President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has reacted to the judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, saying he welcomed with humility and gratitude to God Almighty from whom all power and authority come, the affirmation by the tribunal that he was duly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the majority of votes lawfully cast in the presidential election of April 21, 2007.The President is gratified that the Tribunal unanimously confirmed his avowed belief that the acknowledged imperfections notwithstanding, he was the winner of the presidential poll, which was conducted in substantial compliance with all relevant laws. He thanked Nigerians who have remained steadfast in their support for his administration as it strives to fulfill its mandate for positive and significant changes in the living conditions of all citizens. The President urged his two valiant opponents in the election who petitioned against its outcome to accept the verdict in goodfaith. His invitation for them to cooperate with him in moving Nigeria forward remains and he calls on them to accept it now in the greater interest of the country. He reaffirms his total commitment to serving Nigeria to the best of his abilities and running a purposeful and result-oriented administration that will yield tangible and visible benefits for Nigerians. The President also reaffirms his commitment to working with all stakeholders to fully address the problems associated with past elections in the country and achieve a positive reformation of Nigeria's electoral system that will ensure that the problems do not re-occur in future. Meanwhile reactions have begun to trail the ruling from all over the country and beyond.

The fact that the Niger Delta region that produces this revenue is one of the poorest regions in the world may be news especially to Nigerians, majority of whom, outside the Niger Delta do not know the situation on the ground. The Niger Deltans out of frustration have resolved to control their own resources (and rightly so) and they are called militants. If demanding what is rightly yours makes you a militant, then should it not be so? Imagine if this crude oil was in Northern Nigeria, will ‘Derivation’ (Resource Control) not be a major factor in revenue sharing in Nigeria.I have decided, wherever possible, to pictorially present my opinions on the Nigerian situation, for a picture represents a thousand words, it graphically brings home to readers the real situation, as it is, on the ground. The real deal.Dear readers below are pictorial representation of the situation in Niger Delta today (Courtesy of BBC Online and www.unitedijawstates.com), the goose that lay the Nigerian golden eggs that are squandered hundreds of miles away from where the goose lays. This is what the Niger Deltans are fighting against and in demanding’ rightly’ for what is rightly theirs, they are called ‘militants’.