Against what some APC media handlers might want you to believe, Peter Obi’s candidacy was embraced by Nigerians from across religious and ethnic backgrounds. Peter Obi’s message of a new and working Nigeria resonated with every right thinking Nigeria and they voted massively for him, because they want the progress of Nigeria. The Muslim voter like their Christian and animist counterparts understood that a working nation benefits everyone. A working, progressive and prosperous nation will not segregate between a Christian Nigerian and Muslim Nigerian. Those who try to turn Nigeria’s beautiful and highly intelligent Muslims against the Peter Obi candidacy…
Author: Onwuasoanya FCC Jones
The APC have failed to appreciate the roots and motivations behind the Obidient Movement. They make the mistake of thinking that Peter Obi can actually stop this movement and they also make a mistake by seeing Peter Obi as the arrowhead, whom if you hit him, the followers will scatter or become demoralised. Peter Obi does not have any hold on the Obidient Movement. He cannot tell us to stop and we stop. Peter Obi is headlining a movement championed by ordinary Nigerians, who have been frustrated by perennial misgovernance and insensitivity of the elite over these years. Peter Obi’s…
For close watchers of world politics, Sanna Marin is an inspiration and a pacesetter. Having emerged as the world’s youngest leader four years ago, she has managed to hold her own against every other leader in the world, and if this election was to be decided by her acceptability internationally, she would have had an easy victory. But that’s not to be as Petteri Orpo who leads the conservatives has clinched victory for his Party in what is described as a nail-biting election. At 37, Sanna has already served in the biggest role anyone in her country could ever imagine,…
Peter Obi is arguably the only Nigerian politician alive with the capacity to set Nigeria on fire, if he hasn’t been deliberate in guarding his speeches and avoiding certain activities. Peter Obi is no doubt, the overwhelming choice of majority of Nigerians, and the shocking performance he put up in that election wasn’t a fluke, but a demonstration of the genuine love he enjoys across all sections of the country. He is the only presidential candidate who enjoys as much passionate support from the rank and file of the APC, as he enjoys it in PDP and across all political…
Nigeria had never witnessed the kind of excitement shown by millions of Nigerians in the run-up to the 2023 elections. For the first time in this Fourth Republic, Nigerians believed that their votes could count and millions of them were determined to send irresponsible politicians packing. They were happy that they could vote and their votes could indeed count. From the signing into law of the amended Electoral Act, to President Buhari’s consistent assurances about ensuring that the most credible elections in Nigeria’s history is conducted, to INEC’s deployment of electronic voting and transmission gadgets for the election. Nigerians didn’t…
Contrary to what Uzodimma’s pen touts may want you to believe, Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress had articulated the grievances of the union in a release he made the day the industrial action commenced, and I will break these reasons down for ease of understanding; 1. Uzodimma has subjected Imo workers, institutions and individuals to horrendous scare, fear and violence in their daily activities. 2. By the deliberate actions of the Uzodimma government, Imo has lost its status as the choice destination for relaxation to people from across the country due to State sponsored terrorist activities…
I had earlier expressed my sympathy and even solidarity with the immediate past Deputy-governor of my State, Chief Gerald Irona. I had thought that somehow, he would be let off the hook and asked to return on a later date, given that what was provided on social media, shows that he isn’t really the thief they want to make us believe he is. Not surprisingly though, the Imo State Police Command, accused of acting as Uzodimma’s private army, had other plans. They said that our former deputy-governor is a terrorist, and instead of taking him to a court with the…
The most cowardly leaders are those who sit on the fence on issues of importance and there cannot be found a worst traitor than a leader who values personal protection and interest ahead of the people’s interests. Across all the other geopolitical zones of this country, you will find, at least one governor speaking out on issues of concern to the nation or even to their people. No matter how unpopular those opinions might be, at least, these governors are not cowed by anything, they speak out. They express their feelings. They don’t act like slaves who fear that their…
I am beginning to think very seriously that President Muhammadu Buhari might have had very noble intentions for Nigeria, but was mostly sabotaged by those in his Party. Thinking of it, have you wondered how it is that these governors who are today insulting the President over what is arguably his best policy decision in eight years, were the same people who cheered him on when he proposed and implement some very unhealthy policies? How come the President actually increased the amount of money in circulation by more than 100% from what he met in 2015, yet money is scarcer…
Many have been the eulogies poured out for this man, and, I think, most are true. When great men die, even villains who bothered them and tried to take them out earlier, mourn and eulogize them. Professor George Obiozor was such a great man, that not even those who killed him could come out to celebrate his death. I know that if there is one death those efulefus have regretted causing, it is this death, because Obiozor fought for them, even though he never supported their violence, but he was a true father who fought to see how they could…
In 2013, even as a governor on the platform of an opposition Party, Peter Obi elected to join the FG contingent to cheer and inspire the Super Eagles of Nigeria as they participated in the 2013 African Cup of Nations. That continental fiesta was the last time Nigeria won the ultimate African footballing laurel, and that remains our highest point in the last decade in football. Peter Obi is a sports and youth development enthusiast, actually one of the best among the political class. He understands the role that political leadership has to play in motivating our sportsmen and women…
SAYS; UZODIMMA WAS MADE GOVERNOR BY THOSE WHO DID NOT VOTE IN IMO, HENCE, HIS DECISION TO DESTROY IMO AND KILL HER BRIGHTEST CITIZENS The spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ideato Federal Constituency, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has laid bare strong evidences linking Governor Uzodimma and his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Mr. Chinasa Nwaneri with the terrorist attack on his house in Akokwa, Ideato North LGA. The political activist and outspoken pro-democratic leader spoke during a world Press Conference marking the end of a 18 days Mourning period for…
Having failed to stampede Emefiele into reversing the policy on abolition of the old 200, 500 and 1000 Naira notes through courts, legislative summons and harassment from the DSS, we must not make the mistake of thinking that the cabal would take defeat easily and move on. They had tried to frustrate the circulation of the new Naira notes by conniving with their cohorts in commercial banks not feed the new notes into their ATMs or pay it to those who came to make withdrawals. They even sponsored videos trying to show that the Naira notes are inferior, but it…
Former Governor Oyetola couldn’t have been so confident of been restored to power through the courts if he hadn’t been assured by some high powers that the judgement would be rigged on his behalf. If there was any Party that rigged the Osun governorship election, it is the APC, the PDP won that election only by the overwhelming rejection of the APC, which made it impossible for the APC to succeed in completely subverting the will of the people. In Nigeria, elections don’t end on the ballot, they go all the way to the Supreme Court and political manoeuvres don’t…
Nnamdi Kanu succeeded in making all of us Igbos, his slaves. It was no doubt that the irresponsibility of the Buhari administration gave rooms for the monster that is IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu to grow into the giants they have become, but Igbo political leaders are the biggest failures in all these. When Nnamdi Kanu started radicalising Igbo youths, threatening to burn down Igbo land and to set Nigeria ablaze, I took to many platforms, including the BBC to raise the alarm that we were feeding a monster we wouldn’t be able to control. But I was ignored by those…
Many Western governments and firms have been accused of exploiting crises in different countries of the world for their own business and political interests. While I am a lover of America and other Western democracies and a fan of their politics, I cannot completely disagree with those who hold this opinion of them. What I will however disagree with is the pretence by the accusers of these nations of being innocent of what they accuse the other countries of. Political power is consolidated with war, money and diplomacy, and diplomacy becomes most relevant when there is crisis. Russia, China, Iran,…
It has been more than one year since some terrorists pretending to be Biafran freedom fighters began their reign of terror in Imo State. Among areas most affected by the attacks from the hoodlums include; the State capital, Mbaise, Ngor-Okpala, Okigwe areas, Mbaitoli, Orlu, Orsu, Oru-East, Oguta and Ohaji-Egbema areas. Ideato North, though a strategic area, being that it sits on boundaries between Imo and Anambra, had before now been free from these attacks. Akokwa, the most central and most developed of all the clans that make up Ideato has been among the most peaceful places in Imo State. We…
According to reports, the Imo State government is making frantic efforts and very deliberate media schemes to evade suspicion over the mindless carnage that took place at the residence of Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu yesterday. This is expected, but sensible Imolites and Nigerians will not take whatever spins they churn out with a pinch of salt, for the following reasons; 1. Governor Uzodimma is the Chief Security Officer of the State and has a responsibility to protect every resident of Imo State. So, when there is a security breach in any part of the State, he is held responsible. 2. Ikenga Ugochinyere…
There have been concerns that APC bigwigs are using their contacts with the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that their loyalists are recruited as ad-hoc staff for the Independent National Electoral Commission. A message being sent out by APC LGA Chairmen in Imo State is asking ward chairpersons to send four persons per polling booth unit for data capturing and there is a bait of 30,000 Naira attached for each person who would be deployed for the job. These ad-hoc staff are those that would handle critical election materials and processes in the upcoming election. And should INEC close…
During the near-flop presidential campaign rally of his political Party in Enugu few days ago, governor, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma took his disdain to Ndigbo to another level when he literally lambasted us “Isolationists” urging the Southeast to vote for a man who, apart from representing the worst of any sane political leadership, has not hidden his revulsion for Ndigbo and whatever they represent. Governor Uzodimma, a new entrant and one who could be correctly described as a latter day Saint of the All Progressives Congress now considers Ndigbo’s insistence on justice, equity and competence in recruitment of the Nigerian…
If Brymo wasn’t a political illiterate he wouldn’t have blamed Peter Obi for the insecurity in the Southeast, but should have known that the mere fact that there is this level of insecurity anywhere in the country is evidence of how much the APC as a ruling Party has failed. Peter Obi is not the Commander-in-Chief, Buhari who was helped to power by Bola Tinubu is the Commander-in-Chief and he has failed woefully in the most primary responsibility of his office, which is protecting lives and properties of citizens. Peter Obi is coming to repair the damage done by the…
In what his promoters have primed as one of his most inspiring speeches since this campaign commenced, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was quoted as saying that he will convert the so-called “Yahoo-Yahoo” boys into tech experts who would produce chips for industries. The former Lagos State governor was also quoted as describing himself as a very knowledgeable man who found a way to tame the Atlantic in Lagos and hence would bring that knowledge to bear in creating wealth and new opportunities for Nigerians. If anyone wanted to take Asiwaju’s claim to knowledgeability seriously, his apparent lack of understanding of the…
President Olusegun Obasanjo is a master strategist and a strong willed soldier and patriot. It is only in countries like ours that a convicted drug peddler, swindler and a man without a name, a known father or even any visible means of wealth will send his badly raised little bats and marketers of doom to insult a man whose signature has been on every significant achievement recorded by this country in the last five decades and more. We can understand the frustrations of some older thieves who have been deployed by a bloodstained bat to ridicule themselves before televisions and…
The APC PCC’s fixation on Peter Obi and Labour Party’s purported “lack of structure” is an indication that the Party is still living in the past. They haven’t woken up to the reality of Nigerians’ determination to break off the shackles of slavery and poverty placed on them by the same people they parade as their Party’s winning machine for the next election. What they don’t understand is that Nigerians consider those people as their enemies, and are determined to boot them out of power. When Festus Keyamo says that he is ready to bet with anything very valuable to…
When Governor Hope Uzodimma was busy harassing family members of billionaire former governor of Imo State, he told everyone who inquired that he didn’t have any personal problems with the man he liked to address as his younger brother or anyone around him, but that he was merely interested in recovering what belonged to Ndi Imo and entrenching probity in governance. He also tried to convince curious Imolites and Nigerians that whatever he did was in the best interest of the State and he wouldn’t allow political affinity or personal relationships stop him from stripping anyone who misappropriated public assets…
Buhari’s presidency’s attack on President Olusegun Obasanjo is irresponsible and shameful. What did Obasanjo say about the Buhari administration that it’s not true and even worse than he painted it? In what ways can the disaster called Buhari compare to Olusegun Obasanjo? It is because we are a country of forgetful citizens that a Buhari could have the face to join issues with an Obasanjo. In his over six decades of active service to Nigeria, Obasanjo has had his signature on virtually every meaningful achievement that Nigeria has recorded (I will be doing a video on some of his achievements…
ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES I do not like to intervene in issues that have to do with romantic relationships and family affairs between adults, but I think there are a few things we can learn or teach with this recent drama between Fancy Acholonu and her estranged fiancé, Alex Ekubo. Personally, I am sympathetic to Fancy, because it is obvious that she is genuinely interested in love, but it’s apparently immature and has an untrained temperament, which is not very good for anyone, but especially harmful to a young woman who is interested in preserving a romantic or marital relationship. Beyond…
Party politics is not all about waiting in the wings to grab power when the opportunity arises, it is about working consciously to build the Party and encourage her members to stay steadfast with the Party. This takes a lot of work and resources, and it is not always about the wealthiest Party man or woman, but about the one who is a disciplined and committed Party man. There is hardly any member of the PDP or its candidate that has faced as much persecution from the Imo State government as Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu has faced in the last few weeks…
I do not know the presidential candidate that would eventually enjoy the support of the G-5 governors, but I am almost certain that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has lost the group for good and both him and his Party are not happy about the situation. They are like a jilted lover crying and making a lot of fuss about what they can’t get back. But, is there anyway they can really get back at these people? The PDP has been threatening fire and brimstone should these governors make true their threat of endorsing the candidate of a different…
ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES While we are distracted with Yuletide, some high level conspiracies are going on, either to victimize a reformer or to shield a terrorist financier. Media houses have been left guessing and spinning out what might well be, mere guestimation or some solid intelligence. Whatever it is, we need the right people to speak to us. Nigerians deserve to know the truth about their public officials. The only official information we have got about Godwin Emefiele since the past few weeks is that there was an attempt by some people in the Nigerian Secret Service to obtain an…
