GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

YORUBA WILL VOTE APC, THE YARDUA EFFECT CONSIDERED?

Icheoku says the Oduduwa nation would be voting for the APC come this February 14, 2015 and for a single strategic reason. Their calculation is simply that another YarAdua-windfall is once again in the offing and beckoning in the person of sick and old Muhammadu Buhari?  This would give them another quick shot at the presidency of Nigeria and so soon after their first rejected son had served their regions eight years two terms presidency. According to their calculation, since Jonathan became president by default of Umaru Yar'Adua's demise and since the vice president usually steps in to finish whatever is left of the term of such departed president, their "best president Nigeria never had" could eventually materialize by proxy of Awolowo's son in-law, APC vice presidential candidate Yemi Osinbanjo? 
This conspiracy theory seems to take flight because Muhammadu Buhari is advanced in age and his health is rumored not to be quite stellar; and given that the Ota Deity is always up to no good; his present support for the Buhari/Osibanjo APC ticket is suspect and may have something to do with this fast developing Oduduwa concert. Even Mr Kongi himself, Wole Soyinka who had previously denounced Muhammadu Buhari in his "Crimes of Buhari" treatise, has now denied ever endorsing any one and you ask yourself whether he also wants to withdraw his earlier criticism of Buhari as being unfit for and undeserving of Nigerian presidency? Icheoku says the answer could be found in the  ever unwavering "kpalakpo" camaraderie of the Yorubas in Yorubaland. Icheoku wishes that Ndigbo could somehow emulate this Yoruba common purpose on issues involving their race in Nigeria. 
Apparently the people of the Southwest has agreed amongst themselves that the possibility of another presidency exist with Buhari's and therefore they must act as one to take it if it avails itself. Obasanjo is in agreement with Bola Tinubu on this and it seems that Wole Soyinka has also bought into this agenda with his tactical silence on the forthcoming election; especially with his none endorsement of Jonathan and lack of criticizing Buhari as he normally does. Icheoku says it is Politics 101 and in Nigeria, no one plays it better than the sons and daughters of Oduduwa, regardless of what those Miyetti Allah would like to otherwise believe or think about themselves. Icheoku sometimes envies those Yoruba people because they usually know what they want, they understand the name of the game and how to play it and together they go as a force of one pursuing it and even if it means cheating and cunning to get it done, they do get it done. Unfortunately, Ndigbo do not believe in a force of one and individually shout themselves hoarse, which make other peoples of Nigeria to laugh them off as needless nuisance, not serious people and never goal directed, 
Icheoku is emphatic that a conspiracy of no mean magnitude against Jonathan is fast brewing in the Southwestern Nigeria which will see them voting massively for APC Buhari/Osibanjo ticket to achieve their objective and at worse they will have a vice president. Otherwise why has Adeboye not laid his magical hand on Jonathan with just few short weeks to the election? Where are the Ebenezar Babatopes, Olugbenga Daniel and other notable Yoruba bomb throwers vociferously campaigning for a Jonathan's second term? Oba of Lagos Akiolu recently told Jonathan to his face in his palace that PDP cannot win Lagos State and for emphasis said that he has already presented APC candidate Ambode governorship petition before Allah when he went on pilgrimage to Mecca. Icheoku adds that the said pilgrimage took place long before even Ambode was formally anointed as the candidate. 
When you add the developing scenario in the Southwest with other Jonathan's fault lines going into election 2015, the only inferable conclusion is that Jonathan 2015 adventure is emitting very negative pulses. The road map to get there is getting fuzzier and the route of travel fast shrinking to nearly a footpath now with all these unforeseen developments. So with the two most populous Lagos and Kano States gone Buhari, alongside possibly the entire North (West, Central and East) and likely Edo and Rivers State, the third largest voting bloc in the country also gone Buhari, then the calculation of how to win a second term is almost becoming a mathematical impossibility. A look into the Ouija board also says things are not too kosher for Team Jonathan and his campaign 2015. 
Remember that the Emir of Kano as well as Governor Kwankwaso have sworn never to allow Jonathan win their state and for effect, Team Jonathan campaign team is technically banned in Kano as no Jonathan's painted vehicles dare ply the roads in Kano for fear of being vandalized. Truth be spoken; and although it is very painful to hear but just do the math and you will agree that the math to Aso Rock is not adding up. A fragmented Southsouth and a grudging Southeast would not be enough to keep Jonathan inside Aso Rock without more; and that more or where that more will come from is what is still not visible, at least not from Icheoku's observation post. But in any event If you see anything different, please holler!

1 comment:

  1. Buhari Is Senile, Fayose insists
    Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has insisted that Nigeria and its

    people cannot afford another “Yar’Adua experience” less than five years
    after the country had to resort to the Doctrine of Necessity to wriggle
    out of the leadership crisis caused by the illness and eventual death of
    the then President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

    The governor said in a statement issued on Saturday, by his Special
    Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka that the
    All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Major General
    Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) was already senile, adding that; “Senility made
    Buhari not to remember the name of his Running Mate, choosing to call his
    running mate Osunbade instead of Osinbajo and also referring to Imo State
    as Ibo State.”

    Fayose said former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu knew that
    Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) was old and unhealthy before imposing
    him as the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) presidential candidate.

    He said Tinubu’s evil agenda was to once again deprive the North of the
    rights to its eight years term as president of Nigeria.

    “God forbid, if APC wins, Tinubu’s agenda is to first get the APC
    presidential candidate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to resign within six months for
    him (Tinubu) to take over as Vice President, hoping that the task of
    governing the country will overwhelm Buhari and aggravate his sickness,
    thereby paving way for Tinubu to take over as president.

    “That’s the reason Tinubu plotted against a younger and vibrant Northerner
    like Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and opted for a 78 year old Buhari as the
    APC candidate.

    “The question to ask Tinubu and his cohorts in the APC is simple; if
    Tinubu’s godson, Governor Babatunde Fashola is saying that 57 year old
    Jimi Agbaje is too old to rule Lagos State, how then can they present a 78
    year old Buhari to be President of the whole country?

    “The answer is also simple, they want a president that would die in office
    so that they can take over Nigeria. Even during campaigns, Buhari was
    already collapsing.

    “God will not allow these desperate people to plunge Nigeria into another
    crisis.

    “Therefore, our brothers and sisters in the North should not be deceived
    by those promoting Buhari as a Northern candidate. They should know that
    the unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigeria and its people is
    paramount, and waiting for another four years to have the presidency won’t
    be too much a sacrifice to make,” Fayose said.

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