By the way, Bayo, it is interesting that you did not touch Tinubu's false claims about his NYSC and secondary school certificates. And, of course, you have refused to touch on Alpha Beta and other allegations of Tinubu's commandeering of contracts from the Southwestern states in which his allies are governors. So when we talk about Tinubu using his vast financial resources to build a credible opposition in Nigeria, we should include a footnote that these resources are stolen loot from his time as governor and from the rent that he collects from his political godsons in Southwestern government houses.
On Chicago, he did write on his INEC form that he attended Chicago University, a non-existent school. Later, he claimed that he meant to write Chicago State University. Fair enough. And then his spokesman stated the following recently:
Meanwhile, Tinubu has genuine documents and pictures showing him as an award-winning student at the school. Nigeria should be proud that one of its own graduated an honor student from an American university over thirty years ago when that was more of a rarity than it is today. Instead, his detractors want to pretend he never set foot on campus.
My question, and that of most reasonable people would be, why not simply publish these documents and pictures to put paid to the allegations forever, or simply have the school issue a statement to confirm your enrolment and graduation. An award-winning student should be able to proudly publish the documents Tinubu's spokesman claims he has in his possession, as a way of finally settling that part of the forgery allegations. So, his spokesman says he was hosted by the school in 2012, but he conveniently left out the fact that according to reports Tinubu had made a hefty donation to the school, his purported alma mater, and that American schools routinely host donors, alma maters or not, in receptions on campus.
If not for the practice of imposition of candidates, of which AD, PDP, APC, CPC and all parties, defunct or active, are guilty, Tinubu would be a non-factor today as he should. Since he himself was imposed as an AD candidate in 1999, he has become the imposer-in-chief. The defunct ACN almost collapsed because of Tinubu and the party elders' penchant for imposing candidates (so-called consensus candidates) and refusing to hold primaries. The merger and the emergence of APC actually saved ACN from internal strife over Tinubu and the party elders' obsession with consensus candidates a.k.a imposed candidates.
Tinubu's credit ledger can't hold a candle to his debit ledger.
Cheers
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Moses Ebe Ochonu <meochonu@gmail.com> wrote:
"Tinubu explained how he made his millions legitimately through bonuses from top firms, ExxonMobil et al."Bayo,If you truly believe this I have a mansion in Manhattan to sell you! Wow, talk about defending the indefensible. US investigators investigated Tinubu (by the way, they have to have reasonable cause of narcotics trafficking to investigate) and their investigation led them to believe that Tinubu's money came from heroin trafficking. They even named accomplices and provided a mountain of detail on the operation. They spoke to his employers, who denied owning the account in which the money was found, contrary to Tinubu's claim. Again, it was a painstaking investigation with many damning details in the court records that I posted. Tinubu, seeing the evidence against him, admitted wrongdoing, leading to a settlement in favor of the US government in which he forfeited the proceeds/assets in question. Yet, in your book, because he was not convicted, Tinubu is innocent, a saint. Most high level drug trafficking, corruption, and other financial criminal cases routinely end up in civil forfeiture proceeding not because the defendants are innocent but because in America's judicial system, prosecutors have to determine if they have enough evidence to secure a criminal (or even civil) conviction. They clearly had enough evidence to convince most reasonable people that Tinubu was a heroin kingpin and that the BS about Mobil making him a dollar multimillionaire is hogwash. But clearly they didn't feel like they had enough to secure a criminal conviction because in criminal proceedings the standard of proof is a lot higher and by merely raising a reasonable doubt a smart defense attorney can scuttle the trial. Anyway, please continue to believe that Tinubu is a saint because he has not been convicted or that he was not a drug kingpin or because he only lost a civil narcotics case to US government prosecutors. I just hope that when some other politician is the one under the microscope, you will accord them the same diversionary, pedantic legalism that you're shamelessly invoking here.Shaking my head, to borrow Bolaji's catch phrase.On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Bayo Amos <aaeoee@gmail.com> wrote:Moses,Again, perception is different from reality.1. Tinubu is not a saint and can never be a saint. There is not a single politician in Nigeria that can so described. All without exception have weaknesses. You're equally right about no politician is short of redeeming features. However, when will present our personal opinions as facts, we do a great disservice to history, to objectivity. In the process, we fail to hold ourselves to the same standard we seek for Tinubu et al. Also, no human being is completely objective, not even Moses. Or are you? Laughable. You present your narrative, I present mine but what we can't change are the facts. We may interpret the facts differently but at least we should all acknowledge the facts.2.Frankly, I have no business with what Amaechi went through to reclaim in his mandate, it's in public space. In my previous submissions, I stated in clear terms that Nigeria was no stranger to electoral controversies. I am just interested in Tinubu case. How he lost a primary to Funso Williams? You seem not to realize that anyone including Moses and even Bayo can make an allegation but not all can adduce credible evidence to prove it. Moses can say Bola Tinubu lost while Bayo asserts Tinubu won. If you asked Tinubu and his supporters, the answer would be he won. If you ask Tinubu's detractors, the answer would be he lost. But what are the facts? Did he actually lose? Can you prove it? If you can't, please keep quiet and move on with your life. There is a difference between an opinion and a fact. There is a difference between someone who deserved to win and who actually won.3.Also, when it comes to corruption, I am interested in the particular case of Tinubu. If you like call Obasanjo a thief, it's none of my business. However, I would be the LAST man to call someone who OPENLY called for his own prosecution a corrupt fellow. Today, you can't call Tinubu an ally of Jonathan and can't in good conscience say Jonathan is protecting him. Therefore, if Tinubu is so notoriously corrupt, irredeemably corrupt and the evidence so manifestly glaring, it''s not a rationalization when some people including Bayo say, wait a minute, why can't this Tinubu be prosecuted? Or is he expected to prosecute himself? At least, he is not running from prosecution, he is actually challenging the state to prosecute. That is where Tinubu is different from the rest. He is not a cheiftain of the ruling party, he is not an ally of the government that controls the EFCC, ICPC, Police, Director of Public prosecution etc and he has challenged the government to at least prosecute him. What else should Tinubu do? Should he file charges against himself? Moses, I would love to see Tinubu in prison, please beg Jonathan to make that happen. If you can't do that and the government can perform its duties, please keep quiet and move on with your life. Tinubu is not corrupt because Moses thinks he is. Or is Tinubu corrupt because Moses says he is?4.Moses, I am not pretending or trying to shy away from reality when I said a forfeiture was an admission of wrongdoing. That is a fact. For Tinubu to have agreed to part with some of his money, he obviously admitted wrongdoing. How? He had a choice of fighting it out and thereafter sue for compensation. But he chose not to do that. It doesn't matter whether after protracted litigation, the cost of litigation made a case, rational or otherwise, for compromise.Whether he likes it or not, he cannot run away from that tainted record. However, a more objective narrative would also examine the circumstances of that particular case. Why was Tinubu not sentenced to terms of imprisonment? Is Tinubu in any way an ex-convict? Does he, as we say in America, have a criminal record? Is that incident sufficient to bar him from holding a public office? Well, the United States granted the same man political asylum! Not so? Did the US waive Tinubu's criminal records to do that? Can Moses name some criminals that US had extended similar gesture to in the past? The question has always been whether a civil procedure should coyly be called a criminal one just because we want to prove a case against Tinubu. Did you also read Tinubu's rejoinder where he asserted he was never convicted? So, your insinuations that Tinubu funded NADECO using illicit funds was not more than your opinion. Again, you have no proof to support that. Tinubu explained how he made his millions legitimately through bonuses from top firms, ExxonMobil et al. Even during the course of the investigation, FBI agent spoke with officials in Mobil. So you can't say in good conscience Tinubu also falsified records that he worked in Mobil. So you have no choice but to believe he earned those bonuses except you can provide evidence to the contrary. So keep quiet and move on with your life.5.When Salisu Buhari said he went to University of Toronto, his claims were investigated. Those claims turned out to be false because the University of Toronto said so. Thereafter, Buhari himself admitted he lied and the rest as they say is history. However, Tinubu has maintained he graduated from the Chicago State University. In his rejoinder, he said:The recent report on one of the online news websites on the allegations bordering on his academic qualification is not new. What is new is how desperate they have become to stir up a new controversy using an old lie. In the past these allegations were successfully rebutted. Recent attempt to present them as fresh allegations will not go unchallenged..........
The particular accusations in the story further reveal the malice of mind of those peddling it. They claim Tinubu did not attend Chicago State University. They cite as their evidence a letter from the US Consulate. But if you read the letter carefully, the surname stated is "TinubO" not "TinubU." If the University did a computer check on that name, the check would come up empty. The culprits likely misspelled the last name so that the name search would reveal nothing. This is clever but immoral; it is a wrong knife.
Meanwhile, Tinubu has genuine documents and pictures showing him as an award-winning student at the school. Nigeria should be proud that one of its own graduated an honor student from an American university over thirty years ago when that was more of a rarity than it is today. Instead, his detractors want to pretend he never set foot on campus.
As late as August 2012, Tinubu visited the university and was given a special reception and a tour by the school's president. This would not have been done for a stranger. It would have been done for a distinguished alumnus.
After graduation, Tinubu landed jobs with two well established international companies, one the accounting firm Deloitte and Touche and the other, ExxonMobil. Such companies investigate an applicant's academic background. If he had not attended school, these companies would not have hired him. He would not have excelled in them but he did. http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/16/ahmed-tinubu-victim-not-villain-spokesman-says
Now how can one read this rejoinder and in good conscience continues to maintain that all Tinubu's academic certificates are forged?How? Is that objectivity? I would love to see Tinubu prosecuted for forgery if there is credible evidence but it's unfair for anyone to ask Tinubu to crucify himself. When we read all these allegations, we should also endeavor to read Tinubu's answers, rejoinders etc to them. That to me, is being fair, being objective.6.Moses, you might one to say Tinubu is greedy. His wife is a Senator and several of his in-laws are equally positioned to win some political tickets. But where is that politician in Nigeria who is not greedy? Is this an exception, is he a deviation from the norm? And if he is not, why are our voices so vociferous in condemning him, singly him out as a villain when others can equally be accused of the same thing? When it comes to Tinubu, we're reminded there are no saints in Nigeria. Fine, that's true. Jonathan is not a saint, Buhari is not a saint, Tinubu is not a saint, Obasanjo is not a saint. They are all devils. But among the devils, who is the most devilish? Tinubu? Moses, we have our perceptions and prejudices but we should keep them within us when facts are scarce to make them what we would have loved to be our reality. I am still at loss why the sheer notion that Tinubu aspires to be a VP to Buhari is a toxic idea. Why? Why is Tinubu not fit to hold any public office? Can you quote the very sections of our military imposed constitution ( a false document that tells lies about itself, apologies to FRA Williams), that make Bola Ahmed Tinubu ineligible to hold office? Or is he ineligible because Moses says so? Can you in good conscience say Tinubu needs a waiver in order to contest? If Buhari, a man who overthrew a democratic government, can contest for the highest office in the land without offering an apology, without remorse, why can't a Tinubu who has worked all his years to promote democracy, provide an alternative platform to the PDP not able to utilize that platform? Why? What makes Tinubu such a toxic idea? Bode George, who was politically rehabilitated by GEJ, is today partaking in our 'democratic' space, contributing his own quota to our 'development'. Alams, a man still wanted in UK, is running for senate. Kashamu, a man still wanted in US, is running to represent a section of Ogun in the senate. Even Fayose who normally should not have allowed to contest for Ekiti top post (he was impeached, he did not contest his impeachment, and ten years is yet to lapse to clear him for public office). They are all friends of Jonathan, our president. However, Tinubu who is not an ally of Jonathan, who is working against interests of Jonathan, who frequents US without harassment, who is not a fugitive, who is not an ex-convict, who has openly call for his own prosecution if there is evidence, is not fit to run for office?CheersOn Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Moses Ochonu <meochonu@gmail.com> wrote:IBk,You're right about gradations of badness when it comes to our politicians, but Tinubu ranks pretty high up there, and that's the problem. While you make good points about his democratic contributions, the idea that this should mitigate or erase his crimes is a recipe for retrogression. Where does it stop? After all, you'll find people across the country who will have good, valid things to say about even the most villainous leader, including Abacha, who is regarded as a hero in several parts of the North because of PTF. There is no politician or leader in Nigeria who has no redeeming quality to him or her, so your logic can be stretched to infinitely elastic limits, making it impossible to name and condemn villainy. And that is my overarching point and concern. Measuring gradations and levels of villainy, after all, is a subjective endeavor. Many people even say that OBJ paid off our debt, accumulated a huge saving from rising oil prices, and made some modest moves against corruption, and that those credits should entitle him to a pass when we compile a list of national villains. Again, where does it stop, and isn't this logic ultimately paralyzing? Finally, unless you're willing to extend the same nuance with which you evaluate Tinubu to other villains (which I have not seen you do), you are engaging in the dangerous double standards that Ikhide has been decrying. No one expects angels to come down and govern us, but we cannot pick favorites among our villains, rehabilitate them, condemn the villains we are not fond of, and expect things to get better.
Sent from my iPadChidi,
You make a valid point. That is the outcome of the divide and rule tactics of our colonial conquerors. However, as educated elite we can see the degree of avarice across ethnic lines.
A Bola Tinubu who brought governance to Lagos and innovatively built an internally generated revenue base is different from a Sani Abacha who transferred useful capital into western banks while Imams made the minds of the children and youths of Kano fertile soil to plant Islamic fundamentalism.
What about numbers. If we had 10 Governors like Bola Tinubu engaging and breaching the gulf between the masses and the elite the Nigerian political landscape would radically change. Name in the last 16 years of democracy any Governor with his track record.
He saved us all from the tyranny of a PDP one party state that Obasanjo by sleight of hand wanted to impose on Nigeria. He is building a strong coalition to save us from PDP ruinous ineptitude. He is doing so much to install a modicum of democracy.
Why this obsessive focus on Bola Tinubu who is not even in government while ignoring the lameduck clueless President who has out of sheer ignorance polarised the country on ethnic and religious lines.
Fair is fair but life is never a choice between black and white but between shades of black and shades of white.
You be the judge.
Cheers.
IBK
On 20 Dec 2014 12:17, "Chidi Anthony Opara" <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:----In Nigeria, heroism and villainy are usually localized and class based. So, Bola Tinubu's image of a villain among the elites may not subsist on the streets of Isale Eko and in other places in Lagos state where the masses live.
The late Sani Abacha is seen as a hero in his home state; Kano and a villain in Ogun State, late MKO Abiola's state.
I even heard that a chap in Oghara motor park in Delta state proudly adopted "James Ibori" as nickname. Oghara is James Ibori's hometown.
CAO (in retreat)
On Friday, 19 December 2014 03:35:18 UTC+1, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) wrote:"By the way, Ochonu's shoplifting history was the subject of several explosive reports done by New York Times several years ago. ..
Those stories relied mostly on judicial records of shoplifting and penalty in the US. "
Kadiri, I hope you can withstand a lawsuit for character assassination. Be careful.
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
History Department
CCSU. New Britain. CT 06050
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Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Tinubu loses Vice Presidential slot, pledges to support Buhari, Osinbajo
Moses Ochonu, to put it straight, is intellectually dishonest. He started by pretending to be against ethno-fascism but ended up mating with fascists. Ochonu wrote, "By the way, Tinubu's drug trafficking history was the subject of several explosive reports done by Sahara reporters several years ago. ....Those stories relied mostly on judicial records of drug proceeds, forfeiture proceedings in the US. The records are there. Where did he get money to almost singlehandedly fund NADECO, NALICON and other pro-democracy groups during the Abacha days....? PDP have Buruji Kashamu, another drug baron, and APC have their Bola Tinubu."
Let us force Ochonu's feet into the same shoes he has just worn Tinubu with. Here it goes. By the way, Ochonu's shoplifting history was the subject of several explosive reports done by New York Times several years ago. ...Those stories relied mostly on judicial records of shoplifting and penalty in the US. The records are there. For these statements to be regarded as true and correct, we must be able to give the date of the publication, of Ochonu's shoplifting case, in the New York Times and also quote some parts of the publication to buttress our statements. The moment history (record or account of past events) retrogresses into story (fiction) as in the two cases of Ochonu's shoplifting and Tinubu's drug trafficking we are no longer dealing with facts but mental masturbation. And if Ochonu were dealing with facts he would not even need to ask from where Tinubu got the money with which he financed NADECO, NALICON and other pro-democracy groups during Abacha days since the judicial records of drug proceeds, forfeiture proceedings in the US would have shown the amount of money involved. The expression *DURING ABACHA DAYS* as applied by Ochonu shows that he loved Abacha, otherwise, he would have written, DURING ABACHA DICTATORSHIP. Even if Ochonu does not like the pro-democratic stance of Tinubu, he does not need to compare him to Buruji who, unlike Tinubu who travels in and out of US at will, is currently wanted for trial in US. Those who are addicted to ethnic Viagra may not be able to see this clear cut evidence of Tinubu's innocence but what can one do than to pity them. Case closed.
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:02:49 -0600
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Tinubu loses Vice Presidential slot, pledges to support Buhari, Osinbajo
From: meoc...@gmail.com
To: usaafric...@googlegroups.com
I, too, would like to register my surprise and indignation that Ikhide would endorse and repost such blatant ethnic baiting. The writer makes valid points about the hypocrisy of the "Lagos-Ibadan," "progressive" journalistic and intellectual axis and the way its members have given a pass to Tinubu and other tainted people in the opposition, a disposition which contradicts their vocal and justified denunciation of similar vices on the part of Jonathan and members of the PDP incumbency. However, he ruined these points by accusing a phantom "Yoruba" mindset and by ethnicizing the sins of a multiethnic opposition.
The self-proclaimed "progressive" wing of the Nigerian intellectual and journalistic classes, which includes, for lack of a better term, the human rights conglomerate or community, is hardly synonymous with Yoruba. It is a cast that includes many members from other ethnic groups. Moreover, while most of its members are Southerners and its ideological epicenters are in the South, it counts many northerners among its members. It is true that this broad constituency is largely in the camp of the national opposition, however much they deny it, and that a variety of reasons may account for this, including primordial considerations. It is also true that the Southern Nigerian press has traditionally been sympathetic to the opposition parties (AD, ACN, APC while their northern Nigerian counterparts have been sympathetic to the ANPP, CPC, and now APC). However, there are cogent explanations for this reality, ranging from patterns of media ownership to the need to maintain the illusion of distance from the government, to the accident of location. Moreover, the picture that emerges from all this is not one that indicts any single ethnic group. Rather it is one in which many people covering the ethnic and regional breadths of Nigeria are implicated in the hypocrisy and selective outrage that the writer (and Ikhide) points to.
By the way, Tinubu's drug trafficking history was the subject of several explosive reports done by Saharareporters several years ago. A quick search on that site should produce links to the stories. Those stories relied mostly on judicial records of drug proceeds forfeiture proceedings in the US. The records are there. Where did he get money to almost singlehandedly fund NADECO, NALICON, and other pro-democracy groups during the Abacha days, a contribution for which he was given the AD governorship ticket ahead of Funsho Williams who won the primary election? PDP have their Buruji Kashamu, another drug baron, and APC have their Bola Tinubu.
And, of course, all of Tinubu's known certificates, including his School Cert. are forged. Several publications published exposes on his fake secondary school, Chicago State, and NYC certificates when he was governor, and the late Gani Fawehinmi went to court to try and have him convicted of perjury only to be intimidated and frustrated by Tinubu's thugs and compromised judges. Moreover, just a few days ago, Saharareporters published a letter supplied by an FBI personnel confirming that Tinubu did not attend Chicago State.
So, Ayo, unless you have proof that Tinubu is who/what he says he is, it is disingenuous to dismiss as unsubstantiated allegations for which documentary proofs have existed in the public domain for a while.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Shola Adenekan <sholaa...@gmail.com<mailto:sholaa...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ayo, many thanks for this. It seems to me Oga Ikhide is using Fox News' tactics here - implicitly condemning a whole ethnic just because of the sin of one man. This is a side of Oga Ikhide I didn't know exist until now! Those of us who constantly berate racist folks cannot in any way promote ethnic baiting. Bigotry is bigotry whether directed at African Americans or Yoruba people.
Beside, as you rightly point out, it is the same Yoruba people who overwhelmingly voted for President Jonathan four years ago. I guess we should not let the facts stand in the way of (subtle) bigotry.
Apologies for the multiple posting. I'm writing and editing on my iPhone whilst getting my 14 days old daughter ready for bed!
On 17 December 2014 at 21:36, Shola Adenekan <sholaa...@gmail.com<mailto:sholaa...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ayo, many thanks for this. It seems to me Oga Ikhide is using Fox News tactics here - implicitly condemning a whole ethnic just because of the sin of one man. This is a side of Oga Ikhide I didn't know exist until now! Those of us who constantly berate racist folks cannot in any way promote ethnic baiting. Bigotry is bigotry whether directed at African Americans or Yoruba people.
Beside, as you rightly point out, it is the same Yoruba people who overwhelmingly voted for President Jonathan four years ago. I guess we should not let the facts stand in the way of (subtle) bigotry.
On 17 December 2014 at 21:36, Shola Adenekan <sholaa...@gmail.com<mailto:sholaa...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ayo, many thanks for this. It seems to me Oga Ikhide is using Fox News' tactics here - implicitly condemning a whole ethnic just because of the sin of one man. This is a side of Oga Ikhide I didn't know about until now! Those of us who constantly berates racist folks cannot in any way promote ethnic baiting. Bigotry is bigotry whether directed at African Americans or Yoruba people.
Beside, as you rightly point out, it is the same Yoruba people who overwhelmingly voted for President Jonathan four years ago. I guess we should not let the facts stand in the way of (subtle) bigotry.
On 17 December 2014 at 21:24, Shola Adenekan <sholaa...@gmail.com<mailto:sholaa...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ayo, many thanks for this. It seems to me Oga Ikhide is using Fox News tactics here - implicitly condemning a whole ethnic just because of the sin of one man. This is a side of Oga Ikhide I didn't know exist until now! Those of us who constantly berates racist folks cannot in any way promote ethnic baiting. Bigotry is bigotry whether directed at African Americans or Yoruba people.
Beside, as you rightly point out, it is the same Yoruba people who overwhelmingly voted for President Jonathan four years ago. I guess we should not let the facts stand in the way of (subtle) bigotry.
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Ayo Obe <ayo.m...@gmail.com<mailto:ayo.m.o.obe@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ikhide, I am disappointed in your response, and that you are finding "some points" in the Facebook response to the statement by Bola Tinubu which I thought quite patriotic and statesmanlike. Now, I don't expect you to approve it or even to find it inspiring and commendable (as I do), but the relentless sneering and repetition of allegations for which there doesn't seem to be any foundation (I am hearing the 'drug baron' one for the first time though) does little or nothing to change the level of political discourse.
There is no doubt that many expected the APC to break up over the choice of a presidential candidate, a running mate and so on, and now that that has not happened, they are having to reach into the bottom of the barrel of ethnic stereotypes and insults to mask their disappointment, though it's not clear whether those insults are supposed to encourage the Yoruba to vote for the Jonathan/Sambo ticket, or just to persuade them not to vote for the Buhari/Osinbajo one, if at all they are all supposed to vote only one way. Is it not ridiculous to stereotype a whole people just because of political choices that they make or do not make? The people of Ekiti who are exempted from the vituperations against the Yoruba, how many of them voted for Kayode Fayemi? Are they also exempted or does the saintlihood depend on how only the majority voted? What were the Yoruba when they voted for Jonathan in 2011?
The Facebook writer goes completely and offensively overboard in his determination to express his hatred for Tinubu and the Yoruba. Yes that hurts, but not for the reason Ikhide thinks, and certainly not because it is "the truth", I mean how many newspapers are there in the South West that they are all in Tinubu's pocket? Is Vanguard one of them? The Sun? Tribune? I don't know whether the writer lives in Lagos or even Nigeria, but for his and Ikhide's information Tinubu stopped being Governor of Lagos State more than seven years ago and is not running for any office. In case you hadn't noticed, godfathers have a history of being cast aside in Nigerian politics. If they endure, it might just be because they have something else to offer. So why not get all bent out of shape about something else please.
Ayo
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On Dec 17, 2014, at 5:35 PM, 'Ikhide' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Here is Bola Ahmed Tinubu conceding the loss of the APC's vice presidential slot to someone else, whose name fails me, never heard of him before!
"There came a time during the course of the events when our Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, offered me the Vice Presidential slot. Being a normal human being, I was deeply moved and honoured that he would consider me for the position. Being a patriot, I had to weigh my potential candidacy in all of its dimensions.
"I have concluded that the interest of the party, our campaign and that of the nation are better served if I retain my position as the National leader of the APC, allowing me to be a bridge builder across all divides.
"I sincerely commit myself to the rescue agenda of General Buhari and Professor Osinbajo.
"I declare to you, I will work and dedicate myself so that our ticket succeeds and wins the 2015 election — not for his good, not for my good, not even for the party's good but for the good of our nation."
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
So our REFORMER offered TINUBU the vice presidential slot? So Buhari really, really, realy thought offering a goat custody of the yam barn was the best way to reform the barn? I hear!
Do you now understand why our country is in deep trouble?
Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the National leader of the APC - the change agent. Reflect upon that. And after you are through laughing, start weeping. We are not serious!
Tinubu really thought himself qualified to be vice president of, not a jail yard, but of a real country? Really? Seriously?
We are not a serious people. I have to say that Tinubu is a very lucky man. He has all the newspapers in the South West in his pocket. He and the APC have virtually all public intellectuals looking the other way. And somehow he has conned many Yoruba into false expectations about leading Nigeria. Which leads to provocative Facebook posts like this from Nwachukwu Ugochukwu:
"The Yoruba always want to turn logic on its head. If Buhari was coming out from PDP and GEJ from APC, honestly, we would have been bombarded with how evil Buhari was and how he was a dictator, jailing, killing innocent people.
We would have heard about how he was poor but uses bulletproof cars, poor but uses a private jet. We would have heard about how 2 billion dollars disappeared and appeared in his London account.
...
If Tinubu, a man with a fake name, a known drug baron whose case is still in the USA, was the leader of another tribe, Nigerians would have been bombarded with how evil such a tribe is and how they worship money.
If Tinubu, a man without an ordinary O level WAEC results was the political leader of another tribe in Nigeria, be it Hausa, Igbo etc and belongs to a different political party than our "saintly" tribe, we would have been bombarded with how such people are religious and ethnic bigots.
If GEJ was in APC, Yoruba professors would have come out enmasse to teach Nigerians that truly stealing is not the same as corruption as you cannot use the words interchangeably. While some form of stealing can be corruption, one can comfortably say "all Nigerians are corrupt" but one cannot say "all Nigerians are thieves".
The Yoruba (not all of them as I have faith in the majority like Ekiti, Ondo, etc) have always sought to deceive those Nigerians who will listen to their ever changing values.
They started the infamous cross-carpeting that introduced tribalism in Nigerian politics.
Deceive who you can but not me. The whole "corruption" thing was created in the media immediately the formed APC to deceive their brothers into believing GEJ is corrupt. How can a man like Tinubu talk about corruption?"
He has made many compelling points. The truth hurts.
Anyway, read the rest of the article:
http://www.punchng.com/news/tinubu-pledges-to-support-buhari-osinbajo/
- Ikhide
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