Only a slowpoke will not differ with Buhari's unconstitutionality. Nigeria is not a jungle. INEC Chairman is following the rule of law. There is stipulated punishment for ballot box snatching which is two years imprisonment without option of fine. What Buhari said was tantamount to killing a fly with a sledgehammer. I condemn election rigging or violence in its entirety. Buhari goofed on this. He should apologize to Nigerians for this rascality.

Only a slowpoke will not differ with Buhari's unconstitutionality. Nigeria is not a jungle. INEC Chairman is following the rule of law. There is stipulated punishment for ballot box snatching which is two years imprisonment without option of fine. What Buhari said was tantamount to killing a fly with a sledgehammer. I condemn election rigging or violence in its entirety. Buhari goofed on this. He should apologize to Nigerians for this rascality.

mark2sunny:
Elections across the 36 states must hold simultaneously, they insist.

Exactly.

What a waste of time and resources.People travelled to far and near just to exercise their mandate and few hours to an election you cancelled it. INEC was allocated billions of Naira for logistic and later same INEC use logistic as an excuse. Election postponement is not new but the timing was very wrong. INEC and PMB had proven the opposition and the whole world right of there deceit. This is a bridge of trust and I just hope they are not beating the drum of war.

INEC 'Osun Template' Busted by the US

Nigerians should be grateful to the United States for saving our democracy today. This is why the party in power got frustrated about the international communities interference at one point and threatened “body bags” because they know, “America would know”.

We are a sovereign state, agreed, but there was nothing Nigerians would have done tonight to prevent Mohammadu Buhari from rigging this election if not for the intervention of the US.

The Buhari government in collaboration with INEC had an agenda on how to rig the election in favor of Buhari. This was what they were planning to execute tonight with the postponement drama when the United States govt got a wind of it and called the INEC Chairman not to dare!

Their Plan...

The strategy was to allow elections hold in 26 states and postpone it in 10 states. For the ten states, they had two plans; late arrival of election materials and security crisis.

The idea was to deliberately allow materials arrive late as we are already witnessing in some states and INEC would have no option but to postpone elections in those states. For instance, the aircraft that was supposed to deliver materials to Enugu was told it can't land because of bad weather conditions and it had to land in Port Harcourt. Right before us, elections in Enugu would have been postponed.

The crisis template was executed in Kaduna today. The news of Kaduna State killings of 66 people today was part of the plan to create an atmosphere of catastrophic so that INEC would postpone the election in Kaduna State citing security challenges. The news of the killings was fabricated and sponsored by the 3 inches 'body bag' Governor of that state.

For the 26 states that election would have held, the plan was to watch out for the outcome. If it favours Atiku, whatever the margin is, they would deploy heavy security agents to ensure they get enough votes to cover up the margin in the 10 states that elections were to be postponed as they did in Osun state.

With this plan, Buhari would be elected back as president… but the US said, NO!! Elections across the 36 states must hold simultaneously, they insist.

INEC 'Osun Template' Busted by the US

Nigerians should be grateful to the United States for saving our democracy today. This is why the party in power got frustrated about the international communities interference at one point and threatened “body bags” because they know, “America would know”.

We are a sovereign state, agreed, but there was nothing Nigerians would have done tonight to prevent Mohammadu Buhari from rigging this election if not for the intervention of the US.

The Buhari government in collaboration with INEC had an agenda on how to rig the election in favor of Buhari. This was what they were planning to execute tonight with the postponement drama when the United States govt got a wind of it and called the INEC Chairman not to dare!

Their Plan...

The strategy was to allow elections hold in 26 states and postpone it in 10 states. For the ten states, they had two plans; late arrival of election materials and security crisis.

The idea was to deliberately allow materials arrive late as we are already witnessing in some states and INEC would have no option but to postpone elections in those states. For instance, the aircraft that was supposed to deliver materials to Enugu was told it can't land because of bad weather conditions and it had to land in Port Harcourt. Right before us, elections in Enugu would have been postponed.

The crisis template was executed in Kaduna today. The news of Kaduna State killings of 66 people today was part of the plan to create an atmosphere of catastrophic so that INEC would postpone the election in Kaduna State citing security challenges. The news of the killings was fabricated and sponsored by the 3 inches 'body bag' Governor of that state.

For the 26 states that election would have held, the plan was to watch out for the outcome. If it favours Atiku, whatever the margin is, they would deploy heavy security agents to ensure they get enough votes to cover up the margin in the 10 states that elections were to be postponed as they did in Osun state.

With this plan, Buhari would be elected back as president… but the US said, NO!! Elections across the 36 states must hold simultaneously, they insist.

INEC needs to come clean with answers to these questions...

1. What are the logistical issues?
2. Which states where affected?
3. What will happen to sensitive ballot material already deployed?
4. Who guarantees safety & sanctity of ballot material already distributed?
5. What is cost of postponement?
6. Where will money for another deployment come from?
7. Who takes responsibility for this and what is the consequence?

Criminals. What logistics ? They had 365days they make preparations and put all the necessary logistics in place. Why postponing? This is just a plot to rig the election, nothing else.

The rigging machine in motion.










Meanwhile....

Tinubu has Atikulated already. But in Oshiomhole case, maybe he went to learn the latest dancing style for Saturdays election.

Family affair, nothing to worry about
they will settle their issues

The crowd was so much Atiku, Kwankwaso & other guests couldn't access the podium. They had to address the crowd briefly from the open roof of the campaign bus & close the rally to avoid stampede. I confirmed today that Kwankwasiyya is a religion in Kano. Atiku is a man whose time has come.
#GetNigeriaWorkingAgain

See reply from Nigerians

This is from a Foreign Journalist At the Ill-fated Buhari's Lagos Rally.

International Media Registers El-Rufai’s Death Threats to Foreign Election Observers.

A sitting Governor making such a statement on national TV. This shows only one thing, He is gearing up to rig the election no matter the consequences. This Orangutan must be checkmate.

While God was resting, satan rushed and made Hell Rufai in his image.

ClearFlair:
It is well. Security agencies cannot function optimally because PDP stole all the money meant for procurement of weapons and acquisition of skill. God punish Atiku and PDP

They also looted your tiny brain and thinking faculty, that’s why why you can’t think straight.

Nbote:
Dats exactly how some many nairalanders rush to comment without understanding

I Dey tell you

Illiteracy Can Wipe Out A Nation.
Listen to this guy on Nadel engagement to his girlfriend of 14 years. -

Reelecting Buhari would return Nigeria to "military-style dictatorship" because "Buhari is not a democrat, he is a Liar". He practices "drunk dictatorship" by "serially ignoring court orders." "Buhari sanctioned the killings of hundreds of unarmed civilians on multiple occasions!"~Foreign Policy Magazine~

President Muhammadu Buhari, currently seeking a return to power on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been referred to as a "liar".

The label ascribed to the President was contained in an article entitled: 'Nigeria's President Isn't a Democrat. He's a Liar', published by Foreign Policy, on Monday.

Foreign Policy is an American news publication, founded in 1970, with focus on global affairs.

According to the article, with the presidential election barely two weeks away, reelecting Buhari could return Nigeria to "military-style dictatorship".

Among references to the current president's "dictatorial tendencies" as contained in the article are the "extraconstitutional suspension" of Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), his decision to "serially ignore" court orders, harassment and arrest of journalists and activists, deployment of security services to intimidate political opponents, and "unforgivably" sanctioning the killings of hundreds of unarmed civilians on multiple occasions.

The article read: "As Nigerians gear up to choose their president on Feb. 16, there is good reason to fear a return to military-style dictatorship. Following incumbent Muhammadu Buhari’s extraconstitutional suspension in January of Nigeria’s chief judge, who heads the Supreme Court that has final say in election disputes, the main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, requested U.S. and EU intervention for the 'survival of Nigeria’s democracy'.

"This is more than idle rhetoric. Buhari, an ex-general who led a short-lived military junta in the 1980s, was elected president in 2015 by Nigerians who (like this writer) accepted his claims to be a 'reformed democrat'. However, his four years in office have highlighted the difference between accepting the principle of elective government and being a true democrat. In Nigeria, like elsewhere in today’s world, the biggest threat to democracy comes not from generals instigating coups but from authoritarians-at-heart winning elections, only to use their democratic mandate to rule anti-democratically.

"Half of Nigeria’s 59-year post-colonial history has been spent under various military dictatorships, but this year marks the 20th anniversary of the return to democratic rule. While the country has seen its fair share of ups and downs during this period, some tangible progress has been made in the spheres of freedom of expression, judicial independence, rule of law, and general civil liberties—and certainly in comparison with the military era.

"In the past four years, however, Buhari’s government has serially ignored court orders, harassed and arrested journalists and activists, deployed security services to intimidate political opponents, and unforgivably sanctioned the killings of hundreds of unarmed civilians on multiple occasions with the impunity of a power-drunk dictatorship. Yes, security services have been known to overreact even in advanced democracies, and civilians sometimes get hurt in the process. But what distinguishes governments committed to upholding fundamental human rights—such as the right to not be killed while demonstrating peacefully—are the post-incident actions they undertake to ensure such tragedies never repeat themselves. No such luck with the Buhari government.

"Following the recent army killing of unarmed protesters in October 2018, rather than express remorse, Nigeria’s army brass falsely claimed that demonstrators had attacked soldiers who simply did what President Donald Trump told U.S. soldiers to do in the same situation: start shooting. Such callous impunity can only thrive in an army confident that its commander in chief will indulge such excesses. Buhari is, by any reasonable standard, personally responsible for the killings of unarmed civilians going unpunished under his watch."

The article also made references to allegations of rigging said to be plotted by the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as citing the slip-up made by Adams Oshiomhole, the APC National Chairman, when the latter said "only people who can accept the pain of rigging — sorry, defeat — should participate in an election".

The article continued: "In addition to all this, opposition figures such as former President Olusegun Obasanjo are warning that Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party is readying to rig the Feb. 16 elections, an allegation lent credence by the irregularities and violence involved in a recent gubernatorial poll that the APC was determined to win at all costs. In perhaps the Freudian slip of the year, commenting on the gubernatorial election, ruling party chairman Adams Oshiomhole said: 'I think that for democracy to flourish, only people who can accept the pain of rigging—sorry, defeat—should participate in an election'.

"The international community is thus right to raise concerns about whether the upcoming election will be free and fair. On Feb. 16, Nigerians will be choosing not only their president but also their national assembly. Taking into consideration Buhari’s dismissive behavior towards the judiciary, a potentially rigged clean sweep of the executive and legislative arms of government by himself and his party could usher in an era of dangerously centralized power imperiling Nigeria’s modest democratic gains since the end of military rule in 1999. As of today, there are no credible polls indicating who might win the presidential election, and it is probably a toss-up.

"The fact that Buhari still retains significant support among Nigerians despite his anti-democratic behavior requires explanation. One major reason is that Nigeria’s top political actors are all so morally compromised that an appeal by any of them to higher principles can always be persuasively dismissed by their opponents as hypocritical nonsense.

"For instance, Atiku, Buhari’s main rival who accuses him of weakening democracy, has faced numerous allegations of corruption since serving as Nigeria’s vice president from 1999 to 2007. Additionally, the government that Atiku was a prominent member of itself oversaw massive election rigging and deployed widespread violence to stay in power. Meanwhile, Obasanjo, who is now accusing Buhari of wanting to rig the February election, was president at the time and once exhorted his party members to treat an upcoming election as a 'do-or-die affair'.

"Walter Onnoghen, the chief judge whom Buhari suspended, is claiming unconvincingly that it was due to “forgetfulness” that he did not disclose several sizable foreign currency accounts in his asset declaration. Moreover, prior to his suspension, he used his position to obstruct investigations into the matter. Corruption runs deep in the highest echelons of Nigeria’s judiciary. Many regular citizens thus feel scant sympathy for judges being muscled by the executive. They’re seen as part and parcel of the country’s corrupt elite, certainly no friends of the ordinary man.

"Nigerian politics suffers from a moral vacancy, an acute shortage of credible political actors who could plausibly champion democratic values and set standards that others feel compelled to live up to. Ignoble actors evoking noble values they rarely uphold do not make for effective democratic role models. Hence many Buhari supporters remain unmoved by opposition claims that he is a danger to Nigeria’s democracy. To them, his rivals are hardly better democrats. Moreover, many Nigerians still see Buhari as, if not incorruptible, definitely far less corrupt than rivals like Atiku.
It also needs to be said that some Nigerian voters support Buhari precisely because of his strong-arm tactics. In a society where the corrupt always seem to have the upper hand and always seem able to defy institutional attempts to bring them to book, it is understandable that the instinct for some basic societal justice can easily translate into an impatience with institutions that appear stacked with people unable or unwilling to deliver basic justice.

"This creates the opportunity for populist authoritarianism to hold significant appeal. Buhari’s justification of his suspension of the chief judge appealed directly to this societal hunger for justice. Pointing to Onnoghen’s attempts to frustrate investigations into his false asset declaration, he argued:'If justice cannot be done and clearly seen to be done, society itself is at risk of the most unimaginable chaos'. Nigeria’s political reality is stubbornly defiant of any simple good versus evil narrative."

Describing Buhari's "authoritarian actions" as "anything other than detrimental to Nigeria’s democracy", the article noted that "the judiciary, as flawed as it is, has played a stabilizing role in post-election disputes, which in a country as volatile as Nigeria always have the potential to descend into violent confrontation."

"In a society as ethnically and religiously divided as Nigeria’s, democracy is as fragile as an egg; if not handled carefully, it could drop and shatter into a thousand pieces impossible to glue back together. That’s why it’s critical for the country’s judiciary to get reformed and strengthened by rooting out corruption within its ranks rather than suffering diminishment by Buhari. In practical terms, this would require corrupt judges to be weeded out by their peers, rather than by the politicians they are meant to hold accountable.

"Irrespective of who wins the Feb. 16 election, the next few years must be spent ensuring that cornerstone values—such as rule of law, equality before the law, accountable government, free and fair elections, the right to nonviolent protest, and a free press—become sacred nonnegotiables in Nigerian public life, the democratic equivalent of the Ten Commandments. These are the dogmas of democracy, and only those who uphold them are truly worthy of calling themselves democrats."

http://saharareporters.com/2019/02/05/buhari-liar-says-foreign-policy-magazine

Kadaria, Why?
You Compromised Professionalism and Ethics Of Your Job. Used your position as a Moderator to Fight A Proxy War For El-Rufai Against Atiku/Obi and the Opposition party.
It is a SHAME!!! -

Earthbound:
The Lagos marathon is this weekend. This threat should not be taken lightly.

You are right.

One entity on IG by the name @salamaqu233 has vowed to bomb 3rd mainland bridge tomorrow. Don’t know how credible the threats are, but i implore everyone plying that route to be vigilant.

Lalasticlala, seun take note.

Osinbajo is a morally bankrupt opportunist and ideologically perverted hypocrite. His criminal silence in the face of rampaging tyranny, say it all. Silence in the face of oppression is consent. History will be harsh to him for conspiring with the monsters in the Villa to wreck Nigerian democracy. Pastor my foot.

Affliction should not rise a second time! Do not reinforce failure.

Smh