₦airaland Forum

Laggafin:
Abacha tried to subvert the popular will.. what happened? The Majority of Nigerian citizens spoke loudly on 25th Feb.. and darkness is trying to subvert the will of the majority.. I dare say that God's will must prevail

Kobonaire4:
No, Obi lost the election

He lost it because of two things...he became the Christian and Southern candidate, and secondly and most importantly, he did not focus on the North.

Let's start with the second point. You cannot win an election in Nigeria without getting at least a significant portion of the vote in the Northern part of Nigeria. You cannot. Even Obasanjo knew that...that is why he focused a lot on wooing Northern politicans when he was in power, and even GEJ knew that...that is why he campaigned heavily in the North.

How did Obi do in the North. Badly. Very badly. Note that Tinubu did not win every state in the North, but he did win second place in many states in the North. That gave him at least 25% in many parts of the North...which when it came down to the wire....was very crucial.

When we kept on shouting that LP should get followers in the North, and should do active mobilization, people came and were abusing us to high heavens. Well, see how the poor campaign turned out. At the eleventh hour, the LP state chairmen were already predicting doom and gloom. They knew. Not enough mobilization, nothing.

And then let's be honest. Religion plays a part in Nigerian elections (which is why Tinubu ran to mosque to show face). LP , am sorry to say, made Obi the christian candidate. And they did that by being so abusive, and so insulting to Muslims...note...people whose votes you need....to the point that people thought that Obi did not like muslims. And the LP supporters REFUSED to listen to Obi when he told them to pipe down...they continued. Meanwhile, Muslims have ears and eyes. They heard, they remembered and they came out and voted.....and at the end, we lost a large chunk of votes that could have gotten Obi somewhere....because some jokes think that abusing religion works in an election.

Yeah, call a Muslim boko Haram (the same Boko haram that has killed many of them, and kidnapped their children), and all sorts of abusive languages..in a effing election year, and you expect victory?

(Remember why Buhari lost 3 times? Because in 2001 he came and said that he was going to impose Sharia on all Nigerians. Christians remembered, and never forgot...and it hurt Buhari well well...until 2014 when he woke up and changed strategy).

At the end, any LP supporter that comes and says they won the election , Im sorry, but until the evidence proves it, ye are just talking nansense. (And in this case, if the evidence proves LP won....when all the INEC documents get examined in court...I will be happy to eat my words, as I want APC out completely.) The honest truth is that to win elections in Nigeria, you need to be like MTN and you need to stop abusing people's religion and people's tribes and calm down. And you need to form alliances and stay in a big party.....because if Obi, Kwakwaso and Wike had not been so ego driven, and if Atiku had not been so 'I must be president in my lifetime'...APC would have been losing, and Tinubu would have been screaming that he was cheated out of victory .


Next time, let the opposition run as a united front. And don't attack anyone's religion or tribe for gods sake.

PHIPEX:
Those who fought for June 12 are now doing worse.

Abacha and IBB told Nigerians to go to hell in 1993, Tinubu and Buhari are now telling us to go to hell in 2023, Time will tell.

Abacha thought he was super powerful and considered the electorate powerless in 1993 but we know better now

Peterobifailed:
peter obi the murderer the killer of akwuzu youths will never be the president of Nigeria know this and know peace

teeshet:
you are a useless gal. One moment you are supporting opposition. Next moment APC. I pity your husband. Idiot! Animal!

Truthdeypain:
Mumu!

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
Would you have spewed this balderdash if polling unit results were uploaded in real time to the irev portal?

Stop being stupid.

BigSarah:
It seems those of us in our early twenties are shocked, most people I talk to in their forties and thirties are not surprised.

With Inec breaking its own laws, and the evil way the election was rigged.

I've always known Nigeria was a ridiculous place, but this election was something else, I've gotten to know my country better.

Goodlady:
Animal get out my back

Johnthum:
Peter Obi won the election with 10 million votes.

Buhari should come out and swear that Peter Obi did not win this election, then i will never comment on this election matter again 💯

Vitally123:
You will regret your words since you're not tamed.

Rotentik19:
Oga keep quiet. Igbo have never and will never support anything that has to do with Yoruba. This is a well known fact.

You guys are by far the most bigoted and tribalistic lot in this clime. The whole of Nigeria fought the annulment of the 1993 election except (of course) the Igbo. Arthur Nzeribe and his group of "never do wells" vehemently opposed Abiola, sacrificed water & blood, just to see that his mandate wasn't restored.

The South East was the only region MKO didn't win in 1993. Time will not permit me to go into the details of the political history of the igbo vs yoruba, but it is on record that: the Igbo have NEVER pitched their political tent with the Yoruba.
Right from the days of Zik & Awo.

Awolowo made several attempts to unite the south by proposing a coalition government with Azikiwe but the latter reneged on initial agreements only to pitch tent with the north.

Azikiwe went as far as conniving with Balewa to jail Awo unjustly. Fast forward to 1999, the presidency was thrown open to the South. Ekwueme contested against Obasanjo and lost. It is common knowledge that votes from the north helped Obj to win.
So...stop selling cheap lies to the uninformed.
As regards the just concluded election, God knows I'm indifferent. I don't see a messiah in any of Tinubu, Atiku and Obi.
In my honest opinion the election was peaceful compared to the ones we've done in the past.
According to you, everybody came out to vote and therefore Obi won the election.
That's grossly illogical. Except you can prove to me or better still to INEC that every single person voted Obi. Even in the east Obi didn't garner 100% votes let alone the north and South.
I'm not a Tinubu supporter, but let's not be unduly emotional about such a sensitive issue. With all the alleged irregularities, if Obi was declared winner, would you have cried foul ? If your candidate is disgruntled, let him go to court. The law has no regard for your sentiments !

Brendaniel:
Very big lie, He did all of that on purpose, and made each candidate win 12 states each but got the highest votes from his own 12

Tinubu won and Nigeria lost because he just took the will of the people and has further weakened the electoral institution, the weaker the institutions in Nigeria the stronger Individuals get, upon all the whole electoral malpractice that took place no one has been arrested.

I blame PDP who laid the foundation for which APC is building on today, they had the opportunity to strengthen the electoral institution but just like APC now they felt it always going to favour them.

My prayer is that this thing Tinubu did does not stand, because it might get to a stage where people's hands might be cut off for coming out to vote for a political party on election like it happened in Liberia, people were killed in this past election and nobody is paying for their deaths.

If Tinubu is allowed to go scot free then Nigeria just entered a new low of electoral malpractice, you talked about 2027 it will be like trying to pass a camel through the eye of a needle for any opposition to win APC if they get away with this one, APC might rule for the entire existence of Nigeria because they will ensure the electoral institution remains in comatose where they have placed it so to always have their way.

Johnthum:
Peter Obi won the election with 10 million votes.

Buhari should come out and swear that Peter Obi did not win this election, then i will never comment on this election matter again 💯

Goodlady:
This is becoming like a sore loser thing.
Logically Tinubu won.This type of write up ll lead to unwarranted protests that ll not end well. If una wan burn Nigeria, some people aren't.

Kingcalls:
Tinubu that claimed that he fought Abacha for stealing mandate ends up doing same...the same yoruba man that accused Abacha of looting ends up doing the same ... the same yoruba man that said Abacha is forcing himself on the masses is doing the same now ... Igbos supported the yorubas in 93 and 99 ,saying it was yorubas turn to rule... but this wicked Tinubu decides to steal the mandate of an Igbo Man, knowing fully well that an Igbo Man has not seen presidency or Vp since 99...and u say this country is of equity and equality.... any person that supports what Inec did on Saturday is a tribal bigot..I hv marked their moniker, let me see the fool that will scream that the whites are racists

Racoon:
Nope! INEC have done nothing yet. Wait for the people revolution. June-12 will be a child's play.

Emu4life:
Make we hear Word abeg.
Anyone that's aggrieved should seek Legal redress and not writing epistles or causing nuisance.

ProphetM0hammad:
If i reply you accordingly now, you'll start claiming victim

candygist:
Shut up, your candidate lost the election and someone else won.

Merch:
Victim kee your papa

ProphetM0hammad:
I don't have your time now
Chigozie nwatu
I'll be back for you, i know how to treat an Okoro like you

I'll create a whole thread for you soon

Sacrednes:
won watin?
He stole it he didn't win anything, he said it himself so stop defending rubbish

candygist:
You will cry for the next 8 years. You better travel to Mali.

Sacrednes:
see this nitwits 😂 😂
I can not and I will never cry

candygist:
Coward. Always making mouth on a faceless forum.

ijustdey:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/03/now-that-inec-chairman-mahmoud-yakubu-has-done-his-worst/

ijustdey:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/03/now-that-inec-chairman-mahmoud-yakubu-has-done-his-worst/

Rotentik19:
Oga keep quiet. Igbo have never and will never support anything that has to do with Yoruba. This is a well known fact.

You guys are by far the most bigoted and tribalistic lot in this clime. The whole of Nigeria fought the annulment of the 1993 election except (of course) the Igbo. Arthur Nzeribe and his group of "never do wells" vehemently opposed Abiola, sacrificed water & blood, just to see that his mandate wasn't restored.

The South East was the only region MKO didn't win in 1993. Time will not permit me to go into the details of the political history of the igbo vs yoruba, but it is on record that: the Igbo have NEVER pitched their political tent with the Yoruba.
Right from the days of Zik & Awo.

Awolowo made several attempts to unite the south by proposing a coalition government with Azikiwe but the latter reneged on initial agreements only to pitch tent with the north.

Azikiwe went as far as conniving with Balewa to jail Awo unjustly. Fast forward to 1999, the presidency was thrown open to the South. Ekwueme contested against Obasanjo and lost. It is common knowledge that votes from the north helped Obj to win.
So...stop selling cheap lies to the uninformed.
As regards the just concluded election, God knows I'm indifferent. I don't see a messiah in any of Tinubu, Atiku and Obi.
In my honest opinion the election was peaceful compared to the ones we've done in the past.
According to you, everybody came out to vote and therefore Obi won the election.
That's grossly illogical. Except you can prove to me or better still to INEC that every single person voted Obi. Even in the east Obi didn't garner 100% votes let alone the north and South.
I'm not a Tinubu supporter, but let's not be unduly emotional about such a sensitive issue. With all the alleged irregularities, if Obi was declared winner, would you have cried foul ? If your candidate is disgruntled, let him go to court. The law has no regard for your sentiments !