₦airaland Forum

timbuk two:
and jonathan is not even popular in his home state. that's the reality of YOUR situation. everywhere he has gone people leave when he speaks. north east south and west. or have you not been watching the TV?  

timbuk two:
dude you do realise that NO ONE is buying into your polls anymore. your guy at this day is already been abused thoroughly all over the place. even IPSOS have run away and are now refusing to comment despite the repeated attempts from a number of people to get them to explain their sampling process.

as some said before, let them rig and you'll see fire.

timbuk two:
educated guess and intuition.

also i look at the inec figures and i think to myself that if jonathan was to get 60% of the vote he'd need to get 35 million votes (assuming that voter turnout is 80% [and it will be, if not more]). now lets just assume that he cleans up with 100% of the voes in the south south and south east and their voter turn out is 100% (never gonna happen but hey, i'm feeling generous today) that gives him 16 million votes. meaning he needs to get another 20 million votes from the rest of the country. considering the political make up of the south west (40% muslim + ACN + bakare + educated) i don't see him getting more than 30-35% of the south west - so that's another 4 million TOPS. meaning he's got to come up with another 15 million votes (realistically much more given my prior generosity) from the north west, north central and north east. and he's not gonna do that. he can't do that. 100% certified. guaranteed. never ever. ever. going to get 15 million votes from those regions.

unless he rigs.

deezzle: Sky Blue, Beaf nd other GEJ supporters, kindly enlighten us on why you chose GEJ.

Please do not take this as an attack on your selves and do not respond by attacking but by responding maturely with your reasons.

Who knows, we might see things your way.

thanks

deezzle:
So because GEJ has said it, these companies will just appear tomorrow and start assembling cars? there are policy issues, infrastructure issues and other issues to tackle before this comes into fruition.

It sounded like an idea someone just asked him to chip in so gullible nigerians will laud it and they are doing so. how predictable

Sun of god:
Technically, I have not slandered anybody.

I consulted my legal team before posting -

[size=21pt]BB/2027[/size]

PapaBrowne:
^^^^^
@ Kobojunkie
[size=14pt]22100 posts [/size] on Nairaland and yet, till date, [size=14pt] not a single one has made any sense!! Quantity  vs  Quality[/size]

dustydee:
you forgot to say amen.

aletheia:
Know that today, your lies on behalf of General Buhari have found you out. The link takes you to a document on the assetrecovery website that details the chronology of the Abacha case with copious footnotes showing the court cases etc. No honest man will read the document from the International Centre for Asset Recovery and dismiss it as "simply an article written by an unknown individual who stated that OBJ accused Abacha of looting." So OBJ has become a Swiss court of law? No honest man will read the document and not come away disturbed that General Buhari declared that Sani Abacha was not corrupt.

Now I know that a lot of Buhari's supporters are brain-washed simpletons whose minds are made up and don't want to be confused by the facts. That is why a man indicted for money-laundering and criminal activity is their gubernatorial candidate in Kano.

I have included the document as an attachment to this post so that neutral and objective folks will read it and clearly see your self-serving lies for what they are.

And this link details Judgments of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in case of Sani Abacha

midep:
For all those supporting PDP/GEJ to rule again. I have one My prayer and prophesy for you is:

May your life, family, finances/businesses be ruled and managed the way PDP as ruled and managed Nigeria for 12 years. (I expect you to say amen if not you are a hypocrite).

If you don't say amen to that as a PDP/GEJ supporter then why are you supporting and wishing it for your mother land.(Sorry I forgot that you are not a full Nigerian).

[size=14pt]Ivory Coast fighters descend upon main city, setting up showdown over presidency[/size]
By Associated Press, Thursday, March 31, 1:21 PM

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Fighters trying to install Ivory Coast’s democratically elected president began besieging the main city of Abidjan on Thursday as the top army commander fled his post in the face of a lightning offensive that saw several towns and a seaport quickly fall.

Alassane Ouattara, whom the United Nations and Ivory Coast’s own electoral council declared the winner of November presidential elections, said the forces backing him will “re-establish democracy and enforce the choice of the people.”

“Today they are at the doorstep of Abidjan,” Ouattara said of his armed supporters. “To all those who are still hesitating, whether you are generals, superior officers, officers, sub-officers, rank-and-file ,  there is still time to join your brothers-in-arms.”

Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo has refused to step down and recognize the result of the election. But even an armed onslaught on the country’s commercial capital will not force him to do so, said Toussaint Alain, one of his advisers.

“He will not resign in the wake of this attack. He is not going to abdicate. He is not going to lay down his arms,” Alain said. “He will stay in power to lead the resistance to this attack against Ivory Coast organized by France, the United States and the United Nations.”

Gbagbo hasn’t been seen in public for weeks, even though state TV announced twice on Wednesday evening that he was preparing to address the nation. Ivory Coast’s army chief of staff, Gen. Phillippe Mangou, sought refuge at the home of the South African ambassador in Abidjan with his wife and five children, South Africa’s foreign ministry said Thursday.

Advancing on foot while firing into the air, pro-Ouattara forces set up roadblocks on one of the main thoroughfares in Yopougon, a neighborhood across the lagoon from the presidential palace. They have been in a pitched battle with police since 6:30 a.m. Thursday, said a local resident who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals.

“The end is almost here. It’s a matter of hours,” said Patrick Achi, spokesman for Ouattara. “We issued our ultimatum yesterday ,  If Gbagbo does not want the fighting to happen in Abidjan, he should surrender. If he doesn’t, we have no choice.”

It is not clear what the fighters will do if they manage to push their way to the presidential palace, located on a peninsula in the city center, surrounded on all sides by a glassy lagoon. In the early afternoon a column of smoke could be seen coming from several neighborhoods.

Shooting rang out from the base of one of the two bridges that spans the lagoon, offering access to the peninsula. Taxis made panicked U-turns on the waterside highway.

The fighters’ arrival in Abidjan comes only a day after they seized the administrative capital of Yamoussoukro in central Ivory Coast. Pro-Ouattara forces also took the strategic port of San Pedro late Wednesday, and by one estimate now control about 80 percent of the country.

Ouattara has described his fighters as the “Republican Forces.” The majority of the gunmen are drawn from the New Forces, a coalition of rebel groups that fought a brief 2002-2003 civil war, which left the country divided in two with the rebels holding the north.

“In order to end the escalation of violence in our country and in keeping with their mission to protect the population against militias and mercenaries under Gbagbo’s control, (the rebels) have decided to re-establish democracy and enforce the choice of the people,” he said.

The rebels have seized more than a dozen towns since beginning their offensive on Monday. After they took the capital, they did a victory lap in vehicles as people cheered and clapped.

They have faced almost no resistance but many fear that army troops still loyal to Gbagbo plan to make a final stand in Abidjan. But Ouattara’s forces could confront fierce resistance in densely populated Abidjan, which is dangerously divided between those who support him and those who back Gbagbo.

The two men have vied for the presidency for months, with Ouattara using his considerable international clout to try to financially and diplomatically suffocate Gbagbo. At least 462 people have been killed and up to 1 million have fled their homes amid the postelection chaos.

The advance by pro-Ouattara forces was a last resort after all other diplomatic means had failed, his supporters say. Ouattara won the election with more than 54 percent of the vote and did not want to be seen as having taken the country by force.

So far, the rebels appear to be mostly disciplined although there have been sporadic reports of pillaging and several instances of revenge killings. His reliance on the irregular fighters could cause him to lose the moral high ground if they begin committing serious abuses.

Human Rights Watch documented attacks on villages, despoils and racketeering in the country’s north, where they exercised control.

Overnight the fighters took the port of San Pedro, giving Ouattara access to the sea. They also reached Mama, the village where Gbagbo was born and where he built himself a mansion. It marked a symbolic victory, said Seydou Ouattara, a rebel spokesman who is not related to the president.

[size=14pt]“The rebels slept in Gbagbo’s bed,” he said.[/size]

babasoty:
its now "why didn't BON invite Momodu and Pat Utomi when they knew the others won't show up"---- why didn't NN24 invite Pat Utomi when they knew GEJ wasn't gonna show up ?, the same yardstick used in hanging BON should be used on NN24, why not invite everyone, last i checked BON gave more room for the opposition than NN24.

If the opposition had shown up I believe GEJ would have also upped his game on stage, and it would have been something good for Nigerians, but boycotting the one organized by BON for some flimsy excuse of he didn't attend the earlier one, just shows how inept and petty the opposition really are, all at the expense of the populace they claim to wanna emancipate from PDP.

1025:
if we look at nigerian from 1999 till date, we will all appreciate abacha as a military leader and have the boldness to call him a saint.
invistigations show that obasanjo was worth N20,000 in his account in 1999 but who can say for now.

like i said, life under abacha is much more pleasant and better than this occultic kingdom pdp has turned nigeria into.

[size=33pt]Lets just create a new political party:
Buhari people luv'n Abacha! (BPLA) [/size]

marissa:
This is a Democracy!

Buhari does not support Abacha's candidacy but[size=14pt] it is a known fact that Mohammed Abacha paid his way through to have his name published as the CPC candidate[/size]. Still, Buhari has refused to recognize him. In fact, they did not even exchange greetings when Buhari came to Kano for the rally.

Mohammed Abacha sued Buhari, INEC and CPC to court to declare him the CPC candidate for kano, which the court did after money changed hands. Buhari has gone to court challenging the decision and his case of appeal is still in court asking the court to overturn the ruling declaring Mohammed Abacha the CPC candidate for Kano state.

On the one hand you say Buhari is a high handed military-fisted bigot who knows only how to use force. Now that he is towing the line of democracy and rule of law you want to lambast him!! What do you want him to do in the face of the fiasco by the courts and INEC publishing Mohammed Abacha as the CPC candidate for Kano? Buhari has already refused to present Mohammed Abacha as the CPC Gubernatorial Candidate for Kano State. If he were to go further and order INEC to remove his name what effect exactly would that have? Or you'd prefer him to impose someone else so that you'll have a field day calling him undemocratic??

The fact on ground is that the people do not want Mohammed Abacha and Buhari does not support Mohammed Abacha!

You can google for further details

monkeyleg:
Some people are trying to draw legitimacy from the nonsense we saw yesterday

Pataki:
Only a dumb clueless goat will call that charade of yesterday a DEBATE.

Even opinion polls across various online Nigerian forums shows that the President was utterly clueless.

Oh well, that equally expresses the mind of the OP here - dumb and clueless.

Birds of a feather. . . . . .they say

Beaf: [size=14pt]LO! I've just been lurking in the background, having a good laugh throughout the thread. In the beginning it was just anti-GEJ people laughing at their usual rude jokes and engaging in their usual loud and tasteless name calling.
As the debate proceeded, they got progressively quieter, and a couple of them even hailed GEJ.

. . .But by the end of the debate, the diehards were taking their defeat in a very sore way. They swung their filthy words away from GEJ, and hauled them squarely at all Nigerians instead!
The most hilarious point came when two of them revealed their absolute lack of love or concern for the country. Ibime thanked God he has a British passport and Donlittle thanked God he had residency papers (for God knows where). I am 100% sure we can see Buhari's reaction in these class of supporters. Hilarious!!!  [/size]

Ibime:
Anything that enlivens your miserable existence dude!

Abagworo:
I will like to actually see any evidence of Abacha stealing from Federation account.I somehow believe a Ghaddafi kind of witch hunt by the Western powers was Abacha's offence and nothing more.

Abacha had some businesses running that does not belong to the Nigerian state and I would like to know if it is the money from those businesses that is being referred to as loot.

Donmeca:
Here I come again;

Is the use of "organise" in place of "organize" wrong and does it ultimately make d user a dunce?