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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by kennosklint(m): 12:43pm On Feb 25, 2019
Hahahahahahhaha kai osibanjo
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by IvarTheBoneless: 12:45pm On Feb 25, 2019
grin grin grin grin

Shout " KAI" from now till 2023 when he stands up from the VP seat.

In the mean time, celebrate your VGC Polling Unit win.

Condolences because your son, Peter Obi the China man is emptyhanded


CallofDuty:
Chai...

kennosklint:
Hahahahahahhaha kai osibanjo

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by scopusng(m): 12:45pm On Feb 25, 2019
Atiku already has the results and he has won...Buhari does not even habe a 2/3 in 25 states...but they are trying to cancel and rewrite.
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Nobody: 12:45pm On Feb 25, 2019
Barcarysam:
How Osinbajo lost polling unit


Irohinoodua has obtained reliable information on what led to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo losing his VGC polling unit.

Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Senator Babafemi Ojudu provides the insight..


In a period of two months he must have visited VGC more than fifteen times. Town hall meeting here, parlor meeting there and street walk there. He met with professionals and engaged resident associations just as he dialogued with people of faith.
At the end of the elections they will still not let him deliver his unit.
I have received many calls and text messages asking what happened? It is not far fetched.

It is a combination of ethnicity, elite mentality and living in the midst of people who the policies of the administration does not favor.

As we held those meetings I saw it coming and remarked to colleagues that coming to VGC and appealing to the voters there was a waste of time. I could see it in their utterances, in their body language.

The bile was palpable and in some cases you could perceive hostility. Osinbajo , as we have known, is a never say die person. He dug at it with severity of a tunnel digger with the believe that there will be light at the end.

At the last meeting he had ,which was on the Wednesday before the initial February 19th election day I slipped away and went to have a rest in the hotel so as to be stronger for the following tasks ahead.


Only an Osinbajo would depart Uyo for Lagos at 9.00 pm after a hard day campaign Plateau State and Akwa Ibom and take an arduous ride through the Lekki traffic to VGC from the airport sometimes for one and half hours and still go and address a motley crowd of thirty residents.


Those engagements were for me a spectacle. I am easily irritated. Many of us his aides were disgusted. Not Osinbajo who will take his time taking all manners of questions and sometimes subtle and not so subtle insults.


There were cases of some fellows who had nothing to say than “Osinbajo you have come now and you didn’t bring kola how do you want us to vote for you again”, Kola in the local parlance meaning money or bribe. And this is a supposed elite location. I was shocked hearing this.

Some said since he was elected they expected him to have donated a mini stadium to VGC.

Some wanted him to have solved there problem of flooding. A fellow said he and Buhari stand blamed for the loss of his first child who died when his pregnant wife walked into an electrified flood water in his house. One expressed disgust at his men parking in front of his gate.

Another accused him of lying that the 3rd Niger Bridge project has taken off. Every effort to convince him was ignored and he kept interjecting until he moved on to other topics.

He took all of this with calmness and gave time , hours at a time, explaining government policies: why the administration is fighting corruption and why Nigeria must not depend on imports from other nations and the infrastructural projects going on across Nigeria.

All of this was like pouring water on the back of a calabash for some.

To be honest there were a handful who were civil and patriotic. Some others were sympathetic and could reason with the logic of his presentation and the sincerity of his purpose. I could hear the voices of many too who shared his dream of a greater Nigeria. A Nigeria where the leaders pursue the good of the majority as opposed to the minority.

Many suggested great ideas and offered criticisms that could help sharpen policy. Some offered to join the Osinbajo train.

Some too were taken in by his humility and understanding of the problem. A particular person right there then sought to have an account number to which he could pay a donation and a few others must have too.

Some were generous, offering us snacks and drinks to wet our parched throats.

Most were however new money, importers of all manners of things , beneficiaries of the abuse the Buhari administration was dedicated to stamping out . Many others were driven mainly by ethnic hatred.

This , however ,is understandable. Even in America many still made their political choices based on colour of the skin.

The majority of the British who voted for Brexit did so because of aversion for the Eastern Europeans who come to their country to seek a better life not minding the harm such a decision will do to the economy of their country.

Good or bad every voter has the right to the choice he makes. No one can deprive him of that. That is the essence of democracy.

It was easy therefore to see that this was a battle this ajantala would not win. I knew they were not going to vote for him.

He was however relentless and persistent invoking the tenacity that has taken him to the height he has reached in life today; best grade in secondary school, a first class in the university and lecturer at the age of 23, a professor of law, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN) an exceptional Attorney General in Lagos for eight years and an accomplished Vice President of Nigeria for close to four years now.

Yes Osinbajo lost the vote in his neighborhood of VGC. VGC is not his constituency. Certainly not.

He could easily have gone to vote in Ikenne , his ancestral home where he is deeply loved and reverred.

He could have queued to vote in the Somolu area of Lagos where he was born and raised and where his aged mother lived and was adored .

He could still have chosen to cast his vote in Akoka , on the premises of University of Lagos where he taught and thought for many years and his unit could have embraced him and give him a landslide victory but Osinbajo is one who never runs away from a problem. He will dig his teeth in it until he is able to bite through.

Knowing him he will not quit VGC until he is able to make the new money residents see reason.

Left to me he ought to move his base to that glorious abode of late Obafemi Awolowo , a place of history , a community that is synonymous with progressive politics and intellectual pursuit.

By the way I am told that the small town has produced up to thirteen Senior Advocates of Nigeria,(SAN) more than most states of Nigeria has produced.

The VP remains grateful to the VGC voters that placed the interests of the society above parochial considerations. They have proved to be the glow of light in the dark. There have demonstrated their commitment to logic and common sense. For those who took a different pathway, definitely in the nearest future, they will come to realise that history and prosperity will put Osinbajo on the scale as a righteous man who stood for the greatest good of the greatest number

Brilliant! The type of PYO and PMB that so passionately believe in Nigeria will laugh last. The money-miss-road are nothing but vultures.
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Heffalump(m): 12:45pm On Feb 25, 2019
I don't expect Osinbajo to win

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Jig5aw(f): 12:45pm On Feb 25, 2019
Lies. Osinbajo lost in the most transparent polling unit on the island, simply because his administrations policies cannot liberate Nigerians.

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by somalianprince: 12:45pm On Feb 25, 2019
Nigerians have rejected APC, it's not because of Osibanjo cheesy

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by islandmoon: 12:48pm On Feb 25, 2019
another Igbo dominated zones canceled in Jos, Kabong Rukuba , a very strong PDP zones why??

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by mynaijadj(m): 12:48pm On Feb 25, 2019
Stupwid article

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Holocene(m): 12:50pm On Feb 25, 2019
The OP wanted to sound mature and sensible but we can easily figure out his vile tirade against people who choose to be different and vote on their conscience. Voting is a choice granted to every adult in Nigeria, dont gripe if they refuse to follow your principal. Ethnic coloration and so called "new money"/importers claim is at best bullcrap

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Nobody: 12:50pm On Feb 25, 2019
This ones are not the ones you convince with N10,000. Some of them are far richer than him.. They need facts and evidence not sentimental lies..

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by phase1: 12:50pm On Feb 25, 2019
Zombie revisionism as usual trying to sugar coat Osinbade's loss. He lost...he lost. Shikena!
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by captianfreeman(m): 12:50pm On Feb 25, 2019
Nonsense! Losing is losing.

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Daphresh: 12:50pm On Feb 25, 2019
Next one will be "How Buhari Lost The Presidential Election". Rubbish people!

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by DaveHert(m): 12:50pm On Feb 25, 2019
He couldn't rig his unit 'cause he was warned by his G.O not to try such. If on a free and fair level, PDP would win.

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by RTSC: 12:51pm On Feb 25, 2019
Holocene:
The OP wanted to sound mature and sensible but we can easily figure out his vile tirade against people who choose to be different and vote on their conscience. Voting is a choice granted to every adult in Nigeria, dont gripe if they refuse to follow your principal. Ethnic coloration and so called "new money"/importers claim is at best bullcrap
What do you expect?
They are Bigots who overestimated their importance.
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by RTSC: 12:52pm On Feb 25, 2019
The pdp should use their majority in the national assembly to frustrate buhari for the next four years.

He is not widely accepted. Not anymore.
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by swuftz: 12:56pm On Feb 25, 2019
Wow. I sincerely sympathise with the VP. I wish I was in VGC, I could have given my vote to him. What the vice president failed to understand is that Nigeria do not like the truth. We abhor it but rather embrace nepotism and mediocrity. If Osinbajo was not nominated as the VP, there is no way he could have won any election in Nigeria. People like him who glorified the Truth over falsehood are anathema to the Nigeria people. We prefer those who peddled falsehood and buy our conscience with pittance than those who would make our future secure . I still believe he would be returned to the Villa alongside the President at the end of the election regardless of his loss at his constituency. The is still light at the end of the tunnel afterall.

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by gaskiyamagana: 12:56pm On Feb 25, 2019
His people who denied him respect will blame themselves later.

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Guk: 12:56pm On Feb 25, 2019
Anyday Anytime, V.P Osinbajo is a winner. For those who know VGC very well, it was not a suprise!!! VGC was a madhouse during GEJ's time.......sirens daily; oppression with Rolls Royce they bought with stolen money. The current administration cut off their wings but Osinbajo took time and explained their policies and actions one by one and they all made sense and he was also maintaining bridges he had built becos he knew he was coming back to that estate. He is a man to be saluted.

When Atiku comes in, we can all carry our bulldozers and enter CBN again and chop the money na!

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Nobody: 12:58pm On Feb 25, 2019
rxmusa:
He isn't losing the election because his party is just winning up and down on it's own.

He is the best VP Nigeria ever had so far.

God, let the margin between Buhari's success and Atiku's failure be just 3.4 million
4±4 insha Allah
rogue
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by sammyj: 12:58pm On Feb 25, 2019
Don't mind them. They are not talking much about the Atikulooser lost in his polling unit !!! grin grin
helinues:
This is only lamentations.. Atiku also lost his polling unit

All this epistles is not necesary

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Eddy9696: 12:58pm On Feb 25, 2019
Whu u epp
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Komu1048(m): 12:59pm On Feb 25, 2019
Even jesus was hate by his people and couldn't perform much miracle. We know buhari regime is not for the Rich but for the poor. So anytime I see the Rich against him I understand because they made their money through corruption. And that is what bubu is ready to stamp out

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by omoteacher(m): 1:05pm On Feb 25, 2019
shocked shocked shocked


VGC that almost all the elitist there would have travelled out of the country for fear of violence. The few ones that still voted sef na luck. Their kind don't vote. Their polling unit sef make touts come disturb them na all these oyinbo big dogs for deal with those touts. If you're super rich ,touts / agbero will be afraid of you in this country.
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Okooooooooooooo: 1:05pm On Feb 25, 2019
dasanchez1:
Making sense
and you sincerely think all that make sense the elites don't vote failure

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by sucess001(m): 1:05pm On Feb 25, 2019
Trying to slight people becos you lost election is silly at best. The guy is even not a truthful fellow. Imagine saying the VP enters traffic. Like we don't know the roads are cleared for him to pass....


The vgc residents are knowledgeable and enlightened d and have seen your lies. Some of them;

Onoghen is corrupt. Bola tinubu with bullion van of money is not.

Atiku is corrupt, ganduje is not...


We have had enough of your deciets. Get over it
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by Dagger79(m): 1:06pm On Feb 25, 2019
Komu1048:
Even jesus was hate by his people and couldn't perform much miracle. We know buhari regime is not for the Rich but for the poor. So anytime I see the Rich against him I understand because they made their money through corruption. And that is what bubu is ready to stamp out
Eh so the poor should be suffering because he wants to stamp out corruption What has Nigeria gained or what have we improve on since bubu came into power?

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by aremz(m): 1:12pm On Feb 25, 2019
The kind of people that wants atiku to win so they can have their share in NNPC.... Buhari lost places like maitama,asokoro,VGC simply because he has refused to let government money flow over to them. He has fixed the loopholes in government remittance and none can afford the luxury of staying in places like that anymore
Anyway 4+4
Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by jayson87: 1:13pm On Feb 25, 2019
Osinbajo lost his polling unit because people there cannot be incited with marketmoni

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Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by princfred(m): 1:23pm On Feb 25, 2019
The good thing, there was no violence when he lost. That is the it should be unlike with Tinubu, Amaechi and co.

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