“What are you talking about? Are you defending the nonsense the FG is doing?” || See our top political quotes of the week!

by Emma Chidiogo

It has been another dramatic/eventful week in the political ecosystem of Nigeria. Here, we present to you our top political quotes of the week.

“What are you talking about? Are you defending the nonsense the Federal Government is doing? They breached the law by failing to declare the money that was on-board the plane. Imagine if I was the one that was caught with that amount of money or if it was Mallam el-Rufai (an APC leader)? We would probably be languishing in prison by now.” – National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, reacts to the $9.3m seized by the South African government

“We were together till about 5pm yesterday, (Thursday). But taking his life is not an option. It is not the best. This is irreparable and we have come here to condole with the family. If this other party are sure they are not the one responsible for the killing, they should be courageous enough to come and pay a condolence visit to his family,” – Ekiti governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, challenges Governor Kayode Fayemi to visit family of deceased, former Ekiti State Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, Omolafe Aderiye

Ladies and gentlemen, it is gratifying to see that our story is different today. We have effectively retrieved Anambra State from the gangsters that once drove our great sons and daughters away from home and made it impossible for investors to remember Anambra in their investment plans. We have chased away the enemies who forced our people to do Igba nkwu nwanyi (traditional marriage) in Lagos. – Executive Governor of Anambra State ,Willie Obiano, addresses Ndi Anambra at a security fund raising in Lagos
”Even though Fayose has not assumed office, he has succeeded in taking Ekiti State back to Egypt within a few months of his ‘election’. Not only are Judges being attacked, the kind of killings and chaos that characterized his first time in charge of the state have already started,” – The All Progressives Congress react to the Ekiti crisis

“If the majority of the people decide to choose the weakest among them, or the least competent among them to lead them, the purpose of democracy is fulfilled. They must live with their choices until the next ballot…Should government develop our infrastructure, our economies and let us compete to be the best that we can be? Or should government give us money, rice, kerosene and contracts, once every four years and leave us to fend for ourselves until the next election? We cannot consolidate the norms of democracy without proper values, which are shared. It is only if we believe in the same thing that our methods can be united to achieve it” – Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, advises Nigerians on the choice of candidates in 2015 general elections

“Take away people who left the PDP from the APC, you will have nothing left in the APC. I will fight my own war in PDP, I cannot fight war for the opposition; let them fight their own war. I have been maligned, I have been harassed, but I remain in PDP. I will remain a loyal member of the PDP.” – Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, says PDP is his home

“Nigerians should see me as new Atiku. I was in government the first time from 1999 to 2007 and I always thank my God that it did not continue. I have had a break. That break has enabled me to interact with ordinary Nigerians and know what they want and listen to them. Probably if I had continued and became the president I wouldn’t have been the new Atiku,” – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in a build up to declaring his presidential candidacy ambition

“You see, the way we go about our politics is so funny. What irritates me now is what I see on Television; at the last count, I think somebody was writing in a national paper that they have over 8,000 groups for Jonathan, groups calling on Jonathan to run. I have never seen such an embarrassing thing in my life. Jonathan is a sitting President; he is a member of a political party. You see Pius Anyim, Secretary to Government, saying we have collected 4 million signatures begging Jonathan to come and run; this is a repetition of what happened during the Military – the 1 million man-match. We do not need it now. Have you ever seen a group calling on Obama, please come and run, or on Cameron of the United Kingdom? They just coin all kinds of name, Goodluck to Goodluck, Jonathan to Jonathan, door to door, I mean that is the part of our democracy that we started that is irritating to me.” – Charles Idahosa, Political Adviser to Edo State Governor, is sick of Nigerian politics

“Our decision to return him to the Senate in 2015 is irrevocable. We in Benue State have endorsed the candidature of Mark to return to the Senate. The position of Senator Mark is not contestable. We want him back and there is no question or argument about it.” – Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, wanta David Mark re-elected for Benue South Senatorial district

“Come 2015, APC will be in Aso Rock, but we must be aggressive to drag PDP and its members out of the presidency and indeed, Nigeria. I have the capacity to govern the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I must also make it abundantly clear that the PDP and indeed, President Goodluck Jonathan, cannot defeat me in the forthcoming general election” – Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, calls on President Goodluck Jonathan to start writing down his handover notes

I don’t believe that the north will vote PDP. Simply because PDP has failed everyone in this country. If elected President, 50 per cent of my cabinet will be made up of young people. I will strengthen institutions and make sure that the judiciary ensures prosecutions are seen to their logical conclusion.
APC for me is a bus stop. I’m not leaving for any other party.” – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, reveals plans for Nigeria, if elected president
“I don’t know what went wrong or why eyebrows were raised last week when the paltry sum of $9.3m was discovered by some busybody agents in South Africa after a private jet (alias PJ) from Nigeria landed innocuously. I’m surprised that anyone would dare search such a super executive jet anywhere in Africa where the rich can get away with murder. The story that went viral was that a plane belonging to the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, a man of God, close friend and confidant of our President, university owner, and so on, was pounced upon and searched comprehensively. What impudence!” – Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation International magazine and Politician calls South Africa thinks South Africa is unwise for revealing what was supposed to be concealed $9.3million on CAN president’s PJ to South Africa

Comments (14)

  1. how dare ATIKU declare to run against the ‘messiah’?
    i want to plead for forgiveness from Nigerians over Atikus declaration to run.

  2. All because of next years election! na wa o

  3. Boring. they should sit their asses down. no inspiring quote from them . only to complain

  4. Dele momodu made sense with that speech. I agee with him

  5. weirdos in politcs.

  6. SO, NOBODY KNOWS THE OWNER OF DAT MONEY IN SOUTH AFRICA TILL NOW? HIAN

  7. are this one quotes or nonsense talks. they are all d same.

  8. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.

  9. lol. the man with the first speech dey vex gan. quite funny.

  10. Nigerian politicians sha. na wa ooo!

  11. Why are they thinking Governor fayemi has a hand in that killing.

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