₦airaland Forum

hope your aim of starting this thread is not to show that SW is superior to the north?

what if the governor were to be an atheist, of which religion should his deputy be?

Let the military officers takeover the government; only to return it to the democrats when all thing are set aright in the state.

Primary election is a globally tested mechanism for determining political parties flagbearers. So why should Nigerian political parties deviate from global best practice? If you say money influences primaries, does it not sound illogical especially when money could also sway consensus candidacy slot in favour of the highest bidder too. Ask yourself how Tinubu won the AD ticket in 1999 if not for money.

If you are obsessed with Tinubu's and ACN anti-democratic principles, that is your business but please don't try to sell it to informed people like us because it makes you look silly!

I have decided to IGNORE you. You are simply not Intelligent to Engage me in a Verbal Hostility

How are you going to do that from UK?

Bros, quite arguing with people who are socio-politically naive. In fact, the instance of these elections is unfortunate and misplaced priority. Ivory Coast is a de-facto divided country and should have been encouraged to have two republics.

Again, African countries close to archiving ethnical heterogeneity should not be allowed to stand because such countries will not feature well in the manipulative games of the so-called “international community”.

The fact that Bouake had gone through civil uproars does not necessarily translate to it being derelict and abandoned.

Using Jos crises and that of Niger Delta as logical examples, it is observable to say that crises in both cities has not forced local dwellers to abandon their homes, businesses, cultural and family ties for elsewhere. Going by your statement, one would expect Jos to be abandoned and derelict which is contrary to what is observable. The Baoulé people have strong attachments to their cultural home towns and civil conflicts is almost never strong enough to convince people to leave their lives behind for somewhere else, most will rather stay and fight till the end.

Once again, I am not here to debate Ouattra's eligibility for the position or who the legitimate president of Ivory Coast should be.

You have simply and conveniently ignored this and have instead chosen to pick holes in the subsequent paragraph!. . .why not respond to this and defend your initial argument accordingly.

The fact that you have chose an urban area population and have neglected figures from the rural areas shows your point to be not only redundant, simplistic, and delirious but a classical sham

Despite Mr Ouattara's international support, Mr Gbagbo holds many of the key elements of power, including the army and the state media.

The rivals' support also falls along geographical lines, with Mr Gbagbo controlling the south and Mr Ouattara controlling the north. This has led to speculation each may govern over his half of the country, in a de facto re-division of the territory along lines established during the war. The country officially reunited in a 2007 peace deal.

Revised results released on Friday showing Mr Gbagbo won re-election did not include 500,000 votes cast in Ouattara strongholds in the north.

The constitutional council said that was because there was evidence pro-Gbagbo voters had been intimidated.

Besides all that, Abidjan which sustains the largest part of Ivory Coast's population consist of a larger Abidjan North and Abidjan South.
The Largest communities in Abidjan North are pro Outtara Supporters, cities like Abobo and Adjamé. Other cities such as Attécoubé, Cocody and Plateau are supporters of Henri Bedie who later merged his party with Ouattara. In effect, it is suffice to say the majority within Abidjan North pledge their support for Ouattara. If abijan's population stands at over 3 million, are you still looking for how Ouattarra could have pulled off 500,000 votes?

I have been called dumb on the issue by few political and intellectual minnows on this forum. In fact, your posts have been collaborated by my brother-Inlaw who was born and raised in Abidjan. The parties instigating the problem in Ivory Coast are EU, UN and Americans. It is a doctrine they have adopted throughout West Africa whereby the colonialists will support a leader from impoverish North against a leader from economical viable South. In the aftermath, the northern leader of the country does not have leverage because his/her position was made possible by the colonialists.

The final arbiter in the electoral process in Ivory Coast is the Constitutional Council and it declared Gbagbo the winner of the election.