DrummaBoy:

It is not Bakare alone who saw that the north will boil if they are cheated in this election; any body who could read the political situation of Nigeria would know where we were going. GEJ had the moral right to give us free and fair elections; he had all the advantages: the SS, the SE and the overwhelming number of christians all over Nigeria who would vote for him from religious and tribal sentiments alone. But just as you cannot take the spots from the leopard, so also you cannot take rigging away from PDP. That is why the north is protesting; and unfortunately it has turned violent.

How do you explain GEJ winning 95% of his stronghold and coming to win close to 50% of Kaduna, Buhari's stronghold, if there were no hankiepanky some where. Buhari and El-Rufai as far back as Saturday spoke of planes air lifting already tumb printed ballot papers into the states in the north and no one bothered to investigate. If such happens in the opposition camp, what can we say happened in the SE and SW.

I pray the violence in the north stops, but bro, this is the price the nation pays for allowing rigged elections again. And Bakare, the prophet that he is has only prophesied it by saying there would be a wild, wild, north; just as there was a wild, wild, west when the west were cheated in the early 60s' and in 1993.

Do u have any solid evidence that can be presented in court that rigging took place, instead of just making noise and disturbing peace?

You forgot to mention your Oro festivals where you behead unsuspecting victims.

Why is it that there was no looting and burning of houses in the South when Yaradua, a northerner, won in the most rigged election in 2007?

This 'born to rule' mentality of these people caused by successive military regime by mostly northerners is really annoying.

Good point, I think the aim was the prestige these old professors are expected to hold.

Younger lecturers might be easily induced to do something silly.

werepeLeri:

An annoying fourth position. Why are they not laughing now?

I cant understand what happened in Lagos/Ogun with ACN.

Someone should please wake me up.

They decided to sit at home while other ethnics were battling it out at the polls.

Chai! free ride.

See how he voted

PU 24/11/03/047 Tinubu ’s Polling Unit, Lagos

ACN-166
ADC-3
CPC-27
FRESH-4
NCP-1
PDP-140

Ileke-IdI:

Retaliating by calling you IgboEwu would not seem reasonable.

I'm thinking, would a N/SW collaboration be a force to reckon with? Def not clamoring for that.

The Yoruba nation did not even put half their voting population behind this election, yet they still got GEJ there.

Honestly, I do not think any Yoruba came out to vote.

Yorubas were busy eating ponmo and farting their as-ses out at home.

They were busy consuming large volumes of Amala powder and ponmo, while farting out their backsides at home.

OponuYorubas

~Bluetooth:

The last time I checked Tinubu was consulted by Jonathan to help with SW votes and Tinubu is still a yoruba not ibo !

In the poll where Tinubu voted ACN won. In what way was he helping Jonathan?

PU 24/11/03/047 Tinubu ’s Polling Unit,
Lagos
ACN-166
ADC-3
CPC-27
FRESH-4
NCP-1
PDP-140

The truth remains that the votes GEJ got in the SW were Igbo votes.

Obiagu1:

They did not vote because no Yoruba man was running for President.

And some people come here to accuse Igbos of bigotry?

Obiagu1:

Example:

Oyo state

Registered voters of 2,680,635

900,739 total votes cast

PDP: 484,758
ACN: 252,240
CPC:92,396
ANPP: 7,156

Just wondering, what happened to the remaining 1.8 million registered voters in the state?

Were they not aware of an election going on?

We all voted for a President who for the first time in Nigeria's post-ciivil war era treated us with the dignity we deserve as citizens of this country.

It has nothing to do with tribal reasons, since he's even not Igbo.

Anyone who has a problem with that can feel free to commit sui*cide.

Kobojunkie:

It is just a label and nothing more. As for the insecure, and deluded species that plagues Nairaland, I liken them to those deluded and insecure Americans you meet on American boards . . ,   this species exist everywhere, but you never conclude that all Americans are that way, especially when you have lived among other more reasonable, rational and kinder folks who are also americans.

And there are no such species from ngbatiland and awusaland?

Stop this ridiculous hypocrisy.

Kobojunkie:

^^^ Correction. Not all Ibos are as brain dead as @EzeUche and his ilk. I happen to be Ibo . . . . Parents even fought during the civil war too. So, please, lets tone the hate down a whole lot. Not all Ibos are numskulls -- we are not all the same as the one's you meet on Nairaland or the other village champions that think making the loudest noise makes them important.

You see thats the difference. You are Ibo, we are Igbos. And we come from different ethnic groups.

ndu_chucks:

Some of those are not the numbers released by INEC out of the collation center - these numbers posted here are not official.

SAI Jonathan.

Kilode?!:

In 2003 Buhari ran with the popular Chuba Okadigbo the Oyi of Oyi, who prob. brought PDP to Anambra.

In 2007 he chose Edwin Ume-Ezeoke

He still lost woefully in the South East, same has happened now in both SW and SE

Let's face it, he can't satisfy you. It's all about Buhari and the sentiments against him, if he'd ran with Ojukwu he w've lost to the Central incumbent candidate with access to federal money. That is the reality of Nigeria for now.

Let's go switch on our generators.

His sins against Ndigbo are irredeemable. Not even if he wins this election. Thats why he gets none of our votes all along with the former SE running mates.

honeric01:

If truly the south voted based on competence, then Utomi should have been the one with alot of supporters, but unfortunately this didn't happen.

Is GEJ more qualified intelligent and exposure wise than Pat Utomi?

How can they vote Utomi when he pulled out of the race before election day?

aloy-emeka:

There are 2 types of weeping. Buhari's was emotional weeping but Oladipo wept out of fear.

Ha ha ha

EzeUche:

So Igbos are not united?

Foolish tribalist. . .

lol.

^^^
Why does anything Igbo give you diarrhea?

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CPC has already lost in Plateau and Benue.

Too late for Buhari's Almajiris.

ACN only won in Tinubu's polling unit.

Na wao!

dayokanu:

The South is as tribalistic as the North

The whole country runs on the wheels of tribalism. It's a shame we are only deceiving ourselves.

Ebira people, mostly living along the River Benue plain down and beyond the River Niger, are a tribe found in Kogi state in Okene, Okehi, Adavi and Ajaokuta local government areas and in some parts of Nassarawa and Edo states.

The word Ebira means behaviour when translated literally with ethics and hospitality as compliments. The unique features of the Ebira culture with its ethnic aestheticism, are appreciated most in the event of traditional marriages.

Victoria Mayaki sheds more light on this. When a man sees a lady he intends to marry, he discusses his intentions with her, who, if interested, tells him to bring his people to express his intentions to her parents.

In respect to the Ebira tradition, the man does not walk to the parents of the woman to disclose his intentions; his parents or elders mostly the women do this by going to the lady’s parents to introduce themselves and also to inform them of their reason for coming to the house.

After this is done, the parents of the lady then conduct a thorough investigation on the upbringing, background, family history and so on, of the intending groom to unravel any history of madness, terminal diseases or criminality in the man’s family. This is with a view to deciding whether or not to give their daughter’s hand in marriage to a family with a tainted reputation in the society.

After the research, if their findings are appreciable, an approval is given to the man to visit the bride-to-
be from time to time to further get to know themselves properly.

A date is later picked for the formal introduction of both families and this is called “Ise Ewere” which literally means what has been in secret is now in the open. During the celebration, there is usually the presentation of gift items made by the family of the groom to the family of the bride.

The gift items usually include; about 42 tubers of yam, dried fish or bush meat, 10 liters of palm oil, a bag of salt, assorted wines and kola nut. The groom may also decide to present two wrappers to his would-be bride but this is optional.

On the day of introduction, it is not necessary that the man attends the occasion as his family members do the necessary things on his behalf. The bride’s family in turn, entertains the groom’s with food and drinks. The families interact with one another and formally introduce every member of both families.

After this is done, the date for traditional marriage is then fixed. The tubers of yam and other items brought are distributed to neighbours and members of the extended family no matter how small. Much significance is given to this to ask for their prayers for a happy marriage as well as to ensure the acknowledgement of the community that the lady now has someone she intends to get married to.

The amount to be collected as bride price is also agreed upon by the parents of the bride and it depends to a large extent, on the financial strength of the man. Apart from the bride price, there are other things like “ozemeiyi” that is “I am attracted to her” which a certain amount of money is attached to, and “otanuvogei” that is “joining hands together”. There is also “idoza” that is “farming price” paid to the bride’s family because Ebira people are predominantly farmers. In the olden days when every young man had to farm, the groom and his friends appoint a day to farm for the father of the bride but these days because most young men don’t farm any longer, they pay money instead.

On the day of the traditional marriage, women in the man’s family are seen singing and dancing carrying tubers of yams on their heads to the lady’s house. The singing and dancing continues at their arrival at the lady’s house where the ceremony kicks off. Other items to be taken are cans of palm oil, groundnut oil, dried fish, some clothing materials in some boxes, jewelries and other things for adornment of the lady.

The ceremony is usually colorful with display of dances by maiden groups mostly the bride’s friends and by women groups. A religious leader and the parents of the couple offer prayers for them to bless their marriage and a certificate is thereafter given to the couple by the religious leader to acknowledge their marriage.

The lady is thereafter, escorted by her friends and other women to her husband’s house with her belongings.

www.leadershipeditors.com/ns/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25976:traditional-marriage-in-ebira-land&catid=65:life-and-culture&Itemid=196