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suxes2005:
I quite agree with this one.

Its like a tiny fraction of those that will vote

Meanwhile, go to the north and SW and let's
see the real deal.

#SaiBuhari
#IHaveDecided

Whereas President Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got a total of 2,990,178 votes, General Buhari got 2,872,197.

According to the commission,

Abia State has distributed 1,020,997 (73%); GEJ

Adamawa: 1,239,820 (79%); GEJ 60% GMB 40%
Akwa Ibom:1,328,714 (79.05%); GEJ
Anambra: 1,222, 002 (62.25%); GEJ
Bauchi: 1,745,441 (84.97%); GMB 60% GEJ 40%
Bayelsa: 386,125 (63.26%); GEJ

Benue:1,132,187 (56.18%); GEJ
Borno: 999, 470 (56.18%). GMB 70% GEJ 30%
Cross River distributed 776,977 (66.09%); GEJ
Delta: 1,422,595 (62.52%); GEJ
Ebonyi: 714,351 (66.50%); GEJ
Edo: 1,046,960 (58.63%); GMB55% GEJ45%
Ekiti: 492, 869 (67.33%); GEJ

Enugu:738,933 (51.70%); GEJ
FCT: 459,913 (52.18%); GEJ...seat of power always votes incumbent. They want the status quo to remain the same!
Gombe: 873,698 (78.0%); GMB
Imo: 682,046 (37.24%). GEJ...don't be fooled by Rochas
Jigawa: 1,460,620 (79.76%); GMB
Kaduna: 2,976,628 (87.36%); GMB 65% GEJ 35%

Kano: 2, 612,400 (52.50%); GMB75% GEJ 25%
Katsina:2,245,303 (79.40%); GMB 50% GEJ 50%...pdp controlled state
Kebbi: 1,232,357 (83.8%); GMB
Kogi: 773,197 (57.24%); GEJ
Kwara: 711,920 (62.33%). GMB
Lagos: 2,267,039 (38.39%); GMB 50% GEJ 50%

Nasarawa: 850,619 (66.45%); GMB 60% GEJ 40%
Niger: 1,250,379 (62.07%); GMB 60% GEJ 40%
Ogun: 666,752 (36.4%); GMB 70% GEJ 30%
Ondo: 824,715 (54.09%) GEJ 70% GMB 30%
Osun: 995,562 (70.75%); GMB 70% GEJ 30%
Oyo: 1,156,593 (47.88%); GEJ 50% GMB 50%

Plateau: 1,141,260 (57.01%); GEJ 70% GMB 30%
Rivers: 1,253,606 (49.40%); GEJ...don't be fooled by Ameachi
Sokoto:1,211,717 (75.17%); GMB
Taraba: 1,079,383 (80.51%); GMB
Yobe: 740,336 (67.31%); GMB
Zamfara: 1,045,855 (69.92%). GMB



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An opinion poll that was conducted by a group, Youth Ballot Evolution, YBE, ‎ has handed President Goodluck Jonathan a 51 percent victory over the candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) who got 49 per cent of the total number of votes cast.

[size=15pt]YBE, the organiser of the poll, said it carried out an offline poll ‎which it said had an impressive turnout with a total of 6,115,213 votes cast in a 27-hour period and a total of 5,863,094 valid votes.[/size]

Whereas President Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got a total of 2,990,178 votes, General Buhari got 2,872,197.

A statement by the group said the poll took place from 9am on Saturday January 24 to noon on Sunday January 25 2015.

YBE, which is a platform of youths with over 8.7 million registered members across the country, said it decided to conduct the opinion poll "following a clamour‎ by the youths on the need to conduct an offline poll ahead of the presidential election.

‎"Recent polls in Nigeria have mostly been conducted online.

"While this is a valid means of conducting a poll, it does not give everybody an opportunity to participate as a lot of Nigerians do not have steady internet access.

"The Youth Ballot Evolution, which has more than 70% of its members as offline members, realised that a truly valid public opinion poll could only be conducted using an offline medium.

"This led to the YBE Presidential Opinion Poll which was conducted by allowing interested voters to choose between the APC Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and the PDP Presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, by calling a toll-free number.”

barcanista:
How can you wish death for a perfect gentleman and disciplinarian like Muhammadu Buhari?is this politics? Be civil and stop being Despicable

donphilopus:
You feel a car can't just crush you now?!

barcanista:
The GÉneral is always on point, unlike the pdp that will always discuss Buhari this, Buhari that. No single mention of plans, [size=15pt]achievement and policies[/size] despite being in power sine Feb 2010

barcanista:
na you go die

donphilopus:
You clearly don't know what you're saying. I know of people who go to bed healthy and never wake up in the morning. Most of them are teens, in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. They were never sick when they went to bed, but in the morning you're here they are no more.

Senator Iyiola Omisore, the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was in his element, recently when he addressed a number of issues, concerning his petition at tribunal and expected judgment, forthcoming elections and his optimism that President Jonathan will win the coming elections. He spoke with Adedayo Adejobi at his Ikoyi home, Excerpts ….

The tribunal has concluded the seating and we expect the judgment. What are your expectations?
I believe that following the proceeding of the tribunal and what we saw through the evidences laid before the tribunal and the conduct of counsel and witnesses. There were issues and conclusions that were reached and agreed upon. We believe on the evidences and at a point that APC admitted that INEC gave us more votes than was meant for them. And for the fact that some malpractices, infractions and irregularities admitted by APC show that the elections were not free and fair. Instead, it was skewed in favour of Action Peoples Congress. If two parties particularly the respondents agree to the irregularities and infractions supposedly on the grounds of electoral process, which have been faulted. That shows that the irregularities were huge and it should be declared People Democratic Party and myself as the winner of the August 9 Elections.

You made mention of irregularities, can you state clearly these irregularities?
When I mean irregularities and infractions, I do not want to pre-empt the law. I don’t to divulge these irregularities and infractions as mentioned and pointed by the law in this case, as the limits of law allows neither do I want to run afoul of legal proceedings.

Should your supporters and people of Osun State be hopeful?
My message to them is to be patient, hopeful and keep on persevering, because for the first time in twenty five years Osun people are not being salaries during Ileya and Christmas Festivities. Salaries are being owed in sex months in arrears the Judiciary. Teachers and professionals are not left out for months. There is no development in Osun State in the last four years. Aregebesola came with phantom contract awards particularly Sekona to Gbongan Junction. Osogbo to Iyana ile (Kwara Boundary), the Osogbo inner road worth about N149 billion which the state cannot afford, but because he needs to take money out to his Master in Lagos. The jobs have been abandoned now, and we can see weeds growing on the sites now. Very recently he came to Lagos for the Airport show with a view to building an airport in Osun State, there is no Shovel up till today, and he has lined his pockets with the money. The latest robbery now is the monies from ecological fund, SURE-P, Education Trust Fund, TET Fund And Universal Basic Education Board . When they summoned the Chief of Staff to Abuja to go and inscribe the names of the donors on the purchased items, it was a shameful experience for Osun State Government. Unfortunately the allocation of the state goes to private purses. He maintains a helicopter, in the last budget he spent over N2 billion on hotel bills and entertainment while workers are not being paid, no roads or water. Not a single addition of a pint of water in the last four years. There haven’t been exams this year, ranking in the West African Examinations Council/NECO has gone low to 26 and the people are frustrated. All are plans with nothing concrete happening.

Away from the Tribunal, elections are around the corner, how optimistic are you that the Jonathan camp in the south west will get block votes?
For all human thinkers, if we were to go by achievements, what Jonathan has done in the last six years, are areas no one has tread in the past. Look at the plunge into rail, water and road transportation. These are things that nobody has given attention to. For the first time, things are moving for the first time in thirty years. There is a dredging between Lagos and Lokoja for seaways to the northern part of the country. Port Harcourt is being encouraged as a privatization scheme has taken off. I believe that common sense should take its cause, and I believe that Jonathan will have his way not only in South West, but also in the whole of this country. Since Action People Congress is synonymous with and endorsement from Boko Haram, I believe this is saddening for a party to be associated with terrorists and terrorism, in a world where terrorism is fought by all, all over world. Algeria is a Muslim country and it took them 18 years to fight Terrorists. And it was fought by all the parties. I read one United States Government’s comment that Boko Haram is now on the increase because of the election campaigns. You cannot use terrorism to campaign. The moment you use terrorism and the lives of people as campaign bait, you become unfit to govern. The All Peoples Congress are just desperadoes and you don’t entrust government into the hands of desperate people.
A clear example Lagos State. Someone’s pocket has continually been lined with public funds in the last 16 years. Is that not servitude? I believe in the midst of all this, Jonathan will come out tops.

Most of the states in the south west are being governed by APC, how do you rate the chances of PDP against the backdrop the opposition party seems to have Obasanjo behind them. He is considered as an important factor on the grounds that if genuine reconciliation is not reached before the elections, it might affect the chances of People Democratic Party in the South-West during the elections.
Look at Osun State for instance, there is no way Action Peoples Congress can win Osun State for Buhari, it’s not possible. When we look at the election tabulation results and court indications, we had higher votes than the Action Peoples Congress in all the local governments based on the genuine election results. After the elections, Action Peoples Congress has become worse. With this, I don’t see Buhari having 25% votes in Osun State all things been equal. It’s the same thing in Ogun, Lagos and Oyo State, because people are tired of them. I was reading Simon Kolawole’s column on Sunday; he said he was amused by the tweets on Buhari. People can see through the smoke screen of propaganda and noise- making which do not turn to votes. Look at how much noise Aregbesola made during the last elections, spending over N13billion on billboards, what does it come to? We will see the results very soon.
On the Obasanjo Factor, I don’t want to comment on it because he has only one vote to cast on the day of elections, and the way things are going, I think he has his opinion and a right to it. He is a statesman and a leader in his own rights. He has spoken against Peoples Democratic Party and accused Jonathan in the past. He is simply approbating and reprobating in his own court now. All the same, I think he’ll vote for Peoples Democratic Party. He might not come out to campaign for them, but he’ll vote for them.

Based on the alleged internal fracas in PDP, there are speculation that your party will be back together. How true and feasible is that?
After the primaries, it is normal to be problems because in Nigeria no one accepts losses. Because Peoples Democratic Party is very democratic, I believe that people have seen that the reality especially with the election approaching, that’s why they have to resolve issues amongst themselves.

With election approaching, there are heightened anxieties and tensions over the possible postponement of the elections. Do you feel the same way to?
What is just barbaric with the issue of attacks on the People of Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna, Kano, and Bauchi. If you want to vote, you don’t have to force people to go your own way. Buhari has come to campaign in the south-south and his crew haven’t been stoned. Action Peoples Congress’s barbaric and physical assaults do not translate to votes, instead they end up heating the polity. I want to implore the leadership to behave and drop hooliganism associated to them. You can’t to serve and govern a country. There was a time they said they’ll form a parallel government, I just laughed. I believe peace should be allowed to reign. A while ago they removed Jonathan’s posters and Signages in Lagos under the careless watch of Lagos Advertising and Signage Agency which rakes in billions annually for their master in Bourdillon. They are so impatient and shameless. They are removing the President’s posters, lamp posts and Signages in Lagos whereas you have yours in other People’s Democratic Party states and no one is disturbing you. I don’t know why they are so desperate like their lives are attached to it. It’s not and should not be a do or die matter, but you can’t blame them because most of them are jobless.
I think the elections will be safe, while those who try to disrupt the peace of Nigeria will be treated like criminals.
There have been calls for the postponement of the elections. What is your take on this?
The timetable falls within Independent National Electoral Commision’s purview. They are forming to be ready. But my position is that Nigerians should be allowed to have their Permanent Voters Card’s.

One of the major issues on the front burner heating the polity is General Muhammadu Buhari’s Certificate scandal. What is your take on that?
Two things are clear. One, he perjured, and he admitted. That should attract seven years imprisonment by Law. He said he forgot and assumed. There is nothing like negligence or ignorance in law. He meant to deceive people. He got a score in Hausa in 1961 and Cambridge started Hausa exams in 1964 .So where do we go from there. Where did he get his own results? He has been benefitting from this country without certificates. He has no business in the Nigerian army in the first instance. He is unfit to rule Nigeria. But you know for the likes of Ahmed Tinubu, Aregbesola who are forgers and conspirators in crime. What do you expect from these people? In a decent society, these people are not fit to rule talk less of squandering tax payers money.
If I were Buhari, I would have withdrawn from the race. This is same man that was oil Minister and took $2.8 billion was missing and found in London Mainland Bank account. He started the issues of brain drain when he banned Nigerian Medical Association in 1984, giving them reasons to go to Saudi Arabia. He went beyond Medicine and crumbled Engineering, Teachers. He has caused so much damage in this country that he is so unfit to be taken seriously. APC, his party is a party of thieves. If Tinubu and the likes of Aregbesola are friends of Buhari, how does he want to fight corruption? They should be the first to go to jail even before the elections, because they have stolen the people blind. I pity them and people following them.

donphilopus:
You might even die before Buhai, who knows!

A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday said he sacrificed his presidential ambition for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari.

Tinubu stated this while addressing a crowd of APC supporters at the party’s presidential rally in Lagos.

He said Nigeria was facing an economic crisis and an internal war and needed a person with Buhari’s experience because of the General’s reputation of anti-corruption and military warfare.

Tinubu said, “People define patriotism as putting the country first but this is what the ‘Poverty Development Party’ refuses to understand. We chose Buhari not because Bola Tinubu is not interested in the Presidency. I am capable, competent, qualified, younger and richer but there comes a time that people must make sacrifices for their nation.

“I prayed that Nigeria would get better and we would not need a man like him (Buhari). But today, we are in a great crisis; we face a lot of challenges. When South Africa was in a great dilemma and was about to disintegrate, they called Nelson Mandela of 74 years old.

“He used his wisdom to save his country. When the United States was in economic depression, they called 73-year-old Ronald Reagan because he was frugal and incorruptible.

“When America was faced with depression and war, they called a retired General, Dwight Eisenhower, to rescue the country and the country was returned on a path of success. “When France was faced with war and economic depression, they called a retired General, Charles De Gaul, to rescue the country.

Tinubu added that whether Buhari presented a certificate or not, he was still qualified to rule the country.

“So what do we need now? Buhari. This is the time for us. General Buhari, whether you are qualified or not qualified, we are calling you to come and rescue us in Nigeria,” he said.

Also speaking at the rally, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said President Goodluck Jonathan had done nothing for the people of the state despite the fact that the President got over 1.2 million votes from the state in 2011.

He said every project that the Federal Government was supposed to have assisted Lagos in executing had been frustrated by the Jonathan administration.

He, therefore, asked the people of the state to vote for the APC at all levels.

Buhari, who was the last person to speak at the rally, said the failure of the PDP-led Federal Government was unprecedented in the history of Nigeria.

Buhari said, “We all know what we have gone through in the past 16 years under the PDP. The APC has identified three core problems that must be tackled immediately. First is insecurity, two is the destruction of the economy and three is corruption.

“But whatever we have to do, we will have to secure Nigeria first. What is happening in the North-East where hundreds of people are being killed is unacceptable. We known that the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army are capable of bringing peace and stability into the country but they just need good leadership.”

Endougs:
At the Lagos rally today .. Tinubu said "CERTIFICATE or NO CERTIFICATE, Buhari is a GENERAL"..

Now they admit he has no certificate..?

Adminisher:
You people are always quick to count what was never yours as yours. Who told you that when Ondo and Ekiti people were voting Fayose and Mimiko it was Jona that was in their minds. Also where do you get the notion that these are PDP states. I also laugh when you count all Christian areas in the north for Jonathan. Even places the man never knew were parts of Nigeria in 2011, people have already said he was going to win there. All these people love Buhari personally, Christians have been getting along with Muslims before Good luck Jonathan was born and there is a top pastor of the RCCG on the ballot to further reassure them that things are cool. [size=15pt]Everybody in the north knows that bombing of churches and mosques and Fulani herdsmen wahala will end when Jonathan gets booted out of office.[/size]

thaoriginator:
Look at this idio't! Na your father get English language? Abi craze dey worry you for head?

A member of the House of Representatives, Olusegun Williams, had been quizzed by the Ogun State Police Command over the death of two residents of Erunbe, Ago Oko, Abeokuta, who were allegedly shot by the lawmaker’s police aides during his re-election campaign rally in the state capital on Wednesday.

The two victims, Mrs Taiwo Ganiyu and one Azeez, popularly known as Butter, died from gunshots allegedly fired by the police escort of the lawmaker.

Williams,who represents Abeokuta South Federal Constituency, is seeking re-election to the House.

Our correspondent gathered that he was quizzed at the police headquarters, Eleweran, for 11 hours, having arrived at 10am and left around 9pm on Thursday.

Pressure from the relatives of the deceased was said to have necessitated the lawmaker’s invitation by the police.

Williams has, however, denied that his police escort was responsible for the shooting, alleging that the killing was the handiwork of some fifth columnists.

He said he had left the venue of the campaign before some hoodlums invaded the area, explaining that he later learnt that some people had been shot, and they later died in the hospital.

He said, “After we finished our meeting with party leaders, the very important personalities left under heavy security.

“It was later around 6.30pm that I heard that two people were shot, and that they later died. I will reiterate that my security escort was not responsible for the shooting.”

The families of the victims had however failed to accept reports that they were shot by hoodlums.

They insisted that the police should carry out an autopsy on the corpses.

State Chairman of the Committee for the Defence Human Rights, Folarin Olayinka, had indicated the interest of the group in the case.

He said, “We are waiting for the report of the autopsy. We learnt it will be out on Tuesday. We have vowed to get justice for the families of the deceased.”

stebell:
Buhari be involved in a debate? hw is that possible na Mogidi. A man that cannot pronounce the name of his running mate well, a man who has been falling the hands of Fash n Amaechi, na wa o.

Abeg, GEJ till Buhari shows up.

The ex-Niger Delta militant queried why President Jonathan's convoy was stoned in Katsina and Bauchi States while Gen. Buhari had a peaceful outing when he campaigned in the Niger-Delta states.