Dear CAO and Ayo,
Let us be clear in the words we use. OBJ, Atiku, IBB, or BAT and their ilk have no ideology but are opportunists who gained unrestrained access to the Nigerian treasury.
The question is then what are they doing with their looted funds. IBB foisted OBJ on Nigeria to pave the way for himself but Atiku foiled that plan and tried to replace OBJ. So the ambition of the three fell flat. Only BAT used his own wealth to change the dynamics of national politics by sponsoring Buhari who did not amass wealth to the exalted position of President.
The use of the word ideology muddies the water and distorts the discussion.
Cheers.
IBK
So, you know the ideologies of Obasanjo and Babangida? I can't pretend that I do. In any case, they are not members of the incoming party, and whatever influence they may have (or think they have - probably better to let the world imagine you have it than to actually try to exercise it and be exposed as a pretender) there are enough thinkers and activists of the next generation in APC to drive any ideology issues.Obasanjo certainly left the PDP and what with his criticism of Jonathan, APC barely restrained itself from offering him a membership card. But as with so much else, it was as much a case of people being driven away from the PDP or rather from President Jonathan (in Babangida's case, it was either go along with the Jonathan narrative about the state of the Army that he, Buhari and Obasanjo had allowed it to sink to, or publicly bale out), as it is a case of people deciding to throw their lot in with APC.--On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:The incoming Nigeria's ruling party is a convergence of strange ideological bedfellows; Tinubu, Buhari, Obasanjo, Babangida, Atiku, et al. There is definitely going to be an ideological implosion.
CAO.
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