₦airaland Forum

certificate of return

luluosas:
Bawss, did you see us as trouble makers? What is your concern here in BB fan page when you are PDP? Please, this thread was not created for you, go somewhere else. By the way, you actually believed that, Jonathan did not rigged the election? You must close your eyes to this day light rigging. Let Jonathan come out publicly and declare that, he Jonathan did not rigged the election, I mean if his conscience is still alive. Go and tell this to the wind.

Good luck did not rig elections

Can you also tell me that noone rigged election for Buhari?

HourGlass1:
123, i dont want to do the taebo cardio in bits but as whole and without that no shred yet.

Ok get your mind ready and go at it. Good luck.

Good morning guys, I refused to get drunk last night in celebration of GEJ's win

My log today

240 bicycle crunches
200 seated oblique twist
220 plank rows
3 minutes plank
40 push ups

Thank you Nigeria. We did it! I knew we could but seeing it come to fruition brings back the pleasant memory I had as a child listening on the radio as the Union Jack was lowered and the Green and White Flag raised on October 1st, 1960, our Independence Day. My dear brothers and sisters, today it is independence day for Nigeria yet again. Together we have said yes to one Nigeria. Together we have agreed to be our brother's keeper. Together we have spoken with one voice to say no to dichotomy. Together we have chosen a rebirth and as a Nigerian musical Icon once said;

Together we shall win forever!
I have however received with great sadness the news of sporadic unrest in some parts of the country which are not unconnected with last Saturday’s elections.
I appeal to those involved to stop this unnecessary and avoidable conduct, more so at this point in time when a lot of sacrifice has been made by all the citizens of this great country in ensuring the conduct of free and fair elections.
It is with the deepest sense of responsibility that I call on all our political leaders especially the contestants to appeal to their supporters to stop further violence in the interest of stability, peace and well being of this great country.

As I said during the campaigns and now say again, I have no enemies to fight. Even at this hour, one of the finest hours of Nigeria, I want to pay tribute to Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), a man I consider as a patriot per excellence and a man who I respect and never looked at as an opponent or a rival but as a partner in progress. To Major Gen. Buhari (Rtd) and all his supporters, I open up my arms wide in embrace and remind them that "this generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country than Nigeria. We shall remain here and salvage it TOGETHER".

I also salute Malam Nuhu Ribadu and recognize him today as a child of independence who has justified the act of independence and has proved by his gallant conduct as a Presidential candidate that the youth of Nigeria "have come of age". I am not surprised at Malam Ribadu's ability to inspire the youth. In fact, I desired his invigorating presence for Nigeria which was why I used every power at my disposal as President of Nigeria to bring equity to him causing him to feel secure enough to return to the land he loves so much and make him know that I, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and the Nigeria nation appreciates him. I look forward to a future of synergistic collaboration between the two of us.

I also salute Malam Ibrahim Shekarau and all those who participated with me in this process. As General Yakubu Gowon once said, in a contest amongst brothers "there is no victor nor vanquished". We are all Nigerians and today all Nigerians are winners because we now know that North, South, East or West, Nigeria is best! GEJ

Congrats Mr president

oyb:
resolving this will be difficult probably a nightmare - but then again, no one said being the president of an entity like nigeria would be easy

get to work, johnny

on the flip side, i'd recommend that buhari make a call for calm on national tv, but as pointed out, considering the pointed refusal to give him airtime during the election runup. . .

i wonder just what is going through the minds of the international community, considering the fact that it is as clear as rain that there was rigging what with the almost 100% voter turnout - sort of like cheating by dumb fellows in school - there was this scandal in my final year, when come guys got the key to the deans office and then started on the master students list altering their cgpas . they might have gotten away clean, but when notorious neerdowells with gpas of 1 and below suddenly have gpas in the 2.1 range - that was how the bottom fell out of that

free fair and fudged elections

Transistor radios.

squirell5:
Nothing, I repeat, nothing can justify the carnage and the violence unleashed in Zaria, Gombe and other parts of the north. I strongly disagree with those who are making excuses for the bestiality; who say that the PDP is to blame for “provoking” this bout of rioting. “High wire manipulation” and “money politics” do not justify people taking lives. I am sure most of us would feel differently if these mobs were about to lynch us and burn our homes with our families in them. Would you “understand” if some crazed lunatics were about to take your head off because you are a Christian and therefore presumably voted for GEJ? Would you then say, “It’s really okay to kill me because GEJ bought the Emir of Zaria and Its all my fault”? (Is there real incontrovertible evidence for these conspiracy claims beyond rumour, innuendo and half truths being spread online?) It is easy to make a case for violence in the virtual comfort zone of Facebook when we are far from the mindless bloodshed. Whoever feels that there was High wire manipulation (whatever that means) and money politics should seek legal options to right the wrongs against them. It’s supposed to be a democracy not a MOBOCRACY. Money politics did not start today.

Buhari should immediately go on air and instruct his supporters to stop the violence. In fact he should personally visit the crisis areas. He should not bother dissociating himself and his party from it. CPC has made no secret of the fact that its main stronghold and constituency is the northern underclass. Now that this constituency has gone out of control, it cannot escape some culpability. CPC’s thugs and rioting mobs do the retired general no credit and readily disqualify him from high office. Ironically, several Christians voted for the CPC just as several Muslims voted for the PDP. Should Muslims who voted for Shekarau and Ribadu also be killed presumably for denying maigaskiya valuable votes? This madness has to stop. Buhari’s failure to speak out decisively in condemnation of the violence casts him as another desperate politician that will never rise to the level of a statesmen whatever he and his supporters may think.

You are maigaskya

Whoopie:
It's really a sad thing to see many people make light of what is breaking some other people's hearts apart. As we are speaking, my nephew, a youth corper in Bauchi state is in the hospital, having sustained wounds from the attack he received from the rioters.

My heart bleeds for Nigeria.

This is a promising youth who believes so much in his country, and was willing to make personal sacrifice by participating in the electoral process as an Inec official. He graduated from Covenant University a few months ago. I cry as I write, cos he's in the military hospital right now, in pains. His mother is distraught. I pray that God intervene in the affairs of this country and give us hope. And for those perpetrators of this heinous crime, including their supporters, may they not know peace for the rest of their miserable lives!

Thank God he is alive. may God grant him quick recovery.

Kobojunkie:
I didn't say you were a Goodluck supporter either. Analyzing things objectively is good but what you you posted there was NOT OBJECTIVE IN ANY FORM. NOT AT ALL.

Goodluck is the President of Nigerian(Not newly sworn in-- but has been for about a year now), the OBJECTIVE thing to happen is for the president to get the forces in to protect the people. It is common sense response in any country, and also in Nigeria. Police men and Army men are trained on ways to avoid bloodshed at all cost. It is NOT YOUR PLACE OR MINE to decide if the authorities should be sent in or not when the lives of innocents are involved.

You quoted a part of the aljazeraa article in the morning so you saw this

Rioting erupted in several towns in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north as election officials prepared to release presidential voting results that kept Jonathan in charge of Africa's most populous nation.

Allegations of vote-rigging led to street riots in various states, as results showed sharp divisions between the north and the south.

[size=208pt]Protesting youths challenged soldiers deployed to the streets [/size]of Nigeria's second-largest city of Kano, and troops sought to push them back, an AFP correspondent said.

The violence came as Jonathan took an early unassailable lead in Saturday's presidential election.

Yvonne Ndege, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Abuja, said that at least "six states are up in flames" after preliminary results upset Buhari's supporters in the north.

Several incidents of violence have been reported, including a church being burned down in the state of Kaduna.

That article was published before 8 am today.
Why are you saying that nothing has been done? You wanted a repeat of Odi or ogoni massacre of OBJ time? You will be the first to condemn GEJ for high-handedness. Any right thinking person who is not biased knows that this approach is the best- send out security agents to quell the riot, appeal for calm and ask those who are supposed to be beneficiaries of the violence to call their supporters to order.

God bless Nigeria, God bless the president!

ibedun:
What an ungovernable bunch - Asking a newly democratically elected president to unleash the Army on these rascals.

Do you guys even think of consequences, contagion and worst case scenarios?

GEJ - Thumbs up!!! with your superior (non-OBJ type) approach.

Based on the comments here the question is  Are we really ready for civilised governance?


Ps -To that guy Not Unconnected = Connected - thanks for making my day. I havent laughed as much in a week.

You be winch?

blacksta:
what does GEJ mean by saying that the chaos is not connected to saturday's election.   is this man deluded?

ok they are fighting over super eagles  - i see

negative-negative is equal to postive.

He said ' which was not [b]un[/b]connected. . '
It is just English my brother!

20:35pm

dayokanu:
The only places I have heard of 90-100% votes is under dictators like Saddam, Ahmedinejad, Chavez and Mubarak

What was the percentage of black votes for Obama?

96%?

The funny thing is that if this votes have come from the northern states, none of you would have complained.

Initial                 Actual

ABIA                1,481,191         1,524,484

ADAMAWA       1,714,860          1,816,094

A/ IBOM           1,714,781          1,616,873

ANAMBRA         1,758,220           2,011,746

BAUCHI            1,835,562           2,523,614

BAYELSA            472,389              591,870

BENUE             1,415,162            2,390,884

BORNO            2,730,368            2,380,957

C/RIVER          1,018,550             1,148,486

DELTA             1,900,055             2,032,191

EBONYI              876,249             1,050,534

EDO                1,412,225             1,655,776

EKITI                  750,753               764,726

ENUGU            1,301,185             1,303,155

FCT                   886,323               943,473

GOMBE             1,266,993            1,318,377

IMO                   1,611,715           1,687,293

JIGAWA             1,852,698           2,013,974

KADUNA            3,565,762           3,905,387

KANO                5,135,415           5,027,297

KATSINA            2,931,668           3,126,898

KEBBI                1,603,468           1,638,308

KOGI                  1,215,405          1,316,849

KWARA               1,115,665          1,152,361

LAGOS                6,247,845          6,108,069

NASSARAWA        1,224,206         1,389,308

NIGER                    721,485          2,175,421

OGUN                   1,869,326        1,941,170

ONDO                   1,558,975        1,616,091

OSUN                    1,293,967        1,293,967

OYO                      2,577,490        2,572,140

PLATEAU               1,983,453        2,259,194

RIVERS                  2,419,057        2,429,231

SOKOTO                2,065,508        2,267,509

TARABA                 1,308,106        1,336,221

YOBE                    1,182,230        1,373,796

ZAMFARA              1,746,024         1,824,316

TOTAL                   67,764,334        73,528,040

@Demdem

For those saying the total number of registered voters in Bayelsa is less than the number of votes cast, please update yourselves.

somze:
I don't get Buhari's or CPC (or in fact their supporter's) logic. It is simply beyond reasoning. Look at the results in the South West. CPC failed to muster 10% of votes in most of the states in the region. He got the required 25% or above in only Lagos and Oyo. If he couldn't get that much in the South West, how deluded is he to think he can get any closer in the South East and South South.

ACN got more votes than CPC in most of the South South and South East except in Anambra, Enugu and Cross River. I believe these are the states CPC has a problem with. Even if you remove these states and Rivers State, Goodluck still wins the election. So once again just what this noise is about is beyond me.

The General should quit being a cry baby. Go to court or accept the election results.

I have seen one of his supporter on this forum using online polls as the basis of his argument that the election was rigged. This is just laughable. Online polls are generally unscientific and unreliable. Goodluck also has over half a million people on his facebook page so if we had a known and widespread online poll, he would still win it with half the number of his friends on facebook. Most polls I've come across fail to even hit 2000 votes mark. See this poll where Goodluck is in the lead - [url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_communitypolls&controller=polls&task=viewpoll&id=49%3Apresidential-race&Itemid=653]HERE!!![/url]

I thought he was joking about it initially until recently. I don't understand how this people think really.
An average Nigerian has no access to the internet. How would he think the poll here representative? I wonder oo!!!!!!!!!!

GenBuhari:
modath I hate saying  this but  I told u so.

We risk injury if we go too intense on excercise and it could knock us off our weight loss plan.

Even gentle walking whilst out shopping is good excercise and it is far more sustainable than the very intense exercise programmes.

That does not mean you should not exercise

HourGlass1:
6am - 13 mins taebo, too breathless to go on. 8am - 2.5 cups rice and beans, fish and dodo, 4pm - 2 apples and 1 gala, dinner - pounded yam and ewedu soup. 1[b]23, my lips are sealed, just be careful with your bucal[/b]. @ modath congratulations on the progress, but why did you call it a miracle?

Gentlemen do not fight women! They kiss them and make love up. If this were politics thread, it would be different but it is not

13 mins- the day is not over yet! You can add at least another 13 minutes

HourGlass1:
Awhaiabagagbiagbgig! I laugh in ballot boxes.

Sharrrraappppppppp there You wan make I begin fight her excellency?

modath:
Hey you,
I am not going to allow you to drag me down there with you.i know enough to never get in a mudfight with a PIG,it's its forte and only two things happen.
1.You soil yourself.
2.Only the PIG has fun.

Now this is not the response I expected.

Apologies if you were offended!

Kobojunkie:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201104180825.html


How does that now get bent to read Buhari started it??

Nobody said Buhari started it. Everybody is saying Buhari can stop it.

I read a report that he was asked

with trouble in North by your supporters, what message do you have for them?

and his response was "l want INEC to explain the results in some polling stations first"

Do you think that's the right answer?

^^^ is it the picture of the lady cut into two?

That is said to be an old picture of a victim of a train accident in portharcourt

Thanks
Nchara

Is this for real or a scene from a nollywood movie?

@GenBuhari

I never knew you are this rigid to the extent that you think the best way to protest is to waste lives and properties.

dazangel11:
They should kill themselves for all I care, but if those targeted in this senseless acts where southerners then , Stupil almangiris

Every life is sacred. This trouble should stop.

PapaBrowne:
Why can't this Buhari of a man come out and say anything!! He started all this and he must stop it!! If these folks can't exist in peace, this country would be better of seperated!! We gain nothing from these folks  so we loose nothing in a seperation!!

Apparently Buhari wants to win first.
I got this from facebook

Only God can help us in Nigeria: Buhari was asked on AlJazeera "with trouble in North by ur supporters, what message do you have for them? Buhari said "l want INEC to explain the results in some polling stations first"
IS THIS RESPOSE FROM BUHARI GOOD ENOUGH TO STOP VIOLENCE NOW?

Only God can help us in Nigeria: Buhari was asked on AlJazeera "with trouble in North by ur supporters, what message do you have for them? Buhari said "l want INEC to explain the results in some polling stations first"
IS THIS RESPOSE FROM BUHARI GOOD ENOUGH TO STOP VIOLENCE NOW?

Is that the kind of president we want?

Larrey:
Am nt here 2 critisize anybody bt i learnt dat people came out willingly in al d polln boots in my area in lagos 2 vote 4 gudluck(includin Acn agents claiming dat dey ve sympathy 4 d man)nt pdp in dis presidential electn (i dnt ve any presidential candidate),my frnd told me ystaday dat she read in it 1 newspaper(in ystaday early paper)dat gudluck said he wil nt leave d seat if he loose.wat am askn is dat: y did he wait 2 say it after d electn?lik yorubas proverb "òlórun lo mò eyan ire" means its GOD dat knw gud person.al d same i wish us al best of luck

I watched him say it live that he would leave the seat. he said Nigeria will not be turned into Ivory Coast.
Whoever said the opposite possibly did not read the paper well or the paper was out to make trouble.

My log this morning

270 bicycle crunches
200 plank rows
160 seat Oblique twists
plank
20 push ups

HourGlass1:
Naughty by nature 123.

I am innocent and you know it.
How is your chin?

Lagosboy:
The whole of the SS and SE was rigged. The strategy was this, there was low voters turn out and after voting, in all the polling units very few had CPC agents there, where there were some of them were bribed and ballots were thumbprinted to favour PDP. For example 500 registered at Poll A, 200 people turned up of which 180 voted PDP, if no CPC agents is available the remaining 300 ballot paper will be thibprinted to favour PDP. That is why you can see 99.5 % perfomance in a state like Akwa ibom.  This was to increase GEJs votes to avoid a run off.

In the norths Jigawa, Sokoto, Kaduna  the governors rigged as well for PDP just to increase the votes to exceed 25% in order to get the spread. There was low voter turn out in a state like Kano as well and only God knows what was the reason.

It is only in the SW i can say there was no rigging but money politics tilted the votes and the collabotation of Tinubu and his gangs.

I do not think this can b described as low voter turn out. 2 million votes
Votes were also rigged all over the north.
A friend of mine, a corp member complained about many underaged  voters in the north.