Opinedecandid:
I suppose you are referring to yourself, right?
So change your ways and stop the name calling when rubbing minds so you won't be exhibiting 'unintelligence'

There's no how I can communicate with you. We operate on different levels; while I choose the part of a progressive, you have chosen a retrogressive mindset by thinking that Akpabio has done well when there is NO standard education, health care, electricity, water supply etc which are the very basics in any progressing society.

One thing is that you do not know what it should be, that's the problem and that's why you will celebrate anything that looks like development which doesn't have any meaningful impact to a market woman.

Please I need answers to my question to take you serious and maybe probably 'intelligent' else your guess is as good as mine.

Opinedecandid:


He is the fool who thinks the other is a fool.

Say you him or not him, stop insulting.

Your feigned intelligence sucks.

You only have one motivation, and you have not succeeded in hiding it.
'HATE' is your adrenaline!

hahaha... That's one characteristics of unintelligent and low self esteem people, they resort to abuses and are mostly arrogant showing unwillingness to learn from the smart ones.

Justice must be done and must be seen to must have been done!

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April 11 election, Mr. Umana Umana, has reiterated that all the violence and electoral malpractices during the general elections in Akwa Ibom State were perpetrated by a private army, as organised by Governor Godswill Akpabio and the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Umana said this when he led a delegation of the APC caucus in the state to meet with the President-elect, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. The delegation also included a former governor of the state, Mr. Victor Attah, former deputy governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, former Minister of Petroleum, Mr. Don Etiebet, a serving senator, Mr. Ita Enang, Mr. Dan Akpan of the House of Representatives and other chieftains of the party.


Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April 11 election, Mr. Umana Umana, has reiterated that all the violence and electoral malpractices during the general elections in Akwa Ibom State were perpetrated by a private army, as organised by Governor Godswill Akpabio and the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Umana said this when he led a delegation of the APC caucus in the state to meet with the President-elect, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. The delegation also included a former governor of the state, Mr. Victor Attah, former deputy governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, former Minister of Petroleum, Mr. Don Etiebet, a serving senator, Mr. Ita Enang, Mr. Dan Akpan of the House of Representatives and other chieftains of the party.



Regretting that the last elections in the state were marred by irregularities, a situation which, he said, led to loss of lives and large-scale harassment of residents of the state, Umana also told Buhari that when his supporters got wind of the formation of a private army many months before the elections, an alarm was raised and petitioned sent to the appropriate authorities, but no action was taken “dismantle the machine of death and destruction put in place by the state governor”.

According to Umana, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) connived with the state government, security agents and the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to rob APC of victory in the presidential, governorship, National and state Assembly polls.

Umana said: “The people had hoped that there would be free and fair elections in Akwa Ibom State for them to vote and bring in APC government at both the state and federal levels, so that the lot of the people of the state would change for the better.

“However, it is a matter for regret and a point of great frustration that our votes for you in Akwa Ibom State were not allowed to count during the Presidential Election because of massive vote fraud and wanton violence.

“Your Excellency, we would like to report that the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections held in the state on April 11 2015 witnessed even worse degrees of electoral fraud and violence, leading to many deaths and injuries.

Responding, Buhari urged Umana to challenge the alleged rigging of the election at the tribunal.

Buhari, however, admonished Umana to follow due process and stay away from unconstitutional acts in the pursuit of his case.

Insisting that the truth could not be covered, Buhari said his government would focus on fighting corruption, generation of employment and restoration of security in the country.

Buhari said, ” l am glad that you have gone to court too because you believe in the system as the right place to fight for your right and the right of the people you represent.

“I have appealed three times and arrived at the Supreme Court not because I believe the system had changed, but this time around, in your own case, you were still denied even with the use of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and the card readers, that means they will never stop lies because the essence of the system itself is to protect the interests of the parties, the candidates, whether it is the local government elections, House of Assembly, governorship, House of Representatives, Senate etc, there is need to go to the constituency, educate them, beg for their support and understanding.

“Let them know the real essence according to law to choose who they want to choose otherwise we are wasting our time. I stand for that. So, the point I want to make here is that the problem of Nigeria is not ethnic or religious, it is corruption.

“This is what we are fighting, that is why corruption is number three in my campaign. The first one is security, the North-East, the Delta area where people are kidnapped and ransom are being demanded, which people cannot afford. The second one is unemployment; 60 per cent of Nigerians are youths, most of them, whether they went to school or not, are unemployed and that is dangerous.

“So, we have to get the issue of the economy right to make sure the jobs are made available and we should try to kill corruption before corruption kills Nigeria. Let us practise what we preach as well. Who ever wins as a governor too has a lot of work to do, because corruption is fast becoming a culture.”

He cautioned against engaging in acts that would lead to loss of lives, promising to always stand with the people irrespective of their tribes.

http://propellerng.com/akpabio-pdp-used-private-army-to-steal-votes-umana-alerts-buhari/

Opinedecandid:
Oh my God!

Not again will I quote and respond even a paucity to

THOMASTHOMAS.

I should have known earlier and avoided you like the plague you are.

Is this not the same thomasthomas of global something, a faceless, professional-less, poor and fake local weekly in AKS?
So you have come on Nairaland to perpetuate your perpetuation of character assassination, mudslinging, yellow journalism, etc?

We know your stock in trade, bro.

Now that Governor Godswill Akpabio super performing administration is gloriously landing, I wonder what new job you would take up?
#neveragain#
I quit.

So in the whole world, you have just one Thomas Thomas?

What if it's an adopted name.

You are just as lazy and clueless like you leader.

You have nothing to offer seriously because you are a lazy fellow who feeds from the crumbs of your master.

I thought you where going to take me on a factual intelligent discussion but because you are empty, you have decided to chicken out!

That is good so I won't waste my intellectual energy on a lazy, clueless and unintelligent fellow like you.

Cheers

Opinedecandid:


I will keep preaching it, if you hear and repents, good for you, if you don't, then what awaits your classmates awaits you.
All haters have a common destiny and they head a common destination.

I'm not of the ministry of information to publish budget here for you. Go there, accountant general, finance, etc.

Are you not aware that we have had a House of Assembly in place between 2007 - 2015?
Why are you feigning ignorance of too many things just to achieve the same failed mission, ab initio.

Akpabio has performed, you can't take that away from him, no matter how hard you try.

You see why it's not the best idea to argue about something you have little or no knowledge about? I thought you have all facts and figures but you are now referring me to the ministries.

Don't be lazy, do your homework well! I shouldn't waste my time trying to school a fellow who doesn't want to work hard and learn how societies work!

I have asked you questions which you have refused to answer!

Okay, list out these your so called 'performance' and how it has impacted the society.

Opinedecandid:


I will keep preaching it, if you hear and repents, good for you, if you don't, then what awaits your classmates awaits you.
All haters have a common destiny and they head a common destination.

I'm not of the ministry of information to publish budget here for you. Go there, accountant general, finance, etc.

Are you not aware that we have had a House of Assembly in place between 2007 - 2015?
Why are you feigning ignorance of too many things just to achieve the same failed mission, ab initio.

Akpabio has performed, you can't take that away from him, no matter how hard you try.

You see why it's not the best idea to argue about something you have little or no knowledge about? I thought you have all facts and figures but you are now referring me to the ministries.

Don't be lazy, do your homework well! I shouldn't waste my time trying to school a fellow who doesn't want to work hard and learn how societies work!

I have asked you questions you have refused to answer!

Okay, list out these so called 'performance' and how it has impacted the society.

Sibrah:
Thanks for the enlightenment. I am a fan of Aregbe and feel he is a top performing governor in terms of Industry based development and infrastructure but wouldn't stop criticizing him in a bid to get the best out of him. Akpabio ought to have revived those industry completely and turn Akwa Ibom to an industrial hub that can employ the unemployed, generate income via tax, and positioned his people for a life after and outside oil. It is funny how people think every politician must be given only 100% or 0% mark, a total support or no support in all things. Akwa Ibom is far better placed to beat Ogun state in terms of industrialization.

I like your last sentence and that can only happen when you have a keen focused and visionary leader and not a media hype spend drift and election rigger!

Opinedecandid:


So government can privatise industries and own shares in them but can't privatise those other stuff you have mentioned Akpabio has built despite saying at the same time that he hasn't built any infrastructure?

Lol.

I laugh at your desperation.

So Governor Godswill Akpabio led administration has not built hospitals, modern markets, schools- or sorry, it only painted schools. And what again did u mention...em.
And again, in your self-acclaimed global mind, cenima, hotels, airport, roads, electrification, etc are no infrastructures. That is in addition to the ones your eyes cannot see.

What a pity?

I wonder what percentage of the readers on Nairaland or Nigerians you can misinform.

You are still on a failed mission.

Try harder, bro.

Should there be any or a few you have already led astray, just come off your hate campaign and mudslinging then I would enlighten them some more. Sound a little bit constructive and objective then I would gladly point out, yet again, what you seem to have not known, forgotten or outrightly denied.

Did you just claim too that investors can't come to Akwaibom for fear of being kidnapped?

Which year did we here about kidnapping the last time in AKS?

Learn to admit to see good and say good when goodness has been put in place, for if you refused to, your guess is as good as mind.

You still have not answered my questions which are simple and straight forward.

You talked about government privatizing hotels and cinema like seriously? How many jobs can those places create and to what benefit are there to the society at large apart from the politicians.

For your information, the government subsidizes and is still subsiding movie tickets? That's to tell you that people cannot afford movie tickets to see a movie. Quite ironic isn't it? Why has government chosen to build hotels and cinema rather than factories that will produce goods and provide services for the people.

Please kindly inform me where the schools, (I don't mean renovation, but establishment of schools where there wasn't any) are located, where is your modern market? Akwa Ibom has 31 LGAs, so kindly inform me where those schools, 'modern markets, hospitals (not the specialist hospital because no patient has been treated there for eight years), pls just tell me their locations.

You are the one who doesn't have facts, you are just throwing tantrums like you mentor with nothing to point at.

Do you even know what infrastructure means because you didn't even talk about water supply which doesn't exist in the state! Lol...

You are a product of the dubious school of 'uncommon transformation'.

Another question, how many jobs has Akpabio created directly as a government or in partnership with the private sector? Get your facts right!

Opinedecandid:


I would have gladly and willingly educated you further on the globally acceptable adage that 'Government has no business doing business' vis a vis the developmental strides of Governor Akpabio and the place of privatisation in it all, but joining issues with you will tantamount to fruitlessly sauntering to prove colour differentiation to the blind. Obviously you are scaled by hate and rage, so you resort to attacking persons in the stead of addressing issues.

I won't bandy words with you.

We are no mates!

Yes, we are no mates!

Some people when trying to look smart at the end of the day expose their lack of knowledge.

I address issues but I always feel bad when people like you misinform the public. There is nothing there to hate, Akpabio is failed leader, he did not revamp any of the industries a governor like him built and he hasn't provided the necessary infrastructure for private individuals to invest.

While you want to educate me on the reasons why 'Government has no business doing business', what infrastructure has this government put in place to enable private sector investment? Please list just seven (7).

When the government and people like you say the state is ready for investors you just wonder. These investors;

1. Which schools will their children attend?

2. Which hospitals will they go for medical treatment?

3. Which market will they go for shopping for foodstuffs? Itam market or Akpan Andem market lol...

4. Which mode of transport will they move around with? Keke...

5. Who will guarantee their security before they get kidnapped for ransom?

If I may also ask you these simple questions,

1. What business does government have doing cinema business?
2. What business does government have building a playground at Tropicana.
Should the idea of Tropicana be a government business?
3. What business does the government have building hotels (two huge hotels). Why is the government in hospitality business?

So if you say government has no business doing business, what do you call those I just mentioned?

There's nothing global about you, you are just a local champion!

Stop misinforming the public, the government can revamp those industries and privatize it and own shares. Simple!

Akpabio doesn't have what it takes to build a functional society!

Opinedecandid:


I understand what you mean, sister. However, other than the fact that it is not a welcome idea for a government to venture into any form of business, government also has priorities, just like we do in our individual lives.

Take for instance, if what it would have caused the state government to revamp any of those ailing industries is about 2b naira, whereas the employment it will generate as well as the profit it will make in 5-10yrs would not be commensurate with the 2billion.
Government would rather deploy such huge allocation to a more viable, resultful and benefiting sector.

Granted that the needed infrastructure has been put in place in the state, a new government has come with the central objective of building industries in the state, let's relax and see another performer in the person of UGE turn the fortunes of the State around through industrialisation.

When I read comments from people like you I see why Akwa Ibom will never grow beyond road construction and painting of primary schools. You said 'government does not have any business doing business', please let me ask, 'why did Akpabio build Cinema in Uyo and for what purpose? The five star 15 storey hotel in Uyo and 3 star 12 storey hotel in Ikot Ekpene is for what? Are those not government businesses?

You talked about government recouping monies invested in a company in 5 - 10years, now let me ask you, 'how many years will it take the government to recoup the money invested in the 'first in Africa' stadium that nobody knows the contract sum.

At times we want to bamboozle others with talk. If Akpabio invested the same amount of money he invested in the stadium, tropicana and those hotels to revamp those ailing industries Akwa Ibom youths would have been gainfully employed.

For your information, Akwa Ibom is one of the worst hit states with unemployment, go check out the facts but ironically, it receives the highest allocation in the country.

Akpabio's achievement is just media hype, with over one trillion naira in eight years, you have just few dualised roads, few primary school renovation, and few urban roads, yet you say he has done excellently well.

The problem I have with people like you is that you do not know how to quantify money. If I may ask, do you know what 500million or 1bn can do in terms of infrastructure?

Kindly publish his budget from 2007 - 2015, lets do a thorough check with what is on ground.

I'm not a fan of a cluesless, greedy, trickster and election rigger.

You can make him your role model!

This is it!

xpac01:
Blame it on GEJ.

How?

doctokwus:
Shey u people said that he is the best governor because he built a beautiful stadium.
You pple Shu's enjoy his uncommon transformation of his pocket.

. you and who?

Stop am o

School has resumed and pupils and students of schools in Akwa Ibom State are still sitting at home, all thanks to the uncommon transformation agenda of Godswill Akpabio in providing "free and compulsory education" to the citizens with no teachers.

Teachers in public primary and secondary schools are on strike due to months of unpaid salaries and salary review. Akwa Ibom earns the highest allocation from the federation account and the civil servants in the state are grossly underpaid compared to their counterparts.

Akpabio's cousin who is the State Universal Education board chairman also uses the allocation meant for UBE in the state for his own personal and family affairs. Currently, Akpabio is gallivanting the State with his successor who he wishes to impose on the State while schools remain under lock and key.

His children are receiving the best of education while other people's children are sitting at home.

What an evil!

-thomasthomas

A deeply religious but very corrupt leaders deceiving gullible Christians who jump up when they hear the word 'god'. Politicians have their own god they talk about every time! They will all attend the Carol and still plan how to rig the elections.

Unaccounted State Money are used to fund this show yet gullible Christians will troop en masse to watch participate.

Shame!

chukwudi44:
Dear Lord please we don't want an Islamic fanatic as president in this country. Kindly grant us a credible election in 2015.Frustrate the efforts of boko haram and their sponsors cu.m sympathisers.

Buhari has threatened to impose sharia upon your children, kindly frustrate his presidential ambitions and never allow his plans come to fruition. All this we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord amen

The prayer of a hypocrite is useless

Please look no further, Buhari/Oby Ezekwezili will cause PDP sleepless nights.

She is a woman as PDP will say APC hates women, she is a Christian, she is from the South East. Madam due Process, educated, one time minister and VP World Bank! She understands administration!

A right combination with Buhari because they have the same values!

PhockPhockMan:
Oh God, teach Buhari how not to cry like a baby after 2015 election. Touch the heart of the winner of the election, president Goodluck Jonathan, not to ban the importation of white handkerchief.

AMEN.

Your have just two more months and your job as GEJ attack dog on nairaland will be over!

Let's see who will cry then.

Odutodaiwa:
I absolutely agree with you. We are up against the enemy within and of course formidable external enemies of the outside world. They can come up with anything to abort our dreams on making sure Buhari makes it to Aso Rock next year. We should watch our guard. These evil people do not want us to progress. They want us to have useless leaders that will steal dry and use our money to finance their economies by keeping our leader's loot in their countries.

It is in their interest that we do not rise up as a country.

Western countries want docile African leaders like Jonathan where they can continue their exploitation. They supported Campoare to oust Sankara in Burkina Faso because Thomas Sankara took the country on the path of greatness. Rail liñes and other infrastructure started by Sankara stopped since 1985 that he was pushed out of power.

I'm happy the Burkina Faso citizens chased Campoare out of government.

We need to take back Nigeria, the richest country in Africa in all ramifications.

KanwuliaJara:
If you like pray to the Sambisa Forest MAMI WOTAS. . . . . . da OLD, LEAKING PISS-BAG is gonna quench real soon.

Did you see his DRY, TOLO-TOLO neck?

Una wan take una hand put YARADUA DE SECOND with a deputy also flying to and fro London in a private "jet-coffin. . . . . aka
ASIWAJU OF DRUG-PUSSSSSSHING?

Nigeria represents A TYPICAL NIGERIAN WOMN that loooooves to PHOCK OLD BABAS due to malnutrition and spiritual poverty!

Both PRESIDENT and VP go quech before den smell ASSO ROCK ke!

I dey laugh oooooooooh!

your comment is irrelevant, useless and not needed! Thank you. Please excuse me

Please I enjoin every nigerian to please pray for Mr Buhari and Nigeria come 2015. I am saying this because there are a lot of forces both nationally and internationally that are against his emergence as the president of Nigeria because these forces know that the era of misappropriation, injustice, corruption and ineptitude is over.

Immediately after his emergence as the flag bearer of APC some funny BBC and CNN commentators came up with their write up condemning Mr Buhari meaning they will not like to see him too as the President which will also meaning game over for the American and British exploitation of the country under Mr Jonathan who runs helplessly to these countries to plead for help on how to preside over the affairs of the country.

These countries do not want to see Nigeria prosper because of what they gain and they will do everything possible to impoverish the people using corrupt, wicked and inept leaders.

Please pray and get your PVCs ready we are going to take back our country Nigeria!

-thomasthomas

Gboliwe:


Can you all just pour out your frustrations and leave my able President alone? What has Goodluck Jonathan got to do with this one again? What is your problem?

. That is his party!

Akpabio is fraudster! PDP primaries in Akwa Ibom was rigged for Udom using illegitimate delegates with the support of the presidency.

Meanwhile, INEC in Akwa Ibom has refused giving out PVCs to voters so that PDP can rig the election with it! There are a lot of PVCs at INEC office and when voters go to collect it, they are told to come back every time that the person giving the PVC is not around.

What a corrupt and wicked government!

Jonathan, Okupe, Patience, Diezani, Abati, Omokri,

Add yours

Buhari, Amaechi, APC, Fashola

Add yours

9jii:
I witnessed it everyday and always wonder how come we never taken it as a serious problem.
It's the genesis of all our problems. My view

You are right bro

Yes a corrupt and dishonest people with just two pages and not making the front page I'm forced to conclude.

Cheers

APContherun:

[Also any topic raised about misgovernance is seen to be an APC topic].
Do you think we don't understand what that means? I do not have a problem with the issue you raised about corruption as that generally is the case but making it sound like only PDP supporters on naira land complain about issues raised about misgovernance while APC supporters don't is the highest form of dishonesty. Perhaps you need to check those lines again to see my point.
Thanks.

Okay sir, PDP and APC members both support their own when issues of corruption is being raised!

APContherun:
The op made it sound like only PDP supporters are guilty of what he complain end about. How do you explain this?

[Also any topic raised about misgovernance is seen to be an APC topic. For example, if the issue is about say Akpabio, a lot of his ethnic and state people, even PDP members will rush to support whatever he did and to castigate the others for raising the point and they are quick to remind them that it is not their state].


How many times have we being told by APC supporters not to talk about Fashola and the fraud taking place in Lagos just because we aren't Lagosians? Next time be a little more objective so people could take you serious.

That is the dishonesty I am talking about! We always immediately identify with 'our own' even in misdeeds.

What objectivity are you talking about? If you read and comprehended what I said, you'll see where I see where I gave as an EXAMPLE and funny enough, that is where you had to quote me out of context.

I think you are the one that needs to be objective here.

The response to this thread shows that a lot of people are guilty of one corrupt act or the other hence less comments. If this thread were to be about Hollywood and their artiste, then it would have hit front page and probably page eight!

Let's do a soul searching, as you blame the leaders, how corrupt free are you whether as a gate man, messenger, manager etc?

Let's be honest with ourselves!

-thomasthomas