₦airaland Forum

lizzygrace:
Coward!
Do you think SE and SS are aligned with the same interest?
then I believe you dont know history..
You think SS will allow SE to rule them as Biafrans?
then you dont know why the South South tried to create their own territory during the civil war...
Go back to history and stop deceiving yourself.

Things have changed. The SS people have now come to see that the only friends they have in Nigeria are the Igbos and this elections were one of the biggest eye openers for them. The SS know they cannot breakaway from Nigeria without the concerted help of Igbos. It's either that or the SS people can sit back and be ruled forever by the Yoruba/Northern alliance. If Buhari is declared winner,we the SS/SE people are leaving Nigeria as Biafra because that man Buhari will never be our president!!

If these results are authentic then it is actually bad news for Buhari because he is already losing in his stronghold of the SW.

Gbawe2:
@MayorofLagos.

Chill dude. We want good governance decent and detribalised Nigerians know Buhari can deliver. We cannot be like the vile PDP who spread hate and division to thrive. Some bigoted Igbos may have made it their mission to support GEJ blindly but I urge you not to make it about them. I wish you will celebrate the likes of Berem, Cleverly, Pa Eziachi, ObiagellI, Gen Buhari and many other Igbos who have stood for the good governance of Nigeria consistently and uncompromisingly to the extent of being ostracised by others . GEJ has divided us horribly but we will have to heal as a people and not lose our humanity because of him. Good governance must remain our agitation and not a hollow search for 'payback'.

GEJ divided us? Where we ever United? It seems like some people want to blame GEJ for everything from global warming to the Ukranian war. NEWS FLASH: Nigeria has never been a united country and never will. There are too many large blocs of sectional interests that have since overridden national interests. The election of GEJ/Buhari just highlights the underlying fact that a lot of Nigerians,Particularly Yorubas and their northern compatriots know but will never admit. That Nigeria is a 'forced marriage' between people who are as different as the sun and moon. I re-echo what a fellow poster said,Buhari cannot be the president of a country which has the SS/SE people if he wins. Buhari can only preside over the North and Yorubas. 2015 is a pivotal moment because if the wrong person is announced as winner of the presidential election,the deep divisions of Nigeria will grow deep enough for some groups of people to breakaway from Nigeria

ibedun:
Do you have a family? Wife, children, property, livelihood etc. I doubt it.

Pray you dont see war in your life. Take a trip to Syria.

Wars a are fought between people who want to be free and those who want enslave them. Freedom is only purchased in blood.

ucheheart:
speak for yourself don't speak for south east. Igbos are not one, take it or leave it.

There is no tribe in the world that is one

rebranded:
Lol is SS/SE the whole of Nigeria? if a region rejects him and other regions accept him, he will be president. It is called democracy!

You only have democracy when you have a country. Nigeria is no country

I laugh at APC supporters who think Buhari will be president. SS/SE people completely reject him and if he wins this election,Nigeria must divide!

Dalai:
I am a 27 year old male living and working in London. Many of my friends back home in Nigeria are now married. I desire something as such as well, but the issue is that, it is pretty difficult - if not near impossible - to meet the type of person I will love to date and probably go on to settle down with, here in London. The type of person - career focused, family aware, strong Nigerian roots- but not stereotyped, religious- but not crazy about it, desires the basic fun things in life like travelling, salsa, adventure - is almost non-existing here in London. I do socialize a lot, and it drives me nuts that you only ever meet a Nigerian lady once in every 20 or 30 social outings. I know in the UK, there is a tendency for people to withdraw and live a convenient but antisocial 9-5 lifestyle. Which brings me to the crux of my entire rant, two questions for UK folks:

1) What is your experience with meeting and dating other Nigerians in the UK
2)How best does one improve his chances of meeting and dating other Nigerians in the UK

Let me give you one piece of advice. If I were you, I wouldn't focus too much on if the girl is Nigerian or not,this not the important consideration if you're thinking about a life long venture like marriage. The important thing is if the Lady is long term material. London is a "Dog eat Dog" place where cynism reigns supreme and if you fall for the wrong Nigerian girl in London,you will feel like hanging your self. I have date all kinds of girls,now I'm in my 30's,Im with a Polish woman who cooks Jollof rice better than any Nigerian girl I know. Go for character rather than where they are from,this is the difference between you ending up divorced or not

If Alex Otti doesn't win this election then something is wrong somewhere ......

kropotkin2:
i woke up this morning only to discover that all the southerners who reside in my compound have fled. i pleded with them severally not to go but apparently my pleas have fallen on deaf ears. Alot of road accidents occured 2day, i personally witnessed the conveying of a few dead bodies to the teaching hospital this morning. My appeal to all my southern brothers is this: Even if Buhari looses we will NOT kill you. Please hang around

That's how the southerners 'hung around' and they were butchered in their thousands in 1945,1953,1966,1967........ Do you want me to carry on?

I think it's clear that the bulk of the people returning to their respective states are easterners who running away from post election violence. This has nothing to do with going to cast vote because it's a well known fact that anyone can transfer their voting rights from where they registered to where they reside. Everybody knows that should Buhari lose this election,the North will be consumed in the usual gory violence which they are known for and as usual,it will be Igbos who will be at the recieving end of it. People can decieve themselves all they want that Nigeria is a United country but the truth is that it doesn't even come anywhere close to being united. I commend those who left,neither GEJ,Buhari or Nigeria is worth dying for.

Kwakwanso should be thanking the people of Southern Nigeria for being merciful enough to carry the burden of the 'parasitic northern Nigeria' on their shoulders for many years instead of trumpeting a phantom population figure for Kano. The North that contributes nothing to Nigeria should very greatful to the south.

There an Igbo proverb that goes "A Rat that follows a Lizard to go swimming should bear in mind that the Lizard gets dry much faster". Okorocha has gone swimming with 'renegades' and it is time to face the music. Okorocha must go!

loomer:
Tribalism, the problem with Nigeria's development...
All u guys think of is Yoruba, igbo, ijaw, Hausa, fulani, etc...

It's no more about who is the best or wat is the best for Nigeria.

Make una forget Nigeria is doomed

When did you think it was ever about what is best for Nigeria? You think anyone actually believes in the Nigerian enterprise? It's always been about protecting ethnic interests. Welcome to reality.

Who told Dele that Imo state and Rivers are battle grounds? Those states are long gone to Jonathan. GEJ is also taking Lagos, Ekiti and maybe Ondo.The presidential elections will be a fight to the finish. GEJ carry go!

On Friday,I will buy 3 bottles of champagne. I will drink one to celebrate the re-election of GEJ and the destruction of northern/Yoruba hegemony. I will drink another to celebrate the 'booting out' of the Igbo traitor known as Okorocha. I will drink all three bottles at a sitting if Buhari wins because I know this will mean the end of Nigeria as a country. I will be very happy regardless of how this election goes.

emmysoftyou:
if ikwerres do not want to be part of east,bro ur statement is accepted by me, but not the aniomas who speaks clearer igbos more than nsukka or ezzi in the east...

There was a time they clamour for their own state to be added or to be part of southeast which was not yet approved by NA...
don't let me dig out a researched or link for yu..

Enugu airport is an international airport,pls stop typing nonsense or go there and confirm first before concluding..

At bolded two..
Jonathan is not the president of igbos only but the president of yorubas,hausas,efik,ijaws and other tribes in nigeria and he s working to see development and improvement in your towns and villages..

So things could slow things like development and funds..

NExt...

Personally as an Anambra guy,I would like Anioma state created and that they be joined as the 6th Igbo state. However, Im not sure if the politics of of Oil will make them want to leave the south-South. I have heard that there are huge deposits of oil in Delta-Igbo territories like Oshimili anyway so they have nothing to worry about.

GenBuhari:
[size=14pt]OP,
Please top attempting to cause distrust.

People are returning to their States to vote.

Are the elections not scheduled to take place in 3 days time and followed by Easter?

Stop this mischief !

It is a very dangerous game.[/size]

Oh shut man!! The northerners have been killing easterners in the thousands since 1945 and should Buhari lose,they will kill more easterners like they usually do. Will you go and save those people when mayhem starts? Nigeria is a joke. This country should have been divided a long time ago

Raiders:
First, Anioma is part of the south-south. They are like the Ikwerri in Rivers and will not want to be part of the East.
Second, The Enugu Airport is not am INTERNATIONAL airport. No international airline flew to Enugu airport. Also the 2nd Niger bridge is not going to be complete before 2019 according to the design plans. Also why should the GEJ wait till now to start repairing the roads when he has been president for 5 yrs. He knows it was the Igbos that got him elected in 2011 so he should have done more. I voted for him in 2011 but I didn't benefit from his government so I am not going to support him this time around

Enugu is not an international airport? That's funny because last year I flew from Enugu to London (stop over at Adis Ababa) and back right from Enugu Airport.

Asari you are on point. I support you 100%. Like your wife said "if a south-South man is not good enough to be president of Nigeria then Nigeria is not good enough to get South-south oil money". If for some reason Buhari is elected,then not one drop of oil is leaving the south-south! The south-south are the ones paying for the 'upkeep' of Nigeria. They have the seaports,they have the oil and Gas,they don't need Nigeria. It is a sacrilege to tell the south-South people who will be their president while taking their oil money. The people shouting Sai Buhari are the ones that are waiting every month to collect their monthly allocation which is largely paid for by the Oil money coming from GEJ's ancestral land. It will be interesting to see how Buhari will fulfil all the wonderful promises he is making now without any oil money and should Buhari mobilise to they army against the Niger Delta militants,he will learn the bitter lesson that OBJ and Yaradua learnt. That creek warfare is a different ball game altogether. The so called one Nigeria is a scam.

What "one Nigeria" means to the people of Nigeria

Igbo man: One Nigeria= Slavery

South-South man: One Nigeria = Daylight Robbery

Yoruba man : One Nigeria = Access to Oil and Gas benefits

Northerner: One Nigeria = Chei! No seaport and no oil money? How una want make I take survive? We must be one Nigeria forever!!

If Buhari likes,let him promise to paint every house in the south east. Igbos are resolutely behind GEJ. Buhari will get less than 5% of the votes in Igboland and that 5% is going to come from only Imo.

jpphilips:
It has been public knowledge for the Oshogbo nearnathals who cannot afford education why should I care?
The nonsense you posted was written in August 2002 at the nick of 2003 elections and your poor grey matters could not connect the dots?
Dawodu.com your national archive? Shame on your soul and forever remain stvpid!!

Kids of nowadays,all mouth and no substance. That's why they think that a killer,accomplished coup plotter and human rights usurper like Buhari is their saviour. Lol

optimusprimer:
Aswear d way u anti Buhari fellas talk ehn, makes me rest assured that something is very very wrong with you guys. You keep ranting about Buhari not able to change anything if elected and stuff, my question is this would u now prefer to go ahead with the present government who brought us into this mess in the first place? What future do u see for Nigeria u guys?
Everything left by d previous presidents have been squandered or stollen and GEJ has no scape goat to show for it.
Do you guys know how powerful and transparent EFCC n ICPC were bfr Now? Where are dey now, who have dey prosecuted?
Befr GEJ there were the upper class, middle class and low class when we spoke about wealth in Nigeria... Now all there is is d very high class and d low class. D rich getting richer and d poor, we'll u know d rest.
I personally think anyone against Buhari is just selfish and does not have d good of Nigeria at heart.

I indulge all of us to remb our national Anthem and pledge.... Arise o compatriots, Nigeria is calling us right now, let us obey the voice of change.

God bless Nigeria.
#IHaveDecided
#saybuhari
#saymaigida

Oh yes we are going to continue with present Government because voting in Buhari is like jumping from the frying pan into hell fire

lastpage:
If l understand you correctly (and correct me if l am wrong), you imply that If GEj ws Yoruba, then Yorubas would have supported him simply for that fact, his is our son?
If that is what you mean, we can take a cue from the OBJ administration where Yorubas rejected one of their own so much so that he could not win his WARD!

Pardon me if l sound self conceited but l think Yorubas have shown, over time, some level of political sophistication that would take some time to march up to, being the only Nation in Nigeria who would "disagree" with the policy of one of theirs and refuse to vote for him in a Presidential election.
Yorubas did it in 1999, when OBJ was considered an outcast.
Like a prodigal son, he came "back home" and apologized and was accepted back into the fold in 2003.

Buhari is not a Yoruba nor a Christian.... yet most Yorubas and Yoruba Christians will vote for him!
That does not look like voting along Religious or ethnic lines as you suggest or is it

Do you also recall that in 2009 and 2011, Yorubas could easily have switched their support for Buhari or a Northerner, can you give me a plausible reason why they laid down "blood and life", just to ensure Jonathan was elected President... even going against the likes of "Bola Tinubu and his ACN Party, led by the same Buhari.... when they chorused "We did not vote for PDP, itis Jonathan we are voting for"?

Reflect on this scenarios for a moment.

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This doesn't hold water. In 1999, Obasunjo was running against a fellow Yoruba man, Olu Falae. The Yoruba s could afford to be "picky" because either way, a Yoruba man was going to be elected anyway. In 2003 however,the political space had been widened with the registration of more parties and Obasunjo found himself running against former military men with daunting credentials such as Buhari and Ojukwu. Now this was a classic case of how the people of Nigeria vote based on tribal,ethnic,religious and geopolitical sentiments. Obasunjo's first term was a monumental failure but despite this,no Yoruba person was shouting "Sai BuharI" as they now do. On the contrary, the Yorubas rallied around Obasunjo,even the Yoruba party AD did not field a presidential aspirant so as to give Obasunjo the best possible chance to win. That election was all about "who best serves my interests". In 2011 when GEJ was running,the Yorubas did not support Jonathan. The main stream Yoruba party ACN fielded Ribadu while the PDP rigging machine did the rest. What I'm trying to get at is the presidential election is not about 'who is the best candidate',it is about "who best serves my interests". You have to accept the fact that Nigeria is far from a United country,it's all about sectional interest. The SS/SE people see the presidential election from a completely different perspective as the average Yoruba or Hausa man might see it. We Igbos see the opposition of of Jonthan from the south-west and the North as a gang up to continue Yoruba/Hausa hegemony all over Nigeria. We are also mindful of the fact that in the 50 of Nigerias 55 year existence,it's either been a Yoruba man or a northerner who has been ruling. The structure of the Nigerian state is so bad that we only see things through a disunited front and that is why even if Buhari is elected,he will be a colossal failure just like his predecessors. He just won't be able to carry a disunited Nigeria along to achieve anything and he will always be seen as an "Hausa president". Nigeria is a disaster and there is nothing to rejoice about regardless of who wins so I will vote the person who best suits my interests and that is GEJ

fallout87:
That is one of the stupidest utterances in this election if it is true.

Does this Buhari not understand inflation? He obviously doesn't understand a thing about GDP or the economy...

Don't mind Buhari. The man has no agender for Nigeria. He thinks the Nigerian economy is the same as rearing cattle? Will he wave a magic wand and command the Dollar to be at per with the Naira? Does Buhari realise the seismic shift needed in economic policy to peg a countries currency one to one with the Dollar? This is a man who only talks about what he will do when he comes to office but not how he will do it. These are not military times and Buhari is an outdated specie.

lastpage:
I agree with you 101% ...if there is anything like that value!

But l think though it is their right, it is a "Narrow and Selfish" position to take.

But in the light of their "ulterior motive" as you mentioned above, maybe "the end will justify the method".

How l hope Igbos would come out openly and "proudly assert" the above as you succinctly put it, instead of "trying to befuddle us and trying to sell Jonathan to us as "The better of the two candidates" when he does not even come a distant tenth, if we factor-in the other candidates?

Lastpage!

When it comes to the issue of who is better between GEJ and Buhari,the protagonists and antagonists of both men can write a Bible size manuscript about the pros and cons of electing both men. None of either man is generally supported amongst the broad section of Nigerians. The voters are going to vote according to religious,ethnic snd geopolitical lines. The presidential election has little to with who is the better man amongst Buhari and GEJ as much as it has to do with political control. You think there would have been any APC if GEJ had been a Yoruba man? No way! This is all about selfish interests which is essentially what Nigeria state has always been about anyway.

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Of course, we know that Jonathan's ardent supporters are MAINLY IGBOS.... and the only reason that comes near "reasonable" that they canput forward, if they want to be really HONEST.... is that Jonathan is claiming to be IGBO as he now bears Azikiwe Ebele!

Igbos generally are playing a game of "EITHER WAY, WE WIN"

One way, if Jonathan is re-elected, they "think" they stand to benefit more as he would nominate more "crooks" of Igbo lineage, like the "Stealler" Oduahs, the Okonjo Ngozis Iweala, the thieving Petroleum Minister, Allison Madueke, e.t.c

On the other hand, if he is NOT ELECTABLE and tries to rig, this will definitely lead to chaos and bloodshed (for which Jonathan will be directly held responsible for anyway) and under such circumstance, the Igbos think they could once again, sieze the opportunity to cecede and break away to form that same phantom Biafra!

Thus, it is not too surprising, though shocking all the same, to see these group of people "rabidly defending" the mediocrity and perfidy that is Jonathan!
Igbos' ULTERIOR MOTIVE AND TRIBALISM is their motivating factors for supporting and promoting a wicked and evil administration such as that of Jonathan.

I urge majority of peace-loving Nigerians, those who have the goodness of Nigeria in their heart, those who still believe that the "project nigeria" can be improved with good leadership, those who can think and rise above ethnicity, those whose mind have been elevated beyond Religious bigotry of "all Christians are good and all muslims are veil", those who have tasted "good leadership" outside the shores of this country and want nigeria to be as good and stable as those countries Nigerians run to, TO VOTE FOR BUHARI THIS SATURDAY.

Have No fear, we live in a democracy and with the "advancement in our election process to reduce rigging", if Buhari fumbles, in this age of technology, l will recall this my post and will lead in clamouring for him to be voted-out again ......within FOUR YEARS of a SINGLE TERM.

What we must NOT DO, What posterity will NEVER forgive us for, what our children and those unborn will never forgive us for, What our God will never forgive us for, is when we know what is right..... and still want to continue "as it is" by entrenching another four "wasted" years for Jonathan!

WE HAVE NO BETTER CHOICE AS OF TODAY, THAN TO VOPE TO CHANGE THE STATUS-QUO..... VOTE BUHARI/OSINBAJO FOR PRESIDENT/VeePee

Lastpage!

One thing you didn't add is that it is the inalienable God bestowed right of the Igbos to decide if they want to remain in this "British created fraud" known as 'Nigeria' or to seceed as Biafra. I think that the presidential elections will be a win/win situation for the Igbos. If GEJ is elected,then one of own is still in Aso Rock. If Buhari gets elected,this will inspire the south-South to seceed and you can bet that us Igbos are going to give them our full support which will lead to the second Biafra. Igbos are going to win in this election either way

I'm sure that if ask any Buhari supporter what a Buharis economic policy is,they won't be able to tell me. I'm sure If ask them what Buharis security/defence policy is,they cant tell me. I am also sure that if I ask Buhari to tell me what he can do if he finds out that a Governor is corrupt, Buhari will have to admit that there is nothing he can do since Governors enjoy immunity from arrest and prosecution. So much for change. I just hope this country breaks up so that we can all go our different ways and stop giving each other head ache

jpphilips:
Another seed brain on rampage, Kayode said he helped the murderers with arms before the war, and I asked you, what rank was he and where was he posted to have such access or you don't have sense? dont you know that this is the first answers you need to get before you will decide which side to believe.
most of you here are exponentially stvpid and you dont have mercy for yourselves, you will be the first to throw your ignorance to the general public, without the right questions how can you just believe Kayode? what if he is lying?

Supposing Buhari at the time was serving at Calabar while the murder was going on in Kano, how could he have possibly done what Kayode alleged, the way your brain process details makes you totally unfit to be human.
Dawodu.com has become a credible source for civil war events, you see how crazy you are.

It is because Kayode knows that people like you exist he will be talking like someone with oral Diarrhea, for people like us, he needs to get more fact before he will be taken seriously, that is the clear difference between you and I, and until you upgrade your brain cells from analogue to digital, don't quote my post again, I dont have energy for capital one id!ots!!.

Don't come on the Internet to showcase your ignorance. Buharis participation in the counter coup along with others like Murtala,Danjuma,Martin Adamu,Bako and others has been public knowledge for many many years. Even Buhari in an interview just last year confirmed that he was a young lieutenant posted to the Army transport corps in Lagos and was there when the first coup and subsequent counter coup took place although he did not elaborate on his involvement. Buhari even said in that interview that one of his duties was to arrange military transportation for Ironsi and his entourage. Even Buharis Wikipedia web page puts him as a participant in that bloody coup.The police account of the bloody counter coup in which Buhari and co killed many Eastern officers cab be read :


http://www.waado.org/NigerDelta/Nigeria_Facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/NorthCounterCoup.htm

The above was written long before Buhari ever ventured into politics so it's not like it's some aimed at him because he now wants to be president. I encourage everyone to read it

Instead of coming online to indulge in petty name calling because you don't know how to use google,do some reading first.

EmmySparky:
I don't believe she is 10 joor...medically she can't give birth...her period never start sef...its not possible joor...if she is ten...then she got pregnant around age 9...that's an epic joke...

It's possibl. There are girls who have periods at 8 nowadays. This is not the first time I have heard that a ten year old girl had a child

complete20:
[b][/b]IF GEJ WINS, A SOUTHEASTERNER WILL NOT RULE NIGERIA UNTIL THE NEXT 2 DECADE.



This is becos, if Jonathan wins, if he leaves office 2019 a northerner will rule for 8 years. After the northerner rules for 8 years, a westerner may emerge as the next president (u might wanna disagree).
But if the APC wins, with the present gov of IMO state Rocha's okorocha running for presidential primaries under APC last year, he could get a ticket to run as the next president after buhari

Guy,the time of anyone doing 'shakara' for us Igbos because of the office of the president is long over. Igbos have done well for themselves since the end of the civil war without the presidency and we will keep doing well with or without it and that's most important thing. We do not need the presidency to achieve anything we want to

jpphilips:
Can we hear the names of those Ghost witnesses or they don't have names? at the time of the civil war, what was the rank of Buhari to have access to the armoury? Kayode alleged that he handed the murderers Guns and you believe him? which rank in the Nigerian army is in charge of armoury? I know you are a f00l but don't add madness to your mental CV.

We are not here for cheap name calling. I'm not interested in what Buhari did during the civil war, I'm interested and in what he did in July 1966,a full year before the civil war started. Buhari was a Leutenant at the time in Lagos.If you want to know how Buhari and his fellow Northern conspirators went on a "killing spree" in July 1966 then go and read professor Omogui's account of the Police report of what happend at Dawodu.com