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Election Tribunal Declares Dr. Mimiko Winner of April 2007 Governorship Election

http://www.channelstv.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=4187


The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ondo state capital Akure, today declared the Labour Party governorship candidate Dr. Olusegun Mimiko winner of the April governorship election.


Justice Garba Nabaruma in his judgment said Dr. Mimiko scored 198,261 lawful votes against 128,669 vote of the incumbent governor Dr. Olusegun Agagu.

The Tribunal Chairman also announced the nullification of all votes from Ilaje Local Government Area the home base of Governor Agagu.


According to Justice Nabaruma Dr. Mimiko won two third of the total votes from the eighteen Local Government Areas of the state council to the governor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Mr. Lateef Fagbemi told journalist that he is considering the option of appeal but that will come after consultation with his client, Dr. Olusegun Agagu.

It would be recalled that the Labour Party governorship candidate, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko petitioned the tribunal challenging the incumbent governor Dr. Olusegun Agagu as the winner of the 2007 election by INEC.

yes


have you ever cheated on a mate ?

rokiatu:
will you help
slap Mustay
for me?

ummm, No


do you have any plans for the weekend ?

The thread starter and many of those who responded have issues - it is obvious the man was dodging the question.

"Leave it to God" is another way of saying " I don't have anything to say on that matter"

It is called sarcasm.

and Jakumo, he did not single handedly divert and steal 16 billion dollars. The central bank, accountant general and
finance minister have all stated that between 4 and 5 billion dollars was expended on power, not 16 billion.

If you want to hold him accountable for money spent, fine, but please get your facts straight.

Mustay:
Why do we want e'thing to look like "little London" or "big brooklyn"

Can't it just look like a beautiful Lagos?

What you are calling "little london" or "big brooklyn" is standard around the world.

Even Ghana can boast of similar facilities.

You don't want us lagging behind now, do you ?

tboy1:
@ Arnold1

nice pics bro . . . mehnn i'm missin naija so much

Thanks dude. I miss the place myself



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OMAHA

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PIZZA INN

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GEORGES CHINESE CUISINE

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HCH3COO:
This is beautiful homie

Thanks my man. I am visiting this mall next time I'm in Naija.

The place is really tight.

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Motun_rayo

Omo, you look pretty nice in your picture ooo

No wonder you are getting so much attention from the guys demm

Hannibal:
She might not know what other parts of Nigeria do em tribal marks.
Cut her some slack.

[size=14pt]Queenisha not know other parts of Nigeria with tribal marks[/size]


Have you seen her descend on the Northern mu'slims on Nairaland ?

I would cut you some slack because you are fairly new to this forum

Queenisha:
It may actually be the therapy he needs

If anything, you are the one in need of serious therapy. You need cleansing from yoruba hatred

anuofia

Hannibal:
@ Arnold1,

Sunny Ade's tribal marks are not the kind of marks i am talking about.
Have u seen those Mallams in the North??
I was once stopped by a mobile police officer in Lagos. . . . .He begged for 50 Naira. . . .
When i saw his marks, i gave him 500 bucks. . . . . .I felt pity for him
His parents or guardian should be jailed.

Thanks jare Mr Hannibal.




Now, this was the first post on this thread by Queenisha

Do Yorubas discriminate against other Yorubas with large tribal marks on their faces?

Do those with tribal marks feel a sort of complex for having them ?

would you turn down a prospective mate or suitor because of tribal marks?
Honest answers please.

Why is she just focusing on the yorubas when other tribes in Nigeria, like the Mallams, have tribal marks ?

HCH3COO:
Let's conduct a protest across Igboland, Yorubaland, and Hausaland urging them to stop facial scarifications because they are no longer in trend. Tats are the new thing.

I think osu practice in Igboland should take precedence. The practice is archaic and barbaric.

But seriously, what would it take for the osu practice to come to an end in Igboland ?



One of the factors that enabled early Christian missionaries to establish a foothold quickly in the Igbo heartland was their promise to new converts that the new order would guarantee equality of rights and opportunities to everyone.


In most Igbo communities, the osu were the first group of converts to flock en masse into new churches and schools that mushroomed everywhere.

Disillusionment soon dampened their enthusiasm when it gradually became clear that even the Whiteman’s church was powerless to stop discriminatory treatment meted out to the minority osu population.

Queenisha:
Show me a thread regarding tribal marks and dating or not dating where I participated ?

This is the thread, over 16 pages long, where this tribal mark issue was discussed in length.

You were an active participant as babyosisi were you not ?


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-59913.0.html

HCH3COO:
Arnold, what can you say to this? It appears Queen dated this men irrespective of their tribe.

My man,

All this tribal mark issue has been discussed a long time ago and Queenisha was an active participant
on that thread.

There is nothing she is inquring about now that wasn't addressed then. She and I know this.

KarmaMod:
I think he's (CH3COO) trying to imply thatit's usually prejudice people that count the "type" of people they know just to seem less prejudice to others

Like when you see white people who say "I'm not racist! I have 2 black friends!"

It's like why count them as that if it didnt matter to you?

Get it now?

Thanks oo my sister. I 'm glad I'm not the only one that can see through her.


"I'm not racist! I have 2 black friends!"

She's trying to use the oldest trick in the book !!!! Pitiful

Nairaland can never be in peace and harmony with people like Queenisha lurking around.

Useless tribalist.

Gamine:
@ Queen


i mean, you just don't see that around these days, Thank God!

That is the imperative phrase you just made there. IT IS NOT AROUND THESE DAYS !!!!!

And "Queen" knows this, but her hatred for the yoruba kind knows no bounds.

That's why she'll bring up a thread like this.

HCH3COO:

Good response. Queenisha just brought this topic up (again) due to her disgust for yorubas.

She is a lowlife tribalist. Pay her no attention.

There is even the stop osu solidarity foundation


http://www.stop-osu.com/

Texcee:
This is the part that is most saddening I swear.

My sister, it is an abomination

This is just so sad. Even when the Osu's migrated in droves to the christian faith, they still get no reprieve

Disillusionment soon dampened their enthusiasm when it gradually became clear that even the Whiteman’s church was powerless to stop discriminatory treatment meted out to the minority osu population.

In spite of these accomplishments, the osu’s right to equal treatment remained unfulfilled because neither the Christian missionaries nor the sketchy colonial administration in place at the time could muster what it would take to dictate a needed change of attitude at the grassroots level.

[size=14pt]More on the Osu caste system in Igboland[/size]



One of the factors that enabled early Christian missionaries to establish a foothold quickly in the Igbo heartland was their promise to new converts that the new order would guarantee equality of rights and opportunities to everyone.

In most Igbo communities, the osu were the first group of converts to flock en masse into new churches and schools that mushroomed everywhere.

Disillusionment soon dampened their enthusiasm when it gradually became clear that even the Whiteman’s church was powerless to stop discriminatory treatment meted out to the minority osu population.

Osu pursued Western education in large numbers and many of them joined the new Christian mission as priests and school teachers. In spite of these accomplishments, the osu’s right to equal treatment remained unfulfilled because neither the Christian missionaries nor the sketchy colonial administration in place at the time could muster what it would take to dictate a needed change of attitude at the grassroots level.

Before too long, there was mass conversion to Christianity and this reduced osu converts to a minority, just like in the society at large. The majority, in spite of their acquiescence to widespread inculcation of new faith and Western education, never saw the urgency in undertaking a major transformation in Igbo sociocultural practices, particularly as regards discriminatory treatment that the osu continued to receive.

[size=14pt]The Osu Caste System in Igboland: Discrimination Based on Descent[/size]


http://uk.geocities.com/internationaldalitsolidarity/cerd/dikeosu2002.html


The Osu, by definition, is a people sacrificed to the gods in Igbo community. And they assist the high priest of the traditional religion to serve the deities or the gods in their shrine. It is the belief of many Igbo traditionalists that the deities, which were (and are still) perceived in some quarters as being very powerful, would wreck havoc in the society, if they are not appeased.

In some special circumstances, those who hold the traditional beliefs of the Igbos could transform a Diala who committed certain atrocities against the land, into an Osu. This process involved intricate rituals (offering of libations and sacrificing animals to the earth goddess). Some of the ancestors of the present-day Osu people inherited their dehumanizing social status this way.

Because of many oral interpretations of the construct, the Osu has various definitions. It has been defined as a ‘cult slave,’ a living sacrifice,’ an ‘untouchable,’ ‘outcast,’ ‘owner’s cult,’ ‘a slave of the deity,’ and a ‘sacred and holy being.’ 3 These names mean the same: it is an abomination in the Igbo society for the Diala to marry Osu.


All human beings are created equal, but human experiences are heterogeneous. Some people have had it rough all their life on earth, while others do not have a lot to complain about. Naturally, life has the same meaning for everyone, but the Osu caste system in Igboland seems to have changed the meaning of life for a group of people branded Osu


Osu are people our igbo ancestors used to do sacrifies to the gods for the difficulties they faced then, which includes disease, lack of rain, poor farm produce, children and babies dieing etc.

The gods then asked for human sacrifies to help with these issues. When a sacrifice is offered to gods it is damned evil to touch those things.



Even in the bible when Abraham offer sacrifice to God, nobody eats the sacrify, it is burn to ashes.

The stigma that Osu have had today this that they were used for gods sacrifice and dimmed to the igbos as outcast.

To my understanding, most of then are very wealthy and brilliant people, their girls are very beautiful.

I myself will NEVER marry osu, not because I don't like them. It is because of the stigma the igbos has on them. For example, they do not involve in active igbo events. No one will elect an osu person as a governor, local chairmen, Eze, Chief, etc.

If an Osu people tries to speak on behalf of the igbo he/she is immediately discredited, because of this stigma. I still have great ambitions for myself and would not want something to hold me back.

If you are not igbo you can never understand. This thing will NEVER go away and I feel very sorry for them. We call it Ome na ala (The law of our land) We cannot leave ome na ala and start to do ome na elu (Not the law of the land)

When you go to village and see how these people live, you would feel sorry from them. They do not trade because nobody would buy from them. In school nobody plays with osu children etc, it is really terrible.

If you want to leave in diaspora all your life, them marrying osu will not really affect you. But if you plan sometime in the future to return back to Nigeria, hmmm, you really have to be very careful. Remember we do not only mary for ourselfs we marry for children as well, you do not want to give our children a bad start in life.

I am sorry I have to say this, but this is the way it is and I did not make it so. Remember that osu are human being like us too.

Queenisha:
Do Yorubas discriminate against other Yorubas with large tribal marks on their faces?
Do those with tribal marks feel a sort of complex for having them ?
would you turn down a prospective mate or suitor because of tribal marks?
Honest answers please.

You are an idiot for bringing up this tribal mark issue with yorubas again. This issue was discussed a long time
ago on a previous thread, but being the useless tribalist that you are, you wouldn't let it rest.



In Igbo land, do you discriminate between those that are Osu's and those that aren't ?

Cristalz:
@Queenisha
Your igbotic skills are truly wonderful,burro

My real self is one who has Respect for self,Respect for others and Responsibility for my actions.

Seems you're the one who doesn't have a clue what respect is about. . .you earn respect,you don't command it. If you're worthy of it,you will get it. When you don't,demand it because its your right.
If you're not worthy of it,shut up and take your portion of disrespect right back. What goes around comes around.

Queenisha ( 8th id now ?) the hate figure. A thread can't go by without her fighting someone.

you are really pitiful

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