₦airaland Forum

Abagworo:
In Owerri PDP won but ironically in the more populated Orlu area APC won by a wide margin. Buhari may win Imo State.

UrennaNkoli:
Then the fool GEJ will try to release them on election eve so he can blindly lead more Nigerians into the darkness of his heinous path. GEJ must be voted out, say no to violence, say no to terrorism, say no to deceit, say no to corruption.

Seeing his fedora hat alone not to talk of his irritating self makes me wanna vomit. Hearing his wife speak makes me wanna faint. Let's join hands in choosing a new administration for this nation.

Sai Buhari
Pls vote wisely.

thepatroit:
Do you realize that boko haram wouldn't have been an issue if your president had taken the steps he took in the last six weeks, four years ago? You expect the northerners not to be aggrieved when thousands and thousands of their people had been killed before the president swung into action.

And for you support of the militants starting their own war, do you realize that if palm oil stains one finger, there's a possibility it would stain the other fingers? Nigerian economy is already in trouble, we don't need more trouble to bury it finally. You will suffer it, I will suffer it but guess what. Asari won't suffer it. Gej won't suffer it. Buhari won't suffer it.

Please think about it

mentorandfriend:
Rochas is an excellent leader; a flawless charismatic bridge builder with ardent grassroot following in all of South east. Sometimes, I wonder if he has a magic wand to command such following.

My mum for instance has shut down her foreign travels and business engagements since february and relocated to the village permanently for these one month leading up to the election. She has been touring all the Imo villages with other APC women leaders, mobilizing support for GMB/PYO/ROCHAS2015. Whenever I speak with her on phone, I can sense her assurance that APC has Imo state locked down.

Rawani:
When asked the secret of his success in business, Warren Buffet, the contrarian American investor and twice the third richest man on earth, said that his success lies in the fact that, contrary to what we may have been taught in school, he does not scatter his eggs in many baskets. He puts all his eggs in one basket, but he watches that basket carefully.

Most Igbos, in their usual business manner, may have wittingly, or perhaps, unwittingly adopted this Buffeterian typology into politics by putting all their eggs in one PDP basket. But are they watching that basket carefully? What are they gaining or losing by this unusual political marriage?

MayorofLagos:
By Tiko Emmanuel Okoye
I'm not unmindful of the outrageous things being majorly noised about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC), Muhammadu Buhari in the southeast geopolitical zone. Some say Buhari is too old to rule Nigeria but this flies in the face of past and present history. Ronald Reagan was 69 years old when he finally became US President after two failed attempts. Nelson Mandela was 74 years old when he became the first elected president of post-apartheid South Africa. And the current president of Uruguay is 78 years old and still going strong.

Some say Buhari has a deep loathing for Ndigbo. That he locked up Igbo political leaders when he was military head of state while restricting their northern counterparts to house arrest. And I ask: was the only individual - Umaru Dikko - he tried to freight back to Nigeria in a crate to face trial a Yoruba or Igbo man?

And were Abubakar Rimi and Barkin Zuwo who were equally imprisoned Yoruba or Igbo men? Others say he displayed his hatred for Ndigbo by sending Igbo youths like Bartholomew Owoh to their untimely deaths. And I ask: Was Bartholomew engaged in the contraband and deadly business of drug trafficking on behalf of Ndigbo?

Come to think of it, are we not speaking of the same Buhari who is the only presidential candidate of a major political party in the nation's history that has nominated two eminent Igbo sons as his running mate - Dr. Chuba Okadigbo in 2003 and Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke in 2007?

Is it not this same Buhari, then a lieutenant colonel, that Pastor Angus Okoli, a war correspondent of the defunct Spear magazine, testified went beyond the call of duty to not only provide for the welfare of young Biafran soldiers captured from the Umuleri/Aguleri sector during the civil war but also ordered their release back to their base in "Biafra II" (that part of Biafra that was cut off from the main enclave when the Nigerian Army occupied a long stretch of the Abagana/Nkpor Highway)? Shouldn't a loathing for Ndigbo be made of sterner stuff?

I was stunned by news reports that the Harvard University-trained former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, magisterially declared that there would be no elections as long as Professor Attahiru Jega remains INEC chairman - even after Jonathan and PDP national chairman Adamu Mu'azu recanted and passed a vote of confidence on Jega and vowed that the dates for the rescheduled polls and official handover are sacrosanct!

Makes one wonder why members of our first eleven continue to have a man-Friday mentality and tend to weep louder than the bereaved at the drop of a hat. It is this kind of pedestrian effusion from Ndigbo political elite that makes one wonder if there's more to Jonathan's endorsement than meets the eye!

Many in Igboland ignorantly deride APC as an 'Hausa party' on account of Buhari, but should we then label PDP an 'Ijaw party' on account of Jonathan? Is it right to dub APC a Muslim party when the chairman is a Christian and counts numerous Christians among its members and supporters, and label PDP a Christian party when its chairman is a Muslim and

counts numerous Muslims among its members and supporters? I sincerely believe that those desperately trying to divide this nation along a religious line ought to be truly ashamed of themselves.

Some have opined that voting for Buhari constitutes a movement backwards. If moving backwards means a naira that was at at par with the American dollar, a more stable electric power supply, a more equitable society, a more disciplined society when traditional values meant something, a safer and more secured nation and a time when corruption was less pervasive, then may we ever continue to move backwards, as a way of ultimately leap-frogging back to the future!

Happily, not all our highly illustrious sons have allegedly sold their souls to the devil for an oil block or government hand-me-down. In an essay captioned "The Buhari of my personal experience," Ignatius Olisemeka, a former Ambassador to the USA and one-time foreign affairs minister didn't mince words when he declared that "Of all the Nigerian leaders, with the possible exception of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, Buhari has been the one that has most approximated my dream of what a Nigerian leader should be."

In another widely advertised commentary, Eze Festus Odimegwu, former chairman of the Nigeria Population Commission, ex-managing director of Nigerian Breweries Limited and a close ally of both former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Jonathan, berated Jonathan as one who "sacrificed and was ready to sacrifice anything and everything, anyone and everyone for reelection." He further averred that "It is very clear to the discerning that majority will vote for the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, to save Nigeria from bad leadership and an under-performing administration." Phew!

Truth be told, Buhari may not be a saint. No human being is; even the great Madiba, Nelson Mandela, rightly said he wasn't one but see the stellar legacies he left behind after spending just four years in office. Buhari similarly embodies the new hope for hard-pressed Nigerian masses!

Four years ago, Ohaneze publicly canvassed an Igbo bloc vote for Jonathan. An Ohaneze advertorial glibly disclosed that Jonathan had accepted to use the powers of incumbency to facilitate the emergence of a president of Igbo extraction in 2015 (a tacit agreement that he would spend only one term in office) and create a sixth state in the southeast.

We were also assured that the president would dredge the River Niger and transform Onitsha into a thriving deep inland seaport. Furthermore, Jonathan pledged to build a second Niger Bridge before 2015 and complete the quality rehabilitation of the Onitsha/Enugu and Enugu/Port Harcourt Expressways.

PassingShot:
PDP has abandoned tending to leprosy and concentrating on ordinary rashes.

For all we care, Tinubu is not on the ballot neither is he on the ticket. If you have evidence that he is corrupt, please prosecute him according to the law of the land. In fact, it will be appreciated by all well-meaning Nigerians.

Jonathan is corruption-personified, this we know.


"Jonathan's government is incompetent, callous and very corrupt" - The Economist

"Jonathan's record on corruption is a disgrace" - The Guardian, UK

"Nigeria under Jonathan, squandered all wealth and breeds corruption" - Hilary Clinton

"Massive, widespread and pervasive corruption affecting all levels of government under Jonathan" - US State Department

kastonkastrol:
did you miss the part were Buhari said the Gej administration is only developing on papers? Meaning;

We are the largest economy only on papers

Our economy has grow at an average of 7% only on papers

Our GDP is valued at $510billion onlly on papers.

wakacome:
So we should vote for jonathan for that??ok you go wait tire.....keep dancing on your stupidity....

privatetisa:
As I was passing through the scene yesterday evening raising up my hands as everyone else did, a soldier who was walking along the road with us said: "... you people don't know your right now. Your PVC is your power. Use it to vote for the person that can secure you ....n..."
Obviously, he was saying, we should vote out GEJ who has failed to secvoteure Nigerians. And that we should vote for .Buhari who he believed would be able to oprotect lives and properties of Nigerians.
Besides him, I know quite a lot of military men - officers and soldiers, in-service and retired, who 'hate' GEJ more than 'poo'.
The truth is that it's only the top brass of the military that may be supporting GEJ. They are the ones that have benefitted and are still benefitting by way of corruption from the war against insurgency. The soldiers and officers that are at the forefront of the war know better. They and their colleagues in the various barracks nationwide know that if not for GEJ and his cohort generals, the ever gallant Nigerian military would have wiped off the so-called Boko Haram insurgents a long time ago without much ado. Ask any military man, especially, the junior ones - who actually are in the majority, about GEJ and hear what he or she will tell you. So far you are very close to him. You will be suprised about the level of contempt for him among them. The only problem for them is that by virtue of their professional ethics, they dare not show their contempt for him publicly. But they are tired. It's only among this set of Nigerians that I have seen an overwhelming, non-tribalistic support for GMB. It's a pity they can't vote. But I tell you, they are privately telling those of us that are their family and friends to massively vote for GMB. They said they are tired of dying like chickens in the hands of Boko Haram. They said that there is more to Boko Haram than we the masses know. They said a lot that will make us really flabbergasted will be revealed after the exit of GEJ from Aso Rock.
My keen observation is that it's the Ibos that are mainly supporting GEJ in Nigeria today. Many of them feel that the Yorubas and the Hausas have always conspired to sideline them.
Suprisingly though, quite a number of people from GEJ's SS don't like him. They want him out come March 28. But the SE people don't want to hear of it. I realy hate being or sounding tribalistic, but I have no choice this time around.
Nigerians, put tribalism aside and collectively save the destiny of your country.
Me, I tell you o. Thet remaining dey your
hand.

Jarus:
There is a difference between criticism and insult. Jonathan himself stooped so low to say Buhari did not remember his phone number.

Fayose's death-wish adverts are height of irresponsibility that can provoke anyone, least of all a General.

Look, if I were Buhari, hell would have visited Fayose by now

doctokwus:
For a man that has his kind of cult following to ever tolerated up to this level is deserving of high accolades. He has been hounded,his family attacked, death wishes thrown at him and even some thugs have vowed to resist all attempts to make him get sworn in if elected.
Fayose has been hounding him.All what he is saying is that let elections hold and Nigerians decide,is it too much to ask for?
APC has chosen its candidate, even if wheel chair bound,its for Nigerians to reject such a candidate and not that of PDP or any agency of it.
The line has been drawn and followers of buhari have been sensitized.The opposition can criticise him if they want,based on policies, past records,but any attempt to incite hate wud be met in equal fold and any attempt to scuttle elections wud be catastrophic for all involved.

donfineboi:
Its either u r an erratic ignoramus or u simply cant read to understand.
How much does Nigeria make from sales of of crude daily?
How much from import duties, immigrations, VIO(drivers licence) n other parastals?
How much from taxes?
Etc.....
Sum them up n add them it far exceeds the budget allocations.....
Now ask urself where did all the summed money go to?
How come our foreign reserves are depleted?
Did the monies go there?
Or may be they put it in the central bank?
But the former CBN governor claimed money was missing....
Or maybe it developed wings n flew away

I guess u will understand better now..... I had to.break it down for u.
Good luck in grasping

lacasa:
To be frank, any north-easterner that hasn't made up his/her mind to change Leadership for Security purposes especially, is a special f.ool


If Security is in shambles, every other thing comes a far second.



It's not about politics, it's about living up to duties under oath.

FastShipping:
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You are delusional beyond redemption.

berem:
Trying to blame Obasanjo for your failures to attract investors. Who has ever ridiculed Nigeria more than Jonathan himself with his shameless utterances?

When will Jonathan ever use his brain whenever he talks?

What a disgrace of a president.

Gbawe:
I am so ashamed of 'jeun jeun' Yorubas like Odumakin. How can any sane person support this President who has run Nigeria into the ground with sheer incompetence, mind-boggling corruption, elitist 'pocketing' of Nigeria and anti-people misrule? These "stomach infrastructure" fools should be ashamed of themselves.

Another issue for these sad elements like Odumakin, Gani Adams et al is the sheer envy of Tinubu and his lofty position none of them have been able to attain. They absolutely hate that Tinubu is perceived as one of the most powerful and influential Political leaders of the Yorubas everyone takes seriously while they are not.

They will side with evil if that helps to prevent Tinubu becoming stronger and more influential in their myopic perception. Tinubu has his issues but he is unlike these petty and small-minded Yoruba irritants because he sees the big picture and understand that issues remain about the common man and the need to give back to him and secure his future. If the likes of Odumakin understood this then they will not be praise-singing a 'destroyer' of Nigerians like GEJ. Surely the children of Odumakin and others like him, if sensible, will be disgusted with their fathers.

automaticcars:
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Nonsense from a deranged lunatic.

OpeDwarroir:
I appreciate GEJ for keeping to his promise of ensuring a free, fair and credible election. Before now Nigeria elections was a big sham, it was more of a day light robbery. True test of democracy. Nigeria election has never been this hot and competitive

Gbawe:
That is what you are reduced to? Pathetic. See how you guys in bondage inadvertently sing and dance for your oppressors when you should dump them and seek others who can let you attain the dignity and choice others enjoy worldwide? My mobile phone contract (UK telecom provider) is around £18 per month (around N6,500.00) and gives me unlimited browsing, unlimited calls and unlimited text. I can do whatever I want on the go any day of the week from my own private line anywhere in the UK. How will you ever get such cost-effective empowerment that will allow you to be a more productive human being and greater human capital asset for your nation when the PDP you support ensures telecoms providers will never offer greater value because of high cost of operation?

Any company operating in Nigeria will automatically levy Nigerians heavily for the diesel they spend to power their operation and deduct 'rough terrain' tax from whatever they supply. This is why I laugh at you blind supporters of GEJ. You have no exposure beyond "suffering and smiling" Nigeria to know how bad you have it and how pathetically oppressed you are. They fleece you and you guys simply embrace more corruption and 'wayo' to try and afford what should be the very basics any dignified human being should enjoy. Yet you continue to sing and dance for your oppressors of 16 years who will keep you as you are even if they have 80 years in charge of Nigeria. Sad. Very sad and I feel sorry for you.

Rich4god:
The earlier the northern elite as a state relagate religion to the background (making it an individual thing) and push western education forward, then the better for all of them.

Truckpusher:
The North has a system that encourages feudalism and I don't see that going away with a wishful thinking. Has anyone bothered to ask themselves why the Northern oligarch despite holding sway in the corridors of power didn't do much that would project the image of the North and her people but instead they deliberately left their people uneducated in comparison to what Awolowo did for the Yorubas?
The truth is GEJ's almajiri school to me is a well orchestrated revolution against the evil plans of the northern oligarch , don't be surprised that the sentiment that Boko Haram enjoys today and their rise was as a result of the oppression meted out to the ordinary people who became fed up with the ' doctrine of 'do as I say but don't do what I do'
They have used Islam conveniently to keep their people down while maintaining a stranglehold on the resources of the South, created this atmosphere of 'we against them' for the poor uneducated northerner to buy which makes it difficult to effect any changes in the political landscape that would represent the true aspiration of the Nigerian people.
Jonathan wasn't a fool when he built those schools, if you noticed that the problem between you and your neighbor to coexist peacefully is a result of any internal crisis within that house I think it is paramount to help his children become better people by given them opportunities they've not had from their own parents and by doing that you'll save yourself from a lot of problems.
When I shout ' Jonathan or nothing ' it is not for any personal gain but I have seen that this man has foresight that most Nigerian youths that are bent on the get rich now or die trying would never have in their lifetime.
If anyone of us expects an utopian Nigerian society overnight then a lot would be required but again are we ready to pay and make sacrifices that comes with the burden of nation building ?

Seun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnfgbqMY14U

How true are these claims? Unfortunately they didn't show any of the farmers "not on the Internet" that benefitted from the project, so ...

itetemi:
na this toys a whole president dey commission.do these resemble warships.pls use google to know what warships are.






see pictures of 4 out of the 430 united states navy warships

TheOtherview:
Source

jerseyboy:
INEC handed the cards out to Emirs and district heads to distribute. Many of them are still holding on to these cards as they cannot find the people that were originally registered to hand them their cards as Most of those registered in the far north are children, Nigeriens and Chadians. They are hoping that somehow on Election Day those cards will turn to votes. This will be a very
interesting election.

NafeesaAA:
Because collecting our PVC is the only way we can punish a government that neglected us. A president dancing a mixed breed of Azanto and selewu 24hrs after a savage sucide bombing killed 100 Nigerians.

Gbawe:
That is not the utterance of IBB. That is a fake account. In any case it is EKiti Governor, i.e Ayo Fayose, who is the most famous London taxi driver turned successful Nigerian politician. Not a fan of FFK but this is pure fabrication.

Koroaso:
*#1 MILLION REASONS JONATHAN MUST GO*

1-Most" NIGERIANS" have been killed under GEJ'S WATCH!!
2-Not a single finger lifted against corruption.
3-Oil subsidy was removed and Nigerians didn't benefit in any way instead today dollar is 213 to a naira

Copy* the* list*
Add your own.....let's give him 1 million reasons
Enough is enough.