₦airaland Forum

TonyeBarcanista:
By TonyeBarcanista

I have observed the lobbying and politics surrounding the race for National Assembly presiding officers and I think it is incumbent on me to air my opinion on why NASS members-elect, Peoples Democratic Party and Nigerians should resist Senator Ahmed Lawan and Hon Femi Gbajabiamila for the positions of Senate President and Speaker of House of Representative respectively.

1. Gbajabiamila Candidacy Is Against Equitable Distribution of Offices:
Having produced the Vice President of Nigeria, it becomes natural that another geopolitical zone in the country produce the number 4 citizen as it has been the tradition since 1999.

It may be recalled that at the return of the fourth republic, the Southwest produced the President, the Northeast had the Vice President, the Southeast had the Senate President and the Northwest produced Speaker of House of Representative and this arrangement lasted until 2007. Same tradition of equitable distribution was upheld in 2007-2011 when the Northwest produced the President, the Southsouth had the Vice President, the North central had Senate President while the Southwest had the Speaker through Patricia Etteh and Dimeji Bankole respectively. The arrangement was bound to be maintained until Aminu Tambuwal with support from the opposition as at then disrupted the arrangement, gifted the northwest 2 out of the 4 top offices and denied the Southwest and the entire south the position of Speaker. It however was restored in 2015 with NW (President), SW (VP), NC (Senate President) and NE (Speaker)

If those people in Bourdillon road that are fronting Femi Gbajabiamila candidacy were fair to the South and the nation, they would have presented someone from the Southeast or Southsouth for the position instead of another person from Southwest. The excuse that both zones didn't give APC ranking members or House members aren't tenable this time around.

Gbaja's candidacy is simply anti-south agenda by some sectional elements in Lagos. It is also anti-Nigeria agenda as it seeks to reward a particular zone with 2 out of the top for offices in the country leaving other 5 zones to scramble for 2 offices.

2. Gbajabiamila Candidacy Is Anti-Southwest:

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has Lagos has his political base and he's more loyal to Lagos than his native Ogun state. Femi Gbajabiamila is also of Lagos state and his puppeteers want to make him speaker, meanwhile, there are other APC Rep members in Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Ekiti and Ondo states but they ignored them and narrowed it to Femi so as to serve their own selfish interest. These same people refused to support Hon Lasun the outgoing Deputy Speaker even though he's Yoruba all through his four years tenure simply because he wasn't their anointed. It clearly shows that contrary to what Femi sponsors would want the people of southwest to believe, they are pushing Femi to represent them not the zone.

3. Northcentral Or Dogara Should Get Speakership:
Personally, I believe equity demands that the position of Senate President or Speaker should go to a Rep member from either the Southeast or Southsouth zone, but since this may not be feasible due to political realities, I think the PDP, NASS members-elect and Nigerians should support a credible and independent person from the North central for the position, or if by slim chance Yakubu Dogara stand a chance, he should be supported. As stated above, it will be unpatriotic and evil to reward Southwest the position of Speaker when they have the office of Vice President while zones like Northcentral, Southeast and southsouth are left with nothing.

4. PDP Can Stop Ahmad Lawan SP Bid:

With forty three Senators-elect already, PDP need at least thirteen aggrieved APC Senators-elect to defeat Ahmad Lawan, the unpopular anointed of the APC for the Senate President seat. Already aggrieved APC Senators-elect like Uzor Kalu of Abia, Ali Ndume of Borno and Danjuma Goje of Gombe and their supporters have vowed to challenge for the seat in June and with the traditional secret ballot system of voting. I have no doubt that PDP would either produce someone among them as Senate President or endorse one of the aggrieved as PDP adopted candidate. I will see how Lawan will emerge Senate President or whether Adams Oshiomole will be able to rig him in.

5. We Did It In 2015, We Can Do It Again

About four years ago, specifically, June 7, 2015, I, alongside loyalists of PDP, openly called on PDP leaders and NASS members-elect to counter the anointing of Senator Ahmed Lawan and Hon Femi Gbajabiamila by voting for Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon Yakubu Dogara for the positions of Senate President and Speaker of House of Representative respectively! We triumphed against all odd. (Ref: https://www.nairaland.com/2362944/open-campaign-adoption-sen-saraki).


May God Bless Us and Bless Nigeria

TonyeBarcanista writes from Abuja and can be reached at TonyeBarcanista@gmail.com

Hahahahahaaaaah!,na buhari, Tinubu n Apc I dey laugh so!.

Tessyama1:
A U.S-based Nigerian man who hasn't seen his baby sister in 7 years, returned to Nigeria without her notice and surprised her with a visit at her school hostel.

He shared the adorable video of when they met on Twitter and wrote;

"Last time I saw my baby sister was 7!7 years ago when she was 7! Now she’s 14 and almost graduating high school! She ain’t believe i was coming to Nigeria so I did and pulled up at her school hostel. She’s my whole life in human form."

Watch the video here; http://www.amagitesblog.com/2019/03/adorable-video-of-a-nigerian-man-and-his-baby-sister-he-hasnt-seen-in-7-yrs.html

so it's the bushy hair that you brought from America?

yinka10:
The Code of Conduct Tribunal has dismissed a no-case application brought by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.

Mr Onnoghen had earlier on Friday dismissed charges of false asset declaration against him as “useless and invalid”, saying the Code of Conduct Bureau failed to follow its standard operations procedure in raising the charges.

He therefore argued that he had no case to answer, implying the charges be dismissed.

But a three-member panel of the tribunal led by Danladi Umar dismissed the application, saying the argument that the CCB, which is the prosecution, failed to abide by its guidelines amounted to a mere internal communication flaw.

Mr Umar said the standard operational procedure of the bureau was faulty and must not be complied with by the prosecution.
According to the tribunal, the procedure which is internal, cannot above the Nigerian constitution.

The tribunal adjourned immediately after the ruling.

There is an uproar in the court room at Jabi, Abuja, currently, as lawyers from both sides confront each other over the decision of the tribunal to adjourn till Monday.

Source:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/322999-breaking-tribunal-dismisses-onnoghens-no-case-submission.html

Can onnoghen appeal this ruling at the appeal court, somebody enlighten me please.

seyibabs8:
Controversial on air personality and founder of Free Nation movement, Daddy Freeze has attacked the Senior Pastor of Christ Living spring Apostolic Ministry (CLAM), Pastor Wole Oladiyun for saying that paying of tithes is spiritual and attracts God’s blessings.

Oladiyun had in an interview said tithing had to do with the 10% of one’s income and that it belonged to God.

“When you pay your Tithe, you activate benefits from the Lord. When you give your Offering, you activate blessings from the Lord. When you give your First fruit, you enter into a level of wealth unprecedented, because God will begin to release ideas, he will begin to minister to you.


Read More on: http://naijachurchnews.com/daddy-freeze-attacks-pastor-oladiyun-tithes-payment/

My own concern about this tithe of a thing is that,why do most christians rejects most of the laws in the old testament but insist on the tithe which is also in the old testament?

izzou:
He can punish the woman, but why deny her access to her children?

So that she can have much access to her cherish dick.

HenryInno1:
Ibra has 33 trophies in his whole career Across 4 major european league in 7 different Clubs....so he is the GOAT bro..since played in different leagues

please how many of those trophies can you compare to the champions league,la liga or European cup?,then what was zlantan's individual achievements in those leagues?

Corrosiveman:
......You are the Real idiot....Why havent Ronaldo won any Individual award with his National team?

Christiano won the European championship with Portugal against all odds so what are saying buffoon?

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Who need your acceptance? Dey dia dey console yourself
Kpele...

Your emptiness hinders you from constructive engagement,may be you should console yourself.

anigbajumo:
Wat a wack judgement...

Google search highest assists in LA liga Nd Barcelona..

He has played with different players in midfield and forward, let me educate u...

Messi,eto Nd ronaldinho
Messi eto Nd henry
Messi henry and villa
Messi perdro and villa
Messi Pedro Nd Sanchez
Messi Suarez and neymer
Messi Suarez and dembele yet he won best players with 5 of these sets,wat do u guys want again...

U guys said it was because of xavi and iniesta he won word best yet after their departure he has won it 2x and have highest assist with both combine, he is simple the greatest.

My line of thought is quite different from what you pointed out over there, infact you only collaborated what I said, playing in the midst of such players helped Messi alot,mind you I didn't say Messi wasn't a terrific player but I still insist that his inability to prove himself outside Barcelona environment will always cast doubt on the claims of his GOAT status to me n others, it's a fact that environment contribute alot to our performances n productivity.

HenryInno1:
Where U the one That Spearheaded to two copa america finals and a WC Final?
With exceptional performances which made the Commentator to say that some players are world Class but messi is Messi Class bro...

Nobody remembers the second place no matter how many,a team that wins just a single gold medal is always ahead of teams with hundreds of silver medals,maradona won just single world cup for Argentina but he is highly respected till date n if not for his poor discipline he would still be rated ahead of Messi in Argentina.

obyback:
Messi is the all time highest goal scorer for Argentina, tell us another thing

Those goals translated to what for the Argentine national team?

HenryInno1:
Bro your rating players based on how many leagues dey have played why bring individual records into dis........

Not just how many leagues but the achievements in them, that's what make one stand out,if Messi hadn't achieve much with Barcelona after all this years will anyone think of him as the GOAT?.

chiboy1116:
well u should know that no one here cares about your opinion .

But you care so much you couldn't avoid responding to it LOL!.

MedicalSamwise:
Gigs played for manU his whole career

Did I mentioned Giggs anywhere been near the GOAT? or you lack simple comprehension?

Beedude:
U think anyone care about ur opinion? 80% of coaches and fellow players know him as the best.Who care about u wey no fit play ball or sabi anything about football. Na people like u go talk say Mikel beta pass Yaya Toure

Hahahahahaaaaah!,if only you know me sport wise you wouldn't say this,if my opinion doesn't matter why waste your time trying to counter it,I guess you are a dullard.

tfash96:
u these guys haven't stopped singing this song.. Igbo is smelling on ur head

Everyone that has a contrary view to you people is Igbo!, stupid fool.

HenryInno1:
U are being sentimental....Ronaldo When he was in UNiTeD played alonside world class players..Like Rooney Giggs schools tevez berbatov Nani....i accept the fact that Ronaldo is Ur Fav player but truth be Told Messi Is Just Outta this World...He is The GOAT...in a class of His Own (messi Class)

In terms of individual technical ability n flair you can't compare the Barcelona players with those man u players of yester years,Messi is not out of this world he is highly gifted no doubt,why hasn't he repeated his exploits in Barcelona with the Argentine national team?.

HenryInno1:
In That Zlatan IBrahimovic is the GOAT...he played In Italy England Spain Netherland France

zlatan played in those places but can you sincerely compare his individual n club achievements in those places with Ronaldo?.

mysportdab:
Barcelona fans have voted Lionel Messi's wonder striker against Getafe in 2007 as the greatest goal in the club's history, MySportDab reports.

Fans have been voting for three months and there have been over 500,000 votes casted in total.

Sixty four goals were selected at the start of the year and it was narrowed down to three Messi goals and one from Sergi Roberto.

Messi received 45% of the votes for his goal against Getafe, while his goal against Athletic Club in the Copa del Reyfinal took 28% of the votes and 16% voted for his solo run in the Bernabéu in the Champions League.

11% of people thought Roberto's strike that completed a remarkable turnaround against Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 was the best goal.

Messi's goal against Getafe consisted of the Argentine picking up the ball on the halfway line before slaloming past several players including the goalkeeper to score.

Watch Video below...

See;https://www.mysportdab.com/2019/03/lionel-messi-solo-goal-vs-getafe-voted.html

As long as Messi doesn't prove himself outside the Barcelona environment,I can not accept him as the true GOAT.messi enjoys wonderful assistance from the assemblage of gifted players at Barcelona as compared to the other clubs in la liga,in other league like the English premier this is not always the case, therefore the ability of a player to prove himself over so many leagues no matter what means a lot, that's why I respect Christiano alot especially for his age.

I will give you one challenge,just drop one game of 5odd n above if pays out then we can do business,I make this challenge because of previous cases of deceit.

joshchisimdi:
Lai Mohammed  while appearing before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, disclosed that Nigeria is denied foreign loans over herdsmen/farmers’ clashes. According to the Minister of Information and culture, the Federal Government had to engage an international public relations consultant to manage the bad press following the misrepresentation of the clashes between herdsmen and farmers by the foreign media.

He further revealed that they had to send delegations to the United Kingdom and the United States, to execute media campaigns. Lai Mohammed who was asked to explain the engagement of the foreign media and PR lobby consultancy contracts awarded by the Federal Government, disclosed how Nigeria  was denied foreign loans over herdsmen/farmers’ clashes.

He said; “This government has been denied loans because of the misinformation that have been spread out there. The world has become a global village and what happens in Nigeria today reverberates all over the world. And we, in the administration, face a lot of challenges, especially from the comments of the foreign media, from the sometimes hostile positions of foreign governments, even foreign parliaments. So, it is the duty of the Ministry of Information to regularly lobby and address international media in the countries.

“I remember that in 2018 we made two trips to the UK and two trips to the US, and these two trips helped tremendously in actually helping the people in the Diaspora and foreign governments to understand the real dynamics of the herdsmen/farmers clashes.“Until we got there, the impression held by many of them was that the thing was Christians/Muslims, North/South and that time we had to book for interviews with CNN, BBC, Aljazeera, Reuters and AFP. I think it is an important part of governance so that if you cannot mould their opinions, at least it can give them the opportunity of hearing our own side of the story.”

https://unclesuru.com/2019/03/29/nigeria-denied-foreign-loans-over-herdsmen-farmers-clashes-lai-mohammed/

What a disgrace!,Apc have to hire foreign media to lie for them to the world instead of solving the problem,but bias n the pursuit of hidden agenda will never allow them, useless bunch of hypocrites.

ijustdey:
https://www.thecable.ng/yakasai-apc-might-field-tinubu-or-osinbajo-in-2023

What the igbos need to do between now n 2023 is,to make sure the SE belongs to one party whether PDP OR APC but preferably PDP, during census all igbos should endeavor to be counted in the SE,to agitate for the provision of a window by INEC for transfer of voting point even after the collection of PVCs, this will really serve them well.

joshchisimdi:
Regina Daniels who boarded a private jet from Abuja to Asaba earlier today, bragged about being young, hot and also getting it. Regina Daniels who boarded a private jet in Abuja, wrote; 'You’re still going to get criticized, so you might as well do what you want. Am young, hot and getting it'


https://unclesuru.com/2019/03/28/im-young-hot-and-getting-it-regina-daniels-brags-as-she-boards-private-jet/

Yeah ride on!

Amagite2:
A Nigerian soldier, Ojukwu Chibuisi, has called out his kid brother for using the N10,000 he gave him for school, to have fun with his friends.

According to Ojukwu, a 'random slay queen' shared photos of herself and his (Ojukwu's) kid brother on Instagram, the next day after he gave him the money.

"So I looked for every possible means to get my kid bro ₦10,000 he's been disturbing me for.
Textbooks, hand-outs & he's feeding

Even had to borrow ��
When me I'm hungry here

Only for one random slay queen on Instagram put up this pictures
Following day after I sent him�" Ojukwu said while sharing the photos.

He's a first year student in ANSU, according to Ojukwu.

Kids having fun! Lad just wanted to spoil his woman (Lol).

http://www.amagitesblog.com/2019/03/see-what-this-little-boy-did-with-the-n10k-his-elder-brother-gave-him-for-school.html

No problem,just show him the evidence n let him Know that henceforth he is getting no dime from you again simple, that's how my kid brother came to ask of money from me n he was using a phone that cost thrice mine when I pointed out that to him he said it was my choice!,I just said ok but I have got no money simple,if one don't learn from simple words of correction let him learn from the pains of his folly.

dmakoy:
Nigeria's leading Academic Institution, Covenant University known for her stringent rules and regulation that all her students must complied with, recently issued out new orders to her students, one of which as to do with COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE at the daily Early Morning 1-Hour Chapel Prayer (a.k.a Covenant Hour Of Prayers - C.H.O.P) @5:30am , alongside other Chapel Weekly Services, such that any Absentee student stands the risk of being denied access to write the end of semester examinations.

Is this suppose to be strange? Covenant known for what she is

But strangely, the sacked Fmr Registrar, Muyiwa Oludayo (who is also a BSC, MSC and PHD graduate of CU) took to Twitter in a series of tweets, to rant out against his former Alma mata and Employer.

Isn't it hypocritical that, Oludayo who was a major promulgator, initiator, driver, prosecutor ...etc. of some of the stringent rules & regulation while he held sway as the Dean Student Affairs and 2-term Registrar now just came to his senses that some of those rules by coercion are more fruitless than imagined.

Would he be tweeting like this assuming he is still enjoying the 'bush meat' and sweet juices of the Powerful positions he once occupied at CU?

#ThisIsNaija

If you were in his shoes will you go against the School while still working with them?.

stephenduru:
This is what happened to a man identified as Prince Nnodim,a native of Obibi in Etche local government area  Rivers State yesterday around 9pm in Iguruta,Ikwerre Local Government area of Rivers State.

On his way back home with his wife Hon Mrs Adanma Prince Nnodim,the councilor representing Obibi Akwukabi ward in Etche,he was attacked by unknown gunmen and shot.He is critically ill in the hospital.The wife was kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination.Her phone has been switched off since the incident


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2019/03/gunmen-shoot-man-in-riverskidnap-his.html

That's so bad but the wife nose na wa ooh!.

247naijamedia:
Buhari Absent At Tinubu’s Colloquium - Photos

President Muhammadu Buhari is absent at the colloquium of Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The colloquium holds annually to mark the birthday of the former Lagos governor.

This year’s colloquium, which has the theme “Next Level: Work For People”, is ongoing at the International Conference Center (ICC), Abuja .

It is not clear why the president is not at the event but Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is standing in for Buhari who is supposed to be the chairman of the event.

This year’s colloquium is focusing on jobs and the economy. The organisers said they are using the programme as an avenue to showcase government’s efforts to add millions of jobs over the next four years.

https://all-gists..com/2019/03/Buhari-Absent-At-Tinubus-Colloquium.html?m=1

Come oh,is it buhari that has dash Tinubu the position of national leader of Apc or how did he got the title?.

nairavsdollars:
Igbos Have Themselves To Blame For Voting Atiku - APC

The ruling APC said it does not deserve any blame for not zoning the position of Senate President or Deputy Senate President to the South-East.

Rather it said the South-East should blame itself for queuing behind Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP in the just concluded general elections.

The party was reacting to the outburst of Orji Uzor Kalu, who said that unless the APC makes him the Deputy Senate President of the 9th Senate, he will fight to become the Senate President.

Yekini Nabena, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, in a chat with Daily Independent said while nobody is stopping Kalu from contesting for the position of Senate President, the reality is that he cannot win since the zoning arrangement didn’t favour him.

According to him, rather than getting angry with APC leadership, Kalu should blame his people in the South-East for putting all their eggs in one basket by rejecting President Muhammadu Buhari and casting over 90 percent of their votes for Atiku.

“That shouldn’t be a problem. He can contest for the position of Senate President. But the issue is, can he win? Nobody is stopping him from contesting. Igbo people always play themselves out. So, Kalu cannot blame APC.

“He should blame his own people from the South-East. He should blame them because they don’t know how to play politics. They play politics like a one-way thing. They all voted for Atiku in the presidential election. So, now that Atiku lost, who will help people like Orji Kalu? 99.9 percent of them followed Atiku.

“So, what is Kalu crying for? He should go back to his people and educate them on how politics is played especially at the national level. They should play 50-50. If this one didn’t work, the other can work.

“So, Orji Uzor Kalu must go back to his people and educate them because he himself is not worthy to be Senate President or Deputy Senate President. So, if he wants to contest, he can do so. Nobody is stopping him. But I know that he cannot win”, he said.
https://www.independent.ng/lawans-senate-presidency-forgone-conclusion-apc/

Just imagine the monumental insults!,orji kalu is not worthy to be in the Senate! by Apc ooh!, igbos were only been played by Apc abinitio,the best option for the igbos was to get a concrete commitment from Atiku n support him fully but okorocha n orji kalu thought they know it all, igbos are the architect of their own problem but it's really a pity that such industrious people can be so played all the time.

Ikeboboafri:
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who spoke about the controversy surrounding the 2019 election has told disgruntled politicians to emulate Saraki. INEC who spoke through its National Commissioner, Alhaji Mohammed Haruna, told politicians across the country to emulate Saraki and his calmness in accepting defeat.

Alhaji Haruna who commended the people of Kwara state for holding peaceful elections, said this on Wednesday at the presentation of Certificate of Return to Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, Kwara state governor-elect and 24 elected members of the Kwara State House of Assembly.The INEC National Commissioner who urged the opposition to criticise constructively, appealed to the governor-elect not to see members of the opposition as his enemies. '

He said  “emulate the political maturity of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who on behalf of all others that lost in the election, said that the winners are not his enemies.”


https://unclesuru.com/2019/03/28/emulate-saraki-inec-tells-politicians/

Very soon, Nigerians shall clamour for the return of saraki most especially in the NASS.

Preciousgirl:
Lies

Oya tell us the truth!.

iphedhayhor:
By Shola Adekola - Lagos On Mar 27, 2019

As intrigues and counter-intrigues continue amongst members of the National Assembly over the sharing of positions in the coming ninth Assembly, the Senator-Elect for Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu on Wednesday declared that he would vie for the Senate President should the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not zone the deputy Senate President seat to South-East zone.

Kalu said the federal government cannot afford to edge out the South Eastern part of the country out of distribution of positions in the new dispensation.

Kalu while speaking with some journalists at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport yesterday, insisted that since the position of the Senate President (SP) had been allocated to the North West that the South East cannot settle for less than the Deputy Senate President (DSP) position.

According to Kalu, as a Senator representing a zone from South East, nothing will stop him from running for the position of the deputy senate president openly on the floor of the Senate.

“I want to respect the party’s wish on the Senate Presidency and the second position is what we are not going to allow to leave the South East. So as far as am concerned, in the South East, I am going to run openly on the floor of the House as Deputy Senate President. I am not going to listen to anybody. Nobody who is going to be the Deputy Senate President is more loyal than I am to the party.

“I learnt they ceded the DSP to the North West, but it is not right to do anything like that. We are going to contest this vehemently on the floor of the house. I have the backing of my colleagues. I am going to be withdrawing from the Senate Presidency to run for DSP because the party is supreme. Whether they gave it to an individual that is left for the party at the national assembly to decide, but for the DSP, I will contest with any candidate on the floor of the house.

“I know our Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is a listening Chairman and President Muhammadu Buhari is a man of justice. So, if justice must prevail, you bring the Senate President from the North East and DSP from the South East. The chairman is from the South-South, the President is from the North West, the Vice President is from South West, the President of Senate will come from the North East, whether it’s Lawan or Ndume, these people will decide that on the floor of the House.

“So, for me, Nigeria is tripod; Ibo, Yoruba and Hausa. So, we are going to get the DSP and I will fight on the floor of the House like no other person has fought. This is not challenging the party, rather, this is looking for justice.

“Buhari said he will be addressing issues of injustice. This is part of the issues. You cannot tell us to go and be Chief Whip. I don’t have a whip to whip anybody. So, we will be very willing to add values to the nation. I am loyal to the people, I am loyal to Nigeria, which is important. I am not going to be loyal to individuals. You don’t build loyalty to a section of people or individuals.

Vowing to contest the Senate president position if the position of the deputy senate presidency is not zoned to the South East, Kalu declared: “I believe there is a co-existence between the religious people. So, I am not going to be DSP for anybody. Otherwise, if they don’t listen, I will also contest for the Senate President on the floor of the House. I will join the race because it is going to be a shopping matter. I can shop than any other person they are putting there. I have the capacity and capability to shop because the whole thing will be shopping on the floor of the House. If the party continues this way, I will run for the SP.

“Positions are part of representations. I am saying if we have DSP, it gives a sense of belonging to everybody. I am not saying I am representing a section. If they go to a meeting, you have the President, Vice President, Senate President and Deputy Senate President but you don’t have anybody to represent the South East. That is unfair and that is what I am saying.

“I am not a tribalist, but someone who is fair. I want justice. If the party doesn’t want a crack, they should zone it properly through the geopolitical zones of the country. A man who has taken the presidency is not supposed to take the Deputy Senate President.

“We are not going to quarrel, but we will sort it out. We are not going to vote PDP, you should be rest assured of that. We are going to vote for APC members for SP and DSP. I have friends everywhere. It will be a shopping matter. I have over 56 Senators on my radar who have already signed for me for either SP or DSP. They believe in equity.”


SOURCE: https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/198828/

Correct!.

ogwoliun:
The computation of presidential election results filed before the elections petition tribunal by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, shows that all accredited votes cast in 33 states of the federation were shared between him and President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr Buhari was declared the winner for a second term of four years with 15,191,847 votes to defeat Mr Abubakar who polled 11,262,978 votes. The two got lion share of the 27,324,583 valid votes recorded in the election. Over 1.2 million votes were also voided in the course of the election.

However, excerpts of court filings published by PREMIUM TIMES give Mr Abubakar’s state by state breakdown of votes which, he claims, placed him ahead of Mr Buhari with 18,356,732 against the incumbent’s 16,741,430 votes. The result is exclusive of figures from Rivers State.

The Flaws
Mr Abubakar’s purported result implies that no invalid votes were recorded in the 33 states, and none of the 71 other presidential candidates obtained any score.
In three states; Abia, Bauchi and Cross River, the documents show that the two candidates collectively got votes higher than the number of accredited voters.

Mr Abubakar claims that he obtained the results from the server of the electoral commission, INEC.

The document is included in the petition filed by Mr Abubakar in a suit seeking his declaration as the validly elected president.

The purported result shows that Mr Abubakar defeated the incumbent president by a margin of 1.6 million votes.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the alleged figures as a product of the opposition’s “hallucination.”

Different result:
Contrary to Mr Abubakar’s computation, INEC’s official result obtained from the electoral commission’s website show that all the 73 candidates who participated in the election scored some votes.

The result showed that 71 other candidates in the election shared the remnants of 869,758 valid votes collated.

The person who came a distant third in the election, Felix Nicholas, of the Peoples Coalition Party (PCP) scored a total of 110,196 votes.

He was followed by Obadiah Mailafia of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) who polled 97.874.

Gbor Terwase of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) clinched the fifth position with 66,851 votes.

Candidates with least scores are Angela Johnson of Alliance for a United Nigeria (AUN) with 1,092, Abah Elaigwu of Change Advocacy Party (CAP) with 1,111 and Edosomwon Johnson of the Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP) with 1,192 votes.

The Atiku result
In Mr Abubakar’s home state of Adamawa, where INEC officially declared Mr Abubakar winner with 412,266 against Mr Buhari’s 377,488, Mr Abubakar claims that he got 646,080 out of the total 815,680 accredited voters with Mr Buhari scoring 161,600. The result show only the two got all the possible votes.

In Akwa Ibom, Mr Abubakar and Buhari, according to the computation, received all the votes by the 925,370 accredited voters with Mr Abubakar polling 587,431 votes ahead of Mr Buhari’s 337,939.

It is another clean sweep in Enugu as Mr Abubakar claimed that the state’s 965,940 accredited voters gave him 698,119 as against 267,821 for Mr Buhari.

The 1,169,303 voters accredited in Sokoto State, according to the purported result, all shared their votes between Mr Abubakar (552,172) and Mr Buhari (617,131).
Mr Abubakar’s 442,380 votes allegedly polled in Taraba and Mr Buhari’s 188,389 votes put together represent 630,769 total accredited votes for the state.

Yobe’s 750,745 accredited votes, Mr Abubakar claims, were shared in total between him and Mr Buhari who got 443,904 against Mr Abubakar’s 306,841

In Zamfara, the result shows that total accredited votes of 792,796 were shared between Messrs Abubakar and Buhari with the former having 379,022 while the latter got 413,774.

Irregularities?
Aside the exactitude between summation of figures for the two candidates and the number of accredited voters, there are other issues that are either arithmetic errors or over voting.

In Abia, for example, 853,050 were recorded as “accredited voters (actual)” but the sum of the votes allotted to Mr Abubakar and Buhari alone, outshot the accredited voters by 10,000.

Mr Abubakar, according to the result, polled 664,659 while Mr Buhari obtained 198,391.

It is a similar case in Bauchi, where the total for Messrs Abubakar and Buhari’s purported votes outnumber total accredited voters by 287 votes.

Mr Abubakar claims 187,668 votes a far cry from 854,037 the document said Mr Buhari obtained. The summation comes to 1,041,705 while the document gives the total accredited voters as 1,041,418.

In Cross River, the document shows that votes obtained by the two leading candidates amount to 691,640 which is higher than the 690,890 accredited voters’ figure by a total of 750 votes.

Tribunal Continues Sitting
The presidential election petition tribunal has continued to hear Mr Abubakar’s petition against Mr Buhari’s victory.

On Monday, the tribunal granted Mr Abubakar and the PDP the permission to serve the petition on Mr Buhari and the APC through substituted means.

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Apc should stop ranting n just get prepared to meet Atiku in court simple.