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Nigerians go to the polls to elect governors in 28 of the country’s 36 states today, as well as 993 lawmakers who will represent constituencies in the state houses of assembly.

Some suspected thugs have hijacked electoral materials and burnt them in Bayelsa State, in southern Nigeria.

SaharaReporters learnt on Saturday that election materials were hijacked by some angry youths in Otuokpoti Ward II of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

It was learnt that the youths proceeded to burn the materials.
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission were forced to flee the area due to the threats of violence.

Source: https://saharareporters.com/2023/03/18/thugs-hijack-burn-election-materials-bayelsa-community

Lalasticlala mynd44

atikuacute:
Reno cannot believe Obidients won the elections after abusing the hell out of him in twitter the main parties all have their PU results and know the real winner of the election. The clown is here looking for what next will trend on nairaland so he can carry it to twitter 1st

A failed father and blogger with broken homes here and there. Better goan take care of your innocent special needs child in US. I hope you read this meesage and choke on your hate. That better Nigeria you don't want to see will happen in your lifetime and you'll live in exile till you die!

How can he believe what didn't happen? You guys didn't even come second.

See delusions.

Lol

Phantom233:
Why not reject the roads and social amenities provided by this kingdom of man ? ,una de craze

But they believe in paying their taxes, so of course they can use the roads and amenities.

This particular doctrine is actually scriptural. Jesus Christ was never interested nor ever commented on the politics of Israel. He did not care about the occupation and rulership of Israel by the Roman empire, a whole occupation over God's people.

He was only concerned about the kingdom of God in men's hearts. All he said was give to Ceasar what belongs to ceaser (i.e obey your government and pay your taxes). His disciples also towed the same line after his death.

Win Your Polling Units For PDP Or Forfeit Your Salaries, Allowances –Enugu Governor, Ugwuanyi, Threatens Political Appointees
March 17, 2023
NEWS


Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has directed political appointees to ensure that candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party win in their polling units in Saturday's election or forfeit their salaries and allowances.

This directive comes as the battle for the soul of the Enugu State treasury and who controls the Lion Building Government House intensifies after the party suffered a crushing defeat in the February 25, 2023, presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.

Governor Ugwuanyi was not spared in the humiliating defeat as he also lost his bid to represent Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
The governor lost to Labour Party candidate, Chief Okey Ezea.

Despite being the ruling party in the state, the PDP only won two political seats, one senatorial seat and one House of Representatives seat, while the Labour Party took the rest.

Like a wounded lion, the government announced the suspension of salaries and allowances of workers and political appointees till after the elections, threatening that payments would be subject to delivering their polling units for PDP.

In a memo SaharaReporters obtained on Friday, "Cessation of salaries and other allowances" addressed to all local government political appointees, dated February 28, 2023 with Ref: OSLG/EC/PA/002, which was signed by Donatus C. Ugwu for the Executive Chairman of Igbo-Etiti local government, the staff were asked to forget their salaries and allowances should they fail to ensure PDP’s victory in their polling units.

The memo reads: "Government of Enugu State of Nigeria, Office of the secretary Igbo-Etiti local government area.


"Be informed that salaries and allowances of all Political appointees of the local government council have been put on hold until after the elections.

"All concerned (political appointees) are to deliver on their political mandates in their various polling units, etc. to the PDP in the elections with evidence thereafter after which the restrictions on salaries and other allowances will be lifted, if need be."

The letter was copied to the HPM, Treasurer and Payroll Officer.

SaharaReporters reliably gathered that the cessation of salaries and allowances was effected in the 17 local government areas and Ugwuanyi's appointees at the state level as a way to push them to do everything to ensure PDP’s victory in Saturday’s elections.



Source:
https://saharareporters.com/2023/03/17/win-your-polling-units-pdp-or-forfeit-your-salaries-allowances-enugu-governor-ugwuanyi

Lalasticlala mynd44 dominique

You can scheme all you want. The universe knows how to balance energies.

lhordspy:
Jega declared buhari 2:55am

This was 2015. In 2019 and 2023, the presidential elections were declared after 4am. Why are you still arguing when we were both saying the same thing from the beginning? I was only correcting you cos you mentioned 2 am for 2019 elections. Please read to comprehend and not respond.

lhordspy:
Not correct. You can google it.

Don't know why you're arguing with me because Tinubus candidacy was announced after 4am as well.

lhordspy:
Lol. Very embarrasing. You need to watch the full interview. I used to think peter ob! is dull, but i was wrong; man is very dull. Empty is the word. We dodged a d!saster.

His followers, 90% still dont know how these things work. They have been blaming anything and everything they could lay their hands on. From BVAS, to electronic transmission to even Mahmood announcing winner by 4:30am. Forgetting that the past two Election we had in 2015,2019 were annouced in the midnight too. I think 2:30am and 3:00am.

Some are still telling me to wait for Supreme court judgement, that they are surely reclaiming their mandate. They are oblivious of the fact that the matter is not even in court yet. Their party haven't filed any petition yet with few days left to the closing date of filing petition at the tribunal for presidential election.

They are still looking for evidence up and down even inside INEC server. A party with 150k polling unit agent with their own polling unit results that can be compared with the one uploaded on INEC portal, still looking for evidence of rigging about. What evidence again?
Same people all over the internet selling the "stolen mandate" to their ignorant supporters.
Then how comes Labour party came into the conclusion that their mandate was stolen when they dont even have evidence and still looking for it? Why havent they file the petition yet? A wise supporter would have asked himself/herself that.


Very sad to see some set of people constantly and consistently display their ignorance with reckless abandon, boldness , and nonchalantly. I will rather keep clamouring for old people to continue to rule us, rather than sell my brain to a fraud masquerading as Messiah all in the name of New Nigeria and turn a dundee.

Tufiakwa !

The last two elections were announced after 4am.

Racoon:
"However, the electoral process has cast a shadow over the election results – which are now being challenged in court by the opposition.

Nigeria’s independent national electoral commission (INEC) declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress party, the winner in an election tarnished by allegations of corruption, violence, technical failures and the lowest voter turnout in Nigerian history, at 29%.

The country’s politicians must understand that a new generation of active citizens has emerged. Concerns about the lack of accountability in Nigerian politics could further undermine the already fragile state of Nigerian democracy, and send a negative signal to other countries in the region, where about ten other countries will soon be conducting presidential elections and some, parliamentary elections...."

Why keep quoting this fraudulent Steve guy?

This Steve hanke dude dt was bursted on twitter for begging for money. From his support of Biafra, now to obedient. Lol U people are so gullible!!!

darling2424:
For Tinubu mind now everywhere done stew.

Wait for it MR CHEAT

Why are you correlating leadership to everywhere stew.

You are part of the problem of Nigeria. Leadership is service.

Ikea81:
Bastard thief, drug baron and muderer. How can a person like this talk of character? Na wa o. Let him return the stolen mandate and go to hell..His govt will always remain illegitimate, our children will be taught in history how he rigged and stole the mandate. Ole

Lol. You are so brainwashed. Stolen mandate indeed.

Fake news.

“Nigeria: At the cusp of the renewed hope”
By Bola Tinubu
16th March 2023

A fair, credible election has been held and has been won. The honor of that victory and the steep responsibility it entails has fallen on me. I say this not to gloat or boast because there is no room for such behavior. I merely state the facts as they are.

I realize many good and well-meaning Nigerians voted for other candidates. They are naturally disappointed that their favored candidate did not win. Other candidates have voiced their dissatisfaction, stating they will go to court to contest the election, this is inherent to the democratic process. We defend their right to seek legal recourse.

While they exercise the legal rights afforded them in our democracy, I have set my course and mind on the leadership of this nation, we have important work to do and I am committed to getting that work done for the benefit of all the people, whether or not they voted for me or even voted at all. This is not the time for continued acrimony and partisan recrimination, these negative things can incite strong passions; but they are not the pathway to a better nation.
Only unity and national commitment can serve that purpose.


Critics of Nigeria have been too quick to conclude that our political system is fragmented because of the impressive showing of new parties and their candidates. These critics are wrong. The emergence of the new parties and their candidates underscores the dynamic strength of our democracy. People want democracy to work and they want to have their voices heard and interests met within it. This is a good thing to be promoted, not something to be feared.

What must concern us is not the growth of parties but the regrowth of old prejudices and bigotries such as ethnicity, creed and place of origin. As a nation and as individuals imbued with the love of God and of our fellow man, we are better than this.
At some point we must decide whether we shall be enticed by the ills of the past or shall we more bravely and nobly be encouraged by the eminent prospect of a brighter future.

There have been times in our past when our governing institutions created more questions than they answered. But the arc of our political history gives me confidence that we can overcome that past.

We have walked through the thick of the night to emerge into the light of brighter days to come. There is no good reason to retreat into the darkness of years past. We must begin to repair and rebuild this national home of ours. There is time to complete the task, but time is also of the essence. We must not tarry or fret over the enormity of what we face. We are able of mind and body. Now, we must show the spirit and willpower to accomplish the historic things that lie within our grasp.

As your incoming president, I accept the task before me. There has been talk of a government of national unity. My aim is higher than that. I seek a government of national competence. In selecting my government, I shall not be weighed down by considerations extraneous to abiilty and performance. The day for political gamesmanship is long gone. I shall assemble competent men and women and young people from across Nigeria to build a safer, more prosperous and just Nigeria. There shall be young people. Women shall be prominent. Whether your faith leads you to pray in a church or mosque will not determine your place in government. Character and competence will.

To secure our nation and to make it prosperous must be our top priorities. We cannot sacrifice these goals to political expediencies. The whims of politics must take a backseat to the imperatives of governance.

We have bridges and roads to build not just for commerce and travel but to connect people of different faiths, parties and different outlooks in harmonious dialogue and common purpose. We have families to feed, not just to eliminate hunger but to nurture enlightenment, civic responsibility and compassion. We have jobs to create, not merely to put people to work but to afford all a better standard of living by which families and communities are improved and democracy deepened.

We have water to replenish not just to quench physical thirst but to ignite a thirst for creative and better solutions to society’s challenges. We have a nation to protect such that we eliminate danger and even the fear of danger.

An important step toward restoring economic normalcy has been taken by the Supreme Court’s decision on the parity of old and new notes, restoring both the rule of law & economic decency. It is merely the beginning of a more comprehensive solution to our economic challenges.

We are committed to an economy of double-digit GDP growth, greater food security and one with a strengthened manufacturing base as well as an active digital economy in which young people will have ample space to fulfill their dreams and aspirations.

Dear Nigerians, this is our country. This is our moment. We dare not waste it. Nor do we back away to accept a lesser version of ourselves and of our collective fate. We can no longer be satisfied with calling ourselves the giant of Africa. We must devote ourselves to doing those great and historic things only a giant can do.

As your president elect, I shall do my utmost in this regard for this is my sworn duty. I call upon you to come bravely forth as well, not for me but out of abiding love of country and for the people who inhabit it with you.

I, for one, am standing. But this time, I shall not be the last or only one standing. Imagine how great we can be if over 200m other souls stand with me. Let the world see a Nigeria that nothing can stop.

H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
President-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/03/16/nigeria-at-the-cusp-of-renewed-hope-bola-tinubu/

jogojogo:
All these people saying they voted for Obi because if his records are desperately ignorant. Walahi una no know who una vote for. Person wey meet igr for 400m and could not improve on it after 8 years.
Abi na infrastructure or policies?
Which records?
Kai kai

Those ones were brainwashed by the mob. Gullible fools.

Some yorubas were just supporting to help igbos turn at presidency. I don’t have a problem with that.

Then others didn’t like the Muslim Muslim thing and got convinced by their pastor. I don’t blame them too based on the country’s history.

Presidency is different from governorship though.

raskymonojendor:
Chinedu Gbadebo is also campaigning on the mantra of who is lagosian and who is not. He 100% took that divisive and hateful attitude from his igbo mum.

Apart from his Igbo mum, he also has an Igbo wife and his statements has shown affinity to all things Igbo and a hatred for yorubas. Just imagine the kind of governor he would be among SW governors, causing divisions in states to actualize an agenda. He has been unapologetic in his continuous use of statements appealing to his Igbo fans at the cost of losing yorubas. Dude has no single omoluabi trait and has vehemently refused to visit any Lagos traditional ruler. Can you imagine?

raskymonojendor:
I thought that was a Peter Obi thing but then I realized that Peter Obi is igbo.

If there are no Muslims, a division would be created amongst the Christians as we saw in Anambra and Enugu between Catholics and Anglican.

They would also use division along sub ethnic groups within the igbo tribe as we have seen in the case of Bianca Ojukwu or how an Ebonyi man (Peter Mbah) can't become an Enugu governor because his great great grandfather was from Ebonyi.

Peter Obi also used the same division against Ngige by tagging the man Anti-Igbo to garner votes because Ngige was a member of the APC.

Chinedu Gbadebo is also campaigning on the mantra of who is lagosian and who is not. He 100% took that divisive and hateful attitude from his igbo mum.

Facts only. The divisive idiots want to ruin the peace in SW, so it will be easy for them to control our politics and our lands.

Mscheew, this one dt his whole tribalist Igbo family disowned him because of his Yoruba wife.

Lolas’ page was constantly bombarded with insults from Igbo fans. I’m sure Lola has something else to say about the ‘love’ igbos had for her.

Mahmoud Yakubu

BluntCrazeMan:
The emboldened part is a fat lie..



The pictures are 100% from the IREV.


STOP MISLEADING PEOPLE

Oh please I was on his twitter page throughout the shit show. People disagreed wt some of the iRev and sent in pictures from their PUs that were different from the iRev too. He acknowledged this.

Photo from 2019.

AVISENNA:
Everything smells of hypocrisy,worse things have happened to more people in Lagos, anyway everyone is trying to appeal to the citizens,after these theatrics are done with ,we will revert to status quo

Do you guys even live in Lagos? This is normal whenever there’s a disaster please. And the government always pays their hospital bills. See some pictures below, NOT during election time. Sanwoolus wife is a doctor and normally does free health clinics and even gives gifts in hospitals during Easter, Christmas and sallah.

lazynairalander1:
Desperation, dying minutes, rush hour propaganda. the other day her husband snapped with a girl putting on jandor campaign clothe and I keep wondering are this people handlers really that d.umb?. This reminds me of how I was frequenting Abuja and uniben during my school days post COVID. I was balling to me until exam timetable was released. Well I thank God I had no spillover, this exactly where sanwo-olu's friends, family & associates are rn.

Are u in Lagos? These are pictures of joke sanwoolu visiting other victims in Lagos, not during election time.

FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wiseandtrue:
Is Tinubu even aware of any happening in Nigeria?

Them still dey lock am in-house make him no grant interview

Bola Tinubu is in Abuja.

We take care of our own over here.

When Pastor Adeboye dies, he would probably have a king-like state burial. *Just thinking out loud* He has so many powerful men as disciples.

BeardedmeatR:
How did you know he is OBIdient?

He is wearing obedient badge.