Peter Obi of Anambra State impeached, vows to stay put!

Today, state legislators of Anambra State
this morning in Awka, Anam...Read the full article.

[akuluouno]

This another in the series of acts imitating life in our dear country. Nigeria we hail thee.

[Uche Nworah]

Early days yet, follow www.nanka.org (the number Igbo focused website) for regular updates on the Anambra saga

[jibitoye]

Another one bites the dust.

Now my question is … is OBJ going anywhere in 2007 with all this confusion brewing in the states?
One thing though, the Anambra House members are just playing out a script from Abuja in which OBJ and his PDP co-travellers want to assure their victories( ?? ) in all the states in the 2007 elections (if they do hold) by using the power of incumbency to intimidate any form of opposition. Really, it was only a matter of time before the hawks did something about Peter Obi anyways and he seems to have encroached on their (?) territory in Anambra. Our politics stinks!

[Obi]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Chei! Chei! Chei! Chei!

[cdimkpa]

Prof. Babalola Borishade has been dropped as Aviation Minister - Femi Fani-Kayode replaces him

This is the second time OBJ is droping this Borishade guy. Does this suggest the man is cursed with ill-fortune?

[Alley]

what a way of having first Female governor in nja. Who says OBJ na mugu? I think he is at par now with his brother IBB and can be named 'Evil genius'.

God save nigeria from leaders and members of people of deceptive personality, party of detructive people (PDP)

[Zhul- qarnain]

4 Plane crashes in 15 months.

3 Governors in Anambra in 8 months.

2 and half Governors in Ekiti in 4 days.

8 out of 24 members of the HOA in Plateau impeaching gov.

and still counting!

Poli-sojas or Militicians? Which way naijira?

[EezeeBee]

Originally Posted by cdimkpa

Prof. Babalola Borishade has been dropped as Aviation Minister - Femi Fani-Kayode replaces him

This is the second time OBJ is droping this Borishade guy. Does this suggest the man is cursed with ill-fortune?

Hi Cdimkpa, do you have any links to confirm that long-awaited (on my part at least) news?

[techsista]

This is very upsetting news. The reasons given don't seem to warrant impeachment - the man's true "crime" appears to be that he is not a member of the PDP. How does a governor legally fight impeachment in Nigeria (I'm genuinely curious because I don't know)?

[Auspicious]

You are right Techsista; it is quite upsetting to learn that those lawmakers went ahead and impeached Peter Obi. Soul Sista, where you dey? I guess the Madam Legislator you called in Anambra and spoke with the last time lied to you when she said "Oh it's not going to come to an Impeachment - we just want to teach him a lesson". Nah-ahn, it came to an impeachment ooo - a 5am impeachment, just after the 2nd cockcrow! Like thieves, they came under the cover of darkness and carried out their shameful deed.

The current crop of leaders at ALL levels and arms of government in Nigeria is mostly comprised of conscienceless, heartless, buffoons who lucked on power and are bent on having their way at all times. They listen to noone but their greedy hearts. Something keeps telling me, that it will get worse before it gets better in the Motherland. We can only hope it doesn't get too bad...or that the change we hope and pray for will not take too long to come.

Those in power are just taking every innocent Nigerian FOR granted; from the Village to the Towns to the Cities to the States..and at the Federal level. They ignore the rule of law, except when it is in their favor. The Tsunami wave of justice will yet come and sweep all these b******ds away in one hell of a ferocious wave. Let noone be decieved; it can't go on like this forever ke? Since 1960, we have had no respite from the same crop of leaders who hold the nation hostage to their whims and caprices. When justice eventually comes to them, it will come so hard and so fast they wouldn't even know what hit them. Amin, Ase Edumare!

Auspicious.

[cdimkpa]

Originally Posted by EezeeBee

Hi Cdimkpa, do you have any links to confirm that long-awaited (on my part at least) news?

EezeeBee,

Check the second article in the main page. Its also now in the news that Borisade swapped positions with Fani-Kayode
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Deputy Gov Rejects Offer
Posted by admin on 2006/11/2 14:03:38 (105 reads)
By Bamidele Ogunwusi

The woman named by the Anambra House of Assembly to replace Governor Peter Obi, Mrs. Virgy Etiaba has rejected the appointment. She declared today: ''It was a shocking news. I am still in shock. Governor Obi is still my boss''. She turned down the offer in an interview with journalists in Awka today.

If she had accepted the assembly carrot, she would have been from today, the first female governor of a Nigerian state. Dame Etiaba is a teacher, pensioner and widow. She became the deputy governor of Anambra State under the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).She is a Knight of the Anglican Church. Other deputy governors who profited from the impeachment of their bosses are Goodluck Jonathan of Bayelsa state and Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State..

[Son of the Delta]

Anambra should apply for a space in Guiness book of record.

[Abraxas]

Hi, folks!

Where the hell is His Excellency, General (Dim) Chukwuemeka ODUMEGWU-OJUKWU (Ikemba 1 of Nnewi), for fukk's sake? Where the piss is Ohanaeze NdiIgbo? Where the shyte is Arcnitect (Dr.) Alexander EKWUEME (GCON)? Where the fffffffish is Chief Emeka ANYAOKU? Is there no longer any respect for elders in post-Biafra Anambra State? NAwa for Ougadougou! Na wa for Wawaland! Na wa for nwa mkpi!

Muchas gracias.

Don Juan Carlos ABRAXAS (III)
(for, and on behalf of the Internatinal Committee of Concerned Igbophiles)

[MrOneNaija]

WHO WILL DEFEND NIGERIA?

The ultimate question is: Who will defend the democratic aspirations of the people.? NADECO, PRONACO, OHANEZE - remember the pathetic role played by the soi-disant leadership of this outfit in their support of His Eminence Aremu's "term-elongation" scheme? - , the so-called progressives claiming to fight for democracy and human rights in the likes of Gani Fawenhimi, etc., have apparently either remained silent or have actively supported and even canvassed for, like in the case of Fawehinmi, some of the obnoxious illegalities perpetrated by the Obasanjo tyranny.

My position on the coups d'états taking place in the country and possible strategies for opposing these and other atrocities of the Bastard from Ota are contained in my latest article, " A Dancing Tortoise and the State of the Nation ". Here is an excerpt:

Throughout the history of mankind, vicious tyrants and self-important wreckers of the people’s dreams and aspirations have at the appropriate moment been made to pay for their crimes and atrocities against the people. From popular uprisings, armed campaigns to peaceful protest, pressure has often been brought to bear on repressive regimes by those interested in moving their country forward. Ancient tyrannies like the one by the demented Caligula (Emperor of Rome, A.D. 37-41) were sometimes terminated by way of determined resistance or isolated acts of rebellion against the violent tactics which the potentates employed as tools for their mindless subjugation of the people. The assassination of Emperor Caligula by his praetorian guard did put a stop to the mad ruler’s ruthless desecration of revered institutions. Not long ago, the demise of Pakistan ’s autocratic ruler, Zia Ul-Haque, was recorded in violent, if mysterious circumstances – a suspected bomb or missile aimed at his plane. In a note of finality, that suspected act of politically-motivated elimination did deal a fatal blow to one of Asia ’s most ruthless rulers. We must caution here that the dubious weapon of political assassinations is no solution, especially when one considers the fact that it is doubtful that such eliminations of monsters does necessarily lead to qualitatively better change. That said, Nigerians must in our present circumstances resist the temptation of shying away from considering viable, legitimate, and one must insist, democratic ways of tackling the critical danger confronting the country now.

Due to our democratic disposition, we are naturally opposed to a resort to violent means as a way of bringing sanity to the current mess in the land. Of course, I hasten to add that, to paraphrase a popular saying, those who make peaceful change impossible will invariably make violent change inevitable. This is the conundrum one is faced with in Nigeria these days. When a perfidious regime corruptly and violently deploys state structures and resources in the advancement of a personal agenda of self-perpetuation and revanchist scheming, is there any valid justification for expecting that those who are at the receiving end of such illegalities docilely and meekly remain in their corner and submit to the depravities of Obasanjo and his ruthless thugs in places like Anambra and Plateau? We reject violent confrontation but at the same time, must insist that citizens have the right to sufficiently arm themselves against a lawless and violent tyranny like the current Obasanjo misrule which has proven time and time again that it is willing to deploy violence through the criminal use of the police, the army and the SSS to commit untold atrocities against the people. You may call it the enlightened repudiation of terror inflicted by self-serving pols. Or to quote a Nigerian euphemism, “self-help” which is a manifestation of the lack of confidence in institutions that have been terribly debased and desecrated by politicians and their collaborators. It was Governor Orji Kalu of Abia state who only recently did moot this idea of “self-help” as a possible response to the unconscionable harassment – via armed assault - of his mother, amongst other associates, by a wing of Obasanjo’s Gestapo known as the EFCC.

The time for sitting on the fence is over. Any deference to evil-doers will only embolden them. If Nigerians do genuinely want a "better tomorrow", they must immediately imagine bold and concrete steps for taking out the source of their continued suffering. I concur with the Abia state governor, Orji Kalu and Ishaku Ibrahim that the various state executives should constitute a rampart against the rampaging, undemocratic impulses of the current madman of Nigerian politics. The governors should reject as deeply offensive any attempt at blackmail by Obasanjo and his attack dogs. They should especially discard their whining for a more purposeful and robust stand against the militaristic onslaught on Nigerian democracy by the Aso Rock ‘born-again’ tyrant and his henchmen in the likes of Adedibu, el-Rufai, Bode George, Nuhu Ribadu, Chris Uba, Mantu, Ahmadu Ali and Anenih. As I did mention in my article entitled "Driving Nuhu Ribadu Out of Town", the good people of Nigeria should use "every means at their disposal" in the fight against the renewed military occupation of our socio-political spaces. In Plateau, the youths rallied to chase Ribadu and his fellow thugs out of town. Surely, the National Assembly has not done its job as amply demonstrated by their shameful abdication regarding the Ekiti debacle. It should make amends by drawing up articles of impeachment against Obasanjo. This will serve as a serious warning to the imperial king. As for citizens in general, they should realize that they do have a potent weapon in the form of organized peaceful protest. They should be ready to engage in a popular uprising to press their legitimate demands, be it nation-wide or at the level of the various states or cities which should have as objective the democratic termination of the cruel tyranny of Nigeria 's Bokassa. Here, the popular resistance against the former dictator, Babangida, comes to mind.

The recent example by Plateau youths should serve as a welcome warning to characters in the Obasanjo/Mantu mould. Obasanjo and his partners in crime should know that the unpardonable killings of innocent civilians in the pursuit of their evil designs are being documented and that sooner or later, they must be called upon to account for their crimes and atrocities. A special mention must also be made of the destructive role being played by the various state judges, police commissioners, military officers and so-called security agents. They also will be called upon to render accounts to the Nigerian people.

There is nothing to cheer in the nauseating spectacle of state-sponsored criminality and mayhem taking place in locations like Ekiti , Plateau and Anambra. In Ekiti, the forced removal of the governor was carried out by a military invasion of the state capital by Obasanjo’s mercenaries erroneously referred to as the Nigerian army. What happened in Ekiti a few weeks ago was nothing short of a military take-over with a band of corrupt and irresponsible so-called legislators acting as accessories to the crime. And when one hears the clown calling himself Nigeria’s Attorney General shed crocodile tears in the manner of his political master by feigning a condemnation of the illegal removal of the governor and his deputy, he and his boss – master-mind of the perfidy in Ekiti and elsewhere - should be told to shove their contrived lamentation where it would have a most appropriate abode. But an even worse tragedy as far as the Ekiti fiasco is concerned is the undignified and shameless role played by so-called progressive activists in the likes of Gani Fawehinmi. Opportunists of Nigeria’s pro-democracy/pro-human rights militancy would seem to have lost their coherence when they prefer to play petty politics in Ekiti instead of calling a spade a spade and condemning in no uncertain terms the brazen lawlessness that led to the ‘coup d’état’ there. It is sad that the inconsistency and duplicitous disarray of self-proclaimed defenders of human rights are offering a dubious kind of comfort and legitimacy to the illegalities of the Obasanjo regime.

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/...-of-the-n.html

[Nkire]

Abraxas:
Why are you calling out the individuals you listed up there? Is anyone of them elected to any political office? Does the constitution of Nigeria have any specific provisions for the Ikemba or Alex Ekwueme or Emeka Anyaoku or Ohaneze? What authority is granted to them by the constitution of Nigeria or any act of law to affect and shape the instrument of the state? Do they have a separate law enforcement apparatus to arrest the tele-guided and ill-advised Anambra state legislators? What exactly is your basis for calling out these individuals and Ohaneze?

When the governor of Ekiti state was impeached, did you call out Pa Abraham Adesanya or Lateef Jakande or Afenifere to come out and do, what?

May be your answer to these questions should be zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs and haaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaas, you think?

[Mamaput]

Uche Nworah:
The introduction of this "Igbo-focused" or Igbo loving website as a source of updates is at best creepy on your part. You could have introduced Nanka.org in a more decent way. Who cares?

The impeachment of Peter Obi is sad, but don't forget that it was also done by "Igbos" so no need to sneak in any ethnicity here, you should have known better than that!

[cdimkpa]

Originally Posted by Nkire

Abraxas:
Why are you calling out the individuals you listed up there? Is anyone of them elected to any political office? Does the constitution of Nigeria have any specific provisions for the Ikemba or Alex Ekwueme or Emeka Anyaoku or Ohaneze? What authority is granted to them by the constitution of Nigeria or any act of law to affect and shape the instrument of the state? Do they have a separate law enforcement apparatus to arrest the tele-guided and ill-advised Anambra state legislators? What exactly is your basis for calling out these individuals and Ohaneze?

When the governor of Ekiti state was impeached, did you call out Pa Abraham Adesanya or Lateef Jakande or Afenifere to come out and do, what?

May be your answer to these questions should be zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs and haaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaas, you think?

I have had it up to my neck with Abraxas' noise-value and essentially worthless posts here. Therefore Abraxas, in all his vainglory, goes to the thrash can of my ''ignore list'', for that is where these incoherent responses of his belong.

Abraxas! Here we go to the garbage bin. Phew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Auspicious]

Originally Posted by Nkire

Abraxas:
Why are you calling out the individuals you listed up there? Is anyone of them elected to any political office? Does the constitution of Nigeria have any specific provisions for the Ikemba or Alex Ekwueme or Emeka Anyaoku or Ohaneze? What authority is granted to them by the constitution of Nigeria or any act of law to affect and shape the instrument of the state? Do they have a separate law enforcement apparatus to arrest the tele-guided and ill-advised Anambra state legislators? What exactly is your basis for calling out these individuals and Ohaneze?

When the governor of Ekiti state was impeached, did you call out Pa Abraham Adesanya or Lateef Jakande or Afenifere to come out and do, what?

May be your answer to these questions should be zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs and haaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaas, you think?

If I may respond, Nkire...

Those people whom you claimed Abraxas "called out" are supposed leaders of the people, not by virtue of any electoral mandate given to them, but by virtue of their history and position as 'movers and shakers' (who is who) in the society - especially amongst the Ndigbo.

People don't have to be elected representatives in the society before we make appeals to them OR ask what they have done for their society. That is why people like Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and the late Ronald Reagan have been relevant in their society in their lifetimes; that is why Nelson Mandela, despite his age, is still being called up to mediate on issues that affect his society.

That is their way of 'giving back' to the society - mediating and sharing their wealth of experience. People look up to 'elders' like the men Abraxas mentioned earlier in every society..and that was why some of us were impressed that Odimegwu Ojukwu took time to visit Peter Obi in the state house in Awka a fortnight ago, to show solidarity with the embattled Governor. Here's what Ojukwu said:

"Peter, we are not saying that you are the best or that you have never done anything wrong before, no, but..for an outsider to come here and say this is who I want to govern. May cholera consume the person!"

And hopefully, that cholera will soon consume those legislators and the outsiders who are goading them on. So, in light of all above, there is NOTHING wrong is calling upon the elders like Dim Ojukwu or Alex Ekwueme dem, make dem no siddon-look as Things Fall Apart in their neck of the woods. And there is NOTHING wrong with calling on Abraham Adesanya, Olu Falae, Wole Soyinka dem make dem rise to the occassion wen yawa been dey gaz for Ekiti.

In the meantime, rora jare! (Easy jare) Let us quit the unneccessary defensiveness of the we-against-them type. We are in this sh*t together across Nigeria and we should all depend on one another. Nobody is rejoicing over what happened in Anambra, because if or when we do, it just might be the next person's turn to be at the bad end of the stick tommorow. Don't barricade your people into a corner, Nkire. Open up! Nobody hates you folks. Quit the suspicions and embrace others' good intent.

Anyways..zzzzzzzzzzzzzz phew! zzzzzzzzzzz phew! Why, does that bother you? I don't think so.

Auspicious.

[chrisife]

Only God can save Anambra State