Bankole01:

You got it wrong sir: I don't give a damn about Ararume or Rotimi Amanaechi. It could have been Lagbaja or Tamedu, and my argument would have been the same. What is wrong is wrong! and we must always strive to be on the side of rigyteousness.
The fact is the PDP did what they did to circumvent the Supreme court's decision to spite a ccandidate whom they know they are incapable of controlling. This very undemocratic, wrong, vindictive and not about Ararume in the least.

Ararume might be a thug, who is not? Obasanjo, Kalu, Uba, Ali, Ojo Madueke, the list is unending. what we will have problem singling out of our bunch of politicians, is Who is above board, with clean hands?

Bangole01,

Keep it up as I beleive that time will vindicate us.  Nobody is fighting for Ararume, we are only saying that there is danger ahead on this "do or die" politics being exhibited and championed by no other person than the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  It is unfortunate if the person of Ararume is notorious (and am not suprised 'because he belongs to the mob called the PDP), but the issue here is beyond an individual.  If we celebrate it because it is a bad guy called Ararume, what happens if it a good guy?  We should not build our society and laws around individuals, rather it should be a workable system.  A system that will not allow the likes of Ararume, Chris and Andy Uba, OBJ, Kalu, Atiku, Adedibu, Akala an the host of others to take the center when it comes to governance.

Ka Chineke Mezie Okwu.

PDP is a power hungry party.
How else can you describe the situation in Oyo State. They claimed Ararume is violent can anybody be more violent than Adedibu and Alao-Akala? And they are the PDP flagbearers in Oyo State. That is desperation for power at its peak.

Afam,

It seems that you are from Enugu.  OBJ helped Chimaroke to fight and defeat Jim Nwobodo and in Anambra State, OBJ helped Ubas to Kidnap Ngige and destroyed  government properties. How do you  define double standard.

Interesting but sometimes disappointing (but not totally unexpected responses).

adconline:

I beg to differ, why is it that Anambra palaver has nothing to do with OBJ? You have always insisted that OBJ has nothing to with Anambra problems. I am ready to listen to your conspiracy theories on Anambra. Go ahead and lay the facts before us.

The statement in bold is a pure lie because that is not my position. If you are not sure about anything I put down here ask me instead of making wrong accusations.

adconline:

It seems that you are from Enugu. OBJ helped Chimaroke to fight and defeat Jim Nwobodo and in Anambra State, OBJ helped Ubas to Kidnap Ngige and destroyed government properties. How do you define double standard.

I am from Enugu state and will rather hold Chimaroke responsible for anything he does than keep blaming OBJ.

@noblezone,

PDP is a strong party, infact it will be difficult for any politician to say no to PDP if he/she is sure of becoming the party's flag bearer in any elective position including Ojukwu of APGA, maybe this simple fact is too simple for you to understand.

I am not a politician and your cheap shots do not mean anything. You are hung on OBJ and that is why anything that happens must have an OBJ hand in it.

I will advice that you hold your son/brother Chris Uba responsibe for anything he does in Anambra and stop creating convenient excuses by blaming OBJ.

@ Afam

For so many reasons I am a fan of OBJ and have no regrets about it, I am ready to state this anywhere no matter what happens in Nigeria today. But then some of his grass roots politics in states like Anambra and Oyo, are simply appauling, they nullify everything he stands for on the national scale and I have no doubts in my mind that 10years down the line when OBJ looks back in history the Ubas and Adedibu's will constitute his regrets.

There is simply no way you can absolve OBJ of the happenings in Anambra, yes people who have connections in high places use their position to influence things without the consent of the President but that of Anambra was too glaring.
If OBJ is not to be blaimed for his actions in Anambra on the grounds that he may not have  passed those orders, he must be blaimed for his inactions when we saw the height of illegality.

Rapheal Ige the then AIG of Umahia zone, who was to naturally retire 1 month latter from the police, was not chosen to lead the assualt on Ngige by accident. Yet after the crime he commited against the people of Anambra and the Nigerian State he was sacked from police with all his pensions and benefits intact. (whats the difference sacking a man who was to retire 1month later if he will have all his retirement entitlements).
Ngige as it were then who was the chief security officer of his state was abducted, there were speculations that he was even slapped by Chuma Nzeribe.  Yet OBJ did not see the need for using his position to curtail the excesses of Chris Uba.

Ngige's security details and police attachement were all withdrawn during this Saga, you can not tell me Chris or Andy gave Tafa Balogun that order.
Chris Uba testified before the court of law to have rigged elections and he was not arrested or even prosecuted for electoral fraud. He was rather given the trophy of PDP board of trustees member.

I am a fan of OBJ because he stood up against some bossom friends, who think the future of this country should be compromised in the name of respecting some comraderie that exist between them but then in Anambra he has done the very opposite.

Why is OBJ standing up against IBB and yet will not encourage an Ngige for standing up against the Ubas??
That question I have never been able to answer, though I still love OBJ but Anambra and Oyo remains his biggest mistakes.

I have always been anti OBJ His regime was a deception. his govt a disgrace to the word democracy. selective justice reigned, chaos ruled the nation under him. . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . but, for stopping IBB, Atiku and now Ararume, OBJ I hail thee u do well.

toshmann:

I have always been anti OBJ His regime was a deception. his govt a disgrace to the word democracy. selective justice reigned, chaos ruled the nation under him. . . . . . . . .

Same thing applies to me.

ararume did not win pdp prameris rather it was inconclusive and pdp had the fear of a run-off election between him and the second ezenna who hails from orlu where there is 12 electorial zones as against 5 from okigwe zone hence a hand picking or a normal pdp selection.
ararume has never been in the good books of the pdp stakeholders in the state and he has been at war with the present gov. hence the fear of ararume coming after him becomes the begining of wisdom in the state pdp.
he (ararume) was so desperate and based on the previous position of the pdp excos in the stateabuja intervened and obj sole handedly picked ugwu aginst all odds and based on this pdp decided to join the abuja wagon but as sturborn as he is, he went to court.
his expulsion from the party did not stop him hence he went ahead boasting he will surely win. with the present day nigeria, obj has a candidate, incumbent has a candidate and a one man riot squad wants to win hence the final stroke that killed the cow. he is in the cage in abuja and if he did not come down to the terms or realities on ground, he will be charged with treason and felony maybe he will pass the same road with abiola.
in all, that is the evils of pdp and one will surely believe here that ararume if you are from imo or know things about him will never i mean never win the imo election under a free and fair election. track his record.
this a demonstration of fear by obj and the demonstration of undemocratic nature of pdp-it was selection all through and 90% of strong opositions were all arrested or indicted before the poll.
this same situtation in imo was the same situation that saw evan enwerem into the government house when the winning party is in a fight imo state will definitely vote against them. apart from achike udenwa u can trace other past governor tominority parties.
it is obvious here pdp is power drunk and the case of martins agbaso could be seen as script here as he will be forced to join pdp of face the rut of a pdp house member which will end up in impeachment as usual.
obj in all ramification has made a mess of democracy and it is not worth putting up as a thread that pdp is not power thirty when even the blinds can see and the dumbs can talk about the crazy and rioting mentatlity with which pdp is going after power.
trace all the thugs and trouble makers in the nation today and tell me which party they belong and let us know on what bases one will say pdp is not after power and what are they after? electricity, water, good roads and security which never existed within their eight years in power.

Afam, i must be personal here.
u are saying that anambraian should hold uba responsible not obj so why arresting him now that andy is about feeling the heat?
why a direct fight with ararume by obj? can't he leave him for the people of imo.
it is either u don't know the truth or u shy away from it.
there will not be any uba with obj.
achebe rejected a national honour by obj for the same reason. he condemed obj openly for his contributions.
gani and soyinka all mentioned it and why u?
who among us does not know it was obj working through uba.
by the way, who is uba? don't u know that he is nobody? what he did was a war against a state and the nation as a whole but his reward was positive by making him a member board of trustees.
in simple terms could you please differentiate uba from dokubo asari.
pls tell all of us here why will andy uba be a candidate in anambra when he was indicted and convicted in america for money laundary which implicated obj bcs the presidential jet was involved. what is the difference between his case and that of alamasiya and dariye.
atiku was indicted alongside orji uzo kalu but today atiku is out while orji is still in. are we saying orji is nolonger a thief? the truth of the matter is that the real indictments are for those who prove to be a strong oposition while people who are no threats are left to try their best.
nigerian politics under pdp is so crude and funny that even an okada man can discuss it very well so nobody is here to accept deciepts not even from paid labourers.

@McKren and Chidichris,

I am 80% behind your responses. The other 20% ? My escape route/dissension.

@Afam,

We of the Anambra state hold Chris Uba responsible for the crimes he committed and is still commiting against us, but we will not ignore the man who is using the power of the Federal Rebublic of Nigeria to aid and abait this criminal. The fedreal govt led by OBJ is guilty of crimes against humanity.

As you have refused to attend to the issues raised here ( not by me only, but by the rest of Nigerians here), I conclude that you are either ignorant of the facts on ground or you are simply ingoring them for some reasons best known to you.

For now, we the people of Anambra state are not ready to go to war with the Fed. Govt of Nigeria, thus we pray and wait on God. Help will surely come from above. Did I hear that the quarrel between the Uba brothers, Andy and Chris has resulted in Chris being arrested?

Maybe the final showdown is here. It will be themselves against themselves. Take care.

Afam:


PDP is a strong party, infact it will be difficult for any politician to say no to PDP if he/she is sure of becoming the party's flag bearer in any elective position including Ojukwu of APGA, maybe this simple fact is too simple for you to understan
I am not a politician and your cheap shots do not mean anything. You are hung on OBJ and that is why anything that happens must have an OBJ hand in it.

PDP may be a strong party, but their strength does not lie in providing the populace with good standards of living but in their ability to rob Nigerians of their wealth as is characterized by the large scale corruption that is being perpetrated at the Presidency and the 28 states they control.

I recalled when OBJ was busy in his treacherous activities in scuttling the ambition of presidential candidates in his party and was bent on imposing a candidate of his wish on the party, he mutted the idea of inviting Buhari to the party to run on the platform of PDP, a greek gift which was flatly declined.

PDP is a party of theives.God will show them.

Afam,
i want to assume that all of us here are either ignorant or unexposed to the politics of nigeria having you as the only wise man but my prayers is that if you are not feeling the heat of this evil administration yet, may God in his mercies supply u with it soonest.
if the cries of the populace of this country is not a thing of sorrow, if the hopes of nigerians have not been dashed out by this group, if the likes of adedibu and ubas, if the position and protections of obj on their illegalities are not worth condeming, if evil men are called righteous in your place, if the words of intellectuals like Gani, soyinka, ojukwu, Achebe, Jerry Ghana etc, if the conditions of our roads, the electricity supply, security system of the country, electorial system among other things are surposed to be our joy, then i advise you to go and examine yourself.
regretably, i have seen all ur posts and the gospel truth here is that u are a leftist always in the surport of Saddam, Iran president, mugabe, chris uba, adedibu, obj and how come u are anti masses?
look back at your thread and tell me that u are the only existing wise man and to crown it all without points.
different people here post their positions against obj and his administration with points but am yet to hear u line out ur points.
is it not obvious here that obj felt ashamed on ararume's victory in the court and decided to introduce a system to deny him that which the court pronounced.
why are u not telling us why Orji is still contexting for president why atiku is out.
why is Ngige not contexting?
why is alamasiya in detention why andy uba is a free man-both have cases of money laundary established abroad?
why is asari dokubo in detention alongside uwazuruike while chris uba works arround.
it is said in the bible that those who live by sword will die by sword. why is obj arresting chris uba now that andy uba is falling out with him and not while he was fighting ngige?
obj is turning into another nebukadineze and his days are numbered.

LOL

Yes his days are numbered.Hes the worst we have had.

@Mckren,

McKren:

@ Afam

For so many reasons I am a fan of OBJ and have no regrets about it, I am ready to state this anywhere no matter what happens in Nigeria today. But then some of his grass roots politics in states like Anambra and Oyo, are simply appauling, they nullify everything he stands for on the national scale and I have no doubts in my mind that 10years down the line when OBJ looks back in history the Ubas and Adedibu's will constitute his regrets.

There is simply no way you can absolve OBJ of the happenings in Anambra, yes people who have connections in high places use their position to influence things without the consent of the President but that of Anambra was too glaring.
If OBJ is not to be blaimed for his [b]actions in Anambra on the grounds that he may not have passed those orders, he must be blaimed for his inactions when we saw the height of illegality.[/b]

Rapheal Ige the then AIG of Umahia zone, who was to naturally retire 1 month latter from the police, was not chosen to lead the assualt on Ngige by accident. Yet after the crime he commited against the people of Anambra and the Nigerian State he was sacked from police with all his pensions and benefits intact. (whats the difference sacking a man who was to retire 1month later if he will have all his retirement entitlements).
Ngige as it were then who was the chief security officer of his state was abducted, there were speculations that he was even slapped by Chuma Nzeribe. Yet OBJ did not see the need for using his position to curtail the excesses of Chris Uba.

Ngige's security details and police attachement were all withdrawn during this Saga, you can not tell me Chris or Andy gave Tafa Balogun that order.
Chris Uba testified before the court of law to have rigged elections and he was not arrested or even prosecuted for electoral fraud. He was rather given the trophy of PDP board of trustees member.

I am a fan of OBJ because he stood up against some bossom friends, who think the future of this country should be compromised in the name of respecting some comraderie that exist between them but then in Anambra he has done the very opposite.

Why is OBJ standing up against IBB and yet will not encourage an Ngige for standing up against the Ubas??
That question I have never been able to answer, though I still love OBJ but Anambra and Oyo remains his biggest mistakes.

The statement in bold refers, no one can absolve OBJ but the actor should be held responsible for his actions. I am tired of people talking about OBJ and not even the Chris Uba that sponsored almost all the law makers (both at the state and national levels) and a governor for an election.

Put differently, the same people of Anambra will dine, wine, support and pray for him not hausas or yorubas. Why do we prefer to play the blame game all the time?

Having a political god father does not give anyone the right have his/her way all the time otherwise Obanikoro would have won the last gubernatorial election in Lagos state considering how important Lagos state is to the federal government.

noblezone:

@Afam,

We of the Anambra state hold Chris Uba responsible for the crimes he committed and is still commiting against us, but we will not ignore the man who is using the power of the Federal Rebublic of Nigeria to aid and abait this criminal. The fedreal govt led by OBJ is guilty of crimes against humanity.

As you have refused to attend to the issues raised here ( not by me only, but by the rest of Nigerians here), I conclude that you are either ignorant of the facts on ground or you are simply ingoring them for some reasons best known to you.

For now, we the people of Anambra state are not ready to go to war with the Fed. Govt of Nigeria, thus we pray and wait on God. Help will surely come from above. Did I hear that the quarrel between the Uba brothers, Andy and Chris has resulted in Chris being arrested?

Maybe the final showdown is here. It will be themselves against themselves. Take care.

Thank God you are now bold enough to hold him responsible for his actions, that has always been my point. Leaving out the main actor and always focusing on the backer is counter productive and remains one of the reasons why Anambra is in problem today.

Again, that this man will single handedly sponsor law makers at all levels and a governor in a state shows that he has supporters whether you like it or not.

chidichris:

Afam,
i want to assume that all of us here are either ignorant or unexposed to the politics of nigeria having you as the only wise man but my prayers is that if you are not feeling the heat of this evil administration yet, may God in his mercies supply u with it soonest.

1. I do not assume that everyone here is either ignorant or unexposed to the politics of Nigeria neither have I implied nor stated that I am wise not to talk about being the only wise one here. That line of thinking usually comes from people like you that feel inferior to others when discussing issues.

2. About your prayers, if you have been praying properly then all your wishes would have been granted by now. Maybe God knows that you are missing the point that is why your prayers are never answered. I do not benefit anything from the government but at the same time I will not keep blaming the government for everything, I will leave such to criminals like you that are not comfortable with the progress made in fighting corruption.

For your information God in His infinite Mercies do supply my needs because I serve Him faithfully, not lip service like a lot of you do, go to church in the morning and visit babalawo at night while expecting things to change.

If you know what is good fro you, just go straight to hell.

Afam:

Thank God you are now bold enough to hold him responsible for his actions, that has always been my point. Leaving out the main actor and always focusing on the backer is counter productive and remains one of the reasons why Anambra is in problem today.

Again, that this man will single handedly sponsor law makers at all levels and a governor in a state shows that he has supporters whether you like it or not.

Mazi, Chris Uba a social misfit and government exists in order to checkmate people like him. Thus, if the same goverment uses such misfits against the people it is supposed to protect and serve, then that government is worse than the misfit. I had never at anytime reserved my disdain for the Uba of a Chris, yet when you say it is our responsibilty to handle him, you seem to be saying we should take the laws into our hands? Since the police cannot arrest him (but they have now since his loyalty to the "gods" in Aso Rock has wained), should we arrest him? That would be called kidnapping you know.

Andy Uba is being forced on us with or without supporters. The structure of Nigeria makes it possible that an ornidary misfit like Chris, can sponsor all the seats because "one with the gods in Aso Rock is majority".

All that is needed for Andy Uba to win is "annointing of the gods", whether there was voting or not.

Thank God for the supreme court rulling. Let us see ,

Excuse me, does somebody have tom and jerry? I think they better entertainers than the duo of OBJ and Iwu. Yet, we believe that sonner or later, Ubasanjo will be disgraced finally from Awka.

Ka Chineke mezie okwu.

Afam, can you in your theories tell us how to hold Chris and Andy Uba responsible, if they have federal support. Your statement is akin to Ex Minister of Works; Sen. Ogunleye who said that Igbo engineers were responsible for road projects going on in the South east. How could Anambrians hold Ubas when Anambra's highest law enforcement officer- Governor was kidnapped by Federal police not by roadside thugs.

You hold Chimaroke responsible when he does not deliver basic services not when Jim's thugs supported by federal troops destroyed govt house and ESBS . Governors do not have power over commissioners of police.

We must stop playing the blame game.

On the former works minister, if indeed the ministry of works allowed only Igbo engineers to be responsible for road projects going on in the South East then it makes sense to hold them responsible for the state of the roads.

If contracts are awarded and companies and individuals choose to divert the funds into personal accounts instead of building the roads then we should hold the contractors responsible as the FG will certainly not continue to award contracts for the same roads every year.

That is where the Northerner are better, money meant for roads are used to build roads whereas in the South we squander the money and turn round to blame the FG.

Every single human being should be held responsible for his/her actions.

@Afam

Sorry, once again I beg to differ. The man on the streets of Awka or Owerri does not and should not know who the contractors are. It is the duty of the government to ensure that money spent is commensurate to projects delivered, That is why serious counties have government audit body. All the people want to see is good roads and will hold government for lack of it (not strabag or julius berger).
If the works minister actually said that he should simply be ashamed of himself, that is simply negligence of duty and in an ideal society he should be made to resign having made that comment.
We are simply not a serious nation

There is a place in my village where I heard from very reliable sources that every year the state government awards a contract for that road and yet nothing is done.

In this case it is fraud being done by the state government, the corrupt villagers and the contractors.

At the FG level, do you now expect the FG to keep awarding the same contracts for the same jobs every year?

I ask this because we are our own worst enemy. It is more convenient to blame the FG than to hold the so call contractors and their collaborators responsible.

Chris Uba is making noise today but we should also realize that he was being awarded a never ending contract for the governor's lodge or guest house since the time the military was in power until he fell out of favour with Ngige.

We must take a holistic view of the whole problem. A lot of people are getting away with murder even in broad daylight because we are focusing our attention on the wrong people.

My personal opinion anyway. I respect other peoples views but I still have a right to stick to mine, enjoy.

Afam:


At the FG level, do you now expect the FG to keep awarding the same contracts for the same jobs every year?

As long as we are on this earth, there will be fraudulent men, and I repeat it is the duty of the government to screen them out when contracts are being awarded. If they are awarded contract by mistake, it is the duty of the government to bring them to book. A baby sitter was given milk to feed a two year old baby, the baby sitter drank the milk and never fed the baby. Who should deal with the baby sitter? The baby or the person that provided the milk? You seem to be sayin it is the duty of the baby sitter.
If the govt cannot deal with her contractors, then we dont need such a government.

Afam:


We must take a holistic view of the whole problem. A lot of people are getting away with murder even in broad daylight because we are focusing our attention on the wrong people.

As long as we on this earth, there shall always be murderers. Govt exists to bring such people to book. A lot of people are getting away with murder because we have irresponsible men like Obasanjo in govt. The people of Oyo state knew who to ask concerning the death of Bola Ige, yet that same man contested a senatorial seat while under investingation and trial for murder, won and was sworn in. There was enough circumstantial evidence for the man to be drilled the more, yet the "gods in Aso Rock" gave him a clean bill.

Who should be held responsible for the failure to capture Ige's killers? In your opinion, his children and his kinsmen? abi?

You are really an interesting character.

Afam:


My personal opinion anyway. I respect other peoples views but I still have a right to stick to mine, enjoy.

That is democracy, everybody is entitled to STICK to their own opinions whether they are right or wrong. It seems that you are always right and I must be wrong then and I am sorry for being so wrong.

Yet, let me add that if the madness of last saturday is allowed to stay, that more murders will be free, more contracts will not be executed and more and more ills will befall Nigeria.

REASON? People of qeustionable characters like Andy Uba and Akala are forced upon the people by internal colonialists who are using the state power to perpeutate ills in our society. Our people are under task masters, internal colonialists who are worse than the white men are on the loose. That is why a man from Ogun state will solely decided who will be the governor of Anambra state. Anybody that says no is a security risk. Time and History will judge, but also I abhor Nigeria.

Take care and know that I care also.

But FG did not award the contract to eastern contractors. besides ministry of works in the east is not contolled by easterners. The bigger picture is that lagos contractors should be held responsible by lagos engineers. What is the function of his ministry?

In the petition routed through the Abia State Police commissioner, he alleged that the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Chief Rex Okuta, had attempted to throw him out of an aircraft on Monday when he came to Abuja to attend a meeting summoned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chai-rman, Prof. Maurice Iwu.
Soyibe claimed that the alertness of security officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport saved him, when he was attacked by hoodlums who asked him “why he did not declare PDP the winner of the governorship election in the state.”

Soyibe claimed that if he had not held on to the rails of the aircraft he would have been pushed down to die, while thanking the aviation security officials for saving his life.

Soyibe stated that he clearly saw Okuta among the persons that attacked him at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Monday evening while alighting from the Aero Contractor aircraft that flew him and others to Abuja.
But Okuta, the Abia State PDP Chairman, denied any involvement, claiming he was not even near the airport at the time of the incidence. He rather accused the REC, police and other security agencies of rigging the governorship elections in Abia State in favour of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA).

If the story of the attempt to throw someone out of an aircraft is true then this is very very bad and must not stand for whatever reasons.

My brother Afam,

Nigeria has degenerated far more than that. The truth is that we are retrogressing. The 1999 elections was better than 2003, 2003 was far better than 2007. People recanted thier ordeals at the few poling stations that opened up for voting in Port Harcourt.

How gun turting tugs, commanded people to vote for the PDP or loose their lives. This was happening in the presence of the INEC and the Nigerian Police. If this crop of people elected through this means becomes our leaders, then the likes of Orji Kalu, OBJ and Atiku Abubukar might end up becoming the best we ever had.

I still insist that something is wrong with our system. When the people are not allowed to choose their leaders, it is nothing but modern day slavery.

Finally, I am suprised that you appear to be suprised over the throwing down from aircraft story. It is like you really have so much faith in Nigeria. Yet let me tell you as I always tell you, Nigeria will disappoint you.

You can follow the same procedure and expect a different result.
Take care.

Yes ooo I have unshakable faith in Nigeria.

Things will certainly get better if we stop being used by politicians to achieve their own selfish ends.

If all the states conducted the last election the way Lagos state did and prepared to defend their votes, rigging will be a thing of the past.

You cannot get the type of freedom and good governance on a platter of gold, we must be prepared to face issues squarely.

We should even begin with our immediate environment where we have at least some form of control.

Afam:


You cannot get the type of freedom and good governance on a platter of gold, we must be prepared to face issues squarely.

True talk. Well said, Afam!

noblezone:

As long as we on this earth, there shall always be murderers. Govt exists to bring such people to book.

God does not bring murderers to book. The police and other security services, are supposed to do that, through the courts.

noblezone:

REASON? People of qeustionable characters like Andy Uba and Akala are forced upon the people by internal colonialists who are using the state power to perpeutate ills in our society. Our people are under task masters, internal colonialists who are worse than the white men are on the loose. That is why a man from Ogun state will solely decided who will be the governor of Anambra state. Anybody that says no is a security risk. Time and History will judge, but also I abhor Nigeria.

People like Akala and Andy Uba are able to perpetrate their ills, because they have a 'base' or a form of support from different elements, within their society. In Ibadan for example, Akala assisted by his god-father Adedibu, have used able-bodied miscreants and the poor, uneducated segment of the masses in that land, to garner some kind of 'grassroots' support. Due to a lack of jobs, education and income, these people have become ready tools in the hands of glorified area-fathers like Akala, who often use them to unleash trouble in the society, at the drop of a hat.

Erm, government is made up of people, not just one man. A man alone, does not make a government. Government starts from the people on the lowest rung of the ladder. And where people are united in their efforts and collective will to bring down a state or a regime, make no mistake, most of the time they will succeed. It has happened in many countries. It is only a matter of time.

Until the people of Ibadan who desire good governance and accountability are ready to unite, rise up and chase these rabble-rousers out of town, then Ibadan will continue to be at the mercy of folks like Akala. No man from Ogun can restore the dignity of Ibadan people, if they themselves are not ready to take their destiny in their hands. May God save us all.

when it took the intervention of established criminals like Atiku and IBB to protect the nigerian constitution from the powers that be (3rd term apostles) it was obvious that the country was under the leadership of rogues. peter odili is famed as a man who would spend 5 million naira to advertise a 2 million naira road that he has not yet built, Atiku is corruption personified. PDP is university of loot, every elected official runs away after his term, what hope I ask, what hope is there for nigeria?

can sick yaradua stop religious crises? what of the national assembly? can we get another nnamani? thank God for the judiciary. at least there is still somewhere the PDP has yet to infilterate. everbody says option A4 used for june 12 election was the best, yet nobody wants to try that method again.

i'm still crying for what we called election in nigeria. i mourn for my country who will save us now

Nnamani is the man of the year.Hes jst been so so real.

how can one post such thread about pdp not been power thirsty. at the moment they have 27 states and are still fighting to get the rest especially abia and lagos.
for ararume, i really do not know why he is rioting. this same party had kept him on the corridors of powers through this same parttern of selection from 1999 till date so why going to court now.
in 1999 he was the ANPP chairman in imo state till his dying minute selection by the pdp offering him their ticket for okigwe senitorial zone at the detriment of other candidates and things have been the same since then.
pdp is a party and they believed in selection and for you to be a loyalist and a member of the party, it means u are part and parcel of this arrangement so let him quit the party if he is telling us that they are no longer a good party and with his good name and political achievements, he will surely pass.
by the way, from the president to word counsellors under the pdp candidates who is not selected among them?
the truth here is that pdp wants everything to swing their ways and several efforts had been made by pdp via inec and supreme court for the party(pdp) that is not power thirsty to re-present Ugwu as their candidate in Imo since the cancellation and now that Ararume is expelled.
we are not intereseted in who is cheated or who is favoured but our interest here is that the poor masses should be left to go about their normal day to day businesses.
those who cheat are been cheated so the masses have not contribution whatsoever in their power play -games.
it is my prayers that all of them feel the heat one by one.

It is quite obvious the PDP is not power hungry, they ensured there were no materials round the country (oh sorry it was INEC as they dont report to anybody), they ensured people would be unable to vote (no again its INEC or the people themselves), they ensured that thugs were everywhere thumb printing PDP (thugs just love the PDP and hate others), no they are not power hungry (they love democracy).

The case stated in this thread is so irrelevant and does not suggest in any form whatsover the sincerity of the PDP rather it has to do with personal vindictiveness, unforgiveness and ego of the leadership of PDP.

I just wonder what they will do if they were power hungry.