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Recently, I watched an APC chieftain (Nasir El-Rufai) speaking to the press and advising his followers and indeed all APC faithfuls to make sure that they protect their votes. He called on all APC faithfuls to do everything possible to resist rigging by PDP in the forthcoming election.

I pondered over such dangerous signals and couldn't fathom the reason why those that millions of Nigerian youths look up to, openly call for violence. How can the almost semi literate 75% APC followers know that an election is rigged? It simply means that if APC loses election, it is rigged.

This is the reason for the 2011 post election violence that saw to the massacre of tens of National Youth Corps members in the north. With these utterances, a loss for Buhari or El-Rufai in Kaduna state may throw us into another round of violence in 2015. It is difficult to believe that APC will continue with these calls for violence, with their recent successes in Osun State and other elections.

In almost all the APC states, they win landslide in Local Government polls. Does that mean that PDP will be calling for violence, if they lose to APC in any election, alleging rigging?

However, I was happy to come across this quote by the US Consular General in reaction to the call by an APC lord - Tinubu for rig and roast. I quickly did a search, and it starred me on the face. I never heard of the call and the reactions from the US, but I am glad it happened. More people are implored to mount a campaign against such calls, as it is not healthy for peace in this country.

God Bless Nigeria.

##The quote:
"We were deeply troubled by the threat of ‘rig and roast’ issued multiple times
by a major political figure (Bola Ahmed Tinubu) in recent weeks. Who benefits from
that type of violent rhetoric, we wondered? And why would any ordinary Nigerian
accept such provocative language, especially considering the history of post-election
violence in Nigeria, and the truly horrific carnage that this country [Nigeria] has been
suffering at the hands of Boko Haram?"

.............................Jeff Hawkins
(United States Consul-General in Nigeria)

June 11, 2014
##The links:
http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/rig-and-roast-us-blasts-tinubu-says-your-violent-rhetoric-is-irresponsible/

http://ynaija.com/its-utterly-unacceptable-the-us-is-not-happy-about-tinubus-rig-and-roast-threat/

NB: This is not a partisan call. It is just stating the obvious, to save lives and properties.

rig 2015 election and no one can save jonathan ......Burkina Faso will be a joke ..

mrvitalis:
rig 2015 election and no one can save jonathan ......Burkina Faso will be a joke ..

Is that what rig and roast is? Now tell me when and how this rigging will be determined, and when the Burkina Faso treatment will be commenced?

GOD's hand is upon Nigeria n Nigeria will not fall. If they like let them incite war but what for? GEJ 2015


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mrvitalis:
rig 2015 election and no one can save jonathan ......Burkina Faso will be a joke ..

Save your life you mean? When the violence starts, GEJ and family will be guarded by sss and army whereas your silly self will be out there running for your life. 1diotu

smarthG:
GOD's hand is upon Nigeria n Nigeria will not fall. If they like let them incite war but what for? GEJ 2015


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This is about the innocent people that will be the sacrificial lambs. If Nigeria wants to fall, and there is no bloodshed, it is free to do so.

Whoever that plan to rig election should not afraid of violence. Whoever rig election shd be violently dealt with.

DEY NO BORN GOODLUCK WELL MAKE HE RIG 2015 ELECTION...


#BABA OBJ, SHOULD NOT FORGIVE HIM..

2015 is pregnant.
Biafrans leave the North!

Exactly the hypocrisy of APC i always talk about, when they rig and win election it's free and fair, when they loose, either they command their 12 million almajiri followers to kill and destroy, or their paid internet militant are spewing gibberish or their party leaders are insulting the electorate e.g fashola's respond to ekiti and osun election respectively, insulting the people of ekiti for voting their preferred candidate but hailing osun because they voted for his party.

I still cannot understand how people support violence, under any guise. The problem here is not what jonathan did or did not do, but the repercussions of some utterances. Even if ! million Igbos die, and 20 Yorubas die, the 20 affected yoruba families will feel as much grief as the 1 million Igbo families. Meanwhile, it is very very wrong to incite uninformed and unguided people to cause violence, because nobody knows who will be the worst hit. I am sure that those that supported Boko Haram violence with body language and supportive utterances did not envisage what is happening today.

This is what we should all do if PDP wins let us see what APC will do when if our youth will be sensible enough not to lay down their lives for APC,all The blabbing and ranting of violence they threatened about won't come to pass Both parties will to do one thing if they come into power create hunger for the youth so that if they ever lose power. They will take advantage of that hunger by giving weapons to the youth to fight for them therefore making the country ungovernable for the other party you see becoming the president is not to serve the people but to serve yourself and your party that is why nigeria's is politics ragtag that is why we nairalander's argue about GEJ and GMB who is the best rather arguing a decision or reform or rules not talking about rules of orderlines but rules like economic and military rules