 Nov 1, 2007
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|  Re: After Etteh, Yar’Adua Next?
Hi, folks!
Maybe I am naive, or simplistic. But, I keep thinking that, if I was Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (UMY'A), I would publicly acknowledge the flaws in the 2007 general elections, and call for a repeat of the elections at all levels (federal, states, and local government), so as to revalidate the eligibility, or otherwise, of current holders of public offices.
I am sure, with such an approach, it should be possible for UMY'A to decisively win his mandate from Nigerians in a free and fair setting, over and above any of his competitors: Okotie, Buhari, Atiku, Ojukwu, Utomi, Kalu, Bafarawa, et al.
Of course, a key success factor for credible, free, and fair elections in Nigeria is the complete re-engineering of INEC. It should be possible to complete the reformation and transformation of INEC by mid-2008, and have general elections by October 2008, with inauguration in January 2009, signalling the end of the Fourth Republic, and also ushering in the Fifth Republic.
I believe, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua eminently qualifies to be the first president of Nigeria's Fifth Republic. Historically, he would be the second and last president of Nigeria's Fourth Republic if this idea of conducting fresh elections is given serious considerations.
Muchas gracias.
Don Juan-Carlos ABRAXAS (III)
__________________ No matter who writes the history of Nigeria, even if it is Obasanjo's greatest enemy, would you erase the fact that out of 140 million people, God gave him an opportunity to manage this country three times? Can you erase that? Born into a very poor family, in that his village in Ibogun, God gave him the opportunity to be educated, and this Nigerian had the opportunity of running this country three times. It is not by his making!
- Chief (Commodore) Olabode George; BSc (Propaganda); MSc (Ego Massaging); PhD (Advanced Sycophancy)
"We are not in this for money, or for our own personal self. We are a people invested in a cause. And that cause is to liberate our people from abject poverty and deprivation in the midst of plenty." — General (Evangelist) Tompolo of MEND
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