Asari Dokubo
In the beginning, President Jonathan's supporters tried to play the
religious card by branding General Muhammadu Buhari a bigot but it
didn't sell. They tried to write him off in the eyes of Nigerians on
account of his age... that failed too. Next was his educational
qualification. They embarked on a fruitless effort to discredit the APC
presidential candidate by alleging that the retired General of the
Nigerian army who once headed the Supreme Military Council does not
possess a Leaving School Certificate. They made so much hue and cry over
Buhari's certificate issue that one would think they had forgotten the
road to the court. That effort also failed. Detailed story after the cut...
Alas, after exhausting all tactics and antics available to them to
sway public opinion against Buhari, the supporters of Goodluck Jonathan,
are now openly threatening violence should their man loose out in the
February 14 presidential election, whether or not the entire electoral
process is free, fair and credible. In other words, their own shallow
understanding of democracy is that everyone "must" vote for Goodluck
Jonathan, despite the fact that his failure in all ramifications of
governance is unparalleled in the history of Nigeria.
There are a few issues I like to underscore from this evil declaration.
Firstly, where is Marilyn Ogar, the spokeswoman of the PDP... sorry,
DSS? Only a few days after the Abuja peace accord, and some disgruntled
individuals headed by an orangutan called Asari Dokubo are already
threatening war should their candidate loose out in the election, and
the security agencies in the country are not paying any attention to it.
If the Abuja peace accord, which had the buy-in of the National
Security Adviser and the Commander-In-Chief himself, was anything to go
by, one would have expected that Asari Dokubo, Tompolo, Boyloaf, and the
other empty vessels who are part of that infamous Yenagoa declaration
should by now be in the custody of security agencies writing statements,
at the least. Indeed, one would have expected the operatives of the DSS
to swing into action with the same level of swiftness with which they
invaded the APC data office in Lagos.
Secondly, this early and unwarranted threat of war is a clear
indication that Goodluck Jonathan and his supporters have conceded
defeat even before the day of the election. Otherwise, if they were
confident of victory, there would have been absolutely no need gathering
in that coven where they issued that call to arms. My advice for them
is that they should not forget they have consented to an amnesty deal.
Therefore any resort to arms ever again would mean that they would be
exterminated like flies by government security forces and heaven will
not fall. It is a deal they willingly agreed to, and they just cannot
eat their cake and have it.
Thirdly and finally, I like to urge my fellow Nigerians who earnestly
yearn for change not to be intimidated by these opportunistic ethnic
jingoists, but to take them for who they truly are: empty vessels known
for making the loudest noise.
Goodluck Jonathan has been given a fair opportunity to serve at the
highest level in this country, and he bungled it. He made a barrage of
promises during his 2011 campaigns. And now in 2015, four years after,
instead of giving us an account of his stewardship by telling us how
much of his promises he has been able to fulfill so that we can on that
basis assess his performance and decide whether to retain him for
another four years or kick him out, he is busy going round the country
making a fresh set of promises, most of which are clearly unrealistic
(like creating two million jobs per annum for the next four years if
re-elected, when he couldn't create that amount of jobs for the entire
six years he has been at the head of government).
God-willing, elections will hold as scheduled by INEC, Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan will be beaten black and blue in a fair contest, and the only
redeeming path that will be left for him to take will be to congratulate
the winner, General Muhammadu Buhari.
If Asari and his co-miscreants try anything stupid, they will be
effectively shackled and caged, even to the delight and relief of their
own kinsmen whom they have been brutally lording over.
Asari has been thrown into prison before by President Obasanjo. But
for the magnanimity of President Yar’Adua of blessed memory, he probably
would have expired there. I am as much a South-Southernern and a
Niger-Deltan like him and his fellows. I hail from Edo State, and I was
born and raised in Warri, Delta State. I make bold to say that change in
Nigeria is not only possible, but inevitable! No amount of threat can
stop us from achieving it, not even from Asari Dokubo multiplied by a
thousand and all the Niger-Delta criminals benefitting from illicit
contracts from the inept Jonathan-led government put together.
I reiterate, come FeBUHARI 14th, Goodluck Jonathan will be defeated
by the ballots, and not even the bullets will be able to save him.
Abu Bilaal Abdulrazaq bn Bello bn Oare
Kaduna, Nigeria
sahaabah@aol.com |
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