ICHEOKU says for far too long have Nigerians been crying about bad governance, but for the same far too long have they refused to do what is necessary to enthrone good governance. They want to Make Nigeria Great, but lack the fire in their belly to get it done. They will not choose leaders who still dream big dreams and who share in their common aspiration. Leaders, who are highly motivated; driven individuals who can put their skin in the game and re-engineer a new Nigeria. A Nigeria, which is both functional and fair; and which works for everyone. A Nigeria, where every Nigerian can feel at home, as co-equal stakeholders in the Nigeria project.Each time an opportunity for a reboot and reset of direction of the country presents itself and for Nigerians to indeed take their country back as real influencers in how their affairs are managed, they always saunter and flounder. They watch helplessly as the same group of degenerates, many of who belong in the cemeteries and nursing/convalescing homes, who kept them shackled down, hogtied in a servile bondage, hijack the presented opportunity and continue to maintain their stranglehold over them. As a result, they make choices of leaders under the influence of this absurdity, suggestive of a people who are not deeply troubled nor unbearably discomforted by their situation and desperately wants out.
Just ask yourself, if Nigerians really want a change in the direction of their country, why then do they always revert to the same demented person/s, who led them into their dire situation. Short of being afflicted with the battered person's syndrome, which makes people perpetually attracted to their abusers, nothing else makes sense nor justifies Nigerians, always choosing the type of leaders which they choose. Why go back to the same swamp of old and tired leaders, to dredge up one of them, believing that such a cosmetic change is good enough. A sure definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result.
As a result, election never produces any leadership of value, hence nothing ever changes as the same bunch of heartless goons are recycled. It thus becomes impossible to install a functional government which can correct the ills afflicting the society, which has kept Nigeria stunted, mediocre and underachieving. Their decision, regrettably, is not usually out of their free volition, but largely influenced by tombs-raiding goblins who are nearing their graves and who have no real interest in passing a functioning Nigeria to their successors. Why Nigerians listen to these voices of perdition which put them in their dire strait is beyond any rational comprehension.
For instance, why should Nigerians listen to Obasanjo for guidance and direction going into the Election 2019, when they are still suffering the consequences of their having listened to him during the last Election 2015. Any thinking society would have reviewed his previous guidance and weighed its beneficial impact on them against the backdrop of his latest attempt at intervening in their political process and advised themselves more appropriately. This imperative would have required Nigerians to say, "Wait a minute, if this man knew what he is talking about, why is it that he got it so wrong the last time?"
But for Obasanjo, there will be no Buhari in Aso Rock today for Nigerians to worry about his removal. So, why do Nigerians still accord any political relevance to a man who assessed Buhari as being "Educated enough to be president" and also still holds such a man highly as an expert, good character reader and/or judge of presidential candidates, when Buhari turned out hopelessly this way.
Obasanjo has led Nigerians astray for far too long and continuing till this day. He has also perfected his joy-riding of Nigerians so much that he now does it so effortlessly, that some numbskull Nigerians are buying into this his latest ''Project Make Atiku President 2019", a sure testament to their vulnerability. How any sane person could be pushing for the presidency of a man who is so flawed in character as Abubakar Atiku is indeed simply unimaginable. But it is Obasanjo and with him, anything that profits him is good business, regardless of its reprehensibility.
ICHEOKU says if there is one person who could be held responsible for all the woes of Nigerians, it is Olusegun Obasanjo. Yes, you heard ICHEOKU right, Olusegun Obasanjo is the Grinch who permanently stole Nigerians' Christmas. Just review the stewardship of Olusegun Obasanjo since 1975 when he first came to power following the assassination of Muritala Mohammed and you will agree with ICHEOKU that everything that ever went wrong with Nigeria had Obasanjo's signature to it. They were either his direct order/act or are somewhat traceable to him, both as a leader and/or a statesman.
A matter made worse because Obasanjo pretends to be a Christian but does not live by the Christian ethos nor behaves in a Christ-like manner. ICHEOKU says Lucifer must have made a deputy for himself but failed or forgot or in fact deliberately refused to warn Nigerians where he sent him. It is also self evident that Obasanjo does not read the Bible either, and if he does, suffered a similar fate as in Acts 8:30, otherwise he would not have been oblivious of Matthew 7:9-10 and would have advised his actions more appropriately.
A very sanctimonious Pharisee of our time, who deliberately chose to ignore his previous warnings about Atiku and now wants to delude himself that Nigerians did not hear him then or are too imbecilic to remember. Obasanjo is probably capitalizing on Nigerians' notorious penchant for forgetfulness, their fabled amnesia, in now painting an entirely different picture of the same man who he once warned Nigerians to stay away from.
Query, if you are an employer and a surety tells you not to hire a potential employee because he is a thief and based on the reference, you did not hire the thief job seeker. If subsequently, another position opens up in your business and the same surety now asks you to hire the same previously unemployable thief job seeker, what will you do? How would you react or won't you at least, for due diligence, want to find out from the surety what changed with the former unemployable thief, who suddenly is now no longer a thief and employable. Why would you now rely and act on the words of the same surety, who previously counseled against employing the job seeker, but is now urging you to risk it all.
Needless to add that Obasanjo's "do or die" presidency was the bloodiest ever recorded in the annals of Nigeria's history of blood letting by the State. Obasanjo hurt more Nigerians than any other leader, past or present and possibly even future, if not the totality of them put together. So, why do Nigerians still allow Obasanjo to remain their guiding compass or does Obasanjo have a hypnotic spell on Nigerians which interferes with their rational thought process? Are Nigerians too confounded and attention-span deficient, not to remember what happened in their recent past, that such a deviant is still allowed to drive the political football in Nigeria leading up to the February 16th, 2019 election, after his past 2015 action which ushered Buhari into power.
That Nigerians are still looking up to this man for direction and guidance, in matters involving their collective destiny, is in fact the greatest scandal in the life of Nigerians. How can Nigerians still seek directions from Obasanjo when his previous direction led then into the cul-de-sac of despondency in which they are currently mired, lost and confused.
If Obasanjo led Nigerians for about 12 years officially, and for another 30 years unofficially, of his constantly meddling and directing other leaders on how to lead Nigeria, and Nigeria is still in a parlous state, doesn't common sense dictate that it is about time Nigerians did some serious introspection and moved away from Obasanjo. Shouldn't a thinking society, since taken stock and assessed how well they have fared following Obasanjo and then find a different way out of the woods in which Obasanjo led them into.
Why would a society that wants to thrive not move away from a man whose dictates thus far, had not improved their lot and look for a completely new director of their affairs, going forward. If Nigeria is still so stagnated as to elicit the unflattering moniker, a "shithole" country, where then is Obasanjo's continuing relevance in the affairs of Nigeria; or better still, why is Obasanjo not taking full responsibility or being held accountable for running Nigeria aground
When has failure become something to celebrate by a society, admitted the Nigerian society is a very peculiar one, judging by the criminality and mediocrity which they usually honor and celebrate; including incompetent creeps which they frequently put forward as their leaders. ICHEOKU says will like to know what earned Obasanjo the right to determine who rules Nigeria or is Nigeria now Obasanjo's private estate and an entity within his Ota Farms Holding PLC. If only Chinua Achebe was not right and Nigeria is indeed a country, especially one which holds her transgressors accountable for their misdeeds, ICHEOKU is confident that Obasanjo would have since died a rotten prisoner of the State.
Why do Nigerians always reward their traducers instead of holding them accountable; and are once again in the cusp of rewarding yet another one of them, with the presidency of the country, just because Obasanjo said so. Although, it will NEVER happen, but the fact that such an idea is even being entertained by some Nigerians, is by itself, dishearteningly idiotic. Yet, tomorrow, they will turn around to complain that the country is being run down and that things are not moving in the right direction. Yet they keep on electing mediocrities as leaders and in a country so richly blessed with so many first class materials, who know what needs to be done in order to turn the fortunes of the country around and for the better.
The most disheartening thing about the current Obasanjo's manipulative antics is that he was the person who gave Nigerians the man presently in Aso Rock, who he now wants removed and replaced. It was just 46 months ago that Obasanjo told Nigerians that "Buhari was educated enough to be be president", despite knowing to the contrary. So, what changed, Nigerians? ICHEOKU says would not have had any qualms about replacing any non performing president, except that the man who Obasanjo wants to replace Buhari, is just another Buhari with a different name, if not a worse version Buhari 3.0.
If Obasanjo meant well with his desire to replace an incompetent, non performing, old, illiterate, Fulani president, why in the world did Obasanjo settle for yet another old, illiterate, Fulani candidate, who has no records to run on or to show as evidence of his competence and ability to perform. Why did Obasanjo not chose any of the overachieving, youthful, highly energetic, well educated and obviously supremely qualified candidates including Kingsley Moghalu, Oby Ezekwesili, Gbenga Hashim, Donald Duke, Hamisu Santuraki or even Obadiah Mailafia, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which Obasanjo's Coalition of Nigeria Movement (CNM) adopted for the Election 2019?
Any of this candidate is miles ahead in both competence and qualification than the two leading Fulani candidates. But no, Obasanjo would rather replace an unqualified and incompetent slow-man, with an also unqualified and incompetent thief-man; just because as far as Obasanjo is concerned, only either of them is good enough for Nigeria.
How can a supposed "PhD" defend this decision to support a man, who he previously called a thief and described as not fit for any office in Nigeria. What logic, no matter how flawed, could back up such unmitigated disaster of a decision. ICHEOKU says not even the then strongman of Ibadan, Lamidi Ariyibi Adedibu, would have condescended this so low.
How can Olusegun Obasanjo single-handily forgive Abubakar Atiku of all his sins, administer an absolution on him, rehabilitate him and now tell Nigerians to elect him president? How can Obasanjo tell Nigerians to hand over the keys to their commonwealth to such a publicly named and shamed thief of State. How can Obasanjo look Nigerians in the eyes and defend this his illogical and irreconcilable decision to support Abubakar Atiku's campaign for the presidency of Nigeria, his earlier statements against Atiku considered?
But just for the sake of advancing the argument and given that forgiveness is divine, how is it Obasanjo's prerogative to forgive Atiku for stealing money which does not belong to Obasanjo, but to the people of Nigeria. Why did Obasanjo arrogate to himself the preeminent owner of Nigeria who knows what is good for Nigerians, that he should preside over the forgiveness of Atiku's thieving-sins, without first consulting with Nigerians. Why should it be Obasanjo's place to forgave Atiku and not the people of Nigeria, whose money Atiku stole?
It is the height of impetuous disdain for Obasanjo to ask Nigerians to accept his forgiveness of Atiku and adopt it as theirs by voting for his now "forgiven" thief for president. Where was Atiku's penitence and penance; and was the money which Atiku stole from Nigerians returned in atonement for his thieving-sins, as any truly repentant and contrite transgressor is expected and required to do. What in fact purchased Obasanjo's absolution of Atiku?
How can Obasanjo accuse Atiku of being a thief and turn around to say that he has forgiven Atiku and wants Nigerians to now vote for the same former thief-Atiku, but without first telling Nigerians what happened to the money which the thief-Atiku stole. Obasanjo even went further to write a book, MY WATCH, where he referred to Abubakar Atiku as the worst crook Nigeria has ever produced and the worst misfortune which ever befell Nigeria and that Nigeria was cursed to have produced Atiku. Yet, he now wants the same man to be president. ICHEOKU says regrettably, something is not adding up here.
How can this cyborg be manipulating Nigerians in this manner and so effortlessly? Why are Nigerians not demanding that Obasanjo explain to them what made him to swallow his vomit and forced his u-turn on Atiku. If Atiku was such a good person and worthy of the honor of being a trusted custodian of Nigeria's treasury, why did Obasanjo not hand power over to him in 2007. Instead, Obasanjo chose Umaru Yar'Adua and after him, Goodluck Jonathan; all in an effort to prevent Atiku from ever nearing Nigeria's treasury. So what suddenly changed now, Nigerians? Please put on your thinking hats before it is too late.
Obasanjo is an elder, whose words should mean something and not be so easily trivialized. Obasanjo's conscience should not be dictated and driven by circumstances; and he should mean what he say and say what he means. If Obasasjo called Atiku a thief and mimeographed it in a book, MY WATCH, why then does anybody still think that Atiku is not a thief? If Atiku is not a thief, why has he not sued Obasanjo for slander and defamation, or forced Obasanjo to retract and recant the statement and apologize to him for besmirching his character and permanently damaging his reputation. A damage so bad, that generations yet unborn will someday read "MY WATCH" to learn that Nigeria once had a Vice President named Abubakar Atiku, who is a thief and who had the shameless audacity to even seek the presidency of the country.
Where is the logic in the juxtaposition that in one breath, a man is a thief and in another whiff, the same thief miraculously morphed into a saintly monk, sworn to oath of poverty and can now be entrusted with the country's finances. Nigerians, please tell Obasanjo that you are smarter than he gives you credit for, because people do not change, at least not at such an advanced old age as Atiku. Nigerians similarly thought that Buhari had changed when they voted for him in 2015, only to later find out how far they had miscalculated. Why suffer the same misjudgment twice? It is not wise and it does not bode well for a society seeking redemption from its past too many disastrous mistakes.
A matter made worse because Obasanjo did not tell Nigerians what necessary safeguards he will put in place to prevent Atiku's kleptomaniac instincts and uncontrollable impulses towards Nigeria's resources. Who will keep an eye on Atiku to make sure that he does not loot Nigeria into bankruptcy or worse still, auction the country off to the Chinese, in a deal of perpetual indebtedness and eventual hostile takeover of the country. Who will watch the watchman. Why are Nigerians listening to Obasanjo without first asking themselves what made Obasanjo to make a sudden u-turn about a man he previously characterized as a thief and not good for Nigeria.
ICHEOKU says Aremu Matthew Kikiola Olusegun Obasanjo is the worst thing that ever happened to Nigeria since the hellish 1904 amalgamation of Nigeria. Whatever Obasanjo touched always ended in a disastrous tale of woes and Obasanjo created the rudderless Nigeria that is adrift and continuously threatening to capsize.
Obasanjo also introduced the macabre Bar Beach show were hastily condemned individuals were tied at the stake and shot to death, cheered on by a crowd which did not know any better about the sanctity of human lives.
ICHEOKU says but for tainted Viagra poisoning of Abacha, the Obasanjo nuisance would have since been abated. A man who refused to appreciate God's merciful hand in his life, who stubbornly remained an impertinent and unrepentant resident evil of Nigeria. It was the same Obasanjo, who, instead of being on the right side of history, joined forces with the enemies of Nigeria to scuttle the election of MKO Abiola president of Nigeria. Obasanjo was heard in South Africa saying that Abiola was not the Messiah who Nigerians were expecting and therefore aborting his presidency was not a big deal. Yet this is the guy Nigerians are heeding his counsel?
Just take a look at the many blood letting and agony which Obasanjo midwifed in Nigeria:- the genocidal civil war which claimed nearly 5 million Biafrans' lives; the failed military coup of Colonel Buka Suka Dimka which triggered reprisal massacre of hundreds of Middle Belt top military officers; Odi Bayelsa massacre in which thousands were murdered; Zaki Ibiam Benue State massacre with thousands dead; thousands of Bakassi Nigerians who Obasanjo banished from their rightful country of origin and against their will into Cameroon; another 20,000 Nigerians who perished in a bomb explosion at an Army base in Ikeja.
Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Nigeria Bola Ige and so many other prominent and un-prominent Nigerians were also collateral damage of his misrule, victims of the State under Obasanjo's watch. Then add the then frequently occurring plane "crashes" which claimed hundreds of Nigerian lives and which many people, including Babangida, suspected was another means of taking out personal enemies of Obasanjo and his government, which suddenly ended with his leaving office, which somewhat sustains the suspicion of his complicity and culpability in the murder by plane crashes.
The tragedy of the situation in Nigeria today is that Nigerians seem to have forgotten who bequeathed them with the Dracula of Daura. They are angry at the man in Aso Rock, but not angry at the man or rather men, Obasanjo and Atiku, who facilitated Buhari's ascension to power in 2015. How can any Nigerian be mad at President Muhammadu Buhari for accepting a presidency which was handed over to him and it was not as if he staged a coup, like in 1983, and forcibly seized power. He was voted into power. But for Obasanjo and Atiku's sabotage of Jonathan's reelection bid, President Muhammadu Buhari would not be anywhere near Aso Rock today. Yet Nigerians are trying to reward this two evil men who gave them Buhari and who technically, are responsible for the dire situation in the country today, where Nigerians found themselves weeping and gnashing their teeth.
What will it take to finally awaken the consciousness of Nigerians to see the evil incarnate that is Obasanjo, the man who destroyed their collective destiny. Even Matthew 7:9-11 is very instructive that Obasanjo does not mean well for Nigerians, otherwise why would it be Abubakar Atiku that Obasanjo is championing his presidential candidacy. How can any decent person, especially one who parades himself as a leader, be advocating for a man who he repeatedly called a thief and swore an oath that it is over his dead body that Atiku will be elected president. Recall his fabled "I DEY LAUGH O" remark.
ICHEOKU says there is something inherently wrong with Obasanjo and the odious mindset which finds his repulsive antics worthy. Were Nigeria a decent society, Obasanjo would have since been held accountable for his crimes against humanity, of the people who call Nigeria home. There is nothing good about a man of a very advanced old age, still fermenting trouble in Nigeria and threatening to take Nigeria down with him to his grave.
As a president, Obasanjo never tolerated any opposition and hounded all of them into the grave or to a graveyard silence. Obasanjo also rigged every election conducted during his presidency, that even a beneficiary of one of such rigging, Umaru Yar'Adua, had to apologize to Nigerians for the election rigging that brought him into Aso Rock. But look who is now running around the real estate of Nigeria and hollering like a rhesus monkey about Armageddon should President Muhammadu Buhari win a reelection. Obasanjo is lucky that ICHEOKU is not in occupation of Aso Rock, otherwise what Abacha started with him would have since been completed and the heavens will not fall. What a pitiful sociopath and psychopath who once accused Jonathan of importing snipers to kill 1000 Nigerians and is again at his game of manipulating Nigerians and they are paying him attention?
Indeed a psychiatric evaluation of Obasanjo would be in order, because not even Hannibal Lectern was this brazenly callous. ICHEOKU maintains that Olusegun Obasanjo is a despicable degenerate, who does not deserve his epicurean perch within the Nigerian society and should therefore be shunned and avoided like a leper. But are Nigerians even listening, otherwise which loving father, according to Matthew 7:10, will give his son a scorpion just because he asked for a fish. If Nigerians are tired of Buhari, why must it be Atiku that Obasanjo considers the only good enough choice for his replacement. Nigerians, please reject Obasanjo and his thief-Atiku, as their 1999 to 2007 draconian governance is still too fresh in the memory, to pretend it never happened. For the good of Nigeria, please ignore Obasanjo and SAY NO TO ATIKU because Atiku is NOT GOOD FOR NIGERIA.
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