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But Mr Jonathan pleaded with the country to make the effort again.

Dude messes up and we are all supposed to sacrifice for his mistake?? ROFLMAO!!

Giving Adamawa and Kaduna to Buhari doesn't tally with the  facts on ground. Adamawa is a triple race btw PDP, ACN and  CPC with PDP likely pull the largest showing because of the  three way split. Kaduna has three factors- Large southern  population, Sambo factor, Kaduna South factor. Buhari will  score well in Kaduna but is not like to win.  It is important to note that of the 19.8  million votes in the  north west, Kano and Kaduna, which happen to be Buhari's  weakest links in the zone, constitute 45 % of the total voters  with almost 9  million. Shekarau consumes a large chunk of the votes in Kano.

AUTHEBURCKLEY   reply to Biodun  in  http://www. vanguardngr.com/2011/04/adeboye-oritsejafor-others-sue- for-patience/
22 REASONS WHY BUHARI DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR VOTE
In my books, Buhari is a pretentious anti-corruption fighter. The trajectory of a man's journey in public life matters. For the follwoing reasons I cannot vote for Buhari

1. He is an oligarch who does not believe in equality before the law. The way he jailed Lateef Jakande, Jim Nwobodo, Ambrose Ali, Pa Adekunle Ajasin, Chief Ayo Ojewumi on cases that had no foundation and allowed Awwal Ibrahim, the then Niger State governor, who was arrested in Heathrow Airport in London with 14 million pounds sterling and several millions of Niara and dollars to be put under house arrest is my evidence. He also allowed Shehu Kangiwa, Sokoto State Governor who conducted and supervised the famous Bakolori Massacre of poor peasant farmers who's land were appropriated without compesation to remain under house arrest.
1( a) Ayo Ojewumi became blind as a result of his imprisonment over false charges and died shortly after. 1 ( b) Prof. Ambrose Alli also became blind as a result of this false imprisonment. When he died, he had only one undeveloped plot of land to his name.
1© Pa Adekule Ajasin was never the same after his eventual release and remained sickly for the rest of his life. Whe he died, he never had any property anywhere in the world except the one he had built from his sweat as long term teacher and school principal in Owo township.

2. He put in place a retroactive law that killed three men, innocent men in my book, by public execution.

3. He jailed Ndukar Irabor and Tunde Thompson of the Guardian on stories that were factually true under Decree 4. He had told the Nigerian journalists then that it did not matter whether the story reported was true or not, if his regime did not like it, the writer would go to jail.

4. He supervised the smuggling of 53 suitcases filled with cash through the MMA against the protests of General Tunde Idiagbon and ironically, Abubakar Atiku, the then Director General of the Customs who later became the Vice President and a compromised politician himself. This smuggling of the suit cases was supervised by his ADC, Col. Mustapha Jokolo.

5. He jailed Fela Anikulapo -Kuti on trumped up charges under an emergency law which prompted the sentencing judge to confess that he was ordered to do so and apologised to the late musician. It was Buhari's administration that said it has " decided to deal with this Fela problem once and for all."

6. He convinced all the northern political leaders against allowing the National Identity Card program because according to him, this would unravel the myth of a Northern population majority

7. He is an Islamic fundamentalist, the Bin Laden of Nigeria, who told his northern followers never to vote for anyone who was not a muslim.

8. He is a coup plotter.

9. He has never been able to account to Nigerians what he did with the 20 billion Naira of the Petroleum Trust Fund of which he was the chairman under Sani Abacha. 9( a) He has not been able to point to any project that he prosecuted outside the Northern Nigeria with the so-caled trust fund.

10. He was in full support of all the atrocities of Sani Abacha against the Nigerian people. There is no single record of his criticism of Sani Abacha during those dark days when Nigeria was on precipice. It shows that he is a patriot of convenience and as such unfit to lead the country.

11. Buhari, as part of his tribalistic practices placed President Shagari under house arrest inside a palatial mansion in Ikoyi while he locked up Shagari's Vice, Alex Ekwueme in Kirikiri Prison. Shagari is Hausa/Fulani like him while Alex Ekwueme is an Igboman.

12. Ikemba Emeka Ojukwu, another Igboman who returned from 13 years exile just a little over a year then was as well locked up in KiriKiri Prison by mean-hearted Buhari.Up till today we are not told what was Emeka's offence.

13. Busari Adelakun died of ulcer because Buhari refused him to be taken out of prison for immediate medical attention.The then Governor of Ogun State,Bisi Onabanjo suffered similar fate which we were told led to his untimely death.

14. Buhari ransacked the house of our late sage, Obafemi Awolowo and confisticated his International passport. Which civilized democratic society would elect the likes of Buhari as President,the same individual who overthrew an elected President? Never!

15. Plus Buhari having Sam Mbakwe in jail, went for one of Mbakwe's wives. He established himself again for what he was/is letting Mbakwe receive in jailhouse news of the death of another of Mbakwe's two wives. One (I can't remember his name now; Odenigbo?) also died in jail.

16. Buhari's henchman and sponsor, CPC governorship candidate for Kano State, is Mohammed Abacha, the same person that had/ran a personal killing squad, coordinated the killing of Kudirat Abiola & attempted to kill Ibru; and also stashed money in underground tanks, all less than 13 years ago, Nigerians have very short selective memory. Shame ‎

17. Buhari discriminated against persons from other ethnic groups/faiths; and that as PTF Chairman, he employed an overwhelming number of Fulani/Hausa/Moslem people at the detriment of other groups and concentrated PTF projects in the Nort, h. If in doubt read El Rufai's testimony where he wrote about Katsina boys who used the money they made at PTF to bankroll Yar'Adua's election in 1999.

18. Buhari is unforgiving. When he "took over" by coup in 1983 , he even remembered an article written a very very long time ago by Bisi Onabanjo ('The Mallams are coming') and a later one in which Onabanjo wrote that people should watch out for that "gangly officer from the north" after Buhari gave a no holds barred speech at some Army functions where he was reported to be very openly pro Fulani and pro Islam to the exclusive of all else and also talked about termination of democratic rule. For that, Onabanjo got one of the harshest jail terms and treatments.

19. Buhari intolerance is worse than Obasanjo's. When he was adopted as the ANPP's candidate on the night of the party's Primaries without prior warning to the other candidates (and a few of them protested), Buhari got up and made a speech that those people must be disciplined. I subsequently saw him on BBC's "hard talk" and he frightened me and the interviewer with his archaic and fundamentalist intolerant views. His understanding and articulation is very much in doubt.

20. The evil genius, IBB and his crew similarly ran rings around Buhari. On the 10 th anniversary of Abacha's demise, Buhari said that Abacha stole nothing from Nigeria! Despite millions of Dollars recovered from banks around the world and the Abacha family signing a formal agreement to return over $1 billion dollars, Buhari still said that Abacha's stealing remains an unproved allegation!!!! Why? Because Abacha set Buhari up like an emperor and let him use oil money from the Niger Delta to develop the North without supervision or questions.

21. Buhari snubbed the same Nigerians he now wants their votes by refusing to appear before Justice Oputa Truth and Reconciliation Panel. Despite the fact that Buhari knew how inportant reconciliation is to the stability of democracy. Buhari has never apologised at anytime.

22. Buhari executed Lawal Ojuolape (30) , Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26). To put it quite plainly, one of those three – Ogedengbe - was executed for a crime that did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed. and At the time Ogedengbe committed the crime it did not carry that punishment. If we must live as civilised citizens we must go by the rules. Article 11.2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reads: "No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission WHICH DID NOT CONSTITUTE A PENAL OFFENCE, under national or international law at the time when it was committed. NOR SHALL A HEAVIER PUNISHMENT BE IMPOSED THAN THE ONE THAT WAS APPLICABLE AT THE TIME THE PENAL OFFENCE WAS COMMITTED.
Killing people with retroactive laws is not the civilised thing to do - and for as long as we will have people who refuse to see the truth only because their heroes are inching to rule when they have not purged themselves we will continue to wallow in misery.
If Nigerians reward dangerous, insensitive, dishonest, mean, cruel, partial, egoistic, religious, fundamendalist, conscienceless human beings like MOHAMMADU BUHARI with the presidency of Nigeria with his kind of track record, then why do we still wonder why Nigeria has not and will not make it?
I can not in good conscience support Buhari's candidacy on the above grounds. I wish we have intelligent people who know what democracy means. I wish we have civilized minds. However, I am 100 percent sure that Buhari will never again rule Nigeria.
"Have you seen the above", ?

AUTHEBURCKLEY   reply to Biodun  in   http://www. vanguardngr.com/2011/04/adeboye-oritsejafor-others-sue- for-patience/
22  REASONS WHY BUHARI DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR VOTE 
In my books, Buhari is a pretentious anti-corruption fighter.  The trajectory of a man's journey in public life matters. For the follwoing reasons I cannot vote for Buhari
1.  He is an oligarch who does not believe in equality before  the law. The way he jailed Lateef Jakande, Jim Nwobodo,  Ambrose Ali, Pa Adekunle Ajasin, Chief Ayo Ojewumi on cases  that had no foundation and allowed Awwal Ibrahim, the then  Niger State governor, who was arrested in Heathrow Airport in London with 14  million pounds sterling and several millions of  Niara and dollars to be put under house arrest is my evidence. He also allowed Shehu Kangiwa, Sokoto State Governor who  conducted and supervised the famous Bakolori Massacre of  poor peasant farmers who's land were appropriated without  compesation to remain under house arrest.
1( a) Ayo Ojewumi became blind as a result of his  imprisonment over false charges and died shortly after. 1 ( b) Prof. Ambrose Alli also became blind as a result of this  false imprisonment. When he died, he had only one  undeveloped plot of land to his name.
1©  Pa Adekule Ajasin was never the same after his eventual  release and remained sickly for the rest of his life. Whe he  died, he never had any property anywhere in the world except  the one he had built from his sweat as long term teacher and  school principal in Owo township.

2.  He put in place a retroactive law that killed three men,  innocent men in my book, by public execution.

3.  He jailed Ndukar Irabor and Tunde Thompson of the  Guardian on stories that were factually true under Decree
He had told the Nigerian journalists then that it did not  matter whether the story reported was true or not, if his  regime did not like it, the writer would go to jail.

4.  He supervised the smuggling of 53  suitcases filled with cash through the MMA against the protests of General Tunde  Idiagbon and ironically, Abubakar Atiku, the then Director  General of the Customs who later became the Vice President  and a compromised politician himself. This smuggling of the  suit cases was supervised by his ADC, Col. Mustapha Jokolo.

5.  He jailed Fela Anikulapo -Kuti on trumped up charges under  an emergency law which prompted the sentencing judge to  confess that he was ordered to do so and apologised to the  late musician. It was Buhari's administration that said it has " decided to deal with this Fela problem once and for all."

6.  He convinced all the northern political leaders against  allowing the National Identity Card program because  according to him, this would unravel the myth of a Northern  population majority

7.  He is an Islamic fundamentalist, the Bin Laden of Nigeria,  who told his northern followers never to vote for anyone who  was not a muslim.

8.  He is a coup plotter.

9.  He has never been able to account to Nigerians what he did with the 20  billion Naira of the Petroleum Trust Fund of which  he was the chairman under Sani Abacha. 9( a) He has not been able to point to any project that he  prosecuted outside the Northern Nigeria with the so-caled  trust fund.

10.  He was in full support of all the atrocities of Sani Abacha  against the Nigerian people. There is no single record of his  criticism of Sani Abacha during those dark days when Nigeria  was on precipice. It shows that he is a patriot of convenience  and as such unfit to lead the country.

11.  Buhari, as part of his tribalistic practices placed President  Shagari under house arrest inside a palatial mansion in Ikoyi  while he locked up Shagari's Vice, Alex Ekwueme in Kirikiri  Prison. Shagari is Hausa/Fulani like him while Alex Ekwueme  is an Igboman.

12.  Ikemba Emeka Ojukwu, another Igboman who returned  from 13 years exile just a little over a year then was as well  locked up in KiriKiri Prison by mean-hearted Buhari.Up till  today we are not told what was Emeka's offence.

13.  Busari Adelakun died of ulcer because Buhari refused him  to be taken out of prison for immediate medical attention.The  then Governor of Ogun State,Bisi Onabanjo suffered similar  fate which we were told led to his untimely death.

14.  Buhari ransacked the house of our late sage, Obafemi  Awolowo and confisticated his International passport. Which  civilized democratic society would elect the likes of Buhari as  President,the same individual who overthrew an elected  President? Never!

15.  Plus Buhari having Sam Mbakwe in jail, went for one of  Mbakwe's wives. He established himself again for what he  was/is letting Mbakwe receive in jailhouse news of the death  of another of Mbakwe's two wives. One (I can't remember his  name now; Odenigbo?) also died in jail.

16.  Buhari's henchman and sponsor, CPC governorship  candidate for Kano State, is Mohammed Abacha, the same  person that had/ran a personal killing squad, coordinated the  killing of Kudirat Abiola & attempted to kill Ibru; and also  stashed money in underground tanks, all less than 13  years  ago, Nigerians have very short selective memory. Shame ‎

17. Buhari discriminated against persons from other ethnic  groups/faiths; and that as PTF Chairman, he employed an  overwhelming number of Fulani/Hausa/Moslem people at the  detriment of other groups and concentrated PTF projects in  the Nort, h. If in doubt read El Rufai's testimony where he  wrote about Katsina boys who used the money they made at  PTF to bankroll Yar'Adua's election in 1999.

18.  Buhari is unforgiving. When he "took over" by coup in  1983 , he even remembered an article written a very very long  time ago by Bisi Onabanjo ('The Mallams are coming') and a  later one in which Onabanjo wrote that people should watch  out for that "gangly officer from the north" after Buhari gave a no holds barred speech at some Army functions where he was reported to be very openly pro Fulani and pro Islam to the  exclusive of all else and also talked about termination of  democratic rule. For that, Onabanjo got one of the harshest  jail terms and treatments.

19.  Buhari intolerance is worse than Obasanjo's. When he was adopted as the ANPP's candidate on the night of the party's  Primaries without prior warning to the other candidates (and  a few of them protested), Buhari got up and made a speech  that those people must be disciplined. I subsequently saw him on BBC's "hard talk" and he frightened me and the interviewer with his archaic and fundamentalist intolerant views. His  understanding and articulation is very much in doubt.

20.  The evil genius, IBB and his crew similarly ran rings around Buhari. On the 10 th anniversary of Abacha's demise, Buhari  said that Abacha stole nothing from Nigeria! Despite millions  of Dollars recovered from banks around the world and the  Abacha family signing a formal agreement to return over $1  billion dollars, Buhari still said that Abacha's stealing remains an unproved allegation!!!! Why? Because Abacha set Buhari up  like an emperor and let him use oil money from the Niger  Delta to develop the North without supervision or questions.

21.  Buhari snubbed the same Nigerians he now wants their  votes by refusing to appear before Justice Oputa Truth and  Reconciliation Panel. Despite the fact that Buhari knew how  inportant reconciliation is to the stability of democracy. Buhari has never apologised at anytime.

22.  Buhari executed Lawal Ojuolape (30) , Bernard Ogedengbe  (29)  and Bartholomew Owoh (26).  To put it quite plainly, one  of those three – Ogedengbe - was executed for a crime that  did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed.  and At the time Ogedengbe committed the crime it did not  carry that punishment. If we must live as civilised citizens we  must go by the rules. Article 11.2  of the Universal Declaration  of Human Rights reads: "No one shall be held guilty of any  penal offence on account of any act or omission WHICH DID  NOT CONSTITUTE A PENAL OFFENCE, under national or  international law at the time when it was committed. NOR  SHALL A HEAVIER PUNISHMENT BE IMPOSED THAN THE ONE  THAT WAS APPLICABLE AT THE TIME THE PENAL OFFENCE WAS  COMMITTED. Killing people with retroactive laws is not the  civilised thing to do - and for as long as we will have people  who refuse to see the truth only because their heroes are  inching to rule when they have not purged themselves we will continue to wallow in misery.

If Nigerians reward dangerous, insensitive, dishonest, mean,  cruel, partial, egoistic, religious, fundamendalist,  conscienceless human beings like MOHAMMADU BUHARI with  the presidency of Nigeria with his kind of track record, then  why do we still wonder why Nigeria has not and will not make it? I can not in good conscience support Buhari's candidacy on the above grounds. I wish we have intelligent people who know  what democracy means. I wish we have civilized minds.  However, I am 100  percent sure that Buhari will never again  rule Nigeria. , "Have you seen the above", ?

Wake up man. A relative of mine is a corper in kaduna (close to VP's house). She told me that the whole city is going for Buhari and CPC. Infact she is scared for her life cos she said that if in the wildest dream of the INEC agents, they announce any results that is remotely resembling a majority for PDP, they might have to pay with their lives. It is so hot that she is already saying she will plead ill and stay away from the presidential elections!!! Everywhere in the North, it is Sai Buhari. I'm not surprised at these outcomes. Expect bombshells next week. For these people, it is live free or die hard.