₦airaland Forum

MDEWOLE:
its like u people were dumb and daft, how can u tell d whole world that d election in ekiti was not rigged when d captain did say that they could not win osun becos he leaked d secret to d ruling party. i was in osun for d electiom u need to see how military were arresting APC chieftains 48hrs to election day despite APC got court order not to arrest their member. unless u a member of PDP that is when i can understand.

well am so surprised to see u insulting me,maybe u should read wat I wrote again,i was also in osun during d election nd I knw Aregbe clearly won,Infact I bliv pdp inflated their final result cos I don't think they could av gotten upto 290,000 votes. All m saying is dat rigging can't work in a state like osun wen a sitting govt is very strong nd popular but fayemi is more of a technocrat dan a politician so it would be easy to rig him out of power. Although I still bliv fayose would av won even if it was free and fair........... anyway SAI BUHARI

emmabowin:
I am fully convinced that the ekiti election wasn't rigged. They may be an ulterior motive of the military to rig the election but it didn't came to bear.You can ask INEC to bring the ballot papers for them to be counted again or you can even conduct the election ten more times and fayose would still have won. Now answer this question, if indeed the PDP had rigged the ekiti election, how come they were unable to repeat the same feat in osun in which the Apc won. FYI, it is very difficult to rig election in Nigeria nowadays, thanks to president Jonathan for his electoral reforms and for repositioning INEC

in as much as I agree with I as regards the ekiti election I will tell u y it didn't work in osun, if they rig d osun election it would be very obvious because d sitting governor is osun is VERY popular nd ppl will revolt because it wld be glaring dat the election was rigged. The revolution will lead to a new problem for jona nd he just cnt tk it. I agree fayose won nd could still win if the election is conducted again but y not give dem a level playing ground

No matter aw u arrange dem u can never outsmart students

Buhari

megaik:
Pishure or idonbilivit!!!

and if the gv u pishure u will say it is photoshoped,if dey gv u audio recording u will say it is cloned,if the give u video u will say it happend somewia in Somalia, d fact is u've structured ur mind in a way that no matter aw dey prove it u won't believe

Jokay07:
it's high time our government leagalised abortion!!

Lmaoooooo ooo, hahahaha
WTF, cnt stop lafin,u are wicked oooi

Well so far it is going Aregbe's way as d judges admitted that contrary to what the law says the pdp filled the case too late, also most of the petitions av been striked out as one of the judges said 'the petitioner failed woefully' but we are still waiting for the final pronouncement

Swiftboy:
Its not true that we dont benefit from these policies...you can only say you cant feel it and thats because you did not take the full opportunities that abounds. How about taking a trip in the trains availlable. I took a night train 1st class from Ilorin and woke up the next day in Minna saving more than 50% of my road transport. Will I ever join you guys to say I dont feel the impact of the government again? The other day I saw a train transporting huge thanks filled with petrol. At another time I saw cars going north with another train. You can be objective cant you?

aw many ppl av felt the impact,seems u don't get what am saying. I see no changes in the standard of living of majority of Nigerians within the period Jonathan has ruled us

I would really love the people's general to improve the condition of our higher institutions for a better future. SAI BABA

Vicotex:
is Tinubu not a criminal?

simple question, was he a criminal or not?

Continue omo ale oniro

Anybody thinking omisore would be declared is on a long thing,he himself knows that he didn't win the election

internetpo:
yes! and I am among one of them.

GEJ till....

May 29 2015

Economic growth is different from economic development, growth in increase in d gdp i.e on paper, d amount a country is making is divided by the population and dat is economic growth,but if their is high rate of corruption as in d case of naija,d resources gained is not evenly distributed but concentrated in the hands of few individuals.well we can say there is economic growth under Jonathan's administration but economic development is wen the growth recorded is reflected in the lives of the citizens, i.e there is increase in the standard of living which under Jonathan has not bin the case. If wat is on paper can't be reflected on the lives of the citizens due to corruption then that is failure. Yall can argue dat both apc and pdp are corrupt buh y did jona give them so much room to explore their wings, Jonathan should be held accountable for this because there is a saying that 'what is the essence of a govt if there is no accountability' this is y I want change,am not assuring u this won't happen under GMB,if it does den we vote him out in 2019. We need CHANGE

Dammytrager:
Abeg o, what foolish break do they want again, after all the breaks they have collected, Imagine we are in 2015 and They are still running the 2013/14 session, May 3rd must be feasible o, tired of staying at home o.

. It is not a foolish break,students wants to vote,some are working as inec ad hoc staff while most students leave off campus,security can only be guaranteed on campus do what do u expect them to do. Pls FG don't disenfranchise students

U are shouting we want youths,we gave u nuhu ribadu in 2011 u rejected him so wat else do u want. For me and according to pres Obama 'if u want somebody who is going to get the job done and done right hire a veteran' SAI BABA

Buhari ni joor

dgr8truth:
I wan wash my yansh wey I tey shit. When I'm done I will comment.

. E remain small mk u funny buh e still no funny

Ok baba dat is ur view sir and as an elder I respect ur position but as for me and my family we are for Buhari. SAI CHANGE, SAI BUHARI, SAI OSINBAJO

Well that didn't work in osun,so pls don't make hasty generalisation

sefe73:
If apc like dey shey go to D moon nd campaign...... Victory is sure for GEJ.

. Sure koor sure P ni. Better join the train of change

Change is coming and we are ready SAI BUHARI, SAI OSINBAJO, SAI CHANGE

I don't stay in oyo so I can't say am right buh anyytin I say is based on wat I read and heard. I tink it's gonna be close buh I will still give it to ajimobi, he is d incumbent and his supporters are still with him,oda parties will share d votes of the opposition

Buhari

May I know the title of this film and aw can I get the part 2

lakesidepapa:
@ op u can lie o, where did u get ur k-leg info. May God have mercy on u

28-01-2015
Why Aregbesola Cannot Lose At The Tribunal – By
Olufemi Oyedele

After the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial election which was
convincingly won by Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the All
Progressive Party (APC) candidate, the Returning Officer,
Professor Bamitale Omole, in returning Ogbeni Aregbesola, said
Aregbesola got 394,684 votes to win the election. His closest
contestant was People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate,
Senator Iyiola Omisore, who polled 292,747 votes to emerge
second. The candidate in the third position was Alhaji Fatai
Akinbade with 8,898 votes.
Professor Omole said “Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of APC, having
satisfied the requirements of the law, and scored the highest
votes, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.
After the election results were declared, the PDP candidate
petitioned the Osun Election Tribunal claiming there were
irregularities in the election and its conduct. By Section 285 (6)
of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999, as amended in 2011, the
original judicial responsibility of handling and disposing within
180 days (6 months) from the date of filing of the petitions
(within twenty-one (21) days after the announcement of the
final result), of gubernatorial election is rested on the Election
Petition Tribunal (equivalent of High Court).
By Section 285 (7), an appeal from the decision of an Election
Tribunal or Court of Appeal in an election matter must be heard
and disposed of within 60 days (2 months) from the date of the
delivery of judgment of the Tribunal or Court of Appeal. Of all
the poll petitions’ cases, the governorship poll cases have the
longest duration of ten (10) months; that is to say six (6) months
at the tribunal, two (2) months at the appeal court and two
months at the Supreme Court.
From the above declarations of the 1999 constitution (as
amended in 2011), two cases emerged at the Osun Gubernatorial
Election Tribunal. One, is the case filed by the PDP and its
candidate, Iyiola Omisore, on the alleged irregularities in the
conduct of the election; and two, the case brought by APC and
its candidate on the lateness of the PDP and its candidate to file
their petitions legally. Legal filing must conform to the twenty-
one (21) days stipulated by the constitution. No match organizer
wants the contest to be won through ‘work over’. PDP and its
candidate were not responsive enough to file their petitions
within the stipulated time of twenty (21) days but the tribunal
gave them the chance to air the views on the conduct of the
election, anyway.
In the process of proving that there were irregularities in the
conduct of the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial election, PDP and
its candidate in the election were only able to show that there
should be higher penalty for “abuse of court process” and not
the N50,000.00 (fifty thousand naira) only fined the Labour
Party candidate, Niyi Owoade. The Osun Gubernatorial Election
Tribunal dismissed Accord Party’s petition in the August 9,
2014 election and a fine of N50,000.00. This fine may be
brought up to forestall future abuse of court process.
In the Osun Gubernatorial Election Tribunal that took place in
the Osogbo High Court premises, the legal team of PDP and
Iyiola Omisore turned the court into a cinema theatre and freely
entertained the tribunal judges and the whole court with their
comedy most of the times that the tribunal sat. In the beginning
of the petition, PDP and its candidate (the petitioners) claimed
that there were irregularities in all the wards in the state and
wanted to inspect the ballot papers to establish irregularities.
The tribunal struck out the application of PDP and its candidate
to take the entire petition together so as to fast track pre-
hearing.
The petitioners claimed they had 1200 witnesses at the
beginning of the tribunal sitting. This was later reduced to 500
out of which they were only able to invite 43. The witnesses
invited were not coherent in their submissions. The comedy of
the one-sided case was in the presentation of experts, evidences
and witnesses. The forensic expert procured by the petitioners
in the petition, Mr Pius Bakare, could not prove how he became
an expert in fingerprint analysis. This can only be done through
certificate or work-experience.
The witnesses were in court during the morning session of one
of the sittings, but in the afternoon session, when they were
expected to give evidence before the tribunal, none of them was
seen. When tribunal members resumed from the break at exactly
2:30 pm, the PDP legal team discovered that the witnesses have
left the court premises. Some members of the PDP legal team,
including Otunba Ojo Williams, quickly rushed out of the court
to call the witnesses back to the court. The lead counsel of the
petitioner, Mr Chris Uche (SAN), appealed profusely to the
court for the delay, as the witnesses were not on ground,
admitting that “this is not good for us at all”.
When the delay was becoming unbearable, the tribunal
Chairman, Elizabeth Ikpejeme, stood down the case, rose and
asked the petitioners’ counsel to inform them when they were
ready with their witness. It took about 15 minutes before the
legal team could get the witnesses back to court after several
appeals and assurances. After the witnesses were gotten back to
court, the tribunal resumed sitting and the petitioners resumed
calling of their witnesses. The witnesses intentionally varnished
because they were scared of what they would face from the
Aregbesola’s counsel having heard from witnesses who had
earlier given evidence.
In cross-examining the witnesses in the morning session on the
day the witnesses disappeared, a PDP witness from Oriade Local
Government Mr Oluwaseun Fapohunda, stunned the tribunal,
when during cross-examination said that Ogbeni Rauf
Aregbesola voted at his polling unit in Oriade Local
Government whereas Aregbesola voted in Ilesa in Ilesa East
Local Government Area. Mr Fapohunda who claimed he voted
in Unit 14, Ward 3, of Oriade Local Government was asked to
show the tribunal his allegation of over-voting which he
claimed was apparent in his witness statement on oath, failed to
do so even when he was obliged a reading glasses by the
petitioner’s counsel, Kunle Adegoke Esq. He also stated that he
did not have any pictures of canopies erected in each of the
polling units where APC members were winning and dinning.
For Mr. Adejare Moshood, he confessed during cross-
examination that he cannot see any super-imposition of any
result in Exhibit 192 and 207 which is the result tendered for all
the units and ward, contrary to paragraph 5 of his statement on
oath. When asked what he meant by super-imposition, he said
”when you see something bad and you complain about it and
nobody attends to it”.
Habeeb Trimisiyu Oluwafemi, supervisor in ward 4 Ayedaade
Local Government claimed he voted in unit 4. He claimed in his
witness statement on oath that agents of APC were busy
awarding votes arbitrarily to the Respondents. When he was
asked to mention the name of those agents, he said he does not
know them. He was further asked to point out the genuine votes
and the inflated votes as claimed in his witness statement on
oath which he said he cannot identify. He also testified to the
effect that when votes were counted in his unit or anywhere in
his ward he was not present and when it was being recorded he
was not in any unit.
It was also a bad day for an old man Rasaki Olawuni who
claimed to be a party agent in Unit 1, Ward 3, Ayedaade Local
Government. He stated in his witness statement on oath that
unregistered voters were allowed to vote, that PDP supporters
were chased away from the polling unit and others were
intimidated. During cross examination, he claimed he can
neither read nor write, but can see his name on the voters
register and no other. He also confirmed that he did not have the
voters card of those PDP members that were prevented from
voting neither did he have the names of PDP members that were
intimidated and harassed contrary to his affidavit sworn to.
He further stated that he was not allowed to sign the result sheet
and was not given a copy either. Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN then
asked him that since he did not signed the result and copy not
given to him, he will not know the result contained therein form
EC8A. He answered in the affirmative. Chief Olujinmi further
confronted him with paragraph 4 which alleged over-voting in
his statement on oath which he could not find answer to. The
last straw was the revelation by chief Akin Olujinmi SAN that
he was not the party agent at that unit; that it was Bolarinwa
Ebenezer whose name was sent by PDP and he was the one that
signed form EC8A. Contrary to his claim that he did not collect
copy of the result in his unit, he was shown the duplicate of the
result signed by Bolarinwa Ebenezer tendered by PDP counsel.
It is rather too absurd and inconceivable that a petitioner would
claim irregularities in 85 polling units of the 105 of a local
government area will call only 3 witnesses whose only evidence
is, in most cases, by proxy, or hearsay. These are clearly
inadmissible in law. As a Petitioner’s witness, by definition, you
ought to be the first-hand witness to the event in contention.
You are not supposed to present third party information. And
even then, calling 3 witnesses representing only 3 polling units
of the alleged 85 units Ikire in Irewole Local government, for
example, is nothing but ridicule and abuse of court process. The
picture painted above also represents what the Petitioner was
claiming in virtually all the other local governments contested.
From the above analysis done on a local government by local
government basis, it is crystal clear that out of 965 Polling Units
being challenged by the Petitioners, they only called evidence
in support of their petition in only 239 Polling Units with the
abandonment of 726 Polling Units pleaded in their petition.
Assuming, without conceding, that the Petitioners have led
credible evidence in all the 239 polling units (which is not the
case here), is that enough to sway the judgment in their favour?
239 Polling Units represent 7.94 per cent of the 3,010 polling
units contained in the State. This is definitely too insignificant
to upturn the result of the gubernatorial election held on August
9, 2014. To make matters worse, the Petitioners tendered Form
EC8A in respect of only 230 units which mean that even if their
claim succeeds in respect of the 239 Polling Units in which
evidence was led, the Tribunal can only rule in their favour in
respect of the said 230 Polling Units in which Form EC8A was
tendered. But they failed to prove allegations of wrongdoings in
all.
In his final submission on Friday, January 23, 2014, Chief Akin
Olujinmi, the lead counsel to the petitioner, proved that the
exercise was an effort in futility and urged the court to strike
out this case. He opined that even where the results of the 965
polls being challenged by the petitioners were cancelled,
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola will still win in two-third of the local
governments in the state and still lead the petitioner by simple
majority. This means that Aregbesola will still ‘satisfy the
requirements of the law’ to be declared winner. The results of
all the 965 polls were not addressed in the court as only 230
units were addressed and evidenced even wrongly. These are
the premise to say that Ogbeni Aregbesola cannot lose this case.
Olufemi Oyedele sent this in from Osogbo, State of Osun.

. Why not leave them and let them continue to dciv demselves, Aregbe clearly won the election.no doubt

Can sum1 who is clueless and has failed ask for continuity? Can sum1 who has promoted corruption ask for 2nd term,can sum1 who took 18 days to bliv that chibok girls were kidnap ask for continuity, can sum1 who bliss stealing is not corruption ask for 2nd term, can sum1 whose under regime over 15000 has bin killed by bh and millions displaced ask for anoda term? Can sumone who harbours terrorist and still fail to defeat dem despite the fact they are in our territory ask for another term? Can sum1 who blivs stealing is not corruption ask for another term? Can sum1 who blivs 16 is greater dan 19 ask for second term? Can sum1 (sambo) who says we shld not vote for sum1 because he controls over 5000 churches ask for another term? Can sum1 who has turned the state allocation into partisan politics ask for another term? Can sum1 under which the economy has crumbled and the Naira is falling everyday ask for anoda term? Here I bring to u the gospel of CHANGE. Vote Buhari/Osinbajo

YES

Don't knw y PDP like deceiving themselves, even omisore knows he didn't win

Omisore was never a governor and never will be,correct it

It is in his tenure that 'cluelessness' became a popular word in naija politics

All I can say is oga jona till may 29 2015, otueke straight