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I was in Jamaica for while but no more there o. And while there, I wasn't nyanshing pumpum o.

I be omo Eko, Jeje lo mo Eko nlo o.

omenka:
I couldn't agree with you more.

I had always insisted Jonathan would be totally forgotten both locally and internationally after leaving office, but this last master stroke of his changed all that. I'm even tempted to think that indeed, personally, he might not be a bad person but he's simply weak in character. He surrounded himself with all the wrong people and allowed impunity reign supreme. He was held to ransom by tribal warlords and cecessionist elements and did nothing break the back of the monster.

People like Alams, Asari, Clerk and Fani Kayode shouldn't have been given the kind of recognition they were given. His wife never helped matters either.

At the end of the day, with this single act of his, I see him being given some assignments perhaps by AU or ECOWAS especially as regards election and transition monitoring.

I very much agree with the bold. I noticed his weakness from the time of Yar'Adua cabals saga. And to worsen his situation he surrounded himself with sycophants and corrupt people as you rightly mentioned.

And finally, we all seem to be oblivious of one major actor in this whole episode; Abdulsalami Abubakar. Great man.

True that.

In my write up here some months ago on why I think Jonathan should NOT be re-elected in 2015 which unfortunately went with the data challenge that affected Nairaland. (http://oam4j..com/2014/04/why-jonathan-should-not-be-re-elected.html). One of the reasons I gave as of the time of writing that piece, was that I couldn't come up with a clear legacy of President Jonathan. So I had thought Jonathan will leave government without a clear legacy.

Howbeit he got a big one when it so mattered most. What he did will be better appreciated when one imagines what could have happened if he had not honorably conceded defeat but follow the path of Orubabe. Nigeria will not be what it is at the moment.

So in accepting to leave office gracefully, Jonathan finally earned my respect and gives Nigeria and indeed Africa a Legacy.

Let me take the opportunity to congratulate all Nigerians on the success of 2015 polls, especially those who believed, bought and worked for change. Some of us had wished for it in 2011; then many were not sold to it. But we are glad that the change we seek is finally here. I can only hope GMB and PYO will not let us down.

I believe Nigeria message is clear; any party/administration that fails or takes Nigerians for granted will be booted out.

Finally I commend Jega and his team; I only wish he can be persuaded to continue. We are not there yet, I look forward to a situation where it will be almost impossible to rig election in Nigeria as I have no doubt that some of the results from many of the states were padded up, even though I can still say the result fairly reflects the wishes of majority of Nigerians.

We have more reason to be proudly Nigerian.

Long live my beloved country Nigeria!

They should beg him to continue o.

Kilode1:
This is still here?

Congratulations OAM4J's people.

I hope you have all saved money for the Inauguration Aso-Ebi

Kilode? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Welcome to season of change jare.

isalegan2:
Naijababe
I'm yelling o. fyi. A little addled cos I'm posting from phone. Saw ya reply on the other thread kinda late. So. Um, was gonna tell you a coupl'a things. My post-election activities.
My best tool is to recreate it:
Isale waiting in line (a queue) somewhere in Nowhere, USA.
Man on cell phone: Hello. En, mo si n duro. Won ni won o le see. Je n ma lo o jere. Ma try later.
Isale: E kaale o. (Oops. Its sunny outside but almost 5pm.) I mean, e ku'role.
Man: Ah! E kaasan o.
Isale: Oh, yeah. E kaasan. Hahahaha.
Man: S'alaafia?
Isale: Mmhmm. Yes. Daada la wa o. S'en follow election?
Man: Ha! Buhari ti wo'le. O ti wo'le!
Isale: That's great. E mi na n monitor results. M'on follow news. Se won ti confirm e ni?
Man: (Into phone while looking and laughing/smiling at me) En. Ara'le ni mo n ba s'oro. En, o da bi pe o ti pe ni bi. Yoruba enu won o don.
Isale: (What?! Baba nla insult! as my mother would say.) What? Hahaha. Yoruba mi dan! (Don? Gan? Wtf's he saying anyway? )

lol You see ya life lode?

I will recommend an exile in Zimbabwe.

Say hello to Mugabe...

Abeg let's solve this problem of power once and for all, so I wish Fashola is given the assignment.

Oshiomole will be good for works.

I wish to see Pat Utomi, Soludo, Fayemi and Oby in Economic team.

ibedun:
[size=18pt]No o! It must be Senator Oluremi Tinubu[/size]

How can you have a VP from SW and also canvass No3 postion for someone from SW?

Na only SW waka come?

Saraki is from NC geopolitical zone... so it might go to him since no APC senator comes from SS and SE.

coogar:
and this is why we shouldn't even be comparing them. both of them are great in their own rights. there's nothing to say tinubu wouldn't have done what awolowo achieved in that era.

politics have become dirtier in nigeria over the years so yes, tinubu had to become dirty too. the end always justify the means. tinubu brought down PDP who once boasted they planned to rule for 60 years. i am not sure awo could have managed that feat.

Lets be careful not to also overate him. He was also building a local empire (Yoruba Party) just like Awo till PDP forced all of them to build a solid alliance. The credit of PDP's defeat doesn't go to him alone. Buhari himself should be given credit for his compromise to work with the likes of 'corrupt tagged' Tinubu to defeat PDP. And as far as I am also concerned, the major credit for PDP's fall goes to PDP itself for its inability to manage success and giving Nigeria a clueless leader like GEJ.

Shollypopzz:
You can get out of my head now!

If I must, then permit me to shift base to your heart

Maximum respect to Jagaban Borgu! The lion of Bourdillon

I dont like him that much, but you just have to give it to him, he is perhaps the best politician in Nigeria today.

Sentiments aside, as far as Yoruba nation is concerned, you cannot compare him to Great Awo in terms of putting Yoruba interest 1st, development of Yoruba land and achievements. Awo is a Yoruba Legend!

But when it comes to playing the National politics for the interest of Yorubas, he is better strategist and negotiator than Awo.

oloriooko:
]Please people of Change, what about the Court case against GMB adjourned to April 22?[/size]

Forget, that case will never be concluded till GMB is sworn in by May 29

raumdeuter:
Lol

As dem dey change Delta, Hope say dem know say eraser sef dey for Borno, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto

Chanchit:
No problem na, if PDP fit bring 1.9m from delta, like 3m go just show face from Bornu. Make we come start to debate am.#GodpunishDevil.

LWKMD

raumdeuter:
Some results I saw

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/nigeriavotes/100-niger/19698-buhari-defeats-jonathan-in-niger

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/nigeriavotes/80-benue/19697-breaking-buhari-wins-jonathan-in-benue

Niger gives a good result, but Benue margin is very low.

blank:
I doubt PDP can get up to 3m from Delta and Rivers. I think Delta state is just about 800k while Rivers is 1.6m.

blank, PDP mathematics is out of this world, those guys are capable of anything. It is safer to work with their extreme possibilities.

Rivers current written result is 1.4M and Delta is abt 800k but the news underground is that they are planning to double Delta to close the gap and damm the consequences. Delta has a voting population of about 1.8M. Though I learnt the INEC guy is not cooperating, but anything can change overnight.

raumdeuter:
I have seen Edo and PDP led with only 80k

Total voters in Ebonyi and Bayelsa added would barely be more than 600k added to lets say 400k in Cross river
Plus 3m in Rivers and Delta

Total lets say 4m

2m on ground already thats 2m in favour of PDP

I have seen Niger with 500k margin, Zamfara Kebbi and Sokoto between themselves would bring a 1m margin for APC

Bauchi, Yobe Gombe, Borno would give a total of 1.5m margin to APC

Thats a 3m margin minus 2m for PDP

Worst case scenario APC wins with 1million votes

I like your confidence and optimism. Fingers crossed, let's see how it goes.

raumdeuter:
Assuming they get 3m from their 6 strongholds extreme situation. Which would make PDP have a 1m advantage

Now what would happen in the whole NE plus Zamfara, Niger, Kebbi and Sokoto? Are you thinking APC wont get that 1m back from those places?

Bauchi alone can give Buhari a swing of almost 1m swing votes

The calculation is that they will get 3M from Rivers and Delta only and another differential of 1.5M from Bayelsa, Edo, Ebonyi, Cross River and Taraba. Giving them a total of 4.5M Differential.

The challenge is for APC to produce a differential that is well above 2.5M from their remaining states, as it stands...its not so easy am not sure Bauchi diffrential is as much as you stated.

Mrbigman1:
@ first, op u just joined taraba, benue and lagos into APC states to cool ur temper right? Lemme leave u till it dose u voom for eyes.

Secondly, a good politician dnt count on number of vote difference wen d number of state won re on a close margin.

What u look for is a flawless state and in Adamawa, APC scored 374,701 against the ruling PDP that polled 251,664.

Same close margine in Niger, lagos.

The states PDP got its 25 % continue increasing while in rivers it's

1.4 million to 68k
In delta it's 777k to 35k

So dis re flawless states and u guys just got 3 in kano, jigawa and kastina.

Check out for bayelsa, Ebonyi and edo maybe den it's game over for APC.

Please dnt insult me, rather gimmi facts like gentle men.

As for the person dat said Kaduna is in NW, it shows we dnt even know how to place them. KD is north central.

Thanks

Bro, Kaduna is NW.

NC includes Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Plateau, Nasarawa and Benue.

If results of Rivers and Delta stay at 1.4M and 800k respectively, then APC will win cos APC is still expecting good showings from Sokoto, Zamfara, Niger, Gombe and Bauchi with the 2M+ they have already.

But the rumor flying around is that PDP is planning to double the result of Delta to 1.6M (Even though total PVC collected in Delta is Delta 1,900,055), if they succeed, that might change the whole equation.

Obiagelli:
1. Sokoto
2. Zamfara
3. Jigawa
4. Yobe
5. Borno
6. Niger
7. Gombe
8. Bauchi
9. Kebbi
10. Taraba
11. Ebonyi
12. Cross River
13. Rivers
14. Bayelsa
15. Delta
16. Edo
17. Lagos
18. Adamawa

Where dem wan win

PDP is cooking more than 3M votes from Rivers and Delta alone.... Real cause for worry.

The challenge for APC is the expectation of about 3 million votes for PDP from Rivers and Delta

Add Taraba for PDP.

The challenge for APC is the expectation of about 3 million votes for PDP from Rivers and Delta

Mynd44:
More

Hmmm....ok. Still keeping my wine and champagne in cooler.

johnny1980:
Na 1.6 million we dey declare for Zamfara. No worry.

They don't know anything. ..Even if they finish our votes..Niger and Chad dey there. Na to carry naimey and Ndjamena votes.


Na fish or mammy water dey vote for Rivers ni? 79% voters turnout.

lol LWKMD

Mynd44:
I am hiding Niger, Zamfara and Borno

Hmmm.... Are you sure APC has enough absorber and arsenal to handle the remaining results to come from remaining 10 states of SS and SE?

You go fear 70-90% voters turnout in these places compare to the average of about 40% in SW and North. Some of the figures being dish out from SE/SS are frightening.

PointB:
I think this post is quite premature. I hope it's not driven by 'first to post' motivation.

I'll rather wait to hear the official announcement.


Even at that, I believe strongly that a Buhari regime will spell disaster for the country, looking at the kind of person he is and those who surround him.

Those who surround him like Osinbajo, Fashola, Ogbonaiya Onu, Kwankwaso, Fayemi, Pat Utomi, Ngige.... hmnnnn, for me I am hopeful.

Mrbigman1:
Lower population? Re u kidding me?

These regions have more registered and people who collected dia PVCS dan the SW and NW so why re u guys worried?

GEJ will continue getting 40 % in d north and SW but buhari na o.2 % him go see for all dis region with GEJ getting 15 million vote from d region

Are you kidding me with the bold or you are just ignorant of one of the most popular statistics on Nigeria websites at the moment?

Mynd44:
The total number of PVC collected in Bayelsa is less than 500,000.

We have those of the other states. They can't post more than that.

Let's see them upturn the NW and SW votes

I am expecting 99.99% voters turnout in SS and SE (except Edo and Imo) with the same percentage voting for PDP even though the reporter who covered Jonathan's polling boot reported that only about 200 of the 500 registered voters in his polling unit were accredited.

Also in PDP's mathematics anything is possible, like 15 > 19

ifyalways:
I love PDP!

I simply love PDP. Una never see something!

Power pass power, rigging pass rigging.

Lol.

I expect PDP rigging machine to be in top gear in SS and SE. I won't be surprised to see 99.99 voters turnout and 99.99 win for PDP except in Imo and Edo. But APC results from NE and NW might cancel the effect.

So Jonna and PDP need to do something urgent in SW and NC otherwise and with the early results from these regions... Otueke calls...

Don't forget Jonna won these regions in 2011

Elections come and go, likewise politicians come and go, the country remains and wise citizens are able to witness many elections in their lifetime while the foolish ones waste their lives for nothing.

As we vote from Saturday 28th March, we wish to appeal to all Nairalanders to shun violence and embrace peace before, during and after the election irrespective of the happenings around you. For the truth is, No politicians is worth the shedding of your blood.

Vote for the candidate of your choice and leave the rest to INEC and God. Whatever will be will be.

I came across this and feel like sharing it with you all:

1. In 2011, Governor Shekarau of Kano State contested for the Presidency on the platform of ANPP against President Jonathan of PDP. So did Nuhu Ribadu of ACN. Today, Gov. Shekarau is a Minister in President Jonathan's cabinet & a member of the President's party & Mallam Nuhu Ribadu is the PDP's candidate for governorship of Adamawa State. How many were killed because of them in 2011?

2. President Obasanjo and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu were thought to be sworn enemies. When President Obasanjo took over SW Nigeria in 2003, Gov. Tinubu became "last man standing" against him in ACN/Lagos. Today, Obasanjo is Tinubu's "Navigator" & Tinubu is treasured guest at Obasanjo's birthday. How many died believing they were enemies?

3. Fmr Govs, Engr. Segun Oni and Dr. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti used to be political foes and now they belong to the same party. Both are alive as friends & some folks had died fighting for them.

4. Fmr. Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola never saw eye to eye with Governor Aregbesola. Now, they belong to the same party, some people died for both, but were they not always friends?

5. President Obasanjo was prepared to throw VP Atiku Abubakar out of Aso Rock. Who would have thought that Atiku would visit Obasanjo in Otta farm after all the brouhaha; and today, they are both anti-PDP. How many of us abusing, attacking ourselves and creating enmity today because of these politicians (GMB & his supporters, GEJ & his supporters) will be able to take back our abusing words when we find out that they all belong to the same party tomorrow? Or do we think it's not possible? It has happened in the past. It's happening presently and it will still happen again tomorrow. politicians belong to one big family. They have their interest at stake, do not die for them especially when you have nothing at stake.

Vote, that is your obligation. You do not owe anyone a duty to die. Value your life, if you are still alive you can be better than them.
Say no to violence, say no to blood letting.

Make a choice with your PVC & let Nigeria be the winner! Spread the word

# Our Votes Count
# Election No Be War
# Vote Not Fight

We the elections are done and over, we will still remain Nairalanders and Nigerians.


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Jwonder:
Am sure the Mods are not blind... Their jobs should be finding those kind of post and deleting them..

The moderators are not omnipresent and omniscient, we dont live online 24/7. That is why report-post button was provided.

Use report button, it works.

Dyt:

Are you the woman in the picture?

Thank you all for all your contributions.

Just to clarify the accommodation part of option 3.

We think her having a change of environment is a good/positive change after losing a child in her current address.

We are not planning to go and get them a house at Lekki or VGC, the kind of accommodation the family suggested for the mum costs about N5,000 a month and that means N60,000 for a year and about N120,000 for 2 years; give and take N150,000 for 2 years including all other fees.

Our hope is that since we are also empowering DJ's mum, she should be able to maintain that kind of an accommodation after 2 years.

But then whatever happens after 2 years is left to the family.

Sweetguy25:
Buhari is a man they can trust? Is that all Buhari can offer the north? A worthless piece of intangible human emotion!
This is a man who is in a favorable position as a former leader to influence positive change in the life of his fellow northerners, of whom majority are dirt poor and illiterate. The northerners can do better than this. . .

All he does is contest elections - whenever he loses, his people commit violent acts in his name. Human lives and property is lost and never rebuilt or regained.

That is the height of ignorance and idiocy

If you must ask someone to do something important for you, TRUST becomes everything.

The day I stop trusting anyone I hired to do a job I hired him or her for, then his or her sack becomes imminent.

TRUST is key, even in relationships. So earn it, lots of it.