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@PAGAN, you talked about Moroccans, so I am giving some real Moroccans here. But first a little lesson. The word Morocco was derived from the word Moor which was a term used to describe black people. Remember the Moor heads on ancient European medals (I don't think you want to know that).

@PAGAN 9JA, so you mean to tell me that the original black Arabs that conquered Spain were also of slave ancestry. That is exactly the type of lies being told by today's white Arabs. The original Arabs describe themselves as black and yes they traded in slaves. But the truth is that every race engaged in slave trade. The Original black Arabs traded both black and white slaves but they are particularly fond of white concubines. I do not believe that whites are the only ones guilty of slavery though I blame them for racialising slavery. But whatever I say will not make sense to you because you so much want to promote your paganism and the real history I am presenting here will make most of your pro-paganism arguments fall like a house of cards.

And now for some paintings of some black Arabs and there white concubines/slaves.

PAGAN 9JA:
that arab above definitely has slave ancestry OR hes from d Mahra/ Manahil tribes of Yemen who were originally from Abyssinia.

I'm surprised that despite all the proofs given to you, you are inclined to believe that being black is somehow synonymous to being a slave. So, how about the other paintings, are they all slaves. You can clearly see that some of the paintings depicts noble Arabs. If you read my original post, you will see that the original Arabs describe themselves as black, Europeans also describe the original Arabs as black and yet you decide to block your mind. I know accepting that will be in conflict with the much touted victim complex of Arabs enslaving blacks since the Arabs were themselves black. But the sad thing about the truth is that it doesn't have to appeal to us. The irony is that the original black Arabs were the ones enslaving white people mostly Slavs, Turks and Persian. That's arguably one of the reasons why many of today's white Arabs so much hate black people.

PAGAN 9JA:
when i say something once, i find that sufficient. i dont have to prove myself. to me, u r jus another hurdle to religious and social development of the world and a hurdle to my ideologies and a defender of d enslavers & troublemakers.

and lyk all hurdles i have encountered in d past, i will clear it.

@PAGAN, now I get you. But why don't you come back to Africa and start. Do you really have to run to the land of the slave masters?

@exotic, this type of information is important for those of us that are either Muslims or Christians. And by the way, when white racist act against blacks, they don't care whether they are Nigerians or African-Americans. Many times, I've seen people on this forum complaining that black people have not achieved anything in the past, and that the religions we practice were imported by whites. It seems you guys are not happy to discover that those religions weren't imported.

PAGAN 9JA:
the europeans onsidered anyone darker than them as black. and the ppl in d first 2 pics r brown.

Hey PAGAN, why don't you be objective. Those Arabs in the paintings are clearly black people by any standard.
And here is another for you

shotster50:
This is really bad timing,  Who wants to hear about Nig Sat 2 when Nig Sat 1 is hurtling down to earth?

I think it is important to understand things clearly before jumping to criticism. NigeriaSat-1 is not falling, it was NigComSat-1 that failed. They are two different satellites. NigComSat is a communications satellite while NigeriaSat is an earth observation satellite.

@PAGAN, just accept it. Your Hausa is not fluent and there is nothing like Maguzawa-Hausa. Just use another method for your anti-christianity and anti-Islam campaigns.
And I didn't lose it, I just saw through you.

The second one is a photograph of Umar Mukhtar (The Lion Of The Desert). I think he looks darker than many Nigerians of today.

Sorry, the last photo I tried to post is too large. But I have some paintings of original Arabs made by Europeans. And no it's not a competition, I am trying to show you that there is more to history than what you may have learned in school.

And now the Arabs

Here are some more

@Booshman, please tell him.

@PAGAN 9JA, can we please talk like adults and avoid unnecessary aggressions like saying "u r lieing". And I'll appreciate it if we try to spell things correctly.
Here I am going to show you some ancient artworks depicting Jesus and The Virgin Mary as black before their whitening by the Europeans.

PAGAN  9JA:
so now u r doubting my very existence wat nxt  

i am referring to myself as Maguzawa-Hausa because im speaking not just for myself, but the entire Hausa community, be he Pagan , christian or muslim.  i want to make Hausas realise their true identity, culture n religion and not be ashamed of it. and not just for my ppl, but my message is for all fella tribals in Africa and the world.   my goal in life is to drive out christianity n islam and all d bad memories of enslavement n sufferings associated with it frm d face of this planet and reinstate tribal dignity n faith. 

as for your translaton:  "waya fada? da akai Bororo a cikin Niger ,Nigeria da Cameroon kuma da CAF­ mana"

Mr PAGAN, that's exactly what I am saying. Your translation doesn't sound like that of a Hausa man. It should be something like

Inji Waye?, da akwai Bororo a Niger, Nigeria, Camroun da kuma CAF.

A true Bamaguje is respected by even the Muslim Hausas for their control of the Hausa language. But you don't sound anything like a Hausa man. And I repeat, there is nothing like Maguzawa-Hausa.

Maguzawa = The original Hausa people (Mostly reffered to preislamic Hausas)
Bamaguje = Single male of the Maguzawa people.
Bamagujiya = Single female of the Maguzawa people.
Maguzanchi = the Maguzawa's religion/culture (more like Maguzanism to give you an idea)

Talking about wiping Christianity and Islam from Africa, first you need to know the history of those two religions. And I tell you, you may hate it, but their pioneers are all blacks.

@PAGAN 9JA, I seriously doubt if you are really Hausa. There is nothing like Maguzawa-Hausa. The people are simply reffered to as Maguzawa and their culture/religion is reffered to as Maguzanci. A single person of the Maguzawa is called Bamaguje. By the way Maguzawa is the original name of the Hausas. It is more about culture than religion. I must state though, many modern Hausas don't like to be called Maguzawa because it is often associated with Paganism. I doubt if you can even speak Hausa. To prove me wrong, why don't you post the Hausa translation of your last post.

That is exactly what I'm talking about, knee jerk reactions. The true hebrews were black people. In fact many churches in Europe today still have potraits of the Black Madonna and her babay Jesus who js also black. Do you know that the first artist to paint Jesus white was Michelangelo? Talking about Arabs, the first europeans to come across Arabs described them as pitch black. If you see European paintings of Arabs before the 20th century, you will see that the Arabs are painted black. There was an ancient Arab saying that goes like "It's as strange as seeing a white Arab". Mr PAGAN 9JA, my advice to you is to go do some reading and also unlearn some of the fake history you have been thought in school. You can start by learning the true description of Jesus from the bible.

I have heard many people in trying to prove that they are proud black Africans reject all Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam). This however is as a result of their ignorance of the both history and religion. For example true history has shown that prophets Moses, Jesus and Muhammad(PBUT) were not light skinned people.
In Islam, the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has described Moses not only as black but with kinky hair. He has also described Jesus son of Mary as black. What I find difficult to understand is not why whites and other light skinned people change history, but why black people find it difficult to accept that prophets can be black.
The following is a description of the family of prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from an essay written by Tariq Berry.

The term Sharif (nobleman) or Sayyid is used to describe a descendant of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) through his daughter Fatima (RAA). They are descendants of Al Hasan and Al Husein- the two sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA) and Fatima the daughter of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). The Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA) are from the Bani Hashim branch of the tribe of Quraish. They are the noblest of the Arabs. The Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA) were first cousins. Ali’s father, Abi Talib, was the brother of the Prophet’s (SAWS) father. Once it has been established that the Bani Hashim were a black-skinned people, there should be no need to prove that the pure Arabs of the past were, in general, a black-skinned people.

In discussing the appearance of the Sharifs, I believe that it is appropriate for me to begin with the father of the Sharifs- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA). In his book Tarikh Al-Khulafaa (The History of the Caliphs), Imam Al-Suyuti described Ali ibn Abi Talib as follows:See quotation at Savethetruearabs



Ali was a heavyset, bald, hairy man of average height which leaned toward shortness. He had a large stomach and a large beard which filled all that was between his shoulders. His beard was white as if it was cotton and he was a black-skinned man.

There are certain names that we usually hear when the Sharifs or Sayyids – the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) are mentioned. We have all probably heard of Ali Zein Al-Abidin the son of Al-Husein the son of Ali the son of Abu Talib. Though his mother was Persian, he is described as dark-skinned. Where did he get his dark complexion from? From his father’s side of the family, of course. This Ali Zein Al-Abidin the son of Al-Husein the son of Ali the son of Abu Talib married Fatima the daughter of Al-Hasan the son of Ali the son of Abi Talib.

Mohamed Al-Baqir- another name we hear when there is mention of the Sharifs, the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) – was the eldest son of Ali Zein Al-Abidin and Fatima the daughter of Al-Hasan. He was nicknamed “He Who Resembles” because he looked so much like the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). He was described as dark-skinned, kinky-haired, and of average height. Mohamed Al-Baqir married Umm Farwa, the great granddaughter of Abu Bakr Al-Saddiq and they had Jaafar Al-Saadiq. Jaafar Al-Saadiq is another name frequently heard when speaking of the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). He was described as black-skinned, kinky-haired, and average height.

Jaafar Al-Saadiq had a Berber slave-girl named Humaida and through her he had his son Musa Al-Kadhim – another well-known member of the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) whom many Sharifs claim descent from. Musa Al-Kadhim was described as very black-skinned.

Musa Al-Kadhim’s son Ali Al-Rida is another well-known member of the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) whom many Sharifs claim descent from. He, too, was described as black-skinned. He was once standing in a bathhouse when a soldier entered and pushed him to the side and said, “Pour water on my head oh black one!” Ali Al-Rida began to pour water for the soldier and then someone who knew who Ali Al-Rida was entered the bathhouse and when he saw what was happening he shouted, “Oh soldier! Woe to you! Do you dare have the son of the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) serve you?!” The soldier quickly began to kiss the feet of Ali Al-Rida and said, “Why didn’t you disobey me when I ordered you?!”

Ali Al-Rida had a son named Mohamed Al-Jawaad also known as Mohamed Al-Taqi. Mohamed Al-Jawaad was also described as very black-skinned. Mohamed Al-Jawaad or Al-Taqi had a son named Ali Al-Hadi. Ali Al-Hadi, too, was described as dark-skinned.

The chart below was taken from this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyid. Take a look at the link and the chart to get an even better idea of how the dark-skinned members of the Prophet Mohamed’s family that I have just mentioned are the noble ancestors of those called Sharifs or Sayyids today. Click here for chartChart




You have all probably heard of Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia. He is Mohamed the son of Abdella the Pure-Blooded the son of Al-Hasan the son of Al-Hasan the son of Ali the son of Abi Talib. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was nicknamed the Pure-Blooded of Quraish because he was so unmixed. His father Abdella was also nicknamed the Pure-Blooded. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was from the Bani Hashim clan of Quraish from both his mother and his father. Remember that Bani Hashim is the clan of Quraish that the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and Ali (RAA) are from. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was described as very black-skinned and huge. He had a son named Hasan. His son Hasan was nicknamed The Father of the Tar because he was so black-skinned. This is the description of the pure-blooded descendants of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia wrote a letter to the Abbasid ruler complaining to him that he had more right to be the ruler because he was so closely related to the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). Amongst the things he said in his letter to the Abbasid ruler was, “We are in the right…Our father Ali was the Imam (leader). How did you inherit the rule which belongs to the children of Ali?! You know that no one who seeks this position (ruler) has a purer genealogy than I do or is more highborn than I am…You know that no one has as close relations or relations to anyone better than he whom I am very closely related to (He means the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS)). I am from the best of Banu Hashim in genealogy and the noblest of them both paternally and maternally. No non-Arab blood runs through my veins and I am not related to the slave-girls.” Bear in mind that Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia, who is here talking about how pure his Arab blood is and how closely he is related to the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS), was very black-skinned.

Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia had a brother named Musa Al-Jawn (the Black). Musa Al-Jawn was also very black-skinned. He was nicknamed Al-Jawn (the Black) because of his blackness. The Sharifs called Banu Al-Akhaidar, who are found in Oman, Saudi Arabia, and other places, are descended from Musa Al-Jawn.

Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia and Musa Al-Jawn had another brother named Yahya the Possessor of Daylum. Yahya, too, was described as black-skinned. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia, Musa Al-Jawn and Yahya the Possessor of Daylum were all the brothers of Idriss the 1st, the father of the Idrissi Sharifs and the founder of the city of Fes in Morocco.



Nineth century poet Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Al-Abbas ibn Jurayj, known as Ibn Al-Rumi, wrote a long poem to the Abbasids blaming them for the way that they treated the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). It should be understood that at that time, the Abbasids had become very mixed with the Romans, Greeks, and Persians. Here is part of what Ibn Al-Rumi said in his famous poem called Al-Jeemia:



“You insulted them (the family of the Prophet Mohamed) because of their blackness while there are still pure-blooded black-skinned Arabs. However, you are blue (eyed) – the Romans have embellished your faces with their color.”
There you have it. These are the ancestors of the Sharifs or the Sayyids – the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and as you have seen, they were all dark-skinned people. The question that remains to be answered is this – why aren’t the masses aware of this fact?

I know some people like to quote where the bible was clearly racist against dark skinned people, I was made to understand that those sections were later included in the bible to justify the white man's agenda. As islamic hadith that insults blacks, they were not even weak hadith but outright lies created by the descendants of Romans and Persians who today claim to be the true Arabs.

For those interested, you can find more about the original black Arabs at Tariq Berry's blog http://savethetruearabs..com/
And more unknown black history at http://realhistoryww.com/

The truth is that the Igbos may be of the true Hebrew stock and not the Jews of today. Anybody with a good knowledge of unadulterated history knows that the true Hebrews were black. The jews of today are Khazars, they were converts and not Jewish by blood. Don't you wonder why they speak Yiddish and not Hebrew?

I always try to stay clear of political talk on Nairaland because it easily get ugly. But I would like to remind us that the trouble started when GEJ chose to ignore an agreement on zoning which he was a signatory to. Northerners cried foul, but some people including many here on Nairaland said that the best should be allowed to emerge. And so zoning was killed. Even before that, it is common for many in Nairaland to attack Northerners that they are backwards and occupy positions only because of federal character, still the argument is to allow merit to be uppermost.

So GEJ killed zoning, but somehow Northerners  use that to their advantage. And now somehow again zoning is back and Northerners are at fault. Maybe the North will not occupy the 2,3 and 4 positions if OBJ did not impose David Mark on the senate again. Zoning or no zoning, I don't really care. I am not proud of my people's skills in political scheming, but the fact is that they have been playing this game for hundreds of years before the formation of Nigeria. They may lose out once in a while (e.g zoning the presidency) but they will always try to somehow bounce back.

Think of it, the PDP chairmanship may end up in the North-East again. GEJ is touting Alhaji Bamanga Tukur from Adamawa state for that position. The way out of this would have been to vote the PDP out, but the South West chose not to vote in the presidential elections thereby giving PDP an edge. And those that voted, chose to cast their votes for GEJ thinking they are voting against the North.

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[size=16pt]Muhammad Rumfa[/size]
From Wikipedia

Muhammad Rumfa was Emir of the Hausa city-state Kano, located in modern-day Kano State, northern Nigeria. He reigned from 1463 until 1499.[1] Among Rumfa's accomplishments were extending the city walls, building a large palace, the Gidan Rumfa, promoting slaves to governmental positions[1] and establishing the Kurmi Market.[2] He was also responsible for much of the Islamization of Kano,[2] as he urged prominent residents to convert.[1]

I personally feel that Kano people do not well celebrate this man.

@alj_harem, according to oral history obtained from the immediate past Lamido of Adamawa, Modibbo Adama studied in Borno in the house of Waziri Kursu Bin Harun. I do not know whether he has also studied in Hausaland but definitely he was once a student in Borno.

Muhammad Bin Muhammad Al-Fullani Al-Kashinawi
This is also not a political leader but a great mathematician that hailed from Katsina.
In 1732 he wrote a manuscript (in Arabic) of procedures for constructing magic squares up to order 11.
He died in 1741 in Cairo.

To encourage his readers, he wrote the following quote

Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art , Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Al-Kanemi

I don't know if this man is relevant to this thread. He wasn't a political leader but  a poet and grammarian from Kanem-Borno. His work is the oldest known literature work from anywhere in Nigeria. He died in 1212.

Rabeh Azzubair Ibn Fadlallah
A great but brutal warrior who has conquered and ruled Kanem-Borno empire for 8 years before being killed in war. He was a major obstacle to the france's aim of conquering central Africa, an area he has largely conquered. Europeans call him the Napoleon of Africa. Rabeh's campaign in Borno is the source of the relative rivalry between the Kanuris and the Shuwa Arabs today in Borno.

Wikipedia's account of him is fairly accurate and I reproduce part of it below.

Conquest of Borno (1893)

In 1893, Rabih also turned his attentions to the Borno Empire of Shehu (king) Ashimi of Borno. Borno was a Sahelian region that traced its origins back to the Middle Ages. That year, the empire consisted of 80,000 soldiers, mostly slaves commanded by slaves, and was in full decline.

On the road to Borno, Rabih made prisoner the sultan of Karnak Logone, whose capital promptly opened its doors to his host. Shehu Ashimi of Borno sent 15,000 men to confront Rabih; the latter routed them in May or September 1893 first at Am Hobbio (south of Dikoa) and then at Legaroua with only 2,000 horse. Ashimi fled north of the Komadougou Yobe from where he may have tried to negotiate with Rabih; but he was assassinated at the instigation of his nephew Kyari, who then became shehu and decided to fight Rabih. Rabih met Kyari at Gashegar, a two days' walk from Kukawa, the capital of Borno; Kiyari defeated Rabih and captured his camp. The following day Rabih gathered his forces, and ordered 100 lashes be given to all his bannermen, including his own favored son Fadlallah. Only Boubakar, who had fought bravely, was spared. Then he ordered a victorious counter-offensive; Kyari, who had refused to flee, was captured and beheaded. As for the capital city,Kukawa, it was plundered and razed to the ground.

Rabih made Dikwa his capital, and there built a palace which was to won later the admiration of the French governor Émile Gentil.

France vs. Rabih (1899–1900)

In 1899 Rabah had at his disposal 10,000 men among infantry and cavalry, all provided with rifles (mostly obsolete, except for 400 rifles of newer make), plus a great number of auxiliaries equipped with lances or arcs. He kept garrisons at Baggara and Karnak Logone.

In 1899, Rabih received in Dikoa the French explorer Ferdinand de Béhagle. The talks between them degenerated, and Béhagle was arrested. On July 17, Lieutenant Bretonnet, who had been sent by France against Rabih, was killed with most of his men at Togbao, at the edge of the Chari River, in present-day Sarh. Rabih gained three cannons from this victory (which the French recaptured at Kousséri) and ordered his son Fadlallah, who he had left in Dikoa, to hang Béhagle.

In response, a French column proceeding from Gabon and led by Émile Gentil, supported by the steamboat Leon Blot, confronted Rabih at Kouno at the end of the year. Even if the French were repulsed with losses, this did not prevent them from continuing and taking Kousséri. Here, they combined with the Lamy column, which had arrived from Algeria, and the Joalland-Meynier column, which had marched from Niger. Lamy assumed command of the combined forces.

The final showdown between Rabih and the French took place on April 22, 1900. The French forces disposed of 700 men, plus the 600 riflemen and 200 cavalry provided by the allied Baguirmians. Leaving Kousséri in three columns, the French attacked Rabih's camp. Although the commander Lamy was killed in the ensuing battle, Rabih's forces were overwhelmed and, while fleeing across the Chari River, Rabih was killed.

With Rabih's defeat, his empire rapidly disintegrated. A year later his son Fadlallah was defeated and killed, while his chief vassal, Mohammed al-Senussi, was murdered in 1911 at French instigation. All Rabih's territories fell into French hands, except for Borno which went to Britain.

According to Borno elders Rabeh killed the french commander Lamey just befor he himself died. I think that's one thing the Wikipedia article failed to say. Rabeh may be a tyrant, but he was also a great warrior.

God bless the person that started this thread. For all the people hating this thread, I think they are just ignorant of their ancestors' achievements and therefore do not know they have a past to be proud of. When Hollywood make movies about Arthur and Merlin, it's the west celebrating it's past. I think it is important we know about our past heroes which our educational system is not doing much to educate us about.

Having said that, I present my hero

Mai Idris Alooma
Idris Alooma was mai (king) of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, located mainly in Chad and Nigeria. An outstanding statesman, under his rule (1571–1603) Kanem-Bornu touched the zenith of its power. Idris is remembered for his military skills, administrative reforms, and Islamic piety. His feats are mainly known through his chronicler Ahmad bin Fartuwa.

His main adversaries were the Hausa to the west, the Tuareg and Toubou to the north, and the Bulala to the east. One epic poem extols his victories in 330 wars and more than 1,000 battles. His innovations included the employment of fixed military camps (with walls); permanent sieges and "scorched earth" tactics, where soldiers burned everything in their path; armored horses and riders; and the use of Berber camelry, Kotoko boatmen, and iron-helmeted musketeers trained by Turkish military advisers. His active diplomacy featured relations with Tripoli, Egypt, and the Ottoman Empire, which sent a 200-member ambassadorial party across the desert to Alooma's court at Ngazargamu. Alooma also signed what was probably the first written treaty or cease-fire in Chadian history.  

Alooma introduced a number of legal and administrative reforms based on his religious beliefs and Islamic law (sharia). He sponsored the construction of numerous mosques and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, where he arranged for the establishment of a hostel to be used by pilgrims from his empire. As with other dynamic politicians, Alooma's reformist goals led him to seek loyal and competent advisers and allies, and he frequently relied on slaves who had been educated in noble homes. Alooma regularly sought advice from a council composed of heads of the most important clans. He required major political figures to live at the court, and he reinforced political alliances through appropriate marriages (Alooma himself was the son of a Kanuri father and a Bulala mother).

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I didn't finish reading the whole thread but felt it is important to correct some errors I've seen so far.

1. Buba Galadima is not Fulani. He is from the Bade ethnic group you find in Yobe state.

2. The Shehu of Borno have no Dan Fodio blood in him. Borno was an empire that is almost 1000 years older than the Sokoto caliphate. The Shehu's come from the Kanembu ethnic group of the Kanuri nation hence the common ElKanemi surname of the Shehu's family. It is Arabic for "The Kanembu" like say "The Nigerian".

What we call the North is made of the Sokoto caliphate and the Borno empire. But most parts of the Borno empire have been cut off to other countries like Chad, Sudan, Niger and the Southern parts of Libya.

Because they are outdated.

234next.com also has the same story.

Ten people have been arrested in Utako, Abuja, where they
were allegedly printing ballot papers for the forthcoming
presidential election. Residents of the area informed the police of the suspects'
activities on Monday afternoon. When the police arrived at
the scene, the printer and nine others said they were
contractors for the Independent National Electoral
Commission. The electoral body, however, denied engaging any local
contractors for the printing of ballot papers, leading to the
arrest of the 10 suspects. One of the suspects later confessed to the police that they
were contracted to print the ballot papers by a politician on
behalf of a top presidency official with the intent to circulate
the materials in the north during the presidential election.

234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5689437-146/police_arrest_10_for_printing_presidential.csp

This is the only place I've seen/heard this news. Can anybody confirm this?

edicolove:
You are still clutching at straws. Last saturday's contest was GEJ vs Buhari and not PDP vs CPC. most PDP candidates have GEJ on their posters. you still dont get it. GEJ is loved across the country. Buhari has too many enemies in the north. Did you see how many votes he got from sokoto? the center of Islam in Nigeria? Most of you dont understand Naija's politics because you have stayed away too long. You just read other people's posts and think you know Naija. Borno state is half Christians. Do you think those christians will ever vote Buhari? Same goes for Bauchi and Niger, Gombe and Nasarawa. Do your research well. these areas used to vote in block but a lot have changed over the years. The north is no longer one like you used to know

@edicolove, I was born and raised in Borno and I am right now in Maiduguri. Borno state has about 90% muslim population. But that has nothing to do with it cos even our christians here are Buhari supporters. The best time to put this debate to rest is monday morning when the presidential election results start taking shape. As for the NASS elections, the sentiment in Borno is to make sure the incumbent governor doesn't make it to the senate. In fact some of us were afraid that we may end up sharing the votes equally between PDP and CPC and end up giving the governors ANPP undue advantage. Luckily that didn't happen, PDP won the Borno central senatorial seat.

The Borno south senatorial seat was won by Hon. Mohammed Ali Ndume, the very popular house of reps member who was pushed out of ANPP by the governor. He joined PDP and won. Borno North where there is no conflict was retained by ANPP.

Next week will be a different game, it's going to be Buhari vs GEJ. If by monday, GEJ was proved to sweep the north without any form of rigging. I tell you, I'll take a cue from Bankole and accept defeat, but I doubt that will happen.

I think the poster started by contradicting himself. After saying that people voted for individuals and not their parties, he went on to say that Buhari doesn't have support in the North. The truth is that next week's battle is going to be GEJ vs Buhari and not PDP vs CPC.
It's not yet time for celebrations judging by the fact that Namadi Sambo couldn't do much for the PDP in Kaduna and CPC's sweep of Katsina.
In Borno it's PDP for governor and CPC for president. In Yobe it's ANPP for governor and CPC for president. The one common sentiment in the North is "Nigeria Sai Buhari!"