[size=14pt]Katsina election officials and police accept underage voters[/size]

Underage voters

But despite the cancellation of the elections which were relatively peaceful across the state, voters in several places were still seen voting in many polling units, some up to one hour after the announcement. Many of the INEC presiding officials when approached said they were yet to be informed of the cancellation.

At Yamadawa, in Dauri local government area, one of the centres still conducting the elections after the cancellation, NEXT witnessed many underaged children voting.

This was in connivance with the youth corper, INEC official, and a police constable, Mohammed Idris. The corper was initially antagonistic to answering any questions but later, when the crew of a TV station put their camera on him, he said Mr. Idris was to blame.

“I believe you see security is here and I told him I don’t want to see them [children] here. That is security there,” the youth corper said, while trying to hide his face from the camera.

In turn, Mr. Idris, in incoherent English, claimed the children are adults, saying they are only small in stature.

When contacted on the issue, the Katsina State police spokesperson, Abubakar Mohammed, said the responsibility of ensuring only adults register and vote lies with INEC, and not the police.

“It is INEC who are in charge. They are the ones who carry out voters registration, who have the voters bio-data, and who know who is eligible to vote, not the police. We are only there to ensure the security of the INEC officials and that the conduct of the exercise is peaceful,” Mr. Mohammed said.

INEC’s spokesperson in Katsina, Mohammed Musa, could not comment on the voting by minors, as he said he was only just assuming duty as the state’s public relations officer for the first time in the morning of the elections.

He, however, said the commission regrets all inconvenience caused by the annulment and postponement of the elections.

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Then why cant other regions register underage voters too 

All these silly games the north plays for population purposes piss me off

^^^

Yet, you are supporting a candidate who will be using these type of voters in order to get elected.

In turn, Mr. Idris, in incoherent English, claimed the children are adults, saying they are only small in stature.

Ridiculous!

EzeUche:

^^^

Yet, you are supporting a candidate who will be using these type of voters in order to get elected.

Hrm. Unlike most of your previous arguments, I cannot find a hole in this one. Seems pretty airtight.

Though in my defense, I'm not really pro-Buhari. . . mostly anti-GEJ.

EzeUche:

^^^

Yet, you are supporting a candidate who will be using these type of voters in order to get elected.

Actually i can find holes in them, these same underage's votes were rigged by PDP and OBJ between 2003 and 2007, so why are you worried about it now?

If it worked for Yuguda of pdp between 8yrs, why be so worried about it now that yuguda is not sure of winning nor is gej sure of getting 10%?

In turn, Mr. Idris, [size=18pt]in incoherent English[/size], claimed the children are adults, saying they are only small in stature.

I swear, this got me ROTFLMAO!!!


OMG, Nigeria is a foxxin joke. ROTFLMAO!!! Why da hell is Ekiti part of this joke called Nigeria. LMAO @ "only small in stature" omgggggg!!! Ahahahha!


LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @ the bolded

Hrm. Thinking about it further. . . if GEJ had poked a hole in the northern population figures, then I'd be fine with that. We all know the are fake. But he decided to accept the status quo and set the rules of the game to what they are. So if Buhari gets more "votes", then this was under a collection of rules that GEJ approved of. So maybe I am not unjustified.

Anyway, I think if true population figures were released, the country would just split apart into its constituent pieces.

Ileke-IdI:

I swear, this got me ROTFLMAO!!!


OMG, Nigeria is a foxxin joke. ROTFLMAO!!! Why da hell is Ekiti part of this joke called Nigeria. LMAO @ "only small in stature" omgggggg!!! Ahahahha!


LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @ the bolded

Typical Katsina voter:
[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRm7Uh5e0oOBQkfdKO7-NA8wokuwixcf9Mfh4WCDmHM2qz2Whmk[/img]

ekt_bear:

Hrm. Thinking about it further. . . if GEJ had poked a hole in the northern population figures, then I'd be fine with that. We all know the are fake. But he decided to accept the status quo and set the rules of the game to what they are. So if Buhari gets more "votes", then this was under a collection of rules that GEJ approved of. So maybe I am not unjustified.

Anyway, I think if true population figures were released, the country would just split apart into its constituent pieces.

LOL Na true o!

1. The Fulanis are counting their cows amongst population. 3/5 of their cows gets one vote, no be so?

2. Now underage children?

Whose problem is this? GEJ, imo. He should make sure some rules are enforced, even if they're going to work in his favor. He's currently our president no? Is he so impotent?

What's next, Northern kabukabus will also be voting?

ekt_bear:

Typical Katsina voter:
[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRm7Uh5e0oOBQkfdKO7-NA8wokuwixcf9Mfh4WCDmHM2qz2Whmk[/img]

Lol you will not kill me

EzeUche:

^^^

Yet, you are supporting a candidate who will be using these type of voters in order to get elected.

This comment is as scatterbrained as your many other comments.  

How in the world did you arrive at this when none of the candidates(assuming here that the sitting president did not interfere) were responsible for INEC allowing these supposedly under-aged individuals to register to vote in the first place? We read reports of this happening during the voter registration exercise, now you pretend the candidates did it?  

Kobojunkie:

This comment is as scatterbrained as your many other comments.  

How in the world did you arrive at this when none of the candidates(assuming here that the sitting president did not interfere) were responsible for INEC allowing these supposedly under-aged individuals to register to vote in the first place? We read reports of this happening during the voter registration exercise, now you pretend the candidates did it?   

His point is more subtle than that, Kobojunkie. In reality, the population of northern Nigeria is smaller than that of southern Nigeria. W/o the inflated population figures of the north, it is very likely that GEJ could win in a free and fair election (SE+SS + parts of middle belt + some fraction of SW).

So what justification do I have to oppose the guy who actually had more physical people supporting him, not fake votes?

It is really hard to answer that question. I don't like the response I gave, yours, or 10cirenoh's. None of them feel "right" to me.

ekt_bear:

His point is more subtle than that, Kobojunkie. In reality, the population of northern Nigeria is smaller than that of southern Nigeria. W/o the inflated population figures of the north, it is very likely that GEJ could win in a free and fair election (SE+SS + parts of middle belt + some fraction of SW).

So what justification do I have to oppose the guy who actually had more physical people supporting him, not fake votes?

It is really hard to answer that question. I don't like the response I gave, yours, or 10cirenoh's. None of them feel "right" to me.

But . . . . wait . . .  . I mean . . .  how . . . . I  . . . I  . . .  I mean I have absolutely no idea what the point of your response is. To me @Ezeuche had no point to make in that -- he made to blame the candidates, as if they are somehow to be held responsible if these voters were to then vote for them, and I am question his reasoning.

I don't have any idea what your are even responding to. I am not going for what feels right to you !!! You are not @Ezeuche , right?

^^^ ouch!

@Ileke_idi, no make me look worse than I already do with many of these folks oo . . . lol

I am just trying to figure out why that response was even directed at me . . . I no get wetin im dey even talk at all . . and I read that over like 5 times to be sure!

Kobojunkie:

@Ileke_idi, no make me look worse [/b]than I already do with many of these folks oo . . . lol

[b]I am just trying to figure out why that response was even directed at me . . . I no get wetin im dey even talk at all . . and I read that over like 5 times to be sure!

You could never look [b]bad [/b]jare

ekt bear, I'm sorry but this got me ROTFLMAO!

Hrm. I don't understand why I'm not making sense. EzeUche is saying that it is wrong to support the guy who probably won't get more real, physical votes (correct me if I'm wrong in interpreting your statement!)

Your point is that, "Well, this guy is not responsible for the fake votes he will get." (Again, correct me if I'm wrong.)

If all of the above is correct, then how doesn't my response make sense?

ekt_bear:

If all of the above is correct, then how doesn't my response make sense?

I don't think you will want me to do that  . . .   

You see our problrem!
Regardless of who the president is, this irresponsible act would have still been carried out. No be today e start!

Everybody is on NL screaming for change, trading insults, make election start, na underage dey vote.

Don't you think we are the cause of our own problems and just quit blaming those in government that take advantage of that misfortune?

The policemen and the inec officials will still be part of the sufferring population in the at least 4 years following such election, and they will be the ones making the loudest noise about injustice.

This was confirmed a few minutes ago on Channels Tv.
Nigerians need to wake up!

Na only Katsina dem dey? We were all here when the reports came in that Children were being allowed to register only some weeks ago. Now we get told that they are able to legally vote --- I think this says a lot of what has transpired so far.

WOW . . . it's only april and we have racked up a lot of drama points.

Dav.e:

This was confirmed a few minutes ago on Channels Tv.
Nigerians need to wake up!

Jega's arse is gonna blow open! How could such a good man go bad?
Even his so called "foreign contracts" were to his kinsmen. These are the new companies the printing contracts were handed to in April (after an earlier failure);

V.I. Solutions, belongs to a Nigerian, Alhaji Yahaya Musa.
V.I. Solution is one of 11 companies that were awarded the contract to print the ballot papers and the result sheets for the National Assembly poll.

Also, investigation into the production of electoral material for the National Assembly poll has shown that the result sheets, which were not available in most of the polling units nationwide, and the non-availability of which was one of the main reasons for the postponement of the election, were printed in Germany by a company know as Sanfrano which has another Nigerian backer, Alhaji Sani Musa.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/as-n-assembly-poll-is-rescheduled-for-monday-concern-mounts-over-presidential-election/88950/

Beaf:

Jega's arse is gonna blow open! How could such a good man go bad?
Even his so called "foreign contracts" were to his kinsmen. These are the new companies the printing contracts were handed to in April (after an earlier failure);

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/as-n-assembly-poll-is-rescheduled-for-monday-concern-mounts-over-presidential-election/88950/

bet you have absolutely no idea who the other 9 companies where, do you?

do you even know you are just passing on propaganda? or you just du.mb?

i love it how PDP are now the ones crying foul after being embarrassed at the polls.