₦airaland Forum

So Bensonn what's your likely prediction generally in the North Central for the two candidates in percentages?

Sillly Admission of defeat by the Poverty Development Party (PDP).

Soon you'll discover that it is not only on social media, even on the streets, in the market/offices, at newspaper stands all we hear is...feBUHARI!

The month of the people's General.

The masses is giving it to him this around, and there is nothing Olisa liar can do about it.

Buhari will win the North Central and even claim additional states for the APC. Infact APC ia going to claim a lot of additional states in the coming election especially in the North.

These governors are just deceiving themselves and Mr Jonathan.

doctokwus:
Is it not possible that its a propaganda by PDP to score a cheap political point?
You should not discountenance the fact that they may av wanted to use another avenue originally, and knowing this particular venue wudnt be available, deliberately and belatedly applied for it.

It is a possibility. The Rivers govt will release a press statement about that soon, I'm sure.

Ameachi let them use the stadium jor. Dont be petty. All na still wash. They are not going anywhere.

Majority of PDP supporters are hate-filled individuals. Before u discuss politics with them for few minutes, they will already be foaming in the mouth and wishing some people death. They will even be saying the country will divide than for the opposition to form the govt. Terrible set of people.

And if you also observe them, they always tilt political discussions the tribal way. They find it so hard to stick to the PDP vs APC issue. Before you know it, they are already uttering balderdash about Christians vs Muslims, or about Northerners vs Southerners, etc. May God deliver this country from their sick mentality.

PDP guys are liars and crooks per excellence!

I knew GEJ goofed on that, even without doing my personal research. I know someone will do a valid research to blow away that silly comment he made out of emotion.

Buhari till GEJ begins to think properly before making comments!

He claimed there is evidence of partisanship, why didn’t he show us?

It is getting obvious by the day that even in Bayelsa, Jona will not get as much votes as he got in the last election.

Its her choice. As for me and my family WE ARE VOTING GMB!!

oladayo042:
You'll notice that I included this as an probable excuse too.

It just doesn't sound plausible that the 17 aspirants with Bachelors degree and above will just fill in "B. Sc., B. A., M. Sc., Ph. D." without putting disciplines (Mechanical Engineering, Geology, etc.), unless they are ashamed of their disciplines. Since there is a space in the form for disciplines, which only Jonathan and Sambo proudly filled, how come the other 17 aspirants did not fill it? Since a copy of their certificate (which states their disciplines) is with INEC, how come the 17 'educated' non-incumbent aspirants did not fill in their disciplines into the form?

I still can't believe they did not fill in their disciplines.

You are not getting my point. If you are filling a form and you are asked your highest qualification. You can either write only the qualification OR you add the discipline with the qualification.

e.g
Highest qualification...................MSc
Highest qualification...................MSc Social Studies

Both answers are correct. Although, writing just MSc is more appropriate.

On most forms, they usually still request for Qualifications received with dates
If that is the case, here, definitely everyone will provide more detailed information like the discipline, the qualification awarded and the date it was given.


You said there is a place in the form for discipline. You are wrong. Look at the form again pls. There is no place for discipline, it only asked for qualification. And you can provide the answer either ways as I explained above.

Maybe that is the way the candidates filled it on their forms. I seriously doubt it if it is INEC that will write it out for them. There must have been a column for them to indicate their highest qualification. May INEC just did a verbatim copy of what they wrote there themselves.

eyesofgod:
This brings to mind the irresponsible journalism surrounding the 1983 elections. Journalisst sacrificed truth on the alter partisanship.

Pls give us a dose of history. Which newspapers played such ignominious roles then?

Mynd44:
Does it bring traffic?

We really dont bother how true it is.

The above seems to be NL's policy now. I might be wrong though (I doubt)

Wow, in a sensitive election period like this, Nairaland should be bothered about how true the stories they give publicity is!

I created this thread so that INEC's rebuttal to the sensational story captured by Vanguard "41 DAYS TO PRESIDENTIAL POLL: MILLIONS IN SOUTH MAY NOT VOTE" can be read by a good number of people.

This story published by Vanguard graced Nairaland front page and it will be in the interest of the country for INEC's rebuttal be equally given the exposure that the earlier story was given.

Today, Vanguard published another story premised on the points presented in the earlier story.

How The Elections Are Already Being Rigged - Vanguard

https://www.nairaland.com/2094114/how-elections-already-being-rigged

This story also graced Nairaland front page today 15th, January 2015 despite that the rebuttal written by INEC to the first story is yet to be given such exposure.

Seun and all Nairaland mods, be aware that this is how election violence starts.

Vanguard is playing a dirty role here by regularly writing stories that INEC is giving undue advantage to the North, but their submissions are in most times not well grounded. In order not to make this misconception to register on the minds of people, rebuttals to such stories are also to be given good publicity! I don't understand why Nairaland is not doing this.

Seun, Obinoscopy, Lalasticlala, Ikenna351, Afam4eva, ilugunboy, jarus, maclatunji, Ngwakwe, OAM4J, Seun, Ishilove, Mynd44, Omenka, donphilopus, barcanista, Obiagelli


Nairaland mods and Admin pls in the spirit of fair play kindly ensure INEC's rebuttal to this story also has the exposure and publicity that the Vanguard stories were given on Nairaland.

Thanks.

Iroh88:
I was getting irritated by the writer's bias, but when I got to the point below:
I couldn't stomach the irritation anymore.

Firstly, the writer made it sound as though it is INEC's fault some people have decided not to go out and collect their PVCs!! Of course not all eligible voters have theirs ready (which is a lapse that cuts across all the geopolitical zones), but the writer tried to make it look as though people from "Jonathan's strongholds" are the worst hit. Does he have a proof of that??

INEC published a data detailing the percentage PVC collection as against what has been made available across the country and one saw that Lagos, which constitutes one of the major advantages of the opposition, was lagging behind with barely over 50% of cards available collected so far, while states like Akwa-Ibom has very large percentage (84% there about). I bet the writer is ignorant of this!!! Does INEC have to coerce voters to go out and collect their PVCs?? The answer is, NO!

And back to the highly disgraceful quote above; the writer stated the incidences of violence the opposition has suffered as though it were some minor thing that could easily be waved aside, yet when he mentioned those suffered by PDP, he sounded like heaven was about to fall!! Tell me, since he chose to use the words apart from, let me join him in the game of "trivialising": now, "apart from" the burning of Jonathan's bus and the destruction of his campaign posters, what other casualty has PDP suffered?? People (APC members) were shot at at in PH and their secretariat bombed, but the writer imagines these are of lesser severity compared to burning of a bus and destruction of posters from the tone of his voice!!

How bias can a journalist be!!!

This write up is one of such things that fuel the violence the writer wants to make us believe he's preaching against. The guy must be restrained before he causes more harm.

When I got to that quote, I stopped and decided to check out the link. I wasn't surprised when I saw the name of the writer.

Smh.




Barcanista, my ban ends today. Will be back guns blazing!!! Donphilopus I dey hail oo.

INEC has already written a rebutal to that earlier sensational and divisive report of Vanguard claiming more PVCs have been issued to Northerner than Southerners.

I have created a thread of INEC rebuttal here on nairaland.

https://www.nairaland.com/2092858/inec-replies-vanguard-deliberate-falsehood

Despite that the earlier divisive and sensational story of Vanguard graced Nairaland front page, Nairaland admin, Seun and his Mods does not see the importance of INEC's rebuttal to that story also gracing the front page.

Now this is how election violence starts. Vanguard is playing a dirty role here by regularly writing stories that INEC is giving undue advantage to the North, but their submissions are in most times false or not well grounded. In order not to make this misconception to register on the minds of people, rebuttals to such stories are also to be given good publicity! I don't understand why nairaland is not doing this.

Vanguard used this story as their cover page story on the 4th of Jan, 2015:

41 DAYS TO PRESIDENTIAL POLL: MILLIONS IN SOUTH MAY NOT VOTE

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/41-days-presidential-poll-millions-south-may-not-vote/

INEC has come out now to refute the story and condemn it. Its so sad that Vanguard is playing a major role in emphasizing the fault lines of Nigeria as a country and using it to write sensational stories. Find INEC reply below


http://www.inecnigeria.org/?inecnews=re-millions-in-the-south-may-not-vote

RE: ‘MILLIONS IN THE SOUTH MAY NOT VOTE’

January 07th, 2015



The Editor-in-Chief,
Vanguard Media Limited, Vanguard Avenue, Kirikiri Canal,
Apapa, Lagos.


Re: ‘Millions in the South may not vote’

I write on behalf of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, to complain about the deliberate falsehood and misinformation contained in the Cover page story of Sunday Vanguard edition for January 4, 2015, titled as stated above.
The story in question provided statistics about the collection rate of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across 28 states, in a 36-states-plus-one (i.e., the Federal Capital Territory) federation; but proceeded to infer a conclusive regional design of higher collection rate in one section of the country than the other. Consequently, the story was deliberately mute on, or simply ignored the following:

(i) That the document your writer apparently sourced his figures from (which the Commission voluntarily put in public domain since early December 2014) clearly indicated that distribution of PVCs continued at local government offices of INEC at the end of the three-day exercise at polling unit level.

(ii) That differences in levels of turn-out by people for their PVCs is not the making of INEC, since the Commission has put in place the same procedure across the country guaranteeing equal access to persons wanting to collect their cards. Rather than concoct conspiracy theories about INEC, a desire for public good should have motivated your writer to encourage persons in areas where collection rate is relatively low to urgently go and pick their PVCs; and

(iii) That 28 states out of 36 states plus the FCT is not a complete picture, contrary to the writer’s pretention that he was presenting a comprehensive national profile. As a matter of fact, in calculating the percentages, your writer not only understated the percentage for South-West, for instance, if you take the average of individual state percentages that he himself indicated, he also conveniently ignored the fact that distribution in Ekiti and Osun states that was done earlier in 2014 was not included.
Really, nothing can surpass these in intellectual dishonesty and vocational mischief! It was expected that your reporter, if his motive were to sincerely inform the public, would have requested from INEC its official figures for the entire country on the subject of the story. The Commission has nothing to hide; so, kindly find attached the authentic data on the distribution of PVCs across the country to date. Note also, kindly, that these figures are far from being final for the 2015 general election, since PVC distribution by INEC continues until close to the elections.

It is also observed that the story alleges all manners of ‘conspiracies’ in the operations of INEC, including an allegation that “District Heads (in the North) were allowed to collect PVCs on behalf of prospective voters.” Sir, nothing can be further from the truth. The deliberate falsehood intended by your reporter was underscored by the fact that the story only cited unnamed (certainly fictitious) sources as well as purported ‘investigation’ by the paper; while no identifiable spokesperson of the Commission was given a say – even if only for record purposes.

Certainly, this does not show the basic ethic of balanced reporting that is expected in responsible journalism.
Comments, as they say, are free but facts are sacred. It amounts to sheer malevolent journalism for one to cite cold statistics in making fabled claims. That is what your reporter has done and, with due respect, it really belittles your reputed newspaper stable and smacks of hatchet job for vested interests.

Sir, we all have a stake in this country and should be keen to contribute to the success of the imminent general election. Your newspaper will account to history if it falsely fans the embers of ethnicity and sectionalism as could create needless tensions in the polity around the elections. Even then, the dictates of professional ethics require some modicum of scrupulousness in the dissemination of information for public consumption!

Wishing you well and God’s guidance.


Kayode Robert Idowu
Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman
Cc: Publisher, Vanguard Media Limited

Please click to download====>PVC DISTRIBUTION
http://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PVC-DISTRIBUTION-current-1.xlsx

GenOrumov:
I also want to transfer mine but I was told I am to go back to the state I registered for the purpose of collecting my PVC then report back with it and now write the letter. And Without the PVC, I can't transfer.

But isn't this madness? So if I registered in sambisa or otueke or katsina, I have to go all the way there to collect my PVC. Instead of wasting my time and endangering my life, why can't I just provide my TVC and they verify it on their system and I'm good to go? I don't know why we make things unnecessarily hard for ourselves in Nigeria.

They purposely tricked you to discourage you. I did my own transfer two weeks ago without going to the state I earlier registered to collect the PVC. I did it with the temporary card.

The guideline on INEC website stated that one should attach the temporary card to the application for transfer and not the PVC.

At the Lagos INEC office, I observed that it was only those that were ready to argue with them and quote that part of the Electoral Act dealing with transfer that they were ready to attend to.

Those that came and were informed that it has closed and left without any argument, and those that were sent to INEC local govt office in the area they want to transfer to were the people the lazy INEC officials used in reducing the nos of people they will attend to.

They gave me so much stress, pushed me from the local govt I want to transfer to and INEC state office several times, but I remained resolute and succeeded in getting the transfer done.

Infact, I sneaked out from work several days before I succeeded in getting the transfer done.

I doubt if they will still be doing it sef. Cos that day I heard them talking to themselves that information coming from INEC head office in Abuja was that the platform they were using to effect the transfers will be shut down soon.

I don't know how true it is, but one of the staff told me they were printing the PVCs in China and the volume of transfers they were doing, which they have to print PVCs for including those of the Continuous Voter's Registration were getting alarming and was giving Abuja INEC serious concerns hence, the need to shut down the transfer process before the due time according to the electoral law.

Those INEC guys sef. I remembered the first day I went there, they tried to discourage me by telling me that the transfer process in the most recent electoral law they are using stipulates 60 days before the commencement of an election for one to do a transfer. I had to argue them out, that the electoral law actually stipulates 30 days and not 60days before they finally succumbed.

Even at that, they still gave me so much stress. Infact they at first refused to give me the transfer form, they later gave me to go make copies and return the original to them.

aresa:
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You can not buy such love and attention, people just love and show the same love naturally....


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You can not buy such love and attention, people just love and show the same love naturally....

Pls put some pictures of Agbaje, especially that first one with the unsmilling AK47 rifle brandishing mopol with those of Ambode milling and laughing with the crowd.

It will graphically show a man of the people, and another man being propped up by some authorities.

BashirAhmad1:
Defections Hits Ondo PDP, Jonathan May Cancel Campaign

All former Speakers in Ondo State House of Assembly, five Commissioners in Mimiko's administration and eight local government chairmen in Ondo State are right now at a defection rally in Akure where they dumped PDP for APC. Scores of councillors are also part of the defection train.

They are being led by former Chief of Staff to the late Governor Segun Agagu, Mr Femi Agagu.

The greatest shock at the rally is the defection of former Speaker, Victor Olabimtan, a director in President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation and also a current member of the Federal Civil Service Commission.

In all, 48 PDP leaders in Ondo are leading thousands of their supporters to dump PDP for APC at a ceremony which took place at APC secretariat along Oyemekun Road, Akure.

The defection earthquake may force Jonathan Campaign Organisation to cancel tomorrow's campaign in Akure, the Ondo State capital, as majority of known supporters of the President have defected to APC or have traveled out of town. All mobilization efforts for the rally have crashed, forcing PDP leaders to opt for cancellation of Akure rally tomorrow, according to PDP sources in Ondo State.

This is an interesting read, please provide the source.

Uppercut reply to GEJ. Instead of him to personalise his failure, he wants to draw other people to his side.

Only God knows when he'll stop this his habit of looking for excuses everytime.

See me see Nigeria oh. Goodluck Jonathan that performed woefully in 5 yrs is pointing accusing fingers at some other person who spent approx 2 yrs and registered his achievements in the minds of millions.

Majority of the people during Buhari's time are of the opinion assuming his administration spent some more time, they would have kicked off the Nigeria of our dreams.

GEJ stop all this whining, your administration has spent 5 yrs and counting, and u have been unable to clear any rot in the system. Infact you added additional rot.

Buhari's administration spent approx 2 yrs and just that two years have earned him millions of passionate supporters spanning a 30-year period.

Jona pls use your brain, if u lose this coming election, after the next 30years do u in your wildest imagination think u can still have 1/10th of passionate supporters like that of Buhari??

The answer is simple. In Buhari's approx 2 yrs, despite all the things he did well and those he didn't, he was still able to register his performance in the minds of those of his generation who even passed this Buhari's record to the coming generation.

In GEJ'S 5 yrs, he has brought mainly woes upon Nigeria. And that is the major thing he will be remembered for, for years to come, especially if he loses his 2nd term bid.

With this development, APC will comfortably win Ondo state. Ondo south senatorial district used to be PDP stronghold. With Mimiko taking over the structure of the party at the state level, former PDP party leaders like Femi Agagu and co were not comfortable with him leading the party. Their decamp to the APC will really affect the chances of the PDP even in their stronghold in the southern part of the state.

The polls will reveal the fact i'm always stating on this forum, that Mimiko decamping to the PDP will cause more harm to GEJ reelection bid.

Mimiko has flopped his 2nd term and woe betides anyone that associates with him at the polls. The anger and frustration of the people of the state will be taken against such person.

How come people dont even pause to consider what someone says before rushing to issue rebuttals and abuses at the person. If the story is true or not, time will tell. But it smacks of low level intellect for you to just rush to counter what someone says and even issue abuses at the person before making proper findings.

God bless incoming president Mohammad Buhari!

tit:
that your plan no go work!
The NE is a PDP stronghold!
that is why boko haram has been attacking the region using their toehold in bORNO STATE to wreck havoc on all the pro-Jonathan communities there.
Their plan no go work at all, at all!

Calebosko:
buhari shud cal his guys to order so that it can hold

This seems to be PDP's calculation all along. To ensure there will be massive voter apathy in the north and especially the NE. That is why the military seems to be on systematic stand down and boko haram is gaining the upperhand.

The military only makes moves to reclaim territories after there is serious public outcry. Their stance also during this war has been mainly defensive and not offensive as would be expected.

For those playing politics with the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the Northeast, nemesis will catch up soon.

We can all see feeble attempts by paid PDP online crooks on the first page trying to use reverse psychology claiming destabilisation of the NE will affect PDP's strong support there, when all Nigeria knows the NE with a voting strength of almost 5 million persons is a Buhari strong hold.

I have been saying this and will say it again, the election result of the Northeast is what will show the world the real sponsors of BH.

Despite all the propanganda on media, the people in the NE are still the closest to BH, and they are very much aware of the political BH killing them and they will give their verdict at the polls!

Notwithstanding the desperate efforts of the political BH to deny them this right at speaking through the polls. The few that will succeed in voting will tell the world in clear terms the people encouraging the BH onslaught and making the Army stand down.

dunkem21:
Na wa o.

How small girls thing dey taste sef?

No so una dey start.

sapientia:
By the time the igbos make this mistake wey dey hungry them.. their eyes go open and it will be too late by then.

Which mistake? Electing someone who will sanitise Nigeria is now a mistake?

Buhari will perform better than GEJ 10 times and anybody that loves this country should encourage and support him.

I thought you were going to be smart enough to put some of their speeches here for us to analyse instead of talking in abstraction and making insinuations.

aresa:
Very unintelligent and shallow comment from an old man..


What a shame..

He is not an old man. I know him.

EasternLeopard:
You got it wrong

NE is full of Christians a range between 40%-60% which is almost half if not 50%

NC is full of Christians a range between 50%-70% which is half if not above half

NW is about 10% Christians


The North votes based on religion


I believe Most SW are now rethinking voting a Buhari who is now seen as an illiterate

The fact is lots of educated SW won't vote Buhari due to the certificate scandal

You PDP guys irritates me with this your religious and ethnic bigotry.

Why can't u guys just play politics without ethnoreligious foolery??