{"id":13539,"date":"2017-03-02T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T11:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13539"},"modified":"2017-03-02T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T11:37:10","slug":"nigerias-looming-power-battle-by-dr-peregrino-brimah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13539","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA\u2019S LOOMING POWER BATTLE by Dr. Peregrino Brimah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Diagnosed with prostatic cancer several years ago as\u00a0leaked medical reports\u00a0from the ABU teaching hospital in Nigeria reveal, Buhari is suffering complications of that diagnoses with \u201cmultiple organs affected\u201d as well as other chronic ailments including Crohn\u2019s intestinal disease as revealed\u00a0in\u00a0media reports.<\/p>\n<p>While the detailed nature of his illnesses are shrouded in secrecy by the presidency cabal and ruling class, there is little question that Buhari is no longer well enough physically and mentally to continue to lead the nation.\u00a0Reuters reported\u00a0that Buhari has been secretly routing his many foreign trips through the United Kingdom to see his physicians since he assumed office. This suggests that his conditions are chronically progressive. His present indefinite stay is an ominous sign. Media reports also suggest the president is having\u00a0speech impairment\u00a0secondary to therapy he is on.\u00a0Speech problems, loss of balance and mental issues are some of the\u00a0side effects of Lupron, a common drug administered to control prostatic cancer disease.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=12546&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, Nigerians must brace for the looming power tussle ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Acting president Yemi Osinbajo is focusing on his job and remaining dedicated to his boss and not in any way entertaining\u00a0interest in the politics ahead. In a recent statement the Vice president loyally promoted a false propaganda message that Buhari was \u201chale and hearty.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>If anything should happen to Acting president Yemi Osinbajo (God forbid) before President Muhammadu Buhari resigns, a new Vice will be chosen by Buhari. While the chances are extremely slim, a desperate cabal might force Buhari to select another northerner as his Vice.<\/p>\n<p>When President Buhari resigns soon as is expected he responsibly will, Professor Osinbajo who hails from Nigeria\u2019s Yoruba South west will become the 5th fourth republic president and 16th leader of the amalgamated nation.<\/p>\n<p>He will be constitutionally required\u00a0to choose a Vice president.\u00a0A week after president Musa Umaru Yar\u2019Adua was reported to have passed, then Vice president Goodluck Jonathan nominated Namadina Sambo as his deputy.\u00a0Stratfor\u00a0described Jonathan\u2019s choice of Namadi Sambo thus: \u201cBy picking Sambo, a relatively unknown politician from northern Nigeria, Jonathan has declined handing the office to the kind of powerful politician that would clearly indicate he is not interested in pursuing his own term as president in the planned 2011 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Stratfor\u2019s analysis on Jonathan\u2019s choice of the former Kaduna state governor may be questioned, the choice of Vice president by Osinbajo will likely inform of a possible 2019 run. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will be expected to send a recognized core northerner as his Vice candidate to the Assembly for approval.<\/p>\n<p>The tradition in Nigeria is for the President and Vice to be from the two major regions, the north and the south, though there is again a core north which excludes northern states in the middle belt like Kwara, and the Boko Haram-torn Kanuri north east\u00a0which are not catchment areas of the northern mafia political cabal. This core north is limited to a hand full of states where hausa-Fulani are concentrated. These states include, Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Zamfara, Kebbi and Jigawa\u00a0all in the north west precisely. The other states are embraced by the core north for population-based power matters but not in shared leadership or even prosperity and security.\u00a0The two most recent northern presidents\u00a0have hailed from the same state, Katsina. That\u2019s late Yar\u2019Adua and Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>While majority of Nigerians do not care about power rotation and are only hungry for good leadership, Nigeria\u2019s tribalistic northern mafia and the cabal at the presidency care more about retaining power than the quality of candidate occupying the office, a\u00a0survival instinct of all\u00a0cabal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sirka, Dambazzau<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minister of Aviation, billionaire Hadi Sirika who hails from Katsina state and\u00a0Abdulrahman Dambazau, the Minister of Interior from Kano state are two top contenders expected to be pushed forward by the cabal at the presidency in attempt to maintain their grip on power.<\/p>\n<p>A part of the image tarnishing \u201cnepotism\u201d record of president Muhammadu Buhari, Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika is said to be president Buhari\u2019s nephew.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">SSS agent cleans Danbazzau\u2019s shoes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cShine-my-shoe\u201d Dambazzau is notorious for having\u00a0amassed millions of dollars during his military service and has luxury\u00a0properties worth millions of dollars\u00a0around the world. President Buhari has been strongly criticized and has had his \u201cintegrity\u201d reputation challenged for having\u00a0excluded Minister Dambazzau\u00a0from a military arms probe final report in which he was indicted. It is unlikely stringent lawyer and pastor Yemi Osinbajo will choose any of these two presidency cabal preferred controversial and tainted candidates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tambuwal, el-Rufai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other contenders for the Vice president slot include Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal and Kaduna state governor Nasir el-Rufai. Tambuwal, a former PDP member has been serially implicated in corruption cases. Recently he was\u00a0accused\u00a0in the padding the Niger Delta Amnesty budget\u00a0to the tune of N1 billion in a lawsuit filled by Chibudom Nwuche, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. A charge he\u00a0denied. Last December Tambuwal\u2019s daugher wed the son of Katsina billionaire, Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal,\u00a0Chairman of Max Air and famously regarded as Nigeria\u2019s #1 smuggler,\u00a0recently implicated\u00a0in massive currency smuggling across west Africa to the\u00a0middle east and beyond.\u00a0Buhari\u00a0was represented by the leader of the FGN delegation\u00a0and AGF Malami\u00a0at the wedding. In summary, Tambuwal is the cabal.<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna governor Nasir el-Rufai was picked up by the Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC on several charges for his conduct while he was minister of the Federal Capital. He was\u00a0arraigned\u00a0in May of 2010. His\u00a0cases\u00a0remain open.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73144\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiss of death el-Rufai<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Renowned for his kiss, or\u00a0<em>kneel-of-death<\/em>,\u00a0Kaduna state governor who appeared to indicate his interest in the position while\u00a0rejecting being part of the cabal at the presidency\u00a0is currently under\u00a0investigation at the International Criminal Court, ICC for his involvement\u00a0by self-admission\u00a0in a radical, massive state orchestrated massacre and the secret burial of hundreds of Nigerian citizens in Kaduna in December of 2015. Attorney Yemi Osinbajo currently coasting on the edges of being implicated in the\u00a0globally condemned\u00a0atrocities the Buhari government is enmeshed in can be guaranteed not to further appraise the implicated, embattled state governor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saraki<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of chatter about Senate president Bukola Saraki. The Buhari presidency and APC top guns had vehemently opposed Saraki\u2019s emergence as senate president. It is said that among the reasons was his proximity to the nation\u2019s top job. A northern candidate was pushed forward for the Senate presidency but Saraki out-manipulated the party leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Bukola Saraki is described to be salivating at the possibility of becoming Nigeria\u2019s president. This is perhaps the closest he may ever come to being Nigeria\u2019s president. The nation\u2019s #2 in line, he will default as the president if any thing happens to Vice president Yemi Osinbajo (God forbid). There is reliable evidence from multiple sources, of Saraki lobbying strongly for the north to accept him as their representative for the nation\u2019s top job over Yemi Osinbajo. While from the north technically, as stated above, the \u201ccore north\u201d uses other northern states for mere population power while never considering sharing \u201cnorthern power\u201d\u00a0privileges\u00a0with them. Saraki hails from Kwara state in the middle belt north.<\/p>\n<p>A pathway for Saraki which many who claim links to his inner caucus relay\u00a0as on the table includes\u00a0extreme options like the impeachment of Yemi Osinbajo\u00a0before the Assembly approves of his Vice President nominee. It is in Saraki\u2019s hands as Senate president to approve of Yemi Osinbajo\u2019s nominee for the Vice presidency after a candidate is selected. If any catastrophic\u00a0event (God forbid) should happen to Yemi Osinbajo during the days after Buhari resigns and before a Vice president is approved, Bukola Saraki becomes Nigeria\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service Chiefs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During former president Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s days as acting president, Nigeria\u2019s service chiefs showed preferential stakes in his assumption of full control of power. They backed him in his quest to become the president and contest for re-election under the PDP umbrella. The situation is quite different this time. While in contrast to the challenges Jonathan faced, president Muhammadu Buhari honorably surrendered power to Acting president Yemi Osinbajo before setting out for his 18-day medical leave, the Vice president does not enjoy the loyalty and support of the service chiefs as did Jonathan.\u00a0This was recently\u00a0demonstrated in the unusual declaration of allegiance to president Muhammadu Buhari as against to the Federal republic of Nigeria in a security briefing at Aso rock today.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of defense, Masur Ali on behalf of the chiefs\u00a0declared, \u201cOn behalf of the armed forces and other security agencies, we pledge our total commitment and loyalty to the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is there a question to which this attestation\u00a0was the answer? It is puzzling and my little expertise does not proffer me an answer to that irregular demonstration. At the least it confirms that the nation is in a trying time and there is a question and charge\u00a0to openly declare and prove loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>In what ways may the service chiefs in a nation with a record of military take-overs, protect the life of the Acting president or\u00a0threaten the constitutional transfer of power? This is left to be determined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Suggestion To Osinbajo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is my cosmopolitan suggestion and nothing more. If Acting president Yemi Osinbajo continues to show he is not a cabal, not a filthy politician and just the devoted proficient and efficient, nationalistic\u00a0workaholic he has proven to be, with the intention and know-how to break boundaries and barriers, listen to and respect the people and take Nigeria to the promised land as\u00a0Washington Post\u00a0among other\u00a0local\u00a0and foreign media have already observed in just under 40 days of unsupervised top leadership capacity; Osinbajo should contest in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>To do so, the Acting president will need to make some radical decisions. Firstly he needs to protect his life from the cabal at the presidency. This can be achieved by the very extreme measure of selecting an unconventional Vice president. A totally a-political, honest, morally and spiritually upright, non conventional young northerner with no alliances would make a good choice. Someone the cabal do not know and cannot count on any more than they can count on Yemi Osinbajo. But even more determinedly and radically, Osinbajo can abandon the unconstitutional north-south pairing tradition and choose an Igbo progressive mind to be his Vice. The northern mafia will never sacrifice Osinbajo for any of these two.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Osinbajo needs to seriously get rid of Bukola Saraki. His state, Kwara and Nigeria at large are tired of this man. Osinbajo should move like Obasanjo\u2026perhaps withdrawing the corrupt Senate president\u2019s security detail and applying other means to expedite his suspension and prosecution for financial crimes against Kwara state and Nigeria as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>As far as 2019 goes, Professor Osinbajo can consider running on an entirely new party platform as weary Nigerians have little hope in PDP and reformed-PDP aka APC. I believe strongly that Nigerians will stand behind a proven progressive candidate and with God working His miracles, nothing is impossible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayers For Buhari\u2019s Quick Recovery And Resignation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While we pray for Buhari\u2019s miraculous recovery to good health to enjoy his old age in retirement, we can no longer pretend and hope for his return to the helms of power. This latest indefinitely prolonged leave of absence with the mixed controversial and dishonest messages alternating\u00a0from \u201chale and hearty,\u201d to \u201cnot critically ill or admitted,\u201d destroy any confidence Nigerians have in his physical capacity and cognitive ability to remain in power and in control of his agencies and cabinet. Nigeria cannot afford to have another puppet propped up in power while a mafia pull the stings according to their personal, unholy agenda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On a final note: the cabal plot and plan and activate their evil machinations. While God is the Chief plotter, the masses must not wait, arms folded. We too must have a dream of our promised land and maintain clear focus while making our rules and plots and plans to get there.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Buhari-and-Tinubu.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13498\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Buhari-and-Tinubu-300x201.jpeg\" alt=\"Buhari and Tinubu\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Buhari-and-Tinubu-300x201.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Buhari-and-Tinubu-272x182.jpeg 272w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Buhari-and-Tinubu.jpeg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/market.jumia.com.ng\/computers-laptops-gaming\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=b364e0f2&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=b364e0f2\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/b364e0f2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=b364e0f2\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diagnosed with prostatic cancer several years ago as\u00a0leaked medical reports\u00a0from the ABU teaching hospital in Nigeria reveal, Buhari is suffering complications of that diagnoses with \u201cmultiple organs affected\u201d as well as other chronic ailments including Crohn\u2019s intestinal disease as revealed\u00a0in\u00a0media reports. 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