USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: Nebu on A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI? ATTENTION, JOE IGIETSEME!

Peter Opara:

You should realize that mischaracterization and name-calling wont distract anybody from the FACTS on GROUND about Buhari or any other candidate for elective or appointive office in Nigeria and elsewhere! I have spelled the BARE FACTS out on what I have read about Buhari and what my advice is to him; you are at liberty to call me anything you like. Find out in some Nigerian egroups where some people (who are leaning PDP or are PDP advocates) think I am an ACN or whatever party member. The TRUTH is that I deal in FACTS, not your misguided and reckless use of words such as dishonest etc on other people because they express their candid opinions on reigning matters. The records will confirm that I have frowned at Obasanjo and PDP on several issues; specially, I have queried OBJ's Otta library that does not include community development, the mishandling of late Pres Yar'Adua's illness, the apparent cluelessness of some PDP officials, Jonathan's delays in getting the Niger Delta and power problems resolved et cetera. I am for the good of Nigeria, not for individuals or political parties that I have reasons to feel are not working for the progress of Nigeria!

Some of you are not helping Buhari by your senseless attack dog's operation, even on issues the guy could learn one or two things. Buhari's campaign may feel embarrassed by the shameless bulldogging behaviors some of you are displaying in the name of Buhari. It is uncertain whether some of you are seriously for real or just jerking around to get noticed. As I said previously, Buhari is campaigning for people's VOTES, not on a war campaign against people! So people working with Buhari should help him appeal to people to win their VOTES, not put up bad behaviors in cursing people out in the name of Buhari! If we claim we LOVE Buhari and would like to get him elected by people's votes, we should discipline ourselves to wage a Winning Campaign of Appeal, NOT a Costly Campaign of War against People! Take care JUI   

 

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Subject: Joe Igietseme QUIT the low horse.. Nebu on A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI? ATTENTION, JOE IGIETSEME!

 

Joe Igietseme - Nebu is clear on this, and that is you are willfully dishonest. You are a known PDP man, who never saw nothing wrong with Obasanjo and his disastrous reign. And here you are dwelling on a man, about whom you have nothing to say, other than latch on to a clear smear against his person and character. Why? Will you not quit bandying what you don't know, and can't prove? Assuming you, Joe Igietseme, is a devout Christian, why would you see anything wrong, with a Muslim being a devout Muslim. Joe Igietseme, are you driven by bigotry or deliberate and determined imbecility or what? You must quit this your asinine "Islamaphilia" thing or whatever you call it. There you are trying to explain what I wrote to suit your PDP jaundiced mind. You want to appear holier-than-thou in every case. Tell me that you will not insist on Agenebode man or woman voting for you against me, and Igbo person, in an election, and I will show you a shameless liar. Quit the low horse you're riding. --- On Tue, 10/26/10, Igietseme, Joseph (CDC/OID/NCPDCID) <jbi8@cdc.gov> wrote: From: Igietseme, Joseph (CDC/OID/NCPDCID) <jbi8@cdc.gov> Subject: RE: Nebu on A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI? ATTENTION, JOE IGIETSEME! To: Nebukadineze@aol.com, ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com, itna@mail.ccs-africa.co.za, naijaintellects@googlegroups.com, Nigeriaworldforum@yahoogroups.com, Igboworldforum@yahoo.com, Igboorgnyforum@yahoo.com, eochieke@aol.com, mkghs@aol.com, eddyogunbor@yahoo.com, nijatalk@yahoo.com, nijaobserver@yahoo.com Cc: talknigeria@yahoogroups.com, nigeria360@yahoogroups.com, nigerianid@yahoogroups.com, naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com, usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com, nigerianid@yahoogroups.com, edo-nationality@yahoogroups.com, isadus@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 11:28 PM Nebu Adiele: I wonder if you read yourself with these contradictions and grand-standing, pretending to be a LOVER of Buhari, while you are actually being very comically irrational with your avalanche of gibberish and meaningless text in cyberspace. Becareful because Buhari's Campaign Manager could be miffed by your apparent show of shamelessness in your self combat and tantrum throwing at anything in sight; my advice is that you use a positive spin to addressing issues that are raised about Buhari and he could gain from such an engaging style than your purposeless and destructive abuses. This is a campaign for VOTES, not war against people!   Now, I will re-play the following contradictions to you, and I will leave to self evaluate your irrationality and conflicting proses, as you may trying too much to show that you are doing something for Buhari: 1. You verified that the jihadist cloud over Buhari was mentioned as issue in the three reports I posted; 2. You said Bolaji Aluko's analysis of 09/24/2010 suggested ".. that Buhari allowed it [the Jihadist label] to linger on (without attacking the lie with utmost priority)"; 3. You even quoted Peter Opara as saying that ""... as to the charge of Buhari being an "Islamist", a "Jihadist", one need only say that a statement made to a constituent that they must vote for those they want to represent their interest sits well with this Christian. Such is no "Islamic" or "Jihadist" talk. Such is democracy; such is freedom talk - encouraging talk for that matter that should spur others to talk to their constituents alike for their sacred votes. If as alleged, Buhari asked Muslims to vote for Muslims, which Buhari has flatly denied, Christians should tell Christians to vote for Christians, and leave it at that.""" 4. To underscore the significance of this issue in the society, you even revealed that after the 2003 "elections", you communicated to Buhari's aides the need for the General to write an autobiography or a memoir, clearing all ambiguities about him, especially with respect to his stewardships in the positions of Head of State and Chairman of PTF. But the General was so trusting of the intelligence of Nigerians that he never thought that, in light of his transparent services to the nation in various capacities, any sane person would believe or repeat the fabrication of jihadism against him."" 4. Finally, you surmised that you "now understand that in retrospect, he [Buhari] wishes that he had allowed minions to attack that fabrication as vociferous as possible.""   In the light of the above contraditions and your query that it is Joe Igietseme who is really concerned about the Jihadist label on Buhari, I am sure reasonable and sensible people on the forum are having very loud and persisting belly laughs now. My Brother, I advise that you should use a more tamed and courteous attitude on public issues, even while making your point. To fein an adversarial posture where it is unnecessary, distractive and unproductive is tantamount to a busybody behavior, which is a pathologic syndrome of a personality suffering collosal insecurity or attention-seeking inadequacy. That is my Brotherly Advice! Take care. JUI   From: NigerianID@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Nebukadineze@aol.com Sent: Tue 26-Oct-10 7:03 PM To: ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com; itna@mail.ccs-africa.co.za; naijaintellects@googlegroups.com; Nigeriaworldforum@yahoogroups.com; Igboworldforum@yahoo.com; Igboorgnyforum@yahoo.com; eochieke@aol.com; mkghs@aol.com; eddyogunbor@yahoo.com; nijatalk@yahoo.com; nijaobserver@yahoo.com Cc: talknigeria@yahoogroups.com; nigeria360@yahoogroups.com; nigerianid@yahoogroups.com Subject: NigerianID | Re: Nebu on A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI? ATTENTION, JOE IGIETSEME! Peter, nwanna: Of course, I know that you despise willful/habitual dishonesty and that is why my respect for you never ceases. You have taken unnecessary beating from foul mouthed Nigerians, most of them our fellow Umu Igbo, yet you have remained steadfast in articulating your aversion for malfeasance of all degrees. The longevity you have shown in this arena (taking craps from little minds and not giving up) is an inspiration to me and to others.     Of late, certain commitments have not allowed me to participate in the forums in any reasonable manner and for that, I feel somewhat guilty when you are here, like a lone ranger, pointing out the foolishness and mental indolence of the modern day Nigerian and getting pilloried in the process. I hope to be back here shortly and join you in asking Nigerians to wake up from their pathetic slumber.   I have read a few of your exchanges with Ogonna and I was appalled. There must have been a misunderstanding somewhere because Ogonna is an Igbo youngster who is capable of succeeding you or I without any corruption of what we stand for. I have tested the young man severally and I found him, in each case, to be brilliant, teachable, proud, and a true son of Igboland. I have never known Ogonna to be rude to his elders without being pushed to the wall, so what led him to be rude to you could have been a misunderstanding or a case of ama nwanta ajo nkwukwa, ajo ikwu afu ya onu (haul a malicious missile at a child [and], a malicious curse word oozes out of his mouth). Without having communicated with Ogonna, I apologize to you for his indiscretion. When time permits, I shall write to him privately to ensure that the type of exchange he had with you never reoccurs.   As I indicated above, Ogonna is highly teachable. Even though he seems to be against Buhari now, his intellect is so positively fluid that once he is presented with evidence as to the positive qualities of Buhari, he will not hesitate in correcting his errors. That is what differentiates an educated person from a dunce that repeats lies without thinking twice.   Nigeria needs Buhari or a Buharic personality to turn that nation around. Nigeria needs a person who will not steal from Nigerians and who will make sure that those who steal are punished to the maximum extent of the law. In a president Buhari Nigeria, Cecilia Ibru cannot steal trillions of Naira from Nigerians only to get sentenced a mere 18 months in prison. No, in Buhari's Nigeria, Mrs. Ibru would have commenced her two life term prison sentences and whether she suffered cardiac arrest or collapsed lungs would not prevent her from doing time. That is why crooked Nigerians and their minions, most of whom are on these forums, spread lies against Buhari. In Buhari's Nigeria, you cannot be a Vice Chancellor and then have your own children educated abroad; you cannot be a government functionary and do the followings; (a) go abroad for medical treatment; (b) own properties or bank accounts abroad; (c) embezzle government funds; (d) be in the services of foreign Intelligence Agencies, etc. In Buhari's Nigeria, you will not indulge in oil bunkering, 419, armed robbery, religious fanaticism, kidnapping, etc. without being apprehended, tried and if convicted, sentenced to the highest extent provided by law -- a deterrence to others who could nurse such devious ideas.   My dear brother, Peter, it is because a president Buhari will positively pilot Nigeria that agents of negativity are busy building their falsehoods to stop him. If they are allowed to succeed, then Nigerians are perpetually stupid people and deserve to remain degraded forever.   Take care buddy.   Nebukadineze Adiele Organized religion sired irrationality.       In a message dated 10/26/2010 4:59:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com writes: "I despise willful/habitual dishonesty." - Nebu Adiele Thank you Nebu. You'd be surprised, there are more like you hereabouts behind that only decent man in the arena. Buhari. It makes me proud. As to yours above, despise of "willful/habitual dishonesty", you know, I'd herd to a warehouse, those so disposed, and gas them all. There was a little head hereabouts, a recent product of a cult, I had to deal with a few days ago, so born and bred - willfully and habitually dishonest. He was born so cunning, he could swear he is the most honest creature on earth. And he thinks he is sane. You have done Joe Igietseme a favor, which I also did him yesterday, by referring to his dishonesty, as fastidiousness. But how can one ever satisfy one that was born and bred to be dishonest. Again, I think back to the little product of a cult, I had to address last weekend. Does it mean Nigerians are not willing and ready to save themselves? --- On Tue, 10/26/10, Nebukadineze@aol.com <Nebukadineze@aol.com> wrote: From: Nebukadineze@aol.com <Nebukadineze@aol.com> Subject: Re: [Naijaintellects] RE| A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI? ATTENTION, JOE IGIETSEME! To: itna@mail.ccs-africa.co.za Cc: ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 3:45 PM Joe I, I have just read your coarse response and I have also just wondered what would have happened had you not remained restrained. Could you have been any more bilious than you exhibited? Your notoriety for playing this cunning game, of accusing others of indulging in name calling, even when your retorts are mothers of all name callings and rude remarks, has become stale by now. This cunningness probably works in your dealings with others, it will not work with me. I despise willful/habitual dishonesty. In confronting it (whenever I elect to), I do not aspire for the title of Mr. Congeniality, I let my disgust out because I am not a hypocrite. You or anyone can cry about it as name calling all that you want, I give no rat behind over your cries because at some point, combative rhetoric is all it takes to snuff out habitual mischief makers. Having said that, let us get back to dealing with the matter you brought up but have not been able to address as you should.   You have been fostering politically damaging raw rumor against Buhari by severally bringing to limelight the senseless allegation that he is a sharia monger. You were doing it to dampen support for him, while surreptitiously supporting Jonathan Goodluck, whom you are embarrassed to embrace openly due to his palpable incompetence. I called you out on it, may be harshly, because Nigeria expects better from you. If you were entitled to the honorable esteem your rejoinder purports, you would have come home by accepting or properly explaining your misdeed or even blaming it on ignorance of the subject matter you broached. Alas, not our Joe Igietseme! You must be right and all others are perpetually wrong. You must be correct even if it means manufacturing dubious evidence to back up your devious political scheme. In so asserting, you brazenly put forth a degraded evidence that points not to a defense of your political con job.   The BBC news report was dated December 19, 2006 and it has an undisguised falsehood for an opening sentence -- that Buhari lost badly to Obasanjo in the 2003 presidential election. The implication of that falsehood is that a free and fair election was held in 2003 (in an election that produced a gubernatorial victory for Peter Obi in Anambra state but produced an ignominious defeat for Ojukwu in the same Anambra; an election at which Obasanjo electorally humiliated Ojukwu in all core Igbo states -- an impossibility in any free and fair election in Igbo land). From reading the opening sentence of that BBC report, most discerning minds would have threaded cautiously with it. But not you, Joe Igietseme, you had to cite it because you were not interested in being truthful.   The BBC news did not offer any proof that Buhari is an Islamic extremist, it merely reported that Buhari had denied such ascription to him before the 2003 presidential election. More than seven years after Buhari made that denial, you still thought it sensible or just to repeat the denied slander and to ask Buhari to re deny it? What was your motive in doing that, Joe? If you weren't a boisterous One Nigerianist, I would have ignored you in the same manner that I ignore most riffraff that are repeating lies and bearing false witnesses against a very good man, Muhammadu Buhari. But you know better than what you presented here. You know that if Buhari should dwell on this stupid lie (by re denying it as you are suggesting), it will begin to earn undeserved mileage while obscuring Jonathan's incompetence -- which should be one of the issues on the front burner. Political strategy 101 demands ignoring inconsequentiality or controversy when substantive issues abound. Notice that president Clinton just chastised the leadership of the DNC for dwelling on silliness (how much money Karl Rove and others have raised from corporate America to 'buy' this election) and he implored them to dwell on the real issues. He reminded them that, "It's still jobs, stupid!". Guess what, all polling since that chastisement and realignment of message point to a energized electorate, an indication that the DNC is unlikely to lose the Congress. Buhari is doing similarly, Joe. He is focusing on the real issues -- wanton crime, corruption, poverty, incessant power failure, the degradation of the nation's infrastructure, the comatose stage of the nation's educational and medical systems, etc. General Buhari will continue to campaign on these real issues because they are what matters to the Nigerian people. Those who still repeat the allegation of jihadism against him are those who will not vote for him even if he denies it a million times. They constitute a myopic minority who, if ignored, the nation is better served.      Your next evidence that Buhari is a jihadist is Bolaji Aluko's analysis of the pros and cons of Buhari's presidential run. But Bolaji was not asserting authoritatively that Buhari is a jihadist or that there is a semblance of truth to such slander, he was merely giving his observation as objectively as he saw it. He did not call on Buhari to deny and re deny an already denied rubbish, he merely said that Buhari allowed it to linger on (without attacking the lie with utmost priority). No sensible person, not even within the Buhari campaign organization, faults Bolaji's observation. As a matter of fact, after the 2003 "elections", yours truly communicated to Buhari's aides the need for the General to write an autobiography or a memoir, clearing all ambiguities about him, especially with respect to his stewardships in the positions of Head of State and Chairman of PTF. But the General was so trusting of the intelligence of Nigerians that he never thought that, in light of his transparent services to the nation in various capacities, any sane person would believe or repeat the fabrication of jihadism against him. I now understand that in retrospect, he wishes that he had allowed minions to attack that fabrication as vociferous as possible. How or why, therefore, did you think it reasonable to offer Aluko's piece as evidence that the "cloak of jihadism" is still roped around Buhari or that the other presidential contenders are more religious open-minded than him? As with the BBC news clip, Bolaji's piece is not an indictment of Buhari on Jihadism.   Your last evidence so perplexes me that I do not know what to make of it. So Peter Opara's article is your confirmation of the silly allegation of Islamophilia leveled against Buhari? Did you read the article at all and did Peter not indicate that Buhari had already denied the allegation? With respect to jihadism, here is what Peter said:     >>And yes, as to the charge of Buhari being an "Islamist", a "Jihadist", one need only say that a statement made to a constituent that they must vote for those they want to represent their interest sits well with this Christian. Such is no "Islamic" or "Jihadist" talk. Such is democracy; such is freedom talk - encouraging talk for that matter that should spur others to talk to their constituents alike for their sacred votes. If as alleged, Buhari asked Muslims to vote for Muslims, which Buhari has flatly denied, Christians should tell Christians to vote for Christians, and leave it at that<< Peter Opara     Do you still insist that Peter Opara confirmed that the so called cloak of jihadism strung around Buhari is still active to minds not corrupt? Do you now understand why one could get frustrated with your slyly efforts to demean Buhari while pretending to be campaigning for him? Joe, you are a brilliant guy, act your brilliance and stop bullshiting. If you were not bullshiting, then I overrated your brilliance.   We, in the Diaspora, should take seriously to the course our nation is being steered . We have a country that is practically a failed nation. In terms of security of life and property, Nigeria is in league with Somalia, Haiti, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Those countries have the excuses of war and natural disasters, thus, they are better than Nigeria, which has neither of those calamities. We have a nation wherein the purpose of almost every arm of the government is the facilitation of massive looting of the nation's resources by individuals entrusted with the runnning of the affairs of the nation. We have a nation where citizens are randomly and frequently kidnaped by other citizens, virtually renderimng the constitutional protection of life and liberty useless. We have a country where, in this 21st century, malaria accounts for the greatest death rate of citizens, even though malaria has been eradicated in most countries of the world for almost a century now. We have a country whose president had to be flown to another third world country for medical care. We have a country wherein the young are given inferior education, at which they take longer time than necessary to graduate from college. Even upon graduating from college, by the time they are done with their government mandated Youth Service, they have authomatically become unemplyable on account of them having exeeded 25 years of age (yes folks, once a youngsters hits age twenty-five in Nigeria, he/she is subject to employment discrimination, openly so in corporate Nigeria -- if you doubt me, inquire of your relatives in Nigeria). I can go on pointing out all that we have as a country and whose sole function is the embarrassing of Nigerians with conscience, but I will not because I can never exhaust all that we have in that regard even if I write a hundred-page piece.   It is in recognition of the fact that we have a source of shame for a nation that I frown at Nigerians of your ilk, Joe. You have all that it takes to turn that nation into a semi-America and make the African proud. Yet, for inexplicable reasons, probably primordial reasons, or even criminal ones, you elect to champion mediocrity and outright degradation. At some point, it ought to become an intellectual exhibition to confront you all with words that pronounce indignation, so that you verily understand that Nigerians are no longer amused or fooled by your chicanery. Before I left the forum more than a couple of months ago, most of you were contributing money to go build a monument for Zik who died more than a dozen years ago. I just cannot understand how educated people like you all could indulge in something so palpably stupid if you were not surreptitiously shielding thieves. Every year, the federal government of Nigeria budgets money toward the preservation of national monuments, museums, and archives (or whatever name they are called in Nigeria). From this budget pool, funds have always been set aside for everything (including security) that has to do with the Zik mausoleum (a national monument). But some crooks of Nigeria pilfer this money, use it to purchase choice properties in foreign countries, and to send the wives, concubines, and children shopping all across Europe, Dubai, and Fifth Avenue in New York City. But you, the so called educated Nigerians, give support to this thievery and profligacy by contributing money to building something that the government had already paid for. Are we a stupid people? If the educated Nigerians' solution to eradicating malfeasance is to stupidly contribute money and have their names mentioned in the media, then Nigeria will never get better.   Bottom-line, Joe: You cannot build a better Nigeria by marrying mediocrity into every prescription you have for the country. You indirectly put forth Jonathan Ebele Goodluck as the most ideal candidate to govern Nigeria even though by every index applied, he is the most unqualified to lead a nation that is in dire need of coming out of the gutter where it has habituated for too long. Within the period he has been Nigerian president, neither by speech nor action has he demonstrated the most simple of any leadership qualities. He has championed profligacy, induced cronyism as a state's arm, waffled and even lied in the face of a national emergency, and above all, he has barely the basic understanding of what governing a multi ethnic/multi religious nation entails. Yet, Joe, he is your candidate. Now, that is fine because you have the liberty to make that choice, but what you must not be allowed to have and deploy is the promotion of your candidate by using crooked messages. That was what you were doing in highlighting a long denied rumor; you wanted to obscure Buhari's outstanding qualities and to hide Jonathan's palpable deficiency so that he remains president past Yar'Adua's crookedly obtained tenure. That was why I called you out and if you consider my remark rude and cursing, then you ain't seen nothing yet, buddy.   Increase the peace, Joe.       Nebukadineze Adiele Organized religion sired irrationality.         In a message dated 10/23/2010 11:29:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jbi8@cdc.gov writes: Nebukadineze Adiele: I would like to remain restrained and resist the temptation to react in-kind to your name-calling and mis-characterization of my person because you bellieved I have misrepresented Buhari by suggesting that he should dispel the notion that he has Islama-philia. Besides, I believe you are one of those writing on this forum with sufficient latitude on choice of language in responding to an opinon on an issues; my assessment of the language you have used on me is that you could qualify for for a provocateur or you could exhibit unprovoked unruliness when you choose, and that is not a commendable character trait. This is because you could have elected to dispel the "wrong notion about Islam-philia" on behalf of Buhari, rather than resorting to trash-talk under the misguided notion of intellectualizing or possibly trying to teach JUI a lesson your own crude ways. I am very Disappointed, not because you are an Attorney but because you could do BETTER and present your position on the issues more decently, in a civilized manner, even if you are less professional about it.   That said, I will return to the Islama-philia hanging over Buhari. To stem your unruliness and attempt to sugget that Joe Igietseme is the one who has the notion about the Islam-philia hanging over Buhari, I will refer you to just the following 3 news reports and discussions on this forum that have alluded to Buhari's Islama-philic tendency, and from which I have summed up my take on Buhari: that will he a strong uncorruptible Presidential Candidate that Nigeria needs if only he can dispel the notion (wrong or right) the he is an Islamist! Take care, while I await your surplus apologies about the following words you have used on me: dishonesty, throwing my training into the gutters et cetera! JUI Here we go: 1. BBC News 2006. Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 10:31 GMT     E-mail this to a friend   Printable version    Profile: Muhammadu Buhari    Buhari had a mixed record during his time in power Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari does not seem to know when to quit.   Although he lost badly to President Olusegun Obasanjo in the last elections which he rejected as rigged, Mr Buhari appears undeterred in his quest to be an elected head of state.   And having secured the nomination of the main opposition party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), he is once again edging closer to his goal.   Mr Buhari has already ruled Nigeria - from January 1984 until August 1985, in a period remembered for human rights abuses and a fight against corruption.   As a Muslim from Daura in Katsina State, he has had to deny allegations that he has a radical Islamist agenda given his support for Sharia law in the north.   This proved a problem for him in the 2003 polls, where he failed to secure much support among Christians in the south where he was viewed with some suspicion.   Record   The verdict on Mr Buhari's 20 months as Nigeria's leader is mixed.   About 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were jailed as part of a campaign against waste and corruption.    MUHAMMADU BUHARI Age 64 Military ruler of Nigeria from 1984 to 1985 Deposed in a coup Poor human rights record Seen as incorruptible Muslim from northern Nigeria   Some saw this as the heavy handed repression of military rule.   But others, and not just northern Muslims, remember it as a praiseworthy attempt to fight the endemic graft which was preventing Nigeria's development.   Largely because of this campaign, he retains a rare reputation for honesty among Nigeria's politicians, both military and civilian.   Neat queues   He also introduced a notorious decree to restrict press freedom, under which two journalists were jailed.     Buhari is not a democrat   Vice President Atiku Abubakar   As part of his "War Against Indiscipline", he ordered the notoriously unruly Nigerians to form neat queues at bus stops, under the sharp eyes of whip-wielding soldiers.   Civil servants who were late for work were publicly humiliated by being forced to do "frog jumps".   However, his attempts to rebalance public finances by curbing imports led to the closure of businesses and many job losses.   Prices rose, while living standards fell, leading to a palace coup by Gen Ibrahim Babangida on 27 August 1985. Mr Buhari was imprisoned for 40 months   Mr Babangida, who still retains an active role in Nigeria's politics, also wanted to speed up the restoration of civilian rule, which Mr Buhari did not see as a priority.     Even now, Mr Buhari defends his military coup of 31 December 1983.   "It is up to the people. If you choose correct leadership, there won't be any need for the military regime.   "The military came in when it was absolutely necessary and the elected people had failed the country," he said last October.   When Mr Obasanjo was a military ruler in the 1970s, Mr Buhari held the key post of minister of petroleum affairs but there is now little love lost between the former colleagues.   His coup ousted Nigeria's last civilian government, led by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who won elections organised by Mr Obasanjo. And this has led to continuing questions about Mr Buhari's commitment to democracy.   Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 10:31 GMT     E-mail this to a friend   Printable version    -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Elombah.com/News News From Nigeria and Around the World. Fri, 09/24/2010 - 14:10   On the Relative Putative Candidacies of Buhari, Ribadu and Jonathan Submitted by elombah on Fri, 09/24/2010 - 14:10 1.  Tunde Idiagbon was Fulani - and Muslim.  He is of the same genre as the Olusola, Bukola, or Gbemisola Sarakis, or the Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari or Ilorin Emir Kolapo Sulu-Gambari: Fulanis with a broad and irrefutable Yoruba heritage.   2.  Buhari was NOT the only military ruler to share power.  Mohammed with Obasanjo; Obasanjo with Yar'Adua; IBB with Aikhomu; Abacha with Diya (in early part) were examples in sharing military power.  Notice that those were all North/South, Christian Muslim pairings, while Buhari/Idiagbon was a North/North, Muslim/Muslim pairing.  The only virtually total military rulers were Ironsi, Gowon (who shared his powers with his AFRC though), Abacha (in his later days) and Abdusalami Abubakar (partly with Akhigbe). One will admit that Idiagbon was probably the most powerful deputy of the lot, in the same manner that Gore was to Clinton, and Dick Cheney  to "Dubya" Bush.   Thought that I should make those corrections, for the record.   All-in-all, having studied the man closely,  I am of the firm conviction that Buhari, despite all the myths:   1.  is virtually incorruptible, and the kind of Nigeria needs to combat that hydra-headed monster; 2.  is NOT an Islamist or Fulani supremacist; 3.  is not blood-thirsty, and certainly not as a civilian politician.  His (in)famous military harshness was a reaction to the times.   However, part of Buhari's political problems are that:   1.  he has allowed accusations of him (as a blood-thirsty dictator and a fundamental Islamist/supremacist) to fester too long without countering them, particularly in the South that is deeply suspicious of him.  Again, despite its salutary effect, the Buhari/Idiagbon was the only clearly North/North, Muslim/Muslim pairing so far atop the leadership helm of the country.  This is probably because he did not conceive of himself as an electable politician for a long time, and hence did not at some point care what people thought or said about him.   [Abiola had similar problems.]  There was a time (for example) when he was completely withdrawn to himself, between 1983 (when he was toppled by IBB) and 1994/1995 (when he emerged as Abacha's PTF Chairman).   2.  he has not developed a broad base of identifiably-close advisors around him, leading to him make  a number of policy mistakes in the main political party that he has been in (eg in making Ume Ezeoke both Chairman and VP candidate in the ANPP, who ended up messing him up; his very naive endorsement of Maurice Iwu on the eve of the 2007 election, only to be messed up royally in the worst election ever held, etc.)  This may have been attempts to soften his public image as a stern fellow.  His emergence as ANPP presidential candidate, particularly in 2007, was not necessarily exemplars in democracy (see for example, the recent interview given by Chief Harry Akande).   3.  As a general and Head of State from 1983-1985 - more than 25 years ago - he is just rightly considered part of the Old Guard - albeit a more respectable part of that guard -  but still in the same genre of Obasanjo and IBB.  It is very difficult to argue with a straight face against Obasanjo and IBB coming back, and not maintain the same with Buhari.   Personally, like Bunmi Fatoye-Matory I LOVE the prospects of a Nuhu Ribadu over Buhari as President, with Muhammadu Buhari as his anti-corruption czar.  1.  Ribadu is much younger and more vibrant. 2.  Ribadu has never been accused of Islamism or sectionalism. 3.  Yes, Ribadu  may be more PLIABLE (in terms of corruptibility and stern-ness; more pragmatic, let us say) but he has demonstrated a clear anti-corruption zeal as EFCC chairman, and would have a more willing ear to listen to advisors than the much older Buhari with a long-standing military background.  Ribadu, as a former policeman, also has some para-military disciplinary background, but did not progress from a "wetin-you-dey-carry" status like policemen like Anenih, Tafa Balogun, etc.   Unlike Bunmi, for me, it cannot be Jonathan over Buhari.  GEJ in the grips of a PDP administration may turn out to be terrible, especially because of all the developing pre-election turf wars that are yet unfolding.  If he eventually wins the Presidency - and that is a big IF, because who knows whether he will still be a candidate sef?   1.  corruption and incompetence might go on un-abated; they are sytemic and endemic in the PDP world; 2.  he will have a weak presidency not only as he tries to assuage wounded post-election minds within his party and the Northern constituency, and: 3.  he would be LAME-DUCK from Day One (since he says that he would be going only for one term), and a battle for succession, either from the North (who would want it back, since a Southerner would have been president for 6 years effectively) or from the South-East (since GEJ says that he would be merely completing a Northern term),  would ensue because of the uncertainty that his presidential candidacy is currently generating.   So my choices - if they become candidates - are Ribadu, Buhari and GEJ in that order - and be assured that I would not change my Nigerian citizenship if any of them became/remain President in 2011. Those are the facts, as different from fantasy - and so there you have it. Bolaji Aluko. Still reading the tea leaves..... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. AMANA ONLIINE. Buhari for Nigeria   By Peter Opara - Peter_O'Para@tufts-health.com - March 29, 2010     Much water has passed under the bridge, as they say, since I wrote this piece nearly a year ago and shelved it. It was only a matter of time before I sought the attention of editors and webmasters to post the piece, and I knew the piece would be fully relevant regardless when it was posted. What better time to post the piece than now, when the Nigerian Peoples Burden - Olusegun Obasanjo and Wole Soyinka, who once described Obasanjos abode - Aso Rock - as a "nest of killers, are in the same corner, with daggers drawn against Buhari, a man around whom friends and foes across Nigeria are converging for common good. Enjoy! (See Vanguard of Tuesday, January 16, 2007) Peter Opara   The home as a family unit has served well my view of the state of Nigeria long before the current Olusegun Obasanjo Lootocracy, which many mistake for democracy.   The home is that entity wherein habits a father and a mother - otherwise parents - and children - say one, two, three or more. It is accepted, at least in most societies that father is the authority figure in the home; father is the one that the children fear; father is the one to whom mother would threaten to report the erring child; father is the one whose absence triggers impish acts otherwise mischief by the child. How often do mother throw up her hands in frustration, wishing father was around so children would check their behavior!   Individually or collectively, we might have observed in our family or in our community that a child that is always up to no good has fear and concern of what father would do to him as a constant companion - what father would do to him if father as much as learn that the child - Okeke, Tunde or Usman was of uncommon behavior, that Okeke, Tunde or Usman was observed playing pranks such as cheating in class, skipping school or worse, stealing - that which brings the most dishonor to the family.   Yet there is the anything goes father; the father about whom and the thought of whom the children could not be bothered, the father who by nature or by design is the hands- off type, the father that is neither in control or is mentally warped or unequipped to give due care to deeds of his wards - because the father himself is mischief.   In so far as one is expected in a community, in a society and yes, in the world to be in sync with acceptable manners - norms of behavior, to be of honorable character, and in so far as such is the end expectations of our wards - it is doubtful that the ward of the hands off, anything goes father would measure up, as would the ward of a hands-on father.   Home, father and children's tendencies are employed here for purposes of illustrations, as posited at the outset that the home as a family unit has served well my view of the state of the entity called Nigeria.   In all of its history, Nigeria as a home to diverse nations, has had no father; if anything, Nigeria as a home has had the anything goes father, father that is unequipped or mentally warped and unable to give due care to Nigeria and deeds therein. The lack of father or the presence of mentally ill-equipped father compounded the problems encountered by the nations therein since their cobbling together by the British fellow named Lugard.   It has been powerfully articulated, and I tend to agree that no manner of father is capable of remedying Nigeria, talk less lead it successfully. This is so true given the number of fathers Nigeria has had since Lugard put it together.   When I hear people say, write or refer to our "(Nigeria's) Founding Fathers" I just chuckle. What founding fathers - Awolowo, Azikiwe or Bello? With the possible exception of Zik, Awo and Bello were ethnic chieftains who cared more about the welfare of their "nation tribes'" men and women than in their own words the "Geographical Expression"- Nigeria or "The Mistake of 1914" - Nigeria.   That said, the nations in Nigeria were better off when the chieftains reigned in their respective regions of influence - Awolowo in the west; Bello in the north; Okpara in the east.   Yet still, the truth remains that a white man, Lugard and his concubine fabricated Nigeria, by cobbling together, hitherto sovereign, independent nations, with nary an input by their diverse peoples. Thus there is nothing like "Nigeria's founding fathers", unless one is referring to Lugard.   I can with a measure of envy talk of one and only country that had true and unequivocal founding fathers - the United States of America. Do we not see how those wizards of fathers - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the rest "Founding Fathers", "Founding Brothers", "Founding Wives" took care of their children such that two and a half centuries after they were gone, their children continue to enjoy the fruits of their revolutionary words and deed? American Founding Fathers fashioned a nation whose resilience and elasticity in words, bond and symbol are unbreakable as they are inimitable.   Have not Nigeria and its supposed fathers of today continuously tinkered on words intended to bring about America in Nigeria to no avail? This is dating back to Nigeria's second republic - 1979 to1984, and even earlier. The effort has been to no avail, as the supposed fathers are unable to jettison their evil ways, which ends up represented always in whatever they do. The words or what they call "constitution they put together to guide Nigeria are not worth the papers on which they are written.   America is the real stuff. Thomas Jefferson penned the document guaranteeing each and every American citizen the right to livelihood and the pursuit of happiness. Not long ago an alien opinion analyst mistook for happiness forced or imposed masochism on Nigerians that exhibits itself in the form smiling while under intense stress and suffering. Nigeria's famous singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti of blessed memory captured the Nigerian mental state to which I refer in the title of his song - "Suffering and Smiling".   Unknown to the foreign analyst perhaps is the fact that the "happiness" he countenanced on the faces of Nigerians was hardly the type Thomas Jefferson envisaged and shaped for his children nearly 300 years ago; happiness that endures to date in many forms, key of which is freedom to live and experience life in its fullness.   Consider also that another American father, Abraham Lincoln led a devastating civil war of unity at some point along America's journey for full life and pursuit of happiness that Jefferson envisaged for Americans. It is worthy of note that the civil war neither derailed nor truncated the road to full life and pursuit of happiness for Americans. If anything, the prosecution of the civil war enhanced all that were envisaged for Americans by their founding fathers - life to the fullest and pursuit of happiness.   The story of Nigeria could have been analogous to the American story, except that in the case of Nigeria, the reverse is the case. Nigeria has historically taken the wrong turns every inch of the way - consciously, deliberately and purposefully so.   The father as one might infer from the foregoing is one whose life's undertaking is to see to the proper upbringing and future wellbeing of his wards; one whose presence demands and dictates proper behavior, order and discipline. That Nigeria has amounted to nothing after nearly half a century of existence speaks to nothing other than, in this context, the lack of father or a symbol approximating a father - whose presence dictates and demands of his wards proper behavior, order and discipline.   If Nigeria at 44 is still unable to cater for itself, then as a child that cannot cater to himself, he deserves to be dictated to, and demanded to act accordingly for his good.   Nigeria is a family of ill-disciplined children, a family of riotous, rancorous, and thieving, dishonorable children. This much any keen observer will agree. While not all of the wards/children are dishonorable, many of them can be said to be dishonorable.   Then the kerosene on fire! Give the children Democracy - otherwise freedom - as if they never had freedom or that they did well with the freedom they had, no matter how limited some might think about the freedom they had. How do you allow more freedom to children who have no good account of the freedom they had?   Take a look at freedom times they had. Under Ibrahim Babangida, the one time anything goes father of Nigeria, the children had freedom to act out their desires. At that time the children engaged in every mischief imaginable - because the father then was amenable to mischief and the father himself engaged in the highest form of mischief - which included raiding the nation's treasury and oil revenue and hording the loot in such a way that years after he "stepped aside" from the chaos engendered by his anything goes style, none can trace where he hid his loot, or so, we were told. This is when even a goat in the land knows that this one time father is richer than the country he once ruled - say ruined. At the time of Babangida's reign of ruin, Nigerians, his children gained for themselves international shame. This father felt invincible; his children gulped his criminal shenanigans down. Nigeria, now a criminal home was his oyster.   But he was a marked man abroad, especially in the land in which he sought approval and acceptance the most - America. Babangida was not officially welcome in America. He sought from America but never received the respect he longed for - state visit with all of red carpet. He succeeded only in making do with COCKROACH VISIT to America - courtesy of the talk shop called the United Nations. While there, however, the one time father of Nigeria was confined, restrained and watched - all so he does not saunter beyond the space diplomacy allowed him.   It does not matter that this father of mischief, Babangida, achieved a state visit to England. One needs to understand the history of Britain to concur that it neither mattered nor was it surprising that this plain ole thief rode in a coach with the Queen of England - an honor an American undersecretary could not and would not extend to him.   The children's account for their freedom was MISCHIEF, and congratulations were in order for the father they had - Babangida. The home that is Nigeria is today an amoral home, immoral home, riotous home, chaotic home and downright criminal home. The failed one time father of Nigeria - Babangida, a man to whom mischief is second nature is one that some wish to return to the reign of fatherhood again. Here is what Obasanjo had to say about Babangida, his political mentor - "There is no leader that has been credited with a great capacity of mischief, for evil, as Babangida". The lot of peoples of Nigeria nations today is a situation where a protégé - Obasanjo now rivals his mentor - Babangida in evil and mischief. This is a different story. Before failed father Babangida, there was his polar opposite - Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was not a member of the military cabal that terminated the Shehu Shagari civilian government. The cabal in question was one that the second republic's Transportation Minister Umaru Dikko, referred to as "Politicians in uniform". This cabal that is adept at mischief making had Babangida as its key member Umaru Dikko impressed upon President Shehu Shagari to retire members of this cabal. Not long after Dikko's warning, the Babangida cabal overthrew Shagari. Babangida is an ex- soldier whose pre-eminent pride is that he was involved in every coup d'etat that ever took place in Nigeria. Being polar opposites, there was no way Buhari could have been a member of this cabal headed by Mr. Mischief Babangida. It was upon completing their mutiny, that they sought out a shining armor, a decent, disciplined straight arrow to give them the image they wanted to present to Nigerians - a disciplined no nonsense bunch - in the tradition of Murtala Mohammed. The cabal scrounged about and could find none other than Buhari to foot the bill. When then Brigadier Sani Abacha announced the putsch in the wee hours of January 1984, till midday of that day - January 1, Nigerians still did not know who was the leader of the putsch and of Nigeria, as hours of interregnum lasted. This was how Buhari, who ordinarily would not engage in mischief, what more a high crime as coup d'tat, had coup become part of his resume. It is not far fetched to think that Buhari would have been eliminated, had he refused to place his name on the mutiny.   In response to a press interview later that January 1st day, Buhari, having been introduced as head of state - otherwise father of Nigeria, he assured Nigerians that he intended to run a disciplined and responsive administration similar to the late General Murtala Mohammed. Nigerians all welcomed the assurance. Buhari added that his measure for economic success would be the affordability of GARRI by ordinary Nigerians.   But first, the home that had been chaotic, thanks to politicians, had to be put back in order. I hasten here to add that Shagari era politicians were angels compared to those of today. I have only observed two civilian political dispensations in Nigeria closely - the second republic which I was a part, and the Olusegun Obasanjo's Thieves, Thugs and Assassins Incorporated - OOTTA Inc   Put the house in order, Buhari did, aided by the equally no nonsense Brigadier Tunde Idiagbon. Errant politicians, otherwise errant children in the home, received punishment due them, civil and criminal shenanigans were not left unchecked by father Buhari.   Buhari was poised to check and deal with indiscipline in the army as he was dealing with the civil society. As I stated earlier, the habitually errant child has fear or concern of what father would do to him as his constant companion. Unbeknownst to Nigerians, the key member of the military cabal of politicians in uniform was an errant child, a deviant. He too, was concerned about what fate awaited him as hands-on father Buhari exercised his fatherly roles meticulously. Soon, the evils of this errant child would catch up with him. He had to do something. Babangida, Mr. Mischief, the proud coup maker struck.   The disciplined, meticulous, hands-on father Buhari out of the way, the mischievous child heaved a sigh of relief; he now had a huge landmass, a rich landmass for that matter on which to engage in his mischief and convert the rest children to his modus operandi. And thus did Nigeria become the scum of a place that it is today, because a scum of a being ran the place the only way his nature dictated.   There is nothing that binds a family like morals - and so a country or a supposed country. Also there is nothing that focuses the mind on morals than fear of shame. The combined evil of the man called Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida against the people and place over which he once lorded, and for which God and man shall never forgive him were his acts of omission and commission that rendered morality and shame meaningless in the contemporary Nigerian culture and psyche. It took this evil incarnate just nine years to accomplish his evil feat that shall forever hunt peoples of Nigerian nations.   Between Good and Evil The antidote to evil is good. Babangida is evil. Buhari is good. Where evil finds footing, all that needs to be done to undo it is Good. Peoples of Nigerian nations today burdened by sundry evil in their lands, evils ranging from common thievery pillaging of peoples' patrimony, wanton destruction of property and lives - all hitherto unknown to them until Babangida chanced upon them, have the opportunity to introduce good to rid evil.   Who among the peoples of the Nigerian nations had ever heard of assassination by letter bomb prior to Babangida's presence on the leadership scene? What evil! Yet the man has so much evil in him than one can conceive.   A home that fell into any manner of chaos, especially moral chaos as Nigeria did on the watch of the anything-goes-father Babangida, needs only the presence of upright father if the home is to be put back in order to begin anew, to concern itself with the right and proper things of life, to forge ahead constructively, not destructively, as all can see today under Olusegun Obasanjo -Babangida's political protégé.   Mankind must accept that immorality as abounds in Nigeria today drives those wallowing in it mad, and only in a state of mass mental derangement could one countenance the presence one more time of the one whose presence precipitated the immorality that has mortgaged the now and future of an entity and God's children therein.   Buhari for Nigeria!   Buhari stands head and shoulder above those angling to replace the Nigerian peoples' BURDEN - Obasanjo. Buhari stands head and shoulder above them all in experience, honesty, principle, tenacity, focus and much, much more. Buhari is the one that is equal to the task of ushering into Obasanjo/Babangida evil barrel Nigeria the requisite good, decency, honesty and discipline to shake up and shape up things.   There is a thing called aura - a quality or force that oozes off a personality; a force or quality borne of moral strength and principle; quality or force that is capable of arresting dire situations; force or quality akin to the influence of fathers in homes - influence only that reins in riotousness, rascality and mischief.   There is a dire, desperate need for the mass of the peoples of the Nigerian nation to have at the helm today someone with the moral strength and force to arrest evil and practices thereof.   Buhari has what I call Remedy of Presence. Remedy of presence is aura borne of moral strength that is capable of arresting evil such that pervade Nigeria today. Buhari's principled, purposeful and tenacious disposition constitutes remedy of presence evil and doers thereof dread!   Buhari's appearance on the scene would have the effect of sudden appearance of father at that point in time when mother cannot take it any more, that point in time when mother throws up her hands, and hollers aloud in desperation - wait till your father comes home! How long have mothers in Nigerian nations endured stress and abuse stemming from the absence of a real father?   Buhari is stern some say. To this people, I say, you show me one who desires smiles, say grin, gap tooth and all and I'd show you a shameless accomplice in the establishment of the most evil barrel ever cultivated in the history of mankind - at least in our parts, at par with Nazism, Stalinism and Pinochetism.   Buhari was kicked out so easily, some say. I ask, by whom? Well, we know whom, we know why and we know what became of Nigerian nations on the watch of this kicker. Will the people ever come out of the ditch of crimes, murder, assassination and sundry decadence into which he plunged them?   Buhari is a dictator; he is not a democrat, some opine. I ask - in contrast or in comparison to whom - Obasanjo or Babangida? I ask - who embarked on the most important democratic battle of the day? Who advanced democracy the most - tenaciously seeking remedy for peoples' disenfranchisement and restoration of their stolen mandate? When and where was it that a dictator ever tried advancing democracy, and by legal means?   Someone wrote recently referring to these two - Obasanjo and Babangida as "the greatest evils in Nigeria". I say they are representatives of LUCIFER on earth. Under whose watch did Nigerians become familiar with Letter bomb? Under whose watch was a military plane loaded with young army officers and blasted to bits in the air? Whose regime can be described today as a regime of thugs and assassins? Whose presidential premises were described as a "Nest of Killers"? Could any Nigerian relate the afore in any shape or form to Buhari - if he is that bad?   And yes, as to the charge of Buhari being an "Islamist", a "Jihadist", one need only say that a statement made to a constituent that they must vote for those they want to represent their interest sits well with this Christian. Such is no "Islamic" or "Jihadist" talk. Such is democracy; such is freedom talk - encouraging talk for that matter that should spur others to talk to their constituents alike for their sacred votes. If as alleged, Buhari asked Muslims to vote for Muslims, which Buhari has flatly denied, Christians should tell Christians to vote for Christians, and leave it at that.   Yes, democracy is about criticism and skepticism, yet would any blame Buhari for Christian/Muslim dichotomy that exists in the world today? Such blame on its face would be simply asinine.   If you are in the least a believer in God, or Allah the almighty, and you were familiar with the Bible, (I am not familiar with the Koran and I wont claim to be at home with the Bible either) you must have heard or read about Lucifer's encounter with Jesus Christ - where Lucifer tempted Christ with nothing but worldly things - such as Nigerians are into theses days, you would, if you thought deeply, understand that Lucifer is by nature a COWARD; he is like the cockroach that cowers and runs for cover from LIGHT.   So shall it be with these representatives of Lucifer - Babangida, Obasanjo and their followers, those that today shower hellfire in the form of death and destruction upon the peoples of Nigerian nations. They will in a blinking of an eye disappear, at the appearance of a man of light, truth and integrity.   Buhari is the one whose presence at the helm shall disengage Lucifer, and send his followers scampering for cover like roaches exposed to light.   This should be good for the children of the nations in Nigeria.   Buhari for Nigeria!   Epilogue - There is not a doubt that Muhammadu Buhari has caught on to the imagination of peoples of Nigerian nations; he has caught on no longer as a soldier, a profession of which he is certainly proud, but as a determined and purposeful DEMOCRAT, a DEMOCRAT willing and able to rock the wretched boat and bring about needed changes.   Some of Buhari's recent utterances have caught so many at akimbo, unexpected, unawares. I do wonder why that is so, why it took people this long to understand Buhari, as the Guardian recently referred to him, as the "real deal".   Of course a person of transparent and demonstrable honesty and principle, as Buhari could be nothing but "the real deal" - one with whom what you see is what you get; one with whom his word is his bond.   Peoples of Nigerian nations have reason to be hopeful. After nine years (April1999 - April 2007) of steadfast abuse, terror and neglect by Olusegun Obasanjo regime, they have the opportunity to put at the helm, through their franchise, a leader that cares, a leader that will exist to work for their wellbeing and welfare - Buhari.   January 18, 2007. Peter Opara is a communications consultant, he teaches college anthropology, and is the author of Understanding the Nigerian Nation Tribes - Why they Boil (1996), Think In Time - Essays and Encounters of the Last Quarter of the 20th Century (2000) and The Man of Biafra - in the City Where America Began (2003).               --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   From: Nebukadineze@aol.com [mailto:Nebukadineze@aol.com] Sent: Sat 23-Oct-10 9:20 PM To: Igietseme, Joseph (CDC/OID/NCPDCID); NIgeriaNID@yahoogroups.com; talknigeria@yahoogroups.com; nigeria360@yahoogroups.com; naijaintellects@googlegroups.com Cc: ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com Subject: Re: NigerianID | A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI? ATTENTION, JOE IGIETSEME!   Joe Igietseme, I respond to your bizarre quips as follows: (1) Only ignorant and mischief making intellectual nincompoops, people hobbled down by criminality and the fear of a law enforcing president Buhari, and Nigerian Islamophobes brand Buhari with "Islamophilia". I challenge you to show me one instance of Buhari having demonstrated any Islamic bias worthy of frightening any normal human being. If you can show me that, I will withdraw my support for him and apologize to everyone who has read positive things that I have written about him.   You demonstrated a degree of dishonesty with your exhortation of Buhari thus: "stat[e] emphatically that he upholds the Religious Secularity of the State and the freedom of individuals to practice the religion of their choice". My dear Joe Igietseme, was that not what Buhari said to some Nigerians a few years ago (in Hausa language) and for which Nigerians like you have cloaked him with Islamophilia? Why must Buhari repeat himself today, just because one Joe Igietseme and his ilk demand so? Ok, let me move on for now.   (2) Your sentence in your point number two is contorted (probably because of its unnecessary lengthiness). But based on what I gathered from reading it severally, your thought has betrayed what you should stand for --making declarations based on facts. Buhari was a military Head of State of Nigeria for twenty months and he did not Islamize Nigeria or show any bias against non- Muslims, yet you believe that as a civilian president, working with a legislature, he can unilaterally Islamize Nigeria? For the twenty months that he was Head of State of Nigeria, not even once was he shown displaying Islamic solemnity at the State House (Dodan Barracks). However, less than seventy-two hours after he was sworn in as president, Jonathan Ebele Goodluck was shown on national and international media kneeling down in abject stupor at Aso Rock (State House), while a Pharisee of a pastor administered rituals and incantations on him. Yet, you assert that Jonathan is more religious open minded than Buhari? It is a shame that you, a man who makes a living by adhering to scientific methodology, would throw your training into the gutter the moment you exit your lab, even for a few seconds to post your comments here. This conduct of yours is one of Nigerians' banes. Yes, Joe, when it comes to doing boi-boi for oyibo, we follow laid down principles of intellectual honesty, but when it comes to working or doing something for Nigeria, we display as much dishonesty as humanly despicable. Isn't that something, Joe?   (3) Your last paragraph is unpardonably disgraceful because it is pandering at its lowest ebb. In pretending to be a statesman, you forgot that you were treating Buhari like a second class citizen. If you truly believe that he is incorruptible (which he eminently is) why concoct a silly scheme for him? Buhari's unblemished character has taken the center stage and will continue to do so. Only little minds still latch onto that fabrication of Islamophilia.   My dear Joe Igietseme, Muhammadu Buhari will present himself to the Nigerian electorates next year to be elected president. If they elect him, he will serve them with the same grace, forthrightness, and discipline with which he served in 1984. But he will not belittle himself, in the manner Joe Igietseme decrees for him, in order to serve his people. When I return to the forums in a few days, I shall write on how Buhari almost turned around the Nigerian economy before the enemies of progress overthrew his administration. It is up to Nigerians as to which way they want their country to go. The choice is clear, for it is between redemption and remaining in decadence. If Nigerians choose redemption, Buhari will lead them to it without any ugly baggage.    Increase the peace, Joe.       Nebukadineze Adiele Organized religion sired irrationality.       In a message dated 10/22/2010 11:32:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jbi8@cdc.gov writes:     My MINIMUM for supporting Buhari's Presidential Bid are as follows:   1.     Buhari should make a PUBLIC STATEMENT TO DISPEL the Islamo-philia people have cloaked on him, stating emphatically that he upholds the Religious Secularity of the State and the freedom of individuals to practice the religion of their choice;   2.     That he will not Islamatize the Presidency because Nigerians consider him less favorably among other prospects who are now seen to be more open-minded than Buhari on religious issues.    In fact, such a statement will further enhance Buhari because his STRENGTH OF CHARACTER, his INCORRUPILITY, and his steadfastness on the RELEVANT issues will then take the Center-stage.   Take care. Joe Igietseme   From: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Adebayo Adejuwon Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:08 PM To: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [IGBO_FORUM] A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI ?       Good men and women should rise up and support an alternative to the PDP and in my opinion BUHARI, UTOMI,TINUBU, YINKA, RIBADU and others represent our best hope for now. MB   Now when you say this people come up with the argument of whether Buahi is a saint. The truth is that Buahi is not a saint    and he has never claimed to be one. What remains very clear to all is that Buhari stands taller than all his colleagues who are part of PDP today as a military man and as a civilian. This is the issue, it is not about whether the man is Nigeria's messiah. Nigerians are not even seeking for a messiah. What Nigerians are desperately looking for in 2011 is a strong willed     personality who can not be intimitaded by the entrenched poliical interest which PDP represents and whose past record is not as blemished as the others lest the noose of corruption or allegation of corruption comes on his neck and he gets truncated. Buhari will past this test recoding higher grade than all other aspirants outside of PDP. I am not too sure anyone in the presidential race under the PDP leaking umbrella will even make a D+   And knowing that Buari is not a superman, he needs the zeal and brilliance of the likes of Rinabu,Utomi, Yinka and co. This is the issue and the agenda that we must push in 2011   My only concern at this stage is that everything about both Buhari and Nuhu has been limited to their integrity as former HOS and former EFCC chief respectively. This is OK but Nigerians needs to know more, in concrete terms what Buhari seeks to do beginning from May 29,2011. By this I mean what Nigerians expect in  Buhari presidency on matters such as:   1) Electricity   2) Infrastructural develeopment with focus on Roads   3) Diversification of internally generated revenue sources thus changing Nigeria from a mono product economy to a multi product economy   4) Employment   5) True and functional federalism to adress issues such as fiscal federalism, devolution of power to state and LG,s , presentialialism versus parliamentary system of government, the role of parties in politics at both federal and states levels and the possibility of non-party politics at the government level, state police etc.   6) Education: what role for Federal and states government   7) Health: A well articulated policy is desirable in this area with claer cut role assigned for states in the delivery of functional health care for Nigerians at primary,secondar and tertiary levels.   8) Nigeria secularity   9)The role of Local government in Nigerian must be redefined.   10) Security.   It is my considered opinion that Buahri needs to COME OUT with clear policy actions on all these and more. What is being bandied around in the name of manifesto by almost all our presidential hopefuls  and even the hopeless among them is nothing different from academic and professional resumes/CV,s telling Nigerians the schools they went to . We alraedy know all these. How I wish educational qualifications of those before them had been put to good use. I wonder what Nigerians stand to benefit fromreading about Nuhu Ribadu being an alumnus of ABU and that he went to law school. We already know that. In the same way, Nigerians are no longer intererested in reading about General Buhari being a former HOS and a one time Governor and chair of PTF.We know all these. Or is it of any importance for Nigerians to be bored once again with the details of Dele Momodu being the publisher of Ovation and an ex-Ife. How does this address our dysfunctional education, complete collapse of infrastructure such as roads and electricity? These are things Nigerians want to hear and not whether or not somebody supported June 12 or was aginst OBJ third term bid.   So, I challenge Generakl Buhari and his handlers to get into spoecfics NOW       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   From: "mbshehu25@yahoo.com" <mbshehu25@yahoo.com> To: Naija forum <NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Fri, October 22, 2010 9:11:57 AM Subject: Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [IGBO_FORUM] A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI ?     Peter,   Buhari did not write the Nigerian constitution, nor was he a member of the National Assembly, he was neither a Governor nor President.   Why was this same question not put to OBJ or Abdulsalam, the Attorney General under OBJ could have seek the interpretation of the Supreme Court. GEJ could do the same! Why wait for Buhari.   Those who keep flogging this issue are just plain mischievous! It is a similar nonsense when some pastors went to get a pledge from Buhari before 2007 election(selection) that he has to pledge that he will take Nigeria out of OIC, when he gets elected.   On hearing that, his response was he was not the one who took Nigeria to OIC, and they should give him evidence that they had put the same preposition to the then President OBJ and the National Assembly? Then he is willing to look at the circumstances. These pastors said they have not, and that OBJ would not listen to them anyway,Buhari then told them they should take the issue to the National Assembly in writing through their representatives now.   Some Nigerians are notorious for dishonesty when it comes to issues like these. Any serious Nigerian will tell you, what we have is the PDP that has suffocated Democracy and rampaged through Nigeria within the last 13 years evidence of which is becoming apparent by day.   GEJ,OBJ,IBB,ATIKU,SARAKI,ADAMU BELLO,GOJE, OUK belong to the same political group and represent the same crooked and destructive mentality of undermining our collective progressive aspiration.   Good men and women should rise up and support an alternative to the PDP and in my opinion BUHARI, UTOMI,TINUBU, YINKA, RIBADU and others represent our best hope for now. MB   Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   From: peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com>   Sender: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com   Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:28:35 -0700 (PDT)   To: <ndiigbo_forum@yahoogroups.com>; Nmenme Ndiigbo<igboevents@yahoogroups.com>; <igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com>; Okpo buru na anya<igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com>; oburu ya omee gini ?onye si na oburo ya<wic_open_forum@yahoogroups.com>; agbara aka na azo ani<worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com>; <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>; Punch me I deck U<nigeria360@yahoogroups.com>; Shove truth Down the troat<newnaijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>; <NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com>; Egbuwara isi group<naijaintellects@googlegroups.com>; TalkNaija<talknigeria@yahoogroups.com>; <IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>; FGGN<fggn@yahoogroups.com>   ReplyTo: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com   Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [IGBO_FORUM] A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI ?       Did you pose same question of Obasanjo? Why is Sharia your concern? Is Sharia bunkering oil in the Niger Delta? Is Sharia kidnapping people in Abia? What exactly is your problem with Sharia, that you must know what Buhari or any others think about it. You're talking about rescinding law. When last was a single law rescinded in Nigeria, can you tell? Now, who is your candidate in this who presidential race exercise? Do you have any or are you just wandering about looking for some other about whom to demagogue?   --- On Fri, 10/22/10, Ogonna Anyabolu <ogonna@yahoo.com> wrote:   From: Ogonna Anyabolu <ogonna@yahoo.com> Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [IGBO_FORUM] A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI ? To: ndiigbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Nmenme Ndiigbo" <igboevents@yahoogroups.com>, igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Okpo buru na anya" <igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com>, "oburu ya omee gini ?onye si na oburo ya" <wic_open_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "agbara aka na azo ani" <worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com>, "Ajambene" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>, "Punch me I deck U" <nigeria360@yahoogroups.com>, "Shove truth Down the troat" <newnaijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>, NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com, "Egbuwara isi group" <naijaintellects@googlegroups.com>, "TalkNaija" <talknigeria@yahoogroups.com>, IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, "FGGN" <fggn@yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 10:23 AM   My dear friend, quit with the circular  rhetoric--it was a simple question of policy matter  ---American Presidents do the same --rescind laws enacted by their predecessors -- is Buhari going to abolish Sharia Law as shown to be in violation of the Rule of Law -the Nigerian Constitution. Yes or No, no turenchi!       'Speculation is a deadly game; revise what you KNOW, the UNKNOWN must then drive the known' ~~ Ogonna'   'Remember to recollect YOUR past, discover YOUR present, then invite YOUR future to participate in ALL ~~ Ogonna'   --- On Fri, 10/22/10, peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com> wrote:   From: peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com> Subject: [IGBO_FORUM] A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI ? To: ndiigbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Nmenme Ndiigbo" <igboevents@yahoogroups.com>, "Ama Ndiigbo" <igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "Okpo buru na anya" <igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com>, "oburu ya omee gini ?onye si na oburo ya" <wic_open_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "agbara aka na azo ani" <worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com>, "Ajambene" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>, "Punch me I deck U" <nigeria360@yahoogroups.com>, "Shove truth Down the troat" <newnaijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>, NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com, "Egbuwara isi group" <naijaintellects@googlegroups.com>, "TalkNaija" <talknigeria@yahoogroups.com>, IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, "FGGN" <fggn@yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 10:15 AM   My friend, go ask Obasanjo, your Christian brother, on whose watch Sharia flourished. Buhari has neither time nor need for religion in leadership. He was there before, two Muslims, him and his deputy, Idiagbon, and during that time, religion was no issue. Some want Buhari to say something about religious unrest or save Nigeria from religious unrest. Folks, the last time Buhari was the leader of Nigeria, was 1985, two decades plus ago. How does Buhari save you if he has no such power? Now, you make him Nigeria's president in 2011, and see religious unrest NO MORE. Make Buhari president in 2011 and see thieves in government NO MORE. Make Buhari president in 2011 and see Nigerians working 24/7. Give Buharit the power and complain no more. Guaranteed.   --- On Fri, 10/22/10, Ogonna Anyabolu <ogonna@yahoo.com> wrote:   From: Ogonna Anyabolu <ogonna@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [IgboWorldForum] A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI ? To: ndiigbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Nmenme Ndiigbo" <igboevents@yahoogroups.com>, "Ama Ndiigbo" <igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "Okpo buru na anya" <igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com>, "oburu ya omee gini ?onye si na oburo ya" <wic_open_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "agbara aka na azo ani" <worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com>, "Ajambene" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>, "Punch me I deck U" <nigeria360@yahoogroups.com>, "Shove truth Down the troat" <newnaijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>, NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com, "Egbuwara isi group" <naijaintellects@googlegroups.com>, "TalkNaija" <talknigeria@yahoogroups.com>, IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, "FGGN" <fggn@yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 10:07 AM     speaking of policies? doesn't the institution of the SHARIA law in the North violate precedence  the Nigerian Constitution -- or are we to believe that Buhari will rescind the Sharia law which has been shown in application NOT only offensive to human life but indirect violation of the 'rule of law'.   'Speculation is a deadly game; revise what you KNOW, the UNKNOWN must then drive the known' ~~ Ogonna'   'Remember to recollect YOUR past, discover YOUR present, then invite YOUR future to participate in ALL ~~ Ogonna'   --- On Fri, 10/22/10, peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com> wrote:   From: peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com> Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [IgboWorldForum] A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI ? To: ndiigbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Nmenme Ndiigbo" <igboevents@yahoogroups.com>, "Ama Ndiigbo" <igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "Okpo buru na anya" <igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com>, "oburu ya omee gini ?onye si na oburo ya" <wic_open_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "agbara aka na azo ani" <worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com>, "Ajambene" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>, "Punch me I deck U" <nigeria360@yahoogroups.com>, "Shove truth Down the troat" <newnaijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>, "Bring your baseball bat" <NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com>, "Egbuwara isi group" <naijaintellects@googlegroups.com>, "TalkNaija" <talknigeria@yahoogroups.com>, IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, "FGGN" <fggn@yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 10:02 AM     Chinwuba - You are talking to a vulture, no name "odera", the dirtiest Igbo person alive. A piece of human refuse.   He posted a dirt on Buhari yesterday, and he had not a single bite, not by Igbo, not by Yoruba, not by Hausa or Fulani.   That shows the no name "odera" a lifelong crook, smear artist and criminal blackmailer is the only stinking dirty creature hereabouts. A crawling worm.   He is such a dunce, such an illiterate no to understand what an abominable creature he is.   Shame   --- On Fri, 10/22/10, philip chinwuba <aguleri2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:   From: philip chinwuba <aguleri2000@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: [IgboWorldForum] A CAMPAIGN FOR BUHARI ? To: ndiigbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Nmenme Ndiigbo" <igboevents@yahoogroups.com>, "Ama Ndiigbo" <igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "Okpo buru na anya" <igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com>, "oburu ya omee gini ?onye si na oburo ya" <wic_open_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "agbara aka na azo ani" <worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com>, "Ajambene" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>, "Punch me I deck U" <nigeria360@yahoogroups.com>, "Shove truth Down the troat" <newnaijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>, "Bring your baseball bat" <NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com>, "Egbuwara isi group" <naijaintellects@googlegroups.com>, "TalkNaija" <talknigeria@yahoogroups.com>, IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, "FGGN" <fggn@yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 8:25 AM     Dear Oderaigbo,   I am very deeply disappointed at your posting.  The pictures you have copied is from UK and not Nigeria. Buhari is a true Muslim who loves his religion just like I am a Christian and adores my faith,  What is wrong with that?.  Please can you also show us the pictures of President Goodluck worshipping in his church.   Buhari is the best person to lead Nigeria at this difficult time in our nationhood. We should not play ethnic or religious politics with sentimental attachment to bigotry as you have displayed.  I hope you will be mature enough to engage in politics of constructive criticism.   The corruption under your avowed support of PDP is killing Nigeria and the govt of Goodluck seems not to be abreast with the governance of Nigeria.  We can re-brand Nigeria as you guys want us to believe but the simple fact is that PDP has no credibility to lead Nigeria.  They may rig and win the next election but it will take Nigeria back 20years.   I will strongly suggest that you re-focus on policy and issue base discussion and not cheap blackmail.   Regards   Phil Chinwuba Esq   London         -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "naijaintellects" group. To post to this group, send email to naijaintellects@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to naijaintellects+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. 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