Icheoku says, it is a cruel irony to hate the hen for laying eggs and yet, savoring such eggs? If one does not like something, let him/her please completely reject it and whatever it represents or brings to the table. But it does not make sense to hate something so much and still like some other thing about it or its product? It is akin to a stone-throwing protesting Middle-Eastern boy shouting "I hate America" and is wearing a Nike cap, a Jordan's tennis shoes, a Gap T-shirt and drinking Coca-Cola to quench his thirst? It is the same logic on its head wherein a woman is condemned for having adulterous affair while the married man she had it with is exonerated; and you ask yourself wherein was the consummation or completion of the illicit affair without a culpable party? The sacking of Professor Maurice Iwu is done and there is no amount of brooding that will make undone what is already done, so Nigeria's elections must move on without him. However, Icheoku rejects this cherry-picking of culpability and the scape-goating of only Maurice Iwu, in a motley crowd of election riggers and manipulators including Acting President Jonathan Goodluck who was installed a vice president on the orders of Olusegun Obasanjo to Maurice Iwu's INEC. Maurice Iwu was not the only participant in the election malpractice and fairness would have seen everyone who benefited from such election fraud suffer some consequence or reprimand for their roles, including Olusegun Obasanjo himself, the master-mind of the outcome and who was pulling the strings of puppet Iwu. Like earlier noted, Icheoku does not hold the brief of Iwu, but that justice would have been had in what was an apparent capitulation of Nigeria's Acting President Jonathan Goodluck to an over-bearing American influence. Hopefully this Washington's arm-twisting will end with this firing of Iwu; but Icheoku is afraid that as we reported earlier this year, the Obama administration is going full-stream and head-on to make the second coming of Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida a fait-accompli. But that is where the cookie will crumble as Nigerians will resist such selfish imposition with all they got, including protests, riots, work-stoppages and demonstrations. Finally, the only good thing out of this Maurice Iwu's humiliating dismissal is that it sends a message to so many other would-be willing collaborators on how not to be shriveling servants of these brute politicians and army men who usually use and dump them after realising their objective. Professor Humphery Nwosu was similarly used by Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, but unlike Maurice Iwu, he produced a credible election result of MKO Abiola's June 12th, despite the dark-wish of Babangida for him not to carry through with the election and declare its results? This makes Professor Nwosu a more respectable election conductor within the Nigeria political forum. It is with a heart filled with sympathy that Icheoku renders its verdict on Professor Maurice Iwu, whose reputation has permanently been damaged as an election manipulator; and the man who facilitated the emergence of rogue elements, a sick president, a senate populated by 419 operators and pedophiles, a house full of fraudsters, illiterates and marauders and questionable human-beings occupying governorship offices and other elected offices in Nigeria. This is a cross he will have to carry for the rest of his natural life and which Icheoku does not begrudge or envy him about. As we anxiously wait for the 'messiah' who will finally deliver Nigeria's elections from itself, and hand to Nigerians a gift of a Ghana-type election; we pray that IBB does not or is not allowed to run in 2011; and if he runs, is not voted for; and if voted for, is not elected; and if elected, is not allowed to serve!
Friday, April 30, 2010
THE SACK OF IWU, A CAPITULATION BY ACTING PRESIDENT JONATHAN?
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
BABANGIDA CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO LEAD NIGERIA AGAIN - an article by Hasfat Abiola.
Monday, April 26, 2010
PERSONALIZED WAR ON CORRUPTION, JAMES IBORI UNFAIRLY SINGLED OUT?
Friday, April 23, 2010
SENATOR JOHN McCAIN, THE FATHER OF ARIZONA WACK-JOB STATE SENATORS?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
BABANGIDA SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BACK TO POWER, WARNS THE CLERGY?
Monday, April 19, 2010
BABANGIDA 2011, NOT A CHANCE IN HELL, SO JUST IGNORE HIM! - an article by Chinedu Vincent Akuta
Sunday, April 18, 2010
BABANGIDA KILLED MANY NIGERIANS, SO NOT WORTHY OF THE PRESIDENCY!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
STOP BABANGIDA NOW, NIGERIANS!
ICHEOKU CALLS ON NIGERIANS TO REJECT BABANGIDA !
STOP BABANGIDA:- NIGERIA'S GREATEST PROBLEM IS RECYCLED TIRED OLD LEADERSHIP!
'The biggest problem in Nigeria is doing more of the same, repetition. The recycling of its tired old brains as leaders remains the greatest undoing of Nigeria, in its failed quest to attain greatness.' - Peter Stephenson, Director of Trade and Investment UK High Commission! Icheoku says, this man spoke the truth and nothing but the truth, so Nigerians hearken to his voice of wisdom and reject this attempt to recycle another 71 years old, tired semi-illiterate and ruthless military dictator, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida back to power in 2011. Do not be a sycophant, say no to IBB 2011, join 'OPERATION STOP IBB 2011' in your area today! Stand up and be counted Nigerians; enough of these Nigeria hostage-taking retired army men; or were you happy with your experience under Olusegun Obasanjo eight years of hell?