The fiery Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly in Lagos has told former military dicators, Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo that their schemes to oust Yar'Adua in order to regain power and influence will fail. Preaching a message entitled “The King Is Not Yet Dead,” Pastor Bakare declared: "“Evil genius, that which you are doing, do it quickly. None of you will survive your evil plot."
Former military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida is attempting to polish his battered pubic image by drawing a comparison with his friend , boss and beneficiary, General Olusegun Obasanjo. Babangida says Obasanjo's administration has been more corrupt than his.
The administration of President Umaru Yar'Adua, hiding under the veil of the rule of law that precludes thosands of underprivileged citizens in jail without trial, is continuing to protect the most brazen theft of public treasury, heisted by former Governor James Ibori of Delta State. Ibori spent a fortune to put Yar'Adua in power.
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has lambasted former military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, saying he is not fit to be in the gathering of writers whom he hated so much while he was the head of state.
“Democracies in Western Europe are not what we have here, they are strong because the citizens watch them strictly, but we went to sleep after establishing democracy in Nigeria." - Audu Ogbeh, influential politician
