jerseyboy: [s] The final tally of APC 394,684 to PDPs 292,747 might at first seem like a substantial victory. But when you analyze further there might not be much cheer for the APC.

With a damaged candidate that had murder rumor hanging over its head which guaranteed him to lose Ilesha massively. The quality of the PDP candidate affected him across state even in his own strong hold of Ife which he did not carry overwhelmingly. Again many could not get over the Bola Ige murmur. Yet a mere swing of roughly 50,000 votes would have swung the election in his favor. This in the original home state of Bola Tinubu the man born in in Osun state. This was no victory at all for Aregbesola. It actually should call for soul searching. What would have happened if PDP had nominated some one other than Omisore as his flag bearer?. Omisore as the candidate of the PDP allowed Aregbesola and the APC to escape a true referendum of the 4 years of stewardship. The murder of Bola Ige became the subtext of the election.

APC should reflect on why all elections in its 'stronghold of South West are all billed to be tight. Of the 3 left Ogun, Oyo and Lagos, they will be lucky to get 2 of the 3 . I won't put my money on it.

You get the feeling people are not convinced that this is the authentic opposition that Nigeria badly needs to topple PDPs years of poor governance. Why? The difference between PDP and ACN is hypocrisy. A thief is bad enough but a thief and a hypocrite that imposes the yoke of high taxes on you while building a kilometer of road for 1.2 billion Naira is unforgivable. That is the future APC must confront. [/s]

ayukdaboss:
Omisore needed roughly 50,000 votes to win? . Lying bottom.
Ogbeni Rauf won that election with a margin of exactly 101,937
Go back to school OP and stop embarrassing yourself. Dumb post.

oduastates: There is nothing to be afraid about.
The election was heavily rigged for omisore in the Ife axis as PDP tried to run the numbers in those areas.
However they were overwhelmed by aregbesola support.
They knew that they could not push it further as it would have been so blatant that osun would have erupted .
If osun erupts,the SW erupts and the ensuing mayhem would have been too much to contain.
Like I said before, any omoluabi who votes PDP need to get his head checked regardless of whether you hate the governor or not.
For those who are not witty enough,jonathan has achieved what he wanted in osun.He was very eager to congratulate aregbesola .He does not care about omisore and neither does he mean well for the SW .
What he did was to use osun as a trial balloon for 2015.
Remember that he needs 25% of the votes from 2/3 of the states to win the presidential election .
They rigged the election in osun to get that 25 % and 2/3 in 2015 .
So when the election result comes out in 2015,you can be sure that they will manufacture at least 25% of the votes from osun.

oduastates: There is nothing to be afraid about.
The election was heavily rigged for omisore in the Ife axis as PDP tried to run the numbers in those areas.
However they were overwhelmed by aregbesola support.
They knew that they could not push it further as it would have been so blatant that osun would have erupted .
If osun erupts,the SW erupts and the ensuing mayhem would have been too much to contain.
Like I said before, any omoluabi who votes PDP need to get his head checked regardless of whether you hate the governor or not.
For those who are not witty enough,jonathan has achieved what he wanted in osun.He was very eager to congratulate aregbesola .He does not care about omisore and neither does he mean well for the SW .
What he did was to use osun as a trial balloon for 2015.
Remember that he needs 25% of the votes from 2/3 of the states to win the presidential election .
They rigged the election in osun just enough to get that magical 25 % and 2/3 in 2015 .
So when the election result comes out in 2015,you can be sure that they will manufacture at least 25% of the votes from osun.

oduastates: There is nothing to be afraid about.
The election was heavily rigged for omisore in the Ife axis as PDP tried to run the numbers in those areas.
However they were overwhelmed by aregbesola support.
They knew that they could not push it further as it would have been so blatant that osun would have erupted .
If osun erupts,the SW erupts and the ensuing mayhem would have been too much to contain.
Like I said before, any omoluabi who votes PDP need to get his head checked regardless of whether you hate the governor or not.
For those who are not witty enough,jonathan has achieved what he wanted in osun.He was very eager to congratulate aregbesola .He does not care about omisore and neither does he mean well for the SW .
What he did was to use osun as a trial balloon for 2015.
Remember that he needs 25% of the votes from 2/3 of the states to win the presidential election .
They rigged the election in osun just enough to get that magical 25 % and 2/3 in 2015 .
So when the election result comes out in 2015,you can be sure that they will manufacture at least 25% of the votes from osun.

Mynd44: You need to ask how Omisore got those +290,000 votes. Massive and umimaginable rigging?

ayukdaboss:

Omisore needed roughly 50,000 votes to win? . Lying bottom.
Ogbeni Rauf won that election with a margin of exactly 101,937

Go back to school OP and stop embarrassing yourself. Dumb post.

doofanc:

@bolded, that's what they would have us believe, but sorry, I don't buy it for a sec. there might have been irregularities, but certainly not too that scale.

the fact remains if indeed nearly 300,000 Osun citizens felt a political liability like Omisore would do a better job at the State house than the incumbent, in spite if the latter's much vaunted popularity, then APC should indeed be very worried.

this is no landslide.

Mynd44:

If PDP got over 200 thousand votes and
won convincingly in 4 local govts, while APC got over 300 thousand votes and won convincingly in more than 20 Lgs...
We need to think beyond the victory of winning or pains of losing elections and
ask detailed questions.
Is it that there are more people in those 4 LGAs where the PDP won than most of the whole state?

Thinking caps people

ayukdaboss:

Omisore needed roughly 50,000 votes to win? . Lying bottom.
Ogbeni Rauf won that election with a margin of exactly 101,937

Go back to school OP and stop embarrassing yourself. Dumb post.

Chaleeee:
Dumbo, you know you have to subtract that figure from the total vote cast of the winner....the margin will be less than 1500 votes. That definitely calls for a run off. And trust me PDP will win in that circumstance because they now know their weak areas...

Chaleeee:
Dumbo, you know you have to subtract that figure from the total vote cast of the winner....the margin will be less than 1500 votes. That definitely calls for a run off. And trust me PDP will win in that circumstance because they now know their weak areas...

Mynd44:

If PDP got over 200 thousand votes and
won convincingly in 4 local govts, while APC got over 300 thousand votes and won convincingly in more than 20 Lgs...
We need to think beyond the victory of winning or pains of losing elections and
ask detailed questions.
Is it that there are more people in those 4 LGAs where the PDP won than most of the whole state?

Thinking caps people

Mynd44:

If PDP got over 200 thousand votes and
won convincingly in 4 local govts, while APC got over 300 thousand votes and won convincingly in more than 20 Lgs...
We need to think beyond the victory of winning or pains of losing elections and
ask detailed questions.
Is it that there are more people in those 4 LGAs where the PDP won than most of the whole state?

Thinking caps people

Mynd44:

If PDP got over 200 thousand votes and
won convincingly in 4 local govts, while APC got over 300 thousand votes and won convincingly in more than 20 Lgs...
We need to think beyond the victory of winning or pains of losing elections and
ask detailed questions.
Is it that there are more people in those 4 LGAs where the PDP won than most of the whole state?

Thinking caps people

Mynd44: You need to ask how Omisore got those +290,000 votes. Massive and umimaginable rigging?

luvinhubby:
You will do well as a moderator (Umpire) in politics section to tone down your political views expressed on topics, irrespective of where your political alliance leans to. This will help the perception of true intents when doing your mods job.
Just an advice.

Thank me later.

jerseyboy: The final tally of APC 394,684 to PDPs 292,747 might at first seem like a substantial victory. But when you analyze further there might not be much cheer for the APC.

With a damaged candidate that had murder rumor hanging over his head which guaranteed him to lose Ilesha massively. The quality of the PDP candidate affected him across state even in his own strong hold of Ife which he did not carry overwhelmingly. Again many could not get over the Bola Ige murmur. Yet a mere swing of roughly 50,000 votes would have swung the election in his favor. This in the original home state of Bola Tinubu the man born in in Osun state. This was no victory at all for Aregbesola. It actually should call for soul searching. What would have happened if PDP had nominated some one other than Omisore as his flag bearer?. Omisore as the candidate of the PDP allowed Aregbesola and the APC to escape a true referendum of the 4 years of stewardship. The murder of Bola Ige became the subtext of the election.

APC should reflect on why all elections in its 'stronghold' of South West are all billed to be tight. Of the 3 left Ogun, Oyo and Lagos, they will be lucky to get 2 of the 3 . I won't put my money on it.

You get the feeling people are not convinced that this is the authentic opposition that Nigeria badly needs to topple PDPs years of poor governance. Why? The difference between PDP and ACN is hypocrisy. A thief is bad enough but a thief and a hypocrite that imposes the yoke of high taxes on you while building a kilometer of road for 1.2 billion Naira is unforgivable. That is the future APC must confront.

Tolexander: the election in ife axis wasn't rigged at all for Omisore.

luvinhubby:
You will do well as a moderator (Umpire) in politics section to tone down your political views expressed on topics, irrespective of where your political alliance leans to. This will help the perception of true intents when doing your mods job.
Just an advice.

Thank me later.

chukwudi44:

PDDP WON IN 8 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NOT 4.APC WON IN 22 LGA.THAT IS WHY I LAUGH AT THOSE WHO SAY GEJ WOULD NOT GET 25% IN THE SW

ElFenomeno1:

Fu...cking idio...t!

chukwudi44:

PDDP WON IN 8 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NOT 4.APC WON IN 22 LGA.THAT IS WHY I LAUGH AT THOSE WHO SAY GEJ WOULD NOT GET 25% IN THE SW

Demdem:

Ibo boy, so in ur own reasoning Jonathan is the same as omisore?
What do u take the sw for? U think they don't use their brain when voting? U are in for a shocker.

Mynd44:
I am a free born human with opinions of my own first.......then a lot of things before I am a moderator.