What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.

Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria.

If you deceive me once shame on you because I have trusted you once and you have deceived me, if you deceive me twice shame on me because I have learnt my lessons and you have deceive me and if you deceive me for the third time shame on me because am a compound fool.

To feed our people we must first feed our soil