Kobojunkie:

Hello . . .  that was more than half a century ago. Why are you not standing up for YOURSELF(not pretending others have to stand by force with you) NOW? Why is Ibo Land in the hands of thief and deceivers as local politicians?

All Nigerian politicians are corrupt. You cannot just single one region, without showing the WHOLE. Or is it only Igboland that has thieving politicians who were foisted on us?

Dede1:

When Ndigbo stood up against the aggressors from northern region of Nigeria in 1966, your forbearers did unthinkable thing. They shook and urinated in their pants at the sight of a drunken northern region soldier. Regardless that a prominent son of the soil had been killed in Ibadan the capital city of the Republic of Oduduwa, they were cowered to do the bidding for the northerners. I am not surprise a dimwit such as you would construe cowardice as bravery. After all, apple does not fall far from the tree.

Let us not forget what happened to Abiola.  

Or Sani Abacha's reign of terror in the SW.

Rhino.5dm:

Display of hypocrisy and cowardness at it's peak.

Who do you think I am talking about? I did not say any name. But you since you are upset. It must be YOUR people. That is why you are so upset with my response.

Another senseless death of a young Nigerian.

A couple of weeks ago in Maryland, another young Nigerian was murdered in cold blood as well. This is horrible!

Let us not put religious sentiment into this. I have met wonderful Muslims in my lifetimes. The problem is not Islam, the problem is the HAUSA-FULANI of Northern Nigeria.

Beaf:

This is weak mindedness and the reason Nigeria from Southern Kaduna downwards have been held hostage by the minority core-North (and that includes two major ethnic groups).

It is difficult to quantify the foolishness that ethnic bigotry creates in individuals and whole regions. The singular reason the core-North is more backward than the rest of the country is a double whammy of religious and ethnic bigotry, Lagos and other ethnic melting pots like Warri and PH, are the direct opposite and it shows.

The SE has always extended our hands to help others. Beaf, you should know that my brother. The Ndigbo have always been a friend of the SS. Heck, an Igbo man even created the SS.

We all know the weakest link in the South and they shall not be named. Thankfully, many are seeing the light for the first time.

Beaf:

That is all you spend time doing. If you want to learn about Nigeria, get on a plane, fly home, learn where your village is and start from there.
Learn first hand, cos google cannot help you. You will also be much more useful on the ground to raise your states IGR from 4.2 (which is about the worst in the South and one of the worst in the country) to a higher level; it would also help remove your head from the clouds and stop you you badmouthing areas/regions that are more developed than yours.

[b]ONE [/b]Igbo death is one too many in my eyes.

I value the lives of every single Igbo. [b]ONE [/b]is too high of a cost.

That is both the Jewish and American mentality as well. They value their people.

Americans will flatten a village just to find one American! This is why I like their mindset.

The Israelis send hundreds of tomahawk missiles into Palestine if one missile hits Israel. Correct mindset.

Something doesn't sound right about Sokoto.



Cattle is worth that much?

I think we should send Kobojunkie up North and see how "comfortable" she would feel with her fellow "Nigerian." I can bet you that she would be in the next plain leaving Nigeria going back to the backward state of Ohio.

Everyone knows Sahara Reporters is not credible for news.

I will stick to Vanguard.

efisher:

I never knew the guy was this intelligent. He made some very strong points and sounded very much like Wole Soyinka.

The man is highly intelligent and educated. His parents were educated as well. I believe his father was a barrister.

God bless you Asari Dokubo!

A proud son of Biafra who is an IJAW.

If these monster had gotten their hands on her. I dare not think what would have happened to her. Thank God she was able to hide!

;d

Confirmed.

nwa afo:

and today was actually supposed to be Aik Ukeoma's birthday, it's so painful to see some of his friends wish him a happy birthday on his facebook page . RIP

People around Nigeria do not know how powerful Orji Uzor Kalu was in Abia. The man treated Abia like a personal fiefdom. The same way Saraki has been doing Kwara state.

T.A. Orji is not perfect, but I support any person who could defeat OUK and his mother.

The kidnapping saga that plagued Aba could be traced to OUK's meddling. And he made the state ungovernable. Many people lost their lives due to OUK's greed.

Kc3000:

- Ok, we (Abians) don't need anyones's pity. Try fixing your own wretched states before you come to ridicule us with your pity.

- Yes, there wasn't really a concerted Ngwa opposition to Orji this time around. Most of the Ngwa political elite are in the PDP as well, and the only other option would have been to tear the party apart, as the party had naturally given Orji the nomination for a second term. The people had spent so much resources on battling Uzor Kalu, that they aren't quite as willing to jump in every seemingly fruitless fight. Moreover, since it would take a supernatural act not to have an Ngwa indigene emerge the next governor after Orji, I think most of the eligible Ngwa have their sites set on 2015.

- In the very least, we have rid ourselves of the colossal evil known as Orji Uzor Kalu. Most people outside the state do not appreciate the ridiculous extent of devilishness in this Kalu character, an individual that introduced ritualism and occult practices into every fabric of governance. Even council men in LGAs were made to take oaths of allegiance, as I heard from a first person account. Kalu underperformed like many other governors in Nigeria, but his ruthlessness, the stench of his voodoo practices, and the fact that he and his mother had their tentacles in every single facet of government, just crippled the state.

- The 'hope' is that T.A Orji, having finally rid himself of the Kalu burden, can get to work and find some redemption in the sight of the common Abian. I would NOT hold my breath on this.

Thank yoU! Another proud Abian.

I am tired of these people speaking ill of our state. That goes for all the Igbos who made such remarks and non-Igbos. 

I agree with sjeezy, which is highly uncommon.

It has nothing to do with religion. But it definitely has something to do with the mentality of these Hausa-Fulani in Nigeria.

Hausa in other countries are nothing like the ones found in Nigeria. And the Fulani from Senegal, Mali and other West African countries are not even violent.

Are you all sure? I am tired of all this hearsay!

Calm down people. No need to spread this type of reporting, which can put a SE state over the edge.

alj harem:

and who's fault is that ? if not PDP and tribalism

a country where we can not all work together without a group trying to surpas the other

I blame the North. As the world can see, it is the weakest link. Southern Nigeria would be a much more prosperous place if we did not have to worry about the North.

It is sad that Malaysia was at same level as Nigeria 50 years ago, but now they have surpassed us. They now export more palm oil than us, even though they learned from us!

Abagworo:

I hate PDP so much!!

Do you hate Sullivan Chime? Do you hate Amaechi?

This is FOOLISH!

MEND do not fail us now.

What is most pathetic about this situation is that the parents of these deceased Corp members invested so much time and love in raising their children who were able to graduate from college to only have them cut down by some backward illiterate people!

afam4eva:

Drink fuel join. You go weep die. What exactly are you weeping for. You weeping freak. Cry me a lagoon thou pessimist.

An Abian son cut down in cold blood!

Fhemmmy:

I think it is all inferiority complex . . . . cos the title is not what makes a man

Correct! It is the man who makes the title.

Tension in Imo: Ohakim, Rochas in Stalemate

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Chidi Nkwopara
OWERRI, the Imo State capital was last night engulfed in palpable tension over the continued delay in the announcement of results of the gubernatorial election concluded last Tuesday.

The tension sparked off by the continued delay in the announcement of the final result was believed to have provoked the interest of the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which has now stepped into the matter.

Vanguard learnt that INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega is to make a declaration on the development in Imo State today.

As at Wednesday evening when results in all but four local government areas were declared, the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA candidate, Rochas Okorocha, was leading Governor Ikedi Ohakim, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate with about 20,000 votes. It was at that point that the State Returning Officer, Professor Enoch Akobundu, announced that the results from the remaining four local governments were inconclusive.

Returning officer’s claim

He claimed that the returning officer for Mbaitoli local government area, Mr. Franklin Matthew, had no result to present for the area. But Vanguard gathered that his assertion was contrary to claims by party agents who claimed to have results.

Yesterday, tension swelled around the capital city and especially around the office premises of INEC along the Port Harcourt – Owerri road as aggrieved youths took up positions and mounted barricades stopping free movement of vehicles into and out of the INEC premises.

The vigil by the youths forced travellers to and from Port Harcourt to take diversions within the town to avoid the restive youths.

At least two vehicles were reportedly damaged yesterday by the youths who succeeded in scaring away the policemen that were sent to reinforce security at the INEC office. One of the vehicles smashed was reportedly conveying the spouse of a former senator. Electoral materials including thump printed ballot papers in support of one of the major parties were found in the vehicle provoking the ire of the youths.

The second vehicle which allegedly conveyed one of the returning officers from the local government where voting was declared inconclusive was also smashed.

The youths who at press time were still cordoning off the INEC premises were searching all vehicles entering and leaving the premises. The youths believed to be supporters of the APGA candidate protested loudly when the Police reinforcement came as they shouted, “Police go away, soldier stay.”

Inability to vote

In declaring the voting not to be conclusive last Wednesday, Professor Akobundu, the returning officer had said that some 12,000 voters were unable to vote in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area because voting did not take place in some wards in the council.

He said: “Because of the number that was not able to cast their votes in Ohaji/Egbema local government area, polling in the area is adjudged inconclusive. There was no polling in Ngor Okpala. There was no election in some wards in Oguta and Ohaji Egbema. The results so far received shows that two parties were running neck to neck. In view of the fact that the gap is too narrow, the governorship election in Imo State is, therefore, incomplete.”

The angry APGA youths who believed that their candidate was in the lead were, however, calling on the INEC to declare the result it already had. A number of them complained that the delay was to enable their rivals to bridge the gap through smuggling doctored electoral materials.

Meanwhile, the National Vice Chairman of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday, admitted a high level of conspiracy against the party in the state even as he affirmed the party’s readiness to accept the gubernatorial results from parts of Orlu senatorial zone, “despite the obvious lapses experienced in the area.”

Metuh who made the stand of the party known during a post_election press conference in Owerri, said: “PDP is willing to accept and has actually accepted the results from Orlu, despite some glaring irregularities in the conduct of the poll in the area.”

He called on INEC to immediately conduct the run_off to avoid running into any constitutional bottleneck, adding: “The remaining areas of Ngor Okpala, Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta, where INEC said were inconclusive, are PDP strongholds. INEC should please conduct the run_off elections in these areas immediately, so as not to run into any constitutional bottleneck.”

He warned that All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has mobilized its loyalists to cause mayhem in the state, stressing that they should remember there is a sitting government in the state.

Reminded that the INEC returning officer in Mbaitoli said he had no result to submit from the area, Metuh said PDP was not bothered by the development. He said:  “It does not really matter if PDP lost the area. We have no problem with Mbaitoli. INEC should have accepted and released the results where polls held in Oguta, Ohaji/Egbema and Mbaitoli.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/04/tension-in-imo-ohakim-rochas-in-stalemate/

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