BARACK OBAMA: MY GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENT - GEORGE SOROS.

ICHEOKU says if you heard it from the chief sponsor of the liberal causes, a protagonist in chief of the new world order and globalist numero uno, George Soros, then you literary heard it from the proverbial horse's mouth. Yes, you heard it right that the aging billionaire is not happy with former President Barack Obama for the disrespectful manner in which he treated him while in office. A fact made more painful because George Soros money was partly responsible for electing President Barack Obama into office, being one of the benefactor and financier of the Democratic Party and their liberal agenda. 

According to a very bitter George Soros, Barack Obama shut him completely out of the White House and will not accede to any of his numerous requests for a visit to the White House. In his own words, George Soros said of the former president, "Barack Obama was “actually my greatest disappointment.” Soros said that he felt let down on a professional level by the lack of attention he received from the former president during his eight years in office. Continuing, Soros said that "Mr. Obama closed the door on me after he was elected. He made one phone call thanking me for my support, which was meant to last for five minutes, and I engaged him, and he had to spend another three minutes with me, so I dragged it out to eight minutes. Obama was someone who was known from the time when he was competing for the editorship of The Harvard Law Review to take his supporters for granted and to woo his opponents." George Soros said that he regretted supporting Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and that he likes to admit mistakes when he makes them and that supporting Obama was one of such mistakes.” 

ICHEOKU says what an unappreciative person Barack Obama is, steeped in the art of discarding the ladder with which he climbed to the top with once his climbing is done. But with a friend like that, who actually craves for an enemy, who will ask you to leave his boat in the middle of the ocean and to your own device. That such a highly regarded democratic party financier and a man of great wealth, was treated so disrespectfully by then President Barack Hussein Obama, tells a lot about the character of the former president. ICHEOKU says if Barack Obama could so easily discard the great George Soros, imagine the shafting which other lesser mortals probably received in his hands. But hey, George Soros deserves all he got and it serves him right, all his globalist agenda considered; admitted that his saying that Obama was his greatest disappointment is rather a huge story and ICHEOKU savors it. 

NNAMDI KANU: MUST NOT BE ANOTHER KEN SARO WIWA.

ICHEOKU says whatever they do or plan to do, the Fulani government of Fulani Nigeria by Fulani and for the Fulani, must not miscalculate. They must not make the mistake of visiting on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the fate which befell Ken Saro WIwa. The consequences of such thoughtless, dastardly act will be dire, highly consequential and as far reaching as will make Nigeria shudder. Ndigbo worldwide, irrespective of their support for IPOB or lack thereof; or their love for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu or lack thereof, will not take nor accept it. ICHEOKU says 1 Chronicles 16:22 is highly instructive and hopefully President Muhammadu Buhari is wise enough to appreciate this solemn fact.

Therefore ICHEOKU calls on President Muhammadu Buhari and his bloody Fulani hegemony to thread cautiously, fully aware that certain blood are sacred and should not be shed.  Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's blood belong in this category and if shed, will cost the country heavily. President Muhammadu Buhari has a son, likewise the Chief of Army Staff Buratai, as well as the Inspector General of Police Idris. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a son to somebody and has been adopted by the Igbo Nation as well as the wider Biafra as their bona fide son. So anything that happens to him will be seen and treated as an affront on an entire ethnic Igbo nation in Nigeria and will not go unanswered. If these people dare, they should consider their own sons gone as well, as they will become justifiable targets for vengeance, wherever they may be found anywhere on the face of this earth and no amount of security will provide them safety nor protection with over sixty million eyes of thirty million Ndigbo searching for them. 

The right thing for President Muhammadu Buhari to do now is to release, without any further delay and unconditionally, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, so that he can rejoin his family and freely carry on with his life as any other free citizen of Nigeria, albeit Biafra. So what if he is an agitator or freedom fighter; at least he has not killed anyone nor called for anyone to be killed. Freedom of speech allows people to propagate whatever idea they want, provided they do not harm others in the process. So, why detain him for merely expressing a desire not to remain a Nigerian. He should be released forthwith in order to help decrease the tension in the land. This is the only acceptable thing for Ndigbo as well as the greater Biafran Southeast Nigeria; and a president seeking rapprochement and forgiveness of his arbitrariness, must as a matter of urgency, consider this gesture with every seriousness. The people of the Southeastern Nigeria has had it to their necks and any further provocation might tip them over the edge and how a man who has been backed to the wall will react is anybody's guess. 

Ken Saro Wiwa was killed by this people, there was no response. They also killed MKO Abiola and there was no response; and thus emboldened, they are thinking of committing yet another calamitous criminality, believing that they have become an untouchable group. ICHEOKU warns them not so fast and not this time around; and for them to thread with great trepidation because any harm that comes unto Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will not be tolerated, will not go unanswered and will be mightily avenged, regardless. Enough of the Fulani arrant nonsense; how a minority group of only six million people will continue to dominate and terrorize a country of 250 million people is simply beyond pale. Their provocations are simply approaching breaking point and hopefully they will not gamble with the life of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in order to avoid accidentally tipping over the very fragile contraption called Nigeria. ICHEOKU says release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu NOW and without any further delay or much ado. Enough of the provocations and enough of the madness of arbitrariness.

MICHAEL COHEN: WHAT MANNER OF A MAN IS HE ANYWAY?

ICHEOKU says what is in a name anyway, one would ask? But not when the name is Michael, as in the case of the two Michaels,  both lawyers; but both of who are indeed creepy and ratty as they came. One of the Michael is representing a discredited professional prostitute, masquerading as a porn star; while the other Michael once represented a billionaire business man who later became president of the United States of America. 

One of the Michaels encouraged his client to breach a binding Non Disclosure Agreement and squeal about an affair; while the other Michael, publicly unloaded a client's confidential communication by way of a secretly recorded private conversation, despite an inviolable client/attorney privilege which prohibits such disclosure. 

ICHEOKU says speaking of Michael Cohen and Michael Avanatil; but with Michaels like them, which parents will still want to name their children Michael; admitted that the most famous Michael, Archangel Michael, is the Chief of Staff of Heaven. 

What a personification of low life this two men have become; and you wonder which client will still want to have their retainer-ship or want anything to do with them or have them representing them in any matter, following this unpardonable treachery. What they did, particularly Michael Cohen, certainly could have a chilling effect on client/attorney confidential relationship and make it extremely difficult for clients to continue to trustingly relax with their lawyers going forward. Why should armed robbers, murderers and other heinous criminals, candidly talk to their lawyers if they don't believe that such communication is privileged, confidential, and that it cannot be disclosed by their lawyers. Such an authorized disclosure is capable of creating a big chasm of distrust  between clients and their attorneys.

ICHEOKU says were it in the days of The Godfather, the movie, both men, particularly Michael Cohen, would have since been swimming with the fishes, hundreds of miles beneath the Atlantic Ocean, off the Jersey shores. But no, The Godfather was just a make believe, while in real life certain fantasies are frowned at and punishable under the law, hence never realized. His case is pathetic indeed, a real life drama of a supposed attorney who betrayed the confidentiality of a client's communication and surreptitiously recorded him during their conversation. Now, he is trying to use it to blackmail the president. Such deplorable conduct leaves one wondering what has become of this world, especially the world of lawyers, when clients are so spooked by their acts that they can no longer trust their lawyers to keep their confidences by maintaining the solemn oath of keeping their clients communications to them private and confidential and also privileged. 

Regardless of whatever happens and irrespective of the final outcome of the ongoing Special Counsel's investigation of the president, Michael Cohen has ruined himself permanently and forever. His legal career is definitely over, as no sane client will ever want to retain such a creepy lawyer who clandestinely records private communications with clients which was shared in utmost confidence. Added to the Stormy Daniels matter, Michael Cohen

ICHEOKU says even the Stormy Daniel's deal was a bad deal done badly; a deal which should never have been made in the first place and which should have been rigorously enforced, with every means necessary, once breached. Why even settle her, afterall she would have just ended up being just another woman, among the many, the over thirty six women who had previously made similar allegations against the then candidate Donald John Trump, but none of which ever stuck. What was so special about Stormy Daniel or her allegation that anyone would have believed her, which could have necessitated the pay off? 

Why was Stormy Daniel's allegation so special that it must be settled and not dismissively treated as yet another one of the many "get Trump, crazy, wild-eyed, feminists, showing solidarity to one of their own and the opponent of then candidate Trump, Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton? But only Michael Cohen knew why he dealt and the reason he dealt now seem obvious with his creepy recording of a client without his knowledge. The answer is that Michael Cohen does not know any better and is not a good attorney, period. What a Judas Iscariot of our time, a decrepitude betrayer, back stabbing a man who literally made him who he is. Shame on him, shame on Michael Cohen.

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.

RON DELLUMS: DEAD AT 82.

ICHEOKU says he was an equal justice warrior, who in fact was first a real-life warrior, a United States Marine, before turning to politics in 1970. He served two years in the military; served three years as City Council man for Berkeley and then won election to Congress, where he served a  thirteen 2-year terms, 27 years, before retiring from politics in 1998. But he came out of retirement to run for Oakland mayoral seat and won in 2007; and served for only one 4 year term, retiring again in 2011 as Mayor of Oakland, California. 

Ronald Vernie Dellums was 82 years old. He died of cancer and other ancillary infirmities of old age. He was fiery and he was feisty; his oratorical skills were acknowledged by friends and foes and he used it maximally to achieve great laurels including a successful 13 terms in the United States of America House of Representatives as a Congressman from East Bay, 9th Congressional District of Northern California. 

He was once called a "dirty black African" as a child and later as an adult, accused of being a radical. To the first, he fought the classmate and for the later, he responded as follows: "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.” According to him, "the only question we should ask when we make decisions about anything is: ‘Is this the right thing to do?’ 

He also once advised not to give your enemy the luxury of knowing that he can get under your skin. And for those who succeeded against all odds, he advised them not to ever lock others out of the ladder of opportunity despite their own peculiar challenges and very difficult personal experience climbing the ladder. It was to his credit, he sponsored it, that apartheid South Africa was levied a comprehensive economic sanction in 1986 which eventually led to the fall of the Apartheid regime. ICHEOKU says Ron Dellums, for who the Federal Building in Oakland was dedicated to, was a real champion for good causes; and he maintained his epicurean perch right to the end. ICHEOKU says rest in peace Ron; adieu Dellums. 

CBS CHIEF EXECUTIVE LES MOONVES: A SEXUAL MOLESTER?

ICHEOKU says another pretentious liberal, who is a friend of the Clintons just like Harvey Weinstein, is now being gunned after by the Me-Too crazies. Whether the mantra of the far left, socialist, crazed out, wild eyed liberal anarchists, that women should be believed when they allege sexual offenses against men, still holds valid and also applicable in this case will soon be tested. 

Already, his wife, Julie Chan, has rose to his defense, stating that she trust her husband and believes him when he denied that he did not do it; thus technically calling all the women victims a bunch of liars. But the world waits to see how CBS will handle the latest development and whether the punishment which they meted out to Charlie Rose will be equally applied to the CEO. If indeed they are an equal opportunity work place as they claim, then they will not be partial and will also let go their highest staffer, their Chief Executive Officer for sexually harassing women in a work environment. This development also questions how he met and married his wife, a CBS staff and whether he harassed her into submission or got her pregnant and was forced to marry her or she blackmailed him into saying "I do?"

ICHEOKU recalls the excoriation he gave to Harvey Weinstein when his own scandal broke and how he has been having opinions on virtually everything morality including during then candidate Trump's own travails. You then wonder what happened to the old admonition that you must not throw stones if you live in a glass house; and that he who is with sin should not cast the first stone. But unfortunately, all those holier than thou Hollywood elites always have different standards where others are involved. 

Les Moonves is now the latest target in the cross hairs of those Me-Too hound dogs and once they smell blood, they do not let go; leaving ICHEOKU wondering how long will it be before the management and board of CBS lets him go, just cut him lose like they did to Charlie Rose. Being accused of sexually harassing women, as well as rape and in a workplace environment, is a serious crime which such a corporation might not likely put up with. This shows that the days of Les Moonves as the Chief Executive Officer of CBS Network are numbered and hopefully he has an explanation for his unwanted advances and being just another Bill Cosby or better still, that he did not do what he is being accused of. Definitely, a he said and she said situation, but since the liberals tell us that we must give women the benefit of the doubt in such cases, ICHEOKU rests his case. Boy, was Jesus right afterall that everybody has sinned and fallen short of glory, especially inside the Hollywood casting couch scene. ICHEOKU says Et tu Les Moonves.

STORMY DANIELS' MARRIAGE IN STORMY WATERS: HUSBAND FILES FOR DIVORCE.

ICHEOKU says that somebody even married the prostitute in the first place is actually the real scandal here and not that a marriage destined to fail, otherwise failed. Glorified prostitute and porn star, who had sex and ratted about it; and who also breached a fully purchased Non Disclosure Agreement, Stormy Daniels is no longer married. 

Her three year old marriage to Glendon Crain is over; as her soon to be former husband has filed a get me out here quick divorce. The two has a daughter together. 

Her lawyer Michael Avenatti, made the announcement in a tweet:- “My client Stormy Daniels and her husband Glen have decided to end their marriage. A petition for divorce was filed last week, the accuracy of which is vehemently disputed. Stormy’s daughter remains her number one priority.  She kindly asks for privacy for the sake of her family.”

ICHEOKU says has issue with the request for privacy and for the sake of her family. Why didn't Stormy Daniels think about the need for "privacy" by the man she labored to tarnish his image when she went public with a purely private affair matter of over 12 years old? Why didn't Stormy Daniels remember that the man he accused of having sex with also has a family that did not need to hear all the lurid tales of over a decade old? But here she is, pretentiously acting as if she cares and you wonder which prostitute, who turns tricks for money, really gives a damn. She is shamelessly asking for the privacy which she denied others; and also invoking her family, when she did not extend that to another man's family. All these after collecting a binding $130,000 in consideration, yet she breached it. 

Now, look who is talking about privacy and you wonder if karma is not a bitch and what goes around comes around. If according to Stormy Daniels, she was living incognito back home" before she went public with an affair, why then did she go public. What a pitiful bitch. 

LETS GET ALONG WITH RUSSIA - TRUMP.

"Getting along with President Putin, getting along with Russia is positive not a negative. Now, with that being said if that doesn’t work out I'll be the worst enemy he's ever had – the worst he's ever had." - President Donald John Trump.

TOUGH AS HELL ON RUSSIA.

"Getting along with President Putin, getting along with Russia is positive not a negative. Now, with that being said if that doesn’t work out I'll be the worst enemy he's ever had – the worst he's ever had." - President Donald John Trump.

THE HELSINKI SUMMIT : ANTI TRUMPERS' MISPLACED AGGRESSION.

ICHEOKU says never in the history of mankind, especially those who call America home, has antagonism against a president gone this crazy. A case of two people, where one broke an egg on the floor and the other is merely trying to clean up the mess. While the person who broke the egg is allowed to walk away free without any chastisement or scolding; the other person who was merely trying to clean up the broken egg is now being hounded as not either cleaning up the egg well enough and/or fast enough.

President Donald John Trump did not supervise the alleged meddling of the Russians in the last American elections. President Donald John Trump was not the president when the Russian meddling allegedly took place. President Donald John Trump was not the person who was informed about the Russian meddling before the last election and who failed to take action or do something about it. 

President Barack Obama was president then. President Barack Obama was the president who was told of the Russian meddling and President Barack Obama was the president who told the FBI and NIA to stand down and not to do a thing about it either to counter the Russians or punish the Russians. His reason for not doing anything is that he did not want such development to effect the election or in any other way, consequently taint the election of Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton; believing like the rest of them, that her election was an assured outcome. The American people rejected her candidacy and suddenly President Donald John Trump is being accused of colluding with the Russians and for not doing much at the Helsinki's summit to confront President Vladimir Putin publicly for the Russian meddling. 

Why the man who supervised the Russian meddling and who even assured the nation that nobody can rig the American election, is not being held to account for his inaction is rather the collusion and complicity as well as cover up in this matter. As a result, the angry democrats and their cohorts from the Republican party, the Never Trumpers, are always looking for any excuse to accuse the president of doing something wrong and even when he does something spectacularly wonderful, they will refuse to give him his props and will not mention or even report it in their mainstream media. But any slightest misspeak or misspelled word or slip of tongue by the president, they will hound him for it. Now, following the Helsinki Summit, they are once again up in arms haranguing the president, with some accusing him of being anti America and treasonous. 

Unfortunately, some of these accusers were in power when the Russians were doing the meddling, yet they failed to take action to either stop it or forcefully tell the Russians to cut it off. But instead of hiding their faces in shame of failure, here they are, with straight face, demanding to know why President Donald John Trump should not be impeached for not cleaning their mess fast enough and properly. Query, why did they even make the mess in the first place and/or clean it up after themselves.  

Election meddling did not start with the last election nor did it take place under President Donald John Trump. Also, Ossetia, Abkhazia and Crimea were not forcibly taken by Russia under President Donald John Trump either. But he is being held out for these actions and as if he was responsible for causing the problems or sleeping on wheels and not do a thing about them. 

The president is trying to establish a good relationship with Russia, towards jointly solving so many of world's problems through cooperation, but these guys are continuously butting heads with the president and constituting themselves into road blocks of resistance and obstructions. Admitted that Russia has done quite a number in subverting world's peace by annexing and seizing other countries' territories, but what is the other solution short of going to an outright war with the Russians. But Is this a proposition which Americans would rather opt for. 

ICHEOKU says therefore short of selling weapons and war profiteering, there is nothing else fueling their maniacal attacks on the president and their desire to permanently place Russia on the enemy list. Why make Russia the enemy when other real previous enemies Japan and Germany, have since been reconciled with. If the Russians meddled to help Trump, why did the Barack Obama government not stop them, since the Obama government were heavily invested in electing Hillary Clinton president. If they did not or failed to, does it mean that they too, technically, aided and abetted the Russian help to elect Trump and therefore equally guilty of colluding with the Russians to elect Trump. 

Simply put, just a show of a total meltdown bunkum hogwash by pitiful sore losers, who do not know how to be good sport and are still lamenting their loss of an election for nearly two years now. Hopefully, they will remain in their pathetic and imbecilic lamentation mode when Trump wins again in 2020 and be sworn in for a second term. 

TOUGH AS A NAIL ON RUSSIA - TRUMP.

"Getting along with President Putin, getting along with Russia is positive not a negative. Now, with that being said if that doesn’t work out I'll be the worst enemy he's ever had – the worst he's ever had." - President Donald John Trump.

IT IS FRANCE: RUSSIA 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP CHAMPION.

ICHEOKU says they did it, deservedly and rightly earned; the boys from Paris. ICHEOKU says congratulations.

FRANCE WAS GOOD AND THEY WERE HANDSOMELY REWARDED BIGLY.

ICHEOKU says they are Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup champion. Congratulations France.

PETER STRZOK: STRUCK OUT IN CONGRESSIONAL HEARING.

ICHEOKU says he was evasive, combative and dodgy throughout the hearing session and his holier than thou self righteousness mien were visible for even Steve Wonders to see. He came across as somewhat arrogant, cocky and as someone who feels that he is better than everyone else, including those elected members of Congress in the hearing committee, who were asking him questions. 

His utter evasiveness and refusal to answer direct questions; and when he tried, did not answer truthfully or invented his own version of the interpretation of what his text really meant, was quite telling and seem to fly in the face of the ordinary meaning of the English words which he used in his text messages. Many of his texts were plainly discernible and needed no interpretation to reveal their true purport and meaning; yet he was bold faced in denying the obvious and thus insulting the collective intelligence of the American people and implying their lack of capacity to read with comprehension to understand what was written in plain English language. 

It is so unfortunate that such a highly placed former FBI officer would lie, lie and lie without shame or compunction. It is sad and it has diminished the bureau in the eyes of America as well as the wider world which hitherto regarded the FBI as above reproach and straight as an arrow. In fact, what he did or did not do or intended or did not intend, is not actually important as the appearance is the controlling factor here. How does the average America perceive what went down? Did it look like the fix was in and indeed that things were fixed, despite all the denials and affirmation of professionalism? To an ordinary person looking from the sideline, how will he or she feel about the while story and will such a person still have unreserved faith in the FBI and that they did not try to influence an outcome. This is the imperative as justice must not only be done but must be seen to be manifestly done; but not as perceived in this case. 

In what Sean Hannity described as a verbal gymnastics, calling him a verbal contortionist, Peter Srrzok did a lot of verbal acrobats and cleverly evaded a lot of questions. In fact, lived up to the billing as he was evasive throughout his questioning. In some case, he outrightly chose to develop a selective amnesia just to avoid giving an answer; and as it soots him and as was necessary to shield him and prevent him from answering some pointed questions and in some cases, he simply parried them off. One other commentator described his performance as indicative of someone who has an unfaithful relationship with the truth. While yet another said that Peter Strzok has a hard time with the facts and that his conduct successfully created a dichotomy that erodes the American justice system. Concluding, he opined that the eventual successful politicization of American justice system, as begun by Peter Strzok and crew, will only mark the end of America's constitutional democracy as we know it. 

Overall, most Americans saw through the charade he tried to put up, a show of perfidy, meant to throw a wool over the eyes of watchers and put a cloud cover over his conduct. Peter Strzok tried to paint a different picture from the obvious conspiracy his band of do-gooders mounted to derail the election of President Donald John Trump. The hearing was indeed a chaos in Congress as Shannon Bream described it and ICHEOKU agrees with Ms Bream that a lot of dive and dodge occurred during the hearing session as Peter Strzok was not there to help unearth the truth but to mount a water clad defense of his actions. But regrettably, it did not fly as he came across as not comfortable with being confronted with the facts and would rather he did not place himself in such exposed position. However, Peter Strzok is apparently brilliant and a gifted mind; and he would certainly make a good advocate, although he refused to come clean and reconcile himself with truthfully speaking. 

NIGERIA ELECTION 2019: PHD OR ARMY GENERAL NOT NECESSARY.

ICHEOKU says in choosing the next Nigeria's president, preparedness for the office should be key and in fact the only single most important requirement of anyone running for the office. It should be made paramount and it should be made a  mandatory prerequisite. Any candidate seeking the office must display his or her readiness to hit the ground running from Day 1 Readiness for the office and the ability to hit the ground running following swearing in ceremony, should be the only crucial, most important requirement of any candidate seeking the office. Every other consideration should be an addition, but should never be allowed to cluster and/or trump this foundational requirement.

Lack of this imperative is the bane of the Nigeria society; as lack of preparedness for the office has been the Achilles heel of all the emergent or rather imposed past presidents of Nigeria. Presidents who were literary, randomly handpicked and imposed on the country by powers that be and who did not prepare for the office; nor had no clear vision on how they wanted to drive the ball of the county and where they indeed wanted to take the country to. As a result, they fumble their presidency and fail to motivate the diverse polity that make up Nigeria into doing great things and achieving greatness for the country's overall wellness. Like a deer under the glare of a high beam, these accidental presidents end up staggering along through their presidency, with a lot of fits and starts, hits and misses, as they trudge on and make it up as they went. This caused Nigeria to stagnate, lost in the woods of nationhood confusion and mired in economic malaise. Lacking vision and with no clear blue print on how to direct the affairs of the country, it becomes one faulty step after another, and you wonder why anyone still feigns ignorance about the root-cause of the backward movement of the country.

What Nigeria needs going forward in 2019 is to correct this anomaly by choosing and electing a president who has a vision and who has an idea of the direction where he wants to take the country to. Time for a confused president is over and only a person who has demonstrated a clear directional purpose should be privileged with election into the office. In 2019, Nigerians need to elect a president who is smart, bold and somewhat brash; someone who has a world exposure and who is reasonably educated to appreciate both macro and micro economic analysis; as well as some other jargons and legalese associated with both local and international relationships. Nigeria needs a person who has a killer instinct and who has desirable judgment calls, including the innate ability to spot talents and judiciously use them in governing of the country. 

Thus far, it has been established beyond any reasonable doubt that a PhD and/or a Generalship of the Army is not necessary an indicator of fine presidency as the failed Goodluck Jonathan and the now abysmally failed Muhammadu Buhari have shown. As a result, Nigerians do not need to pigeonhole their search for the next president on people with this two distinct backgrounds. They need to pivot and broaden their horizon to other areas as they search for who to bestow the honor of their next president come 2019. Having tried a PhD president who turned out to be mediocre, timid, unexposed and clueless; and one who lacked in every leadership test including the ability to inspire the people, the argument of a PhD president is thus defeated. Nigeria is also currently trying an illiterate Army General, who has proved himself to be grossly incompetent and the worst thing to ever happen to Nigeria since the counter-coup of 1966 which sent Nigeria barreling down and into its current ditch of perdition. 

While the flopped PHD presidential experiment shows that studious students, who usually take it all the way up to earn their PhD, do not necessarily make good leaders; the woeful despotic General presidential experiment is also showing that certain promotions across the Nigerian security apparatus were not based on merit nor were they rightly earned. Therefore having conclusively established that parading a PHD in one's resume or rising to the top of the Nigeria Army is not evidence of presidential leadership, neither of this two professional achievements should be the imperative in choosing and electing who becomes the next Nigeria's president in 2019. 

Nigeria needs someone who has a proven leadership ability and one who has actually accomplished something provable in life; which essentially establishes his or her bona fides as an achiever and a leader. A leader who will drive the ball of the country and who will point to the direction where he or she wants the motivated polity to go and motivate them to go there. A leader who shall be a shepard to the Nigerian flock and who like an NFL Quarterback will marshall out and motivate his team to touchdowns. A social recluse who was holed inside a library during his university days, who never socialized, nor mixed and mingled; who did not belong to any students' associations, talkless of leading them, cannot suddenly be foist to a leadership position and expected to do well. He lacks the basic fundamentals, does not know how and was not prepared for the sudden challenge. Ditto, an uneducated soldier, who merely rode the ladder of cronyism to the top, who knows only how to bark orders, but deficient in the art of schmoozing, which is a necessary requirement to carrying people along in a democracy and motivating them to doing great things for the country. 

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has a PhD but was definitely not a leader. He proved himself a very incompetent president, who was neither respected nor feared; and was not loved either. Any leadership deprived of either respect or fear is moribund and dead on arrival and cannot take flight; the reason his presidency was lackluster and to a great extent a bungled opportunity to shine and showcase education as an indispensable imperative to governance. He did not and failed to represent persons from the high ivory towers and no Nigerian would ever be sold a presidential candidate solely on his PhD. President Muhammadu Buhari on the other hand, although he is not loved, but he is still a leader; he is at least feared and he leaves no one in doubt about who is indeed in charge of affairs in the country. This is the reason he gets away with so many unimaginable things including his lopsided appointments, which would have been considered sacrilegious with other past presidents. But unfortunately, he lacks education and exposure, the reason for the crass mediocrity which has since become his presidency. 

ICHEOKU is emphatic that presidential leadership requires broader abilities beyond just memorizing written texts and writing and defending a dissertation. Such honed-in academia like Jonathan Goodluck are best suited for the classrooms, laboratories, research centers, think-thanks groups; and other such places where the transfer and acquisition of knowledge is the foundational focus. They also could make good departmental heads of certain government agencies when assigned to manage a micro area where their specialization is fundamentally essential. ICHEOKU is convinced that Goodluck Jonathan would have performed brilliantly well if he was heading an animal science laboratory or a zoological sciences center or even a geneticist science center dealing with animals more than he did in the presidency. He was not fit for purpose and the result showed as he timidly went about, messing up his presidential opportunity.  Being the president of Nigeria was definitely outside Goodluck Jonathan's comfort zone and it left him confused and fidgety and it affected everything he did during his time in Aso Rock. This is an avoidable mistake which must be avoided at all cost come 2019. 

ICHEOKU is not by this suggesting in anyway that having a president who has a PhD is wrong; but that having a PhD must not be the only qualification for choosing a president. Having a PhD by itself without more is not and should not be sufficient to make one eminently qualified for the office of president. Jonathan Goodluck is a PhD but he was not a leader. He was meek and compassionate but lacked the verve to be great. He pandered and kowtowed to every dick, tom and harry in Nigeria, without being firmly in charge of his presidency and he was not decisive. He preached that no blood of a Nigerian is worth shedding for his office, but forgot the incredibly difficult and obstinate society which he was called upon to lead. He forgot the peculiarity of the Nigerian society, a people who only listens when pressured or when their skin is completely lacerated and bleeding. Yes, ICHEOKU says that Goodluck Jonathan should have been a little tougher, firmer and more decisive; but he was not and that was what took him down and out of power and subsequently stretched him out of Aso Rock. 

So as Nigerians ready and politicians jockey for position in the forthcoming 2019 presidential election, it is important to revisit the process which springs up Nigeria's presidents. Why do they not usually succeed in office and how can amends be made to affect a change in the outcome. How can Nigerians defeat the jinx of bad presidents and elect a president who will in fact succeed and do great things for the country. Why are these presidents not always well prepared or well enough for the office; and ready for its challenges, both foreseeable and unforeseeable ones? Why do they not have the mental fortitude to do the job required of the office and rise up to be the best president they can be. What relevant backgrounds and experiences are they armed with and bringing to bear on their new presidential gig. What have they accomplished in their lives previously which relevant experiences they are bringing along with them to the new office; and what is their level of interactions with people of diverse backgrounds which political governance is all about. 

But unfortunately, Nigerians never have the opportunity to find out some of these fundamentals of a successful president. A process which debates and press conferences are made for, but which opportunities are always denied them because candidates refuse to debate or grant press interviews. In Nigeria, candidates for office often stonewall and out rightly refuse to engage in debates or grant press conferences, afraid of unraveling before millions of Nigerians who would tune in and be watching. They know that they are grossly incompetent and unprepared for the office, and afraid of letting the mask of Zorro fall off too early, would refuse to engage in debates or give press conferences, to answer some insightful questions about the office and their preparedness for it. 

Obasanjo did not debate or rather refused to debate. Umaru Yar'Adua did not debate or rather refused to debate. Jonathan did not debate or rather refused to debate. President Muhammadu Buhari did not debate or rather also refused to debate. So Nigerians always end up being forced to pull the trigger for a candidate based on other mundane considerations and not because they determined them to be most qualified for the office from conducted debates and interviews. Without having such necessary insight into the person's ability, qualification and competence for the office, which debates usually make possible, a joker who pulled other parochial strings for support usually ends up becoming president; and the endless vicious circle continues till today. 

This makes the Nigerian presidency the only job in the world where someone is hired for a job without first going through the interview process and without establishing their suitability and qualification for the job. The process of hiring Nigeria's presidents is grossly faulty and it cascades into the mediocrity of each successive president; who lack in performance and cannot inspire anyone into doing greater things in order to help make Nigeria great. Olusegun Obasanjo was a failure, although he excelled when compared to other subsequent presidents following after him. Yar'Adua failed as well; ditto did Jonathan and of course the nightmare in Elms Street that is the Dracula of Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari. 

They were not products of the democratic process, but were literary imposed on Nigerians by some powers that be, hence their failure to launch and amaze. Had Nigerians produced them by making them to pass through the crucible of electioneering process, may be they would have, with hindsight of how they got there, girded up to do the job for which they were elected and passed through fire to get there. But it is not always the case, hence they are usually beholden to the powers that sprung them on Nigerians and periodically  cut fat checks to them in order to stay in power and could care less whether or not they are governing well. This imbecility must end and it must end in 2019 if Nigerians dream of ever having a government they can trust and believe in to do good for them and which the can be truly proud of as their elected government. 

ICHEOKU says the road to get there is simple, if only Nigerians are ready to do the heavy lifting required in choosing the right candidate for the job. Unfortunately, it is very doubtful if Nigerians are there yet as a lot of parochial tendencies usually festoon the road to electing a good president and thus suffocate that possibility. Anyway, this write up is about the future and not in any way a ruefulness about the past; but only how Nigerians can at least try to get it right come 2019.

First step is the need to find a candidate who is well qualified for the job. Nigerians have tried a PhD who ran a government of mediocrity which showed that a storied education is not a necessary sine qua non to being an effective president. ICHEOKU says this because President Goodluck Jonathan with his PhD in Animal Science/Zoology was a failed president which showed that a storied academic credentials along does not cut it. Goodluck Jonathan never had a grasp of his presidency while it lasted. He was timid, he was clueless and he did not really appreciate the seriousness of the office nor how to effectively wield powers of the office. He attended weddings and he knelt down before human beings when he is supposed to be the fealty above who there is no other Nigerian. He disrespected the office and he lost his respect among Nigerians. Any president who is neither feared nor respected cannot function and Jonathan was neither, hence the unraveling of his presidency. He was too readily available and this defeated the near  solemness of the office. He lacks charisma and charm and did not inspire nor motivate anyone. 

These shortcomings must be avoided in the next candidate for president, as Nigerians only need someone with a sound education, who is audacious, bold, well traveled and well exposed to the world; someone who is a good mixer and who interacts very well with people because timidity is a big deficit in running the affairs of any country which requires intermittent mixing and mingling with other world leaders. The person must be a goal getter and near maniacally, possessively driven. The person must have very little distraction and unlike the heavily distracted Abubakar Atiku with his four wives and many concubines, must make do with a single wife, if any. The person must learn to make eye contact and have the ability to eyeball wall leaders, unlike the coward of Otuoke who fidgets and looks the other way whenever in the midst of foreign leaders. President Olusegun Obasanjo excelled in many of these departments; but he was a parochial leader who was both tribal and pigeonholed and also very vindictive; otherwise he was the best among the rest. 

These qualities must be determined by compelling the candidates to go through real interviews for the job. They must agree to debates and actually debate several times, at least do three debates. The candidates must agree to holding press conferences and at least hold two of them where questions must not be presented ahead of time but freely chosen for them to answer on national television with audience watching them live as well. The candidates must be made to give a clear road map blueprint answer to whatever solution they are preferring for any Nigerian problem. They must not be allowed to parry questions or give the usual one liner generic answer such as "I will fight corruption; I will create jobs and insecurity will become a thing of the past or my government will provide power to Nigeria etc. 

If the candidate says I will, he or she must go forth and explain how the "I will", will come to fruition. He must explain to Nigerians' conviction, his rudimentary understanding of how things get done; how to mission accomplish set objectives. If he says will reduce unemployment, he must tell Nigerians how he plans to create jobs that will accomplish the promised. If he says he will end corruption, he must also disclose the judicial reforms he plans to embark on that will help solve the corruption problem. Therefore, no interview (debates), no hire (vote) for the presidency come 2019.

Were ICHEOKU to suggests a candidate for Nigeria's presidency come 2019, will strongly recommend the banker, Tony Elumelu, for consideration. He successfully turned around and repositioned the nearly moribund United Bank of Africa into a consortium and could do so with a comatose Nigeria. He will be much better at figuring out Nigeria's problems and finding solutions to them; unlike those two failed presidents who could hardly mix and mingle, or interact with people from other climes and backgrounds to extract what they could offer to reposition things. Such attempt often left them confused and out of their comfort zone. This is the reason a businessman or banker or lawyer always make a better president or leader, because in their normal course of doing business, they interact with people from various backgrounds and they are a good people's reader to spot the diamonds amongst them who will bring something rewarding to governance. They are also good public relations personalities and they have a killer  instinct to spot talents. They are good mixers and they are courageous people too who are not afraid to say what they are thinking and break what needs to be broken in order to move the process forward.

THE CAVE BOYS OF THAILAND RESCUE: SIMPLY MIRACULOUS.

ICHEOKU says it was a synergy between science and divinity, admitted the two hardly intersects each other or ever worked in tandem, being polar opposites. But the circumstances of the twelve soccer playing boys of Thailand and their coach, who went missing inside a cave, cannot be so easily explained away and in any other way, other than to say it was the hand of God working alongside together with science that made the successful rescue possible. 

Those young boys showed extraordinary courage under such a daunting, incredible pressure of being in an inhospitable condition, trapped three miles deep inside an unforgiving cavernous cave, that was nearly flooded to the brim and for such a long time of 19 days. Yet, they managed to find a corner that was secured and high enough, above the water and couched there until discovered. Their discovery was equally by sheer dint of hard work plus associated mother luck; otherwise how anyone would have located them under such dark, putrid air, with associated flood water and murkiness, is beyond reason. But they were found, thanks to committed cave experts and divers who successfully mapped and navigated the flooded cave and rescued the twelve boys and their coach. They were all alive and relatively in good health, after close to nineteen days of being in a subterranean, zero visibility and humid environment,  perched atop a rock shelf. It was a case of miracle and science worked wonders; as miracle kept them alive while science rescued them.

Previously united in their soccer playing hobby, the boys are now further bonded by their shared hallowing experience inside a cave, an adventure which went awry and turned out not as they originally had planned and anticipated. But the good news is that they are alive and well and were successfully brought out of their watery entrapment and will someday relive their ordeal when they will be asked to partake in one way or the other in putting together a block buster movie about them. ICHEOKU says to God be the praise and glory; and also kudos to the over 90 experts who flew in from the world over to render whatever assistance they could give to the Thai Navy Seal and officials who led the effort and successfully coordinated and supervised the effort to its conclusion. 

ICHEOKU says Thailand once again was shown much love, which is reflective of an appreciative world who come to Thailand on vacation and leave with good experience. It was an example of a world working together for a common purpose and it turned out well. ICHEOKU is completely satisfied and full of gratitude that everything turned out well. All the best, lucky 13. 

KAVANAUGH IS THE ONE: CONGRATULATIONS.

ICHEOKU says he is coming with a clear-eyed view of what the United States of America constitution provides. ICHEOKU says the right pick.