chukwudi44:

The elections would surely hold and GEJ would be returned as winner after that you may decide to commit suicide

Do not threaten us with violence as no one has a monopoly over violence. If southerners are killed in the north, expect reprisals down south.

Ornithological specimens of identical plumage tend to aggregate in close
proximity.Are you happy with the heating up everywhere?With your untrivial acumen,you need cranium Restructing!

horlarkunle:

but that is another cluelessness i presume... the mad man that dances all thru the midnight should not forget that it will soon dawn on him....

U may not understand understand my comment cos it has a deeper meaning
Apc felt like dey can rig d elections on 14th right but d plan has fail

NgeneUkwenu:


He is just a useless man, who will NEvER end well!

I wonder how some people reason o. Look at yourself and that of Jonathan, which is better? Keep lamenting on Nl,you hear. You can't fight an incumbent. It just the bitter truth.

NgeneUkwenu:


He is just a useless man, who will NEvER end well!

c ds slot ooo na so u de tlk to ur papa shabi....no go find costomer....nxt

Says who

SeverusSnape:

You sound pained, I must have touched a nerve. I'll keep on saying the truth whether you and your ilk likes it or not. The truth is bitter, but you must chew it
By the way, If you're the one on your profile, you look like a pig.(no offense)....SeverusSnape despises pigs!

You are just foolish.

AreaFada2:
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You know in 9ja, na gra-gra people dey call clever. That's why even smaller countries like Ghana, Botswana frequently outsmart us in international appointments and many more. They use cunning & subtle tactics while we go about it grandstanding and beating our chest.

Naso
Apc are d ones heating up d politic but dey are not seeing wot their actions is doing to d country
Gej dont need to fight but show dem dat all d plans to rig by apc is well known to him
So Prostponing d elections is a calculated move by Gej but pple will still think he is fool or clueless
others will say he is desperate but everything he has done is still within d structure of d constitution
I wonder y Apc are so desperate for d elections to be hold on 14

braine:
You are just foolish.

You're just useless. Goat.

One thing the APC has successfully done is to tell us about 1 million pple that attended their rallies mean all Nigerians are yearning for a change only guaranteed in a Buhari Presidency.

All their supporters have remained so confident like we got the votes already forgetting that over 60 Million voters are out there.

They have called everyone who opposes their change view with some passion like in a war situation. From responses by the Top contenders, one cannot but see through why this is the prevalent issue.

Postponement of election will amount to Coup - Buhari
Elections are between Brothers and Sisters - GEJ

From the above, one can see and feel the most desperate of the two.

During the signing of accord by the political parties, Buhari commented that 'It is impossible to take power from the ruling party Legitimately' while Jonathan stated that Nigerin needs to embrace a system that discourages 'Winner takes it all' and he preaches inclusive government as much as possible (this I believe was why he called all the opposition for way forward after 2011 elections)

I am worried that Fashola insists that elections must go on when less than 40 percent of Lagosians have their PVCs. The same with Rochas too. They were all happy because the North already have the highest number of voters with PVCs and as such GMB will simply win the election.

Nigerians now have a new power (freedom to express our views) and we better use it to our advantage by giving suggestions to government rather than bringing it all down.

No matter the President, a populace with our attitude might not get the best out of our political space.

In my opinion, Nigeria is 'Work in Progress' and we will POSSIBLY not be talking about all these if we had practised democracy since 1979 till date but instead of defending democracy, it was scuttled.

This postponement will calm nerves and we hope the two major contenders will preach more of peace, peace and peace.

If this election does not collapse this country it will remain small

Both change and tranformation which one have we seen?

Is it lagos state that work is been centralised only on the island? Before u ask me how?, come to Alimosho and confirm atleast it's one the lcda with highest-population, at the federal level, even with all the noise about agriculture, yet we still pay high to feed. This administration has done lot that our economy is so good, still one dollar is 210,. We cant vouch for a 3 straight hours power supply and these people are coming to tell us Nigeria will be transform in 4 years, whilst you had good 6 years, which is much more enuf to transform most sector in Nigeria.


Your vote is your power, Vote wisely
.

I hope JonaTAN is not the one saTAN wants to use to bring about the evil prophecy on NIGERIA in 2015. He's really walking the path by his despiration, Oh Lord save our land.

I still dont understand the reason for all these write ups that are instigating hate against the Government.INEC didnt shift the hand over date from May 29th to a later date,they only shifted the date of election to a date which is still within the acceptable limits(meaning there is a provision for postponement of election in our constitution)in our constitution. If anyone is to be blamed i think it should be Jega Because of his conduct during the announcement(he was trying to shift blame)and he wanted to go on with the election at the detriment of up to 23million Nigerians who are yet to get their PVC's. Enough of all these Biased Journalism! Please dont stick to one source if you really want to understand what is happening in Nigeria.

teadrake:
Ornithological specimens of identical plumage tend to aggregate in close
proximity.Are you happy with the heating up everywhere?With your untrivial acumen,you need cranium Restructing!

tell that to ur Dictator who just promised a coup yesterday

Another trash from punch

Come march 28 we will march for GEJ the training has already begun*****#ForwardMarch*****

NgeneUkwenu:


Are you this jobless? You appear on every thread to spew hateful words and jargons? Take this life easy!

And you that is not jobless follow him to every thread to observe him right?


We can see how busy you are.

enkay0525:
I wonder how some people reason o. Look at yourself and that of Jonathan, which is better? Keep lamenting on Nl,you hear. You can't fight an incumbent. It just the bitter truth.

Help me tell her
Even d situation on ground do not favour d apc if only Nigerians will open their eyes
Look at apc, all past criminals disturbing dis country are all in Apc
The cabals has form another party called APC
Nigerians should wise up
over d yrs there has bn changes in d pdp and with d looks of things its far better than d Apc
Gej has change d structure of pdp

doctokwus:

Perception counts a lot in the affairs of men.
You must admit GEJ and the service chiefs made a very wrong move when they clearly showed their hands.The punch editorial only asserted the perception on the minds and lips of all sane Nigerians; that its a calculated attempt to perpetuate gej in power one way or the other.
If u were to be honest and forgetting your sycophancy and banter here;if gej is to be returned as winner,would people not read meaning into it.
By using this mischief,gej has clearly shown his intentions,the damage has been done by his team,there is no way of turning back the clock that he can never ever have any kind of legitimacy again.The supporters that egged him on caused all this and now the only legitimate and acceptable outcome wud be a buhari victory.Its no call to violence,but a dispassionate analysis of what the shift in date has caused and the editorial affirms same.Q.E.D

Would APC have been comfortable if the PVC collection stattistics were reading NW 50%,NE 45% NC 70% SW 70% SE 87% SS 90%

Under such conditions would they have insisted on elections? If you listen to call-in programmes on rdio and Television you will hear people crying ou their hearts about their futile efforts to collect their PVCs.Jega has bundled this election and the way it is now ,the era of free and fair elections is al gone,it is now time to play dirty

princemillla:
Both change and tranformation which one have we seen?
Is it lagos state that work is been centralised only on the island? Before u ask me how?, come to Alimosho and confirm atleast it's one the lcda with highest-population, at the federal level, even with all the noise about agriculture, yet we still pay high to feed. This administration has done lot that our economy is so good, still one dollar is 210,. We cant vouch for a 3 straight hours power supply and these people are coming to tell us Nigeria will be transform in 4 years, whilst you had good 6 years, which is much more enuf to transform most sector in Nigeria.
Your vote is your power, Vote wisely
.

I don't know about your area but in mine power is assured from 1.am midnight to 7:30 am which for me is perfect tanxs to the hot weather

itetemi:




OMINIOUS clouds gathering above the country thickened on Saturday night when the Independent National Electoral Commission, bowing to executive and security blackmail, postponed by six weeks the general election earlier scheduled to begin on February 14. To the dismay of Nigerians and the consternation of the international community, the military and the entire security community joined in the conspiratorial schemes of the Presidency and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to frustrate the electoral process and push Nigeria once more to the brink.

But Nigerians should learn from our inglorious past and take a resolute decision to resist a fresh descent into contrived crises by a decadent cabal.

A collective gasp of disappointment greeted the announcement by a flustered Attahiru Jega, Chairman of INEC, shifting the presidential and National Assembly elections to March 28 and the state governorship and legislative polls to April 11. They had earlier been scheduled for February 14 and 28 respectively.

Jega’s anguish can only be imagined. While he had consistently said that the commission was ready for the polls, the security agencies, led by the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and the service chiefs, forced his hand by writing to INEC to declare emphatically that troops and other security personnel would not be provided if the elections went on as planned. According to them, all military assets would be concentrated, for the next six weeks, on tackling the insurgency in the North-East zone. Though couched under security concerns, the military’s action was, in fact, nothing but mischief.

Everyone saw it coming since the conspirators lacked the subtlety to disguise their intentions. It was the ineffective NSA that first gave official voice to whispers of the sinister moves against the elections when, at a forum organised in London by Chatam House, he suggested the shifting of the polls. Then followed forceful calls for postponement from the PDP, rented crowds of protesters and some “briefcase” political parties. President Goodluck Jonathan revealed his soiled hands when Doyin Okupe, his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, declared that it was “impossible” for security chiefs to guarantee security. Acting out the nefarious script, Edwin Clark, Femi Okurounmu, Chukwuemeka Ezeife and Alex Ekwueme, elders, acting in the name of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly, bizarrely urged the arrest of Jega.

Worried, American President, Barack Obama, dispatched his Secretary of State, John Kerry, to Jonathan to lend his weight to calls by the opposition and other Nigerians that the polling dates should stay. Hiding behind a finger, Jonathan only made a woolly statement to the American diplomat that the May 29 swearing-in date “is sacrosanct.” Nigerians, who have endlessly been treated to political chicanery in the past, from the subversion of the constitution in the defunct Western Region in the First Republic to the brazen rigging of the 1983 elections and the manoeuvring that culminated in the June 12, 1993 electoral debacle and the brutal Sani Abacha dictatorship that followed, are bracing for another round of crises. They are not deceived.

Insurgency has been raging in the North-East for five years. Under the watch of Sambo and the current service chiefs, our military have become the laughing stock of Africa. They have been taking beating after beating from Boko Haram terrorists in the three affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. But Iraq, even at the height of its raging civil war, held several elections. Afghanistan, when Taliban insurgents controlled some of its territory, held elections back-to-back.

Syria, embroiled in a brutish civil war, successfully held a presidential poll in 2014. With the Crimean peninsula forcibly annexed by Russia and rebels controlling Donetsk and other regions, Ukraine still held, first, a presidential and, months later, parliamentary elections. Using the excuse of fighting insurgency in parts of three states to deny the 36 states of the federation and a federal territory elections as scheduled is fraudulent. In those countries cited, extraordinary security and massive deployment of troops were enough to guarantee credible polling.

In any case, Sambo and the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, had earlier emphatically assured the nation of adequate security arrangements for the elections. Besides, when he first called for a postponement, Sambo not only re-echoed this assurance, he restricted himself to the need for more time to distribute the 68.83 million permanent voter cards. The security joker he and the service chiefs pulled is widely recognised as a mischievous afterthought. By February 5, said Jega, 45,839,808 PVCs had been collected – about 66.58 per cent of the total – while INEC had extended the collection window to February 13 and many states had declared holidays to enable voters to collect theirs. The Council of State – an advisory body – had also met and recommended sticking to the February 14 date.

Jonathan and the security chiefs are toying with Nigeria’s destiny. We regard the military interference as a deliberate plot hatched with the connivance of the Presidency and the PDP to frustrate the elections. There is a very dangerous convergence between the military and the partisan interests of Jonathan. The actions of the military are provocative and Badeh, the Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah and others are unwisely enmeshing the security forces in politics. The Army had already allowed itself to be dragged into the certificate affair where it did not mind being used to embarrass one of its own, a former commander-in-chief to boot, Muhammadu Buhari, as it bent to the partisan whims of the ruling party.

One grave implication of the military’s blackmail is that the sole authority invested in INEC by law to conduct elections at a time of its own choosing has been hijacked by the security forces and, by implication, the Presidency, to whom the service chiefs report. All it now takes for the military and the police to annul an election date is to refuse to provide security as they are legally bound to do.

Jonathan’s desperation is leading him to a dangerous zone that neither he nor those egging him on can predict the outcome.

Under him, impunity has become monstrous. We cannot ignore the conspiracy theories flying around if only because the blackmail against INEC has proved unerringly accurate, even to the last detail of the military denying INEC security cover. We strongly advise those plotting to subvert or manipulate the 1999 Constitution in order to rig elections, derail them or arrange tenure elongation as being alleged, to desist forthwith in the interest of this country.

Similar plots and subversion of the popular will by the trio of Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa and Ladoke Akintola (1965/66) in the old Western Region; Ibrahim Babangida (1993), using the infamous Association for Better Nigeria and the courts; and Sani Abacha (1993-1998), using five pseudo parties dismissed by the late Bola Ige as “five leprous fingers” ultimately failed, but plunged the country into prolonged crises, atrophying development and consuming hundreds of Nigerians in blood-soaked turmoil. Jonathan should, for once, demonstrate an awareness of history, avoid ignominy by pulling back from this dangerous track, and allow the electoral process to go on unhindered.

Can the military fix the Boko Haram insurgency in six weeks? What if they still refuse to provide security after this period? In a country where elections are warfare, police and military assistance is crucial, more so in the North-East where terrorists are reported to have captured 130 villages and towns.

Also worrisome is the implication of having elections close to the constitutional swearing-in date of May 29. The ingenuity of INEC and the parliament in fixing elections early to allow enough time for any hitches and litigation is now threatened. It returns us to the days when an election rigger could be sworn in and, thereafter, deployed state resources to defend the stolen mandate. Allegations of military partisanship in the recent Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections raise fresh fears of the abuse and misuse of the instruments of coercion.

Nigerians should not be deceived; we are in the grip of a ruthless, power-hungry and infinitely corrupt cabal that appears ready to do anything to have its way. The June 12 struggle may be a child’s play compared to the unfolding sinister manoeuvres. Jonathan is so enamoured of power that he fails to see the danger of excessive exposure to politics by a military that usurped power for 28 of the 55 years of Nigerian independence.

But in this modern world, the people are not helpless. The lessons from Tunisia, Egypt, Ukraine and Thailand are that citizens can peacefully assert their sovereignty and insist on having a say in how they are governed. We are paying a very high price for our complacency and impunity has run riot.

All stakeholders should raise their voices against the insidious military encroachment on INEC’s remit with the active connivance of the authorities that cannot weigh the consequences of their desperate ambitions. Civil society groups – those that have not been bought over – should wake up from their slumber, while every Nigerian should demand accountability, free and fair elections and a professional, non-partisan military.











http://www.punchng.com/editorials/poll-shift-averting-the-looming-darkness/

Nice piece but incomplete. The article made no mention of the clandestine and wicked plan of sacking Jega and installing a PDP stooge by the name of Mimiko. A junior brother to the governor of Ondo state who will readily lick the assssss of the clueless one (GEJ) and rig him back to Aso Rock.

I have never despised any President in the world like I despise this GEJ or what the fork is his name again. Just hopping from church to church the way an Olosho hops from deak to deak. He was in Winners Chapel a few weeks ago. Last Friday, he was at RCCG. I'm sure the i.diot plans to attend Cele very soon. Such brazen display of desperation. One could understand if it were a performing president thats perpetrating all these abominations. But hell no. Naija has been in reverse mode for the past 6 yrs. Now you forcefully demand another 4 years Making it a DECADE OF GRAND LOOTING, BACHWARDNESS, CLUELESSNESS, AND CORRUPTION?

God forbid!

Time is of great essence to see how all this drama unfolds

[b]Coming from the Editorials of punch further smashes any iota of objectivity on its part.

I come from the east and I live there, I stood in the sun and let it scorch my skin because I want to be wholly involved in this election, I don't work on weekends, that's obviously the only time I have to my self. it was one of those weekends amidst many trials sometimes in 2014 that I managed to get registered and subsequently offered a temporary voters card.

PVC's came out and procedures changed, collection is only at the local government secretariat and only on week days as INECs office at the LG is usually empty and quiet on weekends unlike in voters registration where they had a center at my ward.

I can only get my PVC if I will avoid going to work and go to INECs office instead, I might loose my job in the process and maybe, become a victim of Immigration Job Scam. I am not the only one in this situation, I am part of the 45% without a PVC for no fault of mine and to think that Jega and his cohorts will wave us off as irrelevant still amuses me.[/b]

Kennywills7:
Gej is wiser than all those calling him clueless

Since when does one plans election riggin makes him wise?
Smh 4 ur stewpidity!

ozoigbondu:
Another trash from punch

Come march 28 we will march for GEJ the training has already begun*****#ForwardMarch*****

It's so nice to know that you all and your hero (THE CLUELESS ONE) WILL MARCH TO OTUEKE

Jonathan can make even Asari Dokubo the INEC chairman,Jonathan will still lose on March4Buhari 28.

The End of PDP is near.

Change is here.

PEREP:
One thing the APC has successfully done is to tell us about 1 million pple that attended their rallies mean all Nigerians are yearning for a change only guaranteed in a Buhari Presidency.

All their supporters have remained so confident like we got the votes already forgetting that over 60 Million voters are out there.

They have called everyone who opposes their change view with some passion like in a war situation. From responses by the Top contenders, one cannot but see through why this is the prevalent issue.

Postponement of election will amount to Coup - Buhari
Elections are between Brothers and Sisters - GEJ

From the above, one can see and feel the most desperate of the two.

During the signing of accord by the political parties, Buhari commented that 'It is impossible to take power from the ruling party Legitimately' while Jonathan stated that Nigerin needs to embrace a system that discourages 'Winner takes it all' and he preaches inclusive government as much as possible (this I believe was why he called all the opposition for way forward after 2011 elections)

I am worried that Fashola insists that elections must go on when less than 40 percent of Lagosians have their PVCs. The same with Rochas too. They were all happy because the North already have the highest number of voters with PVCs and as such GMB will simply win the election.

Nigerians now have a new power (freedom to express our views) and we better use it to our advantage by giving suggestions to government rather than bringing it all down.

No matter the President, a populace with our attitude might not get the best out of our political space.

In my opinion, Nigeria is 'Work in Progress' and we will POSSIBLY not be talking about all these if we had practised democracy since 1979 till date but instead of defending democracy, it was scuttled.

This postponement will calm nerves and we hope the two major contenders will preach more of peace, peace and peace.

All of these are stories, you're very confident people are not yearning for change but you're shifting election, the very event that determine the people's decision. You talk about calming nerves - by postponing election? If it was held at the stipulated date, a week or two after everyone will know the result and we'll start moving on, but now there's more agitation than before because every one can see through the evil plot to rob the people of their votes.

forkadict:


It's so nice to know that you all and your hero (THE CLUELESS ONE) WILL MARCH TO OTUEKE

Yeah while i #matchonbuhari

MichaelSokoto:

Since when does one plans election riggin makes him wise?
Smh 4 ur stewpidity!

Dude its not stewpidity! its stupidity
Now to answer u Apc were d ones dat has arranged for d elections to b rig but Gej got to knw of d plans
By d way y is Apc desperate for d elections to b hold on 14th?

NgeneUkwenu:


He is just a useless man, who will NEvER end well!

See person wey dey give advice.

NgeneUkwenu:


Abeg shift you this little monkey!!! Who cares!

See am again.

A good number of Nigerians seem to have selective memories! This was how Association for Better Nigerian(ABN) under Nzeribe started to work against the 1993 election... Of us can still remember how dat democratic process was brought to an abrupt end eventually. This time around, it is Dasuki, the Military,PDP and the Presidnecy. What is more painful is how some Nigerians are cheering them on. Why is it rather difficult for us to get it right? Why would some people always throw spanner in d wheel of the democratic process of our nation? Well, some of us have accepted the shift with philosophical calmess and with equanimity. It is what happens after dis that we are looking out for. It is a scenario and we are watching closely. If dis elections are allowed to hold and d collective will of d nigerian populace is allowed to hold sway or rather reflect, we as a people would have made a statement. Politicians who would be contesting in d future would have come to terms with d fact dat d power of d people is greater dan d people in power.