₦airaland Forum

wesley80:
^^^ so what r u whining about? Did the military stop u from voting or did someone tell u they were deployed to rig elections?

wesley80:
Wld u rather there were no military on the streets? If a riot breaks out who would suffer? Whose properties wld be destroyed Ohakim's? What r the chances of a riot leading to the upturning of election results? Seriously now I'lld luv to know.

ola olabiy:
Beaf, PIB will never be passed in its undiluted form. Never, IMO.

I have about 10 reports/articles from Mckinsey, The Economist, D & B, Mintel, FT, etc about this issue.

Most posters on this forum don't understand politics, a la Nigeria. And, the interest of the so-called West.
And that of Nigerian overlords. There exists a certain circle in our society that many don't know.
Let them continue to wish for a just and egalitarian society just like my dad used to.

Make dem siddon there.

cold:
We shall see.Imolites,unlike Abians aren't docile,we talk the talk & walk it.Like isaid-we shall see

Abagworo:
And this is just the situation now.Funny how PDP uses the military to impose itself against the wishes of the people in the entire elections.

cold:
Bottomline-declaring Ohakim as the winner of the Imo state gubernatorial election will only be a recipe for disaster.We have had it up to here with that thug,no voodoo politics will work here.I swear down we won't take it;Sai Rochas

superboi:
OH!! That why they killed them , so they would not vote .
But on a serious note how was the opposition able to get such demographic information about the election just released a few hours ago?

enyojo:
HEAVY SECURITY + HEAVY RIGGING = PDP MAGIC

enyojo:
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was yesterday declared the winner of the governorship election in Kaduna State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He polled 1,134,319 votes out of the total 2,580,439 votes cast in a keenly contested election. The candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Haruna Sae’ed, came second with 1,133,564 votes.

Announcing the result at the office of the electoral body last night amidst tight security, the chief returning officer, who is also the vice-chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Mustapha Abdullahi, declared that, “Mr Yakowa, having polled the highest number of votes is, therefore, the duly elected governor of the state.”

But opposition parties have rejected the result, calling for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state. In a combined press briefing, the candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Balarabe Musa; Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Sani Sha’aban; Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Haruna Sae’ed, and Muktar Aruwa of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), alleged massive irregularities by the PDP. According to them, the party acted in collaboration with INEC and security agencies to rig the election.

“In line with the character of the PDP which is willing to perpetuate themselves in power by all means and at all costs, they found it very convenient to carry out their rigging. Reports from southern Kaduna indicate more than 90 percent voter turnout in the area, with the dead and displaced victims of the recent violence all voting, and they voted PDP,” the statement read.

Responding to his victory, Mr Yakowa thanked the people for voting for him and asked all to join him in moving the state forward. He said that the victory was not for celebration but sober reflection on the post-election violence in the state.

Beaf!:
What really baffled me was that there was no jubilations/celebrations after the results were announced. To think 22 million Nigerians wants the status quo, free and fair election my foot!
After 4 years we will surely know whether it is Buhari, 22 million voters or GEJ that failed.

houvest:
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Please replace PDP with Ohakim. I am not for any party but for individuals that will excel. Nothing is [b]intrinsically wrong with PDP. [/b]Dont let the anti PDP propaganda get to you. All parties have both good and bad administrators. For every Fashola, you have an Amaechi or Duke or Chime,etc.

However, the southeast and south-south became arenas for the rawest, most unintelligent form of electoral fraud. In these areas, agents representing opposition candidates were either intimidated or coaxed with cash to acquiesce in the stuffing of ballots for Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP.

That Jonathan’s operatives – among them southeast and south-south governors – saw fit to stage this manner of rigging spree speaks volumes about their disdain both for the Nigerian people

Once again, the familiar refrain from those who admit that the elections were massively manipulated in certain parts of the country, is that Mr. Jonathan would have won all the same had the process been credible. It’s a maddening, illogical argument. And the simple retort is, Why choose to steal an election you’re confident of winning in a fair, transparent process?

there is rigging and there is rigging. Truth be told, the president and ruling party bring the police, secret service agents, even soldiers to bear on their rigging. With little or no access to these agents of the state, opposition candidates can hardly muster any rigging power to match the ruling party’s. Besides, the sitting president has unfettered access to cash

Many people, for example, expect many PDP governors to lose in today’s elections. They don’t realize that a governor who illicitly secured 99% for Mr. Jonathan is likely to use the same fraudulent means to get himself re-elected as well – with, at the very least, 80% of the votes.

kunyeo:
Though from the SW akwa-ibom is like my second home because I served there(NYSC).All these are parts of PDP grand conspiracy right from voting to post-voting propaganda that the election has been free and fair.That is what everybody is mouthing,foreign observers inclusive.I refused to be under any occultic spell.These elections have massively riddled with gross manipulation.

alj harem:
Before I start, i would want no insult on this thread

I have studied the political landscape of Nigeria and watch the current events taken place. In my finding, I notice that the igbos and northerners are in the best position as it is right now. The following are my thoughts

1.) Now that there is SS president and he won by the majority of the nddigbo votes, he is likely to compenstae them for there effort by buliding a sea port or a VALUABLE international airport. this in turn would reduce the tax system lagos collect from it's port and reduce the total income of the state and in general the SW because they all share this money as i was told.

2.) Even without a mandate, the SE has already gotten what they want (economic power from the west) now in 2015, it would be either SE or NE president. either way they still benefit.

3.) Now that the SW is out of National politics of PDP, it is only normal for more positions to be avalible for the ndigbo given that GEJ gives his promise

4.) Lagos is the heart beat of the SW (yorubas/edos) if it falls they have to rush to the upcoming econmical power (port harcount). Now some might agure that port harcount is not an igbo town but in reality, it does not have to be an igbo town before they benefit from it due to the close proximity to SE

5.) most juice national contract will be given to igbos and SS because of GEJ

6.) GEJ has shown time and time again that he does not care about the north or SW. All he is doing is channeling his energy to SE and SS

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS POINTS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU REPLY

i would like to see the igbos views on this.

igbo boy:
haha i am happy ACN na oga for SW, which means as the oduas are busy campaigning for relevance in their SW hamlets they will become village champions rather than national champions, Nobody I repeat Nobody (not even the almighty north) can go it alone in this entity called nigeria, so as long as odua focus in their region this gives more opportunity for other people to rule nigeria,,.YAY,

Kudos ndi ofe mmanu more grease (literally more grease) to your elbow