Why is the Federal Government bent on capturing Ekiti State? Is it to make Ayo
Fayose powerless? For all you care there is no virile "Federal Presence" in the state.
Why demonise the state to the detriment of the people? This is very unfair to say the least.

Flancey:

Why is the Federal Government bent on capturing Ekiti State? Is it to make Ayo
Fayose powerless? For all you care there is no virile "Federal Presence" in the state.
Why demonise the state to the detriment of the people? This is very unfair to say the least.

What do you mean by federal presence? Is it that there's no military personnels for the election or that the FG has refused to build roads and bridges linking the oba's palace to the palmy joint?

FG's innitial plans was to send soldiers but you and your likes shouted it down accusing the FG of having the intention to use those soldiers to rig. Now, you are making noise about how FG want to make a tout like fayose powerless. Who even would want to make such a brainless corrupt brute powerful?

Ekiti youths should take some lessons from their edo counterparts instead of accepting 2 bottles of star beer and N500 to assassinate their brothers and burn their own homes down.

nuzo:

Ekiti youths should take some lessons from their edo counterparts instead of accepting 2 bottles of star beer and N500 to assassinate their brothers and burn their own homes down.

Very true - the level of violence just next door is so much lower and they still got their candidate in via legitimate means.

True talk my brother. Am only shocked to see the President,his Vice and all the NA leadership campaining for Segun Oni leaving the machinery of governance in a static state for that moment. Why is Ekiti so important? Thats the import of my query.
For ur information all politicians are touts to a certain degree.

Flancey:

True talk my brother. Am only shocked to see the President,his Vice and all the NA leadership campaining for Segun Oni leaving the machinery of governance in a static state for that moment. Why is Ekiti so important? Thats the import of my query.
For ur information all politicians are touts to a certain degree.

Whats wrong with a leader of the party campaigning for a colleague?
Are you also shocked that Tinubu and the AC leadership also campaigned for the AC candidate?

Yaradua made it clear right from the word go that he wont interfere with the election.

Like I said before, the bulk is on the table of ekiti youths, not the FG, INEC, Oni, Tinubu, PDP or AC.
Its time for these youth to take stocks and know what to throw away.

Why is the Federal Government bent on capturing Ekiti State? Is it to make Ayo
Fayose powerless? For all you care there is no virile "Federal Presence" in the state.
Why demonise the state to the detriment of the people? This is very unfair to say the least.

Politically, the south-west has always align with the progressives rather than the conservatives as represented by the PDP. In 2003, the south-west did not vote for the PDP but the elections were massively rigged to favour PDP to give OBJ a political base and the progressives in the south-west said they would not contest the election results in order not to endanger Nigeria's stability bearing in mind that Nigeria's first coup had its roots in political problems that started from the south-west. The rigging of 2003 was repeated also in 2007 and the progressives now decided to challenge the results. As a result, PDP lost Ondo and Edo (though not part of south-west but the people there play similar politics with the people of south-west). Osun is also on its way out of their grips. With the Appeal Court verdict of re-run in Ekiti, the PDP became jittery because loosing Ekiti again would mean loosing their grip in the south-west and this is what is making them desperate to win the state at all cost.

NB: PDP here is used to mean Fed Govt as well.

desgiezd:

Politically, the south-west has always align with the progressives rather than the conservatives as represented by the PDP. In 2003, the south-west did not vote for the PDP but the elections were massively rigged to favour PDP to give OBJ a political base and the progressives in the south-west said they would not contest the election results in order not to endanger Nigeria's stability bearing in mind that Nigeria's first coup had its roots in political problems that started from the south-west. The rigging of 2003 was repeated also in 2007 and the progressives now decided to challenge the results. As a result, PDP lost Ondo and Edo (though not part of south-west but the people there play similar politics with the people of south-west). Osun is also on its way out of their grips. With the Appeal Court verdict of re-run in Ekiti, the PDP became jittery because loosing Ekiti again would mean loosing their grip in the south-west and this is what is making them desperate to win the state at all cost.

NB: PDP here is used to mean Fed Govt as well.

Could it also be that the AC is also making such desperate effort since your analysis is unsubstantial?

nuzo:

Could it also be that the AC is also making such desperate effort since your analysis is unsubstantial?

Follow the news and judge that by yourself.

desgiezd:

Politically, the south-west has always align with the progressives rather than the conservatives as represented by the PDP. In 2003, the south-west did not vote for the PDP but the elections were massively rigged to favour PDP to give OBJ a political base and the progressives in the south-west said they would not contest the election results in order not to endanger Nigeria's stability bearing in mind that Nigeria's first coup had its roots in political problems that started from the south-west. The rigging of 2003 was repeated also in 2007 and the progressives now decided to challenge the results. As a result, PDP lost Ondo and Edo (though not part of south-west but the people there play similar politics with the people of south-west). Osun is also on its way out of their grips. With the Appeal Court verdict of re-run in Ekiti, the PDP became jittery because loosing Ekiti again would mean loosing their grip in the south-west and this is what is making them desperate to win the state at all cost.

NB: PDP here is used to mean Fed Govt as well.

Your analysis kind of makes sense- In the south west you have 6 states. why worry about 6 states if you have control of 30 states and the Fct

blacksta:

In the south west you have 6 states. why worry about 6 states if you have control of 30 states and the Fct

Let us not forget that election re-runs have been done in about five states with PDP winning all though people have alleged that the level of rigging in the original polls were even child's play compared to those of the re-runs. I remember clearly that the AC in Adamawa said they wouldn't bother to go to the tribunal again when they saw the level of rigging at the re-runs. Largely, the people seemed to have been docile in the states where the re-runs have been done and PDP has been having a field day. If the protest by the Ekiti people succeeds, this action would embolden people of other states where re-runs may occur in future and this will put PDP in jeopardy. Let us also know that if elections are conducted properly without rigging, PDP may not have more than one-third of the states they claim to have.

you people make so much unneccessary noise! didnt the president and he vice(as pdp members) campaign for their candidates in other states where there was re-run? theres nothing special about ekiti or ayo fayose for that matter,the only thing is that,that section of the country controls the press and so over blew the whole issue out of porportion,orn cant you guys relate the nation with tinubu along with tv continental etc and compass newspaper with gbenga daniels?

One point that is very clear here is that the people are resisting rigging.

Of all the reruns done so far, none has attracted so much
foul like what we have now in Ekiti state. The govt used its machinery of
oppression- the police to perpretrate its evil intentions. Can you imagine
an election collation being done at a police station and delivered by the same
police to INEC office? Has any INEC officer resigned on account of pressure to declare
a fake result? i believe that the govt fuelled the problems in the state. Dont forget the contribution
of the Obasanjo era. This is an extention. Its a shame.

Flancey:

True talk my brother. Am only shocked to see the President,his Vice and all the NA leadership campaining for Segun Oni leaving the machinery of governance in a static state for that moment. Why is Ekiti so important? Thats the import of my query.

The FG did this in the Bayelsa, Cross River and Kogi re-runs and won without an issue - this is not an Ekiti thing, it is the PDP's way of showing total support from the top down for the candidate in quesiton be it Oni or Sylva or Idris.

Ekiti's violence stems from the nature of the politicians within - there was an AC vs PDP battle in Lagos, but yet no violence. The violence and mayhem is indicative of the sophistication (or lack thereof) of the politicians/populace in Ekiti.