₦airaland Forum

Jakumo:
There was a fine lady called Roful Maos
Who rarely had a cheerful word to say
So she spent a lot of time chasing shadows
And telling happiness and joy to go away

So if you ever see Mz Roful Maos
Don't you dare let her know you tend to smile
Or she'll say real loud "Here come the wackos"
then go back to waiting like a crocodile.

Roful Maos, Roful Maos don't you know
There's a lotta good, if you only care to look
Instead of strugglin' I say go with the flow
Then just maybe I'll let you off the hook

Off the hook, off the hook Roful Maos
Johnny B. Good is off the hook
Buhari is BOUND to lose, even as you snooze
Its off the hook, Roful Maos, off the hook

There's a lotta good, if you only care to look
Instead of strugglin' I say go with the flow

Nsiman: My beaf must be dinning, winning and dancing by now

debosky: Say what you will about GEJ, Atiku and the PDP as a whole, but this is a marked improvement on the PDP primaries of the past.

The previous ones always had sudden withdrawals from the race at the 11th hour, due to pressure brought to bear (usually by OBJ and his cronies) in an attempt to foist a candidate on the party, followed by a sham election of a 'consensus candidate'.

In this case however, no one was disqualified, no candidate was sabotaged by last minute court orders, no arms were twisted with fictitious EFCC investigations appearing out of thin air amongst others.

We all suspect that money would've changed hands at some point, but that is currently inevitable in Nigerian politics.

When all these factors are taken into account, this has been the most democratic presidential primary ever held by the PDP. There was no 'selection' this time and we could clearly see the winner emerge.

Yes problems exist in the PDP, they are still mostly a gathering of opportunistic thieves, but we could at least see an element of progress over the last primaries.

Now GEJ must do his best to unite the party behind him and then get the entire nation to support him. If he doesn't, the PDP infighting will provide more of a headache for him than any opposition party can.

LeoMax:
IBB has delivered Niger to Atiku, it would have been a big shame

johndoe200:
[size=14pt]Bad belle. It's all over bar the noise from Atiku.

GEJ has won!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

LaconicINC:
"I will dymistify incumbency factor" Atiku.I hope he has seen the power of incumbency and good governance.[size=14pt]Mr Zoning![/size]

holydante:
Oh my, ve slept 3 hours and woken, they are on delta satate, and am seeing abt 4 boxes still yet to be opened, yaaawnsss, Atiku is engrossed reading somefn on his phone, I bet he's on NL

Back to sleep again

appletango:
^^^

It appears we are talking about different things my friend

appletango:
LOL

Yes of course beafy we are now just left with the vampires, THIEVES and jackals from the south south. And obj of course, I can't forget the baba of vamp, I mean fresh air.

By the way, now you've lost the core north and south west where are you gonna get your votes from?

ahidjo:
[size=16pt]In any credible, serious election or convention, you will never hear anything like  GEJ 250, Atiku 0, Atiku 1000, GEJ 0, GEJ 1million, Atiku 0. Please note that I am never in the habit of replying anybody unless it is absolutely necessary. So far, I see no need replying individuals here. I do not engagee in pettiness(which Nigerians are known for). I talk about issues not people-that's for narrow minded folks. This is jus the start of the series aimed at sensitizing Nigerians on the dangers of electing or talking people into electing PDP. It is an irredeemably hopeless party. Be warned !!![/size]

appletango:
Yes!!! Welcome to the New PDP - The party of the South-South. I guess you could do with all the "fresh air" down there what with all the flaring and what not.

I am actually laughing that the PDP has gone from being the largest party in africa to just a regional party in just one night. Very funny indeed.

jason123:
is this beaf? _{i am glad he said this!}

appletango:
For once beaf, I 100% agree with you.
RIP PDP

appletango: there are reasons why gej will never win the pdp primaries, talk less of the election proper. here they are:

northerners account for 50% of this country's population. how accurate these figures are is not for me to judge but those are the "official" government figures and in elections it's the "official" figure that counts. for all their perceived fragmentation they are still the most unified bloc in the country and always pull together as a group when the need arises. before zoning/PDP nigeria had 3 southern heads of state with a TOTAL accumulated office time of 3 years and 9 months out of a possible 39 years. since zoning/pdp southerners have accounted for 9 years out of a possible 12. without zoning every other region/ethnicity/tribe/whateveryouwanttocallit outside of the north wouldn't have a chance in hell of taking the office of president. (everyone knows that it is zoning that has put gej in this position. without it he would be still be a non entity from bayelsa. it really is just that simple. in fact its just basic politics 101. anyone who say's otherwise is just naive). the north now feel aggrieved that they have only had 3 years in aso rock out of the last 12 years and will use their population supremacy to reverse this trend in 2011.

now here is the [size=14pt]key bit[/size]: northern dominance in population also translates to the allocation of pdp delegates as well:

North-West 860
North-Central 640
North-East 520
South-South 610
South-East 490
South-West 670
Total 3790

make no mistake about it the PDP is a NORTHERN party (2220 vs 1770) and people thinking Jonathan is going to win the primaries are borderline lunatics - yes i'm talking to you here BEAF. so lets assume the guy dominates the south-south and takes most of the south-west (very far from certain) his MUST make huge inroads in the south east (very unlikely) and the north (never going to happen) to even make the race close.

but this is NEVER going to happen.

the man is a dead man walking and this is why he has spent his 7-month tenure scheming, plotting and bribing, rather than governing and leading. it's almost laughable how such a crude man (pun intended) from the south south thinks he can outwit the cunning of the north. it took obj a good 8 years to obtain a level of control over the party system and even then his dream of total party control was scuttled. how goodluck intends to do it with no political base as well as an agitated north is madness and will inevitably lead to his political suicide.

ahidjo:
[size=27pt]NIGERIA IS A JOKE[/size]

there had been a mild drama when Sarah Jubril, the sole female presidential aspirant, started campaigning for him. “Mr. President you have done well for women; you and your amiable wife. Today you shall reap bountifully the reward,” she had said.

She, however, urged the delegates to vote for her as a solution to the zoning divide in the party.
“I represent zoning neutralizer. With Mama Sarah Nigeria shall not be labelled as one of the corrupt nations of the world. If you love Nigeria and you want your children to escape from this criminality that is going on, vote for Sarah Jubril,” she pleaded.

meine:
Please where is CIROMA from? That guy must be nuts, he should be stoned. I am beginning to see CIROMA as Jonathan's tool by presenting a weak atiku. ITS all a planned work.

emmaruf38:
Nice one chaps,

Who know the total delegates across all 36 states?