Let me start by taking us down memory lane. The beginning of this change started the day Jega was appointed as INEC chairman. I remember when Jega was newly appointed, I read an article somewhere. The writer was focused on how Jega would change the face of elections in Nigeria. He ended the article by praising President Jonathan for appointing Jega. According to him, a shortlist of men who could do the job was sent to Jonathan by top members of the PDP. The top members wanted the position to be occupied by a man who can play along the interest of PDP, but Jonathan thought otherwise. That move by Jonathan against the wishes of the PDP top men, was the beginning of the change we have today.

Jega came on board, we had elections in Edo, Anambra, Ondo, Ekiti, and Osun. All of those elections went smooth, with PDP winning just Ekiti. In the other states which PDP lost, Jonathan congratulated the winner. I remember after congratuting Aregbesola on his victory in Osun, Jonathan told Omisore to forget the elections and not go to court, but Omisore didn't heed his advice.

Fast forward now to 2015. PDP had issues with the card reader. People thought Jonathan would do the "normal" thing by using executive powers to either remove Jega or scuttle something. But he didn't. At every press conference Jega was asked if he was under pressure from the presidency and he kept say "no, I'm not under any pressure". In other words Jonathan gave Jega the free hand to do his job independently. Even when the card reader fumbled with his card, Jonathan maintained his calm before the press. Maybe some people are not aware that at that moment, the president could have said something, that would scuttle the whole process. And when eventually it became obvious that he has lost, he called the winner to congratulate him, thereby maintaining peace and stability in the country.
Jonathan is the real father of modern democracy, he has set a standard with regards how elections should go and how losers should behave in a democracy, and I'd continue to hail him for that. Jonathan is the man who preached transformation, but ended up delivering "change" and we must hail him for that.

Long live Nigeria.

Your opinion tho.

You can also explain +20,000 dead people, the Chibok girls and the billions of dollars that has gone missing

GEJ my HERO! FAYOSE my role MODEL!!

What fuckery?

Are we now overhyping a man that did the right thing every right thinking man should do?? The constitution states if you lose an election you hand over to the winner and Jonathan did just that.

He couldn't have incited violence because the international community were watching with keen interest than previous elections. If a politician loses and fails to concede defeat thereby provoking his supporters to violence that politician should be hung to a stake and disgraced like Laurent Gbagbo but when you handover quietly like GEJ then you have done the RIGHT thing and not the extraordinary thing!

I'm still stunned people are regarding a man that did the normal thing as a hero, he might be your hero but not mine. Had he been he stepped down for Buhari even before the elections then we'd have taken him as an exceptional human and treated him heroic, not when he contested and lost and handed over just like the constitution stipulates.

GEJ's action is COMMENDABLE but not HEROIC

emperorchedda:
What fuckery?

Are we now overhyping a man that did the right thing every right thinking man should do?? The constitution states if you lose an election you hand over to the winner and Jonathan did just that.

He couldn't have incited violence because the international community were watching with keen interest than previous elections. If a politician loses and fails to concede defeat thereby provoking his supporters to violence that politician should be hung to a stake and disgraced like Laurent Gbagbo but when you handover quietly like GEJ then you have done the RIGHT thing and not the extraordinary thing!

I'm still stunned people are regarding a man that did the normal thing as a hero, he might be your hero but not mine. Had he been he stepped down for Buhari even before the elections then we'd have taken him as an exceptional human and treated him heroic, not when he contested and lost and handed over just like the constitution stipulates.

GEJ's action is COMMENDABLE but not HEROIC

those foreign observers dont they knw the road to zimbzbwe to observe elections there. Havent they been observing during obj regime. Goodluck with the aid of military could have inflicted violence if he liked but he allowed peace to rain. He postponed the election nothing happend. If he could have came with the excuses of the card reader malfunctionings. Then who would doubt him. I believe if he could have done otherwise. By now i and u wont be typing this fallacy we are typing now cos the story could have changed

Go tell that crap to the thousands that died due to his administrative negligence.



SMH, trying to glorify their failure of a Presidential choice.

seankafor:
those foreign observers dont they knw the road to zimbzbwe to observe elections there. Havent they been observing during obj regime. Goodluck with the aid of military could have inflicted violence if he liked but he allowed peace to rain. He postponed the election nothing happend. If he could have came with the excuses of the card reader malfunctionings. Then who would doubt him. I believe if he could have done otherwise. By now i and u wont be typing this fallacy we are typing now cos the story could have changed

LOL!
Postpone the elections again? Under the already heated polity? No president would have dared

Mynd44:
You can also explain +20,000 dead people, the Chibok girls and the billions of dollars that has gone missing

Every administration always has thousands of people dead and billions of dollars missing. You're talking like its something new.

emperorchedda:
What fuckery?

Are we now overhyping a man that did the right thing every right thinking man should do?? The constitution states if you lose an election you hand over to the winner and Jonathan did just that.

He couldn't have incited violence because the international community were watching with keen interest than previous elections. If a politician loses and fails to concede defeat thereby provoking his supporters to violence that politician should be hung to a stake and disgraced like Laurent Gbagbo but when you handover quietly like GEJ then you have done the RIGHT thing and not the extraordinary thing!

I'm still stunned people are regarding a man that did the normal thing as a hero, he might be your hero but not mine. Had he been he stepped down for Buhari even before the elections then we'd have taken him as an exceptional human and treated him heroic, not when he contested and lost and handed over just like the constitution stipulates.

GEJ's action is COMMENDABLE but not HEROIC

You guys keep referring to Gbagbo because you think Nigeria is Ivory Coast. You people are either blind, ignorant or hypocritical. If GEJ decided to be high handed and rig the elections, nothing unusual would happened. The south south and south east were solidly behind him and act to disgrace him out of office will lead to the ultimate division of Nigeria. Let us stop deceiving ourselves.

Sweetguy25:
Every administration always has thousands of people dead and billions of dollars missing. You're talking like its something new.

You need help...

emperorchedda:
LOL!
Postpone the elections again? Under the already heated polity? No president would have dared

mugabe of zimbabwe would dare

seankafor:
those foreign observers dont they knw the road to zimbzbwe to observe elections there. Havent they been observing during obj regime. Goodluck with the aid of military could have inflicted violence if he liked but he allowed peace to rain. He postponed the election nothing happend. If he could have came with the excuses of the card reader malfunctionings. Then who would doubt him. I believe if he could have done otherwise. By now i and u wont be typing this fallacy we are typing now cos the story could have changed

they think icc is like one mumu organisation in Nigeria dat jumps into d matters of a sovereign state anyhw

Sweetguy25:
You guys keep referring to Gbagbo because you think Nigeria is Ivory Coast. You people are either blind, ignorant or hypocritical. If GEJ decided to be high handed and rig the elections, nothing unusual would happened. The south south and south east were solidly behind him and act to disgrace him out of office will lead to the ultimate division of Nigeria. Let us stop deceiving ourselves.

Gbagbo Gbagbo
asif it's only Gbagbo they knw
icc they fear mugabe ni