaaa, look at meeeeeeeeee, hey, hey!!! This should not be one of those times we’re counseled to speak less or no evil of the dead; no, no, no, as instances exist where people in similar situation were chastised after their deaths; abacha, idi amin, mobutu seku, sergeant doe, ferdinand marcos, yasar arafat, on and on, all had few followers after their demise based on the legacies they left behind. Instead of the, speak no evil of the dead, I would rather say speak no lies of both the dead and living. This to me makes better sense than the blanket waiver given to even the most vicious of thieves. When in doubt recite: The evil that [wo]men do live after and with them. Heyyyyyy! Heyyyyyy! So, dead folks do get bad review it all depends on the life one lived. One thing is definite now, stella obasabjo is resting alright, whether that rest is peaceful is another “tori” altogether!!!!!!

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They [nigerian airline authorities/government. – mine] must know that there was simply no excuse for the fact that a country that only recently spent billions of Naira sending a satellite to space, could not use it to spot where an aircraft crashed.

Worse still, when a private television and radio station – African Independent Television and Ray Power, its companion radio station – scooped everyone on the location of the crash, the country’s broadcast authorities banned them for their exertions. One would have thought what they deserved were praises for their enterprise.

The excuse was that they showed gory pictures of the crash scene. Broadcasting gory pictures without warnings may be professionally controversial, but that could not have been the only, or even the real, reason the authorities shut them down. Otherwise Ray Power radio could not have been ordered off the air along with AIT since radio stations do not display pictures. - MOHAMMED HARUNA

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Nigeria Investment Success and Opportunity November 7- 8, 2005, Washington, D.C.


President Obasanjo has tasked a senior delegation of public and private sector Nigerians, led by Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to visit Washington, D.C.and New York to promote business and investment ventures in Nigeria. This mission, coordinated by the Hon. Mustafa Bello from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, will meet their U.S.government counterparts, U.S.companies, the New York Stock Exchange, media institutions and multi-lateral agencies. They wish to update opinion leaders and potential investors on Nigeria’s progress as an emerging democracy that is striving for investor-friendly policies, an appropriate regulatory structure, and an increasingly transparent business environment.

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Another fundamental provision in the report is Section 137 of the proposed amendment, a new provision, which states that the office of the President shall rotate between the North – [MEANING ARAB FULANI] and the South – [REPRESENTING YOROBA].

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• An Igbo person should not look forward to being the President of a foolish country that insists on our membership, they are telling us!
• A qualified Calabar person by this should kiss good bye to all aspirations of ever nearing that mantle of leadership!
• A Rivers person with every educational background in government and decency should not even think about it!
• A Bini person is told that the Yoroba are looking out for them!

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N/Assembly Panel Okays 3rd Term Proposes 3 options • Ogbeha: No extension for anybody - From Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja and Philip Ogunmade in Lagos, 11.14.2005

The Sub-committee of the National Assembly Com-mittee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed a three-term tenure of office of four years each for the President and State governors.
Senator Tunde Ogbeha yesterday, however, declared that the legislature would never embark on any constitutional amendment that is not in the interest of the Nigerian state.
Apart from this option, the committee also recommends the option of retaining the status quo i.e. two terms of four years each or another option of two terms of five years each.
According to Section 135 (1) of the report, "three options emerged during the sub-committee's deliberations. After exhaustive discussion on the pros and cons of each option, no consensus was reached on any of the options.
"The sub-committee therefore recommends the three options to the committee for further consideration (a) Retain status quo i.e two terms of four years each. (b) two terms of five years each (c) three terms of four years each."
THISDAY investigations last night, however, revealed that the Senator Ibrahim Mantu-led Joint Review Committee favours the three-term of four years option "because it is less cumbersome."
But a member of the committee who spoke to THISDAY last night hinted that the Mantu leadership would not have an easy ride with the recommendation, noting that others opposed to it would fight the move to a stand still.
Describing the third term idea as "constitutionally inappropriate and morally unacceptable," the senator who pleaded anonymity said going by the antecedents of some of the committee members opposed to it, Mantu should not expect to have the recommendation rail-roaded into the committee's report.
"We are not surprised because we know his antecedents, but on this issue we are not going to sit down and have our names on the roll call of ignominy by being seen as those that recommended a third term for the President," he added.
Another fundamental provision in the report is Section 137 of the proposed amendment, a new provision, which states that the office of the President shall rotate between the North and the South.
Another proposed amendment is for the inclusion of fresh subsections (3) and (4) to Section 88 (2) which would enable the Senate to pass a vote of censure on a Minister of the Federation.
The new sub-section read; "the Senate may, by a resolution of two-thirds majority of all the members, pass a vote of censure on a Minister of the Federation.
"Where a vote of censure is passed on a Minister under this section, the President shall, unless the Minister resigns his office, revoke his appointment as Minister."
The same measure also applies to state commissioners as Section 128 is laced with new provisions of Sub-section (3) and (4).
The Sub-committees also recommended an amendment to Section 308 (a) & (b) of the 1999 Constitution which conferred immunity from trial on the President and his Vice, the Governor and his Deputy.
The proposed Section 308 (a) & (b) read: "Civil or criminal proceedings shall be instituted or continued against a person to whom this section applies during his period of office.
• A person to whom this section applies shall be arrested or imprisoned during that period either in pursuance of the process of any court or otherwise.
• Provided that the persons to whom this section applies could be investigated on account of an allegation of corrupt practices or capital offences while in office.
Another proposed amendment is the introduction of a fresh Clause 3 to Section 1 of the 1999 Constitution which would allow for prosecution of military coup plotters at the expiration of their tenure.
The new Clause 3 reads: "any person or group of persons who, after the coming into force of this constitution, breaches or attempts to breach the provisions of Sub-section (2) of this Section shall, at any time after a Constitutional and a Democratic Government is re-established, be prosecuted and if found guilty shall be punished accordingly."
Sub-section (2) of the subsisting 1999 Constitution reads; "The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall not be governed, nor shall any person or group of persons take control of the Government of Nigeria or any part thereof, except in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution."
These proposed amendments and others are contained in the Proposed Amendments of Sub-committees of the National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution already harmonised by the Coordinating Sub-committee and obtained by THISDAY yesterday.
On the qualifications for President as contained in Section 130 of the 1999 Constitution, the proposed amendment has jerked up the age of eligibility from forty to forty-five years while the educational qualification proposed is "at least HND level or its equivalent" as against secondary education in the subsisting constitution.
Section 141 in the proposed amendment states that "(1) There shall be for the federation two Vice Presidents. First Vice President from the zone of the President and another Vice President from another area (2) President and only one Vice President to come from the same zone (3) President and only one Vice President to come from opposite zones."
The Sub-committees are however yet to reach a consensus on either of these model.
In Section 146 which deals with vacancy in the Office of the President, the sub-committee recommendation is that "the Vice President from the same geo-political zone as the President shall hold the office of President if the office of president becomes vacant by reason of death or resignation, impeachment, permanent incapacity or the removal of the President from office for any other reason in accordance with Section 149 or 150 of this Constitution."
Also, the proposed amendment captured the rotation of the office of the governor of a state among the senatorial districts of the state by introducing a new Sub-section (6) to Section 176. The age eligibility for position of a governor being proposed is forty years while the minimum educational standard is HND or its equivalent.
But Ogbeha told THISDAY in Lagos that the sub-commitees on the review of the constitution have just concluded their assignment and their reccommendations are yet to to be considered by the review committee.
According to him, the recommendations of the sub-committees will be subject to voting which he said would revolve around two issues of whether to maintain the status quo or adopt a single term for the executive, stressing that if that is the case, the current executive can never benefit from it.
"It is not correct to say that the Senate is working on the constitution to give the President and governors a third term. There is a joint National Assembly Review Committee on the 1999 Constitution and in that committee, there are sub-committees that are working on different aspects of the constitution. The sub-committees have finished their work. But it has not yet been brought to the entire members of the Joint Committee on Review of the Constitution.
"However, I do not think that the National Assembly in its wisdom, will amend the constitution that is not in tune with the requirements of the Nigerian state. You will recall that the 1999 Constitution under review has undergone extensive public hearings. And it will still go on public hearings. We have certain recommendations and the entire commitees will break into six zones where public hearings will be held. I want to remind all of us that there is nothing before the Senate or the House of Representatives or indeed, State Houses of Assembly as to the tenure of the executive branch of government.
"So, nobody is giving anybody an extension. As far as I am concerned, there are two options that can be recommended - maintaning the status quo or having a single term. When it got to the contentious issues, there 'll be voting to find out which one will be adopted. But talking about third term, I don't think it is something that the National Assembly will embark upon. Don't forget that in the present constitution, we have the limitation of two terms and anybody who has done two terms under any election is barred from seeking a further term. And I do know that provision is still in the draft. So, to answer your question, I think anybody who has done two terms cannot benefit from the single term.
"But I want to assure you that the National Assembly will not be used to execute an individual's ambition. Whatever we are doing in the amendment of the constitution must be in the interest of Nigeria and not in the interest of an individual or a group of people,"he said.
Reacting to allegations that some members of the National Assembly were offered N70 million bribe to execute the third term agenda for the President, Ogbeha regretted that the representative who made the allegation was such a coward who could not summon courage to name the person who made the offer to him.
He added that such a legislator is not only doing a disservice to himself, he's also doing a disservice to the entire country. "Alleging that he was approached or that somebody approached him with money without naming the person, he's doing a lot of diservice to this nation," he stated.

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How many times will nigerians be insulted before they join MASSOB in this call for a sustaining REVOLUTION??? – MeBiafran

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MDD, PDP, Political Parties: Thieves Like Them. rince Charles Dickson
Jos, Plateau Nigeria

Nigerians can be so like anything new, we are a nation that derives joy in the rave of the moment syndrome, is it new, and anyhow, anyway, Nigerians would fall over themselves to get part of the pie. However in reality it is the same old story, same wine different bottle, and a form of repackaging.

Last Monday some idle Nigerians claiming to be leaders with the tag politicians held a meeting somewhere in Lagos to show their grievances, a bunch of the number that attended the meeting is a picture of people who have been overshadowed in the current power game.

The need to fight the neglect of the PDP gave birth to the MDD, although I would leave that for now as we do not know whether they would survive it. The MDD, Movement for the Defence of Democracy was the adopted name in the interim, a name that sounds like movement of defeated democrats or de-pdpified democrats as the days go by we would find a most suitable name for them.

The first fundamental problem with the MDD as a solution to another problem is that it is a gathering of undesirable elements, with persons of different drives and passion, not different from the bunch that started the PDP. It may still serve the purpose of a strong opposition which the likes of ANPP, AD and over 20 others have failed. If and only if they were to rest power from the PDP come 2007, that is on the premise of an election holding. The fact that the MDD as it is composed for now is a gathering of men and women who have fallen out either in recent times with the maladministration of the PDP is a bad omen, this time we have been spared the agony of a G-something. it appears that its first mission statement is to protect the constitution and curb democratic dictatorship or guided democracy . The essence of this group is not different from what gave birth to PDP itself and the likes of NADECO, I even recall Obasanjo’s mirage then called Association for the Development of Good Governance ADGGN in the early 90’s

My fear or is it question any which one, is that this new movement- what difference is it really aiming to achieve, when in real terms and sense the fight is inspired by the fact that most of them were shut out of the PDP, or left and miscalculated, or those who simply have sat and watched the carpet pulled off their feet.

The story of the new movement is like that of the brothers who contributed money in different amounts for the sole purpose of building a house, after the house had been completed, some connived and aided by some new kids on the block have taken the property over and reduced some brothers into destitutes.

The common denominator is shared grief at being left out of reckoning or just having lost relevance, not partaking in the chopping galore, sharing of oil bloc and wells. Failing in the battle of relevance called revalidation and re-registration.

In an immediate response the PDP Publicist simply told them, not to use PDP as a platform besides the Umbrella was big enough for everyone. it is painful that again a bunch of confused people are coming together without focus, no united ideology, principle or philosophy other than cashing in on the poor and low public rating and image which the present dictatorial PDP led maladministration has. It is just exploiting public disapproval and disenchantment…does it have anything to offer? Although another look at the list of those involved shows a cut across geographic and ethnic cleavages, the truth remains that like its precursor the PDP, it is another arrangement or a collection of strange bed fellows, a bed of adultery. Running from PDP in a PDP like manner solves no problem rather it creates more.

Forming another party is one more opposition too many, Nigeria is indeed a funny place, the MDD is the same people who were the backbone of the PDP at one time, some are still practicing PDP members and chieftains who are taking out time to worship at PDP because they have fallen out with the chief Archbishop Obasanjo and his catechist Reverend Father Tony Anenih. The essence of the just concluded PDP marketplace hassles according to the President was to weed the party of unwanted elements…the results then is fast showing as the new group might as well be seen as a collection of non-commercial value in the political mines field of Naija. Our sorry tale of governance continues.

Already the misruling PDP is firing at full arsenals that those involved in this coup would be dealt with. How only Jah knows, Tony Anenih in his usual brash arrogance has stated the MDD is a bunch of political noisemakers who cannot win elections in their respective wards, other MDD meeting attendees are being threatened with loosing their seats on the PDP Board of Trustees. There must be something about the PDP that these men just have not told us, because if not then I ask who is afraid of the PDP. The MDD circus of Audu Ogbeh, Yahaya Kwande, Isa Yuguda, Ikimi, Nwobodo, the PDM and all involved must do more than bark.

The MDD is the picture of the old, young, naïve, experienced, recognized thieves and strangely some disciplined patriots, how they mange is where the problem lies, imagine the relationship that has Ikimi-Audu Ogbeh-Kwande and Jim Nwobodo.

Whatever one thinks, it is still a fact that because we as Nigerians love new things in whatever shade. The MDD if it does not change name, if it becomes a full fledged political party, if it is registered, if it can battle the federal might and fiat that PDP is. The MDD though underscores the fact that everyone is tired of the PDP, from its one week, one crisis to its recent de-atikulization. The battle field of and for the soul of Nigeria is one full of magic, all these intrigues has the unseen hand of Atiku, Tinubu and the association of ‘Lets deal with Obasanjo’ although most members of this new club called MDD maybe morally and financially bankrupt I support anything that would remove this thing called Obasanjo no matter how bad...because I doubt anything could be as bad as Obj. Abacha must be smiling now saying…”se we wanted democracy oya ‘gashi’ take am”.

Nigerian politicians are like the Voice of America weather forecasts for Africa, it is always scattered rain fall and showers here and there. Alliances are formed and broken at the Motor GP racing speed. A Nigerian politician changes party affiliations and ideologies like he changes agbada, as occasion arises. Today it’s PDP, tomorrow ANPP, the next PDP, then MDD again. I am sure even a prostitute has a better pride to protect.

In our democracy you imagine a Governor opening his large mouth to say that he will be the one to pick his successor. The electorates be damned, everywhere there is a fight it is PDP. The government and governance has been reduced to PDP. PHCN is PDP, NTA is PDP, Police is PDP, NPA is PDP, and the air we breathe is PDP. We cannot continue to sit and watch whether they be PDP, MDD, or any kind of alphabet, thieves like them that they are should be chased out. Nigerians should revolt against this misrule. May Almighty Allah help us.

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A Wrong Government: More On The Bellview Air Crash, Dis Nigeria Sef! Prince Charles Dickson Jos, Plateau Nigeria

In the last few days after the Lisa air crash of Bellview flight 210 so many experts and novice have spoken, blames have been traded here and there, infact yours sincerely wrote an essay on the tragedy almost immediately, having lost two friends on the flight, my grief was like any other person who had value for life. However as the days go by, it is obvious that this nation is a shop that maybe should be closed.

As facts, rumours and fiction all rolled into one keep pouring out one is more confused about the exact kind of specie of beings that govern us. What are their priorities, what drives them, how do they live with their conscience...the lists of questions are inexhaustible. However as we continue to mourn, let us do the best we can do for the dead by averting a reoccurrence. Though I know deep down that it is a tall order.

I cannot pretend to knowledge of all the facts of aviation but I know enough to ask some very honest albeit moronic questions. Maybe someone can help with answers.

Did we need to loose 117 lives to know that our aviation sector was being run like molue and touts in a Lagos park. That most of our runaways have deteriorated to the point of potholes and bumps like the Oshodi – Apapa expressway. That foreign airline operators had to boycott their flights before the President would start barking orders, it’s funny that it would take over one year to refurbish a runaway and it would take ages for lighting to be imported from somewhere in Finland.

Already the President’s order in itself is likely to cause more damage than good as the job is being rushed and safety and standard issues are being compromised just for one ‘stupid’ thing called commissioning…no sense of remorse after needlessly killing people we want to commission, so that some jobbers will have money to play around with. Instrument Landing System ILS, Radar and airfield cables that are incompatible and generate different types of frequencies are hurriedly laid together. Will we ever get it right?

People had to die before the aviation Minister started issuing the threats and the President started speaking tough. Where were the authorities when pilots after flying for their employers fly for other airlines to make extra pay? Where on earth is there a thing such as crew exchange between two different airlines, was it not a fact that pilots were paid for extra flight hours to violate their rest period.

It took the lives of 117 people for the government to know that NCAA, FAAN, NEMA, NAMA were just an idle bunch. In Nigeria, leaders never resign because power is their birth right. What moral or integrity does Prof. Borishade have to still cling on to the ministry of aviation after such colossal failure? His tenure in education was also a shame and embarrassment to the nation. I do not know what the nation owes men like him.

We cannot travel by air, we cannot by road, we cannot by ship or canoe, we all better become witches and wizards so we can fly the other way hoping prayers do not bring us down.

The crash like every other affair in Nigeria has come and slowly is being forgotten, we need to import a machine from Germany to mark the runaway, the ship bringing it is on the high sea or it is from Finland, it has berthed, oh! No the port is congested. God, Nigeria is an embarrassment; I shed tears because of the thieves that are leading us. Imported machine for parking

Meanwhile as investigation that never ends goes on, the Ministry of Aviation in its foolishness went media crazy absolving itself, pilot, airline and everyone involved. The Ministry in the paid advert said the plane just crashed…things like this happen from time to time. With this kind of approach the investigation can as well be forgotten lets spare the living the agony.

When an airline forged papers with which it sought partnership with AirFrance and was caught, only God knows how many such documents it must have forged under the pig eyed surveillance of our aviation regulatory bodies. That particular airline is still flying our skies.

To the ‘touchy’ part of all this foolishness on the part of our government, the President for lack of ‘human sympathy’ has carried on with his “reckless dictatorship”. At least he has buried his own wife and abandoned the remains of the 117 crash victims, no state burial, and no hope of seeing anything that would help memories of those left behind. Already the so-called insurance to be paid has been delayed twice due to logistics we hear, after the whole media hype of the millions the victims’ next of kins would receive.

I am sure the Presidency was more concerned with the Dollar notes that Police reportedly claimed were flying about, yet not one passenger seat was rescued intact and the black box is missing…told a friend that the black box died in the crash as only the skeleton may be found. Even theorists are claiming that it may be possible that government knew the crash site but wanted to buy time by going on a wild goose chase 280 kilometers instead of the five minutes outside Lagos.

The President has resumed his waka-waka-waka to Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, and Germany. The crash has become history he has told Nigerians to go on with their lives, his cabinet of over 40 foolish men are more concerned with the PDP while people’s friend, relatives wives and husbands bodies are rotting.

The government promised a mass burial- when, not in this age, it promised a befitting monument-when all the gardens have been named after Stella and all rats and mosquitoes of Ajegunle have become PDP members.

Truth exists only lies are created. The Messiah called Governor Daniel like his father President Matthew has delivered dividends of democracy only on the pages of newspaper, because the tragedy has shown the truth that is Lisa village. The villagers cannot go back to their farm; their faces are that of agony and starvation that the nation has been subjected to.

The Lisa of a village has no single access road, no water, it’s just an environment and neighbourhood of no this and no that. And the pages of papers are filled with electrification, water and educational projects, but the place when visited is a replica of Alice in wonderland and in Hausa ‘chara ar gaban zero’, in Yoruba boju-boju and shakara oloje, the more you look, the less you see, the less you understand.

Our airports are not fenced, we have radar equipments that were installed the late 70’s and it does not work on weekends. This Nigeria and its leaders are a mistake, an error. An entire aircraft dropped from the air like... dis Nigeria sef, May Almighty Allah help us.

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Obasanjo A Dictator, His Third Term And Death Prince Charles Dickson - Jos, Plateau Nigeria


In Africa, we are people who believe in myths, rumours hearsay and such, with our belief systems we hold on to a lot of reasoning irrespective of them having no proof whatsoever. However these are some of the things that make us proudly African despite our shortcomings. I wont loose focus so let me drive into my concern for the day.

We have a belief in certain parts that when a man loves his wife dearly and they have been together for a considerable length of time, when the woman dies it is expected that the man would soon follow suit as the man can hardly stay alive for too long. On this premise Stella the late first lady is calling on Obasanjo to come and join her at least if for nothing she is missing him, it is obvious the President would soon join his wife. This may be the reason why he has intensified efforts towards the third term agenda, a play that will definitely kill him and take him to Stella.

In the early days of the third term plot I recall writing a piece arguing that Obasanjo had no such intentions, not that I believed him nor myself, not because he had not said that much himself even after his statement in Germany that “unseen spirits” were pressuring him to continue beyond 2007, the same spirits Abacha would tell you, if only he had refused to listen to them he would have been alive today. As the days roll by we were told that some of the spirits include corporate Nigeria, the crooks that are distinguished in their collective looting of the nation in the name of being Senators. I recall some of these spirits suggested in a document that they smuggled into the political reform confusion the idea…no one really thought it would go this far, I guess we underestimated Baba Iyabo, these spirits are possessing the likes of Mantu and his fellow bed mates in the night journey called beyond 2007.

The man Obasanjo is generally regarded as a sadists who drives joy from the sight of people suffering, from seeing agony on people’s faces. He has become a terror to the nation on a mould not known. People have been warning him but I often ask of what use does one shout at a deaf man. His friendly discuss with the likes of Robert Mugabe is paying off, Obasanjo has not asked after Mobuto, Idi Amin, Eyadema, they died…chikena! But in Obasanjo’s case a second imprisonment may not be far away from the horizon at this rate even hell will reject him except he dies twice.

Why in God’s Heaven would someone, some people at that even suggest that Obasanjo be gifted additional two years or be allowed a third term. Why are we so wicked, these are the same people that killed Abacha, now they want to take the life of another ‘great’ Nigerian…? Initially when the smokescreen that we call 2007 extension drama started, there were feeble denials the type our politicians give all the time when they speak in between their teeth, gradually the idea started gaining ground and acceptance such that we know that it can only get worse.

Except death comes knocking, Nigerians are probably doomed to fate. Unfortunately as this drama continues it is obvious that the end may be disastrous. While enfooled our political leaders fail to learn from history dictators in Obasanjo’s mould and tyrants of PDP simply ignore it. The negation of history by both categories of fools is derived from the same source: the blinding force of greed and power.

Obasanjo is a dictator, on this premise, he is first showing whom he is, and needs not to be blamed. He can neither see nor hear of the extensive damage because the same historical forces, which he is claiming to strive to revert, will marginalize him. By this 2007 or third term agenda, he will simply dehumanise himself through the dehumanisation of the “insignificant others” over whose affairs he pretends to preside. The President has animalism as his primary ideology; his policy calculations are influenced primarily by the search for a type of structure continuity from which the humanist virtues of affection, love and collective survival or happiness are deliberately executed.

At this point I would leave the man obj, because as material as he is to all this wahala that the nation has become, he is immaterial because of that man called ‘’death’’ because at this pace I know the man called death is not far away.

The third term, either by two years extension or a complete additional four years is simply tyranny. Already the present government as it is constituted has become an instrument in the hands of a dominant clique, class, and family for subsiding an entire nation. The present dictatorship is absolute. Its primary birthmarks have been seen in the violence and arbitrariness. It has been both structurally subtle or out rightly punitive. The whole third term agenda is obvious through the centralization of decision-making to obj, the only right man. The occurrence of violence is just out of misplaced aggression with oppressed segment of the society.
When you bring a man out of prison and make him the President, it takes only a Joseph not to misbehave, and by now we know that