You have heard about how bad it gets when two elephants fight, but the fight of two generals is as ferocious if not more kill-him-quick jugular-directed. Icheoku says it would appear that God has finally answered Nigerians prayers and now wants to expose the two most evil men in Nigeria, who messed up Nigeria so badly? Between them, they ruled Nigeria for 19 years out of her total 40 years of existence. Put in another way, IBB and OBJ put together ruled Nigeria for half of Nigeria's life. But what did Nigerians gain from their unfortunate journey to leadership, nothing but abject despondency, sorrow and tears; they left in their trail a country where nothing seem to be working as it is supposed to and where availability of power is an exception rather the norm and a damaged economy in near comatose. So it is about time they exposed their "yash", for all Icheoku cares!
Icheoku asks, could Ibrahim Babangida have been so mad at Obasanjo to lose his cool because of his investment in imposing him on Nigerians in 1999 as "elected" president which did not pay off as gambled? That Obasanjo went rogue and stopped Babangida cold from his planned reentry into Aso Rock as Nigeria's "elected" president should not surprise anybody including Babangida, so what then is the real beef? It could make some reasonable and honorable person mad, except that Babangida is none of that and was too foolish to think he is the only one with Maradona's tendencies or who could easily betray his friend. Remember that the murdered Chief MKO Abiola once admonished that "with a friend like IBB no one needs a an enemy" and so Icheoku is flabagasted that Babangida expected Obasanjo to honor their agreement to toss Nigeria around like a ping-pong between themselves? Or is it a case of the Igbo saying that "he who kills with the knife never allows someone with a knife to come behind him?" Here is a very treacherous and contriving man who never kept faith with his friends and even killed his best man at his wedding, Mamman Vasta; now throwing fit because another of his type reneged on an illegal contract to hand Nigeria back to him?
But whatever the case, Icheoku is loving this fight between the two Generals and pray that it never ends, there should never be a truce nor mediation of any kind until they confess their mortal sins against Nigeria. The gloves are finally off, now is bare-knuckles time and this two old and near senile men are going at each other like killer bears. What a scene they are creating in Nigeria similar to two bandits fighting over their loot. Icheoku would like to know if any of them is ready to divulge information on how Chief MKO Abiola was murdered or Dele Giwa parcel-bombed or Attorney General Bola Ige slaughtered in his dinning room while eating dinner? Nigerians are all ears to hear more from both "A Complete Failure" and "A Fool at Seventy" and no one including President Goodluck Jonathan should attempt to stop God's plan for Nigeria from being fully realized with the unmasking of this two depraved men of shit. President Jonathan must endeavor to stay out of the affray and resist any attempt to goad him into acting a peace-maker between this troubled men; and also should remember that what he has, Babangida wanted? Finally, Icheoku asks President Jonathan to avoid by all means necessary stepping between the front of this two fast moving freight-trains coming at each other on a single track and allow them to self-destruct and go to hell before they cause another civil war in Nigeria. Like President Jonathan stayed out of Ogun State's Obasanjo and Daniel's war of turf, he must also try and stay out of the unfolding OBJ and IBB war of failed expectations and let the good Lord take care of this men.
Abiola’s Aide Blasts Obasanjo, Babangida
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21 Aug 2011
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo
Ripples of the faceoff between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Babangida continued at the weekend as former personal assistant to Chief M.K.O. Abiola, Lisa Olu Akerele, described the confrontation between the former leaders as a well deserved poetic justice.
Akerele said what happened between Obasanjo and Babangida was nothing but nemesis catching up with the duo, the result of which is the current washing of their dirty linens in public.
Also speaking on the faceoff between the two retired generals, constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay, described the exchange of words between them as uncalled for.
Sagay told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) weekend in a telephone interview that the conduct of the leaders had portrayed them in bad light to Nigerians.
He said: “It is a shame that the leaders could not conduct themselves in a manner that is befitting of their status as former heads of state. It is uncalled for because neither of them can claim to have been a successful leader. That is left for ordinary Nigerians to judge. It is not proper for them to be comparing their performances in the public.”
Meanwhile, Akerele in a statement made available to THISDAY said that rather than throwing brickbats at each other, the two former leaders deserved to be taken to a tribunal and caged, as was the case with Hussein Mubarak in Egypt, and subjected to public trial for crimes against Nigeria.
He accused both Obasanjo and Babangida of inflicting half-baked leadership on the country, which has kept Nigeria in the backwoods of development despite the country’s enormous wealth.
He recalled that the two generals were united in greed and personal aggrandisement to scuttle the peoples aspirations when they connived to annul the popular June 12, 1993 general election which Abiola was poised to win.
Noting that while Babangida annulled the election, Obasanjo gave credence to the annulment with his pronouncement that the late Abiola was not the messiah Nigerians were expecting.
He pointed out that both leaders were living in opulence in the face of abject poverty of their people because they stole the nation’s wealth without shame.
Citing instances of countries like Singapore and Malaysia which started almost at the same pace with Nigeria in terms of economic and political growth, Akerele said these countries have been propelled several steps ahead by their leaders who had the interest of their nations in mind.
On the contrary, he noted that while Obasanjo was hampered by greed and acquisitive tendencies which resulted in his ceding the nation’s paternity to himself and friends, Babangida was overwhelmed by infantile mind laced with corruptive mien based on using public funds to sort out his acolytes