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2019: Another 4 years of APC not in Nigeria’s interest – Afegbua
Kassim Afegbua
As the electioneering for next year’s elections hots up, one of the spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign and also the spokesman for former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has asked Nigerians to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari as, according to him, another four years under the All Progressives Congress (APC) would be a disaster for the country.
2019: With good candidate PDP’ll easily defeat Buhari – Afegbua
In this interview, Afegbua says the nation has gone through avoidable difficulties under the APC-led Federal Government and wants Nigerians to take their destiny in their hands and vote in Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
Congratulations on your appointment. With the campaigns in full swing, what are your fears in these 2019 campaigns?
There are too many issues begging for attention as we prepare for the 2019 elections. Primary of these issues is the failure or refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the amended Electoral Law to strengthen the credibility, transparency and fairness of the 2019 elections. I have never seen a scenario where a President will exercise such morbid fear to sign a bill to law, especially a law that would help the process of birthing a free, fair and transparent election, a law that would help to checkmate areas and aspects that are prone to abuses and infraction; a President that is truly committed to free and fair elections would jump at such a bill to make it law for the well-being of the people.
It guarantees a greater commitment to credible elections. It will address a number of issues that would ordinarily not attract any visible attention.
But the President and APC are scared stiff about anything credible, hence their recourse to such ridiculous conclusion and outright rejection, citing very laughable reasons for the refusal to sign. It is ludicrous and quite benumbing to ever contemplate that a party that preached change could toe such undemocratic path.
Does the President’s refusal mean the end of the road for the opposition?
It is not about the opposition. It is about what we desire to see as a country trying to firm up our democratic processes, and make the conduct of elections more credible by ensuring that the votes actually count. A law does not expire with regime change. A law outlives regime change and endures the test of time, to strengthen our institutions and democratic infrastructure in order to enhance confidence-building. What the President has done was just to tactfully shy away from his responsibility and postponing the evil day, sort of. I should think that the members of the National Assembly are studying the verdict and would respond adequately in the best interest of the country. The reasons given by the President are simply not altruistic and patriotic, if truly he desires to see credible elections in 2019. The amendments are the necessary solutions we require to address some of the electoral problems and loopholes.
The argument of the President is that the timing appears too close to elections. Don’t you think the President has a point?
It is not about having a point; it is about taking action in the overall interest of the country and not in his personal interest or for personal aggrandizement. Timing has nothing to do with this. In 2015, former President Goodluck Jonathan signed the amended Electoral Bill into law to strengthen the process of elections. That is what impacted positively on the 2015 elections that also produced President Buhari. So, it is in our own interest as a nation to have laws that will continue to help address a few concerns here and there in the process of fine-tuning our electoral engagements. We cannot be detained by our own selfish interest when confronted with national interest.
President Buhari is seeking re-election against the backdrop of his performance in office, trying to clean up the system and build the economy. What do you say to that?
The argument for re-election by those who are presently exploiting this system is understandably for selfish interest. In the real sense of governance, this government has been a monumental failure in all ramifications. It has brought untold hunger, poverty, malnutrition, deprivations and squalor to bear on the citizenry. Our expectation when some of us supported the President in 2015 was that he would launch us on the superhighway of growth and development. Three and a half years later, we have since discovered that we were totally wrong. On account of age, the President no longer possesses the energy to cope with the daunting challenges of governance.
On account of ill health, the President does not enjoy the capacity to live to his billing in terms of showing the roadmap out of our economic quagmire. He devotes more attention to his health than the health and well-being of the nation. There is poverty and hunger in the land. The suffering has gotten to an alarming proportion. Businesses are closing up. Quality of life has dropped and cost of living has shot beyond the rooftop. There are decayed infrastructure everywhere, our health sector is nothing to write home about, our economy is in bad shape, as confirmed by the President himself. We need a new thinking in our shared commitment to rejuvenate the system and make life more attractive for our people. Insecurity is in terrible shape; high-profile assassinations are on the increase. There is certainly nothing tangible to celebrate in this government to warrant seeking re-election. It has not shown enough reason to deserve re-election.
But some of the problems you identified above did not happen overnight. The APC would say the opposition PDP caused them when it presided over the nation for 16 unbroken years. How do you react to that?
That is a defeatist claim, especially when you have exhausted your logic and sentiments; you decide to play politics of blame. The reason Nigerians voted for APC was because, in their estimation in 2015, they needed a change and thought APC and President Buhari would be able to energise the system and solve some of our problems. Three years down the line, they can see that things have gone worse. Blame game is not a resource for those who have the competence and capacity to address critical issues of governance. Blame game, which has become APC’s pastime, is a convenient escape route for their inability to live up to expectations. Just like President Olusegun Obasanjo said, you cannot reinforce failure and commend mediocrity, especially in a country of over 180 million people.
The amount of lies and distortions that this government relishes on is quite mind-boggling. For every incompetence, there is a lie generated to justify it. The number of people escaping from the shores of Nigeria tells you the real story of under-performance and incompetence. It tells you that life is increasingly becoming difficult for an average Nigerian. Killings are rampant. Insecurity is worse, ritual killings and kidnappings have become everyday affair. If a former Chief of Defence Staff could be killed in cold blood without qualms, what else do you require to alert the nation that we are in serious trouble? Another four years of President Buhari would be a monumental disaster for our fatherland. Their “next level” slogan will take us to next level of poverty, from extreme poverty that we are now to absolute poverty, super-extreme poverty that will lead to malnutrition and squalor.
We urgently need to rescue our country from the grip of those who have killed our initiatives. We need to wake up. We need to vote out the APC, we need to vote out President Buhari. These failures are becoming too heavy for us to bear. Failure as a result of incompetence and lack of capacity.
How optimistic are you that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar can spring any surprise in the 2019 election?
I am very optimistic that Nigerians will give Alhaji Atiku the opportunity to preside over the nation and our collective prosperity. As a wealth creator for over 30 years, Atiku Abubakar comes to mind as one individual whose personal effort and creativity has made life better for a lot of people. For a man who has consistently been in business for years, creating employment for Nigerians and building platforms to take the youths away from the streets, it will be a great icing on the cake to have him manage our collective patrimony. President Buhari has failed woefully in creating that cutting edge to manage our disparities. We are more divided now along ethnic and religious lines more than ever before. And a country that really wants to move forward must not be run by nepotism, cronyism, favouritism, selective amnesia and vainglorious sentiments. Enough is enough of these ugly realities.
Let’s rejuvenate our country with equal opportunities for all. Come 2019, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will trounced the APC and President Buhari silly. You can see the APC are afraid to start their own campaign because they are waiting for rigging but they will be disappointed on that election day.
Biafra
Tinubu Refused To Honour Our Agreement To Release Nnamdi Kanu After Election– Kanu’s Brother
Disclosing that the meeting had the blessing of the president, Emmanuel, however, lamented that Tinubu has refused to honour the pact by releasing his elder brother and the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from the DSS dungeon in Abuja, Nigeria.
Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has said they had an agreement with President Bola Tinubu for the release of his elder brother, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Emmanuel disclosed that he had the pact with Tinubu’s son, Seyi, in Abuja before the 2023 presidential election.
Disclosing that the meeting had the blessing of the president, Emmanuel, however, lamented that Tinubu has refused to honour the pact by releasing his elder brother and the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from the DSS dungeon in Abuja, Nigeria.
According to him, it was agreed that IPOB would not bycott the polls on the condition that Tinubu would release Kanu if elected President.
Prince Emmanuel expressed disappointment that nearly two years after the emergence of Tinubu as President, his brother (Kanu), has continued to languish in detention despite the fact that the presiding Judge, Justice Binta Nyako, had since recused herself from the matter.
He said it was disappointing that those who claimed to be honourable, failed to keep their words.
The statement read:”Before the last election, I received a message from an ex-governor that Seyi the son of President Tinubu wanted to see me. I agreed to meet with him on the condition that the overriding priority and hence the fulcrum of our discussion will be the release of my brother. The meeting was held in Abuja in the presence of another individual whom I asked along to witness the deliberations and if need be provide independent verification should the need arise.
“Seyi confirmed to me that his father sanctioned the meeting and that I should consider any agreement we reach as binding on the then candidate Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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“In good faith we agreed that I shall relay the outcome to my brother to reinforce the long held tradition of IPOB not interfering with the conduct of elections, either through boycott or any other form of civil disobedience. This understanding was duly communicated to my brother and he reaffirmed his commitment not to stop the elections or order any boycott.
“When President Tinubu as a candidate visited Owerri during his campaign, he too reiterated his commitment to facilitate the release of my brother if elected. We took his public statement as a tacit reaffirmation of the understanding I reached with his son Seyi.
“At the end, IPOB did not call for election boycott despite having the capacity to do so. IPOB also made sure that discordant voices urging election boycott were overcome because election boycotts would not reflect well on the reputation of a global movement that prides itself on adherence to democratic tenets.
“It therefore, defies logic that nearly two years after President Tinubu assumed the mantle of leadership in Nigeria, my brother is still in detention despite not having any charge against him. It’s been over three months now that Justice Binta Nyako recused herself from the case yet no new judge has been assigned the case.
“This is on top of the fact that Appeal Court had earlier discharged him of the sham charges and ordered his release which the previous regime of Buhari declined to obey.
“Supreme Court determination that his bail ought not to have been revoked has been ignored by the courts and the government. The latest insult is that Abuja courts of all persuasion are no longer willing to determine the case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on merit but are rather relying on ludicrous and inapplicable technicalities to stall the timely determination of his cases.
“The truth is that Nigerian courts cannot, will not and do not have both the substantive and procedural jurisdiction to try him. His detention is without the backing of any known law in Nigeria or elsewhere in the world.”
International
US ELECTION: Trump Escapes Three Assassination Attempts, What Next As Date Draws Near?
“We seen them trying to get rid of D. Trump 3 times already. They all know who’s going to win. But now since he is still alive we will see overtly on a systematic level through this election where it will be obvious to everyone what they are willing to do to retain power.”
The desperation of interested parties to retain power and occupy the Oval Office in the White House, United States of America, has led to three failed assassination attempts on the 45th US President, Donald John Trump.
Trump is the Republican Party’s Presidential nominee in the November 5th Presidential election, and adjudged as the 47th US President hopeful in the forthcoming election, if it will be free and fair by all standards and without interferences from the “Obamas” “Hillarys” “Deep State” etc.
The “fight” to retain power in the White House has become dirtiest from 2020 to 2024, a clear statement of extreme desperation leading to blackmail, chaos and possible escalations of assassination attempts.
A post made on X by “Ariel @Prolotario1” stated that “The Beast” will “become extremely desperate” because they know who will win the election if it will be a free and fair election.
The post reads in full:
“I hope everyone is ready for these remaining months up into inauguration. Because we will see “The Beast” become extremely desperate. They didn’t want to rely on attempting to steal the election.
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“We seen them trying to get rid of D. Trump 3 times already. They all know who’s going to win. But now since he is still alive we will see overtly on a systematic level through this election where it will be obvious to everyone what they are willing to do to retain power.
“Will we get a power grid outage?
“Will we get another false flag?
“Will the Project Bluebeam be launched?
“There are multiple things they can pull from. But I do not think we will leave the remainder of 2024 behind without some massive event occurring? Since 1988 we have had something major happen every 12 years.
“1988 (Elusive Mind Wipe)
“1999 (Y2k)
“2012 (Mayan Calendar)
“2024? Will it be obvious this time?
“Either way we have had many clues that everything will happen this year in terms of things coming to a point where it can no longer be ignored. Which is why I think the Deep State will pull something off to jump start this process.
“Donald Trump said many times on his Truthsocial account that the US Military is standing by. One time he mentioned during his Las Vegas rally that they will step in if November 5th is interfered with. We have to prepare for anything.”
Entertainment
Sean Diddy Combs In The Eyes Of The Storm
These are blackpillers who no longer see no value in anything. They have given themselves a shot in the arm and that fluid is coursing through their veins and they themselves will have to go through a major detox that we are no longer equipped to help them with.
By Ariel (@Prolotario1 on X)
𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙: 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡
The Royals
Congress
LeBron James
Usher
Dwyane Wade
MGK
Ashton Kutcher
Naomi Campbell
Bobby Valentino
Busta Rhymes
Mark Wahlberg
Clive Davis
Denzel Washington
Kevin Hart
Jay-Z
Beyonce
Mariah Carey
Etc.
“What did Katt Williams say? It’s up for all of them.
“You all have had your fun. You have had your way. You have had your time in the sun. But now all of this is about to come to a screeching halt. You all are about to see many celebrities suddenly become ill. Retiring prematurely. Moving to another country. No longer being interested in acting. They are going to be dropped from endorsement deals.
“They will be let go by sports teams. You will no longer see them at award shows. You will no longer see them featured on songs or commercials. Clothing brands will ditch them. They will be removed from their charity foundations. You will see a lot of things. Because this is it people. This is what you waited for. We fought for this by sharing all the info we could. And our work is paying off.
“The victims will be vindicated. We will no longer be shunned by society. They will be forced to confront all the things they denied in order to stay in the good graces of people who couldn’t care less about “The Truth”. All the trolls are about to eat crow. Do not pay them any mind at this point. They have nothing to lose. So they will attempt to downplay the significance of this.
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“These are blackpillers who no longer see no value in anything. They have given themselves a shot in the arm and that fluid is coursing through their veins and they themselves will have to go through a major detox that we are no longer equipped to help them with. It’s going to take God himself to come down here and awaken them. This is no our concern.
“The curtain is falling, not with a gentle whisper but with the thunderous crash of an era ending. The lights that once shone on these figures, illuminating their every move, are now flickering out, one by one, in a spectacle of dramatic dimness. This isn’t merely the end of a chapter; it’s the apocalyptic conclusion of a saga where fame was both the sword and the shield, now rusted and discarded.
“As the tide turns, those who once danced in the spotlight will find themselves in shadows, not by choice but by the inexorable force of revelation. Their names, once synonymous with glamour and success, will become whispers of caution, tales told in the dim corners where once their glory was celebrated. The red carpets, once rolled out in their honor, will be retracted, leaving behind only the echo of their steps.
“This shift is not just a change in the public’s affection; it’s a seismic cultural realignment. The idols of yesteryear, who seemed untouchable, are now facing the reality of their own human fragility. The public, once their adoring crowd, now becomes their jury, delivering a verdict that resonates with the weight of truth over the dazzle of stardom.
“In this new dawn, the narratives will rewrite themselves. The stories of courage will not be about overcoming adversity in the spotlight but about facing the aftermath in the cold light of day. Those who once thrived on the applause will learn the silence of solitude, not by choice but by necessity. The world watches, not with voyeuristic glee, but with a sober understanding that even the stars must sometimes fall to earth.
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