Tag: BUHARI

As APC the political saviour? There is a gathering storm beyond the–‘Resign from elected office if you change party’, which is a principle I agree with, but parties have never applied it in Nigerian political history nor in the USA.

Though I am neither Buhari fan, nor Tinubu fanatic, I am happy that APC started well but did it gather all the peripheral parties before, to use the IT term, ‘porting’ the New PDP elements? Now APC is compromised, some say contaminated, as a moral authority and ‘saviour’ with a progressive ideology. Absorbing willing PDP governors is a masterstroke, ‘The 2013 Civilian Coup’, not for any corruptly acquired ‘war chests’ rumoured to be the political custom, but only if the governors were screened and found efficient, people loving, non-corrupt and ideologically compatible to APC’s progressive agenda -which we have not seen.

Is APC sacrificing integrity by its ‘APC dance with death’ i.e. with evil masquerades and yesterday’s historically established architects of Nigeria’s serial military, economic, electricity, refinery and political failures including letter writers?

APC initiators are not saints, but appear the lesser evil when Nigerians need miracle ‘Good Governance- No Greed’ parties’. In the unregulated political arena, most politicians of all parties and all civil servants profiteer, stealing, by ‘divine right’ from the public purse. However the APC team apparently has done more for the people than those in the PDP and they ‘smell’ sweeter on the Corruption Index. Can APC lose its ‘saviour’ identity by these antics? It is already made overweight and unattractive by consuming everything PDP-good, bad and ugly. It may develop a tummy ache and have to vomit PDP rubbish.

There is an argument that the APC must not make the Awolowo mistake of ‘puritanism’ said to have cost Awolowo the 1979 election to Shagari. Recent revelations suggest the military took the election from Awolowo and gave it to loser Shagari, precipitating a 35 year democracy backslide. Is voter results’ manipulation not a crime? The lesson for APC is that Awolowo’s moral force won the population’s vote and the election battle. However it lost him the war as it created enough fear in the ruling military class as to deny him victory like they did for Abiola later. It is now clear that the military never stopped planning a comeback anyway but it would have found it harder to fault a sounder Awolowo government than a wayward Shagari government with Umaru Dikko shenanigans. Remember that Jonathan was actually voted in by Nigerians for non-interference in round one of the last elections. Unfortunately, the subsequent avalanche of PDP baggage -paid employees, members, hangers-on, election riggers and probable thugs has resulted in the dead weight that is Jonathan’s current failure. This uncontrolled mass ‘porting of PDP’ to the APC, with admission of anything PDP, new and dropouts, may ‘win’ the short term battle for numbers in National Assembly and at governors’ meetings. However it will hamper the APC in the voting wars of, 2015, when it will need firstly, moral and ideological leadership to attract votes. Secondly, when APC will need to retire its current generals like Tinubu and Buhari and search for and throw up Nigeria’s real Kennedys, Mandelas, Martin Luther Kings and maybe Obamas like Fashola et al. They will marshal a new generation of front-liners to change the face of politics in Nigeria. Traditionally the old generals and politicians on Nigeria do not lie down well until they die still struggling to ensure Nigeria’s further failure. The old seek gratification, homage and payment into the grave. ‘The party must pay for my funeral’. The terrorists are with us-politicians.

Will APC convert the PDP baggage ‘stalwarts’? Will the ‘I don port’ PDP bite at the heart of APC? APC must be cautious of having 100 past PDP stalwarts, a Trojan Horse, all with cell phone direct links to the old PDP hierarchy and destructive PDP machinery inside the APC fortress. Will they foment trouble instructing their followers to cause a violent exit, destroying the APC? And what quality of followership have the PDP leaders taken with them as they ‘port’ or change sides? Does the APC want the opposition’s ‘ace thugs’ hiding in its new political agbadas and babanrigas? Oyo State was dragged low into moral and human rights abuses by thuggery under PDP control. The APC and INEC, if serious, must talk to Governor Ajimobi about how he ‘de-thugged’ the elections and governance. Was it money, amnesty, employment, publicity or imprisonment? Who is screening the PDP followership ‘porting’ to APC? Are there any members of ‘Reformed Association of Thugs-RATs? APC should avoid ‘porting’ known thugs and murderous ‘petty’ strongmen. Clean up the parties!

And who will de-fang the violent NURTW through positive publicity like enlightenment, positive newspaper stories, TV coverage of motor-park management and interviews. Elevate the esteem of the NURTW membership to make them ashamed to ‘thug’ in 2015. Nigerians are not burdened by apartheid or slavery but by ‘party’ slavery. Even apartheid victims had 46,000Mw electricity. Nigeria has 3,000Mw after 14 years of PDP apartheid! APC must not im-‘port’ the devil’s baggage. APC: Do not dance with death, stay ‘clean’ and the voters will ‘port to you’. Marry the devil, and die with the devil’s virus. Meanwhile what is APCs Solar Energy Strategy, please? APC should also check Kenya’s Solar Sunny Money Solar Roller and Geothermal Rift Valley programme shown on BBC.