₦airaland Forum

zeeleso:
A former head of state's Pension is not light change. He says his main busines is cattle rearing. Buhari may have enough to not be poor but nowhere near the IBB's and Obj's of the world. If he has this money you think he has, his campaign wouldnt be nearly media-invincible.


See this attitude right there is what beats me. Contrary to what the PDP doctrine teaches, this election is not do or die. Many PDP supporters know like we do the stakes the PDP stands to lose if GEJ fails. They spend millions daily on ads for Jonathan and smear campaigns for Buhari and Ribadu both on newspapers and websites. 16 pages for GEJ in just one paper yesterday, then the additional ones insulting Buhari. Then the numerous adverts on the TV. This is money speaking. Money The people spitting out see as an investment. An investment which they not only hope to profit from but are willing to go to extremes to not lose. PDP folding their arms and leaving the election to chance is wishful thinking. They campaign this vigorously so just in case the rigging isn't totally successful, hopefully they'll touch the minds of Nigerians with the act and may just garner enough votes.

Most PDP supporters are quite confident there is a backup plan that ensures GEJ wins no matter what.If this election is free and fair in the 36 states of NIgeria, its almost certain its going to be a runoff. Only this morning news came in on how money has been distributed to powers that be in Kaduna to secure the state for PDP. It is not do or die for Buhari. He might feel sad for the first few days but life goes on.  But I shudder to think what will happen if GEJ loses.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday cautioned Nigerians not to be carried away by what it called the modest success recorded in the last Saturday’s National Assembly Elections.

It said as refreshing as the success may be, it should not be a reason for “the kind of self-praise and congratulatory hoopla that have rented the air since the conduct of the polls.

In a statement in Abuja yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said much remains to be done before the drums can be rolled out in celebration, especially as the big elections, the presidential and governorship, have yet to be held.

It said while no one could begrudge President Goodluck Jonathan for feeling good over last Saturday’s elections, he should not tell Nigerians that he has delivered on his promise to give a free, fair and credible elections until after April 26, when the entire general elections would have been concluded.

‘’Much as Saturday’s poll went fairly well, we – as well as local and international observers – observed a number of serious shortcomings that called the outcome of the poll to question in many states. This was corroborated even by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chair Attahiru Jega himself, during his post-election news conference, where he mentioned ballot snatching, sporadic violence and outright stealing of election materials as happened in Zaria, where a house was burnt down after ballot thieves were traced there.

‘’To these, we add the intimidation of opposition supporters, non-accreditation of voters, missing names on the voters’ register that disenfranchised thousands and cooked results that overturned impending defeat for some high-profile politicians. In Anambra, for example, ACN agents were chased away from certain areas, while in Kwara, military personnel deployed to ensure security were used to intimidate opposition supporters.

‘’But by far the most egregious problem with last Saturday’s elections is the issue of the sub-units which INEC said should be created in polling units with more than 300 people, as a way of speeding up the process. We note that no one knows in which polling stations these sub-units were created, except some unscrupulous INEC officials and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts, who saw such units as sources of illegal bonus ballots. It is, therefore, important that these anomalies be rectified before the remaining polls before the celebration can start,’’ ACN said.

seguno2:
Thanks for the two bold portions.
At least we can agree that Tinubu is also corrupt maybe a bit less than the PDP governors, most of whom he has recruited to his ACN as Jonathan cleans up PDP through his quiet but effective soft power. The debris from PDP is shifting to ACN and CPC with
It's all about aspiration level. You may want to compare with Awolowo's stature and politics. The question is why have the Yorubas descended so low
Have a good day.

Tinubu now outshining Saraki, Obasanjo and Adedibu put together in terms of imposing family members and business associates on his party people to further his pilfering ways.

I see you also grudgingly agree about Duke and Yaradua's performance.

X-factoria:
So you are blind and can't see the difference between OBJ's PDP and GEJ's

Go and have your brain checked for virus!

seguno2:
Which politicians do you think are in CPC that became a major party only yesterday because Buhari could not stand losing to "small boy" Shekarau in ANPP ? Typical of Buhari's tyranny and undemocratic principles.     
Which politicians are in ACN outside of the south west in Tinubu's desperate bid to spread his godfather tentacles and his personal revenue collection base beyond Fashola's Lagos ?
I hope you realise that majority simply means 50%+.

seguno2:
I did not realise that PDP is so generous to rig for ACN godfather's wife     


We are making progress and thanks for acknowledging even though grudgingly. We will yet get there if everyone does his bit and not leave the politicians alone to do all the work as they will then also expect to reap all the rewards.

seguno2:
It seems most "opposition" party people (really ex-PDP who lost the primaries) are bad losers.
While PDP candidates who lost have conceded defeat, these fake opposition people are crying foul, rigging etc.

X-factoria:
Kobojunkie: You are saying what should be the case in an ideal setting. But unfortunately in Nigeria, what we have is not ideal. No single party; from PDP to CPC to ACN to Others, are formed based on ideology. So what you see is that the party is whatever the President (nationally) and the Governors (at State level) make of it. That is why you will see that in the former AD (now ACN) some states were about free education while others were not. That is why OBJ's PDP is different from Yar'adua/GEJ's PDP. Under OBJ, all the southwest riggers in PDP got away with it while Yar'adua/GEJ just looked on and allowed the law to take its course and that is gradually becoming a party ideal as far as PDP is concerned now.

So voting for GEJ is voting for a brand new PDP. It is as simple as that.

agabaI23:
Roger this https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-620012.32.html
Look at what Buhari's policies did to the economy

Igwe.:
Gej all the way. Thank God I have voters card. . . . . lol

BabaTony:
I have to say this, Nigerians just like ranting when things go bad, at the end of the day  throw away the baby with the bath water, when jega posponed the elections, most ppl called for his head, CRUCIFY HIM , CRUCIFY HIM, but now the election have come and the same ppl are commending him. Na waoo. this i am saying because ppl think the problem of nigeria is the PDP, but soory to say no, it is NOT, if tmrw another party controls the centre, we would all be saying the same thing about them. there are some good eggs in PDP, Nigeria dont throw away the baby with the bath water, vote in good PDP candidates. i will to keep this my small write up for prosterity purpose, when that time comes. and please i am in NO WAY campaigning for PDP, I am campaigning for ppl to CHOOSE WISELY their leaders

muami:
I agree that PDP has under-performed but I think the conribution of PDP's underperformance to the hatred for the party in the North is insignificant. if your read the reviews northerners leave on news reports about GEJ and PDP on Daily Trust Newspapers you would realised that they dont know and are not really interested in what Buhari can do for the country. All they want is to 'vote out PDP for not giving the ticket to a northerner'. If truth must be told. ITS NOT ABOUT PDP, ITS NOT ABOUT BUHARI, ITS NOT ABOUT ANTI- CORRUPTION. ITS ALL ABOUT THE NORTH.

efisher:
I wish all the hype was about Ribadu / Adeola. My joy would have been full. Lagos and Edo States have given me enough assurance in the capability of ACN candidates to deliver. Ribadu and Adeola have what it takes to move us ahead. This election would have made more sense if it was a battle between PDP and ACN. CPC is just a facade. We have absolutely nothing concrete to judge them by. The few good points have lots of ambiguity shrouding them.

agabaI23:
You there refers to BB supporters not singular you.

And btw you have just said it. So what will you call a man that does not know why he is contesting for presidency?

agabaI23:
You there refers to BB supporters not singular you.

And btw you have just said it. So what will you call a man that does not know why he is contesting for presidency?

agabaI23:
You think you have any edge? You called GEJ dumbo while we were discussing issues. Now you have noticed he does not cut it speechwise. . .

Odunnu:
You just described GEJ.
His humility, his speech and his lack of oratory skill. Sad thing is that you named that retired military dictator instead of Goodluck Jonathan