THE BRINK OF WAR, BEHIND THE SCENES, THE BLOOD BATH THAT WAS STOPPED, THE MAN ABACHA, IBB, LIES, INTRUIGES, BETRAYALS, COURAGE, SUSPENCE AND MANY MORE….
This is not fiction, but a true life story from the man who witnessed it first hand. Action packed like a Tom Clancy’s novel. This is one thread that should not be ignored because of its lenght, so it is my hope that you all would read this and maybe learn something from it, because it is our history, a very dark one I must say. It took some time to collect these materials, now its here for your reading pleasure. Enjoy....Kham
A Simple letter started this dark story that people wanted to hear but nobody wanted to tell cos most are too afraid to speak out!
THE LETTER THAT STARTED STARTED IT ALL
Seek proper understanding of the Lord and purge yourself of pagan beliefs, Abubakar Umar tells Obasanjo The text of an open letter by retired Army Colonel, Abubakar Umar to President Olusegun Obasanjo[/b]
The continuation of part 1 http://www.naijarules.com/vb/khamile...ng-pt-1-a.html
This has impacted adversely on the employment rate. The Naira has lost more than 50 per cent of its value in the last four years. There is little evidence to show that the economy is being diversified, the media hype about telecommunications notwithstanding. The apparent success recorded in that sector is more than offset in macroeconomic terms by the massive daily outflow of our scarce foreign exchange through the purchase of recharge cards, which could easily be manufactured in Nigeria. Your government thus resembles one giant multinational oil company even though its sisters are better managed. The social service sector has faced worse neglect. Most tertiary institutions here remained closed for well over two years of your first term. Education is apparently not one of your government's priorities. At this rate, it will take about 10 years for a university student to graduate. Very soon, this country will resort to the import of professionals just as we are about to do with farmers from Southern Africa. Our hospitals have since declined from their consultancy status to mortuaries.
At this rate, those hospitals will adopt traditional methods of healing since our universities are likely to lose their accreditation to train doctors and paramedical staff due to poor funding. Nigerians, you must be told, have never experienced this level of social distress and dislocation. Over 70 per cent of Nigerians have fallen below the poverty line, thanks to your inhuman policies. Due to mismanagement, your government is always short of funds even though the price of oil has consistently been well above the budgeted figures. Your response has always been to devise an easy way out by further taxing an already over burdened citizenry. While the payment of salaries and pensions, including those of ex-servicemen whose contributions have made it possible for you to claim a civil war hero's status, have remained haphazard, your government has engaged in the extravagance of hosting worthless jamborees.
Your deregulation and monetization policies are premised on wrong assumptions and what I will term as management escapism. Mr. President, I must be bold to tell you that nobody believes in your anti-corruption war anymore. In fact, many now find your exhortations as a plain insult to their intelligence. Although you claim to have deployed weapons of mass destruction against corruption, Nigeria has sunk to the position of second most corrupt nation in the world for two years running. It was 27th under Abacha and this is for those who are interested in comparisons. Although corruption is fast trickling to the lowest levels of government, over 50 per cent of it occurs in the presidency as "The Western press," which is so mindful of its professional image in spite of your toadying to their home governments, so readily testify. Your family may frequent the courts in trying to absolve itself of wrongdoing, but it has to deal with people's impressions.
The shabby treatment which you meted to the former acting Auditor-General of the Federation, for having the audacity to do his job with professional integrity and the opacity of your privatization exercise all testify to the cynicism with which you regard the anti-corruption war. In the few instances where your government has prosecuted people for corruption, they invariably turn out to have political disagreements with you. The fact that the church has recently officially take over the anti-corruption crusade is enough evidence of the abysmal failure of your government in this regard. Now to your re-emergence in the 2003 elections. It is well known that the PDP Presidential primaries were characterised by manipulation, settlement, and intimidation. Who does not know that the numbering of ballot paper was done in such a way that it was possible to identify states' and even individual's preferences? Who has not heard of the president's nocturnal visits to PDP state governors, of course escorted by cash carriers or bullion vans?
Contracts for long neglected roads and construction of dams were haphazardly signed in the corridors of Aso Rock. I will not comment on the presidential election results since the case is subjudice. Suffice it to say that both domestic and international observers have declared the election as flawed and the mandate that brought this government to power is not the mandate of the people given in accordance with the Constitution and the Electoral Law. The conclusion is plausible in view of your dismal performance in the first term. The danger, which this precedent has set in the political history of the Fourth Republic, will be made manifest in future. If we accept in our political philosophy the view of Mr. Fasheun, one of your most prominent apologists, that rigging is no longer reprehensible per se so long as the rigger is "one of our sons," I wonder the kind of democracy we are heading for in this country. I hope that the others who fought for democracy as I did, and who were given the increasingly meaningless title "heroes of democracy" are equally reflecting on this point. A person who commits error and realises his folly is easier to correct. But he who does not understand or refuses to accept when he is wrong becomes incorrigible.
This is dangerous where such a person is the leader of a nation. It is worse when the person believes that he is divinely guided. Unlike what many critics believe, Nigeria is not degenerating into a one-party state but rather into a one-person malevolent dictatorship. It is now evident that you must be in the President's good books to survive economically and politically. No one no matter how talented or hardworking can be successful in business unless he tows government's or the President's line. While dubious cronies and sycophants are making a killing, honest hard working Nigerians are being frustrated out of business. God helps any person who dares cross your cronies either in business or in politics. We are painfully and helplessly watching how one of your godsons is gleefully demonstrating his political clout in Anambra State. It is only a matter of time before Governor Ngige is chased out of power if he is lucky to escape with his life. This of course is with your tacit support. Were it not for public pressure, Iyiola Omisore would be sitting at the Senate if not in your cabinet. While some of us will certainly end up in jail between now and 2007, the Bode Georges who have learnt well how to massage your ego will collect more national honors, the Nigerian Ports Authority probe notwithstanding.
I must, however, warn you Mr. President that when a person continues to show signs of prosperity in spite of his many transgressions, he gets tempted to become reckless and heedless as he attributes his seeming success to God's support and approval. Such a person is condemned to indulgence. But for those that fully understand the Lord's ways, they know that it is simply a long rope given by the Lord. The Moslems identify this as ISTIDIRAJI. For as long as what you sow is what you reap, there is a just reward for all actions, no matter how long it takes. The wise one will always reflect and atone while the hypocrite will use it to demonstrate his closeness to God and imagine that his exterior is a reflection of his interior virtues when it is not so. All these are also reflected in the Holy Bible, which you are so fond of quoting. I believe you need the service of your good friend Archbishop Mbang. He needs to constantly remind you of the import of Mathew 6:4, which says, "your father, who sees what is done in secret will reward you." I am also sure that you have come across Mathew 15:7-9, which says "you hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesised about you; "those people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by man."
Mr. President, I beseech you to return to the Lord God. It seems you have parted ways since your merciful release from the prison. Today, while your flock is suffering on account of your bad leadership, you are busy attributing your misdeeds to the good Lord. Those of us, who are able to discern, know that you are mistaking the devil for the Lord. Sooner than later, he will fight back by disowning you. But before that happens, it is incumbent upon us as your loyal citizens to warn you to seek peace with God. May the good Lord deliver us. Once again, Happy New Year Mr. President. Mr. President, I must be bold to tell you that nobody believes in your anti-corruption war anymore. In fact, many now find your exhortations as a plain insult to their intelligence. Although you claim to have deployed weapons of mass destruction against corruption, Nigeria has sunk to the position of second most corrupt nation in the world for two years running. It was 27th under Abacha and this is for those who are interested in comparisons A person who commits error and realises his folly is easier to correct. But he who does not understand or refuses to accept when he is wrong becomes incorrigible. This is dangerous where such a person is the leader of a nation. It is worse when the person believes that he is divinely guided. Unlike what many critics believe, Nigeria is not degenerating into a one-party state but rather into a one-person malevolent dictatorship
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