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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 10:56am On Feb 03, 2015
rubbish, we are tired of a gvoernment who took election as the time to show his mercy or kindness on the country because he wants a vote, how will some useless pple keep taking away billions everyday and coming out to tell us some money are missing, how do expect a growth under such administration, we need to move forward for the sake of generations to come, if u vote this man in adminnistration then the generations to come will blame u for wasting their inheritance

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by omoakin111: 10:58am On Feb 03, 2015
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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by onatisi(m): 10:58am On Feb 03, 2015
When I was telling all these small apc boys that apc is arrogantly walking into pdp trap,they didn't believe . Even in the south west now everybody is asking so many questions about buhari. He has become a candidate with so many question marks. Bring certificate ,he refused. Come for debate,he refused. How do u sell urself and ur product when you refuse to tell the people what u have for them. it will be a miracle if buhari wins 10 states in this coming election. The maximum he can get from the south west is 2 or 3 states.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Firefire(m): 10:58am On Feb 03, 2015
Aspireahead:


although i dont like the APC my support for Buhari in school here has been loud and pronounced. Everyone in my hostel know i support him(they assume i support APC). I have been given the GEJites TK0 until this issue came up...imagine students knocking at my door to mock at me. Atleast i had an answer when they refused the NEDG offer and told them we will meet at the Channels debate only for this to happen.

Don't wait for further disappointment.

CHANGE Now!

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 11:00am On Feb 03, 2015
What a CRAPPY piece! Pdp's campaign of calumny negates d eletoral laws/guidelines, & if gmb apc shuld embark on same, d status quo 'll be too hot 2 handle hence d court option.! #CHANGE!!!

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 11:00am On Feb 03, 2015
Aspireahead:


although i dont like the APC my support for Buhari in school here has been loud and pronounced. Everyone in my hostel know i support him(they assume i support APC). I have been given the GEJites TK0 until this issue came up...imagine students knocking at my door to mock at me. Atleast i had an answer when they refused the NEDG offer and told them we will meet at the Channels debate only for this to happen.
Well, not just you. This shouldn't wey us down my gee, the campaign must continue.
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by AlfaSeltzer(m): 11:00am On Feb 03, 2015
nwigwemark:
If Buhari likes, let him organise another coup, he will never smell aso rock again in his life time. Ordinary primary school certificate holder like him.

He doesn't have a primary school certificate.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Firefire(m): 11:02am On Feb 03, 2015
AlfaSeltzer:


He doesn't have a primary school certificate.

grin

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by aimuan(m): 11:02am On Feb 03, 2015
Bevista:
There is no way PDP and GEJ can get back to Aso Rock. The discontentment in the land has reached unimaginable proportions.

How about I tell you of the 50 persons I have queried, of which 35 are voting GMB.

How about you ask AIT and Reno Omokri the results they got when they tried to test GEJ's popularity & acceptability compared to GMB.

GMB shooting GEJ in the foot since 2014.

Come feb14th, I'm righting the wrong of April 2011.

#TeamGMB2015
i subscribe to your view.GMB all the way

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by chibas: 11:02am On Feb 03, 2015
itetemi:
in the united states, townhall meetings are crucial but debate is compulsory because it is recognised in the constitution and that is why you have the united states commission of presidential debates.the commission is non partisan in its duties.

it is not like here when anyone can just decide to do debate and probably the underdog candidate jumps more at it.

look at in 2011, jonathan did not bother to debate because he probably felt more confident of his chances.

it is okay to debate but it is not compulsory and a lot of things determine victory at the polls not one.
which constitution?

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by adekampe: 11:02am On Feb 03, 2015
This is an opinion piece by a biafran known as Chinedu Rylan. That it was published on SR doesn't make it the view of the online tabloid. It's an op-ed. That's all it is

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by watchindelta(m): 11:02am On Feb 03, 2015
Everybody kn PDP will never leave that presidential sit for APC. Even APC kn PDP are planning very hard good or bad to win undecided
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 11:03am On Feb 03, 2015
Empredboy:
now pro gej what do u av to say about this report from sahara(in ur mind its a pro gmb agency)?
it's quite obvious that GEJ is the winner. ....

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 11:03am On Feb 03, 2015
felifeli:


[size=16pt]Give Buhari Amber Rose for one night and prepare for his burial next day grin grin grin grin

The way I see it , Buhari will also ban Nairaland for permitting this delicious picture of a naked girl to cause CORRUPTION in the mind of our youths. Seun I sorry for you grin grin grin grin grin grin[/size]

Guy I am seriously afraid of what's going to become of Nigeria. Some people can't live without visiting porn site ooooo. Lol. No more blue film b dat na. Buhari will defitely not live long for sure. Lol.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by onatisi(m): 11:03am On Feb 03, 2015
When I was telling ppl that apc is arrogantly walking into pdp trap ,people never knew what I was refering to. Now even in the south west ,people are beginning to ask questions about buhari.he is now a candidate with so many question marks and unresolved issues. Certificate ,he no get. debate ,he ran away! What kind of a presidential candidate is that? With what is going on now in many south west state it will be a miracle if buhari wins 3 states in the south west. This will be the heaviest defeat for apc in any presidential election so far. To say buhari will lose is an understatement,the sweet sensational aroma is that buhari has already lost this election . Although we know he will still contest in 2019 .

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by chichriso: 11:04am On Feb 03, 2015
APC has no chance of winning the presidential election in this country.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by jpphilips(m): 11:04am On Feb 03, 2015
rayzzz:
Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? by Chinedu Rylan

At some point it all looked like Gen. Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) team would pose a deadly serious threat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and wreck their chances of returning the incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to power come May 29. But all the early good works and concerted efforts to win the sympathy and support of the masses, and gain their votes have been undone, almost single-handedly by the party itself.

Few weeks ago, it was safe to say that the winner of the February 14 Presidential election was anyone’s guess, bearing in mind that the two frontrunners in the elections were – and still are – neck-and-neck in terms of the number of core supporters they have been able to amass. Both, however, would have – and may still be – banking on the support of millions of undecided eligible Nigerian voters whose minds were yet to be made up on who to support and who not to support. Unfortunately, it now seems that the bulk of those erstwhile undecided voters are moving further away from the Progressives, if online sentiments and those in the streets are anything to go by.

I’ve come across several previously undecided voters, both online and offline, who are now almost certain that they will camp under the Umbrella. I went ahead to require of them what informed their decisions and almost all of them were united in their rationales for settling for the PDP. Assuming that I queried 50 persons about their reasons for shifting to the PDP, 45 of them told me that the APC and Muhammadu Buhari have played into the arms of the PDP.

Now, how has the APC and Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) played into the hands of the People's Democratic Party?

The PDP in their campaign trails and in their online push for reelection have never failed to remind us of how intolerant of any form of opposition, ideological or otherwise, GMB has been. They went as far back as his 1983-85 military regime where he put a host of opposing voices behind bars to buttress their point. One would have expected that the general, as a seasoned and elite politician that he is, would in response guard his utterances and be more watchful of what he says or does in the public and to the media, but the reverse has so far been the case.

In a protest letter recently channeled through the legal director of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume (SAN), General Buhari threatened to file a lawsuit against the federal government-owned Nigerian Television Authority and the privately owned African Independent Television for what he described as “hate documentaries” against him that were aired in the tail end last month by the stations, unless they retract them and issue a formal apology. Such threats and disposition by an aspiring office holder (or even a serving office holder) are rather uncalled for in a democratic setting. The world over, leaders and politicians are scrutinized and castigated by the media on a daily basis and it’s seen as part of their obligations as watchdogs in the society.

If world leaders should file a lawsuit for every alleged calumny or supposed act of “hate” they've been subjected to, then the mountain of lawsuits that would be filed by the likes of Barack Obama, David Cameron, Vladimir Putin or even our very own Goodluck Jonathan will take several generations of humanity to tackle. These leaders are lampooned on a daily basis yet you rarely hear them threatening to sue anyone for it. His own case shouldn't be any different. So my advice to the General is that the sooner he develops a thick skin to withstand all the media "assault," the better for him, because he will be receiving a truckload of it should he eventually win.

In like manner, the leadership of the APC is doing their presidential and vice presidential aspirants and their image as a whole no good by backing out of a series of debates organized by different corporate bodies and organizations within the country in the run-up to the Valentine’s Day polls. Their no-show at the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG)’s Vice Presidential debates and their anticipated no-show at the presidential debates to be organized by the trio of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Arise News and ChannelsTV do nothing to gainsay the allegation leveled against them by the People’s Democratic Party of being fight shy of a public face-off in which they will have to tackle tough questions and defend their manifestos and party agenda before Nigerians.

Though the APC has come out to deny this allegation and have done their best to repudiate the "dodging theory" of the PDP by citing perceived bias on the part of the organizers of the debates as their reason for backing out, the average and neutral Nigerian on the streets is not buying it. The rebuttal has done very little to convince neutrals who are beginning to toe the PDP’s line. My advice to them is that they should vet their options and come up with a positive decision in time, before the election sets in.

For the sake of time and space, I will stop at these. These and many more PR missteps and political miscalculations have conspired to put the party in a precarious position and rob them of the people's goodwill which they once owned. In an election that will likely be decided by the undecided voters, the APC are fast losing speed and direction. Concerted efforts must be made to repair what has already been damaged and put their push for the country's top job back on track, else they run the risk of losing by a wide margin at the poll.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/02/has-buhari-shot-himself-foot

Debate? oh! please, the BON debate is for nematodes not for me definitely, I watched Jonathan's interview with Aisha Sessay of CNN, the lady asked Jonathan "Mr President, what do you stand for?" believe me the president of the Federal republic of unfortunate Nigeria could not answer, he danced around the questions so badly that Sessay had to recall his attention to it not once, not twice but thrice, when it degenerated to an embarrassment, Sessay had to move on.

Fast forward to Dec last year when Jonathan granted an interview to NTA, a supposed dumb CNN guest became a professor over night, Mr dumb president actually quoted the tonnage of fertilizer supplied to farmers under the Agriculture Ministry.
The question is; how did a dumb president on CNN become a Prof. of stats over night? the answer is simple, NTA gave him expo, is that the show of shame you want Buhari to be part of?

BON = NTA (Jonathan's employees) + FRCN (Jonathan's employees) + AIT (Jonathan's lap dog).

How can a sane person like Buhari fall for that cheap trick?

CNN African correspondent is always in Abuja, Aljazeera African correspondent I have met twice at NAIA etc, why are professional Journalists not leading the debate?

Buhari may not be an Orator, but I don't even see Jonathan as an Orator too, though Oratory is the least of my problems with Nigeria.

If I should watch that debate, I need an independent journalist to ask the right questions not some mumbo jumbo arrangee, I want a journalist that will ask Jonathan if he is aware that majority of Nigerians are not privileged to watch the Debate not because we are not hard working enough to buy televisions but because he has failed in his administrative capacity to provide electricity.

Any debate not asking the right questions is a waste of my AGO and generator life span, sadly, Nigerians are too m0r0nic to look at the substance surrounding issues.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Shaw007(m): 11:05am On Feb 03, 2015
Trying to get Pdefeat back in the Game, are we??
Nice try sahara desserts!!
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Firefire(m): 11:05am On Feb 03, 2015
fydence:
Some APC supporters eyes don dey clear small small, some don dey 'feel pains since yesterday', some still dey form die hard fans till the true picture enters HD mode.... Pa Buhari is not the Change Nigeria needs... Wise people know this, the paid supporters know this even the Jagbanjantis of Bourdillon knows that that Buhari is nothing bt his private investment to get richer..either way he wins. Na the mumu supporters wey go soon quote me with insults i dey sorry for.... Change ko, Balance ni...

cheesy

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Temptee101(m): 11:05am On Feb 03, 2015
The article is so true. Sincerely speaking the tide has totally turned aganist GMB. The debate is an avenue to sell his potentials but judging by his age i dont think he still has any left to offer.

GMB has no business being on the political scene.

Though i dont like GEJ but he is way better than GMB. He still has many crucial reports yet to be implemented like the Confab report. The North never supported the Confab from day one; so tell me with GMB at the helm of affairs do you think he would implement it since he kicked aganist it in the first place.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 11:05am On Feb 03, 2015
Firefire:


I laugh. cheesy

I already told you in the past, no amount of your defense, clearing and exoneration can CLEAR Mr Gen. Buhari of his many crime in his life time.

Hyssop Leaf will not even help him.

Too late my friend, you trusted the wrong people undecided

The door of Grace is widely open to receive the lost sheep's.

Goodluck.
Bros, I never cleared Gen Buhari, I have no power to do that. All I do and will continue to do is to state the record as it is and not accuse an innocent man. He will be elected anyway
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Mogidi: 11:05am On Feb 03, 2015
PDP giving Buhari enough rope to hang his political life since 03.

Enjoy this Pakistani (GEJ) babe joor.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by nwaanambra1(m): 11:05am On Feb 03, 2015
barcanista:
Sorry, I just have to clear those

barcanista!

1 Corinthians 10:12

beware the spirit of doubts.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by xmich(m): 11:06am On Feb 03, 2015
How can this put food on my table
anyway GMB killed him self and run away

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by techlegs: 11:07am On Feb 03, 2015
aimuan:
i subscribe to your view.GMB all the way


Hahahahaha grin grin you will subscribe to his Dstv when the court decides to kick GMB out of the race because of forged result.
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Jaynaira: 11:07am On Feb 03, 2015
I know this opinion must be that of an Igbo person.He is trying to use reverse psychology to woo Buhari voters using an APC-friendly medium to direct undecided votes to Jonathan. Am sure Metuh is behind it,but using d pseudo "Chinedu Ryan".Too cheap to me.Why didn't Jona lose 2011 because he avoided a debate? Shekarau performed best in 2011 debate,is he d president today? PDP can do ANYTHING to pull GMB down but its too late.
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by tolu4you: 11:08am On Feb 03, 2015
Rextayne:
Plain silly, anyways
Click like for GMB
Click share for GEJ

click like for GMB
click share for GEJ..... be here begging for like and share.... you think clicking like is the real deal on failbuhari 14? Capital NO. i hardly like post on nairaland, and im sure there are some people like that.

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Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Olufemiolaolu(m): 11:10am On Feb 03, 2015
Useless post by an enemy of progress. what happened when ur clueless president failed 2 show up @ a debate? Debate or know debate Buhari ll win by God's grace.
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by anonimi: 11:10am On Feb 03, 2015
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by amazingqueen(f): 11:10am On Feb 03, 2015
Zahra Buhari had been vindicated. see as PDP don hack sahara reporters again. Waiting for their statement to that effect. Meanwhile until APC stops suffering from PDP paranoia which will be in 2049, GEJ we know!
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by Aspireahead(m): 11:10am On Feb 03, 2015
Firefire:


Don't wait for further disappointment.

CHANGE Now!
i am supporting a PDP candidate for governorship....i never try?
Re: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by techlegs: 11:11am On Feb 03, 2015
Temptee101:
The article is so true. Sincerely speaking the tide has totally turned aganist GMB. The debate is an avenue to sell his potentials but judging by his age i dont think he still has any left to offer.

GMB has no business being on the political scene.

Though i dont like GEJ but he is way better than GMB. He still has many crucial reports yet to be implemented like the Confab report. The North never supported the Confab from day one; so tell me with GMB at the helm of affairs do you think he would implement it since he kicked aganist it in the first place.


GMB will NEVER implement the confab report if he wins. That report is set to put Nigeria on the right path of equitable progress. It doesn't favor the north though but it's the only way NIGERIA can move forward. Not implementing it now must be a political strategy by GEJ.

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