TAMBUWAL ELECTION SHOWS PRESIDENT JONATHAN LACKS GRAVITAS!

 Icheoku congratulates the House of Representatives for not kow-towing the PDP directive on who leads them. It is called democracy and that includes internal democratic right to chose freely who shall lead the House. On this note the election of Tambuwal is a right and correct thing to do and the House just did that. 

Now what does that portend for President Jonathan? It shows that he has been perfectly checkmated by the North which now in addition to the vice president, also has the party chairman, senate president and the speaker which conversely means that President Jonathan is serving at their pleasure as they can decide to just impeach him and make way for a Northern President Namadi Sambo. On another front, they can conspire to deny President Jonathan his policy directive just to make him a failed president or simply frustrate his effort as the 2015 time clock runs its course. Icheoku has always known that President Jonathan is a naive politician when he allowed a Northern Party Chairman and INEC chairman preside over the last election and further confirmed this political puerility when he obstructed the Igbo South-East from producing the speaker. 

Now the North has everything and President Jonathan is a mere seating duck without any other Southerner in high offices to get his back. Anyway, Icheoku believes that the Yoruba Southwest PDP did not deserve being rewarded with the office of the speakership, having lost the zone to the Bola Tinubu ACN. Icheoku saw the attempt as unreasonable and irrational - rewarding a zone that forsook PDP with the speakership of the House was both unjust and uncalled for. Icheoku asks President Jonathan, how about a Kebbi Speaker as an alternative to a Southeast one; go figure Mr Goodluck; except that these days the good in the goodluck seems to have been replaced with "beware of what you wish for". So long and congratulation Speaker Tambuwal.

CONGRESSMAN WEINER'S BATTLE OF THE BULGE, APPEARS WELL ENDOWED!

 

A United States Congressman posted Twitter picture? Really; displaying his equipment in this fashion or did he put some stuff underneath the Hines briefs? The only beef Icheoku has with this picture or the act of sexually harassing the recipient is that a law-maker of the United States of America had the time and mindset to be this stupid, reckless, idiotic as well as imbecilic! Where traveled his mind without him or did he smoke or snort something? Icheoku says can you imagine a man with the mind of this legislator legislating for th country? This is definitely some of the reasons why they have not been able to figure out the way out of the economic wood the nation is wallowing in. The fact of the matter is that Congressman Anthony David Weiner, Democrat and U.S. Representative for New York's 9th congressional district is not the only one doing this among these legislators; but until caught, their pretended demeanor is that of a purist as clean as wind-driven snow. Now does this Congressman not know such indecent exposure could be interpreted as offensive sexual harassment and that on his shoulders lies millions of his constituents who depend on his attentive representation to have their problems solved? However, Icheoku sympathizes for a man most likely in a loveless marriage, bored by a boring wife who does not provide him with an affectionate companionship hence he drifted to lala-land in search of a soul-mate. As his stuff shows he found his soul-mate but was only stupid to blow it in this manner. Icheoku advises Congressman Anthony Weiner to be courageous and walk away from his present marriage and follow his heart; as any woman who could pull out a man to this extent might as well know the right things to whisper into a man's cranial membrane. It is almost a 7x2.5 equipment protesting and roaring underneath the boxers; little wonder he flaunts it. His chest also shows a man working out real good - America, we got a "Buffy the Vampire slayer in Anthony Weiner! Better still, may be the New York Congressman should quit his day job at the Capitol !and head West to Hollywood for some role in Porn; just suggesting!

OLADIMEJI BANKOLE -SAGA, ARE ALL NIGERIANS OPPORTUNITY CRIMINALS?

Icheoku has been following the 10billion Naira loan saga of former Speaker Oladimeji Bankole or "Bank-thief"; and one thing has stood out from it - that Nigerians are mostly criminals waiting for time and opportunity to present itself before dipping their hands and itchy-fingers in that pot of gold. 

Surprisingly Nigerians always pass the buck by blaming their leaders or the next person for what has gone wrong with the country; but they failed to realize that these leaders do not come from Mars but are products of the society called Nigeria. This seem to suggest that it is a faulty system which produces these swines that is to blame and not the swines themselves. They looked at historical records and nothing was done to their predecessors, for their crimes against the purse; so they said why not help themselves with the people's coffers since nothing would also happen to them for following in the footsteps of their predecessors in office. 


Imagine the young and ebullient Dimeji who have endeared himself in the hearts of millions as that youthful , single, bachelor-boy speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives, the becon of hope for millions of youth and here he is, caught in the jar - a petty crook using his office to swindle Nigerian tax-payers of billions of their hard currency as whatever allowance which never made any sense. Icheoku says if Bankole with his youthfulness and cool demeanor could descend so low to do this, imagine the decay in that society called Nigeria and who else could thereafter be trusted to do the peoples job without dipping their filthy hands in the peoples collective pie? Is there any hope still left for a country where the majority if not all, are just bidding their time for the right opportunity to present itself for them to "gbuo- ozu" (kill dead body a local parlance for making it filthy rich overnight). 

Icheoku has no particular beef with anyone over the matter under advisement but is there any hope left when the old failed and the youth now being tried as exemplified in the bachelor 39 year former speaker has now equally failed to live up to expectation and abysmally too? Imagine a young man of thirty nine years, single and childless, who collects $1million dollars every three months to freely use as he pleases; still craves for some more like Oliver Twist and this is in a country where millions of starving unemployed youths are roaming the streets daily in search of a non existent and unavailable jobs. And then you have six principal officers of the House of Representatives collecting $4.56million dollars every three months free money and you now truly understand why the do or die brand of primitive politics is headquartered in Nigeria. 

Anyway the arrest of "Bank-Olee" by EFCC is a step in the right direction; admitted nothing much would come out of it as pressure will be mounted on the EFCC to drop the charges or better still provide the bank-thief with a soft landing; but at least the former speaker was led out of his home by the men of EFCC and with the world's eye trailed on the exercise. As is usually the case with corrupt PDP chieftains, who always get away with all manners of crime with impunity, former speaker "Bank-Thief" will soon smell the air of his freedom. However, at the rate these politicians are milking Nigeria's purse, soon and very soon, an already hopeless situation will be made desperate, except that Nigerians are too complacent and unreasonably too hopeful for the future to risk what it takes to usher in an Arab-Spring styled revolution in Nigeria. But the bad news is that such an uprising will not help matters get better because it is not caused by just one person such as Mr Oladimeji Bank-Olee, but by an entire society which thrives on such opportunistic thievery. If not Bank-Olee, it is Vincent Ogbulafor; if not him it is Aminu and the vicious circle goes on round and round. 

Be that as it may, Icheoku as with the rest of the world will be watching to see how far the prosecution of the former speaker will go, but we are not hopeful of a full gestation culminating to a conviction and possible jail-time because of the usual Nigerian factor. Nigeria has a problem and that problem is not the leadership but the society itself that breeds such people as make up such horrible leadership such as the Oladimeji Bankole example. It is  pitiful and it is regrettable that the former speaker who represented transparency by replacing his ousted predecessor Patricia Etteh, who suddenly have now been exonerated of her alleged complicity in some corruption scandal which brought her down; himself also descended into such dubious practices. This is the first time in the history of the world and democracy that a House of Representatives took out a loan to share among themselves, give to themselves staggering amounts in allowances? If this is not 419 on Nigerians by a 419 House of Representatives led by a 419 speaker and officers, then nothing so qualifies. Now, when would the recently signed into law Freedom of Information law come into effect so that Nigerians could look into other Oladimeji Bank-Olees of the Nigerian PDP government. 

CHINESE MILITARY BUILD UP IS NO THREAT - GENERAL ZHANG QINSHENG

 Icheoku asks, why then are they building it up if they do not intend to use it to threaten world peace? It is a known fact that third world war will surely take place following a Chinese miscalculation of its "might" and they will get their back-end kicked decisively. 

Icheoku says instead of spending all those money building up an army that can never be allowed to dominate the world, the Chinese government should use their resources to build up democratic institutions preparatory to freeing up the 1.6 billion Chinese citizens under siege to enable them determine their destiny and not always being told what to do. Hopefully the "Arab-Spring" will soon reach the land of Mao and transform into a "Sino-Spring" and sweep away the old way of doing other peoples thinking for them. Finally, Icheoku reiterates that China's military build-up poses a threat to world peace, not withstanding the bold-faced denial to the contrary by Chinese General Zhang Qinsheng, deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army.

JOHN EDWARDS STANDS ACCUSED, COVERING UP AFFAIR WITH BABY-MAMA!

A successful lawyer, Senator, Vice presidential candidate and also a presidential candidate nomination contender; but suddenly his life is fast evaporating like a morning dew and please let someone tell Icheoku that the bible and William Shakespeare were wrong on the jest life makes of man. John Edwards, whose ex-wife Elizabeth Edward died of cancer, accelerated by a broken heart caused by the infidelity of a cheating husband now stands accused - indicted on a six counts criminal charge, of illegally using political donations to cover up an affair with a former aide to his 2008 presidential campaign. John Edwards' indictment include one count of conspiracy, one count of making false statement and four counts of illegal campaign contributions. If convicted, the pretty face girlie-man, who regularly gets a $400 hair-cut, will be spending the next five years in prison in addition to paying a $250,000 fine on each of the six counts, totaling $1,500,000 in criminal penalties.

Icheoku says that John Edwards is no longer loved in America is akin to preaching to the choir - hated by his native South Carolinas for whatever the beef the two have, by the republicans for being a too girlie liberal, by the democrats for being camelionic, by insurance companies for being a mass-tort lawyer, by the poor for spending $400 a piece on his haircuts, by vulnerable single girls for taking advantage of his aide Rielle Hunter and knocking her up like the Bristol Palins of America and for lying initially about the existence of his baby-mama and finally by the women folk for cheating on his cancer-stricken and dying wife. Now Icheoku asks, where would John Edwards lawyer find the jury of his peers who will judge him fairly and not with some bias or prejudiced minds? May be somewhere else but definitely not in the Carolinas as second only to Al Gore who lost election in his native Tennessee, John Edwards might be the only other home-boy who is so much hated by his hommies - the Carolinas. As a defense lawyer, the first move should be to remove the case from both North and South Carolina and move it to some place else, otherwise John Edwards fate is determined and soon he will have to add convict to his resume.

The case involves his use of about $900,000 allegedly campaign funds to cover up the existence of his baby mama and her pregnancy then. While the prosecution maintains that the money falls under the ambit of campaign funds as it was solicited during his 2008 presidential campaign; John Edwards camp claims the opposite, that the money is personal "gifts"? Icheoku asks who ordinarily gives a millionaire presidential contender a gift of $900,000 and during a  presidential campaign period if not intended as a contribution to the presidential campaign? John Edwards team should better come up with a more plausible explanation or better still plea-bargain as no one juror will buy this fable that anyone intended to make such a gift under the circumstance. Icheoku wholly agrees with the prosecution that John Edwards misled the American public during his 2008 presidential campaign when he presented a face of a dutiful and loving family man before them while in his closet, he had hidden, an expectant baby-mama; knowing fully well that such disclosure of the affair and the resultant pregnancy would destroy his candidacy. Icheoku says, for such a double-life alone, this John Edwards should be found guilty as charged; at least do it for the dead Elizabeth. 

The controlling factor in virtually every crime is the intent of the accused and it would appear that John Edwards has a guilty aforethought in this matter. According to one testifying former aide, "Edwards told the aide that this was a huge issue and that for 'legal and practical reasons' it should not be mentioned in the statement they were preparing." Icheoku says herein lies the hammer that will nail John Edwards guilty-coffin as he actively sought to cover up a crime when he said that "for legal and practical reasons it should not be mentioned in the statement being prepared;' so what more can a prosecution ask for. This also buttresses the  rule of the thumb that whenever a grand-jury brings an indictment, it is always for a real cause; so John Edwards being charged at all, presupposes the existence of some criminal wrong doing otherwise they will not vote to charge him. 

In a statement following his formal indictment and plea of not guilty, John Edwards said, "There is no question I did wrong, and I take full responsibility for having done wrong. I will regret for the rest of my life the pain and harm that I have caused others. But I did not break the law, and I never ever thought I was breaking the law." Icheoku retorts that this man is lying again when he denied the aforethought since his "for legal and practical reasons.." bears witness as to his state of mind at the material time of commission of the alleged crimes. John Edwards would have used the occasion rather to apologize directly to his dead wife, Elizabeth by name, for her pain and suffering while he cheated and impregnated his mistress; instead of generically saying "the pain and harm that I have caused the others?"  Icheoku asks, who are the others but principally Elizabeth; admitted children, family, mistress, the little love-child, friends and the American people were similarly wronged by John Edwards' lies, denial of paternity, denial of the baby-mama and the attempted cover up of an affair outside his matrimonial home. What a liar this man is! 

Finally, Icheoku says if the dead can take their revenge, now is the time for the departed Elizabeth Edwards to take her pound of flesh from her cheating ex-husband and make sure that he is convicted on all the six counts charge. If only John Edwards had kept his zipper up or better still walked away from his prior marriage to the dead Elizabeth before dipping his whinny into another pit, may be his transgressions would not have been this many. But while he lived a lie, he was trying to market himself to the American public as that boy from South Carolina who had nothing but made himself into something and now wanted to be our president. Icheoku says, William Shakespeare might as well be a prophet as he foretold that there is no way of knowing the mind's construction by looking at the face and John Edwards face was a pretty one indeed which never betrayed its recesses but successfully deceived us into nearing buying his presidential candidacy. Anyway, give it up for men especially those politicians amongst them who think they are gods and can get away with anything. Luckily enough for Arnold Schwarzenegger, he can now take a breather as John Edwards' indictment now takes over the center stage. But just wondering, how would the pretty-face John Edwards cope with a jail-time; boy, would he make a beautiful bride to the so many guys needing some in the big house, should he be convicted and sent to prison. What a tragedy, the life for John Edwards is - his rise was poetic and the stuff the proverbial American dream is made of but his downfall now is rather earth-shattering!

OBEDIENT WIVES CLUB FORMED IN MALAYSIA, HURRAY!

 

Icheoku says how about that for a change for the rest of the world which has since lost its mind regarding the rightful hierarchy in the institution called marriage. Divorce, spousal abuse, killing, fights, quarrels etc are all a result of there being no clearly identified head of family to stamp a final seal of approval on matters in controversy thus resulting in a never ending tug of war that finally crashes what was. Men trying to be what they should be and women fighting to topple and usurp the men's headship role against the laws of both God, nature and man. Icheoku says this Malaysian club is imitable and should be spread throughout the rest of the world. Nigerian women in the Diaspora who regularly wear the pant in their households with their men consigned into mere glorified nannies and house-helps should particularly take note of the Malaysian women initiative if they want to be truly happy in their marriages irrespective of who brings home the bacon. 

Icheoku understands that there is even a Nigerian women club in the Greater Dallas area of Texas USA known as "Association of Di Gbakwa Oku women of Nigeria"; if this is true, could these over-liberated Nigerian women see the wisdom in the Malaysia women example and their reasoning that the key to a blissful marriage is a happy home and that there cannot be a truly happy home without a happy man in charge of affairs; admitted with a happy woman complimenting his effort. Icheoku says how about that as a solution to the epidemic of marriage break-ups, divorces and spousal bickering; or please show Icheoku any happy man who wants out of a happy marriage? 

Way to go, Malaysian Obedient Wives Club; kudos for braving such a touchy topic, despite being the only incontrovertible silver-bullet to end most marital problems; usually as a result of there being more than two captains in a boat. Call Icheoku a chauvinistic pig if you like, but hey the truth is out now in Malaysia and denying it is simply foolhardy!

A PRETTY WIFE AND A DUTIFUL HUSBAND AT A BALL.

 Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan digging it with First Lady Dame Jonathan at the presidential inauguration ball - the first dance for the first couple. Boy did Icheoku not know that the president's wife is this pretty; admitted she looks like an alpha-female. 

Did Icheoku hear anyone swear that the Nigerian First Lady wears the pant in the house of Jonathan, president or no president. Icheoku also noticed that President Jonathan looks good with a smile and should consider wearing it more often; but the tuxedo looks rather alien to his personality or who said presidential ballroom dance cannot be held in traditional attire? Anyway the first couple look very radiant in this picture; very impressive.

520 NIGERIANS KILLED DURING POST ELECTION VIOLENCE!

Icheoku says this makes it a truism, Thomas Jefferson's statement, that the tree of democracy must be watered and nourished from time to time with blood of both patriots and tyrants. According to this great American patriot, blood is democracy's natural manure and so it happened that Nigerian democracy has used 520 Nigerians blood to stay alive. Icheoku asks, but did these Nigerians have to die and could their death have been ordinarily avoided; but for Imam Muhammadu Buhari's call on his supporters for the lynching of people who disagreed with his warped sense of self-righteousness? Icheoku says all those innocent Nigerians who were killed on the instigation of Buhari are patriots whose blood ushered in Jonathan's democratic presidency; what is missing however is the blood of the tyrant, Imam Muhammadu Buhari to complete Thomas Jefferson's assertion. What a shame!

ADAMU CIROMA AND FELLOW GRUMPY OLD NORTHERNERS' INAUGURATION BOYCOTT?

The Northern Elders Forum or aka better still Hausa/Fulani tribal senile agitators are at it again - this time, boycotting an inauguration of a president who some of them had earlier congratulated as the bona-fide winner of the last presidential election. Icheoku says it smacks of some deep rooted animosity and resentment of the holder of the office and not just mere politics that these old farts are still holding grudges long after the elections were concluded; which shows that it is hatred for the South-South Jonathan and not a denied zoning that actually motivated them. 


Ibrahim Babangida called to congratulate President Jonathan and same did Atiku; so why the boycott on such flimsy grounds of not being trustworthy? Luckily enough they are nearing their respective graves and soon will all die off with their divisive politics of tribe and religion and a Nigeria, freed of these men, will definitely be a better place for all to thrive and prosper. In their deaths will emerge a Nigeria where everyone will be judged by the content of his character and ability but not the tribe that produced him or the manner he chose to commune with his God. Ibarahim Babangida especially, a man who has held the office before has descended into a tribal demagogue speaks a lot about this human-being who has defied every attempt at deciphering his character assuming he has any. 

However, Icheoku would like to offer a piece of advise to these mallams to tread very carefully as they can easily get themselves in trouble and that they can never win any election in Nigeria except they make real peace with the rest of the country especially the South-South, South-East, South-West and North Central. As Governor Babangida Muazu of Niger State pointed out, Nigeria is bigger than any one section of the country and the fact that a person lost an election in one section does not mean that he cannot be elected president. They could still have attended the inauguration in protest and continue trying to unravel things long after; but to collectively stage a public boycott in the manner they did suggests some seething anger and any president worth his office should mark these guys with a bulls-eye and put them in his enemies list, waiting for a good opportunity to strike at them. 


Partisan political campaigns they say end with election and after the results are declared people move on with their lives and supporting whoever won; but these Adamu Ciroma bunch of tribal champions are pushing their luck rather too far by publicly antagonizing a sitting president with enormous executive powers. Icheoku says were we President Jonathan, such public snub will not go unanswered and very harshly too. At least he can start by allowing America access to Abubakar Atiku to answer for his corrupt allegations and IBB can start telling a tribunal all he knew about the Iraqi Oil Windfall. Icheoku says, since they want to keep busy antagonizing the government; may be it will be much better for them to rather keep busy defending themselves from the law? As far as Icheoku is concerned, these arrogant and powerless senile old men since crossed the line when they cavorted with the ACN and later CPC, trying to help them strategize on how to beat President Jonathan at the pools. Icheoku also believes that these self-styled northern elders have already declared war against President Jonathan and Nigerians will understand if he takes them on with a counter-offensive of his own. 

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY AMERICA!

Today as we remember our fallen heroes and heroines of war past, who selflessly paid the ultimate price to purchase for us what we have and enjoy today, Icheoku says keep them in your thoughts; because without their sacrifice, it would have been a totally different story. On this Memorial Day 2011, as you enjoy the barbeque and probably a visit at the park, renew your patriotism in the American experiment and work to improve what is; thus propagating the ideals of what we celebrate today. Today also marks the arrival of summer, so lets see some skins or have you not been working out lately? Have yourself a memorable memorial day America!

PRESIDENT JONATHAN'S INAUGURATION, BOYCOTTED BY COUNTRIES WITH REAL NET-WORTH?

 In solidarity with the Nigerian masses who were prohibited from attending their country's president's inauguration ceremony, major countries of Americas, Europe, Asia and Latin America stayed out from Eagle Square Abuja the venue of the ceremony. 

Icheoku says these major and more important countries of the world that really matter in the scheme of things, together pulled-off a no-show at Nigeria's President Goodluck Ebelesimi Azikwe inauguration ceremony and it tells a lot about low in the totem pole either this particular president or the ceremony itself is before the eyes of these countries causing them to ignore it. 

Except for a few African countries coming to pay tribute to their big brother for their allowances, no country of consequence in the world showed up. Icheoku wonders whether it was as a result of security concerns or their lack of interest in an ordinary African country's presidential function which they deemed beneath their status that made them to stay out. Icheoku is of the view that America, Europe, China and Russia, as well as countries of Asia and South America should not only be interested in Africa when there is a convenient crisis that present a perfect opportunity to try their latest weapons from thousands of nautical miles above the earth as is ongoing in Libya; but they should also show solidarity on occasions as this to celebrate something good and thus encourage the incoming president by manifesting their support. 

At least since they earlier acknowledged that the election that produced him was free and fair and should have taken a step further by showing up at his swearing in ceremony. But the cavalier manner they often treat such matters as this leaves much to be desired and such treatment makes government's antagonists stronger believing that the government has no real international support whatsoever. Icheoku says it is most likely that these countries decided to align forces with ordinary Nigerians, who were banned from the ceremony and chose instead to also stay out. Their logic being that since the Nigerian people whose president is being sworn in were banned by the same government from attending the ceremony, why should they? If the security situation is the real reason, why should they become the guinea-pigs or sitting ducks for those Boko Haram and splinter Niger Delta terrorists drawing blood of innocent Nigerians frequently. Anyway, congratulation President Jonathan and as you start the onerous journey ahead, may the good Lord guide your decisions. Now is the time to keep all the basket of promises you made during your campaign.

ADO BAYERO'S REPRIMAND OF NIGERIA'S VICE PRESIDENT IS WRONG!

Icheoku categorically denounces the reprimand of Nigeria's Vice President Namadi Sambo by the Emir of Kano and states that such conduct is a total and complete disrespect for the office of the vice president and by extension, the entire country. Nigeria's vice president is not under the authority or servitude of a traditional ruler or chief of Kano emirate to deserve being so disrespected by publicly calling him out for being a little late on a scheduled courtesy visit to the emir's palace? 

Agreed that lateness is tardiness and many people including Icheoku finds such habit distasteful; but in this situation involving Nigeria's number two citizen, the emir should have swallowed it or better still, conducted his displeasure in private with the vice president. What if the vice president never showed up at all or even cancelled such a visit or sent an emissary to represent him because matters of state will not let him out on a leisure visit to the emir's palace? What if his boss the president gave him some assignment that needed immediate attention? Icheoku says the emir forgot that there is a thing called protocol that manages the vice president activities and movements; and that the vice president does not have the privilege to just get up and go to anywhere that he pleases such as the emir palace in Kano with all the attendant security implications of visiting such a volatile place like Kano? A more circumspect emir would have in private confided in the vice president his unhappiness for keeping him waiting a little longer, but not in the public exhibition manner in which he pilloried the vice president for his lateness. 

Icheoku rejects the emir's claim to any privilege above the office and person of Nigeria's vice president and states that it should be the other way round if any, as the vice president is number two citizen and is not ordinarily obligated to visit the emir; nor does he draw his paycheck from the emirate of Kano; but only wanted to stop over at the emir's palace as a courtesy call. The same emir who could not and did not swath a fly when Imam Muhammadu Buhari reprimanded him and nearly locked him up for visiting Israel alongside the Ooni of Ife Oba Sijuawade is now puffing and huffing because Nigeria's vice president was few minutes late to visit with him? If Icheoku remembers correctly too that the late midget of Kano Sani Abacha was in the process of dethroning and banishing the emir from the Kano emirate before he was given the poisoned tea. Previously, the same Abacha earlier did away with Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki of Sokoto Caliphate, so the heavens would not have fallen if he had also laid his hand on Ado Bayero and sent him to prison or to some other God forsaken desolate hole somewhere in Cross River State rain forest to live out his life in exile. 

But now the same emir is thinking himself above and superior to the the person and office of the Nigeria's vice president to warrant publicly scolding the vice president simply for being late to his palace? Icheoku says in a civilized society, the emir would be forced to resign his office or dethroned for disrespecting the entire people of Nigeria whose vice president he publicly ridiculed. Icheoku says Nigeria and her vice president deserve an apology from the emir and we hereby demand same on their behalf for his impolite behavior towards Nigeria's second most important citizen. It is a serious matter and a timely offer of an unequivocal apology is needed from the emir as the dressing-down was not only personal to Namadi Samabo but to the entire Nigerian people whose business he was conducting in Kano before he decided to pay the emir a courtesy visit and does not deserve to be so disrespected and treated by the Emir of Kano, Dr. Ado Bayero. Icheoku says Vice President Namadi Sambo is only answerable to one person and one person only - the president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan, his only boss and not to the Emir of Kano.

But so what if the vice president was a few minutes late to visit the emir; afterall he is not an employee of the emir nor is he beholden to the emir; but to the entire Nigeria populace which writes his paycheck. Also Namadi Sambo is not a subject of the emir which makes the emir's motive rather intriguing; except that the emir might not be happy that their Islamic Northern presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari lost the election and here was part of the beneficiary coming to his palace just a little too late. Also the emir reserves the right not to see whoever he does not wish to see just like Benin monarchy Oba Erediuwa who once refused or asked out the minister of works from his palace and should have refused to see the visiting vice president. The emir's options were just darn plenty but he choose the least edifying one - scolding Nigeria's vice president? So, who gives a damn if the vice president could not break off from his duties at Aso Rock, concerning more important state matters, to be on time to see Emir Ado Bayero of Kano; and Icheoku expects the emir should not. 

LIFE IS FULL OF SELECTIVE AMNESIA.

Icheoku likes this cartoon from the Vanguard Newspapers that we republish it here, all deference observed. It sure is the laughing stock President Goodluck Jonathan and his PDP who conveniently decide when to kill and when to resurrect ZONING within the PDP. Icheoku says but life need not and does not have to happen this way where some greedy politicians swing like yoyo just to retain certain positions? 

President Jonathan and his inner kitchen circle, not too long ago claimed that zoning was dead and should not be the overriding consideration in matters of present day Nigerian politics and got elected when it was not his zone's turn at the presidency. If zoning was going to impact them adversely, the refrain becomes zoning is dead; but when there is cheap political gain to be made otherwise, their pendulum swings in favor of the existence of zoning. Icheoku decries the shameful manner in which these folks decide the fate of zoning just to serve their personal selfish interest. Less than three months after their zoning is dead argument which helped elect Jonathan, now it is very convenient for them to similarly declare that zoning is alive once again. Icheoku asks, who knows how soon circumstances will change or present itself to warrant zoning to die again! Only in Nigeria, the land of so many intrigues!

MILDRED BAENA, SCHWARZENEGGER'S OTHER WOMAN, NOT SO CUTE?

 If Icheoku has the opportunity to ask the Terminator one question, it will be why this woman as we do not see anything particularly attractive about her for any man to loose his faculties. Anyway who knows what led to what; except it might just be an opportunistic happenstance schemed by Mildred to secure and assure her financial future as a baby-mama of Terminator's love child. Anyway, what can Icheoku tell you that you have not heard before on the issue. Yes, it appears that Mildred Patricia Baena works out too - a female Terminator that is?

NAFISSATOU DIALLO, THE WOMAN DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN RAPED?

Nafiss pictured left and as she looked then in composite picture right below; and currently in the eye of the storm for allegedly being Monica Lewinsky-ied by a horny-dog Frenchman and former IMF boss named Dominique Strauss-Kahn. She is reportedly a former beauty queen in her native Guinea and was working as a janitor and hotel chambermaid in New York's swanky Hotel Sofitel, when she became famous or rather infamous to some for bringing down the head of the International Monetary Fund. She was violated by a randy and cheap Frenchman head of IMF, who was simply too stingy to pay for sex from a professional sex-provider and opportunistically stole by force what presented itself - a hotel cleaning lady? Icheoku says, provided the alleged is a fact, this guy deserves no mercy and should be shown none as he had all the money in the world to do an Elliot Spitzer or better still just jack-off; but he chose to rather violate an already down and under hotel cleaning woman and this man wanted to be president of France? 

According to the story, Dominique was in his $3000 a day hotel suite's bathroom, probably masturbating himself, when Nafiss came into his suite do her job - cleaning after such men's mess in hotel rooms and suites at Sofitel Hotel, Manhattan New York. Strangely enough, Dominique, not thinking through the consequences of the cliff-jump he was about to make and myopically concerned only about letting off, rushed out from the bathroom naked, exposing himself sexually to Nafiss. He forcibly and without Nafiss consent grabbed her boobs and buttocks as he drew her very close to his fully naked body with a full erect penile phallus? Nafiss broke free and tried to run away but Dominique put chase and in hot pursuit, caught up with her and forcibly trust his phallus inside her mouth wherein he ejaculated immediately. This speedy offloading of Dominique's seminal fluid was highly suggestive of a pervert who was in an advanced stage of masturbation in the bathroom when Nafiss entered his suite; and only cashed in on a presented victim who could have been anyone, to relief himself of his amorous heat of passion or should Icheoku say perversion. Dominique also ripped off Nafiss pantie-hose suggesting that he wanted a real and full penetration of the victims' vaginal recess but for the mother-luck which propelled Nafiss to an escape from Dominique's amorous advances.  

Icheoku says but for Dominique's semen which Nafiss spat out on the rug of the suite's floor, from which police obtained Dominique's DNA, maybe Dominique would still be denying that anything happened? But thankfully enough Nafiss did not swallow, being an amateur; and as a result, Dominique has since qualified and changed his story from the previous "nothing happened" to now "nothing happened that is illegal". Icheoku says there is never a smoke without fire and this French pervert is atypical of so many men and women of power who usually think they can get away with just anything, including violently molesting a hotel chambermaid as is the case with Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF president. Luckily Nafiss is in the United States legally, she has her green card; so let the legal fireworks theatrics of sending away and for a long time, this French society's convulsion begin and begin in all earnest. Icheoku was earlier afraid for Nafiss being deported or outed on her stay in America as a result of this unfortunate incident but thankful she is legal. 

However now comes the heavy lifting for the prosecution as well as the victim-witness in chief - how do they answer to the question or claim that what happened was consensual? Icheoku while literally putting a defense lawyer's hat, would ask the following:- why was the cleaning of a $3000 per night Hotel Sofitel suite so urgent as to be timed to coincide with the very time an executive guest was having his shower or bath? What was the rush in getting this suite ready since the previous registered guest has not yet checked out or demanded for immediate room cleaning service or did he request for that? Secondly, when Nafis saw a naked and flabby Dominique approach why did she not make a dash for the door; afterall and according to her account, she had just entered the suite and so she was most likely still within a very close proximity to the entry or door way to make a quick exit and run from an advancing pervert? Now a none-consenting Nafiss waited there or was she transfixed there until Dominique traversed the distance from the bathroom door to where Nafiss was standing while watching him approach, to grab her boobs and buttocks? Where was her screaming protestation or slap on the cheek of Dominique as is common with women when resentful of a man's conduct or statement? 

Continuing her tale of victim-hood, Nafiss said she escaped or rather broke free of Dominique's choke-hold and still waited near enough or did not run away far enough for an out of his mind Dominique to catch-up with her and then dip his wee-wee into her mouth? Tell that to the marines otherwise where were her bite marks on Dominique's manhood in protest of a forced rendering of a blow-job? Many a girl or woman Icheoku know or have studied over the years would in a heartbeat bite off Dominique's pee-wee under the alleged circumstance; but none of that happened resulting in Dominique reaching an orgasm which presupposed that the mouthing lasted for some time, no matter how fleeting? Then the story gets better; after Dominique relieved himself, Nafiss still stood there and waited for him to start ripping out her pantie-hose? Icheoku says either this woman felt scorned after what consensually happened or she is bad at telling her story as the sequencing and time seems at odds with a scenario of such violated sexual dalliance or liaison? 

Concluding her inept story, Nafiss said she finally broke free and reported the encounter to the hotel's management; but the watching-world were not told if Nafiss was in tears when she came to make the report and whether her mood was rushed or calm; and the manner of making the report? Was Nafiss in control of her self and faculties as she narrated her ordeal in the hands of the rapist Frenchman which tells a great deal about her veracity, as people known to have been sexually molested or violated are always very frantic and hysteric. Did Nafiss follow procedure such as going through her supervisor who then took it upstairs; and before that did Nafiss confide in a friend, colleague, family or any other close pal and who advised her going to the management since the shame and ridicule would many a time persuade many women victims of rape to keep quite and pretend as if nothing happened? Was Nafiss aware or rather mindful when she made her complaint to management that the management might not take kindly to such negative publicity for the swanky hotel viz a viz the caliber of guest that doles out $3000 per night to keep them company and in business? For a person freshly raped, why did she not call 911 immediately but chose to follow procedure of first going to the management? Simply put, Icheoku thinks that the whole account of what transpired is too choreographed to be true - either it was a consensual encounter which bargain fell through or somebody is not stating the incident correctly. 

But that is by the way as Icheoku just decided to play the devil's advocate and momentarily wear the hat of Dominique's defense attorney Braffman. Now, does Icheoku support or in any way condone what happened, nope; as Icheoku hates any form of violence especially to women and children. Moreso sex is readily available and can also be purchased - just ask former New York State Governor and now CNN presenter Elliot Spitzer; so why rob a person what you can buy especially when you are the International Monetary Fund honcho? Icheoku does not get it and suggests that the defense lawyers should explore the insanity angle to their defense as Dominique probably had a momentary blackout and was reasoning through his anus to have embarked on this journey of infamy. Like the rest of the world, Icheoku will keep a date with the story of the trial of the Frenchman in New York, who instead of being a good ambassador to France decided to sexually violate an American resident and for this, Icheoku agrees that Dominique Strauss-Kahn should be sent away and for a long time; provided he committed the said crime. 

As a flip closing remark, Icheoku asks where is Oprah on this - showing her 'O' support for another woman victim of men's chauvinistic-tinged crime? Just asking, since Icheoku believes that Nafissatou Diallo could use some of the big 'O' help in this matter; not only for the sympathy and support of millions of women world-wide; but to help her with her with the jury eventual civil suit against a French pervert named Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Just one more thing, provided that Dominique will not now while on bail have the time and opportunity to commit suicide to avoid further humiliation, Icheoku believes Dominique Strauss-Kahn's bail was appropriate and the conditions/terms quite adequate. However Icheoku disagrees with his sympathizers in France and the New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who are of the opinion that Dominique should not have been shown looking haggard and unkempt and in shackles; as according to them it is too sensational especially since he has not been proved guilty? Icheoku asks how about thousands of blacks and other minority crime suspects that are paraded daily in orange jumpsuits and leg-irons in addition to body shackles or is Dominique a superior criminal suspect to these other crime suspects? Icheoku does not just don't get it - such sympathy for a sexual molester; but since America nearly sent a president to prison for a sexual dalliance with an intern and it was consensual; a similarly situated Frenchman is toast, moreso when he allegedly took it without the consent of the victim. Just one quick and final thought, has the Frenchman yet registered as a sex molester or better still, rapist?

KATHY HOCHUL WIN, REPUBLICAN ATTEMPT TO END MEDICARE REJECTED!

 Icheoku says if the result of the special election held in a heavily conservative Republican Congressional District 26 in upstate New York near Buffalo is a testament of what awaits the Republican Party in 2012, then it is honky-dory for rationality. A Democrat, Kathy Hochul, won the district which has never gone any other party than the Republican Party for over 50 years thus sending a clear direct message to Paul Ryan and the Republicans that no one messes with Americans' Medicare! Re-echoing Kathy's thank you message, Icheoku says District 26 sent a strong message they believe in that medicare is a no go area when it comes to axing some projects to coral burgeoning government spending. Her election victory becomes so sweet as the Democrat not only trounced Republican Jane Corwin but also a Tea Party candidate Jack Davis; suggesting that the tire may have come off the wheel of the insurgent Tea Party? Icheoku says congratulations to congresswoman elect Kathy Hochul and the Democratic Party; and now lets welcome election 2012.

1967 BORDER LINES ARGUMENT, IS ISRAEL BEING SIMPLY DIFFICULT?

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined issues with American President Barack Obama by categorically rejecting the president latest road-map to peace. The president had called for the return to the 1967 border demarcations as a solution to lasting peace; while on the other hand Netanyahu flatly rejected it as being indefensible? Icheoku adds what is there to still defend when the president of the United States, in addition, have practically guaranteed the defense of Israel from any foreign attacks. 

Icheoku says looking at the condescending manner Netanyahu was looking at the president and how rudely he flatly rejected the president's proposition, it is possible that some members of US government are giving Netanyahu false hopes that Israel will prevail in the long run with having their way with this president as they have done with all previous ones. It is wrong negotiating conditions to make it my way or the highway for the other side. First Israel rejected a freeze on further construction of houses and expected Palestine to continue to negotiate? Now they also rejected another possible road out of the wood and expects Palestine to continue to negotiate? Icheoku asks, what does the Israelis really want Palestine to negotiate with, when themselves have remained obstinate to every suggested way out of an impossible quagmire bogging down the Middle East peace process. Icheoku regrets that such stringing out by the Israelis might lead to another return to insecurity of intafada and peradventure another all out war in the Middle East; especially now that the people have a voice on how they are governed with the Arab Spring currently underway and having lost their good friend Hosni Mubarak of Egypt? Icheoku says, please, please and please Israelis, the world wants you to be dead serious in preventing an implosion of the whole Middle East so negotiate you have to as those who make the peaceful impossible make the violent inevitable. Your security is guaranteed by America so what is the ruse about an indefensible 1967 border lines?