₦airaland Forum

Solange06:
Go and read history ondo state people don't need anyone to pay them to say NO to injustice. We r not cowards like other states. Buhari should hands off INEC and let them do their work. Don't impose on us. We r not fools. we r not protesting for mimiko but for justice to prevail in our state. We don't want injustice

Yinmu. You are just a hypocrite blowing hot air. Where were you when Mimiko was imposing Jegede? You no get voice then abi??

kcnwaigbo:
Mimiko is not a coward, neither has he ever lost a political battle. He is not stupid enough to join the APC!!! Definitely not at this time

I just hope you won't come back and put a spin on it or wax lyrical when he actually does decamp once again.

kcnwaigbo:
Nonsense don't tell me you believe this telemundo!!!

Well, i actually do, considering Mimiko's political love-peddling anticendants. From AD, to PDP, to Labour Party and then back to PDP. So why then should his moving to APC sound far-fetched??

Kai! See desperado. But why this desperate show of shame from Mimiko?? Truly he must be scheming to join APC if not wetin concern Buhari in an internal PDP matter that he is running to him? Is Buhari now supposed to tell Inec to recognize Jegede? He must really have a lot to hide o. This is the height of political prostitution and betrayal of his own handpicked candidate. Smh.


http://leadership.ng/news/556495/update-on-gov-mimikos-visit-to-pmb-in-aso-villa

[b]‎A source close to the governor confided in our correspondent that the governor had sought audience with President Buhari instead of an earlier arrangement he had had with the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for ‘peculiar reasons’.

”We were actually discussing with the ‎candidate but you know this is an intricate issue that we need to encourage him to seek audience directly with the president instead of Akeredolu for some peculiar reasons that have to do with trust and mutual respect.

”This is politics, we have decided to make the president understand that his party needs us to defeat the AD candidate who is heavily funded from Lagos. But how, when, that is the issue. Certain things have to be tabled for discussions and commitments extracted, but in a matter of days, events will unfold as to where exactly.

They may not like it, but that is the truth. We have held very fruitful discussions with the president and we are confident that he understood our position”, he said[/b].
However, speaking to State House Correspondents after the meeting with the President, Mimiko expressed reservations over the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a credible election in the state.

The governor based his assertions on the announcement yesterday by the electoral body that Jimoh Ibrahim is the authentic candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in the state.
According to him, the action of INEC is potentially dangerous as it can cause a breach of peace in the state.

Mimiko said the president has promised to look into it and that if there is any injustice, he assured that it will be rectified.

He said:Under INEC guidelines, the time for substitution of candidates has even elapsed. This action potentially can cause a breach of peace. In ondo state in the last seven and half years, we have done everything possible to put good governance on the table. We see this action as potentially dangerous.

It can cause conflagration in the state and that is why as the chief security officer of the state, I have come to alert Mr Presidnt of the potential danger of this injustice so that we can nip it in the bud.

On protest in the state, the governor said he has been on phone with stakeholders to ensure they keep the peace in the state.

“I have assured them that this injustice will not stay. We will continue to explore all avenues to make inec see reasons why this impunity must not stand.

Asked if he still has confidence in inec to conduct credible election, he said”If INEC finds it difficult to obey court order, a credible election starts with a process like this.

Kai! See desperado. But why this desperate show of shame from Mimiko?? He must have a lot to hide o. This is the height of political prostitution and betrayal of his own handpicked candidate. Smh.

There are indications that Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko has perfected plans to defect to the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The governor yesterday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
LEADERSHIP checks reveal that Mimiko is looking for a soft landing hence the purpose of his visit to the president.

Mimiko had spent one week at the nation’s capital ‎prior to the release of the final list of governorship candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday night.

Jegede, who was Mimiko’s attorney general had emerged as the candidate of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi led faction of the PDP while Ibrahim was elected at a parallel primary in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Both were engaged in multiple legal tussles until Thursday when an Abuja Federal High Court judge, Justice Okon Abang decided Jegede’s fate. INEC published Ibrahim’s name a few hours later.

‎A source close to the governor confided in our correspondent that the governor had sought audience with President Buhari instead of an earlier arrangement he had had with the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for ‘peculiar reasons’.

”We were actually discussing with the ‎candidate but you know this is an intricate issue that we need to encourage him to seek audience directly with the president instead of Akeredolu for some peculiar reasons that have to do with trust and mutual respect.

”This is politics, we have decided to make the president understand that his party needs us to defeat the AD candidate who is heavily funded from Lagos. But how, when, that is the issue. Certain things have to be tabled for discussions and commitments extracted, but in a matter of days, events will unfold as to where exactly.

They may not like it, but that is the truth. We have held very fruitful discussions with the president and we are confident that he understood our position”, he said
However, speaking to State House Correspondents after the meeting with the President, Mimiko expressed reservations over the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a credible election in the state.

The governor based his assertions on the announcement yesterday by the electoral body that Jimoh Ibrahim is the authentic candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in the state.
According to him, the action of INEC is potentially dangerous as it can cause a breach of peace in the state.

Mimiko said the president has promised to look into it and that if there is any injustice, he assured that it will be rectified.

He said:Under INEC guidelines, the time for substitution of candidates has even elapsed. This action potentially can cause a breach of peace. In ondo state in the last seven and half years, we have done everything possible to put good governance on the table. We see this action as potentially dangerous.

It can cause conflagration in the state and that is why as the chief security officer of the state, I have come to alert Mr Presidnt of the potential danger of this injustice so that we can nip it in the bud.

On protest in the state, the governor said he has been on phone with stakeholders to ensure they keep the peace in the state.

“I have assured them that this injustice will not stay. We will continue to explore all avenues to make inec see reasons why this impunity must not stand.

Asked if he still has confidence in inec to conduct credible election, he said”If INEC finds it difficult to obey court order, a credible election starts with a process like this.

http://leadership.ng/news/556495/update-on-gov-mimikos-visit-to-pmb-in-aso-villa

Mynd44, Lalasticlala, OAM4J

Now That's wassup. Haters keep off o.

nevilbot:
Bros plz before I counter u I need to ask if u are from ondo state and specifically ondo south. I really doubt it cus if u are u won't say oke did nothing as osopadec chairman. One is still loved till tomorrow in ilaje land cus of wat he and agagu used osopadec to achieve dia. It was during his tenure as chairman that roads and electricity got to d riverine area for the ist time ever.

Mimiko got dia and abandoned d project. For 8 yrs now d people Neva get light. They will over vote for oke and stand with dia vote till date. I know this cus I'm from this place sir

Don't mind the guy. The same Oke got more votes than Aketi the last time around and this time the protest votes from the North and Oke's Southern stronghold plus an equally strong showing in the Central district has already sealed Aketi's fate. Mimiko and Jegede's angry supporters will now vote en masse for Oke.

FOLYKAZE:
Oke fate is in the locked box.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/ondo-gov-poll-jimoh-ibrahim-olusola-okes-names-missing-inecs-final-list/


Thr battle is between Agunloye and Aketi

False news. Oke's name is on the final list.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/ondodecides-inec-drops-eyitayo-jegede-announces-jimoh-ibrahim-pdp-candidate/

No. The list quoted here was from September 22nd. Inec extended the date of its release of its final list till October 27th on Thursday that will contain finalised names of the approved substituted candidates, that is why PDP in Ondo are in panic mode coz they don't know whose name will appear under the party. The AD chairman in the state has long since fowarded Oke's name as replacement to Olowookere before the stipulated deadline.

Ahmadgani:
probably you did not read my post. you did not pay attention while your math teacher was busy teaching you simple arithmetic. 13% not 30%


Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nigeria
was worth 481.07 billion US dollars in 2015 which has declined by 2.06% between the month of may and September do the math, that is if you can.

by the end of august Lagos GDP stands at US$33,679. do the math.

and you lied that you carried out a research, just tell us that you flip through the pages of internet with the help of your favourite teacher Mr. Google. read what you like but don't be received by all u see on the internet.

peace

Dude, quit trying to be clever by a half coz your argument lacks any sound basis. Your data on Lagos Gdp is outdated at best (from 2010) and spurious at worst coz it's from Wiki. Okonjo Iweala rebased Nigeria's economy in 2014 and arrived at $510-billion usd, while Ambode is on record for declaring Lagos gdp at $131-billion -- he's the governor and should know,.

https://newsofnigeria.com/lagos-state-gdp-hits-131-billion/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/04/rebased-gdp-world-bank-nigerias-realities/

Those are the current facts.

90xtr09r:
Wailing a deluded Afonja whose generation of backstabbers and parasites have merely survived by being perpetual ab0ki ass-lickers just to stay relevant in the polity and continue to gain undue advantage over others...

https://www.nairaland.com/3378585/re-nigeria-cant-stand-without-igbos-ben-bruce

"For Lagos State, more than 70% of the manufacturing concerns and major industries in the State are owned by the Igbos. If the Igbos were to stop paying tax in Lagos State, the IGR of Lagos State will reduce by over 60%. In contrast, Sir, go to the South East and look at the manufacturing concerns in Onitsha, Aba and Nnewi. Please don't forget those were areas ravaged by civil war a mere forty something years ago. The Igbos have certainly made tremendous progress but the Yoruba nation has regressed. I wish to state that this letter is not meant to whip up primordial considerations or ethnic sentiments but just to put things in proper perspective."
- Maj. Gen Adebayo Adeyinka (rtd.)
https://www.nairaland.com/3173893/open-letter-asiwaju-bola-ahmed-tinubu

Why do you keep dishing out quotes by uninformed outsiders, when a son of the soil is saying otherwise?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/rivers-state-others-have-overtaken-s-east-in-commerce-industry/

Anyway, that's your cup of tea. This is my last exchange with you. From hereon if you quote me you are on your own.

90xtr09r:
Frustrations of a deluded and deranged generation of parasites and backstabbers who are too confused to ever stand for anything good in life and yet choose to miserably earn a living out of Igbos quest for self-determination...

Useless fagg0t!

THE BEST INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER IN NIGERIA
"Nnewi people have already blaze the trail in the area of building the nation's economy through individual efforts, I have gone round to see the factories in the town and I can say with all sense of responsibilities that this is the best industrial cluster in Nigeria. People from other areas should come to Nnewi to learn how the industrialists here are doing it."

- General Abdulsalam Abubakar, August 19, 2016
https://www.nairaland.com/3300590/abdulsalam-abubakar-preaches-one-nigeria-in-nnewi

That's not what an Nnewi based industrist said about SE commerce and industry. I'll rather take his word than that of an uninformed a.b.o.ki.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/rivers-state-others-have-overtaken-s-east-in-commerce-industry/

Now will you just quit mentioning me?? Jeez!

90xtr09r:
You lots should stop propagating lies with your hypocrisy and unstable nature. The combination of Tinubu and Fashola are no match to any of Igbos' Peter Obi or Chris Ngige of Anambra or Chime Sullivan of Enugu State or even the current governor of Anambra - Willie Obiano.

Lol. Yeah. That's why all of una still wan die ontop Lagos matter. Just fvck off my mention. Your mental state is beyond redemption. Seek help FAST!

90xtr09r:
Lying propagandist, you can continue your delusion...

Why not also pull out a snippet of the same Kemi Olunloyo denouncing Biafra and calling you lots bast.a.rds from SE baby factories?? You are such a hypocrite.

jamesversion:
Apart from Lagos, no SW state can match Rivers by any developmental index. Lagos is worthy of its accolades having developed for itself a model that works. But it is not a function of Yoruba magic but rather a collective effort of Nigerians in general.

Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and AkwaIbom have the potential to get to the heights attained by Lagos, if not to even better it. Lagos has gotten enough of our commonwealth, she shouldn't unnecessarily get greedy.

You contradicted yourself by saying Lagos developed a model for itself and in another breathe saying it's not a function of Yoruba magic. Yoruba administrators are responsible for that 'magic model' you speak of. Lagos ceased from being a capital over two decades ago, and since then its administration has been firmly in the hands of Yorubas. Its prestige and acclaim since then rests on the shoulders of its Yoruba administrators who have done everything to breathe life into its abandoned infrastructure, urban renewal and phenomenal IGR increase.

Without Tinubu and his successors' ingenuous and commendable creativity in fashioning out a developmental roadplan and creating sustainable models of development for the state, Lagos gdp and igr would be a shadow of what it is today. The potential may have always been there but it took these men's uncommon vision and innovation to harness that. There's nothing stopping the likes of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and indeed every other state/region from doing the same today with the right crop of leadership. We all saw what Akpabio was able to achieve in his state. Give the Yoruba administrators of Lagos their due credit and quit being a hypocrite.

Ahmadgani:
of course Lagos has the highest GDP but my question is how many PERCENT is Lagos contributing? don't forget that most of what Lagos realise are used to develop the state itself. we are talking of national economy here.

Guy, you are talking rubbish. You even went as far as lying to try to misinform people. I did a fact check of your claims about California's gdp contribution to the u.s economy compared to Lagos to Nigeria's and discovered that you don't even know what you're talking about. California's gdp is $2.5-trillion while the total U.S gdp is 16.7-trillion (so Cali merely represents/contributes 15% of America's gdp and not the 30+% you claimed). Lagos gdp is $131-billion while Nigeria's rebased gdp was $510-billion (meaning Lagos contributes atleast 25% of Nigeria's overall gdp). Therefore the premise of your argument doesn't even hold water.

But in any case, Lagos will be fine while all you haters can help yourself in the Lagoon.

Ahmadgani:
just like lagos, California in the US is not only the most populous state but it is also a house to the entertainment capital of the world. despite the taxes realized from this state, California is contributing about 13% of america GDP which is far the how many percent is Lagos contributing to Nigeria GDP. California as a state have invested in agriculture and energy
rld.

You obviously made the quoted comment in ignorance because Lagos is IN FACT the California of Nigeria, and making BY FAR the highest contribution to the country's GDP, so much so that its economy is the 7th Largest in the whole of Africa. But we are in agreement that the state shouldn't even bother about any special status but rather continue working on becoming more autonomous and generating more revenue internally to sustain its developmental pace.

Lol. Jokers. They even included Aregbe and Ambode's names on the list.

Funny OP. Make una put foward the candidate first then we can decide. But then again, even igbos won't give an igbo candidate bloc votes. Yorubas decide elections coz we are swing voters. Everyone knows where igbos will swing from early in the game while Yorubas keep everyone guessing, that is why we are the the perennial determinants and kingmakers.

Omoakinsuyi:
Big fat lie. How can Ikimi send emissary to Tinubu whose legs are shaky in APC?

You are right. He should have sent them to his arch-rival Oyegun instead, or Akeredolu . Right?

vanbonattel:
What a load of lies, was it not for the same sheepish Ness that made Afonja betray you all and you lost more that 10 million people in illorin and even got an emir?

Jesus Christ?? 10-million!? LMAO! Where did you pull that fabricated figure out from? Your anus or Nnamdi Kanu's?? Did you have to lie just to save face? Nna, sofly na. You started this thread to poke fun at Yorubas, not realizing that una shyt stinks worse than theirs. Look, personally I don't care whether all the Igbos in the entire world choose to worship, diefy, or canonize Kanu as their patron Igbo modern-day saint, e no concern me. Just stay on your lane and leave Yorubas to handle their business, else you'll keep embarrassing yourself and exposing your hypocrisy.

vanbonattel:
So you agree the whole yorubas are SHEEPISH just because of these few reasons? Why are you insulting your tribe?

Only if you agree that Igbos are worse than Sheepish. Yoruba sheepishness is yet to cost them even 1% close to what Igbo sheepishness has cost and is still costing Igbos in wasted lives till today. Agreed?

vanbonattel:
The topic is about the sheepish nature of Yorubas. Stick to the topic or I kick you out.

And I'm here to expose the worse than sheepish nature of Igbos that pushes them to hero-worship their 'leaders' to death, like 3-million of them died sheepishly following Ojukwu to their graves while he ended up absconding to Abidjan, and more are currently dying and used as target practise by the Nigerian army also for sheepishly following Olosho and love-peddler-loving maazi Nnamdi Kalu.

vanbonattel:
No, I mean the same way all the professors in the west lined up and voted for an illiterate

Which kin juju be that?

No, I mean the same way you all are sheepishly following and hero-worshipping that loser cooling off at Kuje prisons, who called your moms, sisters, and wives prostitutes.

vanbonattel:
Was it not because a frog eyed somebody decided to back a known dictator that millions of supposedly suffersticated people lined up and voted for the worst leader in this worst country?

What is wrong with these people?

You mean the same way your people are sheepishly following Nnamdi Kanu, who scammed you lots with fake Biafran passport and used una money dey carry olosho all over the place. Sotay he even insulted your mothers, sisters and wives by declaring that 90% of Igbo women are prostitutes. Hypocrite flatttheads talking. Smh.

FKO81:
Trash
he Ijebus too, claimed to be superior to other Yorubas because, according to them, it was the fifth Awujale (king of Ijebu-Ode) that cured Oduduwa (the progenitors of the Yoruba race) of blindness. For them, if the father of all Yorubas was a beneficiary of their fifth ruler, it then meant that they had existed before the foundation of the Yoruba race or at least, before they got to Nigeria.

The first Awujale was said to have come from a place called Waddai, somewhere in present day Sudan. The people are different from their immediate neighbours in Ijebuland

I didn't know Oduduwa was blind

You're sick bro. On a normal day I wouldn't even have this sort of exchange with your dumb as.s.s, but for the sake of arguement, when was the last time you saw a non-ijebu person come on Nairaland to bit/ch about or thrash ijebus for being overbearing towards other Yoruba clans?? You lots are the ones that obviously can't keep your dirty linens out of Nairaland. If it's not Chino attacking Abagworo, it's another one of your thrashing the other one's state. Pray tell how that concerns Yoruba people?? It's obvious you are embarrassed by this constant show of shame, but rather than face your brothers and talk some sense into them, you would rather scapegoat Yorubas. Again, go and get a life. Yorubas are not the reason why you all can't stand each other.

FKO81:
Warn your brothers to stop using fake monikers to be writing rubbish about Igbos

Bullshyt. You can't even PROVE that the OP is Yoruba to begin with. Anybody that has spent enough time on this board knows how you lots attack each other, forming Imo is better than Anambra and vice-versa. Yet you would rather scapegoat Yorubas rather than call yourselves to order and keep your linen out of this space. Get a life dude.