Who Will Rule Lagos Come May 2007?

Dnt mind them.Its jst a sign of bad things to come u know.I can imagine their excuses when they loose the Presidentials

Congratulations to AC and Fashola. Our prayer is that his regime will be successful, that he would resist pressure to serve a few rather than serve all and that our dear state and nation will grow. i pray that one day we will take our place among the great nations of the world. jimi agbaje has a genuine complaint that his photo was omitted from the ballot paper. i do not believe it is enough to call for cancellation of the election and i don't believe that he has joined anyone calling for a cancellation. he left the venue of the press conference before it took off. i believe INEC owes him an explanation and indeed  duty to let him know exactly how many votes were invalidated because people thumb printed the column for his photo instead of the 3rd column. but that is that. we must put the collective good of all above any individuals. but i do think we should not forget all the weaknesses and problems of the elections and aim for better next time.

I am proud that i voted. i am proud that many came out and exercised their right to vote. i pray the government in power will deal decisively with our under development and poverty in the land. no governor of Lagos who does not tackle the menace of joblessness and drug abuse will leave a legacy of good. what it seems to me is that our leaders have over the years preferred to window dress and not dig deep. they prefer to have area boys multiply across the state so that they can be used to perpetrate their (that is, the leaders') dastardly and selfish goals. i was born to middle class parents and although i did not grow up swimming in money, i have never lacked. but i have from a very tender age been sensitive about what goes on all around me. i can choose to ignore the decay and focus on enriching myself and immediate family but that Will not be right. yesterday on my way home from church so many beggars littered the streets. my heart broke as i wondered within whether our leaders really care about the plight of most. i constantly ask myself whether as these leaders drive around town in their jeeps with tinted windows, they feel for the people. during voting a family friend asked whether i would vote for his candidate. when i said no his response was "se iwo o fe jeun s'oke ni?" (meaning quite literally "wouldnt you like to chop up") most unfortunately that is the mentality that prevails today. with no hope for real change, many are content to have their "boy" or "person" be governor, president, whoever, - at least that assures them of contracts and opportunities to make themselves rich. but let us not forget tomorrow. it is rumoured that when mko abiola's dear wife lay in pain her body riddled with cancer, he wept saying something about how "money has been put to shame".

The people have spoken. A governor has been elected. As a lawyer myself i congratulate Governor elect Fashola. May you be blessed with the courage to truly serve the people. very soon we will have a new president. lets pray our new leaders will do well for us all. amen.

Case Closed   Agbero Continues

Me I have just one request to make:

Even if Fashola does no other thing for four years, he should only help all of us clear all the agberos off Lagos roads. They are a menace to society and no sane society should allow such. I was shocked when I heard that Tinubu said they were the ones that voted for him so he couldn't touch them. At least in this case Fashola got more tham 800,000 votes. Or are are there more than 800,000 agberos in Lagos.

This is my candid request to the new governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola.

hello hoao62 not sure why but I'm reluctant to post my email address openly. why don't you send me yours and i will contact you by email immediately

NO PDP am so happy.If only all States can be like Lagos.

God, give us men!

GOD, give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office can not buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty, and in private thinking;
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps.

By Josiah Gilbert Holland


When few months this thread was lauched, I never imagined we could have a thread this volatile, enormous

There and then when Spora created the thread Streetcyph my good pal working with THIS DAY newspaper was the first person that responded, followed by my humble self, where he argued Pedro will clinch and I rightly postulated all things being equal Fashola would clinch itthen the major argument was Fashola is a stooge, now we all know better, over 800, 000 progressives can never be wrong, can they?

The support that went Fashola’s way has been too tremendous that even a few of us here that were canvassing for other candidates e.g 9ja4eva, Mustay etc have rightly congratulated him, that I feel is a sign of true sportsmanship, considering the fact that what we all witnessed was a credible election, violence-free as against the initial fears being expressed by the electorate, especially as it was feared that the Koro boys would unleash violence on the state

The major factor that led to violence-free elections in Eko-ile was the fact that AC had conducted proper orientation lectures for their supporters so as to make them ignore any attempt at getting them provoked by Koro boys, for example in some LGs their leaders criss-crossed unhindered polling booths with a convoy of mean-looking touts at times numbering between 10-20, in some cases more though and as usual they were chanting their usual slogans- KO SI KORO KO SI IBO which ordinarily was against electoral laws, the mission was to scare of potential voters off the booths, funny enough the resolve of Lagosians was to ensure that Koro and his ilk portending impending anarchy would not be voted in

I also praise the efforts of the polling agents at ensuring that there were reduced wranglings as against previous elections, the agents used this time around were actually younger and more literate since the polls are fast assuming an IT-based style, hence they actually did not see the need for a do or die electioneering

I actually find as appalling the press conference that Pedro and co called, it makes one puke considering the fact that immediately after they had voted and the polling ended they all claimed to have been satisfied with the process in its entirety probably save for Agbaje who complained that his picture was not on the ballot papers,  Pedro complained of a candidate in Alimosho that was representing the party for the House Of Reps that didn’t have his picture on the papers

Even at that, how many wars do these gentlemen and ladies want to fight in a lifetime?

Whats with their defeatist attitude? 

Why can't they just take a lesson from politicians in the civilized nations, that would have sent congratulatory messages to a winning candidate when its obviously clear that person was bound to win the race, not to talk of when that person has been declared winner, and people have shown support for the winning candidate with the way they jubilated on the streets of Lagos?

Don’t this people know that the respect that people have for them is rapidly vanishing into thin air because of this their attitude of not accepting defeat?

How many Governors can Lagos have at a time? 

If they could form a coalition few hours after elections, why couldn’t they have seen the writing on the wall to bring up a formidable opposition to contend with Fashola?

So Koro could identify with people like Pedro, Aro-lambo and Gbajabiamila? Whatever happened to KOSI KORO KO SI IBO, TRANSLATED NO KORO NO ELECTIONS!!! EWWWW!!! THIS GAME CALLED POLITICS SHA . . . SOME PEOPLE ARE SO SHAMELESS!!!

Was it the same KORO I saw that emaciated at that conference, it seemed as if he and Adiukwu-Bakare were in keen competition for the most-emaciated guber candidate!!! ewww

Agbaje was at that meeting earlier on, but funny enough he left before it was convened, I wait to hear he is not actually party to that kind of coalition again, because I believe he is a principled man . . . once bitten twice shy!!

Some of these people really need to ask themselves what they stand to gain from this aimless course, what exactly does Adiukwu-Bakare want? How many more wars would she fight in order to achieve her inordinate ambition of ruling Lagos? 

Definitely the co-winner from this is surely Afikuyomi that properly timed his ‘prodigality’ back into our camp, and he truly proved he is a progressive 

Back to Agbaje’s picture issue . . whilst am not trying to justify INEC for exclusion of his picture I would have expected Agbaje to come out to say whether or not truly his party submitted his picture late since INEC complained that some parties submitted their candidates’ pix late

Moreso I would expect that we all follow the trend of events across the country so as not to be unnecessarily subjective in our arguments, because these things didn’t only happen here in Lagos so we shouldn’t turn it into a vendetta affair. Prof Iwu had already said people should vote by logo and not by picture, and to be fair to ourselves we all have been voting by the symbol of our parties ever since the days of Awolowo, AG, UPN down to SDP, etc

One other thing to note is that 114,000 votes if multiplied by 7 would not have upset Fashola and is Mr Agbaje claiming because his picture was not there his voters voted for someone else or they declined to vote?

Are we forgetting that a large no of the professional and cultural elites are his supporters? Are we saying these elites would only vote by pictures placed alongside the logo of the party?

AS A PERSON I VOTED BY THE LOGO OF MY PARTY WHICH IS THE BROOM . . . THAT WHICH THEY COULD NOT BURN OFF BUT RATHER HAS BEEN USED TO SWEEP THEM OFF INTO OBLIVION

THERE WAS NO WAY ON EARTH AGBAJE WOULD HAVE WON EVEN A LOCAL GOVT EVEN IF ALL PICTURES ON THE BALLOT PAPERS WERE REPLACED WITH HIS . . .SO HE SHOULD STOP CRYING OVER SPLIT MILK

KORO KORO KORO, HOW MANY TIMES DID I CALL YOU? . . .is it not sad that you hoodwinked into supporting your candidacy people that should know better like LLcoolg05, madejibo (ballot box stealer), damsol, and not forgetting my friend FEMILANGY *_{whom was even defeated right in front of his house like their Oga Koro. . . .kpele jare my paddy shey u used those anti-stress pills I prescribed to you?*} Take am easy there is always another time, at least Baba Iyabo might compensate Koro his in-law with an appointment if perchance Yaradua gets there, well I am not sure we would also like to see a Minister that would be barking Shiaman and Foters to the faces of very learned state house reporters, so maybe a less-reckoned with board appointment might do hehehehe

Like Mrs Kemi Nelson, an authority in Lagos politics said, AC won in a classy style using a sledgehammer on an ant, Koro sorry o, no be me talk am o, na madam talk am o!!! but wasn’t it obvious?

828,00 TO 320,000? EWWWWW!!! WITH ALL THE FEDERAL MIGHT?

I TOLD YOU ALL THAT FASHOLA WOULD WIN CONVINCINLY AND WOULD CLEAR ALMOST ALL LGAS, but you all felt I was running my mouth or spewing bunkum, don’t we all know better now?

People like Streetcyph were actually predicting a run-off, run-off  ko sit- tight ni nonsense!!!  So how would Pedro get involved in a run-off with 29,000 votes to 828,000 votes that is Fashola’s? another ABRACADABRA? SO WHERE WENT ALL THE SILLY CAN and PFN ENDORSEMENTS YOU WERE BUSY MARKETING FOR US TO BELIEVE HOOK, LINE AND SINKER?


But seriously I respect all you guys for your very mature contributions, incisive and analytical in nature even though I felt some form of information manipulation were constantly being peddled which I felt someone like me tried to correct

For all those that sent me messages via Yahoo messenger and some mails commending me for my write-ups, and most recently some congratulating me, notably from different camps, let me quickly say, I am not a journalist neither am on the payroll of either the State Govt, or the AC as a party but am a very loyal member of AC, one that believes so much in the Fashola Project with every ounce of his blood
 I SAY A BIG THANK YOU ALL. . . MORESO I PRAY EKO O NI BAJE AND WE WILL ALL WITNESS A BRIGHTER REWARDING FUTURE UNDER THIS DISPENSATION OF FASHOLA’S  

I say a big thank you to Dayokanu who has held the fort several times when I was no where near the thread, how would I forget Debosky, Razorr, Fynewaka (my best buddy on NLand) Crazykid, Lordimpaq, lakesideforlove, Kliverpool  for their unwavering support for our newly elected governor.

I also extend my hand of fellowship to my very good pallies of the other camps- Streetcyph, Juvenile, Femilangy, LLCOOLG05, Madejibo, Damsol, Juvenile, Mustay, Hoao62(how can I ever forget to mention you)and others too numeroous to mention

To some other neutrals like Bolaoni, Loyika, Christino, who funny enough are part of the main sports afficionadoes here on Nland, what can I say but assure you we have a sports-loving Governor that would make Lagos regain its lost glory

GOD BLESS US ALL

 

Make una no complain if in d next 2 years, tinubu collects all his money he used 4 fash's campaign because fg still dey owe Lagos money and if this continues, wo una go SUFFER! 

These enemies of progress are here again? Sore losers!!! *long hiss*

men kitaun, no be say i be enemy of progress but na the yan be that, see it is just the truth, eko ti baje,


koro will win the case at the tribunal,

so whatever u want to get from fashola get it now


PDP,  POWER

@ everyone, Dayokanu mentions no violence but AC celebrating across Lagos State. Though the battel is far from over, if KORO was indeed the THUG that you all label him as, don't you think he would have acted like a THUG and encourage unnecessary violence across the state, but instead he monstered courage and told his supporters the battle is not over, let them enjoy their temporary victory. THAT IS WHAT I CALL A LEADER



Eko cannot and will not spoil, because AC aint going to be sworn in. I strongly believe so, by the way KORO has too much opportunities ahead of him, we all Know Yardua is president so no fusssss. KORO's future is toooooo briiiggghhhhhtttttt!!!!!

I strongly believe this time around, Lagos will get the Governor She deserves and that by the Grace of God isn't going to be a pupett. AMEN~

Lagos is too sophisticate to committed into the hand of a baby man like KORO, a man of unstable character.

The center of excellent, the heart beat of Nigeria, thank God for the Lagosian, what a good option.

Ask him why did he left AC?   No good reason, just because he is a baby in the heart that can easily be push here and there.

Now it seems this defeat is making Koro and his boys run amok . . . Lmao

how can u say i don't care. i sd i have ma own governor n i believe he will rule!!!

I still believe that without any of these incidents that you have reported (which need corroboration anyways) Fashola would have won, Pedro was simply too late in the game and with his unknown Labor Party was never going to mount a serious challenge. He talks a good game, but truthfully? it was an extremely tall order to expect pedro to defeat the other more established parties/candidates.

Street Cyph, You are an idiot!!!!!
You have proven it time in and time out.  Ever since it Pedros fake cover was blown and he was exposed for the fraud he is you have been trying to make up stories about Agbaje.It is the likes of you that are fucking up Naija.

You and Pedro are idiots and men of no class, especially if Pedro approves the way you are working for him on here(thats if you are not pedro himself).

And you call yourself a journalist??

Its your kind of journalist that Nigeria doesnt need, liars who take bribes, to say anything and everythiong, true or not.

How can you say Jimi Agbaje was Paid??? Somebody that is contesting the results of the elections at the tribunal?

Is it because he failed to lend support to the coalition of Pedro, Adikwu-bakare e.t.c( people with no class and no political Future???) . Your camp must be really upset to attempt to start this kind of Rumor.

God will punish you for all your lies. Keep that in mind, if you are attempting to malign a man who sponsored his dream for lagos sole handedly. Someone who has nothing to gain and everything to lose. 
Unlike Pedro who is trying to enter office to clean out the state treasury, you have a person like Agbaje and you are up here yanning balls.

I have nothing else to say to you, just watch what you say because God is still in control of lightening.
you fucking thief.

I cry for our nation.

make no mistakes, this is a battle between good and evil, and i pray for nigeria if evil wins.