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Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 9:04pm On Apr 05, 2011
Pataki:

Thank you for bringing this fresh air out. I expect the dunce to go off and edit his comment asap.

Beaf and his pro-GEJ are ready to distort facts, tell numerous lies just to satisfy their own stupidity.

Thank God Nigerians now know better!

Forget about Beaf, and deal with the topic. I thought you claimed to have brains, or was it just another wicked rumour? shocked
The truth is that you cannot cope, thats why your mouth is always as foul as something from the gutter.

Refine yourself.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by AljUche: 9:06pm On Apr 05, 2011
Beaf:

Forget about Beaf, and deal with the topic. I thought you claimed to have brains, or was it just another wicked rumour? shocked
The truth is that you cannot cope, thats why your mouth is always as foul as something from the gutter.

Refine yourself.

you have started again with this your insult you rain on people
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by reindeer: 9:31pm On Apr 05, 2011
Oh gosh.
See laughter:
First at the very wild conspiracy theory that will surely engage the unintelligent.
Secondly at those supposed exchanges btw Goofluck and Hilary/Obama.
Everyone around me was wondergin why io was laughing so hard.We really have to thank Mr clueless and his followers for a lovely evening.
I cant stop laughing ooo!! grin grin grin
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by jude33084(m): 10:12pm On Apr 05, 2011
WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL THAT JEGA IS HUMAN,, UNLIKE IWU THAT HAVE THE HEART OF A GOAT? undecided ,

IWU WOULD HAVE ORDERED INEC TO GO AHEAD WITH THE ELECTION AND TELL ANY COMPLAINER TO GO TO COURT.

, LASTLY WE SHOULD BE THANKING GOD FOR EDO STATE THAT ALERTED THE WHOLE NATION ABOUT THE FLAWS cool
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by daroz(m): 10:32pm On Apr 05, 2011
Though I might not agree with him always, but the person I respect most in nairaland is Beaf. Even in the mist of numerous opposition, he will always have something to say. Bros u be lawyer?
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Sunofgod(m): 10:33pm On Apr 05, 2011
Shameful country,

These elections need to be delayed for at least a year.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1l17Pmp2QA[/flash]

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Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by nduchucks: 10:50pm On Apr 05, 2011
May I remind those who may have forgotten about Jonathan's statements on Jega's appointment:


When we nominated Prof. Attahiru Jega as the INEC Chairman, some members of our party came to me asking, ‘Jonathan do you want PDP to win these elections?‘



”They said the nominee is a radical who will not succumb to any pressure. I told them that we must work hard and as well present the best candidates because there would be no room for manipulations.



”Whoever emerges as winners of the elections at the federal and state levels, irrespective of party affiliation, shall be declared winner.”



”Whoever emerges as winners of the election at the federal and state levels, irrespective of party affiliation, shall be declared winner.”

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201006262571050

Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 10:51pm On Apr 05, 2011
daroz:

Though I might not agree with him always, but the person I respect most in nairaland is Beaf. Even in the mist of numerous opposition, he will always have something to say. Bros u be lawyer?

Thanks for the respect, bro. Its very much appreciated.

Usai! I no be lawyer o! grin
I just believe very strongly in the positions I hold, because I've sincerely meditated on them before opening up to speak.
I also think it is unfair for some to attempt bullying others off topics with their loud insults and thuggish behaviour, so I face them down rather than be beaten into keeping quiet. Bullying is an old trick that has no place in this new and civilised World.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by texazzpete(m): 10:55pm On Apr 05, 2011
ndu_chucks:

May I remind those who may have forgotten about Jonathan's statements on Jega's appointment:



It can easily be gleaned from that quote that GEJ is surrounded by election riggers.
Why else would his PDP folk be jittery about losing a free and fair election? See GEJ happily admitting that PDP rigs with ease.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 10:58pm On Apr 05, 2011
ndu_chucks:

May I remind those who may have forgotten about Jonathan's statements on Jega's appointment:

Dude, most people are lost as to the purpose of your post.
Is Jonathans confidence in Jega and his civility in allowing the man to run a truly independent electoral commission the reason Jega couldn't deliver the elections?

Your post skillfully avoids the main thrust of this thread, which is; is Jega being used for nerfarious purposes by 3rd parties? Answer that question please.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by nduchucks: 10:59pm On Apr 05, 2011
Beaf:


Usai! I no be lawyer o! grin


lawyer ko, rabble rouser ni.  cheesy

In a few days, we'll have the 'rational' Beaf who we used to tame with superior arguments and assorted thrashing. The mind of the Beaf you have today has been beclouded and corrupted by desperate wish to see his tribesman become the President of Nigeria. olodo, rakumin dajij.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 11:03pm On Apr 05, 2011
texazzpete:

It can easily be gleaned from that quote that GEJ is surrounded by election riggers.
Why else would his PDP folk be jittery about losing a free and fair election? See GEJ happily admitting that PDP rigs with ease.

It can also easily be gleaned that GEJ is sincere in his desire for free and fair elections and has taken very tough decisions in that regard, but that is all beside the point.

Let us not avoid the main thrust of this thread, which is; is Jega being used for nerfarious purposes by 3rd parties? cool
That question has little to do with GEJ's party, but a lot to do with national security.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by agabaI23(m): 11:07pm On Apr 05, 2011
texazzpete:

It  can easily be gleaned from that quote that GEJ is surrounded by election riggers.
Why else would his PDP folk be jittery about losing a free and fair election? See GEJ happily admitting that PDP rigs with ease.
>80% of CPC stalwarts were among those who rigged election in 2007
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 11:11pm On Apr 05, 2011
ndu_chucks:


lawyer ko, rabble rouser ni.  cheesy

In a few days, we'll have the 'rational' Beaf who we used to tame with superior arguments and assorted thrashing. The mind of the Beaf you have today has been beclouded and corrupted by desperate wish to see his tribesman become the President of Nigeria. olodo, rakumin dajij.

In the meantime, you've taken on so much tarnish, that you're only slightly more polished than the clowns around you. Lift your game, I don't do ethnic bigotry and, matter of fact me and GEJ are not of the same ethnicity.
In the pack of primitive opposition clowns that have no concept of how the modern World or a democracy funtions, a visionary leader like GEJ is pure gold dust.

GEJ is my choice, you can make whatever gutter excuses you can drag up to bully me off my choice, but I'm resolute. Instead, I'll knock you out logically and philosophically.

The above said, I see your trick is to derail the thread. . . FAIL! cool
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by BIGERBOY1: 11:14pm On Apr 05, 2011
Who is JEGA character wise?

Here is a brief experience I had of him

SUG elections at my school then used to be a do or die affair; this was because even the state governor tries to influence the results- this shows how coveted that position was. Election campaigns then were as flamboyant as any public office campaigns in d country now, with high res giga pixel posters, convoys of sweet cars, even thugs were brought in from outside for campaign purposes. U needed to think more than twice b4 even nurturing the idea of contesting. To sum it up it was like a PDP affair on campus levels.

Then came in JEGA as the new VC amidst all this campaign madness yr in yr out. In his first yr in office he introduced a new rule in the game of politics on campus.

What was the rule U have to have at least 3points of GPA to contest for SUG president. Suddenly suddenly suddenly every thing came to a stand still that yr- no posters of candidates any where, no external thugs, no jittery convoys, infect nobody wanted to contest. Because all along only the blockheads had been in d forefront of campus politics and now with the 3 point GPA saga they all fell disqualified like dominos. The brilliant ones were in class studying with no time for politics.

For the first time in my school then candidates were literarily begged to contest coz no one wanted to, now that's a smart move by JEGA then.


Now with the recent general election any one who thinks JEGA can be arm twisted into a corner is wrong for too reasons
1 the guy is smart

2 this guy has Been in the aluta business for a long time (he has been in and out of jail for defying military governments during his ASSU chairmanship)

Finally the only reason JEGa will fail is if he allows himself to fail or be used ( which is most improbable)
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by daroz(m): 11:22pm On Apr 05, 2011
From my own point of view, I think this is a solid political propaganda brought about by GEJ camp to discredit CPC, which we all know is the strongest oposition to the ruling party right now. Cos as at the time INEC Chairman was being appointed, I dont think CPC had that kind of power to be able to influence the nomination or appointmnet of Prof. Jega. Infact CPC bacame popular after its engagement with Bakare. As at that time, all eyes was on AC
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by nduchucks: 11:25pm On Apr 05, 2011
Beaf:

GEJ is my choice, you can make whatever gutter excuses you can drag up to bully me off my choice, but I'm resolute. Instead, I'll knock you out logically and philosophically.

The above said, I see your trick is to derail the thread. . . FAIL! cool

Why would anyone want to derail a thread which exposes such stupidity of some of you people? Nigerians a very brilliant and sharp. A person who could be tricked into nominating a INEC chairman as the thread's topic suggests, does not deserve the position of the President of our great country.   We don't need any mumu as our head of state. You are making it easier for undecided folks to write GEJ off.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 11:30pm On Apr 05, 2011
BIGER BOY:

Who is JEGA character wise?

Here is a brief experience I had of him

SUG elections at my school then used to be a do or die affair; this was because even the state governor tries to influence the results- this shows how coveted that position was. Election campaigns then were as flamboyant as any public office campaigns in d country now, with high res giga pixel posters, convoys of sweet cars, even thugs were brought in from outside for campaign purposes. U needed to think more than twice b4 even nurturing the idea of contesting. To sum it up it was like a PDP affair on campus levels.

Then came in JEGA as the new VC amidst all this campaign madness yr in yr out. In his first yr in office he introduced a new rule in the game of politics on campus.

What was the rule U have to have at least 3points of GPA to contest for SUG president. Suddenly suddenly suddenly every thing came to a stand still that yr- no posters of candidates any where, no external thugs, no jittery convoys, infect nobody wanted to contest. Because all along only the blockheads had been in d forefront of campus politics and now with the 3 point GPA saga they all fell disqualified like dominos. The brilliant ones were in class studying with no time for politics.

For the first time in my school then candidates were literarily begged to contest coz no one wanted to, now that's a smart move by JEGA then.


Now with the recent general election any one who thinks JEGA can be arm twisted into a corner is wrong for too reasons
1 the guy is smart

2 this guy has Been in the aluta business for a long time (he has been in and out of jail for defying military governments during his ASSU chairmanship)


Finally the only reason JEGa will fail is if he allows himself to fail or be used ( which is most improbable)

The only thing that counts for Jega is his integrity, which is well above the Nigerian norm. As for intelligence, those at the top of the political game in any country, tend to be among the smartest; so Jega's intelligence might not carry him very far in that setting. Lets recall that his aluta was against the soldiers of old, and frankly, most had nothing upstairs.
If we are talking about plots that include the US embassy, then we cannot draw parallels with govts the like of Abacha's.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by ufumes(m): 11:32pm On Apr 05, 2011
When breeze blow, fowl yaunch go show. There are many secrets to be learned from politics, the fact is are we ready for the implications of learning the truths?
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Abagworo(m): 11:35pm On Apr 05, 2011
@beaf.If you can provide evidence of US imposition,I will change all my voting block to GEJ.I somehow seem to suspect based on the fact that a former US Ambassador once said Buhari is likely to win in a free election.That could be interpreted as a possible conspiracy.

But more evidence is needed to conclude the theory.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by daroz(m): 11:41pm On Apr 05, 2011
Even if CPC/US actually influenced the appointmnet of Jega, its not for the purpose of rigging the election in CPC favour, but to ensure that the sensitive position of the chairman of INEC is entrusted to the hands of a competent person who has a very good track record of not compromising. Its a plus to democracy
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by lateef4me(m): 11:44pm On Apr 05, 2011
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeef ! I salute your courage in the defense of GEJ presidency , Together we shall celebrate and on a personal note is there any plan for the inaugural ceremony of GEJ since we all know Buhari is chasing shadow and so his ignoramus followers ?  grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 11:44pm On Apr 05, 2011
ndu_chucks:

Why would anyone want to derail a thread which exposes such stupidity of some of you people? Nigerians a very brilliant and sharp. A person who could be tricked into nominating a INEC chairman as the thread's topic suggests, does not deserve the position of the President of our great country.   We don't need any mumu as our head of state. You are making it easier for undecided folks to write GEJ off.

This is very simple minded indeed! A cursory read through the article paints the following scenario:

A bunch of devious folk went lobbying in the US embassy, as is the case with our politicians. Now, the US is a very important Nigerian ally, with very strong security (FBI helping in Jos, Abuja etc) and economic ties; in fact you could say that the US is Nigeria's formost friend. Jonathan (or any other Nigerian President) would always give the US full ear.

Any politician lobbying for Jega's name to be pushed would have had machinery in place to pull Jega's strings from afar. And if they managed to fool the US, then the rest was easy. Let us remember that the group in question had structures on the ground from Yar Adua's govt - CPC is 90% ex-PDP and ALL of the cabal has now moved into CPC. IBB and Atiku are only holding space, their supporters moved into CPC after the PDP primaries.

Buhari himself, is just a mere puppet dancing to tunes the cabal is playing.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by daroz(m): 11:45pm On Apr 05, 2011
Abagworo:

@beaf.If you can provide evidence of US imposition,I will change all my voting block to GEJ.

Bro o, how many vote(voting block) u get? wink wink wink
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 11:47pm On Apr 05, 2011
lateef4me:

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeef ! I salute your courage in the defense of GEJ presidency , Together we shall celebrate and on a personal note is there any plan for the inaugural ceremony of GEJ since we all know Buhari is chasing shadow and so his ignoramus followers ? grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

[size=21pt]Amen!!![/size] cool cool cool
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by JaaizTech: 12:37am On Apr 06, 2011
Beaf:

[size=21pt]Amen!!![/size] cool cool cool
How can you live like this!!!. You know you have no point, you know you are wrong; yet you stick with it. What a live Thank God for JEGA. you can never discredit him. Perhaps the next thing you would come up with is how GEJ appointed JEGA at gun-point.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by nduchucks: 1:21am On Apr 06, 2011
The game is up for the riggers of old, they are now accusing Jega of being planted by the US and CPC shocked What a sorry excuse!

Here's the real reason why GEJ apologists are trying to discredit Jega:


Buhari, who addressed newsmen at the Benin Airport on his way to Anambra State, said the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to postpone the election was a blessing in disguise, as it revealed the plot by the PDP to rig the election as they had allegedly done in the past.

He said during the botched National Assembly election, there were instances where the total number of voters was 1,000 but INEC sent only 300 ballot papers there, adding that upon investigation, it was discovered that INEC officials withheld the papers. shocked

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-639894.0.html

Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Beaf: 1:40am On Apr 06, 2011
^
The elections failed because, vital documents didn't make it to the polling stations, so Buhari's argument is not the smartest.

JaaizTech:

How can you live like this!!!. You know you have no point, you know you are wrong; yet you stick with it. What a live Thank God for JEGA. you can never discredit him. Perhaps the next thing you would come up with is how GEJ appointed JEGA at gun-point.

Lol! Do you know what they call firing OP?

Who is dicrediting Jega? There isn't anything here suggesting that is there? The fact is the election was a colosal failure and a security threat; I'm sure you don't read that as success. This thread is about 3rd parties and dark forces.

Legitimate questions are being asked about whose interests the failure served and which Nigerians fronted for the "foreign companies" that botched the printing contracts. Also, questions are being asked about when (or even if) Jega knew about the problems.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by EPOMA(m): 4:52am On Apr 06, 2011
[b]The reason we must vote GoodLuck and PDP out. They set up rugged government. I would be glad if they did plant him

Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, has given a sensational account of how elections are rigged in Nigeria. Recently in Abuja, as part of renewed moves to contest for the presidency in 2011, he gave a frank and factual account of the collusion of governors, state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and the state Police Commissioners in the malaise.


Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke


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He spoke to civil society groups and politicans.

“Let me start this way. Prof. Maurice Iwu is truly an enigma; he enjoyed the limelight. He enjoyed all the attacks, thrown and meted at him. He remained undaunted. I think, he belongs to the school of thought that believes that bad publicity is better than no publicity.

“So, even though he was being attacked and scolded and all sorts of things were said about him, he didn’t shy away from even going to the United States and talking to Nigerians in the Diaspora about his work, he didn’t shy away from it. I was told he organized a rally to ensure that he will come back to do the work he was appointed to.

“Why do I call him an enigma? The truth is, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has little or no bearing on the success of elections, that’s the truth. To me, it’s actually immaterial because he is head of the administration. He takes the brunt.

“The best he can do is perhaps, draw up a blueprint, but the implementation of that blueprint is outside his control. So, if elections are rigged in say - Taraba State- we don’t do that stuff in Cross River State (laughter),

“Every one looks at Iwu and he proudly says, we did this or that. Hogwash!

Let me now take you through the process of an election. We have 120,000 booths in Nigeria . At the hierarchy, you have the Chairman of INEC, then you have the zonal commissioners, then you have the RECs and they are the heads in every state. The zone as the name implies; we have six zones in Nigeria , so you have six of them.

“Then you have the RECs and there are 36 of them, of course, and Abuja . Then for each local government, you have an electoral officer. Beyond that, you have 120,000 polling booths, headed by presiding officers. The people think that at the end of the elections, the PDP would just decide who wins, and who doesn’t announce the results. I think the process is a bit more sophisticated than that.

“This is what happens; the Resident Electoral Commissioner is usually from another state. The electoral officers, they move around. They are usually from that state, but for the conduct of elections itself, you would probably move from Cross River to Akwa Ibom or to Abia, but these musical chairs don’t mean nothing.

“When the REC comes before the elections are conducted- of course, when he comes to the state, usually, he has no accommodation; monies have not been released for the running or conduct of the elections and all that because we always start late. He pays a courtesy call on the governor. It’s usually a televised event you know, and of course he says all the right things. ‘Your Excellency, I am here to ensure that we have free and fair elections and I will require your support.’

“Now, at that courtesy call, most governors, at least I did, will invite the Commissioner of Police because he is part of the action and he sits there.

“After the courtesy call, the Resident Electoral Commissioner now moves in for a one-on-one with the governor and says, “Your Excellency, since I came, I’ve been staying in this hotel, there is no accommodation for me and even my vehicle is broken down and the last commissioner didn’t leave the vehicle, so if you could help me settle down quickly;’ and the governor says, ‘Chief of Staff, where is the Chief of Staff here?’

“And the Chief of Staff appears. Governor says: ‘Please, ensure that the REC is accommodated–put him in the Presidential Lodge, allot two cars to him, I give you seven days to get this done. Then, the relationship has started; I am going to share some of these things with you so that we don’t leave here with any illusions.

“A lot of us, folks who have gone through an election or have been elected for one thing or another, see groups like Save Nigeria Group (SNG), the CLP as woolly-eye dreamers, you have to come down to the backsides, since I am now a hybrid between both. I want to bring you both down to backsides. Let me take you down to what happens so that you can change it because if you don’t change it, we here won’t suffer but I think our children will.

“We the elite, I am one of them, we send our kids to the best schools around the world, when they come back they are misfits, they cannot fit in and so ultimately we are designing a system that would destroy us in the end”.

“Let me take our minds back to Somalia . Somalia is mono-religious, mono-ethnic; they only have clans (but) they have one tribe. What has happened there? It’s a failed state because the elite in Somalia were so disconnected from the people that once they had some money, they buy houses in England, Washington and all those places; they were not investing, putting their best foot forward and I think that was what Pastor Tunde Bakare was talking about.

“If you want to be in a contest, you put your best foot forward; at the end of the day, there was such a disconnect that even till today, they cannot bridge it. Let me tell you, the last recognized President of Somalia is buried in Lagos- Siad Barre.

“We are multi-religious, multi-ethnic and multi-problematic. The reason why most people worry about us is if we explode, who will contain us? Let me also say this, I know what I am saying now is an aside, I will go back to the elections. When we conducted the census in 2006 or so, the raw figures said we were over 200 million; when they went and processed the figures, it came down to 140million.

“When you look at those figures and compare to those we had in 1991 at a growth rate of 2.1 or something like that, it is really just an extrapolation, because we were too embarrassed to admit our true numbers. If we get it wrong, we will fail like Somalia; in Somalia, half of them are in Kenya, Ethiopia, and a few are in Europe here and there; who will contain us in all of West Africa and Central Africa and for that it is imperative not just for ourselves but for the rest of the continent that we get it right.

“Now, back to the elections, once that relationship has been established between the governor and the REC, if you are a governor who is ‘A Governor’, maybe two nights after you just stopped by at the Governor’s lodge and see the REC and say ah, ‘ah, REC how are you doing? Are you?’ He says, ‘ah! Your Chief of Staff has been wonderful. He has been very nice to me; he supplied me the vehicles and everything is ok.”

“A few weeks to the elections, the REC sees the governor; you probably have on the average about three thousand five hundred, four thousand depending on the polling booths in every state. So, REC goes to the governor and says, ‘Your Excellency, could you please, give us the names of about four, five thousand people so that we can hurriedly train them, we need them as Presiding Officers.’ You need experience. A good coach is one who has played and has lost matches in the past?

“The REC now goes down and says, ‘we need to conduct a training programme for the presiding officers and em, headquarters hasn’t sent us any money yet, you know.’

“And the governor is like: ‘How much would that cost?’

“REC replies: ‘N25million for the first batch, we may have about three batches.’ Governor: ‘Ok, the Chief of Staff will see you.’

Now, the Chief of Staff, you call him: ‘Make sure, that we arrange N25 million this week and in two weeks time another N25 million and N75 million in all.’

“Chief of Staff: ‘Your Excellency, how do we do it?’ Governor: ‘Put it under security vote.’

“In other words, is it cash, ok, now, cash in huge Ghana Must Go bags – some of my colleagues will shoot me- (turns to the audience) is any former governor here? (Crowd replies no!)

“Good. Cash is lodged in huge Ghana Must Go bags for the REC and of course, to be fair to them, they call their electoral officers and say the governor has been very benevolent; he has given us this and that. I say three batches because they have them in senatorial districts.

“So, you have one in Calabar, you have one in Ikom and Ogoja, those are the headquarters of the senatorial districts. Each one costs N25 million. Of course, the sums are not properly retired. I don’t know how much of this N25 million worked. But, there is a rapport this is going on.

“The governor now turns round and says: ‘Call me the party chairman.’ The party chairman appears and the governor says: ‘INEC requires 50 thousand people for conducting the elections. See to it that we meet their needs.’ The chairman goes and you hear in the evening on radio and television: There will be an urgent meeting of all chairmen and secretaries of XYZ party at the headquarters.

“They should report promptly at 10am (because) matters of urgent interest would be discussed. End of announcement. Now we have texts messages, so its easier, in no time everyone is here.

“It’s a very short meeting, please, go back and within 48 hours submit from each local government 250 names of trusted party members. So in a week, the deed is done. The names, sometimes even passport photographs if required, are sent to INEC.

“And the training programme is carried out. Let me pause a bit. This is at party level. They are usually civil servants. They may be teachers, whatever, but they are party members. The remuneration, for each of them for the elections from Abuja is 10,000 Naira for the day’s work. But the state in its benevolence gives 50 to 100,000 Naira to each of these folks right before this election.

“This is even where it gets even more interesting. So, you have each of the three or four thousand polling booths; they are manned by party stalwarts. They are usually party stalwarts. You don’t send any peripheral member. The remuneration from Abuja has not arrived but that of the state was received 48 hours prior.

“On the day of elections, each polling booth has no more than 500 ballot papers, that is standard.

“There is no a polling booth that is more than 500. So only 200 people appear here, 300 there, 100 there, 50 there, 400 hundred there, at the end of election what happens. The Presiding Officer sits down and calls a few guys and says, ‘hey, there are a few hundred papers here, let’s thumbprint. This is the real election.

“Well, this is not a PDP thing. I am not here to castigate the PDP; it’s a Nigerian thing. This process may sound comical and jovial, it happens throughout the country, whether it is Action Congress or APGA it’s the same thing. We are all the same. They start thumb-printing, some are overzealous. So at the end of the day, you find some voting more than the number of people that were registered to vote.

“Otherwise they do it, you have 95 per cent turnout. You start wondering where were the voters, I didn’t see so many people. And the election results are announced; XYZ party wins and it takes a week for this paltry N10,000 for each presiding officer to arrive.

“Listen to this before you ask your question: Who is the most important person in an election? – The Presiding Officer. And if there are 120,000 of them (booths) there are 120,000 Presiding Officers, they are the most important people in the elections, not the chairman.

“So, as long as we keep applying that same method, you will get the same results. It’s crazy to think that because you substitute Iwu for Jega all will change. In other words, Iwu is a crook, Jega is a saint. Jega is great, he has an impeccable reputation. Iwu was great, now he seems not so great. Ok, they are both professors, they have reached the peak of whatever discipline that they profess.

The point is that it is the system and the personnel and the chairman has little or no control over that.

“Where are we now. We don’t even know when the elections will be. The Constitution amendment seems to be stalling somewhere. So it’s either in January or in April. Sometimes, we behave as if we invented democracy. We always want to draw new rules.

We should know the day of elections. It should be fixed. We should know that on so and so date I think, America is the 4th of November or so and if it falls on a Sunday it doesn’t make a difference.

“The point I am making here is that date is fixed, you know; because in a democracy, election should be a norm, not an event. In our democracy, election is an event. It’s like, we are going to spring on to you with fire works, hey, we are going to have an election, we are all running around- I know most politicians are broke right now, so we are all running around the field.

“Secondly, if you have your ears to the ground, there are whispers that maybe, we need to postpone this thing. The whispers are there. In a democracy, you postpone an election? You postpone things you didn’t plan for, not things that are there in the Constitution, that says you must do this, that and that, you can’t but –you know two ways of moving forward. This is where I like what SNG and CNP are doing.

“We need a critical mass of Nigerians to get out and vote. It is important because the more ballot papers that are legitimately used on election day, the fewer available to be used to rig the vote, that’s the truth. Don’t keep to yourself and think that they will announce results. They are more sophisticated than that. And that’s why the aspirants who felt cheated and had the resources to employ forensic personnel, like those elections had the elections upturned in Edo and Ondo, because they could establish multiple voting by thumbprint.

“So, if it’s an AC state, the procedure is the same. I remember a state, that state will remain nameless. I hear the story that the then President was so determined that he must change the leadership of this state and he called the IG and said, ‘look, that Governor is a security breach. Let’s have elections and flush the governor out, and the governor knows he is under siege. A week before the elections, a new police commissioner arrives.”





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Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by luluosas(m): 8:34am On Apr 06, 2011
My ribs wants to crack for laughter. Abeg, Jonathan's fans are in hot soup for mistakenly and blindly and foolishly putting this thread up to intimidate Buhari's fans. The table has turned against them for good. BB all the way.
Lagosians, hope you are ready to join the BB for Change moving train this morning. Your area area is the next point of call.
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Abayomin70(m): 10:36am On Apr 06, 2011
nice one
Re: Jega Implanted By CPC With US Help? by Manpikin1(m): 2:41pm On Apr 06, 2011
What does Buhari  has to offer? fighting of corruption, without gun, hell no. he cannot fight corruption he is going there to fight those who fought him, those who overthrew him, if he win (Allah Forbid) there aaren'tno time to work Nigerians so be wise and don'tvote Buhari. Vote Jonathan or Shekauru these are true democrat.

Which of the Community Primary Schools did this one finish from? You better vote BB and stand a better chance of improving yourself academically. You see what PDP did to you? Yet, you still follow them blindly. You have to wake up to reality.

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