The fury of the men gathered for the press conference in an uptown Ikeja restaurant was obvious. Among them were some of the pre-eminent professionals of the Ukwa Ngwa area of Abia State. A former president of the Senate, Senator Adolphus Wabara, was at the middle of what was designated as the high table. Others included retired bureaucrats and politicians.

GUBERNATORIAL candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, has rejected the result of the April 11 gubernatorial election, saying he was heading to the tribunal to challenge the outcome of the election he alleged was characterized by massive rigging by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

As the lifespan of the present Jonathan presidency gradually inches closer to its end, chroniclers of history will be anxious to start the interrogation (or is it inquisition?) of the administration in terms of whether it has impacted positively or otherwise on both the fortunes of nation and those of the citizenry.

Another writer confidently claimed that Buhari’s unprecedented fourth attempt at the presidency was borne out of a strong desire to contribute to the well being of Nigerians: that was why he endured all the “mudslinging and outrageous insults directed at his person” without complaints and retaliation

Had Jonathan won the March 28 presidential election, he would have been among one of the South- South leaders to be victimized. He knows and confesses it. According to him, he gave everything to make sure his party’s (All Progressives Congress, APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, win the election.