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.

Thursday, May 31, 2018

RUSSIAN JOURNALIST FAKED MURDER: SIMPLY PATHETIC.

ICHEOKU says not even the fake news CNN would have pulled off this farcical nonsense, albeit so convincingly that thousands, if not millions, of world media, including ICHEOKU wrote about the story. To so deceive the world with such a heinous and macabre staged incident, especially one implicating a sovereign neighboring nation Russia and their president Vladimir Putin, Ukraine overreached itself. This is the height of recklessness and a needless propaganda attack, capable of generating an international incident. 

ICHEOKU says what Ukrainian authorities did is condemnable and should be condemned by everyone, especially those concerned with objectivity and fairness and the need to always speak truthfully, especially in this days of so much fake news that it is hard to distinguish which news is real and which one is fake. ICHEOKU hereby condemn Ukrainian authority and Arkady Babchenko for perpetrating and partaking in this extremely provocative evil plot.

By lying to the world about a murder which never took place and the alleged victim being still alive, this fake news now makes Ukraine an official State sponsor of fake news. They owe the world, especially Russians and their President Vladimir Putin, an unreserved apology for maligning him and making him look bad before the civilized world. ICHEOKU had earlier written to condemn Vladimir Putin for this barbaric act and hereby apologizes for same, as the information available then which elicited the position taken then has now been proven to be false. 

Whatever is going on and whoever is trying to goad Russia into war should thread carefully because sometimes, what someone wishes for, often does not turn out to be exactly what was primarily desired. First was the Syrian gas attack in Douma; then the Skripals nerve agent attack in Salisbury England and now this Ukrainian nonsense in Kiev. Enough of all these hair-raising needless and avoidable provocations. Ukraine should be made to offer a public apology and possibly sanctioned for creating such a needless tension in a world which is already bursting at the seams, nearing a boiling over and which can use some real peace presently. 

What Ukraine achieved by the fake murder is beyond ICHEOKU's comprehension, because with the revelation that the Arkady Babchenko is still alive, his would be assassins will still try to track him down and eventually whack him. So what use was this hoax afterall. There is a reason people do not shout lion, lion, all the time because eventually when the real lion appears and is devouring the livestock, would be helpers would just dismiss the shout as the usual false alarm. So what if he is finally killed as is most likely to be the case now, at least to avenge the maligning, how would Ukraine explain it and expect the world to believe it and extend sympathy.

Simply put, it is just an inexplicable and inexcusable stunt, so shockingly convulsing that the whole incident is just nuts, stupidity to the highest order. And for the journalist, Arkady Babchenko, he is a pitiful denigrate to have signed up on the plot; especially without even disclosing it to his wife. What if she has had a heart attack watching her husband in his own blood on the floor in their home? The incident  is, as Susan Henchard,  wife of Michael Henchard in Mayor of Casterbridge would say, a joke is a joke but once  too often. It is as nauseating as it is tasteless; and it rather, further complicated an already worsening situational relationship between President Vladimir Putin's Russia and Ukraine. It is definitely in bad taste, no excuses or justification whatsoever.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

ROSEANNE GOOFED: RACIST RANT AXES SHOW.

ICHEOKU says they did not waste any time axing the show which they regretted ever bringing back because it showed President Donald John Trump in good light and for once a Hollywood produced revamped show that is about conservative America grabbed instant success amongst Americans. And yes, ICHEOKU is emphatic that Roseanne did not produce the effect which the producers had anticipated and they have been looking for an excuse to axe it. Unfortunately the show's chief personality, Roseanne Barr, by her tweet, handed them the hatchet with which they hacked it to death, case closed.  

ICHEOKU says this will not be the first time a television personality or celebrity ever goofed on air or on any of the social media, including Twitter. Most times, their Network or platform will demand that they apologize and that will usually be the end of the matter. Sometimes too, the person could be suspended for a few weeks or asked to make atonement such as paying fine or undertaking a racially sensitive training or class. But not with Roseanne Barr, whose show, similarly named after her, was summarily shoved away; her show canceled; with her agents equally dropping her, and you wonder what is it exactly that she did or said that has not been done or said before to warrant such an instant severe action. The only plausible explanation is that ABC saw an opportunity to lean on to cancel a show which they would have since canceled but for fear of backlash. Now, they can conveniently use what was tweeted to finally achieve a set out objective. 

ICHEOKU blames Roseanne Barr for not being aware that she has a bulls-eye targeted on her back for being a President Donald John Trump's supporter amidst all the nastiness of the time, especially coming from the Hollywood elite. She goofed big time and it is regrettable; but it does not rise to the level of canceling a show without even considering other extenuating circumstances, including tens of actors and actresses as well as writers and other stage hands who earn their living working on the show. ICHEOKU is not holding brief for her or the show, only that the punishment does not fit the crime. It is excessive and it is exhibition of double standards with heavily anti conservative and anti President Donald John Trump bias. So what if Valerie Jarret was called names, which black person has not been called names before in a racist American society. Even the former President Barack Hussein Obama has been severally called a monkey, Curious George, to boot. 

But the underlying reason for the summarily cancellation is the person who was disparaged, a former Obama's Hench-woman.  Obama's insider connection to the Hollywood elite may have also played a role in the swift severe punishment of Roseanne Barr by canceling the show. It also did not go unnoticed that ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey, who pulled the plug, is herself a black woman and you add one and one together, and you wonder if there is more to the cancellation than meets the eye. Here is a show depicting white American Mid-belt family struggles and which projects President Donald John Trump to the nation in good light, by a fervent supporter of the president. She made a racist comment on Twitter and you have the right combination of forces to finally have her axed. Comics say a lot of stuff all the time but why Roseanne's own statement was considered so opprobrious that it must be summarily canceled is the one million dollar question here, judging that Joy Beher has said some nasty things about many people, including Christians as well as other people too. 


What is so abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with ABC values that they decided to cancel the show immediately, one may ask? Why did ABC not ask for her to apologize, or suspend her for few shows or even deduct money from her pay as fine and donate the money to any activist group fighting for social causes like the NAACP for awareness programs. But no, the show must be killed off pronto because it is portraying President Donald John Trump in good light. Unfortunately, Disney's CEO Bob Iger, instead of intervening and overruling the Entertainment President, just concurred immediately that there was only one thing to do here and that was the right thing. How about the audience who are glued to Roseanne? How about the actors and actress and stage hands working on the show? They don't seem to matter as they are disposable American deplorables and you wonder if ABC has now set a precedent in stone or daring Roseanne fans as well as conservative Americans to change the channel. 

Muslim brotherhood plus Planet of the Apes did not have a baby named Valerie Jarret, so why literally make a mountain out of the little molehill. Roseanne has already apologized for making a bad joke; but it was not enough simply because ABC has been lying in wait, lurking and waiting for an opportunity to strike and it was handed to them on a platter. White men have been the butt of so many racist jokes; ditto First Lady Melania Trump as well as the president himself; Christians have not been spared either; neither have millions of hardworking men and women of America who earn their living with their two hands, including Walmart shoppers and NASCAR fans. Black people too have been joked about; but Muslim brotherhood was too sensitive for the Middle Eastern investors of Disney, the parent owner of ABC and the sledge hammer has to come out.

Anyway, Roseanne Barr will be just fine; she will survive and the country too will live; and life as we know it will go on. Happily, she has, in the manner of Evita Peron, don't cry for me Argentina, tweeted "Don't feel sorry for me Guys."  ICHEOKU says that's comforting and we will try not to; admitted the show will be missed and a lot of good people will be left without a job, however momentarily. So long Roseanne.

ARKADY BABCHENKO: RUSSIA CONTINUES TO KILL HER CITIZENS

ARKADY BABCHENKO: RUSSIA CONTINUES TO KILL HER CITIZENS.
ICHEOKU says he was lawyer turned journalist, critical of Vladimir Putin's Kremlin and now they gunned him down inside his apartment in Kiev Ukraine where he was living on a self exile. ICHEOKU says Russia is gradually turning into a third world country where petty dictators hold sway and breathe obedience to a cowered citizens. may his soul now rest. Adieu Arkady.

Monday, May 28, 2018

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY 2018.


ICHEOKU says thank you for your sacrifice American war dead. We honor your sacrifice. Happy Memorial Day America!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY AMERICA: LETS REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE.

ICHEOKU says they were selfless and they so loved this country that they paid the ultimate price so that we shall enjoy the freedom we have. On this Memorial Day, May 28, 2018, lets honor the heroes who made it possible, the men and women who proudly wore the uniforms and defended our freedom but who are no longer here with us. May their souls continue to rest in peace. ICHEOKU says thank you American war dead, for your service and sacrifice. Happy Memorial Day America!

Sunday, May 27, 2018

IT IS REAL MADRID AGAIN: WINS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.

ICHEOKU says congratulations to the Zidane boys from Madrid and their coach Zinedine Zadine, a wonderful and tasteful soccer tactician. Kudos to the boys from Catalan for a game plan perfectly, well executed. Bale’s goals were terrific, especially the bicycle kick goal; admitted his second goal from such a great distance was equally stellar. Overall, a beautiful soccer artistry was displayed and the better side won and convincingly too.

OBASANJO-BUHARI FEUD: OBASANJO IS THE VILLAIN.

ICHEOKU says that Nigerians are still suckling up to this man, after the many atrocities he perpetrated in Nigeria and being for the most part, singly responsible for the retarded and stunted growth of the country, is the real joke in the current face-off between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. Olusegun Obasanjo has been in power for the longest time in Nigeria and to a large extent, never left power actually and has always remained in power through the proxy of the several men who he has maneuvered into power. 

From Shehu Shagari to Umaru Yar'Adua to Goodluck Jonathan and to now his latest target, President Muhammadu Buhari, Olusegun Obasanjo helped install all of them into power. As a result, they are required to obey his dictates and as long as they remained the obedient minion, it is all good; but once they want to assert themselves and free themselves from his apron string and shackles, Olusegun Obasanjo will suddenly turn against them to tell Nigerians that they made a mistake by listening to him by electing a president whom he told them to elect. What manner of a person is this man from Ota, Ogun State, one would ask? 

Obasanjo's special privilege of being in power actually predates 1978, way back to 1967 when he was promoted a military commander in the Nigeria army that tried but failed to completely wipe out the Igbo nation. As a result, he was mightily rewarded with rapid promotions by his Fulani masters which saw him become a Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing and then to Chief of Staff Supreme Headquarters and later to Head of State in 1976. He later went to prison for treason and was released and made president by the same Fulani Northern cabal; and till today, he is still very much around in power, in one form or the other; and his words still sways opinion in the country. Now he is once again starting another ruckus with the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, like all the other presidents and Heads of State before him, and challenging him to do something about it. ICHEOKU says hopefully Obasanjo has not mistaken Buhari for the coward of Otuoke as he might be forced to accept the gauntlet thrown by Obasanjo and actually hogtie Obasanjo for good.

ICHEOKU says this is a man who has been in power for so long and continuously causing trouble in the country, so until Nigerians learn to ignore him or he joins his ancestors, which ever one comes first, Nigeria, unlike Kenneth Kaunda's Zambia, shall never be free. So ask yourself Nigerians, if this man has been in power for as long as he has been around in power and Nigeria is still mired down as it is, who else is to blame but the architect of such policies and mismanagement that midwifed its current near stagnant status. Therefore ICHEOKU is emphatic that Olusegun Obasanjo has no moral standing to query any president or leader, following after him, because his crass ineptitude and lack of foresight caused more damage to the country's development and well being than any leader past, present or future will ever cause. 

Suddenly his 2015 refrain that "Buhari was "educated enough to be Nigeria's president", has now changed to "Buhari cannot read or write" in 2018. So what changed between then and now or was the Buhari's education which was sufficient then in 2015 been wiped off from Buhari's brain, to now make Buhari a dunce, a complete tabula-rasa. How did a man who was educated enough to be president suddenly go blank and into a state of total ignorance and abject low information. It is either Olusegun Obasanjo lied to Nigerians then in 2015 when he vouched for Buhari's education or he is lying to Nigerians now with his current assertion that Buhari cannot read or write. So Nigerians, is it not a better proposition to find out which version of truth is Obasanjo speaking and with a man like that who speaks as it is convenient for him worthy of the trust of Nigerians. If he lied then in 2015, why is it not okay to assume that he is once again lying in 2018. Olusegun Obasanjo is not trustworthy, Olusegun Obasanjo cannot be trusted, hence Olusegun Obasanjo must be rejected. Enough of his manipulations and cunning.

It is always about him, a very narcissistic personality, before whom no other person survives or thrives and above him, there must never be another Nigerian. This has always been his stock in trade, the driving influence behind his antics and his supposedly altruistic love for Nigeria. The scheme is to always keep every other person down and below him so that no one will ever trump his supposed legacy, as the longest served Nigeria's leader. But unfortunately, Nigeria is deficient of critical thinkers and without such a critical mass, who would have helped change a lot of things which are going awry, Olusegun Obasanjo operates freely in his devilish manipulations. So ask yourself, which leader of Nigeria has Olusegun Obasanjo not attacked; just name or mention just one leader that was spared of his venomous sting. He attacked Yakubu Gowon and as then Head of State maintained Gowon's exile status alive until President Shehu Shagari gave him a State pardon. Obasanjo attacked Shehu Shagari, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, Abudulsalam Abubakar, Umaru Yar'Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and is again now nibbling at the heels of President Muhammadu Buhari. 

Needless to add that as both Head of State and President, Obasanjo tolerated no opposition or descent or even genuine criticism. He had a zero tolerance for anyone who is not a sycophantic groveler, but here he is dishing to other leaders what he did not allow others to even think about concerning him. 

What is Obasanjo's problem that he cannot allow any other Nigerian aspire for greatness or for anything and something above and beyond Olusegun Obasanjo. He enjoyed two terms in office but sabotaged others from similarly enjoying theirs. He wouldn't let Umaru Yar'Adua be until he was shut out from Aso Rock which embargo lasted until Yar'Adua died. He went after Jonathan Goodluck, writing his now infamous Satanic Verse letter, which attacks continued unabated leading to Jonathan calling him a motor park tout. Not to be outdone, he joined the conspiracy that removed Jonathan from office. Now it is President Muhammadu Buhari that has been sighted by his periscope and is presently at the receiving end of his poisonous spear of vindictiveness and wicked spirit of unforgiven. 

What is it with Olusegun Obasanjo that he always wants to be the news and center of attention, any informed and unbiased Nigerian would ask? ICHEOKU says other than his maniacal penchant to always remain relevant, undiminished and important, there is nothing there, there. Obasanjo had his chance and several times over to Make Nigeria Great Again but failed abysmally woefully. So why does Nigerians still align themselves with such an awful human being that is both as ugly inside as he is outside. What magic spell did Obasanjo cast on Nigerians that they usually and always do his bidding and listen to him like he is an oracle whose words must be obeyed as commanded. Admitted he is an Ota Deity but Ota is not Nigeria, hence his area of influence must be confined to the communities adjoining Ota,, its surroundings and nothing more.

This was the same Olusegun Obasanjo who told Nigerians that Buhari was educated enough to be president just a few short years ago in 2015; and now the same Olusegun Obasanjo is accusing the same President Buhari of being an illiterate who cannot read or write like his IG Transmission of Police. ICHEOKU says but what happened to the good old marital vows exchange precursor to speak up now or forever keep the peace? Why did Obasanjo not speak up when it would have mattered most, prelude to the 2015 election and why is he speaking now? Why did Olusegun Obasanjo not say something in 2015 about Buhari's lack of education and when it would have made a lot of difference. Does it mean that the relevant information about Buhari's lack of education was not available to Obasanjo or was not within his knowledge then in 2015, or that he purposefully decided to suppress it just to get rid of Jonathan Goodluck by any means possible, including fraudulently lying about this fundamental requirement for eligibility for the office. 

ICHEOKU says Nigerians should, instead of siding with Olusegun Obasanjo and cheering him on, engage their critical thinking and figure out what is it exactly, is driving Obasanjo's pistons. Why is Obasanjo doing what he is doing and why the current face-off between him and President Muhammadu Buhari, because Buhari's lack of literacy cannot be the reason; afterall Buhari has not improved anything about himself neither has his brain been magnetically zapped out of its knowledge since the same Obasanjo as Head of State made him Minister of Petroleum in 1975 and again supported his candidacy for president in 2015. Did Obasanjo purposefully appoint a man who cannot read or write Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum and if, how did Buhari conduct his job then, mixing and mingling with OPEC officials and holding his own both in Vienna and Saudi Arabia? If Buhari cannot read or write, how did he become Military Governor of Northeastern Nigeria under the same Obasanjo? But Nigerians are not asking relevant questions and have become mind numbed robots, who are easily swayed by a bullish fella, who is both shameless and brazen; and who has been manipulating Nigerians for so long. 

Nigerians should treat Baba Iyabo like the rabble rousing anarchist trouble maker that he is because he means the country no good. All his actions, past and present, are bent on sabotaging every president and make them not to outshine him. Obasanjo is petty and evil and Obasanjo is an unforgiving monster who slept with his son's wife Mojisola Gbenga Obasanjo. How a man who cannot maintain peace in his household, is allowed such a a leeway and preeminent position in Nigeria, as a broker of peace, is rather laughably ridiculous. A man who went through 4 wives and sired 24 children and has no relationship with most of them, if any, is rather an unfit person to preside over anyone's welfare and upkeep, especially that of a State. Therefore, Olusegun Obasanjo should be treated as a pariah accomplice and conspirator to the troubles which Nigeria has today, and subjected to relevant liabilities, necessarily accompanying such offenses. Olusegun Obasanjo is responsible for the fate which befell Nigeria since independence and continuing till this day. He is a failed leader and not deserving of all the hero worshipping which Nigerians accord him. Obasanjo is also not the knight in shinning armor, who rode on a white horse to save the day for Nigerians and rescue them from the tribulations of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Dracula of Daura. Obasanjo has no interest of Nigerians, but his own selfish self serving interest and therefore Nigerians must reject his current intrigues as sinister.

But what manner of a people are Nigerians that they have so easily and so soon, forgotten that it was Olusegun Obasanjo who midwifed President Muhammadu Buhari's presidency. Short of the plebeian mob in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, who fell under the spell of the oratorical prowess of Mark Anthony and killed Cicero the poet, having mistaken him for Cicero the conspirator, simply because both has same name, nothing else succinctly captures the mentality of the average Joe and Jill Nigerians. A bunch of willow flowers who easily sways with the wind, especially one generated by Olusegun Obasasnjo. Suddenly, the devil's maycare himself, Aremu Kikelemo Matthew Olusegun Obasanjo, is now a Saint anti-Buhari, just because he is now raising hell and battling the same man he helped make president; and whose testimony then was that Buhari was educated enough then to be president, but not anymore. Really?  

Nigerians must bravely look this Ota Deity in the eyes and tell him to take a hike because his intentions are not good. Oluesgun Obasanjo has bad intentions and he does not have the interest and well-being of Nigerians at heart. It is his peculiar sinister motive that is at play here and not any altruistic love of the country, country men and women. It is always about him and he is very manipulative and cunning and such men are dangerous.

During Babangida's attempt at transition in 1992, when Option 4 led to the demise of the genocidal Yakubu Jackal Gowon's quest for presidency,  routing him in his village polling booth, Obasanjo was quick to condemn Gowon for even thinking about it. He sarcastically admonished Gowon, chiding, what did Gowon forget in the presidency that he wants to go back there to collect? Continuing, Obasanjo said that every past presidents and Heads of State should not ever contest for the presidency but should make way for younger generations to come up. Again MKO Abiola ran for the presidency and when his election victory was annulled by Ibrahim Babangida, the same Olusegun Obasanjo, while speaking in South Africa, dismissively said that Abiola is not the Messiah who Nigerians are waiting for. He took sides with the Hausa/Fulani gangster North that denied Abiola his rightful presidency and saw to it that Abiola was killed in the process; only to turn around and reap from where he did not sow. Needless to add that he  suffered amnesia about what he had said in the past concerning former presidents and Heads of State running for the office. But that is Obasanjo for you. 

Obasanjo ran for president in 1999 and again in 2003, despite what he said to Gowon, leaving one wondering if he forgot to acquire enough wealth and went back twice just to do just that. Olusegun Obasanjo is himself not a Messiah, yet despite what he said about Abiola not being a Messiah, went ahead to become Nigeria's president and you ask yourself why? Nobody ever dictated to him nor said that Obasanjo will NEVER be president, but he did so to Atiku. Nobody ever told him that he is not refined enough and sophisticated enough to be president, but here he is telling another president that he cannot read or write. Nobody ever told Obasanjo that the cannot run for reelection but he said that to Jonathan and now again saying the same thing to Buhari. Query, who made Obasanjo a judge over Nigerians and why must Nigerians be beholden to this uncouth fella from the hills of Ota who is residing on the hills of Abeokuta. Enough of the Obasanjo voodoo of control over Nigeria.   

Obasanjo so much disrespected Goodluck Jonathan that he formed a parallel pseudo government in Abeokuta Hilltop and practically sabotaged the Jonathan's government, through and through; only that the coward of Otuoke allowed him to have his way. ICHEOKU says Olusegun Obasanjo does not see any good in other person but himself; and it is always all about Olusegun Obasanjo and nobody else. Any attempt by any other person or president to de-shine or diminish Obasanjo and his self-absorbed self, is always met with Obasanjo's protests and agitations; and his hollering often gets so loud that Nigerians are forced to buy into whatever idiotic crap that he is gushing about. Now he is fighting Buhari and some unthinking Nigerians are taking his side, thinking that a Messiah has arrived; but woe betide those who cannot or are incapable of seeing through his  smokescreen of deceit and cunning manipulation. 

ICHEOKU warned Nigerians about Olusegun Obasanjo in an article in the Benin Observer Newspapers in 1992, when the musings for return to civilian rule was crescendoing, but Nigerians did not listen. Again, in another article in 1999, WHO LET THE DOGS OUT, published Online, ICHEOKU warned Nigerians not to allow the military back in government, whether in uniformed khaki or flowing babaringa and agabada; and to shun Obasanjo candidacy; but again, it fell on deaf ears. The result ever since has been less than desirable, as the election of the retired military man Obasanjo has led to the election of another retired military man Muhammadu Buhari. Today, many of those formerly khaki wearing army men, following in the step of Obasanjo, are jostling for and waiting for their turn to also lay claim to what they believe, rightfully belongs to their department in the Nigeria political equation. Oluegun Obasanjo is evil and Olusegun Obasanjo's leadership has gotten Nigeria no where, yet some Nigerians are listening to what he says and have to say and you ask yourself why? 

It was Olusegun Obasanjo that created the monopoly known as Dangote PLC by stifling other competitors. It was Olusegun Obasanjo that killed a sitting Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bola Ige. ICHEOKU is emphatic that an Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federation cannot be so easily killed, except the hit job was signed off by the highest political office holder in the country, which happened to be Olusegun Obasanjo. A matter made more laughable, because all the 12 MOPOLs guarding and protecting the AG had to go on "break" at the same time and it was the same window of opportunity that the "unknown murderers" struck. Bola Ige was having dinner with his family and rather than finishing their dinner, they had to watch in awe as their patriarch's brain was spattered on their dinner table. Imagine the trauma and horror of that evening, watching your father and husband hacked to death on your family's dinner table, at dinner time. ICHEOKU says such a coincidence is rarer than a Phoenix; and no sane person should ever entertain such ridiculousness as reality or that it had the slightest possibility of ever being true. Bola Ige was murdered and Olusegun Obasanjo is the responsible party to his murder, period. 

Odi Bayelsa and Zaki Ibiam Benue State are still two living examples of the devastation which Olusegun Obasanjo could cause to a place. It happened before with Kalakuta Republic in Mosalashi Yaba Lagos when the same Olusegun Obasanjo sent "unknown soldiers" to destroy Fela's Kalakuta Republic and they threw his 78 year old mother off the second floor balcony before burning the entire place to the ground. So Obasanjo's penchant for wrecking havoc and visiting mayhem on people is not disputable. It did not start with Odi or Zaki Ibiam because it is an inert quality of his, Olusegun Obasanjo is a sadist of the worst kind and this heartless zoo animal, a chimpanzee, is who Nigerians are listening to and taking orders from. Just think about all those Nigerians he assassinated during his presidency including Dikkibo, Marshall, Jumbo and the list goes on. 

ICHEOKU says Olusegun Obasanjo is a fraud, only that he has figured out how to brutishly manipulate Nigerians into using them to do his bidding. Obasanjo did not succeed as a president and he has refused to just go away, disappear and leave Nigerians alone and allow them to figure out their destiny or a life of Nigeria without an Olusegun Obasanjo. It is about time Olusegun Obasanjo is finally stopped and hopefully President Muhammadu Buhari will help Nigerians stop his madness and unending interference in the affairs of Nigeria. ICHEOKU calls on Nigerians to stop listening to Olusegun Obasanjo and whatever the heck he has to say because he says nothing meaningful nor fruitful or helpful to Nigerians. Olusegun Obasanjo is a trouble maker, who is out to disorganize, confuse and cause mayhem in Nigeria. Unlike Goodluck Jonathan who waited too long and it became too late when he decided to fight back, hopefully, Buhari will not be similarly caught flatfooted and will do something to checkmate Obasanjo. Enough of the Ota Deity's meddlesome interloping in Nigeria. 


ICHEOKU prays that President Muhammad Buhari arrests Obasanjo immediately and throw the books at him for threatening a breach of public peace. Buhari may be evil, but Obsanjo is the Lucifer incarnate of Nigeria, who has killed more Nigerians than all the past presidents and heads of State of Nigeria aggregated together. Obasanjo is callous, wicked, vengeful and vindictive, and has no milk of human kindness flowing in him. This is a guy who as president, went to Ikeja bomb victims who were complaining of thirst and shouted them down that they should be grateful that he even came to commiserate with them. This is a guy who kidnapped a sitting Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige. This is a guy who arbitrarily declared States of Emergency in three States and removed their governors without first obtaining the required Senate's consent. This is a guy who invented the proverbial banana peels that saw many Senate and Congressional leaders cycled through, one after another, and as he pleased; and thus rendered the check and balance of Nigeria's democracy ineffective, useless and non existent. 

As president, Olusegun Obasanjo nearly destroyed Nigeria's democracy and is still tirelessly working to achieve the same nefarious objective. He sought a third term but was frustrated by Ken Nnamani led Senate and he swore thereafter not to allow Nigeria's democracy grow and thrive; and has been sabotaging every president ever since following this exit from power. Obasanjo is also eminently corrupt; he introduced Ghana Must Go bags full of cash bribery politicking in Nigeria. Obasanjo was nearly bankrupt before he became president and went from a paltry N20,000 rich ex-felon to a trillionaire just after eight years of his presidency. The corruption under Obasanjo was such blatant that even his domestic servant, Andy Uba, also became a trillionaire as well. Obasanjo also killed many Nigerians including a sitting Attorney General Bola Ige. Yet, a man with such a putrefying credentials is who Nigerians are fleeing to for succor, at this hour of their near hopelessness and utter rage against President Muhammadu Buhari. ICHEOKU says wrong, wrong and more wrong; because without Obasanjo's devious conspiracies, there would have been no Buhari to begin with. 

Obasanjo knew Buhari before 2015; he appointed him Minister of Petroleum in 1975 and it is the same Buhari that is still in Aso Rock and now readying for 2019. So what changed? ICHEOKU's safest bet is that some promised illicit contractual obligations and business transactions were not seen through and the vengeful monster wants to extract his pound of flesh and nothing more. Nigerians must therefore be wary and not allow themselves to be used again by the cunning, manipulative Ota Deity and reject his current overtures intoto. Olusegun Obasanjo cannot be allowed to continue to pretend or pass himself off as the savior who Nigerians are clamoring for, because the history of Nigeria's despondency cannot be written without devoting several chapters of it to Olusegun Obasanjo's ineptitude and lack of qualitative administration skills. Olusegun Obasanjo will die someday and Nigerians will not cease to exist if he dies, so why must he be the only one always looked up to as the savior? Let Nigerians please deploy their sixth sense to see through the Obasanjo shenanigan and understand that he is there for himself alone and not Nigerians. Please Nigerians, say no to Olusegun Obasanjo's current pranks and forever free yourselves from his never ending manipulation.

Saturday, May 26, 2018

THE JUNE 12 MEET IS BACK ON TRACK

THE JUNE 12TH MEET IS BACK ON TRACK 
ICHEOKU says following a second meeting between the two Korean leaders, wherein the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has committed to a complete denuclearization of the peninsula and his desire to meet with President Trump, it seems that the canceled meeting with President Donald John Trump in Singapore on June 12th, 2018, is once again alive and well. Salute

JUST SAY NO: INOCULATE YOURSELF FROM THE ME-TOO GOTCHA.

ICHEOKU says having sex in America now and with American women is increasingly becoming a high risk business as the #MeToo movement has successfully put a damper into what once used to be a good pastime; but not anymore. Nobody knows at what stage in the proceedings, such a woman will suddenly change her mind and claim that the sex was not consensual or that she agreed to the one in the bedroom but not to the one in the bathroom or on the living room couch. That she agreed to sex initially and midway you said or did something that made her mad to change her mind and withdraw her earlier consent. Some of these #MeToo claims are rather ridiculous and inexplicable with some of them dating back to several decades, and you ask yourself who remembers sex of that long, which most people would have since forgotten and not even recall. But the memory of these #MeToo activists seem to run deep and deeper than anyone can imagine.

The solution appears to be total abstinence and celibacy; or worst still, sex tourism overseas where one can travel and go have fun and then come back and park it up. Previously, loose women of easy virtue used to provide the alternative to an undecided wife or finicky partner, where everything is strictly business, a quid pro quo favor or money for sex, period. But with the craziness displayed by prostitute Stormy Daniels, a chill was also placed on that angle too, such that it is hard now to get complete satisfaction like the Rolling Stones. No sex is worth losing one's freedom or reputation for, especially a framed-up accusation of lack of consent when consent was originally given before their devilish mind got changed.

ICHEOKU says to please pray for men in America as their women have now completely ran a ring around them, hogtied and waiting to be the next to be taken down.  American men must now walk on egg shells, making sure that any "yes" obtained means real "yes" and that it was truly freely given and then learn to stop when they are asked to, regardless of the stage of copulation. ICHEOKU says may be the better alternative is to first memorialize such understanding in a written context, just in case. Life was not meant to be lived this way; in great trepidation, with this amount of fear of the sword of Damocles dangling over your head just because you had sex. How can someone be constantly afraid that a woman he had sex with might some day change her mind and come after you with allegation of whatever misconduct her mind conjured up or drove her into. This is the fact of life as men know it now in America, as these women have literary gone berserk, completely amok and out of their minds and looking for men to pull down and take down and/or put away for good and shamed for life. It is SAD. 

Friday, May 25, 2018

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: IN HANDCUFFS.

ICHEOKU says he is a friend of Queen Crooked Hilary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton; he is a friend to Barack Hussein Obama and his wife Michelle Obama; and he is also Oprah Winfrey's friend, just to name a few of those wild eyed liberal far leftists, who are more pretentious than pretense, and who had watched as the now fully disgraced former Hollywood mogul had his way with women and looked the other way, for fear of being shut out his money and influence. Their approach was don't disturb the groove - hear nothing, see nothing and say nothing, which will always safely get you through to the next campaign check from Harvey.

Today, the fat Harvey Weinstein was taken into custody, charged and booked on a $10 million bond and was released after posting a $1 million bail, using a personal check. He is required to surrender his international passport, wear an anklet monitoring GOS bracelet and also not to leave the New York and Connecticut area until his July 10, 2018 next court scheduled appearance. 

ICHEOKU says what a fall from his hitherto Olympian heights to the now low of lows, and into the sewer of sexual perversion of the worst kind. Harvey Weinstein was charged with rape, a criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct incidents involving two separate women. This is in addition to the other several other women who were victims of his sexual predatory lasting for several decades; many of which has been statutorily barred now under the Statute of Limitation, and can no longer be prosecuted. Yes, it is Hollywood, those usual holier than thou Pharisees, who always tel you what to do but do not ever do the same. As it has now turned out, they commit more sexual violations on women than those they often point their filthy fingers at. Morgan Freeman is now the latest on the target list of the #ME TOO, fire and fury women movement, who are out to avenge many decades of sex victimization by their liberal Hollywood men and movie houses bosses. Pitifully SAD. 

Thursday, May 24, 2018

NORTH KOREA: ON THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION


"You talk about your nuclear capabilities but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used."

A LETTER TO KIM JONG UN: A SICK PUPPY PLAYING WITH FIRE.

ICHEOKU says the little rocket man of Pyongyang is definitely out of his league and walking into a landmine in thinking that he can play the president of the United States of America. Imagine the Michelin Tire man taking for granted an opportunity of a lifetime of meeting the president of the United States of America which so many other world leaders apply for and had to wait for several months, praying for them to be considered for even an ordinary informal meet and greet. But here is the hermaphrodite of North Korea, who was offered such a golden parachute opportunity for a real meeting and he is not happily embracing it with both hands widely spread and giddy with excited anticipation and jumping for joy. 

ICHEOKU says short of outrightly, totally canceling the meeting and forever, the cancellation notice made subject to a possible later meeting, is still okay; as the cretin needs to be taught a hard lesson on how not to diss an American president or even think about it. The letter to Kim Jong Un by President Donald John Trump was appositely well worded and as plainly as is humanly possible, succinctly communicating to the North Korean dictator that President Donald John Trump does not take any nonsense from anyone, and not from Kim Jong Un. The North Koreans need the meeting more than Americans,, who have successfully extracted all they wanted from the Korean leader including the release of three American hostages as well as the demolition of the Nuclear test sites and the summit between the two Korean leaders. ICHEOKU says whether it is the Chinese or other person/s, but whoever is advising Kim Jong Un on the current face-off with America President Donald John Trump, does not have his interest at heart and should be summarily changed before he loses his life. 

The highpoint of the letter reminded Kim Jong Un who is on top of the food chain, as follows: "You talk about your nuclear capabilities but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used." ICHEOKU says IJN. 

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

HILLARY CLINTON: REFUSES TO ENDORSE A FEMALE CANDIDATE CYNTHIA NIXON

ICHEOKU says she supposedly loves women but will not endorse and refused to endorse the only woman standing for New York State Democratic Party's governorship candidate nomination. Instead she went the way of the fabled machine politics of the Democratic Party, which requires trail blazing new comers to go behind the line and queue up; and wait for their turn, as institutional establishment members enjoy their office until death do them apart. 

Sex and City's Cynthia Nixon's election bid for the New York State governor's mansion in Albany was mortally wounded when a fellow woman and supposed feminist extraordinaire, who also supposedly loves homosexuals, refused to endorse her, despite being a woman and also a lesbian. Rather, Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton endorsed the swamp creature who has been in government since 1996 and currently the incumbent governor of New York State who is seeking a re-election, Andrew Cuomo. As a result nearly the entire Democratic Party convention swayed to give him a 95% vote, thus securing him the party's governorship candidate. 

ICHEOKU says why are women like this or is Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton telling the world of women of America that it is only her who should wear the women toga and also the sole gender flag flier. Cynthia Nixon deserves better from Hillary Clinton; at least she should not have endorsed her opponent and would have stayed neutral; at least as a show of support and solidarity for the woman running for the office.  But not Hillary Clinton, who cannot and will not stand any threatening rival for the women narrative, which she represents. Anyway, ICHEOKU congratulates Ms Nixon for at least trying, fully aware that the machine politics of the Democratic Party will not be fair to her, just like Bernie Sanders sadly, also discovered in 2016. 

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

STEFAN HALPER: THE SPY WHO HATES (LOVES) TRUMP?

ICHEOKU says his name is Stefan Halper, a Cambridge University Professor of American Foreign Policy and he spied for the FBI while inside the then Trump presidential campaign. Now, you know when President Donald John Trump said that his campaign was spied upon by the former President Barack Hussein Obama's government, that he spoke truthfully. Yes, the president was right and here is one of the moles, a fat one for that matter, who was engaged for the covert activities. 

ICHEOKU says for anyone who believes that former President Barack Hussein Obama did not know or have any inkling of the flagrant violations of law and ethics that went down during the last election and dying days of the former government might as well believe that unicorns exist. How can such high level abuse of power go on without the former head of the government buying into it and approving of same. Little wonder the former president,  believing that some earth shattering dust will be unearthed which will derail Trump's campaign,  severally boasted that Trump can never be president. But today, the American people are beginning to see where all the dead bodies were buried and you wonder what else are they holding from the American people. 

The only explanation feasible is that then President Barack Obama was so confident that Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton was going to win the last election and will sweep everything under the rug, that he threw caution to the wind and signed off on such illegality. People must be held accountable; at least as a deterrent, for any future such police State antics. President Richard Nixon was forced to resign his office, impeached and later pardoned for doing less; he merely planted listening devices at the Watergate Building office of the Democratic Party. But here in this "I Spy" scandal, was a sitting president using the instrumentality of his office, a government agency, the FBI, to spy on an opposition candidate. Yet, somebody said America is not corrupt and corruption has not been redefined, at least not just yet. SAD. 

Monday, May 21, 2018

BEYONCE BUYS A CHURCH: IS A PASTOR BEYONCE IN THE OFFING?

ICHEOKU says Beyonce Knowles-Carter popularly known by her first name Beyonce or Queen Bey as her fans like to call her has has bought a church. A 7,500 square feet church in New Orleans Louisiana  was listed at $850,000. The stone structure building, constructed in the early 1900s, had continuously been used as a place of worship until all its members passed away and the building fell into receivership leading to the sale. 

ICHEOKU says does not know the primary purpose for which Beyonce intend to apply the building; whether she wants to become a pastor and pastor the church with new members or use it for a music studio or better still want to convert it into a dwelling place and move into a house which used to belong to God and share it alongside as no sane person would want to evict God from his house. But whatever end she wants to put the church to, the good news is that by her purchasing it, the church has purchased another lease on its life and will not be facing any imminent demolition ball; at least not as long as Beyonce shall live and still wants to keep the property. ICHEOKU says congratulations Queen Bey on the latest acquisition and ICHEOKU will stay tuned in on developments thereto. 

Saturday, May 19, 2018

MEGHAN WEDS HARRY: THE AMERICAN ACTRESS MARRIES HER BRITISH PRINCE.

ICHEOKU says it is done, a history breaking event that saw a commoner from America  admitted into the British Royal Family by her marriage to their prince. ICHEOKU wishes Meghan Markle, now Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry Duke of Sussex a successful married life. All the best fellas. Congratulations.

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

THE ONLY OBSTRUCTION.

“The only obstruction President Trump committed was in obstructing Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton from the White House.” - Jesse Watters, Watters World.

Monday, May 14, 2018

AMERICAN EMBASSY ANCHORED IN JERUSALEM

ICHEOKU says it is officially opened, the United States of America embassy in Israel, which moved to Jerusalem. ICHEOKU says anyone who feels too bad about it or does not like it or has any reservation about it or in short has any problem whatsoever with the move, should, as South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham advised, take the matter up with God. 

ICHEOKU says congratulations to all the parties involved, especially President Donald John Trump, whose bold courage in the face of intense adversity made it possible. What a long time dream finally come to fruition. A history made indeed.

Sunday, May 13, 2018

KEEP AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: THE NEW SLOGAN FOR TEAM KAGA.

ICHEOKU says while the Democrats are still in shock and their Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton still at a loss over the earth-shattering November 8, 2016 smack down, Team MAGA has since moved on and is ready to re-elect their leader, President Donald John Trump. As a result Team MAGA has morphed into Team KAGA, and their previous slogan “Make America Great Again” has transitioned to “Keep America Great Again.” 

ICHEOKU says come 2020, the real American people will vote to continue with the successes so far recorded and continuing; as a winning formula is always to be preferred to a knee jerk pessimism which grinds up progress and gums up everything progressive. Team KAGA will DEFINITELY re-elect President Donald John Trump to a second term and with a much wider spread through all the fifty States. President Donald John Trump has proven that he is the real deal and has so far kept his promises. Majority of real patriotic Americans are united in their agreement on this and they will respond in kind in 2020 when they will vote to reelect President Donald John Trump president for a second term. Well done Mr President and Team KAGA accepts your leadership till 2023.

UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM OPENS:

"If you have a problem with Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, take it up with God, he did this.” - Lindsey Graham, Senator, South Carolina. Leader Congressional delegation to Jerusalem for the opening ceremony of relocated new United States of America embassy. 

ICHEOKU says well said Senator as the people attacking the decision are simply questioning God and nobody does that. ICHEOKU says congratulations to the Jewish State of Israel as your eternal capital has finally been recognized with the embassy relocation. The rest of the world will soon follow or remain in affliction for going up against God's own chosen people; but will soon be forced to chose on whose side they are on.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

MEGHAN UPGRADES HER STATUS, NOW A ROYALTY.


ICHEOKU says congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Princess Meghan. All the best.

Friday, May 11, 2018

TRUMP MEETS KIM: THE MOTHER OF ALL SUMMITS HOLDS.


"The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!" - President Donald John Trump. 

ICHEOKU says with those words President Donald John Trump cements the upcoming face to face meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jung Un and it is in Singapore on June 12th, 2018. ICHEOKU wishes both men a fruitful deliberations which as President Donald John Trump said, will be geared towards fostering world peace. God speed fellas.

Thursday, May 10, 2018

92 YEAR OLD WINS ELECTION: HURRAY!

ICHEOKU says at 92 years old former Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has won his come back bid election and will be the next Malaysian Prime Minister after previously serving his country for 22 years. ICHEOKU says that now makes him the oldest serving head of government anywhere in the world, ever. ICHEOKU wishes him well and wonders what message the Malaysian people sent with the election and what will happen to the country when mortality eventually sets in. At 92 years, the seat of government in Kuala Lumpur must have a standby air ambulance on a 24 hour alert. Congratulations Mahathir.

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

AMERICA WELCOMES BACK HER CITIZENS

ICHEOKU says thanks to President Donald John Trump's deft diplomatic policy, being executed by Secretary of State Pompeo, three former hostages of the North Korean dictatorships were released and have now arrived back to America. ICHEOKU says welcome back home fellas. What a diplomatic coup the president and his team pulled off. Nice.

TRUMP: MR PROMISE KEEPER

“The United States no longer makes empty threats. When I make promises, I keep them.” - President Donald John Trump. 
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ICHEOKU says exactly why he is now fondly nicknamed the Promise Keeper and he keeps his promises, one promise at a time.

IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL NUKED: PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT.

ICHEOKU says unlike typical politicians who usually are big on promises but short on performance, this particular billionaire newbie keeps his promises. Mr Promise Keeper, President Donald John Trump, has again fulfilled a campaign promise to pull America out of the Iran Nuclear deal. An anti American and anti Israeli interest's no-deal deal, made with the mullahs of Tehran by the knee jerk wishy washy former President Barack Hussein Obama, President Donald John Trump also known as the Promise Keeper, has now yanked the deal off life support and it is officially now dead. 

ICHEOKU congratulates President Donald John Trump for his courage amidst a deluge of opposition in finally putting the theocratic Islamist regime in Tehran in its rightful little place and agrees with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the overarching interest is to deny Iran any nuclear weapons capability and to ensure that Tehran does not get the bomb, not today, not tomorrow and not ever. The cancelled deal is yet another evidence that peace through strength always wins; kudos Mr President. Now below find the remarks President Donald John Trump made while declaring the cancellation of the deal. happy trail. 

"My fellow Americans, 

Today, I want to update the world on our efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The Iranian regime is the leading state sponsor of terror. It exports dangerous missiles, fuels conflicts across the Middle East, and supports terrorist proxies and militias such as Hezbollah, Hamas, the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Over the years, Iran and its proxies have bombed American Embassies and military installations, murdered hundreds of American service members, and kidnapped, imprisoned, and tortured American citizens. The Iranian regime has funded its long reign of chaos and terror by plundering the wealth of its own people. No action taken by the regime has been more dangerous than its pursuit of nuclear weapons — and the means of delivering them. 

In 2015, the previous administration joined with other nations in a deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program. This agreement was known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or J.C.P.O.A. In theory, the so-called “Iran deal” was supposed to protect the United States and our allies from the lunacy of an Iranian nuclear bomb, a weapon that will only endanger the survival of the Iranian regime. In fact, the deal allowed Iran to continue enriching uranium and — over time — reach the brink of a nuclear breakout. The deal lifted crippling economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for very weak limits on the regime’s nuclear activity — and no limits at all on its other malign behavior, including its sinister activities in Syria, Yemen, and other places all around the world. 

In other words, at the point when the United States had maximum leverage, this disastrous deal gave this regime — and it’s a regime of great terror — many billions of dollars, some of it in actual cash — a great embarrassment to me as a citizen and to all citizens of the United States. A constructive deal could easily have been struck at the time, but it wasn’t. At the heart of the Iran deal was a giant fiction: that a murderous regime desired only a peaceful nuclear energy program. 

Today, we have definitive proof that this Iranian promise was a lie. Last week, Israel published intelligence documents — long concealed by Iran — conclusively showing the Iranian regime and its history of pursuing nuclear weapons. The fact is, this was a horrible, one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made. It didn’t bring calm, it didn’t bring peace, and it never will. 

In the years since the deal was reached, Iran’s military budget has grown by almost 40 percent — while its economy is doing very badly. After the sanctions were lifted, the dictatorship used its new funds to build its nuclear-capable missiles, support terrorism, and cause havoc throughout the Middle East and beyond. The agreement was so poorly negotiated that even if Iran fully complies, the regime can still be on the verge of a nuclear breakout in just a short period of time. The deal’s sunset provisions are totally unacceptable. If I allowed this deal to stand, there would soon be a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Everyone would want their weapons ready by the time Iran had theirs. 

Making matters worse, the deal’s inspection provisions lack adequate mechanisms to prevent, detect, and punish cheating and don’t even have the unqualified right to inspect many important locations, including military facilities. Not only does the deal fail to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but it also fails to address the regime’s development of ballistic missiles that could deliver nuclear warheads. Finally, the deal does nothing to constrain Iran’s destabilizing activities, including its support for terrorism. Since the agreement, Iran’s bloody ambitions have grown only more brazen. In light of these glaring flaws, I announced last October that the Iran deal must either be renegotiated or terminated. 

Three months later, on January 12th, I repeated these conditions. I made clear that if the deal could not be fixed, the United States would no longer be a party to the agreement. Over the past few months, we have engaged extensively with our allies and partners around the world, including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. We have also consulted with our friends from across the Middle East. We are unified in our understanding of the threat and in our conviction that Iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon. 

After these consultations, it is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. The Iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. In just a short period of time, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world’s most dangerous weapons. 

Therefore, I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. In a few moments, I will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating U.S. nuclear sanctions on the Iranian regime. We will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. Any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States. 

America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail. We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction. And we will not allow a regime that chants “Death to America” to gain access to the most deadly weapons on Earth. 

Today’s action sends a critical message. The United States no longer makes empty threats. When I make promises, I keep them. In fact, at this very moment, Secretary Pompeo is on his way to North Korea in preparation for my upcoming meeting with Kim Jong-un. Plans are being made, relationships are building. Hopefully, a deal will happen, and with the help of China, South Korea, and Japan, a future of great prosperity and security can be achieved for everyone. 

As we exit the Iran deal, we will be working with our allies to find a real, comprehensive, and lasting solution to the Iranian nuclear threat. This will include efforts to eliminate the threat of Iran’s ballistic missile program, to stop its terrorist activities worldwide, and to block its menacing activity across the Middle East. 

In the meantime, powerful sanction also go into full effect. If the regime continues its its nuclear aspirations, it will have bigger problems than it has ever had before. Finally, I want to deliver a message to the long-suffering people of Iran. The people of America stand with you. It has now been almost 40 years since this dictatorship seized power and took a proud nation hostage. Most of Iran’s 80 million citizens have sadly never known an Iran that prospered in peace with its neighbors and commanded the admiration of the world. But the future of Iran belongs to its people. They are the rightful heirs to a rich culture and an ancient land, and they deserve a nation that does justice to their dreams, honor to their history and glory to God. 

Iran’s leaders will naturally say that they refuse to negotiate a new deal. They refuse, and that’s fine. I’d probably say the same thing if I was in their position. But the fact is, they are going to want to make a new and lasting deal, one that benefits all of Iran and the Iranian people. When they do, I am ready, willing, and able. Great things can happen for Iran. And great things can happen for the peace and stability that we all want in the Middle East. There has been enough suffering, death, and destruction. Let it end now. Thank you. God bless you. Thank you.