₦airaland Forum

Hedonisst:
Are you alright?

Did PDP claim holier than tbou? Is it not Buhari and the APC that came to power based on anti corruption mantra, so why should they be allowed to get away with the same thing that PDP was condemned for?

Please ask them. It is like a pastor who was appointed because it is believed he is righteous, who has been going round condemning and punishing fornicators but caught in same act he has been preaching against. Same pastor is now justifying his sins by saying since other members are doing it, he should be able to do same. What will you say about him? He must be a hypocrite.

Ijaya123:
Vote buying has been with us since time immemorial. PDP further entrenched into our political landscape.

You are right. In the 2018 Ekiti State elections, it was PDP that instructed the security agents to arrest the agents of PDP and give protection to APC agents to buy votes with impunity by show evidence before pay. This is Change!

RexTramadol1:
So the Obas now told their subjects to show them their ballot papers and collect the dollars


Interesting primitive thinking.

Do you mind him? The party of corruption fighters came on board to take bribery of voters to another level of service before pay with evidence. That is Change!

frowland:
You cannot cancel an election based on arrests, because in the court of law the police will also be a witness and you won't expect the police to say they were arrested illegally. Elections canceled are the ones directly involving INEC. That was one of the reasons the supreme court refused to cancel Rivers and Ekiti elections of 2014, and 2015 respectively.

..and by the way, I am not an insider. I just made my observations just like everyone else. I never stated anywhere that its a fact. Of course, its public treasury that's been looted but do you expect the money to come directly from CBN like in 2014? It must come from someone, a contractor and the likes.

I did not talk about cancellation of the results based on that. Only the courts can decide on what bases the election could be cancelled if need be or whether it will be awarded to the rightful winner as a repeat of election will likely go same way. But you confirmed that some illegal arrests were made against the PDP although according to you, the police may deny or give 'reasons' since they are under authority to please their oga. But my point is that apart from voters inducement which some people are trying to rationalize by claiming the other party was also involved, the powers that be in the party of 'saints and corruption fighters' obviously abused their powers to their own advantage using security agents which is part of corruption. When the corruption fighter is involved in corruption acts, what is the hope for the country? If inducement of voters has come to stay, then the politicians will continue stealing so that they can buy votes with it. Once you belong to the ruling party, then you have an added advantage as security agents will give you cover. But God pass all political crooks. God bless Nigeria.

ikennaf1:
Sophisticated politics. hmmmmmm

I thought some people claim that the 2014 was rigged in favour of Fayose thereby justifying the rigging of this year's edition for Fayemi as pay back. But here you a supporter of Fayemi claims that Fayemi actually lost to Fayose.

mapet:
Doctored on a random sheet of paper with no INEC logo and official stamp? Doctored when all the results from polling boots and LGAs are electronically transmitted to INEC? Doctored when all party agents signed the results from each location? Pls tell me something else.......

Of course, not everybody in Ekiti State likes Fayose and the PDP candidate the same way everyone did not like Fayemi. It is the higher or highest number that wins elections. But why where the election results not pasted on each polling boot as was the practice during Jega era so as to know whether they tally with those announced at INEC Headquarters? How are you so sure that the election results were not doctored ie changed?

frowland:
Five thousand by 197k votes is not even up to a billion. .. and that is 'if' all the 197k was paid 5k.
Secondly, both PDP and APC bribed.
Biggest donors;
PDP = Atiku, Wike, Kwankwaso
APC = Tinubu, Ali Sherrif,

Strange that no PDP governor even Wike have visited Fayose since then. But I saw Wike in Kwara dressed like Aboki.

Sir, You must be an insider to both parties to know who funded the Ekitigate voters' bribery scandal. Are you saying that our public treasury was not part of what was used to induce voters? OK. Let's say both parties tried to buy or actually bought votes. What about the alleged arrest of PDP supporters and agents on the eve election. What was the intention and did it not additionally influence the outcome of the polls to the advantage of APC?

RevenGeMission:
When did Vote buying get included in Buhari's campaign ??

Corruption and Graft among public workers and recovery of loots

Weldone twisting , it won't put food on your table

Sir, this is the problem with our 'over educated' people. They box words and definitions to a corner. Sir, in case you don't know the expanded meaning of corruption, let me define and explain it. Corruption is the use of one's office, position or privileges to get undue advantage. The use of bribery, the security, intimidation and any other illegal means to favour your candidate is part of corruption. It is abuse of office. It is akin to a teacher using the privilege of awarding marks to ask for support, money or sex. Ditto the police and other public officers. Fighting the 'corrupt' in the opposition while the 'corrupt' in your party and cabinet are regarded as sacred cows is not even fighting corruption to start with. It is corruption of office in the first place. Stop shifting the goal post. Corruption is corruption. Vote buying is corruption. Arrest of opposition supporters in the eve of election to pave way for your candidate is part of abuse of power which is corruption. May God deliver us from hypocrites forming as saints and saviours. God bless Nigeria.

PHILipu1:
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And you think it is easy to kill all this within 3 years?
Is a magician?
That is why Mr president deserve another 4 years and we need like 2 or more presidents like Buhari to come before all this things can be kill or reduce.

You don't just expect it to be easy for Buhari to kill within 3 years all this things that we have mastered for many years now.

Sir, sincerely speaking, is the president of Nigeria fighting corruption? If he were, I wouldn't be bothered. What he is obviously doing is using the fight against corruption to demonize and annihilate the opposition do as to pave way for his second term. The way he is going is not killing corruption. Not at all. He is intentionally or inadvertently encouraging the thieves in his party to steal as much as possible so long as they remain in the same page with him and for the thieves in the opposition to cross over and become saints. Examples abound of the allegedly corrupt people in his cabinet and party who are untouchables no matrer the evidence and noise against them. But same allegation against the opposition or critics of the government and the EFCC (which has shown to be an arm of the ruling party) swings into action and engages them in media trials. My candid opinion is that the president is not after eradicating corruption in Nigeria but simply making a name out of it and using it for political ends. God bless Nigeria.

tech18:
You are contradicting yourself..you said vote buying did not start today and you are now saying the government in power is setting a bad precedent. The PDP started all this vote buying, so they have already set a bad precedent. I think the only solution is for the electoral act to be amended to include severe punishment for any party caught buying of votes

Sir, you are right. Money politics did not start today, not even in 1999 when the PDP came on board. But it has gotten to a new low level even now that the party in power is supposedly fighting corruption. Hasn't it? That is the dangerous precedent I am talking about. You are also right on the need for legislation recommending severe punishment for any party caught buying votes. But the question is, who will catch the vote buyers? The same security personnel that looked the other way for the national ruling party agents to buy votes freely while the opposition part agents are harassed and hounded? Who will prosecute the vote buyers? The same government whose party the buying and intimidation favours? The party in powerin Nigeria have demonstrated that they are selective in their justice system. So you will naturally expect them to focus their attention on their opponents caught while their own agents will continue to buy votes unhindered. They will tell you to wait until the opposition get to power (when they cannot match the party in power in vote buying?)in order to balance the equation. Where do we go from here?

somehow:
Wether you shared before or after, buttom line is that you shared.

The president is not the chairman nor the one running for governorship position. The chairman is in charge of the running of the party, not the president.

So the president is the only one that integrity should be tagged on and not pdp and everyone else including all Ekiti voters and you yourself?

Are you alien to having integrity? Since Ekiti people were only ready to vote for who would give them money (more). No thanks to the poverty in Ekiti state caused by the governor. (pdp). Should Apc now turn saint so as to allow pdp win by sharing the money as usual to please who exactly?

It's okay for pdp to share as they have been doing since 16 years ago but not okay for other parties abi?

Some people had the choice of voting for anyone, no one forced them to collect money. I have never collected money to vote before and i still voted my choice, so what?

This theory of yours that the president knows nothing about the running of the party as per the election is very much incredible. Yes, he is not the chairman of the party or the governorship candidate but they have his full backing as per the strategies to ensure the results favour their party.The money used to induce voters was approved by who? The security used to encourage the scam was deployed on whose instruction? If he is not privy, who has or will be brought to book or reprimanded for such infringements? Let me tell you sir, integrity is not a tag neither is it a title. It is honesty in all your dealings. And from your statement, I deduce that the persons comprising the two main parties do not have integrity or have lost it.Then somebody should stop preaching up and down that he is fighting corruption while he is part of the corrupt politicians and system. That is to me hypocrisy. By the grace of God, my humble self has real integrity. Of course, you do not know me but I am forced to say it because you implied that I am among those who do not have it. My concern in all this is that with this way of 'winning' elections in Nigeria, politicians would rather concentrate on stealing more money so as to buy votes in the next election instead of good governance. It is a pity. May God save us.

Oblang:
Vote buying is an act we should do away with but the question is can PDP swear that they didn't buy votes too or did votes buying starts today in Nigeria.

Sir, vote buying, bribery and corruption did not start today. That is why our president, who is supposedly a man of integrity was elected to fight and kill corruption including vote buying. PDP cannot swear that they too did not bribe the voters. The difference according to reports is that the PDP paid before service while the APC paid after service (with evidence of voting for the party and in collusion with the security agents). This act of vote buying should be vehemently condemned because it poses a great danger. The government in power now will not be there for ever but is setting a precedent. God bless Nigeria.

somehow:
This wailing is starting to piss me off.

The 2 major parties shared money that day and the citizens voted while collecting money.

So what exactly do you want us to do?

This sarki is getting irritating already.

Sir, the difference is that PDP shared before service while the APC shared after service (with proof that you voted for them). PDP couldn't do same because the security agents intimidated them while the APC had their backing. BTW I thought that our amiable president and his party stand for integrity and anti-corruption. Is buying of votes not bribery and corruption? Are we to continue like this? If this continues, any government in power at the federal level simply does not need to perform. All they need is to bribe the electorate with security agents serving as under cover. Then anybody who complains becomes a WAILER!

Please, why is it that virtually all appointees of this government keep on taking sides? This prof. could at least have pretended to be neutral. Will the president sack him if he pretends to be? According to this report, the prof. initially claimed the 2014 Ekiti election was RIGGED, only to blame Ekiti people for ELECTING Fayose. Which one do we believe? Was it rigged or did Ekiti electorate freely elect Fayose? Look at how people can contradict themselves when they resort to propaganda. BTW, did Dr Fayemi and the APC not go to court, even to the Supreme Court, even after initially conceading defeat to Fayose? Why is it now a crime for prof. Eleka and his party to challenge the 'victory' of the APC in court?

seunmsg:
Amen!!!

Hope you are now convinced?

Yes, I am. I hope your partisan fellows can say Amen too.

Shukuakukobambi:
Shut up your mouth make we hear word. I didn't even know I was conversing with a PDP thug. So Fayemi was banned from winning? Did God tell that to you and Suleiman at the same time?

If your God is the same God fayose was calling on to come help him, you're more hopeless than I thought. Tell him. I'm warning him too

Sir, I think I have made my points clear. For your information, I am not a member of any political party and if you read my earlier submission, I did not call Governor Fayose a saint. What I hate is lies, hypocrisy and injustice because I don't want such to befall me. I don't know if the people you mentioned have anything to do with the God I serve. I only stand for truth. You don't even know who you are chatting with, yet you choose to insult and call me names. I forgive you sir. You have a right to support any candidate or party of your choice, but if you cannot stop hatred and lies, please eschew blasphemy for your own good. Thanks.

Shukuakukobambi:
So all these preaching because fayose received his just dessert? Was he even the candidate? Is this God you're mentioning the same one that Suleiman claimed to have received message of PDP victory from?

Stop your clowning abeg. Go and reprimand fayose for carrying big Bible about deceiving himself

Sir, that is the point. Fayose was not the candidate, prof. Eleka was. So if Fayose, you or I deserves any punishment, such a one will get it in line with the word of God. But it us unjust and evil to rob Eleka of his deserved victory, if he actually won, because of hatred and hangups against Fayose. Sorry, for you and any so-called prophet joking with and blsspheming God's name. Maybe you are an atheist, but I think you are going too far. Please be warned!

Cjrane2:
The courts will scrutinize all the fake figures added by APC and the truth about who won the elections will be laid bare for everyone to see.

APC is filled with criminals who's elections were annulled by the courts for fraud. Go ask Ngige how he was removed as Governor and the rightful winner of the elections Peter Obi proclaimed by the courts.

So don't rejoice yet about forging numbers, the courts will unravel the truth behind every single number the APC Federal Government imposed on INEC as the election result

Hmmmmmmm!

kurupt1:
Rigging is the wrong language in the ekiti election...... It was 'concocted' by the INEC state officials after all the results had been collated.

Sir, this is a grave allegation against INEC. Are you implying that they were bribed or unduly influenced by the APC led government of famed integrity? Please can you give us details how the 'concoction' happened?

seunmsg:
No problem. I really don't mind if the post can get wider coverage. What is Paramount is for people to understand why Fayose lost as against the PDP propaganda that the election was rigged.

Sir, if you and your likes are really convinced that the Ekiti election was not rigged, may God bless you abundantly and may your rights never be given to someone else. If on the the other hand, you know or suspect it was rigged but decided to support evil and injustice due to reasons best known to you, may what you rightly deserve be given to someone else! Please join me to say 'Amen'. If you don't say 'Amen', then you are a hypocrite and the one spreading propaganda.

Shukuakukobambi:
if you guys don't die on this ekiti matter, you just might live long enough to see Jesus come back

Was it an election in Igbo land? Should it be a surprise to you that the gladiators are yoruba? Or were the actors in 2014 in the same ekiti from your kindred?

Why do you want to die wrongfully over an election that has zero to do with you?

Sir, let me come in here because you mentioned the name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus. How I wish you did not mention Him because He will never be part of rigging, bribery of the electorate, mandate theft, deceit, propaganda or lies. Yes, Governor Fayose was proud due to the teaming support he enjoyed and God usually brings the proud down. That does not however mean that He will not punish those who stole another person's mandate as well as those supporting the injustice. No matter, where you are from, you should speak out against injustice so that you will not be a victim of same. And since you mentioned Jesus' name, I want to let you know that in line with the word of God, all those who are rejoicing that someone was cheated out snd mocking the victim will experience cheating and injustice one way or the other if they do not repent. Thank you.

Is MURIC under the presidency or is it an arm of the ruling party? All its comments I have read seem to be mere propaganda in support of the present government. Is it because their oga was given a federal appointment as JAMB Registrar?

bloodofthelamb:
You are welcome.

All thanks to the LORD our wisdom and understanding.

Glory be to His holy name! May all who are yet living in sin and outside the Kingdom come to Christ the only Lord and Saviour now for pardon, cleansing and redemption before it becomes too late I J N, Amen.

Maestro21:
Which is what I was trying to tell them.

May God help them to understand.

bloodofthelamb:
Accepting Christ means embracing a new and heavenly nature. Christ becomes your life and nature when you receive Him. Without Christ in you, the kingdom of God is far from you.

Our own willpower cannot recreate and change us. It might change us for a while, but we are bound to return to our unholy life-style.

Every soul needs Christ.

You are quite on point sir. Thank you very much.

dhardline:
Believing in Our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ is the only way. If

you repent of your sins today can you stay a whole week without

a single sin in your thoughts, your words or actions? Remember

you can't excuse even the slightest lust that comes to your

mind or the bitterness that sneeks into the heart or the anger

that you feel for anyone or the desire to have something that

you see someone else has (envy and lack of contentment) or to

be carried away by the fashions or worldly luxuries etc. Man is a

fallen creature and no man can save himself. A lot of people are

choosy on what they call sins,they pick the ones they will avoid

and leave the others. for who ?I always ask. and because of that

they think themselves holy. What a deception,for we can only

deceive ourselve and not God. So for those who sincerely want

to become holy the law becomes our tutor/schoolmaster to

show us how wretched we are and lead us to Christ Jesus.

Thank you very much sir for your incisive explanation. God bless you.

bedspread:
That's the Only way!!

JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE SAVED..... NO OTHER

I quite concur sir. But you did not explain why it is that He is the only way to be saved. Is it because He is the only sinless 'man' or because He alone died for the sins of fallen humanity?

enilove:
That is the way we feel it should be , but our Creator says it does not work that way, can we question Him .

Those that died before Jesus Christ , whether they were good or evil , were given opportunity to accept Jesus Christ after his death on the cross.

John 5:25-29 KJV
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
[26] For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
[27] And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
[28] Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
[29] And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

It is a must to accept Jesus as our saviour and there after ,live a holy life and be saved.

Ok sir. Now I know better. Thanks a lot.

KingRagnar:
He told them to be patient while security forces hold down the affected areas in the meantime, he told them to be patient in order to come up with a lasting solution that will end the killings permanently. The key words are "Lasting Solution", nobody wants a solution that will only subside the killings for a while and then it regains energy again, we Nigerians want a plan that will end the killings completely, absolutely and permanently, that will ensure we do not hear stories of such ever happening again

But what is stopping the president from launching Operation Whatever on the killers the same way he dealt with the non-killing break away IPOB? Did he ask for patience before launching an attack on them with the Nigerian army? Is he asking for patience just to gain reelection? So the Security Chiefs have not racked enough brain for three years to find lasting solution to the killings but will do so less than eight months to elections? Why then is he still keeping them? If the president cannot stop the killers now that he needs the votes of Nigerians across the country, is it after 2019 elections when he doesn't need anybody's votes that he will do so?

KingRagnar:
He told them to be patient while security forces hold down the affected areas in the meantime, he told them to be patient in order to come up with a lasting solution that will end the killings permanently. The key words are "Lasting Solution", nobody wants a solution that will only subside the killings for a while and then it regains energy again, we Nigerians want a plan that will end the killings completely, absolutely and permanently, that will ensure we do not hear stories of such ever happening again

But what is stopping the president from launching Operation Whatever on the killers the same way he dealt with the non-killing break away IPOB? Did he ask for patience before launching an attack on then with the Nigerian army? Is he asking for patience just to gain reelection? So the Security Chiefs have not racked enough brain for three years to find lasting solution but will do so less than eight months to elections? Why then is he still keeping them? If the president cannot stop the killers now that he needs the votes of Nigerians across the country, is it after 2019 elections when he doesn't need anybody's votes that he will do so?

Sharpshooota:
Exactly... If Buhari can declare an unarmed group terrorists and send marauding pythons after them...

One would think he would do the same to a group killing in hundreds on a weekly basis...

But no.... He begs for time as the killings continue
Buhari is a terrorist... Know it now

President Buhari may not be the terrorist, but he has a soft spot for terrorists who are killing people. He loves them and their cows more than those being killed. If it were the terrorists that were being killed, our president will not ask for patience. He would have almost exterminated them within weeks and the killings would have stopped.

owukpa:
The Nigerian Youth Impact Movement (NYIM) has strongly frowned at the recent comment by Governor Aminu Tambuwal, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of being responsible for the politically-motivated killings in Nigeria.

Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives had stated that the killings across the nation boil down to failure of leadership, stressing that the “growing spate of mindless shedding of innocent blood” has brought a new dimension to the reprehensible state of insecurity in the country.

“That is not what Nigerians voted for in 2015″ Tambuwal had said.

Reacting however, the youth group stated that it is very disheartening to see people who were in the helms of affairs in the old regime known for wastage, nepotism and grand corruption to cast aspersions on the person of President Buhari.

Odoh Chima, Executive Director of the group in a statement warned Tambuwal that despite eyeing the number one seat, he should not throw caution into the winds.

According to Chima, Nigeria relapsed into a recession shortly after the take off of the present administration because the 7th National Assembly under Tambuwal didn't do their job in checking what was happening in the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA and Petroleum Ministry.

He said, “Tambuwal as a matter of fact has undermined the war on corruption by terminating all corruption cases against members of his cabinet accused of stealing N1.5 billion public funds.

“While billions of public funds are being squandered in the name of the electorate without commensurate social infrastructure in Sokoto state despite receiving successive funding as bailouts, Paris club refunds in addition to the regular monthly subvention from the federal government.

“He therefore has no moral justification to attack the person of President Muhammadu Buhari on any grounds because as a matter of fact, he has a case to answer.

“Talking about overhauling the Nigerian security architecture our question is, what did he do when Nigerians were killed like animals during the last administration while he was the speaker of the house?

“We view this call as unfortunate and Ill conceived but we are not surprised because Tambuwal has again proven himself to be the chameleon that he is.

“While we are not against his hobnobbing with the opposition which he now clearly belongs, we are warning him to stop playing politics with the lives of Nigerians.

“Tambuwal and his co-travellers should know that no amount of blackmail to score cheap political goals can deter Mr. President from delivering on his promises which he has continued to do.

“Comments like these amount to hate speech because they are capable of inflaming the already tensed situation around the country.

“Now that investigations have it that the recent killings have a political undertone, it is very clear that while we are hearing the voice of Jacob, the hand we feel is that of Esau.

“Only a witch is quick to accuse others of witchcraft there is no way Hon Tambuwal can tell Nigerians he knows nothing about the grand plot to destabilize Nigeria.”

May the Lord Almighty defeat and disgrace anyone who is contributing directly or indirectly to the killings in different parts of the country as well as those who have the power to arrest the killers and stop the killings but refuse to do so in Jesus' mighty name, Amen.