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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by globalresource: 3:28pm On Mar 13, 2019
Truth

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Pat4321: 3:28pm On Mar 13, 2019
But it's now that you know?

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by jamezman(m): 3:29pm On Mar 13, 2019
Mutemenot:
This man that talks anyhow . Torrow he 'll speak good of the election

Talking anyhow
Because he refused to be ignorant of the fact on ground..
Or
Talking anyhow
Because he refused to be buhari asslicker just like you and every other people who are blinded by foolishness...

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by pennyland(m): 3:29pm On Mar 13, 2019
As far as am concerned Buhari is not a real man of intagretity, hence credible election canot be conducted under his watch.the real intagretity man is the CP of
kano wakili

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by henrixx(m): 3:29pm On Mar 13, 2019
DauraIsAGoal:
Fear Yoruba
grin grin grin
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by weselomo(m): 3:30pm On Mar 13, 2019
Expensive shit
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Yankee101: 3:30pm On Mar 13, 2019
Better. I thought you had lost your compass completely when you were supporting Buhari upandan
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Nobody: 3:31pm On Mar 13, 2019
grin
Your son said it...

Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Tupacc: 3:32pm On Mar 13, 2019
DauraIsAGoal:
Fear Yoruba Flatinoz

They’re born to Hate!
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by theoldpretender(m): 3:33pm On Mar 13, 2019
Let's be honest...and I am not defending any poltician

This election was bad...but then again, so were most of all the others, even the 2015 election that people are now saying was good.

And the simple reason is Nigerians.

Nigerians are ready to take bribe, ready to be paid to snatch ballot boxes, and ready to fight over poltical parties.

How about our National Assembly? They refused to approve electronic voting...twice.

The thing is, this election, for what is worth, there was no glossing over violence. But there is so much INEC can do. INEC did well...but so long as a group of armed people come with weapons, so long as people collect bribes...there is nothing anyone can do.
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by OmoManU: 3:34pm On Mar 13, 2019
rattlesnake:
Nigeria problem na hausa
No it's people like you that is the problem

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by kitogram(m): 3:42pm On Mar 13, 2019
E-rigging cool cool cool
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by wink2015(m): 3:50pm On Mar 13, 2019
EngrHumble:
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has
described the 2019 general elections as an
‘expensive joke’.
Falana, who was a guest on Channels
Television’s Sunrise Daily, urged Nigerians to
organize themselves by going back to the
drawing board if the country stands a chance at
having credible elections.
“This country spent over N250 billion
from public purse on this useless
enterprise apart from what each of the
governors and political party spent,
which is more than 250 billion.
If we want to get out of the crisis of
monumental dimension, we need to go
back to the drawing table, beyond the
two major political parties. Nigerians
must organize because this expensive
joke cannot continue.”
On the issue of reported violence across the
country, Falana believes that no matter the
amount of preaching, electoral violence cannot
end, except there is an effort by the human rights
community and the electoral offences tribunal to
follow through the cases after elections.
“We have close to 40 million illiterate
adults, the majority of them are roaming
the street. In such an environment, you
could preach till the second coming of
Christ, but that will not stop people from
getting involved in electoral offences and
other acts of criminality.

All those who have been caught
disrupting our elections are agents of
politicians. The police and security
agencies have arrested in the last 6
months, over 2000 electoral offenders,
what do we do with them, once the
elections are over, our attention will shift
elsewhere.

An electoral offences tribunal are to take
over these cases like the EFCC or ICPC
and investigate them thoroughly and
charge those who have been indicted,
but the suggestion was rejected.
From the human rights community, we
are trying to partner with the police and
the INEC to ensure that we can assemble
young lawyers to take on the prosecution
of the cases of behalf of INEC.

Otherwise, everyone will go back to
business as usual as soon as possible.”
Falana also suggested that the option of ‘E-
Voting’ would be problematic, citing examples of
its use during the elections of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, and the
Nigeria Bar Association NBA.

“Electronic voting is not the solution with
the state of impunity and recklessness in
the country; it is difficult. The EFCC is
now investigating what we now call ‘E-
Rigging’ in the NBA. The E-Voting
system would be problematic because
our political class is rarely prepared for
credible elections,” he maintained.
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2019/3/human-rights-lawyer-femi-falana-describes-the-2019-general-elections-as-an-expensive-joke.html

NIGERIA NEEDS TO BE RESTRUCTURED INTO A TRUE FEDERAL STATE.

THAT IS THE FIRST REQUIREMENT.

We can not afford to put the cart before the horse.
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Charly68: 3:51pm On Mar 13, 2019
He should be made to take over from the present man & let's see how far he can perform..this is what Babangida used to do to his critics to shut them up..they would womble and fumble and keep quiet after they have seen the reality of things by themselves... Remember peoples bank ,Road safety and others .

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by DauraIsAGoal: 3:51pm On Mar 13, 2019
Mutemenot:
This man that talks anyhow . Torrow he 'll speak good of the election
My pictures 2 posts above yours say it all
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by AndLeo(m): 3:57pm On Mar 13, 2019
Democracy is not working for Nigeria. Election is expensive and involves waste of time, money and people die. Nigeria should go back to military rule.
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Xisnin(m): 3:58pm On Mar 13, 2019
theoldpretender:
Let's be honest...and I am not defending any poltician

This election was bad...but then again, so were most of all the others, even the 2015 election that people are now saying was good.

And the simple reason is Nigerians.

Nigerians are ready to take bribe, ready to be paid to snatch ballot boxes, and ready to fight over poltical parties.

How about our National Assembly? They refused to approve electronic voting...twice.

The thing is, this election, for what is worth, there was no glossing over violence. But there is so much INEC can do. INEC did well...but so long as a group of armed people come with weapons, so long as people collect bribes...there is nothing anyone can do.

Imagine a person defending the police by saying:
This city would have been peaceful if not for the thugs.

We all know that thugs will be thugs, that is why we pay the police and other
security agencies.

You are muddling the water by absolving INEC and the president of responsibility.
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by theoldpretender(m): 4:03pm On Mar 13, 2019
Xisnin:


Imagine a person defending the police by saying:
This city would have been peaceful if not for the thugs.

We all know that thugs will be thugs, that is why we pay the police and other
security agencies.

You are muddling the water by absolving INEC and the president of responsibility.

Well, we can put police guards everywhere...but the people too have a role to play in crime prevention.

If communities get together and help the police in identifying thugs, etc...and if we have a well funded police that can have a database of said thugs...we can prevent crimes before they happen.

And let's be honest. INEC is not perfect...but compared to 2003 and 2007, they have improved. Now, they are, to some extent cancelling elections marred by violence.

The thing is, even if the elections are perfect...there will be complaints. Nigerians think the election is perfect IF THEIR PARTY wins.
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by chinedu234(m): 4:08pm On Mar 13, 2019
The joke is on anyone that expected a good election in a fraud republic.
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Bizibi(m): 4:10pm On Mar 13, 2019
NIGERIANS WILL START FEELING THE JOKE LATER THIS YEAR,I PRAY IT DOESNT GET WORSE IN FEW MONTHS.TWO THINGS IM SCARED OF NOW,FOOD PRICES AND FUEL PRICES[sub][/sub]
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by surveyProf(m): 4:12pm On Mar 13, 2019
The only way out of the Nigerian political crisis, kills during elections is to make those offices less juicy to the politicians.
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by ozodigboo(m): 4:15pm On Mar 13, 2019
Mutemenot:
This man that talks anyhow . Torrow he 'll speak good of the election
Thank God for you.
The same man that told Atiku to forget tribunal and move forward.
So many two-faced eediots in naija.
SAN my foot.
Where is Itse Sagay ?
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Nobody: 4:21pm On Mar 13, 2019
this 2 faced dude again?.....
damn too inconsistent!

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by TruthinAction: 4:30pm On Mar 13, 2019
But the international observers gave the Presidential election a pass mark. Are the international observers also a joke?
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by xcelentattitude(m): 4:34pm On Mar 13, 2019
Buhari supporters avoiding this thread like plague grin

Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Hedonisst: 4:36pm On Mar 13, 2019
This man talks from both sides of his mouth these days, so I can't take him seriously. Gani would be very ashamed and disgusted in his grave.

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by Jetrue3oo: 4:55pm On Mar 13, 2019
E niba lomo is the popular demonic slogan of the yoruba people.
Righteousness is foolishness to yoruba people.
The can only talk about Righteousness after stealing.

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Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by slivertongue: 4:59pm On Mar 13, 2019
inec and the incumbent govt are not only a joke bt a.monumental disgrace
Re: Femi Falana Describes The 2019 General Elections As An ‘expensive Joke’ by bionixs: 5:00pm On Mar 13, 2019
Mutemenot:
This man that talks anyhow . Tomorrow he 'll speak good of the election
thank you sir! it is not his fault,they have it in their blood,cowards

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