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NgeneUkwenu:
Very funny!

These Northern PDP governors are really deceiving jonathan!

And one fo0l is counting on the fact that pdp controls 22 governors

Someone please upload this to youtube.
I think apc should have agents following this failure of a president through out his campaign rallies. They should always capture him on video. He is bound to provide more campaign materials for apc with his constant unguarded utterances.

cocoduck:
complete and Total RUBBISH fit for the refuse bin

SUBMARINE:
Why is SW irritated by any progress in the SE
Mind your business

Truth is bitter but be told at all times.

Date:2007-11-15
http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=37254
Yar’Adua okays Enugu airport’s upgrading
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has approved the upgrading of Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, to an international airport.

The Minister of Transportation, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke said on Tuesday that the President’s action was aimed at alleviating the travails of many businessmen and travellers to the zone.

She said the approval would enable the ministry begin a phased programme of major infrastructural upgrading and developments at the airport.

She expressed the hope that the project could be completed within the next few years.

The minister reiterated her earlier commitment to the completion of the Domestic Terminal building at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport and said the modernizsing and upgrading of infrastructure at the airport remained a top priority of the Musa Yar’adua administration.

On the Port Harcourt Omagwa International Airport, Mrs. Alison-Madueke has directed the contractors working on the runway, and the lighting system, to expedite action to ensure that the Airport is opened to commercial traffic before Christmas this year

Orikinla:
Enugu International Airport Scam: Another 419 on the Igbo Nation
The Enugu International Airport also known as Akanu Ibiam International Airport is another 419 on the Biafran Igbo citizens of Nigeria because there is yet nothing international about the airport. It is instructive to note that late President Umoru Yaradua was the one who in 2008 approved the upgrading of the airport to International status in line with his administration’s policy that each geopolitical zone will have at least one international airport.
In 2009, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) under Yaradua approved the sum of N4.13 billion for work on the airport which would include extension, asphalting and marking of the runway. The old runway which is 2,400 meters long was to be extended by 600 metres to make it 3000 meters or three kilometers and the width extended from the existing 45 meters to 60 meter. In December 2009, the airport was closed temporarily for work to commence and those wishing to take the route were diverted to Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri. This work spanned the period when Mr. Babatunde Omotoba was minister till when Fidelia Njeze took over. Therefore, the process of upgrading the Enugu International Airport was kick started by late Yaradua and N4.13 billion naira was approved by the FEC and released for the work to commence.
The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Jonathan on October 19, 2010 reaffirmed the upgrade of Enugu Airport to an international facility and awarded a reviewed contract of about N6.1billion.
With the reaffirmation of the international status of the airport, Igbo leaders started the process of unbridled sycophancy by praising the current regime to high heavens over an international airport that still does not exist.
Chief among the praise singers was the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremmadu who said that ““For many decades, the people of the South East, the local and international business community have waited seemingly endlessly for the commencement of international flight operations at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, and the people of South East will remain ever grateful to President Jonathan for the breakthrough.”
When Stella Oduah moved from 'Neighbor to' Neighbor Campaign Organization' where she muscled out and overshadowed the Chief Tony Anenih owned 'Door to Door Campaign Organization', she was rewarded with Minister of Aviation for a job well done and she commenced upgrade of facilities in all the 22 airports in Nigeria. In the first phase eleven (11)airports including General Aviation Terminal (MMA) International Terminal (MMA), Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, (International Terminal ), Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, (Domestic Terminal), Kaduna Airport Terminal, Margaret Ekpo International Airport Terminal, Calabar, Benin Airport Terminals, Akanu Ibiam International Airport Terminal, Enugu, Sam Mbakwe Airport Terminal, Owerri, Port Harcourt International Airport Terminal, Yola Airport Terminal and Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos were scheduled for upgrading.
Therefore it is absolutely silly for Igbo leaders to grovel before Jonathan for upgrading Enugu Airport as if it is the only one in Nigeria being overhauled. Completely silly and self-effacing!! For goodness sake the Igbos gave this man 90% votes and even zones that gave him 5% votes also got their airports renovated at amounts far higher than was spent at Enugu Airport. Julius Berger was awarded the N9.5bn contract for the Nnamdi Airport upgrade work, while Messrs Crew Construction Company in a joint venture with Itlay's Messrs Cremona Construction and Romania's Messrs Coffer Impex were to upgrade Aminu Kano at a cost of N12.8bn while Enugu got N6 billon and yet the Emir Ado Bayero of Kano did not lead a ' thank you' praise singing troupe to Aso Rock.
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), George Uriesi, even affirmed that the Federal Government had invested $870 million (N139,200,000,000) in airport infrastructure, which includes the remodeling of the terminals and other safety critical equipment. If the Federal Government invested N139 billion naira to upgrade 11 airports around Nigeria and Enugu Airport got only N6 bilion of it, then why the celebration. Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Jos, Yola, Kano, Calabar and Kaduna airports had more budgetary allocations than Enugu Airports yet Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum, Middle Belt Forum, South South Peoples Assembly have not kowtowed before any Jonathan. The Governors of the South West, South South, North East, North West or North Central have never led any delegation to over praise Jonathan for upgrading their airports.
President Jonathan had said that a new international terminal for the Enugu Airport will cost N13 billion naira. The question is, has any funds been committed to build the international terminal. Is there any budgetary allocation for the terminal for the year 2015? The answer is negative. Therefore the Enugu Airport project is a 419.
What is the state of landing and safety equipment at the airport? This airport is a big risks to international airlines especially those from Europe, America, Asia, Middle East because it is international in propaganda and not in facilities. Egypt Air and South African Airways have rejected overtures to use the airport. The only airlines that had the magnanimity to use the Airport are Ethiopian Airline which operates three flights weekly to Addis Ababa and aids in connecting flights to some destinations. I thank the Ethiopian Airlines for having mercy on the marginalized citizens of Biafra.
The Turkish Airlines signed agreement in principle as announced by Vice President Sambo a year ago but fled back to Greece after inspecting the equipments on the ground. If that airport is truly international airlines like Virgin Atlantic Airways, Lufthansa Airlines, British Airways, KLM, British Caledonian Airlines, Oatar Airways, Emirates Airlines will ply the route, but for now all overtures from certain quarters to lure these carriers to Enugu have failed woefully due to what they termed poor quality infrastructure. As at January, 2015, no airline from Europe, America, Asia and Middle East have landed or taken off from Enugu International Airport
The airport lacks many safety landing facilities including the Doppler Weather Radar used for real time detection and tracking of hazardous weather systems such as thunderstorms, wind shear, turbulence, dust storms. This equipment was recently installed in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Maiduguri, Yola and none installed in Enugu.
What of the Low Level Wind Shear Alert Systems (LLWAS) and RETIM Synergy Satellite Image Receivers among others critical landing, navigational and radar enhancement equipments of international standards. They are missing at the airport and no foreign airline will risk a crash. The international terminal is not there yet.
The runway and aircraft hangers are always flooded whenever there is rainfall and many times passengers have to remove their shoes, fold their trousers to walk up the tarmac for boarding. This Enugu International Airport is another 419 on the Igbo nation and the foreigner airlines have dismissed the international status of the airport as a scam. When the emperors decide to actually give us an l airport the volume of activities, flights and passenger traffic will prove it- what we have is another International airport 419 on the Igbo nation and some fools are still celebrating.
~ By Obinna Akukwe
profetobinna2@yahoo.com

Speechless

nedu2000:
its because of diplomacy we don't want to admit it,islam is a religion of intolerance anyone in doubt should answer this simple question......which is riskier: insulting the pope/mary/Jesus at the vatican or insulting Mohammed at mecca?

The problem is people always look at things from religious perspective. I can tell you categorically that there is freedom of speech everywhere in the world and whether people believe it or not there is freedom of speech in saudi, iran, just as there is freedom of speech in US, France, Russia and of course Nigeria. But what people fail to realise is that, although you are guaranteed your freedom of speech anywhere in the world, NOBODY CAN GUARANTY ANYBODY'S FREEDOM AFTER SPEECH. And this applies to all countries be it Saudi, Iran, US, France and of course Nigeria. People hold different things sacred. Edward Snowden exercised his FREEDOM OF SPEECH in US and now he doesn't have his FREEDOM AFTER SPEECH. Does that make US an intolerant country? You are free to go to India and exercise your freedom of speech and start mis-yarning about their temple gods, but bear in mind that you may lose your freedom after speech. People should be responsible enough to respect the society in which they live. In Saudi, it may be religious, in US it may be national security, in China it may be something else. Even the DSS will knock your door in Nigeria if you make some "unguarded" speeches. Know for sure you have freedom of speech, but no one can guaranty you freedom after speech anywhere in the world.

Code213:
God Bless you!!!

Wow prety babe!! And No ring!! Am I getting some ideas?

politifact:
With the current situation and public opinion,GEJ will need a miracle to win re-election come february 14,its obvious GEJ cannot win rivers,lagos,kano,katsina,kaduna states which are the states with highest number of registered voters in the country.moreover,anybody that says GEJ will win 90 percent of votes in bayelsa state with a voting strenght of 500,000 must be dreaming,I am waiting to see how GEJ will win this election

This your statement even though is true but it is very dangerous for the opposition. This election will be free but will it be fair? pdp has an established and well-oiled rigging machine. They don't need to truly win, the just need to put their rigging machinary to use again like they have always done especially in 2011. Where on earth (apart from north korea) do you see voters turnout to be near 100% and a party having 93% votes (apart from north korea). Yes pdp cannot will in a fair election but are we seriously expecting a fair election. The opposition need to watch them closely and resist any intimidation.

KEVIND:
Do you have evidence to subtantiate your claims or are you one of those uninformed or 'follow follow' individuals who take any information relayed to them by desperate politicians without imperical evidence?

See this one o. Did you just start following politics yesterday? How come you are not aware that there was no SE/SS state that didn't give gej at least 90% in 2011? Or are you expecting Lagos, Ogun, Kano and other APC controlled states to fold their arms and let SE/SS declare another round of 95% votes for pdp. SE/SS thought the other regions a big lesson in 2011 and now the chicken has come home to roost. SW and other APC controlled regions have massive blocks of unused votes and I am sure it will be unleashed in feBUHARI. It doesn't matter who emeka votes for in Katsina or Ikenna vote for in Osun. The same way they declared over 90% votes in 2011 will repeat itself. Just that this time around it will not be limited to SE/SS alone and also based on who has the highest registered voters in its regions.

Don't be pained brother, what goes around comes around.

KEVIND:
Our electoral system is strong now all kudos to GEJ, atleast the opposition are happy that Our vote will count in this general election unlike Obasanjo regime where the ruling party win all the elections without given a level playing field.but i noticed no one has acknoledge what GEJ has done to give voice to the opposition.

Indeed. That was why we recorded over 90% votes for pdp/gej in 2011 abi.
I strongly feel this 2015 election will be free BUT IT WILL GO DOWN AS THE MOST SCIENTIFICALLY RIGGED ELECTION EVER. All those claiming to be the majority of Lagos will be shocked that while they are free to thumb print pdp, it will somehow be counted for apc. same will happen in kano etc

LRNZH:
OP don mess up.

80% of Nigeria youths are unemployed in 2014 by CBN
http://www.informationng.com/2014/06/80-of-nigerian-youths-are-unemployed-cbn-official.html
This is after 5 years of Transformation agenda, average of $80 per barrel oil. Remember GEJ inherited a robust economy from OBJ and Yar'adua.

Compare with a debt ridden economy GMB took over from Shagari. GMB introduced austerity hence the high unemployment rate. In an austerity, people will suffer before it bears dividends. IBB cut short GMB's austerity after 1 year 8 months, reversed most of GMB's policies and denied Nigerians the benefit of GMB's austerity.

This is a big lesson for those trying ever so hard to run down GMB. They should be very careful of what they post because examples are plenty to show gmb government was waaayyy better than this fraud of a gej administration.

ISpiksDaTroof:
Where do I even start to respond to this nonsense? You know it's ok to concede when you've been defeated than to try to wiggle your way out of a Web only to entangle yourself even more.

How do you know my race? How do you know the race of the person that surrendered? Who told you lobbying is the same as corruption? Stop trying to pretend like you know how the system works out here. So, you're trying to tell me that when your corrupt President, his cronies and your politicians dip their hands in the Treasury and steal money meant for the people that's lobbying?

The rest of what you wrote did nothing but to further expose your ignorance. Youre not intelligent and have proven to be a waste of time. People like you will ensure Nigeria never reaches it's full potential.

Guy, don't waste your time on him. He is one of those that stealing is not corruption

SUBMARINE:
Check 2011 election pattern

GEJ had 1/3 votes in the far North
2.5/3 votes in the MB

2.9/3 votes in the SS/SE


PDP just repeating the pattern again.

In 2011 pdp won the required number of votes in the north with the use of child voters. I suspect there will still be child voters this time also, but the child voters will vote the other way.
In south west people just decided to give him the opportunity to get some shoes since he had none and because of religious sentiments. But now that he has more than enough and with a RCCG senior pastors in APC, gej is a goner.
The votes in SS will be shared in feBUHARI

tit:
I go Tinubu square for the PDP rally.
I start weeping when I heard the words:

"Buhari build prison for you,
I build school for you!'

I begin cry.
God!
Bless this man.
If to say na him be oga when i be small girl,
i for go university!
But I no see admission that time,
I no even get sponsor.

That word still dey touch me for body.
my friends been dey hold me,
but i no gree.
i just had to cry as a woman.

the words be like something Bob Marley go sing for song!
I sure say this thing comot from inside Brother Jonathan mind!
No be Okupe, or Abati or Reno write this one.

Brother Jona don charge ooo!

Bloody illiterate!
So you didn't go to school and you are among those asking a whole Army General to produce his certificate. ye ye.
If you had passed that time you would have gotten admission. Countless of people got admission.

If you think you didn't get admission because there were not enough schools, don't you think its because of the corruption of that time that was responsible? People that ought to have used the nation's wealth for the well being of the citizen but decided to take the wealth abroad. GMB decided to put them in jail so that your own children will not suffer the same faith with you.

Have you bothered to ask what will happen to the so called schools gej is building when the existing ones were on strike for 5 months in a year? Have you bothered to ask how will the schools perform when the existing one are ranked among the lowest in the world and our graduates are considered half-baked? Have you bothered to ask how the new schools will be funded, maintained and sustained when corruption is sky-high? gej said he sent some first-class students to study abroad, the same man is telling he is building more schools. Is that not an admission of the fact that our higher institutions arenot worthy to say the least. The countries he is sending them to, have you asked if they are building more schools or they are constantly equipping and expanding the capacity of the existing ones?
You should ask these same questions for other so called achievements - airports already degenerating because of corruption. Soon, 22hr lagos to minna locomotive railway will follow. Electricity, we have not seen inspite of so-called privatisation - All because of corruption. Have you asked how all the so-called achievements will me maintained in an atmosphere where the president actively shields corrupt individuals? Nothing can survive where corruption reigns - period.

Oh, sorry I forgot, you didn't go to school and so you are not capable of expansive reasoning and could not have asked those questions.

ddonolu:
i watched it live, i can beat my chest and say that man is intelligent. BTW who is sambo compared to Osinbajo?



SAI BUHARI

Where does Tinubu keep getting these men? He seems to have perfected the act of digging/mining out brilliant/articulate guys

datolee:
It is easy to say that 1/4 of the budget was for the military, but how much is it really? how many equipment can it buy in the world market? I must say that even GEJ administration was very slow in equipping the army for this fight against terrorism. So if believe that the army has been neglected for so long with obsolete equipment, do you think that the Nigeria of today has the money to fully equip and train it's soldiers in 4 years to the standard it suppose to be? this things are done in phases.

I remember when the FG requested for loan of $1b to buy equipment, most people were against... will this war be fought with bare hands?

just read what you posted. So because the budget was small (relatively compared to other advanced countries) that is why uncle gej gave roughly 1/4 of the nations budget to military every year and still didn't buy anything. I am not expecting the Nigerian Army to have the most sophisticated arsenal in the world. But again please don't tell me we had nothing prior to boko haram. What do you think drove people to their early grave at Oke-Afa in Isolo during the Ikeja bomb explosion accident. Bombs went off in Ikeja and the shock-wave was so immense in isolo (about 17km away) that people were just running to everywhere. Yet people want us to believe we had nothing.

barcanista:
Who achieved more between the Man that crushed a terrorit sect within few months and a man that "allegedly" spent trillions on ammunitions without finding solution to tackle a rag tag group for 4 years? Mind you over 20,000 Nigerian lives have been cut short.



I am watching the APC Edo Town Hall Meeting... Fashola is finishing Jonathan...

He said "Jonathan spent almost one hour blaming everybody and past leaders, forgeting that he has been there for 5 years". He went further to say, Jonathan couldn't tell anybody any tangible thing he has done, but whinning. He then said "If the kitchen is too hot why not get out"?

meanwhile, I heard that the inflation rate of the eurozone is at 5-year LOW due to the fall in energy price. Talk about trickling down effect of oil on other sectors. While we still buy petrol for N97 - Someone said he bought in PH for N105

@barca,
Thanks for the fix

datolee:
You can go to fair without buying anything!! to say that he was buying tank in the video is playing on our intelligence. Boko Haram started in 2010, yes.. but the Nigerian army is not well equipped. This is a case of equipping the army and at the same time fighting war! It take a long time with too much investment, go and check how much other countries who are not even in war are spending on their army every year and compare it with Nigeria.

The decline in the military has been there, it will take much long time to fix, not even talking when doing it and executing a war at the same time. The government is doing it's best to equip the army, they are buying equipments which has not been easy.. the South Africa wahala, the USA and now the Saudis

This is the kind of comments that pisses me off and makes me reply even when I just want to observe. Granted the military has been neglected for many years. But gej has been in power for almost six years. Hasn't there been budget for the military for those years? I recall about 4 yrs ago when the defence budget was about 1/4th of the entire country. While I don't expect the nigerian army to rank among the best in the world, but to see our military (especially army and airforce) humiliated again and again by a group of terrorist with population less than 10,000 is just shameful to say the least. Granted the military has been neglected for years, but do you mind telling us what has been happening to the yearly budget for the military since 2010 when gej came to power?

arsetalks:
It so much irritates me when I hear "there reason there is nno gas is because of sabotage". Is Government technically telling us they can safe guard our resources from saboteurs?

Same way they keep saying there is fuel subsidy scam and yet no one, not a single person has been jailed.

Further shows the insincerity and or outright cluelessness of the Gej administration.

We should actually hold the FG responsible if indeed the reason for non availability of gas is sabotage. Is it not the same FG that gave pipeline security to tompolo and other well known militants?

#gejonthebrink
#feBUHARI2015

Yeah, USA will be a massive village if not for foreigners. NEXT News please.

I'll give you just a few of his actions/inactions/statement - others can contribute:
for a start because he thinks stealing is not corruption
Because he sacked a whistle blower on account of financial recklessness (not because of corruption or embezzlement) and left those who couldn't defend their account in office
Because he thinks america will know
Because he gave pipeline security to militants and since then oil theft have skyrocketed to levels never seen before
Because we have heard that militants now buy warships for navy
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Is anybody still taking Ogar seriously? I removed her from my list of serious people worth listening to way back in August 2014 when she accused boko haram of stealing catholic regalia from kano market. She is either the "dumbest" person in the intelligence field or she is just plain insulting our intelligence.
Imagine boko haram financed by billionaires and that is able to import sophisticated military weapons with which they have overpowers the nigerian army in many instances. Now this same boko haram will now prefer to go to kano market to steal catholic dresses instead of hiring an expert to sew it for them or at worst import it to the country.

This woman has come again with her comic show of lack of intelligence or how else do we describe someone who take video tutorial files on hard drive as smoking gun evidence for intent to hack. Someone please tell madam ogar that I do not intend to hack into inec database since I also have tons of such videos on my system.

For some reasons, I am not surprised afterall they say birds of the same feather fluck together - pej/gej/ogar perfect match

FKO81:
Sorry you agurment doesn't make sense, so when it's not free and fair APC will rig out PDP that has been in power for 16 yrs. I don't understand what you meant that Emaka that voted for APC in south/west will
Mistakely go to APC, It means you are a leaner sorry for quating.

My argument is based on your theory that since Igbos make up a substantial population of virtually all the regions, it won't be that difficult for gej to win in those regions because of the block votes from igbos.
This 2015 election by the grace of God will be free BUT it will go down in history to be the most scientifically rigged election ever. I fear we may have more votes than registered voters in this election - we have already seen signs of that in some pdp primaries. Do you think only PDP/SE has monopoly of rigging machinery? Yes you are right that pdp controls more states. But apart from SE pdp governors (which are less than 5), how many of the other pdp state governors will actually work for gej this time around? Do you sincerely think other regions will fold their arms and let SE produce another round of 99%, 99.5% votes for gej this time around.

Why is it difficult for you to understand what I said will likely happen to Emeka's vote. I will try to make it simpler for you to comprehend: Even though the population of Igbos may be sizable in all regions (subject of another debate) there is a VERY HIGH CHANCE that Chukwudi's vote for pdp/gej in Ogun; Ikenna's vote for pdp/gej in Kano; Chinelo's vote for pdp/gej in Niger state will all be "mistakenly" counted for GMB as a counter measure to the scientific rigging by PDP and SE as we saw in 2011. and there's nothing you can do about it. Sad and unfair but true.

Omo ti oni iya ohun o ni sun, ohuna ko ni fi oju kan orun
A stubborn child who says his mother will not sleep should be ready to keep vigil all night

Collynzo9:
You couldn't answer my questions that is why.
You guys always churn out all kinds of theories but when serious questions are asked you run away.
I am sure that my question on the National conference which you brought up must have given you serious headache.
Go home and think about it.
Presidency.... How does it benefit Igbos, how has it benefitted Yorubas, Ijaws, Fulanis? No answer you jumped to state creation.
How has state creation benefitted the north? No reply.
Alliances, how did your alliance with the north help you in the national conference? How many of your specific interests did they support?
No reply.

hahaha, you are a funny dude. why will I run away from you? Because you will flog me or because I leave under your roof? I just don't think its worth my time talking with someone who lives a digital life and thinks there is no gain having no permanent enemy/friend and does who not see any gain with SE getting another state even though that is one of the key agenda of SE at the last conference. And to your question SW did not have any SW-specific agenda. SW went seeking some federal issues like regional autonomy (with which it will be easier to achieve biafra if eventually achieved), state police etc. There was no SW-specific demand unlike most other regions.

God please give the leaders of APC the wisdom to manage this maturely. Otherwise, I don't see PDP campaigning in the north without FAR MORE casualties.

FKO81:
When you guys agure it prompt me to ask your age, among the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, Igbos are the only group you can find in every nooks and crannies of this country, and major cities outside east such as Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan, Akure, Ilorin, etc you will see them in millions and thouands you can deny the fact, better still you can ask your asperants why they dress in Igbo attire when they are canvassing for votes in your region have you seen or heard that in southeast or southsouth asperants dress in yoruba or Hausa attire to seek for votes you leaders understand our numerical strenghts, if you doubt me go out samply people opinion, not to stay in your bed and assume every voters in your region will vote for APC, that was the same scenario that played out at Ikota sc, we where 11 in numbers, their was debate between PDP n APC, APC supports where saying APC will grab all the votes in southwest, we end-up agreed to vote for the two parts APC got 3 vote while PDP got7 votes 2 guys abstained, some of them that voted for PDP where southwesterns and mind you that PDP control 22 states plus FCT, they have the highest number in both hallow chambers and you can rule out ministers and power of incubent, and you are here quoting millions of votes, if I may ask how many millions of votes did APC got in Osun and Ekiti guber election last year that are more dear to them? Or you want me to pullout 2011 presidential result, some of us that support GEJ are in your regions, you guys should open you eyes election is not won online

You talk assuming this election will be fair. Yes it will probably be free BUT will it be fair? The SE gave outrageously ridiculous numbers in 2011 i.e 93%, 95% etc. That has thought other regions a big lesson. Now to reply your assumption that your folks are in all regions of the country, have you thought about this:

gists:
Unfortunately, the one in other regions will not be counted as SE votes. E.g Emeka's vote in Lagos will be "mistakenly" counted for GMB even if he thumb-print for gej.
The only place where Ada's vote will be counted for gej is in the SE and you guys are the least in numbers.

semitunde:
But its igbos with more voice than yours that keep trumpeting about marginalisation.

Anyways, I'd noted it long ago that igbos are not coherent politically and are not informed enough to see the link between political power and economy. They are too emotional and therefore end up not being forthright when required.

They are bipolar about what Nigeria represents as against Biafra and this make the individuals react differently to political situations. In the end the only cohesive Igbo group is the family unit.

@ the bolded, I just decided to ignore the guy.

Collynzo9:
Your long epistle culminated in one thing.. the actualization of an Igbo President.
However you forgot to tell us what special benefits an Igbo Presidency will bring to the average Igbo man citing examples with the Yorubas, Fulanis, Kanuris and Ijaws who have ruled before.

Kai. You missed the point! The point is not just igbo presidency. The point is Igbo are not a major force to recon with politically. Igbo presidency is just a case study. Igbo has the least number of state. When it was time to create more state for SE to balance the anomaly, Igbo was yet again marginalised and instead of other regions to back ndi igbo up, others used the opportunity to request for even more state. WHY, because igbo has no allies and are busy creating more enemies. I am tempted to say SW, NC and other regions will probably get more states before SE.

True. In a sane world, there shouldn't be anything special which tribe the president come from. But in Nigeria, SE have always claimed to be marginalised in Nigerian politics and whether you admit it or not, SE see gej as a pseudo SE candidate (that's partly why he emphasise Azikwe in his name).

blackjack21:
by this, even the SW,NE,NW vote is sufficient to bring APC to power.

Are you mixing SW numbers as 7,028,560? I have highlighted the numbers to be much easier for you to read

Be Informed! This is the total number of eligible voters in each Six Geopolitical Zone in Nigeria by INEC
------------------------------------------------------------------SOUTH EAST:
Abia 1,481,191
Anambra 1,758,220
Enugu 1,301,185
Imo 1,611,715
Ebonyi 876,249
TOTAL for SOUTH EAST = 7,028,560

------------------------------------------------------------------SOUTH WEST:
Lagos 6,247,845
Ogun 1,869,326
Osun 1,293,967
Ondo 1,558,975
Ekiti 750,753
Oyo 2,577,490
TOTAL for SOUTH WEST = 14,298,356

------------------------------------------------------------------SOUTH SOUTH:
Edo 1,412;225
Delta 1,900,055
Bayelsa 472,389
Akwa Ibom 1,714,781
RIvers 2,419,057
C/Rivers 1,018,550
TOTAL for SOUTH SOUTH = 8,937,057

------------------------------------------------------------------NORTH CENTRAL:
Benue 1,415,162
Kogi 1,215,405
Kwara 1,115,665
Nassarawa 1,224,206
Niger 721,478
Plateau 1,983,453
TOTAL for NORTH CENTRAL = 7,675,369

------------------------------------------------------------------NORTH EAST:
Adamawa 1,714,860
Bauchi 1,835,562
Borno 2,730,368
Gombe 1,266,993
Taraba 1,308,106
Yobe 1,182,230
TOTAL for NORTH EAST = 10,038,119

------------------------------------------------------------------NORTH WEST:
Jigawa 1,852,698
Kano 5,135,415
Katsina 2,931,668
Kaduna 3,565,762
Kebbi 1,603,468
Sokoto 2,065,508
Zamfara 1,746,024
TOTAL for NORTH WEST = 18,900,543

chukwudi44:
That was exactly what Buhari thought in 2011 when he failed to campaign in the se/ss and see whert that got him.There are actually more igbos outside the se than within the se.That is why when you ignoramuses post figures of voters from each states and gloat over your supposed numerical superiority, I just laugh

Unfortunately, the one in other regions will not be counted as SE votes. E.g Emeka's vote in Lagos will be "mistakenly" counted for GMB even if he thumb-print for gej.
The only place where Ada's vote will be counted for gej is in the SE and you guys are the least in numbers. Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan can be argued on the floor of the senate as an Igbo president and you guys will lose not necessarily because you are the least in numbers but because you have no allies.

It may already be too late for SE. That may be the reason some people would rather sink with GEJ. They'd rather look for any excuse no matter how silly or baseless not to vote GMB.
I was told by a very respectable role model of mine that in life, their is no permanent enemy nor permanent friend - only permanent interest. You build bridges to save your interest. For example, the US interest in middle east is Israel. To preserve/secure that interest, the US build bridges and made many arab (SAUDI being the chief) countries her allies. The same US many Nigerians see as a near-perfect country has Saudi (a country many Nigerians see as the home of evil) as her biggest ally in the middle east.

SE has the least number of voters, the least number of states (and by extension the least number of governors), the least number of senators, the least number of local gov. the least number of rep members. Yet not only do they refuses to build bridges to the north and west, they even foolishly create enemies (lagos deportation is a classic example). If there is a debate in senate today about whether igbo has used their presidency turn going by their support for gej, igbo will lose out because they are the least in numbers and made very little allies if any.
It will be interesting to see how only SE votes can produce an Igbo presidency.