₦airaland Forum

paschu:
It appeard the dude is way more informed than you are.
Here's what Wikipedia says about the matter:

Epic

Lalasticlala Good day. This Land is for Grazing! Buyers Beware.

Joel3:
if I can recur clearly amnesty is not part of the Niger Delta Avengers list. they have made it clear to bring their Flag and Currency In October if those list are not meant. the FG is on the clock to decide before the ultimatum period elapsed. The Military war might still be an Option for Buhari the Militarist.

by the time Niger Delta raises their Flags and Biafra also Raise their Own by then the war will be a fruitless war for FG.

Nigeria production reduced from about 2.5 million barrels to about 1.5 million barrels.
many analyst believe that this NDA attack will increase the price of oil internationally.

one of the reason most oil producing nation will gladly want to sponsor NDA to continue their act. so that oil price could hit 100$ sooner. other countries with weaker and porous security might as well be attacked by sponsored of their militant to invade their oil communities.

anything that's works to increase oil price for the benefit of serious oil nation is welcome.

in economies
1, more supply is equal to less demand which will crashed price.

2, less supply is equal to more demand which will increased price.

POL 311 National Interest

5% 97%

Completed 54 roads? God bless you Sir. Okezie, Rochas take note.

Thinking what to eat this morning. Nevertheless, safe trip.

(Day 1)Buy one rubber custard of Garri #700, 2 litres of kerosene #350, 2 cup of melon #450, meat #200 and ice fish #300, vegetable #100, Crayfish #100, Condiments #100,= #2200 Balance #2800.
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(Day 2) 3 cups of rice #300, small sachet of power oil #100, 1 gino tin tomatoes #100, 5 seed of tomatoes #400, small size of ice fish #250, Crayfish #100, Cameroon dry pepper #20, Maggi #10, Thyme #30 = #1450- #2800 Balance#1350
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(Day 3) Tithe #500, Mtn card #200, Transport fare #100, Offering #50, Thanksgiving #50, Project fund #100,= #1000 Bal #350 Laughs
Waste of public fund!

We expected change but now we are in chain.

Built2last:
Chibok Parents and family really must enter Guinness book of records. First none came forward to talk to TV about their abducted daughter. None went naked out of grief. None made a fuss over their missing daughter.

Now a man appears with your RESCUED daughter. It is not that the man brought her and was crying and apologizing. NO. In a military rambo-like rescue, both vigilantes and military combined like rice and beans and swung in and rescued your daughter. They "CAUGHT" the kidnapper and serial rapist who had even gotten her pregnant and made her a mother. This man from whom this girl is RESCUED, who did not RETURN her out of his own volition is never arrested, never beaten up, never tortured to show where the rest are. Instead he is flown like a prince and kept in the same hospital bed as the RESCUED girl.

And the girl's parents and brother, instead of biting the man ear who kidnapped their 16 years daughter, instead of trying to murder him, they are silent and allowing their daughter to continue being with him. A man who has kept their daughter away from them and caused them grief, they are quiet and allowing him access to her as if he gave them bride price.

Let us now juxtapose Ese Oruru's case. Do you think the parents will allow emmmm emmmm emmm. Emir Sanusi parade himself as her husband? Emmm oh Sorry Yinusa. Have you seen Yinusa and Ese in same environment?

Abduction and rape is no joking matter. No matter how much and how long a victim has been with her abductor and how many children they have made, the abductor is separated from the victim and sent to jail while the victim is treated for trauma and other physical and psychological damage that may have occurred.

Truth remains, if it does not look like a duck, walk like a duck and squawk like a duck, it is not a duck. You cannot tell me Buhari and all around him are stupid enough not to know that a rapist is not allowed to continue to be with the victim just because they have a child Surely the president is not that stupid? He must know that the girl and her rapist and abductor must be separated right?


"Rescued with her kidnapper". News

How does it sound in your ear? "rescued WITH her kidnapper".

No No No. They did not say FROM her kidnapper.

Rescued WITH her kidnapper

Na Ogun go punish all these people.



Poor script writers. APC looking for what to celebrate on May 29 after a year of destroying Nigeria and plunging people into suffering. This is the best they could come up with.

Anyway, it is woking. I know many fools who believe this nonsense.

Abeg create new thread for this post.

dridowu:
May be in your state . But right here in Lagos, especially Lagos Island down to Ikorodu , everything is moving on smoothly. Schools, Banks, Hospitals, DSTV, MTN, Airtel, Glo e.t.c they are all open and thery are operating effectively far more than before. This has been going on since Friday. So my brother give report base on your area.

Banks? So Diamond bank here is on strike while Diamond bank in Lagos Island is working. Bros, remember devil is a liar.

aljharem:
are you minding the zombie

by next week let the issues not be solve and watch pengassan join in

My dear, am shocked. Some of my relatives are at home and they are saying it's not effective.

DropShot:
Which strike?

The most ineffective strike ever witnessed in Nigeria's history.

This goes a long way to prove that Nigerians still trust PMB to deliver the goods with their money despite the hard times. Trust is invaluable indeed.

Ineffective? Banks, Public School(university,primary,secondary,poly.), General hospitals etc are on strike.

Lalasticlala, Good morning

Fearcom:
When you refuse to face reality you will suffer for it.

Charity begins at home. Check Aso rock 2016 budget then we can discuss.

Coolabbie:
Someone with your mental capacity wont be able to process what he wrote.
Blame the gods for gifting you with such a low IQ

Keep deceiving yourself.

francisbarrack:
Most Nigerians don't realise we've been living in The Matrix. This subsidy removal is the red pill that may wake us up to reality.
We are poor. We are broke. We've been raped, pillaged, looted and left for dead.
All these years our economy has been sustained on the junk food of corruption. We have kwashiorkor but because we look chubby we think we are healthy.
Those two bedrooms in Abuja going for N700 million. Those make up artists charging 500k and pre-wedding photo shoots for 700k. Aso ebi for 90k. Buying Rolexes and Ferraris. Range Rover Sport all over Lagos like keke napep.
It is all fake. It's all a mirage. We've all been living off the spoils of corruption. That's why the country is so hard now. No money circulating. Because no money to steal and rent flats and shops for girlfriends. For civil servants to pay bogus tithes of N500k. For senators to spray dollars at their daughters' weddings. For lagos big boys to spend N2m every Friday night at nightclubs.
It's time to face reality. The party is over. Now we may see the real Nigeria and Nigerians.
Now that money will go into our roads and bridges and hospitals. It will benefit those who don't have a rich corrupt uncle with connections in oil and gas. Those who can't travel to Dubai to celebrate birthdays. Those who don't know what Coldstone ice cream tastes like.
Hopefully the real estate markets will crash. The thieves with 15 houses in abuja will be forced to sell them fast for cash. I would prefer if EFCC seized and auctioned them, though.
All those in the service industry will have to revaluate their pricing. You can't charge 500k to paint faces anymore; free money don finish.
Welcome to the real world

Story for the gods.

The reality is waiting for them at home. The last time I checked, one bag of rice is #17k, one rubber custard of garri is #600, 1 litre of kerosene is #150, 10 seed of okro is #150, my estimated NEPA bill is #5300 even when having light is now rocket science. They should continue!

Abagworo:
This is from Timipriye Sylva not me.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200812190067.html


GOVERNOR Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has expressed
dismay over the practice of selling employment slots to
non-indigenes by youths of the state at give-away prices.


At an interactive session with the Bayelsa State Elders
Consultative Forum, the governor lamented the
development, saying "it is saddening to note that indigenes
of the state are selling their employment slots in reputable
companies at give-away prices of between N20,000 and
N70,000."

The governor, who gave a graphic description of
the thinking of an average Bayelsan, noted with sadness
that they wanted everything free, bearing in mind that the
state remains the only state throughout the federation
where the electricity is generated free. His words, "An
average Bayelsan has also believed erroneously that we
have money and that is why they want everything for free.
In the education sector we pay nothing. The craze now is
that everybody wants their children to be sent abroad by the
government for free.

In the health sector we pay for nothing,
everybody is expected to be treated for free. The electricity
we produce is for free. Even nobody wants to work; they
prefer handouts.

"When I first came as governor, my belief
was very different. My belief was that if you create jobs,
people benefits from those jobs. And one of the things whenI came in was that I paid all contractors that were on site. I paid N900 million and we decided to complete all on-going projects before we plan new ones. "The idea was to
stimulate the economy so that our people can do small
jobs.

And I was happy when I paid the money and there
were many people working on the site. I went to those sites
personally because there were still a lot of complaints on
the streets on Yenagoa. sites personally that more than 500 people working on the sites they were all non-Bayelsans. I asked if there was any Bayelsan, there was none and I was shocked. That was when I know we have a problem. Because no matter how much you tried to stimulate the
economy it would fly over the Bayelsan because our youths
won't work.

"I would give you another example - the
community around Saipem protested that they were not
being given jobs. We intervened and Saipem decided to give
70 quality jobs to boys from that community. The
community nominated people to go and work there and I
was happy that through our intervention we were able to
create the jobs. Later I saw one of the boys and questioned
him why he is not at work.

"I later found out upon enquiry
that he sold his space to an Igbo man for N40, 000 a month
out of the N 70,000 he is being paid and that is what all of
them did. They sold all their spaces to Igbo people. You
would send Bayelsans for training through oil companies;
they sell their spaces to Igbo people and those acquire the
necessary skills.

They are happier to be on the streets of
Yenagoa claiming every day that there is hunger. There is
no economy that can grow like this. It is a very sad
situation." Earlier, the chairman of the forum, Chief Francis
Doukpolagha had called on the government and the elders
in the state to map out developmental programmes that
would be aimed at improving the lots of the people in the
state.

Put it on front page dear

The new Sheriff is amazing.

Victory for democracy

Sai Buhari. More achievements to your elbow.

Lalasticlala Good evening

sarutobie:
They were led to the slaughter house by devious politicians and got killed for nothing..now those politicians are still alive and are doing exactly what those guys died protesting against...chaiii..the voodoo at work in 'one naijeriya' is strong..but even the best voodoo has an expiry date.

We were scammed by opposition parties then. Crying

LAGOS – The nationwide strike action called by organized labour and its civil society allies against the removal of the subsidy on petrol practically shut down the country yesterday as workers in private and public institutions abstained from duty. The strike action which was peaceful in most parts, however, turned bloody in Kano, Lagos and Benin where at least 12 persons were killed in controversial circumstances.

Two persons were reportedly killed in Lagos when a Divisional Police Officer attached to the Pen Cinema Police Station shot at some youths who took opportunity of the absence of traffic to play football along the road. The Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim promptly ordered the arrest of the DPO who he said should face trial for murder.

Seven persons were killed in Kano while another three were killed in Benin during yesterday’s strike action that culminated in the shut down of banks, airports and the nation’s sea ports.

In the midst of the strike, Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala disclosed that the government had not closed the door to negotiations even as she admitted that the administration as those before it was seriously mistrusted by Nigerians.

One of the protesters killed in Lagos was identified as Ademola Aderitan, but the identity of the second who was said to had died later at the hospital from gunshot wound, was not known at the time of this report. Vanguard gathered that the death and injuries occurred after the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Pen Cinema, fired shots to disperse some youths who were playing football in Ogba area of Lagos.

But in a swift reaction, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Yakubu Alkali ordered the immediate arrest of the DPO, identified as Segun Olubunmi, Chief Superintendent of Police. It was gathered that the visibly angry Alkali, personally disarmed the DPO when he was brought to the command headquarters, Ikeja, before directing men of the State Criminal Investigation Department to whisk him to Panti for further investigation.


Subsidy protesters at Gani Fawehinmi park at Ojota, Lagos during the Labour/Civil society protest, yesterday.
According to an eye witness, the DPO was driving in a  pick-up patrol van with plate number RRS 101 LA and on getting to Yaya Abatan Cresent in Ifako Ijaye Local Government Area, the road was reportedly blocked with tyres by youths who were playing football. It was not too clear what led to the sad incident, but a source at the command headquarters said the DPO claimed one of the players attempted to disarm him, necessitating his firing some shots.

The bullets reportedly hit four of the players, one of whom died before reaching the hospital, while the second one died later at the hospital. The killer cop however fled the scene after the incident. Aggrieved youths in their hundreds were said to had carried the lifeless body of Mr Aderitan in a wheel barrow to Pen Cinema to protest the killing.

The strike in Lagos was described as peaceful by Alkali but for the misdemeanor of  the DPO who was  formerly in charge of the State Anti Robbery Squad, Ikeja.

The CP stated that the DPO was on his own as the command did not direct him to act in such manner, adding, “he would have to carry his cross because the command did not send him to kill any innocent Nigerian.”

It was gathered that the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim has ordered the arrest of the DPO and he may be charged for murder after his dismissal from the force.

There were bonfires in almost all the major roads in the state, such Ikorodu, Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, Badagry Expressway, Abeokuta Expressway among others.

Banking, Aviation, Maritime and downstream sectors shut down

Factories and other manufacturing concerns and government offices including the Lagos State Secretariat were shut down and deserted.

Apart from Labour and its civil society allies, under the banner of Labour and Civil Society Coalition, LASCO, other visible groups that participated in the protest included Save Nigeria Group, Occupy Nigeria, Nollywood actors and actresses, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Nigerian Medical Association, NMA and other professional bodies.
The protesters displayed various anti-government and subsidy placards with various inscriptions such as: “Give us our votes back”, “Jonathan resign now, you are incapable of governing”, “Jonathan Must go now”,  Fuel Subsidy is a scam”, No amount of black market injunction can stop us”,  Lawyers reject fuel hike”, Boko Haram throws physical bomb, President Jonathan throws economic bomb”,  “Remove Corruption not subsidy.”


Protesters along Ikorodu Road in Lagos, yesterday.
Leaders of LASCO coordinated the protest from five zones in Lagos; namely NLC secretariat, Yaba; TUC Secretariat, Idi-Roko; Office of the Agric and Allied Workers Union in Iyana-Ipaja; the Textile union secretariat on Acme Road, Ogba and the Lagos State University Campus in Ojo.

However, other Nigerians and groups independently carried their protests and mass rallies across the state. At the Yaba office of the NLC, the protesters, moved through Ojuelegba into the Ikorodu road. They aggrieved protesters moved along Fadeyi, Anthony, Maryland and Ojota chanting anti-government slogans.

At Fadeyi, the atmosphere became charged as a serious fight broke out between two groups of hoodlums, thereby causing panic among the protesters. The situation was however brought under control by intervention of the police who dispersed the hoodlums.

Addressing protesters at the Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Park in Ojota, Chairman of Joint Action Front, JAF and Joint Chairman of LASCO, Dr. Dipo Fasina, said the struggle for the liberation of Nigerians from bad leadership had just begun and called on Nigerians to insist that President Jonathan listens to the voice of the people and reverts the hike in pump price of petrol.

He called on Nigerians to rise up and revolt against any government that sought to deprive them of their rights, stressing that labour would continue to “fight within the framework of revolutional strategy that only guarantees total freedom.

“Jonathan is doing the bidding of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank and we rise to revolt this policy. Instead of allowing them to impoverish us the more, we must remove them from office because Nigeria is for Nigerians and not the IMF and World Bank. The people have said no to deregulation and removal of subsidy, the legislators have said no, so if the President cannot do the people’s wish, then he should resign.”

Also speaking, Lagos lawyer and activist, Bamidele Aturu, said the mass protest had demonstrated clearly that “those in power cannot decide for Nigerians because the voice of the people supersedes the voice of a tiny few.”

He called on the Senate President, David Mark to convene an emergency session within the next three days and warned that failure to do so would attract the wrath of Nigerians. In the same vein, Secretary General of TUC, Chief John Kolawole commended the protesters for the large turnout, noting that the mass action is an expression that Nigerians are dissatisfied with the state of affairs in the country.

According to him, “for the avoidance of doubt, this is the beginning of the struggle; tomorrow, we will intensify it.  Everywhere, Christians and Muslims should organize prayers. It is a fight for everybody.” Representatives of NMA, NBA, Nollyhood and others also addressed the protesters.

Seven killed, 30 injured in Kano

In Kano, seven persons were said to had been killed while over 30 others were injured when the police fired shots at protesters. At the Murtala Specialist Hospital, the Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, Kano chapter, Dr Daiyabu Alhaji told reporters that over 15 persons  were placed on admission and were being treated of  gunshot wounds. At Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, no fewer than 14 were also on admission for injuries sustained during the violent protest.

The Executive Secretary, Redcross Society of Nigeria in Kano, Musa Danladi Abdullahi told newsmen that 14 persons were brought to the Hospital adding that seven of them had injuries from gunshot.

But the Civil Society Group confirmed to reporters that  Abdul Malik Rabiu Badawa, 29 and Bashir Musa Zango, 27 lost their lives while effort was being made to ascertain the identities of others killed. There was a long queue of volunteers at the Nasarawa Special Hospital donating blood for injured protesters.


Protesters in Abuja, yesterday.
The police deployed Amoured Personnel Carrier complimented by a detachment of soldiers, Airforce personnel, and anti riot  policemen to ensure that the protest which lasted two hours did not go out of hand.

Three killed in Benin

Also in Benin, Edo State capital, three persons were reportedly shot dead when hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful protest by the NLC in the state went on a looting spree.

It was learnt that the killings occurred when the hoodlums engaged the police in a shootout. The hoodlums were said to had invaded some business centers in Benin City. Meanwhile, non indigenes resident in Benin City have been evacuated to the State Police headquarter and the 4 Mechanized Brigade for safety by security agents.
FG urges understanding

Meanwhile, as Nigerians, yesterday, protested government’s removal of fuel subsidy across the country, Finance Minister and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the organised labour-led protesters to rethink their action in the interest of the nation.

Speaking in an interview programme with Channels Television, Okonjo-Iweala, who was bombarded with questions including allegations that the government was in a hurry to remove fuel subsidy because it was broke, said the government took the decision to save the country from falling into the abyss of debt.

“Nigeria is not broke. The only problem is down the line, five years from now, if we continue borrowing at the rate we are borrowing, we will accumulate so much debt. If we pile domestic debt, it will get worse. We really have to reduce domestic debt, cut it down and plough the savings into infrastructure,” she said.

Asked if fuel subsidy could not be removed in instalments, Okonjo-Iweala said experience had shown that piece-meal removal of fuel subsidy had not worked and “in many cases caused a lot of anguish.”

On the sudden introduction of the policy midway into negotiation with organised labour and after the government functionaries gave an April implementation date, the Minister denied giving a specific date. “I never mentioned an April date. All I said was that we were still discussing.”

However, she noted that it was not compulsory that negotiations must be concluded before the policy could be implemented, saying, “things at times don’t have to be consequential. We should be doing things simultaneously. We should not allow the mistakes of the past to stop us from moving forward.”

Asked if government had exhausted negotiation with stakeholders, Okonjo-Iweala said: “Absolutely not! I don’t think government should exhaust negotiations. It has to be continuous process and we must continue to find ways of improving the process.”

Admitting that the government is mistrusted, the minister said the citizenry were not to blame given past failed promises of the government, which she said was being addressed by the government through cutting the cost of governance and making government more efficient, fighting corruption and effective investment of subsidy savings in critical areas of need such as health, transportation, job creation and education among others.

She dismissed as false, allegations that government officials had stolen subsidy savings. “It is not true that the money has been stolen. We have not computed how much we have saved. At the end of January, we will know how much has been saved and decide where to channel it.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/12-killed-as-subsidy-protests-turn-bloody/

comos:
Except there is a constitutional amendment that stops the president from appointing INEC chairman and Chief Judge of the Nation, our Democracy goes nowhere.

we only notice improvement in these institution during GEJ era due to his personalities and principles not to mingle in their affair

but for Buhari, Sorry seems to be the only word.

You're right. Lalasticlala, food is ready

THE political history of Nigerian democracy cannot be complete without outlining auspicious roles being played by the electoral umpire—Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to accelerate the nation’s fledgling democracy. In fact, Nigeria joined highly respected democracies of this world, with democratic ethos and values as a result of INEC’s capability to conduct free, fair and credible elections, which came to international recognition under then visionary and pragmatic leadership of Professor Attahiru Jega.




Prof. Jega’s INEC held Court pronouncements and judgements to its high esteem, and precisely obeyed them. Court-ordered rerun elections under this trail blazer never exceeded 90 days before being conducted and concluded without running into logjam of inconclusiveness. But since the present INEC leadership came on board, Prof. Jega’s hard-earned legacies in INEC are grossly and speedily being battered by undemocratic, biased and partisan actions and inactions of INEC authority led by Prof. Mahmud Yakubu.



What brought INEC’s conspiracy against our young democracy to limelight is its unfolding partisanship and deliberate delay in conclusion of all the court-ordered reruns across some geo-political zones. It is no longer news that millions of Nigerians spread across Rivers South-West, Rivers East, Rivers South-East, Anambra Central, Imo North and Kogi East senatorial zones, are left without representatives in the Red Chamber for almost five months and running, as a result of INEC’s inability to conduct elections for respective senatorial seats and federal constituencies. The most striking aspect of the unholy political script being played out by INEC is that, those Senatorial zones were hitherto occupied by opposition party, the PDP Senators.



For purpose of clarity, Court of Appeal Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja had on 10th and 11th December, 2015, respectively nullified the elections of three Rivers Senators: Osinakachukwu Idoezu (Rivers South-West), John Olaka-Nwogo (Rivers South-East) and George Thompson Sekibo (Rivers East), and ordered INEC to conduct rerun elections in the affected zones within 90 days. The 90 days ordered by Appellate court expired on 10th and 11th of March 2016. In same vain, nine House of Representatives members out of 13 from Rivers State, whose elections were set aside by same Court of Appeal on 12th December 2015, and ordered rerun within 90 days. Like others, the 90 days expired on 12th March 2016.




In Imo North Senatorial zone, the election that brought Senator Achonu Nneji was nullified on 11th December 2015, by Court of Appeal, Owerri Division and consequently ordered INEC to conduct a rerun within 90 days. The 90 days’ timeline given to INEC by the Appellate Court, which was derived from 1999 Constitution cum 2010 Electoral Act, elapsed on 11th of March 2016.



As regards Anambra Central Senatorial zone, Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, nullified Senator Uche Ekwunifie’s election on 6th of December 2015, and ordered a rerun for within 90 days. Unfortunately, court order expired on 6th March 2016, without any election coming forth thereby leaving Anambra State under-represented in the Senate. INEC went beyond its constitutional responsibility and powers, by disqualifying and barring candidates of certain political parties from being part of the election.



The aggrieved political party approached Federal High Court, Abuja, where it got a court order mandating INEC to include its candidate in the rerun election.   Instead of INEC retaining its roles as a plaintiff Party in a politically motivated and ill-conceived appellate suit, questioning the grounded decision of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on 1st March 2016, which rightly ordered the Commission to include wrongly, excluded parties and their candidates in the court-rerun. INEC absconded and defaulted on its bipartisan mandate as electoral referee, and even descended so low, by aligning with a political party just to frustrate another political party out of the race.




Kogi East Senatorial zone is left without a substantive senator for months, irrespective of the fact that the Appeal Court-ordered election is almost concluded, except for few polling units. The court ordered 90 days has expired, yet not a word has been heard from INEC in that regard. It is very clear that the only reason, INEC is yet to finalise the election and declare triumphant candidate winner, is because the PDP candidate is leading with wide margin—which makes him presumptive Senator-elect of Kogi East.




The recent rerun election held in Rivers State, passed a vote of no confidence on the electoral commission. For the first in the history of Nigerian democracy, INEC has refused to release, cancel, uphold or reschedule rerun for the yet-to-be-concluded local government areas in state. INEC has resorted to releasing election results by piecemeal against electoral guidelines. The entire three senatorial rerun elections of Rivers State are still outstanding, as well as  nine other House of Representatives seats. The 90-day period given by Appeal Court has elapsed, yet INEC has not even fix date for conclusion of this election.




Can INEC tell Nigerians where it derives this unconstitutional power to delay rerun elections outside Appeal Court stipulated 90 days from?   One of INEC’s flimsy excuses has been that River State is not secured enough to guarantee peaceful electoral processes. If INEC under Prof. Jega could supervise peaceful general elections in Bokoharam-ravaged states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, why won’t Prof. Yakubu-led INEC conclude rerun election in only one state of Rivers? If Rivers State is too volatile for elections, what stops INEC from fixing date for rerun elections of Imo North, Anambra Central, and conclusion of rerun election of Kogi-East Senatorial zones?



According to propagation of conspiracy theorists, it is being eluded that INEC is acting out well-scripted plot of ruling the APC, just to decimate political interests of opposition, the PDP, especially in the Senate. The biased, undemocratic and unconstitutional; deliberate delay of rerun elections in PDP stronghold, cannot be unconnected with machinations of the APC leadership to remove Sen. Bukola Saraki asSenate President via on-going trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and install a puppet Senate President.



The groundswell and unreserved support of the PDP Senators, being enjoyed by Senate President Saraki, and capability of the PDP Senators to influence Sen. Saraki’s successor, based on its numerical strength, if he is eventually removed, and the ignoble roles of anti-Saraki forces, who are discreetly using INEC to keep numbers of PDP Senators down in case of election of new Senate President, is behind INEC’s unexplained, unsubstantiated and unconstitutional delay of rerun senatorial elections.




Controversial appointment of acting Clerk of National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori who happens to be a junior civil servant to Benedit Efeturi—serving Deputy Clerk of National Assembly and the dusts it has raised, all points towards desperation of dictatorial elements to control NASS at all cost. CNA’s role as electoral umpire in the event of electing new Senate President cannot be far from all these conspiracies.



It saddens my heart to state that, those who are bent on accomplishing their Saraki-must-go mission have succeeded in dragging critical government institutions into their political conquest—ranging from INEC to CCT to National Assembly Service Commission. INEC should note that, hitherto unwavering trust and confidence of Nigerians in the electoral commission, is being eroded. INEC’s partisan stand as regards delayed senatorial reruns has made more than 16 million Nigerians to be without representatives in the National Assembly, which is unconstitutional.

Mr. Nwobodo Chidiebere, a public affairs analyst, wrote from Abuja



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/of-reruns-and-inecs-partisan-conspiracy/

Buhari Sef

Proudlyngwa:
Am very sorry, pardon my myopic style of reasoning, i didn't know that Adamawa, Benue and Nasarawa et al were not northern states, once again sorry for my misunderstanding.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idAFLDE73G05B20110417

Laughs. You're funny