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Indeed for sane minded NIGERIANs,this is a big shame!

This is how the global press described what we did with ourselves called elections:


*The Economist* said a _“chaotically organized vote and messy count”_ gave Nigeria a new president.

*The Financial Times* said in an editorial comment that our presidential election was _“deeply flawed”_ and the winner _“a wealthy political fixer.”_

*The Guardian of U.K.* described the winner as _“an immensely wealthy veteran powerbroker trailed by corruption allegations which he denies.”_

*The New York Times* described him as _“a divisive figure in Nigerian politics.”_

*Robert Rotberg,* founding director of the Harvard Kennedy School's programme on intrastate conflict, wrote an opinion for *Canada's influential Globe and Mail*; its headline: _“Bola Tinubu's election is another triumph for Nigeria's corrupt old guard.”_

*The Times of London* was the most disrespectful. It used this very bad phrase: _“a wealthy kleptocratic 'godfather' of politics”_ to describe the person who will replace our very clean Buhari on May 29, 2023. As bad as those characterizations are, they are not as damaging as the Financial Times' revelation that it personally _“witnessed armed men remove a presidential ballot box in Surulere, Lagos”_ on Election Day.

*The CNN* last Friday played back a part of Bola Tinubu's acceptance speech where he described what he got as _“a serious mandate.”_ A CNN anchor then asked if it _“was really a mandate”_ with less than 10 percent of the registered voters behind it. He must be wondering what kind of people are these? The CNN and that anchor were not the only ones bemused by our electoral culture, our elections and their outcomes.

One of *Germany's* largest newspapers, *Sueddeutsche Zietung*, had unflattering words for the winner; it also queried the legitimacy of a mandate that was spurned by 90 per cent of the voting population.

*Aljazeera* ran a special report on how the election was disrupted in Lagos last Saturday. The headline is: _'How violence robs Nigerians of their votes.'_

*The Washington Post* quoted Matthew Page, associate fellow with Chatham House’s Africa Program, as accusing INEC of making both deliberate and unintentional mistakes: *_“They raised the hopes about the election and its transparency, and then they dashed them. When the opposition says the process was broken, it’s hard to argue with them.”_*

*Other Newspaper Headlines from around the world*

*Austria:*
_A drug baron wins the presidential election in Africa’s biggest economy._

*Poland:*
_Nigeria chooses a known drug lord as LEADER._

*Canada:*
_"Depression, anxiety, uncertainty be-clouds Nigeria’s political space a drug-kingpin wins the election."_

This is stinking!

k777:
The character assassination of Bola Ahmed Tinubu the president-elect must stop. The elections are over and the next phase is the tribunal if you are unsatisfied with the election results; go to court. We are in a democratic, civilised era, stop all hatred, character defamation, and head to court. We must stop abusing the privilege of free of speech and social media. As a nation irrespective of tribe or religion we need peaceful coexistence, and progress to advance beyond the mere gaint of Africa to her reality.

You are right,we must move on but there cant be peace without justice. You can not rob me at night of my belongings and ask me not to point fingers at you in the day time. Outright rigging with reckless impunity and intimidation is the worst enemy of democracy.
Enough of this nonsense!

colorsofrainbow:
You are a big fool. A very big one.
We are talking about a better Nigeria, u are here talking about Yoruba, trying to spin the narrative around with your bigotry.

If it's all about Yoruba,why not join Sunday Igboho and pursue Oduduwa republic?

A notorious criminal drug baron cannot be the president of Nigeria same way a criminal like Orji Uzor Kalu can NEVER be the senate President.

You are a wise man...saying it as it is.

The worst INEC chairman in the history of Nigeria,history will remember him for the wrong reasons,he sold the people's mandate for a pot of porridge.
The heart of the masses bleed!

Is a shame that the INEC chair Prof Mahmood has allowed this kind of shambles and shenanigans to happen under has care. Its a big shame!!!
Posterity will judge.

Deep...life is a mystery!!!

For OBI,the end justifies the means!
Let the legal fireworks begin!!!

*WHEN I SAY PETER OBI IS DANGEROUS IN COURT, SOME APC MEMBERS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ME .




Fear that man 😂😂😂 Tinubu never expected it 🥷🏿 stealth move. He knew they would rig and on purpose didn’t file for his disqualification before the election. He even went ahead to call Tinibu his senior colleague to fool Apc camp.

After the scam of an election, he then asked inec to release election materials, another stealth move to distract them and confuse them to think he will base his case on IRev irregularities, the old men who thought they can suppress and above the law fell for it and focused on uploading results this past two weeks. Meanwhile he already met with the US government secretly who told Obi to tell his supporters not to protest, because that was what Apc wanted, so they can repeat SARS, Only for him to now hit him with the drug case.



Which entirely disqualifies Tinibu and his running mate from contesting, according to the constitution of Nigeria and international law. Tinibu has been on FBI wanted list for long, he obviously didn’t know that, because he was allowed to travel freely, this not only prevents him from being sworn in but enables the ICC and the DEA to issue an immediate arrest warrant to extradite Tinubu to the US to face prison time.


If Inec refuses to swear in Obi, Tinubu will be arrested with all that contributed to this sham election. However, if he concedes he will still go to jail, including the inec boss, who have actually stepped down but not officially.


They messed with the wrong one. At this point Tinibu can not be sworn in as the president, Obi will emerge as the president and it’s obvious without doubt.

They were busy playing injustice, Obi was playing chess. When his vice Datti told Nigerians to be calm that Obi knows what to do, that was it. Tinubu was scammed and at this point it’s end of the road for him and his cohorts.


If he can make a deal with the DEA those conditions will solely be on his quitting and inec releasing original results, if not the cabal including Buhari will go in for it! It’s game over😃

The punk called Reno Omokri said earlier that Obis petiton does not hold water but now he is telling us that rather his principal will gain from Obi's petition, he should therefore be happy and not wailing.
They are spending more time attacking Obi than the so called president elect,it means there is something about Obi/Datti that scares them....time shall tell!

May her soul find rest! Adieu Nwankie.

Tinubu and his associates in crime are stoking the fire they cannot extinguish when it starts,Nigerians of every ethnic group are watching with kin interest and are taking note,his institutionalization of tribalism and gangsterism as a means of attaining national goals.
A wise man once said 'be careful what you ask for!..for you may get it'. They have sown the seed of discord,there is disaffection in the land and pronounced bitterness all over,though he may never ascend to the seat of presidency but if he does,he will have a handfull,he will have to live with the rebellion he created..nemesis is a bitch!!!!
The tribal warlords,political contractors,sycophants and ethnic jingoist singing his praises today should keep this in mind'both the dogs and baboons will be soaked in blood'!when it eventually starts.

There is a thing about Obidients that marks them out,they are different from the usual Nigerian political party suporters,they are revolutionaries,they are people whom having seen the way Nigeria has recklessly been raped and spillaged by criminal gangs called politicians,demands for a new Nigeria where like in the most of the develop world where things work,now demand for a change from the old way of doing things.
A new Nigeria is possible!!!!!

David160:
I voted for LP and if election is held again today I'll vote LP again... Apc should give SP to whoever dey want. did Lawan being SP for 4yrs turn north east into Dubai or Abu Dhabi?... Abeg shift

I am surprise that reasonable men like you are responding to that national clown whose statement is only good for comic relief.
At a, time when Nigerians are seeking to be liberated from bondage from serial looters and criminals who stole Peter obi's mandate,whilthis Olodo of the first order is talking about senate president. Can you give what you dont have?lets wait till the cases are decided in the court.

They know quite well that the mandate Tinubu is flaunting is a stolen one and is just for the main time,they are frustrated because there is no peace for the wicked.

Frank688915:
yoruba muslims are greater than all igbo Christians in Nigeria history, first it's mko abiola, it's now Tinubu that will rule you all. He used you foools

ThankGod you likened Tinubu to Abiola,i think exactly what happened to Abiola will happen to Tinubu.

'They may take us out of the market but they cant take the market out of us'_anonymous!

We fought a 3yrs war for self determination and came out with nothing but with resilience and manifold struggle, those who seek to subjugate us now admire us from afar.
What cannot kill a man can only make him stronger.

accordadoga:
SAY NO TO IPOB AGENDA IN LAGOS STATE…

VOTE APC, VOTE PDP BUT SHUN THE IPOB PARTY (LABOUR PARTY)..

EKO O NI BAJE OO

Infantile nonsense.

In military tradition when ugly incidents like this happen,names of parties involved are kept secret. Moreso,it is not pleasant for the families of both the offender and the victims to hear of there death via social media. This is against military rules of engagement. RIP to the dead,so sad.

TheRareGem1:
https://www.thecable.ng/tinubu-has-set-up-reconciliation-committee-to-meet-with-obi-atiku-says-akeredolu/amp

After your daylight robbery you want to reconcile. Return the mandate you stole from them and everything will be ok.

Joe igbokwe mobilizing few thugs in nnewi with Lagos and Tinubu money.

You dont worry yourself,the coming days will prove if the will of INEC is greater than the will of the masses.

Pierocash:
It is like you are not in this country?

Nobody voted APC. Inec in cohoot with APC bola Tinubu decided to go rogue on the people in broad day light robbery.

This stolen mandate cannot stand,quote me. Tinubu can never rule us,even if they swear him in he will vacate that seat dead or alive

You took the words out of my mouth,in the days ahead,the voice of the people will be heard...Nigeria is in for a long thing,you cannot stop an idea who's time has come,they can manipulate results but not the will and determination of Nigerians.

iwaeda:
The Kogi State Government, on Thursday, clarified the excavation of some roads in Kogi Central, saying it is a deliberate security measure to cut off traffic on those roads with a view to restricting the use of the roads by criminals who had been breaching the peace of the area with attendant loss of lives and property.

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In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications in the State, Kingsley Fanwo, the State Government drew the attention of the public to an explosion that rocked the Okehi Local Government Secretariat Complex a few days ago, as well as the Okene blast of December 29, 2022, during President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the State.

According to him, the security agencies ensured no life was lost as a result of the recent explosion, but the State Government convened an emergency Security Council Meeting to address the security challenges in the area with a view to devising strategies of averting possible future occurrence, especially as the State witnessed a similar explosion on December 29, 2022 at Okene.

“One of the measures arrived at was to restrict the number of routes to the flashpoints to enable security agents properly mount effective surveillance on the other access roads for the safety of the people, especially as they go to the polls on Saturday February 25, 2023. We thank the State Ministry of Works and Urban Development for their proactive efforts on the road,” he stated.

Fanwo asked if the outburst of a Senatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, could be taken to mean that she was benefitting from the seeming insecurity in Kogi Central, noting specifically that as an indigene of Okehi Local Government Area, she had not considered it expedient till now to sympathise with the people over the recent explosion.
from the seeming insecurity in Kogi Central, noting specifically that as an indigene of Okehi Local Government Area, she had not considered it expedient till now to sympathise with the people over the recent explosion.



“To her, their lives do not matter. But she was quick to characteristically blackmail the State Government when measures were taken to protect her people,” he said.

He warned those sponsoring terrorism in the state to desist as security agents have enough evidence to nab masterminds.

“Some of the masterminds of the Okene blast of December 29, 2022 have been arrested and they are giving useful statements to security agents. With the current measures in Okehi Local Government, we are confident that the cowards who attacked the symbol of unity of the Okehi people will not escape from justice,” he disclosed.

The Commissioner said, “Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan should recognise the fact that the administration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello will never slaughter security on the slab of politics and will ruthlessly deal with criminal elements and their sponsors whose hearts are not immersed in the culture of peace of the Ebira Nation.

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“As a Government, our responsibility is to protect the Kogi people, and sometimes, we have to take drastic and even temporarily discomforting steps to achieve that. INEC and security agents have not complained about accessing every part of Okehi Local Government Area in particular and Kogi Central in general. Why is Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan crying on behalf of INEC when as an institution, INEC has communication structures and platforms?”

The state government called on Kogites to disregard allegations of trying to use local militias to harass voters, saying, “The protagonists of such fiction are elements who want to create panic in the state because of desperation to provoke chaos to cover up for their political feebleness.

“We assure the people of Kogi Central and Kogi State in general to come out enmasse to cast their votes as adequate security arrangements are in place to protect them before, during and after the polls. Those who need to worry are criminals who will never be spared in the state.”

https://www.channelstv.com/2023/02/24/road-cutting-part-of-strategies-to-protect-kogites-from-terrorists-kogi-govt/

Where in the world is destroying of public infrastructures like roads now a form of security measure. Barely 48hrs to the election,Mr Yahaya Bello just realised how unsafe central kogi is.'You can fool some of the people, some of the time but no all the people all the time'.
This goes a long way to show how wicked our serial looting leaders in APC are. I pray Nigerians do the right thing by stopping Tinubu and his gang of blood suckers come saturday.

Just imagine this arrant nonsense,rather than talking about sample size used in generating the result of the poll,they are telling us about identification of party logo. This is an admission that they have since lost the election and are hoping on people making mistake on the election day by thumb printing on the wrong logo.

Lets vote wisely,a new Nigeria is posible. Obi/Datti for president.

Nice one from the USA,front page pls.

People still dont get it,CBN has not shifted ground,all they did is to ease the stress of depositing old notes. They are only out to decongest CBN branches nationwide due to pressure coming from Nigerians trying to deposit the old note.Going by the process of generating the required code for deposit,necessary data and information about you would have been collected and giving the initial process released by CBN for depositing old currencies,the money will be boxed and you can only access it after two weeks,by which time the presidential elections would have been over.
The whole idea is to stop politicians who have stockpilled this old note for vote buying. I also observed that cases of kidnapping has drastically reduced nationwide.
Wee will keep our fingers crossed.

engrsyer:
Fake news. Go to Channels TV and get the real pictures and videos

Why do you guys waste your time arguing with Tinubu urchins,pls allow them to wallow in there foolery,on the election day they will find out that Nigerians are not stupid and has since rejected Tinubu and other serial looters.
The kind of crowd that came out today in Lagos was unprecedented,Obi infact locked down Lagos.I saw real organic love for Peter Obi,Nigerians of every tribe where represented and everybody agreed on one thing 'we must take back out country'.

What the governor did was very right,what impudent...admitted, we have Eze Igbo in various states in Nigeria,as well as Hausas having Sarki Hausawa in various states,including south-East but to think of an emirate council is the height of insult,even Jos north of Plateau state they couldnt do such why even dream of it in the East.

lhordspy:
Another disappointment for our enemies; the ungrateful invaders.

Most of them will lose sleep and have sleepless night over this. More conspiracy theory will start at first light tommorrow. They were expecting Fr@nk Mba as Lagos CP, they circulated the rumour and pushed for it, aided by their AriseTV media propaganda spearheaded by Rufai Oseni.

You lose again, losers. Another wishful thinking of yiibo control of Lagos; be it internal security or through governance just ended up in the mud. Again

Asiwaju is nobody's mate.

Does it matter who or where the commissioner of police comes from,all we seek is that he should be a true proffessional in carrying out his duties to all,except there is something sinister you wish from him and especially when your principal is notorious for employing the services of thugs and urchins during elections. I still dont understand why you think playing the ethnic card would help Tinubu,Nigerians of every tribe has rejected APC,hunger,poverty and insecurity knows no boundary,it is either we get it right now or never,a new Nigeria is possible.

You are a bad market and as a sympathizer of boko haram,no true northerner will support you,we remember the intrigues that led to the adoption of Chibok girls while you are a governor in the state,we also remember that Kabiru Sokoto the notorious boko haram bomber was found in your lounge as a governor. In saner climes, you should be spending time behind bars and not campaigning for an electoral position. For Tinubu to have choosen you as a running mate truly proves that birds of the same feathers flocks together.

Tinubu urchins went as for as bringing the old campaign video of pdp primaries,just to score a cheap point... Is this what Tinubu's campaign has been reduced to,what a disaster.