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Thank you.

There will be a press conference by 10.00 GMT to release the final list of candidates.

BRIEF STATEMENT ON THE ELECTION
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ELECTION COMMISSIONER

The recent overnight attack of the office and home of the Electoral Commissioner, by element of some political candidates and fifth columnist is unfortunate. Fortunately though, combine team of Mobile Police and Soldiers deployed at various offices and home of electoral officers were able to twart this dastard attack by the insidious force.

The report by some unpopular anti-people Sahel Reporter that the election has been postponed due to the kidnap of one of the front runners is a fabrication of idle and desperate minds. All candidate and general should kindly disregard the publication.

The honorable commissioner is hale and hearty and there is no Eze candidate in custody of any brigands.

The election will proceed as planned.

Further details will be available shortly.

Thank you all.


ELECTION COMMISSIONER

NEWS FLASH!!!

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER,

TO ALL CANDIDATES
AND GENERAL PUBLIC


EXTENSION OF NOMINATION AND PETITION FORMAT
Due to the need to give NAIRALAND Igbo far and wide the opportunity to be part of the epochal and momentous development, the electoral officer has decided to extend the nomination exercise by 10 hrs. This is necessary to ensure fair, credible, transparent and representative election. This painful decision was taken to meet the general aspiration, yearnings and in the overall interest of Nairalander in general, and Nairalander Igbos in particular.

Consequently, nominations will therefore close by 10.00 GMT.

The electoral commissioner will subsequently/concurrently review all petitions against all candidates before the final list is published.

Petitions should be clear and concise and petitioner should add link where possible.
Eg,

PETITION AGAINST THE NOMINATION OF POINTB

blah blah
blah blah

description
link1 (evidence)

description
link 2 (evidence)

etc

Final list will be publish after all petitions have been resolved. Other aspect and time table of the election remain as planned.

God bless Nairaland Igbos
God bless Nairalanders
God bless Nairaland

9ja_I_hail:
I FOR SEE THIS THIS COMING BEFORE I TRIED TO RAISED THE ISSUE.

NOW WITH THE EFFORT SEEING SO FAR ON OKIJA JUJU I AM CONVINCED HE IS IGBO BUT WITH HIS STANCES OVER OJUKWU AND BIAFRA THING I AM VERY SURE IGBO MEN OR WOMEN WILL NEVER HAVE TRUST ON ANY MAN THAT KICK AGAINST OJUKWU FOR WHATSOEVER REASONS LIKEWISE YERUBA'S WILL ACT THE SAME IF ANY BODY MADE HIM SELF ENEMY OF AWOLOWO OR ODUWA.EVERY IGBO MAN SEES OJUKWU AS OUR OWN GHANDIHI.@ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER SIR I WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL THAT YOU LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND SEE HOW IGBO'S CAN WILLINGLY ELECT AN EZE OF THEIR CHOICE NOT AN EZE THAT WILL BE IMPOSE TO THE IGBO'S BY NON IGBO'S.I WILL LIKE TO ASK YOU MR COMMISSIONER SIR IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A GHANAIAN TO VOTE IN NIGERIA OR AN IGBO TO CAST A VOTE DURING OBA'S ELECTION OR A YERUBA'S TO VOTE IN OHANEZE NDIGBO.PLEASE LET US DO THINGS IN ORDERLY MANNER SO THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT LAUGH AT US AT THE END OF THE DAY.

hmmmm, this Okija_juju saga just wont go away.
At any rate, no one has been able to show me clearly that Okija_juju did not meet with the requirement for nomination.

1. Nominations by well known ethnic champions of rival ethnic groups will be discounted.

Was he nominated by Ethnic champions of other groups? Please show me.

2. Nomination by and of freshly registered posters will have to be seconded by a older poster without bias to rule 1 above.
Was he nominated by a recently registered (under age voters) poster? Show me

3. Posters whose ethnicity/loyalty have been challenged  severally by well known Igbo posters will have their nomination/seconding seconded or discounted.

Has his ethnicity/loyalty (to Igbo) has been severally challenged by well know Igbo posters. Do you have link?

Those three rules are suppose to protect the process from being hijacked by fifth columnist. It is not the job of the the electoral commissioner to provide evidence against any contestant. It is the responsibility of the concerned people, and impartial observers.

You can change your nomination, you can re-emphasis it.

You can campaign for nomination of individuals, you can bring people to the thread.

Eze Ndi Igbo is a serious business now.


Okija_juju,
Onlytruth
and Odumchi have two things in common.

1. Their names all start with O, and
2. They have all confirmed their candidacy.

We can't stop a moving train now, can we? NO WAY!

NOMINATION IS STILL ON PEOPLE.


NOMINATE WISELY, SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE WISELY.


THE DESTINY OF A GREAT NAIRALAND IS IN YOUR FINGER-TIPS, YOU SHOULD USE THEM NOW!

@Only Truth, welcome on board and thanks for the compliment and assurance of support.

@ Odumchi, you are also welcome. You have a battle on your hand as per your nominations. It is not too late.


NOMINATION IS STILL ON PEOPLE.


NOMINATE WISELY, SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE WISELY.


THE DESTINY OF A GREAT NAIRALAND IS IN YOUR FINGER-TIPS, YOU SHOULD USE THEM NOW!

ifyalways:
Mr commisioner is a sabotage!!!
what exactly do you mean by they can nominate huh?

Ever seen another woman handle your mothers soup pot?or you sef na Igbo uzo?

Only Igbos nominate or you and your thread wud be thrown into recycle bin.QED.

So nld is free to impose whoever they like on us and you'd address such person as Eze ndi Igbo,May Amadioha Forbid,aru na-enweghi okpukpu.

Okija juju has got just one nomination and thats himself. . .
I can as well nomitae Eko ile.

hmmmn,

DO you have proof (links) that
1. Those who nominated Okija_juju are ethnic champions of rival group?
2. Evidence of challenge of these nominator ethnicity/loyalty by well known Igbo posters

That is the basis on which  nomination(s) can fairly be revoked.

Petitions will all be reviewed tomorrow (From 9.00 GMT). So anyone with reason and evidence why a nomination should be revoked shoud present them at the Primaries Petition Tribunal Sitting tomorrow.

* To allow for transparency, the electoral officer is asking for volunteer from fair and unbiased Igbo men and women to help take care of the petitions.

I am of the opinion that only well know champion of rival groups should be disallowed from nominating as I believe Igbo have friends across the Niger beyond Anioma.


Volunteers please, lets deal with this!

lailaiwala:
i move that all those who supported this spoilsport's nomination rescind it and transfer their support to someone who might need and appreciate it.  

commissioner pointb!
since there will be 5 contestants, does the winner need to attain 50% of the votes? will there be a run-off between the 2 top vote-getters? (please dear god, no!)

*commissioner probably hasn't thought that far ahead. i can't believe i'm not in charge of this!*  

also, you sound tired and in need of a long rest. i shall be sending you a calabash of some bird's eggs. never mind what kind of bird.  

lol, I don't plan. I improvise! 


At any rate, A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE IS FAIR ENOUGH.
So nominate wisely.



btw the way, I will appreciate that calabash, if it is of palmy. I don't drink by the way, I will use for libation.

aribisala0:
well known to WHOM

By me!

I know you for example and your band of rag-tag OPC boys.

ifyalways:
Why should non-Igbos "Nominate" ? I thought the initial plan was Igbos nominate,everyone votes when did things get twisted?

Mr Inec,how many Igbos nominated Okija juju?The Igbo man that can't write the simplest of words in Igbo? qwa(kwa) ,eba(ebe a).You guys gott review and amend the nominations asap else we'd end up with a confirmed "Ofeke Ibuzor" for an Eze.

Eze Only Truth birikwa oh.
Eze Ogidigada 1 na Nnewi
Nwatakwocha 1 na Nld.

Only truth,Only truth ka anyi ga -eso.
Ma o na eje-eje,ma o na-ala ala,Only truth ka anyi ga-eso!

lol

High_Chief:
PointB, I would like to inform you that the following people that nominated Okija Juju are not Igbo:

Cooger: He is not Igbo and if you check the first 2 or 3 pages of this thread where he asked the meaning of Eze Ndi Igbo before Alj_harem explained that to him. I am 100% sure he is not Igbo. I know him.

BABE: She is not Igbo too, she is Yoruba. I know her as well.

On this note, you have to withdraw their nominations for Okija juju

@OP I nominate "Onlytruth", he has those qualities in him to take us to greater heights.

Daalu!!!

They need not be Igbo (they can be friends of Igbo), and they must pass the three rules:

1. Nominations by well known ethnic champions of rival ethnic groups will be discounted.
2. Nomination by and of [b]freshly registered poster[/b]s will have to be seconded by a older poster without bias to rule 1 above.
3. Posters whose ethnicity/loyalty have been challenged  severally by well known Igbo posters will have their nomination/seconding seconded or discounted.

And Babe said she is from Imo

FURTHER ELECTION GUIDELINE PLEASE NOTE:

ONLY TOP FIVE NOMINEES WILL BE POLLED:
NOMINATION ENDS MIDNIGHT (GMT 0) MONDAY 5TH.

Anyone with brief profile of the  nominees can post it. They are most welcome.


DEALING WITH A TIE

Where there is a tie for the fifth spot, the electoral officer will give a window of opportunity for a tie breaker. To break the tie, the first nominatee (subject to the three rules) at the opening of the window wins the nomination.

CAMPAIGN AND SENSITIZATION OF VOTERS is allowed, and hereby declared open.

List final of nominees will be available on Tuesday (Citeris Paribus),

VOTING will commence on Wednesday, and end by Sunday

(These rules are not cast in stone, suggestions are welcome. Modifications will be done as exigencies require.)

afam4eva:
I still think the deadline should be moved. Many people are still not aware of this thread. Imagine that despite the thousands of Igbos on Nairaland, only about 50 have voted.

hmmn, not really sure about this. I have a feeling that not much will be changes by the way nomination of nominations. But allowing the poll to run from Wednesday to Sunday might compensate.

Okija_juju:
WIth a comment like this, your integrity as Election comissioner leaves much to be desired and I doubt if you would be able to be fair and unbiased in the execution of our duties. 

No way kind sir.
That comment is to stir up passion, and ginger the discerning  Igbos to make their choice. I remain impartial to this self-imposed responsibility. As a matter of fact, I am ready to resign if 2/3 of all the candidates insist I step aside.  

This election, though first of it kind, is not a do-or-die.  

afam4eva:
It's getting more interesting.

Sure it is. But you are not making any effort to run your campaign. Remember you need a miracle.

Qualities and responsibilities expected of the Eze Ndi Igbo Nairaland
The Eze Ndi Igbo Nairaland is expected to:

1   Understand and listen to Ndi Igbo
2   Enlighten Ndi Igbo
3   Guide, but not dictate to, Ndi Igbo
4   Enable and empower Ndi Igbo
5   Motivate Ndi Igbo
6   Inspire Ndi Igbo
7   Credit Ndi Igbo
8   Help Ndi Igbo
9   Lead Ndi Igbo by example.
10 Serve Ndi Igbo


Please let the above guide you in your nomination and voting. Igbos must put the best foot forward - Online, Offline

So help US Lord!

There has been re-alignment in the stars. Okija_Juju has made rapid progress, but the truth teller, leads effortlessly.
Does that mean that truth is stronger than juju? Time will tell.

Below is the lastest update.


Front Runners

Onlytruth - 15
Andre Uweh  - 6
Ezeuche - 5
Okija_Juju - 5
Dede1 - 4

Hopefuls
Asha80 - 3
Eziachi - 3
Highchief - 3
Ifyalways - 3


Potentials
Ak47Man - 2
Igbo-boy - 2

Miracle Needed
Abagworo - 1
Afam4eva - 1
Chino1 - 1
Chyz - 1
Crayola - 1
Ezeagu - 1
Eziogu - 1
Obiagu - 1
Odumchi - 1
Relax101 - 1
Udezue - 1


NOMINATE NOW! NOMINATE RESPONSIBLY!!
THE DESTINY OF A GREAT NAIRALAND LIES IN YOUR FINGER TIPS

lailaiwala:
well, one or two rules have been modified in the past. just checking.

urgent motion!
i wish to urgently make a motion that you seriously reconsider eligibility of nominators. we want a free fair and conclusive election. what is the percentage of acceptable non-igbo supporters allowed. i'm not mentioning any names, but. . . ok yeah, BABE!, i believe, is from ile-ife. ife people are known to be troublesome and stubborn.  she will soon bring all her other rowdy ile-ife-ites and 190 lefulefu troublemakers to  dagbaru this primary.  

We cannot not prevent voting, but nominations will pass through the true rules.

]1. Nominations by [b]well known [/b]ethnic champion of rival ethnic groups will be discounted.
2. Nomination by and of freshly registered posters will have to be seconded by a older poster without bias to rule 1 above.
3. Posters whose ethnicity/loyalty have been challenged  severally by well known Igbo posters will have their nomination/seconding seconded or discounted.[

namfav:
i nominate chinenyen

hmmmn, there are two things involved.

1. ChinenyeN has said he has not intention of running. Unless he changes his mind.

2. Your nomination did not pass the three rule .

1. Nominations by well known ethnic champion of rival ethnic groups will be discounted.
2. Nomination by and of freshly registered posters will have to be seconded by a older poster without bias to rule 1 above.
3. Posters whose ethnicity/loyalty have been challenged severally by well known Igbo posters will have their nomination/seconding seconded or discounted.

lailaiwala:
chinneyenmeneyere has not supported anyone.  he was amongst my original nominees but he made a rash decision to suspend his campaign (maybe there's a herman cain-like skeletons in his closet) before it even started.  

i think our able chineyenementchinaman is reconsidering. i think he should get back in there.


@ oga commissioner sir!

can a potential candidate nominate himself?

also oga chyzzie is showing 1 nod only, and i could have worn someone else nominated him before i nominated him.


@okija, you're putting forth a lot of effort with very little reward. only two supporters so far. and i believe you nominated yourself. there is a difference between working HARD and working SMART. dude, you need to get 4 more people to support your nomination. someone suggested opening a thread to ask for support. what about all the igbo folk that do not come to politics section? get a move on. i would recommend opening a thread in the romance section. you'll have at least a couple of hours before the groggy mods wake up and another couple of hours before they figure out how to delete pr move a thread.

pssst. be i never gave you this advice.

Why not. Okija_juju nominated himself.

mbatuku2:
My nominations:

Eku ile

Bluetooth

Seanet

Negro nts

What position are you nominating them for?  
Royal jesters?

nedu666:
point b, okija juju and chineye pls what part of u are all banned and election has been conducted don't you understand. l am trying to be a democrat, pls don't turn me into a dictator once a gain u are all invited to my cabinent to fulfill your potentials

Last warning!!!

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coogar:
as one of the respected ndi-igbos of the forum, i nominate okija-juju.

he's the man to take the igbo nation to the dizzying heights ojukwu would have been proud of.
all other contestants are pretenders.

okija is the crown maazi of this forum!

Noted. Okija revival is revving.

afam4eva:
Okija_juju's campaign is gradually paying off.

His juju is finally working for him. But it is not yet Uhuru.

nedu666:
I nedu666 hereby ban all contestants and oppositions alike from contesting the above said position. Henceforth no one is allowed to campaign or raise funds towards election. After due consultations with man, God and all banned contestants i hereby present my humble self for the post of EZE NDI IGBO, and since i have banned all contestants, i hereby declare myself as the ELECTED RULER BY MAJORITY VOTE. Any one not satisfied should go to the election tribunal constituted by seun osewa as directed by me. Lastly all dissenters, troublemakers and shooters alike are warned to be law abiding and go about their normal duties without fear or favour. Once again thanks for electing me as your new ruler.

There is enough security to handle all trouble makers. I can confidently assure all candidates that their safety is 100% guarantee. The era of ballot stuffing, snatching, and do-or-die politic is OVER.


All trouble makers will be dealt with by our partners.  

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Okija_juju:
Shey you don dey blind now!!

I hope say no be so you go count vote as well!!

Now to jug your memory card, here are my endorsements;

Oya adjust the polls to reflect my nominations kia-kia before I take your to tribunal.  

Ok. You have another nomination.

ChinenyeN did not nominate you.

ChinenyeN:

lol No. I haven't voted for anyone, or even supported any nomination for that matter.

Next update will reflect your nominations status.

lailaiwala:
no worries, sweet jarus. i was just kidding. i already edited. go back and check it.  

i knew it. this yeye commissioner is attempting to influence the election by discouraging audience participation. his preferred candidate is that wayward toddler ezeuche. all the nominees need is 3 or more supporters to move up to possible finalist position.  

for the third (or is it the fourth) time i'm asking, can you please confirm that nomination deadline is still open and that it closes at midnight?  

*consulting sun tzu for the appropriate section dealing with intransigent overlords who listen to no one!*

Lol,
This Commissioner knows his job, and is unbiased. No candidate will be given special preference, unless by the voters at the poll.  

No your honour. There would be no extension  of nomination time. NOMINATION WILL CLOSE GMT 0

afam4eva:
I didn't notice.

If i'm not wrong, Okija Juju now has 3 votes.

Nopes, Unless I miss them. Can you show me the nominations.

afam4eva:
Pls this thread should be on the front page.

Lol,

It is. Unless you want them to push it up again. I won't mind though during the election.

Update!

FRONT RUNNERS

Onlytruth - 14
Andre Uweh   - 6
Ezeuche - 5
Dede1 - 4
Asha80 - 3
Eziachi - 3
Highchief - 3
Ifyalways - 3


POTENTIALS

Ak47Man - 2
Igbo-boy - 2


FOR MORE NOMINATIONS, MIRACLE NEEDED

Abagworo - 1
Chino1 - 1
Chyz - 1
Crayola - 1
Ezeagu - 1
Eziogu - 1
Obiagu - 1
Odumchi - 1
Okija_Juju - 1
Relax101 - 1
Udezue - 1
Afam4eva 1

lailaiwala:
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i can't believe i initially opposed this man's nomination before it was even made.  he's an experienced politico.  OMG!



Commissioner! Commissioner! Commissioner PointB,

a moment of your time please.

is tonight at midnight the deadline for nominations? i ask because i want to make sure there is enough time [s]to log in under my main username to[/s] for interested posters to register their support for the nomination of okija-juju their preferred candidate.  

Election time table was release on time.  
Extension to favour some candidate will be tacit rigging. Okija_juju did not enter the race on time. He even used arm twisting tactics to get his name cleared for primaries.

Jarus:
Igbo kwenu, Igbo kwenu, Igbo kwenu

I, Jarus, the co-moderator of the largest and most popular section in the largest online forum in Africa, a detribalized Yoruba man, a proud Kwaran but first a Nigerian, hereby nominate AFAM4EVA because I consider him the man, though proudly Igbo, that will be a good negotiator with other tribes, for the good of the Igbo race.

Igbo kwenu

Thank you moderator for the powerful nomination of Afam4eva

Afam4eva, has won a nomination. But I am afraid (un)like Okija_juju, he has a mountain to climb.

lailaiwala:
one year is too long. the shelf life on nairaland is short.  too many new usernames all the time. a whole new igbo community would have sprung up in 6 months. please reconsider.

so when is the deadline for nomination please?

*t[i]his commissioner is on a ego trip and is high on ogogoro. i'm going to have to overthrow him. this thread is as much mine as his. i shall consult sun tzu[/i]*  

The e-Cost of organizing election is a country as large and diverse as Nairaland is very huge. I would have suggested and single term of 2 years, but I dont want to be accused of misplacing my priority.

So 1 year it is sir.

*This Commissioner does not drink, nor smoke, and certainly does not womanise. He is just like JEGA, and he is a student of Sun Tzu.

afam4eva:
One year will be ok. Then the incubent Eze can seek a re-election. He shouldn't have to go through the primaries again.

Don't you think we should also vote for people that will occupy other positions?

What other positions do you have in mind. We can assign them on the basis of performance on the poll. But on the other hand, multiplicity of titles, might breed the opposite of the intention. We don't want cacophony of voices, a sign of disunity.

We can stick to just the Eze for now and see how it works, and perhaps next year we try it with the other positions.
Let hear what others think.

afam4eva:
@ PointB
Please extend the deadline. It's too close by.

Nomination have reduced. So there is no point extending the deadline.

The people are raring to go the the most peaceful, and possibly, hotly contested first ever virtual Eze Ndi Igbo of Nairaland.


How long do you think the Eze should reign, I suggest one year. We don't want sit-tight Eze, do we?