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fergie001:
He announced it, did you see his resignation letter?
Who chaired the NEC of 29/7/25?
You can make announcement but there has to be ratification.
Ganduje resigned and the rumour was everywhere that his replacement will be Nentawe, until he was ratified, can you say he is Chairman?

Rivers lawmakers announced their defection to APC on live TV ... Go and hear what the Supreme Court told them. The SC asked Fubara to produce the resignation letters submitted to their parties and acceptance letters from the APC.

Any other question?

You don't get it. You should be wiser than this narrow comparison of yours.

Firstly, the Rivers assembly is an unrelated issue because nobody took their place simultaneously.

Secondly, when Ganduje resigned, he ceased to be playing the role of the chairman nor was he sending letters to INEC on behalf of the APC. Nentawe took over immediately in acting capacity and held a NEC meeting. Ganduje did not hold a NEC meeting after his resignation.

Ralph Nwosu on the other hand said he resigned on July 2 and on the July second David Mark took over in acting capacity. The question is, " On what ground did Ralph Nwosu write a letter the commission on July 29 when we have an acting chairman as at July 2."

On "status quo" and " status quo antebellum" you analysis was totally wrong.

If the court had declared a "status quo" be maintained, David Mark should maintain the chairman pending the verdict of the court, but the court declared a "status quo antebellum" meaning Ralph Nwosu should remain the chairman but since he had resigned (that is not in question), his deputy Bala Gombe should be chairman pending the verdict of the court on the matter. That is the interpretation of the "... antebellum".
INEC should have recognized Bala, but INEC did the write thing because they have received the purported resignation letter quoting that Bala had resigned (although it is being questioned).

INEC decision is the best decision judging the antebellum and the purported resignation.

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fergie001:
I wil fuse both in one.
Nwosu resigned on July 29.

False.
According to data produced by Punch ng Newspaper and The Guardian ng Newspaper of July 2, 2025, Ralph Nwosu resigned on July 2, 2025, and David Mark stepped in in acting capacity and then ratified by NEC on July 29, 2025.
I have provided Punch and The Guardian as my source.

Do you have your source/evidence to back yours up?

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fergie001:
This case the person posted is cut-and-join.... Let me take you down memory lane; Akapo Vs Hakeem-Habeeb & Ors.

Akapo was elected Chief Ojora of Lagos to handle properties scattered all over Lagos owned by the Ojora family; The family has a Constitution (Terms of Settlement) enacted 17/12/64 that the Chief Ojora as head & other members of the Family Council (involving extended family members) are responsible for collecting all levies and rents from their many properties in Lagos,12 must form a quorum. Due to deaths, they hadn't formed a quorum for a long time hence on 22/4/84, they removed Akapo in a meeting not convened by him. The family continued as before to share rent until dissatisfied that Akapo was still benefitting, some members on 1/4/85, drove out all persons, seized the receipt books including cash in one of their properties and on 7/4/85, formed a caretaker committee (excluding Akapo) to oversee collection of all rents and levies in all their properties and published same on newspapers This committee started managing and renting out offices to persons blocking same from the Chief Ojora, Akapo.

Akapo went to the Lagos High Court, that he wanted all monies returned, injunction barring the said caretaker committee from entering or leasing any of the offices or properties belonging to the Ojoras, that he is also entitled to same as Chief Ojora. The High Court said No, he didn't suffer any damages and it will not grant the injunction because he didn't file the suit quick enough, again, the properties needed to be managed hence granting the injunction will have effect on the management, hence all monies to be collected by the caretaker committee be paid to the Lagos State Registry pending when the suit is successfully dealt with.

Akapo went to the Appeal Court and by 1-2 lost again, he approached the Supreme Court and won. The Supreme Court held that any meeting not convened by him cannot stand and granted the injunction but again in law, you look at the lead judgement. Other supporting or opposing judgements, are called orbiters, and are not quoted or used as base/foundation.
Mind you, this was an interlocutory appeal.

The lead Judgement was read by Justice Karibi-Whyte on 10/7/92. Nnaemeka Agu was just a member of a panel of 5, but I will still deal with the matter here;

Some things are instructive:
1. There was some disagreement prior to the formation of the caretaker committee.

2. There was no meeting because of the lack of quorum.

3. Any meeting must be convened by the Chief Ojora, Akapo.


status quo Vs status quo ante are both restraining orders urging parties to hold forth.

In "Mr. Kolawole Oronti Vs Alhaji S. A. Onigbanjo (2012)":
The Supreme Court, per Mary Odili JSC held "
“…Status quo ante bellum means the state of affairs existing before the case was filed.”

This is the latest Supreme Court Judgement and will hold fast and trite than the previous ones. The very slight difference is that whilst status quo talks about State of matters as it were, status quo ante is before the war.

Now to ADC.

David Mark & Aregbesola were brought in on July 2 (on interim basis). They hadn't started acting at the time despite the speeches they made, they were only pre-coronated. That they were endorsed did not mean they had taken over. They didn't carry out one administrative function on or before July 29.
There was no forceful takeover.
On Nafiu's now-deleted Facebook posts, he was backing Mark and co as far as July 11.

A NEC meeting was held by the highest ruling organ of the Party, NEC and monitored and approved by INEC on July 29 where formal handover took place. By July 31, Nafiu held a press conference that he is the Acting National Chairman. Let me pause here:-

Decisions of NEC are binding and final. So, even if Bala or any other exco had claimed not to have resigned, they have been caught up by NEC decisions. When Oshiomhole and Giadom had their fight, APC NEC dissolved the whole NWC even though some of these excos were not involved in the fight. Leadership and membership issues are within the internal affairs of a political party and the Court is divested from delving into such matters (except since 2023 for obvious reasons).

Nafiu had filed his suit on Sept 4 but as at July 29, David Mark had started his job. Before July 29, Nwosu was in-charge.

If I agree without conceding INEC and/or your position, when did the hostilities start? Before Sept 4? Before July 29?

By virtue of the latest Supreme Court Judgement on this, the suit was filed Sept 4, 25; a period David Mark was already Chairman.
INEC claims David Mark it endorsed David Mark on Sept 9, so does INEC have the rights to dabble into leadership issues? So why did Nafiu file a suit against someone whom INEC doesn't recognise according to the Commission?


To end this: The new Electoral Act 2026: Section 83(5):
“Subject to the provision of subsection (3), no Court in Nigeria shall entertain jurisdiction over any suit or matter pertaining to the internal affairs of a political party.”

Hopefully, we can follow Congresses leading to the April 14 Convention of the ADC

I would like to ask you two simple questions:
1. When did Ralph Nwosu resign as chairman ADC? Before or after July 29?

2. Can a chairman who has resigned write a letter to communicate INEC on behalf of the party? Yes or No?

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⚖️ Parties Involved
Mr. Nwosu — former Chairman (resigned)
Mr. Nadia — Deputy Chairman (claims he should succeed)
Mr. David Mark — currently acting as Chairman (recognized by the electoral umpire)
Electoral umpire — Independent National Electoral Commission

🧾 Key Dispute
Constitution says: Deputy steps in if Chairman resigns
Mr. Nadia says: “I never resigned, so I should be Chairman”
Mr. David Mark says: “Mr. Nadia also resigned, so I lawfully stepped in”
INEC recognizes Mr. David Mark for now


⚖️ Scenario A: Court Orders Maintain Status Quo
🧑‍⚖️ Court Pronouncement:
“All parties are to maintain the status quo pending the determination of the suit.”

📌 What is the “status quo” here?
At the time of the order:
Mr. David Mark is already acting Chairman
INEC recognizes him
Mr. Nadia is not in office

✅ What INEC Must Do:
Continue recognizing Mr. David Mark as Chairman
Deal only with him for party matters
Ignore any attempt by Mr. Nadia to assume office

🚫 What Cannot Happen:
Mr. Nadia cannot take over
INEC cannot reverse recognition

🔑 Interpretation:
👉 The court is saying:
“Do not change anything from the current situation.”
Even if the situation is disputed, it is preserved as-is.


⚖️ Scenario B: Court Orders Maintain Status Quo Antebellum
🧑‍⚖️ Court Pronouncement:
“Parties are to maintain the status quo antebellum.”

📌 What is the “antebellum” state here?
This refers to the position before the dispute arose, i.e.:
Before:
Mr. Nwosu resigned
Mr. David Mark stepped in
INEC recognized him
At that earlier point:
Mr. Nadia was still Deputy Chairman
No controversy yet about his resignation

✅ What INEC Must Do:
Withdraw recognition of Mr. David Mark
Restore the position as it was before the dispute:
Either:
Recognize Mr. Nadia as the rightful successor (if deputy succession is automatic), OR
Revert to the last undisputed structure (pending clarification)

🚫 What Cannot Happen:
Mr. David Mark cannot continue acting as Chairman
Any action based on the disputed change is suspended

🔑 Interpretation:
👉 The court is saying:
“Undo the contested change and return to the last peaceful position.”


⚖️ The Core Difference in This Case
Court Order
Who INEC Recognizes
Practical Effect
Status Quo
Mr. David Mark
Keeps current leadership intact
Status Quo Antebellum
Mr. Nadia (or pre-dispute structure)
Reverses the change and restores prior order

🧠 Critical Legal Insight
Status quo protects stability of the present
Status quo antebellum protects fairness of the original position
In politically sensitive matters like this, the difference is huge:


One favours the person currently in power
The other favours the person claiming wrongful displacement

Just know that presidential election and governorship will hold in October - November.
If they remove it from February - March because of fasting, they can't put it in March - April or April - May because of swearing in and litigations.
The news of October - November 2026 elections has been in the news since mid last year. I think it is no longer rumor, it is getting closer to being true and that may put the opposition on disarray as the APC already knows who they are fielding for elections but the oppositions are yet to put their house in order.

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ogododo:
PRESS STATEMENT



Source

This is the best response that could have been given to the concerns raised. It's very professional to say least.
If you need the dates to be changed, tell your legislature to amend the necessary provisions in the act.
Very apt indeed.

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KonTagiousBull:
Look at this one trying to validate rubbish..and expose the ignorance as part of your 30k stipend .
If you transmit 27 states and do the manual in the remaining, is there a problem.

See wise man ooo.
So the Senate should pass the law for manual to be an option? Una wan return us to pre-2015 abi and na una go first roast the government for trying to manipulate the election through manual method.
For record purpose, I earn wey more than 30k. Don't be ridiculous.

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Twob:
So are you saying no one is using cell phone there or what?. You only need Internet to transmit the results, and there's practically and almost no where in Nigeria states you cannot make call from. Meanwhile, I have also worked for Ikwo local between 2014 to 2018, I made video calls and the likes from there. Only used to come to Abakaliki for banking and for purchase of some other food stuff on weekly basis.

Guy, I am telling you that there are some places where there is no network service at all. When you step into those communities, network will vanish until you step out into another community that is connected. I am telling you fact. That thing almost ruin my relationship when I was in service. I could only call when I get to/near Abakaliki, she no fit just call me anyhow.
And I am sure that there are worse place than that in this country especially in the North.

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Zionmdde:
So you call 2023 election scenario, a little glitch?
See the kind of person am even arguing with. Waste of energy.

Swerve abeg

Was it a big glitch then?
Didn't all the uploaded results later reflected on the IREV portal 100% after some days?
When the results fully uploaded on the IREV, did it alter the announced results? Didn't the winner on IREV not the winner as announced by the INEC chairman? Didn't Peter Obi come third on the IREV? So, what is big about the glitch?

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brain54:
I don't know how technology works...

Are you serious right now. You made an outrageous claim you can't even defend. Now you are running away.

I don't have to know how technology works to use it. I don't have to know how my smart phone works. I only have to know how to operate it. What have you taken time to delve in so far?

Excuses and more excuses. You don't know what you are saying. Don't worry you are excused.

I thought I was even arguing with a sane person!

Oga...I no get ur time.
Na me collect school fees from u when you dey school. Go research abeg. I no get time for lecture.

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press9jatv:
we are in the digital age, network issues can be solved in 8 months. Stop displaying your hypocrisy here.

Go solve am na. No be even everywhere for America get network abi u no dey watch am for horror movies?
Maybe with you as minister or even president sef our electricity can be solve in two months. Even all our roads can be construction in three weeks, and insecurity can be solved in two days. Mr Rocket Science.

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amazingspiderma:
With your NYSC achievement, you forgot that Opay, Palmpay, Moniepoint has filled those gaps.


Update yourself please.

Lol...which gaps?
Opay get network?
If MTN, AIRTEL, OR GLO no work for your phone, how you wan take see the alert or transfer money from your Moniepoint?
You no think am? Go use Opay for where network no dey na.

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destinychildolu:
How is APC doing E- registration in those places?

Do u think APC uses polling unit by polling unit in the bush. Party members converge at a location and the registration is done.
Funny thing is that you didn't also ask how many days or weeks.
Election is one day, APC registration takes weeks. Now you know the difference.

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brain54:
What is the technology behind it that you can't state here...?

How does controversy affecting data storage affect transmission of election results?

You are talking without any basic concrete facts or knowledge.


Just excuse and more excuses!

You don't know how technology works and I can't be taking the stress to delve into that. Just leave the topic. Simple.

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Hedonisco:
Stop supporting nonsense. Imagine using 10 years ago as benchmark for your retrogressive ideas.

Besides, it is better to disenfranchise a few in order to endure a credible process. If I had my way, only people with WAEC/NECO and above will be allowed to vote. We can't keep being held back by illiterates who happen to be the ones who make it possible for misfits like Buhari and Tinubu to sneak into power.

So, people who are not educated but grow your tomato, carrot, pepper etc do not matter ba? Now I see how myopic you are. Even the UD cannot pass that as an electoral law. It means you are disenfranchising over 60% of our people and promoting Bureaucracy and not democracy that gives everyone equal right and freedom irrespective of class.
THAT IS MYOPIC AMD SO LOW OF YOU.

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Zionmdde:
Nothing like obidients here, what is right is right, what is fair is fair
For your info, there is nothing like real time in reality. There is always a lag, even the live football you watch has a lag.
Real time transmission means the voters get to witness the results the electoral officers showed them being uploaded and the voters are able to view their results immediately they are uploaded. Does it matter if it is done a km away from the polling unit?

How human beings like you oppose something so transparent needs to be studied. Or don't you guys like progress at all ?
Na wa ooo

Fool's paradise is what I see here.
The fact that we know that there is global warming, why can't the UN and other superpowers should shut down all the industries emitting carbons all over the world and see whether e no go hurt everyone. Because they are aware of that, they are phasing it out little by little

The fact that we want out election to be perfect, doesn't mean that we should put all the woods into fire once na.
There was a glitch on the IREV in the last election, let's solve that first, that will be a progress. We need to one thing and succeed first before trying another one. That is logic and not emotion.

On your lag.
You want to compare traveling 2km to a lag of few seconds?
Upload d real time from the polling unit means that it has to show on the IREV and the voter will confirm it before the presiding officer will leave the polling unit and call the election over.
Go study the debates and come back abeg.

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brain54:
You have never heard of star link network before...


The excuse Akpabio is giving is not permissible. If results can be transmitted in 90% or at least 80% of the country then it should be given a trial and improved upon with time. It's not compulsory it covers 100%. Laws are supposed to be adaptive to personalized conditions. And room can be made for contingencies.


Akpabio's Senate is just making excuses or just doesn't have the will power to do the electronic transmission thing.

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Seems you are new to this starlink of a thing. Something I use at work daily.
Do you know the technology behind it? Do you know the controversy behind its data storage and info access.
If manipulation take place now, una go talk say na APC lobbied Elon Musk.

Shouting STARLINK up and down like a newbie.

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Hedonisco:
How brain damaned do you have to be to talk about the PDP that left power 11 years ago? You people are despicable.

So, we should excuse PDP and put all the blames on APC because you hate them abi? Is that how it works? So, if another party enter in few years time make we no talk of APC again ba, make we put all the blames on the new party in government?
Where did you keep your sense?

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press9jatv:
network can be fix before we enters 2027 election. Talk with wisdom here. You are just displaying your ignorance and hypocrisy here.

Mr "Not a Rocket science.'
Tell us what you know ooo that governments for over sixty years do not know on how to solve the network problems within few months.
Show us your propaganda magic.

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Zionmdde:
You were the immature person here, talking about graduating and service. When if I ask you now, you obviously have not touched up to 10 states .

I have told you before, if government is committed to a live transmission of results, they will achieve it. Where there is no network Nigerians who voted in that polling unit will obviously know the closest place network can be accessed and will be willing to escort the electoral officer to that place, which obviously won't even be up to 2km

So according to a graduate like you, we rather continue with failure than to seek a major change.

You are not up to date with the proposals of the obidients. Now I see.
2km from the polling unit? Did you know the meaning of "In real time?" or "upload FROM the polling unit?" Deal with that clause first before u start with this ur 2km.

To the issues.
In 2023, INEC promised heaven and earth on the BIVAS. When it had a glitch, you people didn't spare them for the other good things. You rubbished everything, blamed the INEC chair, and the then president. What was INEC's fault? They OVER PROMISED.

NOW.
You want the government to over promise that they can deliver so that when it fails again you people will have something to capitulate on to alleged rigging. E no go work.

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Amumaigwe:
You people are utterly shameless.

Where is the shame?
That APC started government just ten years ago and u people want to put all the blames in Nigeria maladministration over time both military and civilians on them?
Please tell me again, "Where is the shame?"

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Amumaigwe:
10 years after, digital penetration has improved tremendously. 112m active internet subscribers and you doubt the ability of INEC to do electronic transmission? Bros wake up

Wake up?
Wake up to know that there are still some rural areas in the north and south where there are no network/internet connections?
That those people will be disenfranchised as their votes will not count since it didn't meet up with the criterion that "election results MUST be posted from POLLING UNITS in real time?"
Please tell me again, "What should I wake up from?"

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Zionmdde:
I have travelled Over 33 states in this country, so kindly sharrap. If government is committed to live transmission of results, they can effectively and efficiently achieve it

See the kind of grammar the so called graduate is releasing

Which school did you even graduate from?

10 years ago abi, why not go back there and find out the progress of communication networks.

It shows that you are immature by pointing out a minor typographic error 'you' turned 'your'.
If I were to pick yours out, you didn't use punctuation (period/full stop) where necessary in both first and second paragraphs of the response to mine. Should I also capitulate on that to conclude that you never graduated? Come off it boy. It's unnecessary.
Back to the point.
Let me oblige without conceding that the environment has developed positively. What about other environments that are worse that are worse than that? Should we neglect those ones too?

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Burob:
Don’t mind those cho cho insatiable wailers.

Them wan manufacture E- uploads to reflect outrageous numbers that won't align with numbers accredited by BIVAS. If INEC come cancel those vote, them go use propaganda talk say INEC reduced their vote. They did the same in the last election, you will think Obi has won with their over 2 million votes they manufactured for him in Plateau if not for BIVAS, though they successfully got away with it in the South East has data of the election has shown.
Them think say them wise. We wise pass them.

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iwaeda:
Akpabio is exposing the lies of APC, because everywhere has been built by Tinubu. At least the remaining 27 states have networks. E- transmission is mandatory.

Go pass the law na. Mr Nairaland Lawmaker/Senator.

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Zionmdde:
But their are banks there

I forgot, those banks use ledger and post office to deliver debit and credit mails


Upon tinubu is the candidate all Nigerians are vying for, they are still afraid to conduct a simple free and fair election

I thought NYSC should have exposed some of you beyond your states and local government na.
Oh sorry, not all of your graduated from school or had opportunity to serve.
I served in Ebonyi state in Ezza North to be precise just a little less than 10 years ago and I can say authoritatively that there was no single bank in the whole of Ezza North at the time. We had to go to Abaliki before we could make withdrawals. I knew how many kilometers we had to trek just to make a call, we couldn't even receive calls because there were no network. How will REAL TIME transmission of results work in those areas? Or election should not hold in those areas abi?
So, if them ask you no, you go answer say banks dey all local government in Nigeria abi? Dey there.

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press9jatv:
His justification is highly wrong here. The network in the 9 states can be fix. We are in the digital world.

Why hasn't it been fix since all these years from PDP administration when insecurity started?
Or
Why hasn't our National Grid been fix since all these years from PDP administration when it started collapsing?

What has not been fixed in almost 30 years should now be fixed in one year because one tribe has never been elected president and you want it badly either by hook or by crook.
Go fix am na.

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TokoEkambi:
You really have time in your hand. You think you can go logical with these people? Ignorance is seen as a virtue with them. See the kind of people you're trying to reason with 👇👇

Lol...
Those people are so illogical.
The reason why some of us engage or debunk them is just for the fact that if you allow a liar to keep on ranting without bridle, his lies will overtime be seen as the truth especially to the simple minded who are in the majority.

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Naijahero1:
I dey shame for you. I don't know how Kwara people will feel after this denial

Are you new to geography?
Kaiama is a border town to Niger state. It is dominated by non Yoruba kwarans. That is fact.
It is just like an attack on Kogi states. Will you just conclude that an attack in Kogi means an attack or Yoruba or Ebora or Igala? These are the three major tribe there. You have to first ask what part of Kogi is it to identify those who will be the major casualty.
Even though all lives matter, generalizing that when people are killed in any part of Kwara means Yorubas are killed is a lie far from the truth and this is one of them. There's even a very high tendency that no Yoruba was killed sef because that place is a non Yoruba settlement. FACT.

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olabrad:
What brings power if not money?

There are many places people like Obi cubana, e money and other rich people can enter in this country that people like you and I will never gain access.

Cubana Chief priest is able to throw his weight around, meet with powerful people and seek political relevance because he is rich.

Once you become rich, powerful people start noticing you and inviting you to their midst.

Wike's attack dorg doesn't know sh111t!


No be juju be that?!

Do you even think before your reply?
Do you sit and digest views before you reply?
THJNK AND DIGEST WITH I POST NOW BEFORE YOU REPLY. YOU DONT JUST RESPOND LIKE RABID DOG NA.

FACT:
Money can buy PIWER but not all the time.

Power will buy MONEY all of the time.

We have seen people without money has risen to power. Evidence plenty.

We have never seen anyone on POWER lacking money.

DEBUNK THE FACTS ABOVE. DONT JUST TYPE FOR RESPONSE SAKE.

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Banbanna:
For your side abi?? I saw an Innoson SUV pickup on a major road in Benin for the first time 2 weeks ago driving in front of our car. I was really impressed. That Innoson vehicle was no different from any other type like that.
Perhaps you should be observant next time you step out, you could just spot one

Yea, maybe I should be more observant Sha.
I will be happy to see Nigerians and Nigerian own industries (manufacturing most especially) thrive.

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Naijahero1:
There are things that should worry a good and reasonable leader. No ambition is worth the blood of any person. Imagine how you feel as a leader waking up to see hundred of the innocent people you've vowed to defend lie lifeless. Imagine a leader under his watch, preschool kids, school children, church people, old people, reverends taken by terrorists not once not twice but every minute. How else can a leader fail before he realizes he has failed? Is Nigeria cursed? Imagine a leader being cursed and rebuked by the people for having so terribly failed that the people see him as the problem himself. The best help TInubu can give Nigerians is to resign. Enough of the bad news.

You people just talk.
Who are the yorubas being slaughtered? Where?
So, when you say the Fulani took over Kwara, where do you think they live?
Do you think it's only yorubas that live in Kwara whenever you here Kwara?
Kaiama that was attacked, do you think one single Yoruba was killed? You think it is Yoruba populated environment? YOUR WISH.
No go do you research and know the tribe that was killed in the massacre before you spill ur ignorance here. Yoruba in Kaiama? Joker.

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