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| Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by LOIUSXIV: 5:03pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
THE 10MILLION VOTE MARGIN racked up by MR.JONATHAN in the 2011 elections says much about the challenger,MR. MUHAMMADU BUHARI,AS MUCH as the the unfairness of the nigerian polity when a challenger hopes to defeat an incumbent,a rare feat IN AFRICA ,nonetheless achievable,a la ZAMBIA.BUHARI'S LOSS has brought to the fore how what is virtue in other climes maybe an 'achilles heel' in naija's unique terrain.firstly,how do you hope to defeat an incumbent with a party just under 16months old?the C.P.C ,NEWLY FORMED WITH NO GRASSROOT STRUCTURE,ESPECIALLY IN THE south ,was one of the ominous sign of looming defeat,for the C.P.C candidate. you can't take on succesfully, the .conservatives or the P.D.P,THAT HAS BEEN ON GROUND FOR NOT ONLY TWELVE YEARS BUT FOR DECADES[N.P.C,N.P.N E.TC]IN ADDITION to this,BUHARI'S DECISION NOT TO ALIGN WITH THE A.C.N the second largest party was a personal blunder which further eroded any chances of victory.and it didn't help that BUHARI'S ALOOFNESS ,DID A GREAT DAMAGE.IN POLITICS,you don't isolate your self.you need people.BUHARI'S DECISION TO PICK PASTOR TUNDE BAKARE WAS also a blunder of the highest order.MR.BAKARE MAY share the same honest streak with the retired general,but someone like MR.TINUBU,OR MR. ORJI KALU would have added excitement and 'gravitas' to the ticket.when you need to win its better to win ugly than to lose as a saint.moreso,he couldn't armtwist the A.N.P.P'S S hekerau into 'line'.'shared' votes working to JONATHAN'S FAVOUR IN KANO,OF ALL PLACES. then,he had to face the monster called incumbency. when you imagine the MONEY MACHINE,THE N.N.P.C,the police ,the Army,the S.S.S,being under the control of JONATHAN,ONE WOULD AGREE THAT WHILE ELECTIONS ARE FREE LARGELY.IT WAS NOT FAIR.a lesson also of note is the naija 'way'.in other climes.a party with 12years of 70% poverty rate would have been soundly defeated.not nigeria ,where we foget that the beauty of any democracy is a virile opposition.i'm not a 'personal' foot soldier of BUHARI ,JUST an admirer of his legendary honesty.a retired GENERAL,with no landed property in MAITAMA,NO OIL BLOCKS,NO FOREIGN ACCOUNTS,IMAGINE!coruption is, and would remain our biggest problem largely because ''the people deserve the government they get'' |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by danjohn: 6:01pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
Very well said my brother. From the beginning the odds were stacked up against Buhari. Nonetheless, Buhari at least won a consolation prize. He showed us that in the Core North, there is only one HNIC (Head N*gger in Charge). His campaign had very little money and barely had any structure on ground, but he won 12 states with very convincing margins. In those states it did not matter if PDP spent 10 billion in each of them, they were going to vote for Buhari regardless. It will take a long time for any politician to be able to have the cult-like level of support that Buhari had in the North. Unfortunately he was unable to generate that kind of support beyond his base. I think that the lesson here that people need to learn is that although money is important in politics, it is not the only thing needed. Buhari had a unique opportunity to touch the lives of Nigerians in the Core North through PTF and they never forgot him for that. If only he made PTF as impactful in the South as it was in the North, maybe, just maybe the story would have been different. Unfortunately it is now fair to assume that Buhari will never be president of Nigeria again. His priority now should be securing his legacy. I hope history judges him fairly. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Jarus(m): 8:52pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
We all did our best to ensure a Buhari victory. On Nairaland here alone we raised close to 800,000 and I personally visited radio stations for Buhari jingle. From Oyo to Osun to Lagos to Rivers, our jingle for Buhari was aired. We did all these for him because we believe he is the closest to the leader we need at this point in time. Deep inside the heart of most of us though, we knew it was an uphill task. In any case, only Buhari, of all Nigerian politicians, can form a new party and in less than 1 year, the party gave a 12-year old, multi-billion naira-funded, ruling party a run for its money. Only Buhari can poll 12m votes with a new party. That's enough achievement. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Nobody: 9:05pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
SAI BUHARI! SAI TUNDE BAKARE!! SAI CPC!!! Buhari was rigged out but he will surely be a Hero till he dies and even after his death. In has much as seun and his moderators kept on deleting all my posts prior to the election of April 2011 because i was giving reasons why GEJ shouldn't be voted for. I am so happy that every point / reason i gave is coming to past in less than 6 months. Reasons like Term Elongation, Removal of Oil Subsidy, inability to tackle corruption, fear to curb militancy and so many others. Nigerians voted purely out of sentiments (religion and tribe) and now see where it has landed the country into (5 years backward). Our youths need to start following History because if they did, THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE VOTED FOR JONATHAN. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Jarus(m): 9:34pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
Seun or Mods will not delete your post for campaigning for Buhari. Either you were caught by spambot or your posts were offensive. I am also a Buhari fan and a mod. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by danjohn: 9:51pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
@ Jarus: I applaud you for your effort. Young people need to be more active in politics. We need to take initiative. Yes Nigeria is a very patriarch society and yes some ignorant people will say "how old are you?". Nonetheless we need to be active. It breaks my heart when I hear Nigerians say I am voting for candidate X because he is going to win. At the same time, I think the opposition needs to be more creative. If they continue to run conventional campaigns they will continue to lose. They need to run an out of the box campaign. Many young people have ideas but keep their ideas to themselves or stick to discussing them on nairaland. We need to get more involved within the process. What is the use of having good ideas if you cannot channel them to where they can be impactful. We have to step up our game. @ talknafree: Every passing day makes me more convinced that I was on the right side of history. SAI Buhari!!!! |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by 2mch(m): 9:55pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
He should have campaigned well in the SW. Meeting traditional leaders and grassroots leaders. If his intentions were clear the SW would have voted for him. He relied too much on the population of the North.  |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Johndoe100(m): 11:03pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
Jarus: That is the real reason he should never have been voted for. How can any sane person vote for a party that is based on one person? Leaders have died in office in Nigeria, what would have happened if we elected bin laden and he died in office? Anyway it was our turn, after all these years of stealing our oil, you want to stop us from being president? Please make we hear word. It was never on. My only regret is that GEJ is too non partisan, I would have preferred a president who was more committed to the Niger Delta struggle like Alams or Ibori. Yes I know they stole, but they really had the Niger Delta struggle as an article of faith. Just on a final note all the jingles etc, who were they aimed at? It was the disconnect between you guys and the rest of us which was so obvious to us that used to baffle me. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by danjohn: 11:39pm On Oct 07, 2011 |
Johndoe100: Thoughts like the one you just espoused are the reason why Nigeria is the way it is. I am from the Niger Delta; I love the Niger Delta; and I want the Niger Delta to succeed. However, I could not in good conscience support a candidate without a track record of achievement simply because he is from the Niger Delta. That is silly. You are equating one man with a whole group of people. Goodluck Jonathan is a Niger Deltan but he is just one man. I am from the Niger Delta and I do not feel like Goodluck Jonathan's 16 months in office has made my life or the life of my family better. In a weird way Obasanjo, a Yoruba man, has made my life better than Goodluck. At least he gave us GSM  . Buhari on the other hand, built two refineries as minister of petroleum, launch the most genuine and fierce fight against corruption in Nigeria's history as President, and built more infrastructure through PTF in four years than PDP has built in twelve. His track record of disciple, integrity, and competence is unmatched in Nigerian politics. GEJ has none of that. His record of accomplishment in Bayelsa as a deputy governor and governor is non-existent; he was an irrelevant spare tire Vice President; and as president he has allowed corruption and insecurity to go unchecked. That is a terrible record and as a person from the Niger Delta I am ashamed that Nigerians may think that this is the best we have to offer. Your comment is ignorant and very unfortunate. I hope you are enjoying the fresh fart you voted for. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Johndoe100(m): 12:04am On Oct 08, 2011 |
@danjohn Even Hitler had Jews that he brought out to bleat for him. As I stated the disconnect that was so evident here was what baffled me. As you saw from the election results, your views do not represent the views of your people. There must be traitors in any group. What you need to do is to apologize to your people for selling them out to the north. Maybe they will forgive you. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Beaf: 4:57am On Oct 08, 2011 |
I really pity Buhari followers. Its like being blind when you have the gift of sight on a platter of gold. Buhari headed NNPC and the petroleum sector almost continuously through his career, yet today it is easy to see the foundations of sand and corruption on which that sector was built. Who should we blame? The man tried to become president by preaching violence and practicing one-eyed politics (campaigning only in the North and dreaming of votes in the South and Middle Belt). It is only in Nigeria that ethnic and religious bigotries can ensure a counterfeit leader can garner 12million votes while running under an untested party. Disgraceful. The mans organisational abilities have been put to test in CPC's query of the election results at the tribunal. A pack of trained monkeys would have done much better in presenting his case; what we see and hear from CPC at the tribunal (whether it is their leaders signing the wrong statements or their disowning of their own publicity secretary) is shockingly embarrassing. Nigeria can do better in future, than reach out to cranks and bigots with tall dreams. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Jakumo(m): 5:21am On Oct 08, 2011 |
Beaf: No monkey would ever work for another monkey ha ha ha ha |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by sirjec(m): 6:19am On Oct 08, 2011 |
Jarus: Now i see. No wonder nairalanders are criticizing GEJ as if nothing good can come from him. Now I know that NL is a Buhari site. Well, not a problem. At least I now see why so much criticism are coming from here. So I now see it is because of the money you people lost. Hmmm, pathetic indeed. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by sirjec(m): 6:35am On Oct 08, 2011 |
danjohn: So in Nigeria, it is minister that build refineries? OBJ's achievement is being attributed to Buhari. LOL PTDF built more infrastructures in the north that has no oil than in the south that has all the oil. (Corruption because Buhari is tribalistic). As a president, how many developments came to the country? Even the so called corruption was fought by Idiagbon. The man has northern agenda and |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Jarus(m): 6:54am On Oct 08, 2011 |
sirjec: You must be a newbie or newly initiated into this section, for if you were not, you should have known what happened in this section during election period. i am the moderator of NL politics and unabashedly a Buhari supporter. But the forum owner himself threw his weight behind GEJ at the period. Nairaland never officially or surreptitiously supported anybody. we gave everybody equal chance of promoting his candidate of choice. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by iluvnaija: 11:23am On Oct 08, 2011 |
talknafree: VERY WELL SAID. NIGERIANS VOTED OUT OF SENTIMENTS AND REGION AND TRIBE. THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE HAD TO CHANGE NIGERIA WE LOST IT. JONATHAN IS CORRUPT AND A THIEF DOES NOT SEE STEALING AS BAD BECAUSE HE IS PART OF IT THAT IS WHY EFCC HAS BECOME TOOTHLESS BULLDOG. WHAT NIGERIA NEEDS A REVOLUTION BECAUSE NO REVOLUTION NO SOLUTION. NOTHING LESS! (Nigerians are the most fearful people in the world!) |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Nobody: 12:47pm On Oct 08, 2011 |
If the greedy Buhari is the best Nigeria can produce, then I am very very comfortable with Jonathan. It was Buhari and his gang of misguided soldiers that brought Nigeria to her knees. It is a shame that for about half a century, just few individuals has held a whole nation to ransom just becuase they had gun. The gun we gave them to protect the constitution and the system, they turned on the Nigerian State. Me weep for Buhari? No count me out. I personaliy campaigned agaisnt him and IBB and will continue to do so till either of us leaves this earth. The likes of Buhari, IBB, OBJ, Abacha, etc are the reason Nigeria is today a jungle. OBJ failed woefully for 8 years because he could not focus on governance, he was busy check mating IBB and co. Please, le us hear word. Buhari!!!!!!!!!, you are so lucky that some of us are not in active politics, else I would have made sure that we set up a panel of enquiry into what led soldiers we trusted with security, turn the gun on the people. I would have made sure that all the criminals will face the law they trampled upon. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by AlanF100: 1:17pm On Oct 08, 2011 |
sirjec: My brother you did not start your research about NL political inclinations from the beginning. In the beggining majority of NLs loved, supported, campaigned, defended and in fact matched for Jonathan. NLders like me felt he represented a break form the past, well-educated, from a minority ND, with less public controversies but like any reasonable/dispassionate voters we started watching him and his actions. He did not waste time to show us he is a complete opposite of all we thought he was. I will start listing if you insist. We had no reasonable choice than to start comparing him with his oppponents and anyway you looked at it he was clearly the least of the packs. I also contributed money to campaign for Buhari and still believe Jonathan should be supported after winning the election. But the unfolding truth about Jonathan is that he just have nothing to offer and many people are confused on how to support him. sirjec: It is not out of place to primarilly commend Buhari (and secondarilly his boss) for dutifully discharging tasks attached to his portfolio. This is a nation where the norm is almost always for money budgetted for projects ending up in private pockets. The likes of Okonjo, Ezekwezile, Dora, Ribadu, Soludo, El-Rufai, Nnaji, Banire, Ogunlewe, etc have been celebrated for, impacting on peoples lifes, simply discharging their duties against our normal expectations. So why should Buhari's own be different? Johndoe100: Bros u are joking. Some of you think you are the only ones from the ND and have taken it upon yourselves to always give Jonathan unalloyed supports even when he is glaringlly wrong. Why not let both of us play a game and track it. Let's start monitoring all developmental projects that have been started/ being executed in the ND by the current Jonathan-led government of ~2 years and we compare with existing developmental projects in ND that were completed by HOS from other parts of the country within the same period of time. Then we shall have parameters to proudly assert why it is always better to have "our son" (good or bad) in Aso Rock than championing the best candidates win irrespective of where they come from. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by karlmax2: 1:48pm On Oct 08, 2011 |
sirjec: Quote from: danjohn on Yesterday at 11:39:23 PM Thoughts like the one you just espoused are the reason why Nigeria is the way it is. I am from the Niger Delta; I love the Niger Delta; and I want the Niger Delta to succeed. However, I could not in good conscience support a candidate without a track record of achievement simply because he is from the Niger Delta. That is silly. You are equating one man with a whole group of people. Goodluck Jonathan is a Niger Deltan but he is just one man. I am from the Niger Delta and I do not feel like Goodluck Jonathan's 16 months in office has made my life or the life of my family better. In a weird way Obasanjo, a Yoruba man, has made my life better than Goodluck. At least he gave us GSM . Buhari on the other hand, built two refineries as minister of petroleum, launch the most genuine and fierce fight against corruption in Nigeria's history as President, and built more infrastructure through PTF in four years than PDP has built in twelve. His track record of disciple, integrity, and competence is unmatched in Nigerian politics. GEJ has none of that. His record of accomplishment in Bayelsa as a deputy governor and governor is non-existent; he was an irrelevant spare tire Vice President; and as president he has allowed corruption and insecurity to go unchecked. That is a terrible record and as a person from the Niger Delta I am ashamed that Nigerians may think that this is the best we have to offer. Your comment is ignorant and very unfortunate. I hope you are enjoying the fresh fart you voted for. So in Nigeria, it is minister that build refineries? OBJ's achievement is being attributed to Buhari. LOL PTDF built more infrastructures in the north that has no oil than in the south that has all the oil. (Corruption because Buhari is tribalistic). As a president, how many developments came to the country? Even the so called corruption was fought by Idiagbon. The man has northern agenda and not Nigerian agenda, Sorry the Nigeria is the north. The south is not Nigeria ^^ My broda u dey mind dem, Dem wan take obasanjo shine, may be it was at gun point from the likes of buhari that a refinery was built by OBJ where there is no oil how would it work, If u say buhari as a minister should be given credit for building refinery in OBJ regime, why blame GEJ solely for the insecurity situation in Nigeria this days if somebody's fada slaps his mutha the person would say is GEJ fault, yet some buhari publicist are now claiming that it was a minister that built the refineries in nigeria, |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Gbenge77(m): 2:04pm On Oct 08, 2011 |
Buhari would have done better as president,no question about that. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Beaf: 2:07pm On Oct 08, 2011 |
^ He would have wept better. lol |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by PointB: 3:43pm On Oct 08, 2011 |
These bitter buhari apologists should spare us the crocodile tears they inherited from their boss - the weeping General buhari. I bet he wept when he realised he was going to be another sore loser, only this time to a small boy GEJ. Anyway, I personally think providence and karma has been fair to some of Nigeria coup plotters. Perhaps retrospective laws to jails the living coup plotters will be in order. In that case, felons, murderers, and coup plotter like buhari, ibb and co would be in jail rather than allowed to freely insult our tolerance and sensitivity with their self-serving ambitions. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by jmaine: 4:16pm On Oct 08, 2011 |
So the sulking Buhari Crew are still on it . . .what manner of depression  . . . . Meanwhile . . . .The donated money needs to be probed . . . . who handled the purse  |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by PointB: 9:46am On Oct 10, 2011 |
^^^^ Imagine. Money that could have being used for better thing, used to prop-up a sinking dictator, democracy truncator, and a perputual loser. Na wa o for these 'youths' oo. What really happened to the money, are we sure some people have not benefited from others naivety?  |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by DrummaBoy(m): 10:13am On Oct 10, 2011 |
Well said OP I just wished you had added some paragraphs That said, I must say that Buhari would never have been able to form a coalition with the likes of Tinubu and Orji Uzo Kalu bc their political ideologies are worlds apart. The unfortunate thing about Nigerian politics is the win at all cost mentality. That Buhari was ready to sacrifice for a stable and proper political coalition that would lead Nigeria if not in 2011 but in the years to come. His choice of Bakare has confirmed this bc despite the persecution against the CPC, that team is still together to date. No one has been able to buy into them unlike the past. What I will agree with you is that he did not have political base in the south but would not have been if the ACN did not sell the west to GEJ. Jonathan also did a good job of selling the lie that he is a born again christian that made the christian community in the country vote en masse for him. Nevertheless the next few years will show if indeed voting Jonathan and not PDP was a wise move after all. I want to commend the effort of Jarus and co in fund raising and seeing that adverts were placed on radios. Keep the Spirit alive; I believe the Buhari ideology and company in the CPC possess what it takes to change Nigeria. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by PointB: 10:39am On Oct 10, 2011 |
noblezone: Indeed the power drunk, bigoted, bloody murderer who used retrospective law to murder two Nigerians during his brutal regime is the best some people will like to promote! How exactly will this line of thinking and acting benefit Nigerians? Someone who truncated democracy in it nascent stage what to benefit from it again? How does truncating democracy equates to visionary? Buhari will continue to suffer shame, humiliation, depression, and worry. He will die a sad unfulfilled man, as he is currently being haunted by those he murdered. God forbid we have such man, with so much blood in his hands, at the helms of affairs! |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Beaf: 10:43am On Oct 10, 2011 |
Regrets. . .   |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by jmaine: 10:45am On Oct 10, 2011 |
PointB: I now see why they made the loudest noise even to the point of prescribing shooting someone at the head (Pataki) for not supporting their man . . . because " MONEY WAS AT STAKE . . .[size=18pt]They lost a bet  [/size] |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by Beaf: 10:49am On Oct 10, 2011 |
jmaine: That Pataki guy always sounded so crude. He was as uncivil as Eko Ile. There were quite a few others that made death threats on NL, in my opinion the present low on the site is the result of the extremely rabid and bigoted politics the Buhari followers introduced. |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by jmaine: 10:52am On Oct 10, 2011 |
Beaf: It was a do or die affair for them even in the face of an obvious loss . . . . Not surprised those aimless almajiris went on a spree of switching off lives, light years more valuable than their shredded souls . . .Pro BB nairalanders could have even done worse if given the express order by their Losing lord " Buhari" |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by aljharem3: 10:53am On Oct 10, 2011 |
jmaine: when did you change ? |
| Re: Buhari,the Mistakes ,the Lessons. by aljharem3: 10:54am On Oct 10, 2011 |
Beaf: how does buhari = bigot ? what did he do that made him a bigot ? |
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