₦airaland Forum

fuckJones:
you fit swear with your life that it was obi that won the election?

fuckJones:
una no the tire?
from tinubu will not win to tinubu will not be swear in now tinubu certificate will be retrieve.

Jogs1900:
How is the news from business day without the link?

Did you see business day link there?

Bola Tinubu was already a very divisive figure even before becoming president-elect. Unfortunately, we will be stuck with him as president for at least a year or more. This is tragic. The very unabashedly brazen electoral fraud that is bringing him into office has hardened a lot of Nigerians.

There could not be much confidence left in state institutions after that kind of electoral heist. The only institution now standing in the way of a mass perception of state failure is the judiciary. Quite literally, the judiciary is on trial. Should the judiciary prove to be not any different, we should prepare for some potentially very dark days ahead.

Even before, we will have to endure months of this oddity, as the legal process cannot be rushed. After all, even someone so controversial, divisive and massively flawed as Mr Tinubu deserves justice and fair treatment under the law.

Mr Tinubu is president from end-May by the gift of northern Nigeria. He did not win his home southwestern region nor his home Lagos state. Mr Tinubu, a southern presidential candidate, did not win the south. Unsurprisingly, the north is rightly emboldened, as the ongoing jostling for political offices already shows.

Mr Tinubu’s many controversies, from perjury, multiple identities, corruption to documented drug-trafficking, are also beginning to embolden the country’s darker instincts, with politicians, officials and security operatives, making a show of competing for who is the baddest gangster. The Adamawa gubernatorial mess is one example.

The disregard for process, law and order was so brazen, so crass, that even the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) felt this was one too much for it to chew. The recent incident in mid-May involving Seun Kuti of the renowned Fela lineage is another example.

Mr Kuti slapped a policeman on the face in a manner that suggests a newfound confidence that could only have been instigated by a sense of impunity. A gangster’s paradise beckons should the judiciary fail to do its duty.

Peter Obi, the hugely popular presidential candidate of the burgeoning Labour Party (LP) has a huge task ahead of him. Mr Obi should prepare to be betrayed from the day of inauguration on May 29th, 2023. There is a thing about the power of incumbency that intoxicates people. Many of his key elite allies will play both sides; if they are not already doing so.

And the error should not be made that the tensions are entirely about Mr Obi’s Igbo roots. Yes, it is a factor. But it is more than that. Mr Obi has proven that an alternative electoral math can be used to secure a Nigerian presidency that cuts across legacy structures and sentiments.

Since 1999, a southerner has been successfully elected to the Nigerian presidency twice. And each time, the southerner had to get the support of the Muslim north. Bar the serendipitous case of Goodluck Jonathan, who was president in 2010-15, this tend to involve first proving an affinity for the north. The concept of “amanah” (trust) in northern Muslim culture cuts both ways.

Olusegun Obasanjo, who handed over to Shehu Shagari, a civilian northerner who was president in 1979-83, even when as military head of state in 1976-79, he could have successfully done otherwise, displayed this virtue, especially as he proved to be a loyal friend to Shehu Yar’adua, his deputy whose place he was widely reported to have been urged to take after the murder of Murtala Muhammed, a popular military head of state in 1975- 76. Mr Obasanjo’s sense of “amanah” would be reciprocated when the North needed a trustworthy southerner yet again to become president by necessity in 1999.

In Mr Tinubu’s case, his facilitation of Muhammadu Buhari’s win of the presidency in 2015 after the latter’s many failed attempts also put him in the category of the people the north could do business with. The north was well aware of Mr Tinubu’s heavy baggage.

But as Mr Buhari was likely reminded when he was having second thoughts about paving the way for Mr Tinubu in the 2023 general elections, they could not suddenly now remember who Mr Tinubu really is. It was a Faustian bargain for which all of us will have to now bear the consequences.

Mr Obi will not have that opportunity. Better still, he will not need it. What the contested 2023 presidential poll results show is a path to electoral victory that almost literally excludes the core north. Mr Obi not only successfully polled massively in southern Nigeria and among disillusioned northern minorities, but also with the majority youth population in such a manner that eludes any of the legacy political classifications.

Like Socrates, Mr Obi has quite literally put two very different generations of Nigerians, the disillusioned young and the blasé old, against each other. In a good way, of course. Still, Mr Obi should not for one minute think that this will be taken lightly by the old guard.

“We have written five letters indicating to pay and that we’re ready to collect those documents. The letters were duly received and endorsed by INEC. Why are they telling lies to say that we couldn’t pay? This is very unfortunate.

“What about the documents we have collected? Don’t we pay for them? Of course, we paid for them and those ones were given to us but refused to give us others,” he said.

Tntsi:
Nigeria is at a red sea moment.
Pharoah bat and all his gang of haters of light are on one side.
The obedient new Nigerians and lovers of light are on the other side.
May 29 is the d-day. Pharoah will be swallowed up in the red sea.
The obedient new Nigeria will arise

lhordspy:
Tsunami of IPOB.

This is just mere embellishment. It is very common in yoruba land. It is some kinda false glorification, adornment, or adorement given to a loser, so as to prevent them from crying or falling into further depression, a consequence of their woeful performance.

A 'Tsunami' that failed to have 25% in 5 out of 6 Southwestern states.
- Couldnt even make 10% in the entire NorthEastern States, his party wasnt even included in the presidential result sheet from the region.
- Was nowhere to be found in NorthWest.
- Non existent in Kogi, Niger, Kwara in Northcentral.

The only tsunami he caused was the division of Muslims and Christians.
What a Tsunami !

abobote:
Camera man leave Dangote, leave Buhari, leave Tinubu, come de focus on Obi

Fattesticles:
A poor hungry accommodating landlord who lives his day to day life shouting Yoruba ronu was caught on Twitter using an Igbo name to insult and troll people just to paint igbos black and abusive

TreasureJunky:
That's Yoruba Drug Daddy surpporters for you,, very tribalistic, even when their saviour is near to them, they will use tribalistic attitude to scare him away. Lazy set of human beings, always wanting to reap where they didn't sow. Cooperative beggars

Jostoman:
tinubu and his people are trying to avoid Atiku for now just to collect power from the Fulani first.

Brownshoe:
Make UK just dey play,more are collecting passport to come, I went to collect my passport on Friday I reach there by 6: 45am comot by 6:30pm on to crowd o.




I don't even reckon with this UK thing

RecentHistory:
As a young and upwardly-mobile Nigerian, you are a big fool if you relocate your family to the UK based on study levels.

Sell everything go to the UK. You no see other better European countries go.
You deserve to suffer for your stupidity.

Throwback:
Any country that is admitting Nigerians and their likes under any guise, and not putting up the necessary restrictions to prevent abuse and fraud, must not know the unscrupulous nature of Nigerians.

You know how many fake marriages have occurred over the last 1yr in Nigeria, just so that the fake spouse can piggyback on the student visa of the other half?

What about the fake family relationship with Nigerians in Canada, just to up the scores for federal skilled workers programme?

Many parents in Nigeria have just paid for their children to have unmerited results in the currently ongoing WAEC exams.

Many job seekers are claiming an age that is 5 or 8 years younger just to work in certain job sectors.

Many children are bearing fictitious surnames just to benefit from the work family benefits available to some aunty or uncle of their struggling parents

Nigerians are a natural nuisance to any policy that can be exploited or corrupted.

That is the way we killed our country.

We will morally kill any country that allows us the breathing space.

We also do not mind closing the door against those coming behind us as we perpetrate our fraud.

Selfishness is our watchword, that is why ordinary traffic rules we can never follow. We are like an untrained herd of stubborn goats who escaped the grip of civilization.

We who are still sane, cannot even advise our friends and family to do things the right way without looking like the foolish enemy of progress.


Shame on us Nigerians.

Jostoman:
that means you didnt check well, Atiku is a man of peace and he always follow the rule of law in doing his things.

GeneralPula:
Atiku's surpporters are like Tinubu's surpporters, as far as they are concerned, it is no money no social media support. If Tinubu also stop "mobilizing," you will see his online surpport reducing drastically. Such supporters are called "influencers." They sing the praise of politicians for a living and that's why you will always see them online 24/7. It's because they have no any other business.

JagabanBorgu:
By this time next two weeks, his portrait is already 5 days old in LP and Obi's offices.

Felabrity:
By the time the court is done with tinubu and the stolen votes are returned, the druglord will finish distant 4th, below Kwanwaso

Like the controversy of what constituted 2/3rd of 19 States in 1979, in 2023, the controversy is what constitutes 25% of 2/3rd of 36 States and the FCT. While the 1979 controversy was resolved in favour of President Shehu Shagari by the Supreme Court, Nigerians await the verdict of the Supreme Court again that would determine the fate of Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party who has taken Mr President – elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the Court. Obi’s argument is that a winner must have scored 25% in the FCT which he alone has made. But the clear winner in all fronts, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has faulted Obi’s argument as baseless and therefore must fail. Analytsts and even lawyers are divided on the correct interpretation of this innocuous section of the Constitution and the Electoral Act which says winner must have scored 25% in 2/3rds of 36 States including the FCT, which only Bola Tinubu, the President – elect has made.
Background:. This seemingly harmless section of the Constitution and the Electoral Act had emernated during the Revenue Allocation (1981) Bill debate in the National Assembly in 1981. An NPN Senator had proposed an amendment to the Bill presented by President Shehu Shagari,( Executive Bill) that Abuja though the Federal Capital should also be a state. When the proposal was rejected, he amended it to read, shall be treated like a State. The proposal was unanimously carried. Another NPN Senator followed up with a proposal that if Abuja must be treated like a State, it must also have local governments. It was carried. Thus five Area Councils and Abuja Municipal Council were created. Hence Abuja or the FCT is to be treated like a state but its not a state.

Among questions that one may expect to be resolved by the Supreme Court is, can a part be bigger than the whole? Could Abuja which is to be treated like a state be bigger than a state? How far can the “theory of holism” help in resolving the matter? The theory of holism according to Psychologists is that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. Can Abuja which is like a state be greater than a whole state?Therefore in determining the winner of the Presidential election, Can Abuja enjoy a preferential status above a state? What is the spirit of the law that says FCT shall be treated like a State?.Can the issue of “must have scored 25% in the FCT” be tenable? Even lawyers do not know. Only Supreme Court does. Little, little patient” as we await the verdict.

BOTTOM LINE.”Since Governments are responsible for a great deal of expenditure in poor countries, the full pressure of oligopolistic market is brought on state officials. Local intermediaries and foreign businessmen who are unable to gain access to the decision makers of the moment look forward to their replacement. State officials who cannot obtain positions which allow them to influence decision making similarly seek to unseat those in power. In this conflict – ridden context, the power of guns and money plays an everyday role”. Prof. Terisa Turner. London School of Economics.
I rest my case.

JagabanBorgu:
Because the one u supported Ióst?
He wiII Iosé in coûrt and u wiII find another name for the court.

SwissMass:
You are bickering and blabbering again, shows how limited you are in comprehension, you prefer personal attack than acquiring knowledge.

seunmsg:
Even at that ,It is still the same nonsense Rivers result that you guys keep rehashing. Is Rivers the only state in Nigeria. Why not bring up evidence of irregularities in other states.

seunmsg:
Confirming that some results of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election were altered, the report detailed how anomalies in Rivers contributed to the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu as president-elect.

Accessing results amassed by Tinubu and Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the State, the BBC found that results obtained from polling units across the state differed from what was announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

SwissMass:
This is not mathematics, logic gates or English, subjecting Nigeria law of this is quite mischievous and shallow, are you saying if "or" is included that means having 25% of votes cast in FCT but lost in other states makes someone a president, shun emotional sentiment, the use of and in that condition is just for inclusion, so as not to leave them behind, FCT is never a state, saying 37 states in the constitution will amount to stupidity, this is Nigerian' law, not mathematics, not logical operators or literally English where words are verbatim.

Christistruth03:
Inec was a Party in the case it has to defend itself

Atiku is an author of Confusion