It is quite logical for Buhari to have addressed people in the north in Hausa. However in recognition of non hausas who are interested in voting for him and need to know what is being said, there should have been english translation.

He did isolate those who dont understand hausa also.

londoner:

It is quite logical for Buhari to have addressed people in the north in Hausa. However in recognition of non hausas who are interested in voting for him and need to know what is being said, there should have been english translation.

He did isolate those who dont understand hausa also.

It is not just that. He has had dozens of campaigns in the North and just 3 in the South; those actions truly capture his inner thoughts as a sectionalist. His behaviour after his coup has already marked him out as an ethnic bigot; locking the Igbo VP, Ekwueme in Kirikiri maximum prison, while keeping his Fulani kinsman, Shagari under "house arrest" in highbrow Ikoyi.

Eziachi:

This your ,5,7, 8 years old e.t.c, do you believe in it or did you just make it up because those of that age, I think cannot vote.
It funny that you started by saying that many people only read with their eye but without using their mind,  I hope you are not reffering to your own person judging by your utterances?
This is one of the issues, with us southerners.  So every non rich person from the north is now classed as silly, unintelligent or almanjiri by people like you? If reverse was the case we will be screaming and call such a stereotype as disrespect to an entire region.
Tinubu called Jonathan a druken fisherman, many of us from south of the Niger wanted to turn it into tribal war, that a Yoruba is insulting an Ijaw man. Double standard!

Buhari was in power with a group of colleagues called the Supeme Military Council and it lasted less than 24 months before IBB took over and was almost 25 years ago and PDP/Jonathan has been incharge for the last 12 years and you are blaming Buhari for Almanjiri problem? Is that what you conscience is really telling you? or just being partisan. We often accuse the north of so many things, but Jonathan' candidacy has shown that we southerner are no different as the only reason most of you are supporting him is simply that he is from south like us.

It took the Japanese a week to fix an unbelievable damage done to their country by some natural disasters, what PDP could not do in 12 years of no disasters in Nigeria. I am not advocating for any of the candidates, but sometimes when people like you are blinded by sentiment it makes you understand the true dynamics of human nature. And it confirms what Fela sang about people turning electric into candle because it suits their desires.

Thank God for elders in the land

@Topic,

On nairaland as well as many online polls Buhari leads with a margin. Can we also say it was the uneducated Almajiris that voted for him in these polls?

The writer is being untruthful saying other candidates don't speak Hausa during Northern campaigns. Even Sambo speaks Hausa during GEJ's northetn campaigns and Jonathan has being known to attempt speaking igbo @ some SE campaign.

As for Buhari's followership being religious, I guess Ribadu and Shekarau are not Muslims. All the writer had to do to get facts is hit da street of a few Northern states, ask them about Buhari, u'll get response like'he's an honest man who represents the talakawas(The Poor)'. As a matter of fact, his analysis is more appropriate of Shekarauks followership. Many regard him as a religious scholar and authority in Kano.

@beaf, yes I am quite worried that his campaign trail has been north noticeably focused, although he went to a few places in the south,but it seemed cosmetic to me.

I wonder if he actually means to convince those in the south that he is for them, and they should vote for him.

Northerners already love him and he has played to the choir too much. It is the confidence of the rest of the country that he is EQUALLY for them which should have been given more focus.

I find it quite worrying to be honest. Having said that, I would like to see the back of PDP. Maybe a vote for BB would be a gamble, but a vote for PDP will be a sure noose around Nigeria's neck.

i do not want pdp to die rather reform. we need at least parties in nigeria that are viable and real contenders at the centre. but maybe they should be out of power for now. sadly rather than go back to the drawing board nigerian politicians just decamp

Eziachi:

This your ,5,7, 8 years old e.t.c, do you believe in it or did you just make it up because those of that age, I think cannot vote.

^^With all due respect sir, consider the picture below from one of Buhari's Northern rallies. Examine the faces in the portion circled in red. Are these voting age adults? Those of us living in the north know that these almajiri do not vote but they are the ones used to unleash violence on others not of their religious persuasion. . .a situation that we fear may arise after Buhari loses in April.

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^^Bookmark this page. And refer to it after April 9. Apparently you are one of those whose zero-sum view of the elections will lead them to riot should Buhari lose.

P.S. I see you do not dispute the fact pointed out in the attached picture. . .significant numbers of Buhari's crowds are under-privileged minors.

Rigged and Die. Period!

You, PDP cannot be holding the whole country for ransom. You can't continue to be subverting the people's wish forever.

For, Instance you annonce PDP winner in Kaduna State or Bauchi satate and you expect no riot, violence and killing?? Nah!

. . .If PDP must then, It should be based on majority votes.

aletheia:

^^Bookmark this page. And refer to it after April 9. Apparently you are one of those whose zero-sum view of the elections[b] will lead them to riot [/b] should Buhari lose.

P.S. I see you do not dispute the fact pointed out in the attached picture. . .significant numbers of Buhari's crowds are under-privileged minors.

I saw this in my email today and I think it is hilarious. It's pretty long though, so forgive me for posting everything,

[b]
_Look beyond the sweet talk and vote right._ __  While walking
down the street one day a Corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a car
and died.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems
there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts,
you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the Senator,

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll
do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can
choose where to spend eternity."

"Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the
Senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes
down, down, down to hell.

The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf
course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are
all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him,
shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while
getting rich at the expense of the people. They played a friendly game
of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is
having a good time dancing and telling jokes.

They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes
it, it is time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator
rises,

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St.
Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven, "

So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented
souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They
have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by
and St. Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now
choose your eternity."

The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would
never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I
think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down
to hell,

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren
land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed
in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more
trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.

"I don't understand," stammers the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and
there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar,
drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a
wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What
happened?"

The devil smiles at him and says,
"Yesterday WE were campaigning. Today, YOU voted, "   

[/b]

Vote wisely in the 2011 Elections!

By the way, don't forget to vote Buhari/Bakare!!!

^^^

Dr. Doyin Okupe made some good points.

doyin okupe is an idiot

has nothing to do with religion its about ethinicity.

he should shut that fat mouth up

Doyin Okupe again, after failed attempts with IBB and the likes. PDP will be kicked out come April.

VOTE BB 2011 for the future of your children

“If you look at the crowd that attend Buhari’s rallies, you will not find very eminent people, you will not find people of the middle class, but what you find is a lot of young people, most of who are not gainfully employed."--- Dr. Doyin Okupe.



And if this statement doesnt bother GEJ's blind supporters, and well-meaning Nigerians, then, yeah, g'ahead and vote in PDP for another 100 years of hopelessness.

bk.babe97y:

“If you look at the crowd that attend Buhari’s rallies, you will not find very eminent people, you will not find people of the middle class, but what you find is a lot of young people, most of who are not gainfully employed."--- Dr. Doyin Okupe.



And if this statement doesnt bother GEJ's blind supporters, and well-meaning Nigerians, then, yeah, g'ahead and vote in PDP for another 100 years of hopelessness.

i wonder ooo - is it not the same supporters who claim gej is supported by the masses ?

oyb:

i wonder ooo - is it not the same supporters who claim gej is supported by the masses ?

Well, I dont know about you, but I could actually imagine the look on his face when he made this statement. You can actually feel the disdain he has for the common man in that comment. Yet, he forgets that the actions of him and his cronies is what made those youths he hates so much "not gainfully employed"!!!

there is no evidence that picture was taken in nigeria. there is no evidence it is this year. no evidence it is at buhari's rally.
and sorry i cannot tell people,s age by looking at a photo

Dr Okupe should please shut up if he has nothing to say. Of what point is it talking to people in a language they do not understand? he pointed out that there were no "elites" there. Good, if i were a politician in Nigeria, I will choose to get the support of the poor cos they are far more than the elite unless of course i need the elites to rig for me. Which university awarded him his degree? the standard of education in Nigeria is worse than I initially thought if he went to a Nigerian university. . . which i doubt . . he probabaly schooled in somalia

They should be afraid, if it'll take religious bias to bring change, let it be

He said Buhari’s rallies were more like a religious movement rather than a conventional political campaign forum, expressing fear that his supporters may not accept defeat if they lose in the forthcoming election.
Okupe argued that the CPC presidential candidate’s rallies, particularly in the North, was not a measure of his popularity as there was nothing unique Buhari is selling except that he had been made to represent the symbol of Islamic fundamentalism.

wether we like it or not, nigeria and nigerians need nothing at this moment other than change. in Algeria, the suicide committed by an unemployed youth brought about the revolution that changed the govt of the country. something must ignite this change we so much need and deserve as a country. the idea of running away from violence in nigeria is causing us more lives than the real war.
since pdp has refused to understand a gentleman's approach/language, other forms of commuincations must be used to make them feel our pains. we cannot continue to celebrate criminals while the poor masses die of hardship.
who can calculate how much the masses spend of petroling powering the gnerators on daily basis while the rich fat useless policticians power theirs with our tax payer's money.
a govt that can give senators N15.9m monthly and refuse N18,000 minimum wage deserves hell.
libyians refused to be intimidated and the change is sure to come for them.
lives must be secrificed in nigeria to ensure the future of our unborn generations.
IN BOLD LETTERS, I AM A SUPPORTER OF BUHARI AND I WILL IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE FIGHT DEFEAT BECAUSE EVERY NIGERIAN KNOWS WHAT PDP IS ALL ABOUT.
if pdp is not about criminalities, why is th IG of police stopping us from cameras and phone on the election day? and where has that uninformed slowpoke seen that happen?
IF WE HAVE GIVEN PDP OUR 12 YRS TO WASTE, THEY SHLD BE READY TO LET US TRY SOMEONE ELSE. wether Buhari speaks igbo, yoruba or hausa, all we need is that pdp give peace a chance.
if Buhari is a sharian man, what about Bakare? the two major religions in the country are thickly represented and they have come to take over from the occultic gang of darkness.
FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN DE BAPTIST, THE KINGDOM OF GOD SUFFERETH VIOLENCE AND ONLY THE VOILENT TAKETH IT BY FORCE.

Ozin:

So very unfortunate that many people only read with their eyes without using their mind to comprehend what they are reading.This statements by Okupe is a serious indictment on Buhari and tells us of the so many reason why he should not be voted for.Most of these people who attend his campaign are as little as 5,6,7,8,9,10 year almanjiris and illiterates he never bothered to create an avenue for them to go to school while he was in power as a Dictator.He is trying to appeal to these same illiterates from the north who do not know their left from their right,using Religion and ethnicity to appeal to their emotions.God forbid that this Man win this election!!!

That age bracket falls within the scope of PDP 12yrs of misrule, except u saying that they are now revolting and requesting a change?

Doyin Okupe is an illiterate goon of the PDP.

Buhari is a far better candidate than any candidate from the PDP - the largest and most corrupt organized crime syndicate in Africa.

The PDP gang is planning to do what they know best, rig elections. I hope the masses seeking change will frustrate the efforts of the PDP in this regard.

It is indeed unfortunate that some Nigerians are working against their interest in supporting a party (PDP) replete with thieves.

Even Bola Ige, a Yoruba man that understood Hausa being Kaduna-born, addressed rallies in the north in Hausa language.
Zik was fluent in Hausa, Yoruba and Ibo and he deployed this in his campaigns in each region.
Obama said 'Salamu Alaikum' to start a speech in Egypt because he was in a Muslim country addressing Muslims.

All these have inherent messages they passed. And these sagacious politicians deployed them.

So why is Buhari's different?

Tell Okupe to tell us another story.

bk.babe97y:

“If you look at the crowd that attend Buhari’s rallies, you will not find very eminent people, you will not find people of the middle class, but what you find is a lot of young people, most of who are not gainfully employed."--- Dr. Doyin Okupe.



And if this statement doesnt bother GEJ's blind supporters, and well-meaning Nigerians, then, yeah, g'ahead and vote in PDP for another 100 years of hopelessness.

Doyin Okupe is a product of the cronysim and nepotism bedeviling Nigeria. Can you imagine a campaign director in the US or any developed country making such a statement without not only being able to find another job but also ensuring that his candidate becomes unelectable?

He clearly wasn't using his empty brain when he made that statement.

doyin okupe is like other job seeking/selfish idiots we have seen in pdp. what is the moral standard of a man that served peacefully under the most useless administration in the history of nigeria? give me any name that served peacefully under obj and i will prove to u that he is a criminal.
if war will solve this backwardness of a country, then so be it.
nigeria is not better than these other countries where revolutions are going on.
i have taken my time to look at the countries fighting and protesting for change, they all have good roads, hospitals, security, education, steady power supply and all that yet they need change. do u blame them? the money is their and such shld be used in their interests. what about a country where non of these essentail things are not in place and one idiot is preaching pdp for us.
may God kill him on a friday morning. may him and his family suffer the problems of poor nigerians multiply by 100. no wonder many of them end up raising useless children who are drug addicts,rapists and terrorists. who said God is not answering our prayers?

aribisala0:

there is no evidence that picture was taken in nigeria. there is no evidence it is this year. no evidence it is at buhari's rally.
and sorry i cannot tell people,s age by looking at a photo

The picture is one of the several posted online by pro-Buhari supporters. It was taken in Gombe and posted online here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-620691.0.html#msg7883412

So your trying to discredit the authenticity of the picture has failed. You may not be able to tell people's ages by looking at a photo but you certainly can tell an adult from a child (stop your desperate lying).

@aletheia

so what stops kids from going to rally i though INEC only banned them from voting.

Genbuhari3:

@aletheia
so what stops kids from going to rally i though INEC only banned them from voting.

^^^ So finally you begin to understand that while nothing prevents kids from attending rallies, the law prevents them from voting; so the size of the crowds at the rallies is a very inaccurate estimate of Buhari's voting support given the significant proportion of under-aged minors (though you Buhari supporters have been trying to bamboozle and stampede others into thinking it is so by disingenuously posting those pictures). Be honest.

aletheia

in the picture you encircled, pls count how many kids you saw there compared to the adults.


you guys will not just understand the tsunami that GEJ & PDP knows is reaching its destination. Countdown to PDP's exit has begun!

^^^Oh so now you agree that there are kids in the pictures.
Look again at the picture (not just the part outlined in red) and all the others you guys have posted. It is good to support your candidate but you shouldn't allow fanaticism becloud you. As for PDP's exit. . .the electorate will decide that (one man, one vote). And the kids in your pictures will not vote.