Been watching the presidential debates here on nairaland from the sidelines and I can see that 75 percent of comments on issues are pro- Buhari while Jonathan and the rest struggle for the remaining 20. Now worse still is that the politics section moderator, an ethnic bigot I guess - aisha2 (probably, the 1 was banned) is an ardent and visible supporter of Buhari even when moderators should NOT BE partisan.

Now I respect and adore Buhari but am now feeling that his support is merely ethnic oriented which I dislike. I have never participated in these election debates because am simply not interested and I will never be surprised if I hear the elections are rigged as usual.

Moreoever the only two aspirants in the race ie Buhari and Jonathan (you can kill yourself if you think otherwise) are regular Nigerian politicians in my view. None is better than the other. They all have their small plus and big minus. Lol.

However with the situation of things now and with the ethnic bias against Jonathan, am now begining to favour Jonathan (I disliked him for appointing sycophant akunyili, a big disrespect to Yaradua - bless his soul).

Now buhari is an anti corruption czar quite alright exactly what nigerians want but I guess they will not want a man that will handle the country like his personal property ala obasanjo. Jonathan is closer to the people he leads and has tasted the pains of the masses more which is what the country needs. They could both be presidents but Jonathan seems more civilized.

Though they may not be my desired presidents but I feel Mr president is a 21st century president more than Buhari. One thing Jonathan should work on is firm disposition to his stance and security. Nigeria can always develop when there is a stabilizer president. Buhari will not turn Nigeria to South Africa overnight neither Jonathan but Jonathan can be better. Infact Jonathan is better now. Because of the ethnic bias against Jonathan other than issues am supporting him from now so let the debates begin. I respect Buhari, the other B,  Smh

Sai Jonathan, Sai Jonathan!!!!

PS: dont attack me if you dont want to be attacked. If u have a glass jaw, watch your mouth.

You must be obsessed by Buhari factor here, the fact is Nairaland is like any other forum is openly for you to express your opinion and convince or

deceive others to join ur train.

Buhari is the most popular candidate to sell here hence the chanting everywhere BB 2011,



If you are yet decide coming Aprill 2011, the wise choice is BB all the way

NL has very serious bias problems. It always seems to "officially" swing to any candidate that seems to offer Jonathan the strongest opposition. First it was for IBB, then Atiku and now Buhari.

There have been several topics of a very low and primitive nature that have been allowed to stand, such as those comparing Jonathan to baboons, gorilla's etc. Some extremely ethnically and religiously bigotted posts/topics have been allowed to stand as well.
Quite a few pro-GEJ posters will tell you that they fill there is bias against them as well.

It is not strange that politically neutral posters like yourself have been disturbed by their observations; so much so, that in recent days there has been a rapidly burgeoning outcry in many similar articles.

Shame on NL.

Beaf:

NL has very serious bias problems. It always seems to "officially" swing to any candidate that seems to offer Jonathan the strongest opposition. First it was for IBB, then Atiku and now Buhari.

There have been several topics of a very low and primitive nature that have been allowed to stand, such as those comparing Jonathan to baboons, gorilla's etc. Some extremly ethnically bigotted topics have been allowed to stand as well.
Quite a few pro-GEJ posters will tell you that they fill there is bias against them as well.

It is not strange that neutral posters like yourself have been disturbed by their observations. In recent times, there have been many similar articles to this one from others.

Shame on NL.

Haba Beaf am not expecting this from u, tell the poster the pristine truth, you Gej;s supporters are of minimal number hence the lower in your write up in NL, Shike nan you rest in peace, 

Beaf:

NL has very serious bias problems. It always seems to "officially" swing to any candidate that seems to offer Jonathan the strongest opposition. First it was for IBB, then Atiku and now Buhari.

There have been several topics of a very low and primitive nature that have been allowed to stand, such as those comparing Jonathan to baboons, gorilla's etc. Some extremly ethnically bigotted topics have been allowed to stand as well.
Quite a few pro-GEJ posters will tell you that they fill there is bias against them as well.

It is not strange that neutral posters like yourself have been disturbed by their observations. In recent times, there have been many similar articles to this one from others.

Shame on NL.

Shut up right there.

Carry the shame on your head you dunce. Do you know how many IDs you have created for your GEJ proliferation in this section of nairaland?

You  Beaf is the same person as: Time2Think, againstGEJ, U dey vex?, potof_soup, Newscaster, amongst several others I cannot recount off-hand right now. Keep on whinging. As I earlier said, you still have your freedom now, repent and ask Nigerians for forgiveness if you have been part of those who stole this nation dry.

Come May 29 2011, be prepared to start thinking of that jail cell as your home.



@ OP,

Could you please explain what you meant by:

Now I respect and adore Buhari but am now feeling that his support is merely ethnic oriented which I dislike.

?

Thanks.

Beaf:

NL has very serious bias problems. It always seems to "officially" swing to any candidate that seems to offer Jonathan the strongest opposition. First it was for IBB, then Atiku and now Buhari.

There have been several topics of a very low and primitive nature that have been allowed to stand, such as those comparing Jonathan to baboons, gorilla's etc. Some extremely ethnically and religiously bigotted posts/topics have been allowed to stand as well.
Quite a few pro-GEJ posters will tell you that they fill there is bias against them as well.

It is not strange that politically neutral posters like yourself have been disturbed by their observations; so much so, that in recent days there has been a rapidly burgeoning outcry in many similar articles.

Shame on NL.

this is the real reason why gej is persona non grata on nl

because of the lying thugs he as appointed as his nairaland  spokesmen

they are the true face of gej - desperate, hypocritical, avaricious , AGIP, more into personal attacks and beer parlour rumour and ridiculous 'facts'

anyone who lie with a straight face that nl was pro ibb or pro atiku . . .

the net is a big place - if they are so bothered let them go and start gejforever.com

even in sites like facebook, gej is getting pasted , not so?

^
LOL!
This is the very moderator that bluntly told me that GEJ supporters arent wanted on NL, because it is a pro-IBB site and Seun too is pro-IBB. Shame on you.
NL is biased and percieved to be biased, even by nuetral posters.

^^^ see what i mean?

the desperation of liars

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-527284.0.html

it has come to my notice that a certain nefarious, duplictuos individual who has earned a long overdue ban, rather than learn from his actions is persisting in spreading malicious rumours against his intellectual betters

he has, in typical fashion, resorted to spamming nairaland with the 'nairaland is an ibb site' quote

for the record

nairaland has no affiliation to any political parties or bodies.

if nairaland is currently full of threads attacking any political figure, hate the incompetent, not the game

insinuations that seun is an 'ibb man' are as daft as insinuations that hausas gave seun $100 to ban becomerich

with thugs like this supporting gej, and the mans desperately shameful track record, is it any wonder the man is reviled

i wonder why the chief thug was absent from the kokomaster support thread

Funny.

oyb:

[size=21pt]seun is an ibb man
nl is an ibb site

see as them don ban squealer [/size]

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-526454.0.html#msg6888876

Beaf:

^
LOL!
This is the very moderator that bluntly told me that GEJ supporters arent wanted on NL, because it is a pro-IBB site and Seun too is pro-IBB. Shame on you.
NL is biased and percieved to be biased, even by nuetral posters.

I have not read from the quote where it is alleged that GEJ supporters are not wanted on NL. Is this another of your foolish lies on this forum?

Beaf is that why you created many handles to create false impressions claiming GEJ has many supporters on NL?

ol boy where is Nsiman and Ma j blige  - hope say the Libyan air strikes no affect them


oya confess and let the devil be ashamed

^^ He is actually the same person as Ma J Blige. Not sure of the Nsiman persona though.

It was previously established there are very few Northerners on Nairaland as they all prefer Gamji.com, or are too busy almajiriing to worry about internet.

The fact Buhari is popular amongst NL's mostly Southern majority simply shows that NLers in general are more concerned with quality than ethnic affiliation.

^^^ And Buhari is quality?

**sighs**

Beaf:

NL has very serious bias problems. It always seems to "officially" swing to any candidate that seems to offer Jonathan the strongest opposition. First it was for IBB, then Atiku and now Buhari.

There have been several topics of a very low and primitive nature that have been allowed to stand, such as those comparing Jonathan to baboons, gorilla's etc. Some extremely ethnically and religiously bigotted posts/topics have been allowed to stand as well.
Quite a few pro-GEJ posters will tell you that they fill there is bias against them as well.

It is not strange that politically neutral posters like yourself have been disturbed by their observations; so much so, that in recent days there has been a rapidly burgeoning outcry in many similar articles.

Shame on NL.

NL pro IBB      

Hmmmn . . .  are we talking about the same NL    

chigo4u:

Been watching the presidential debates here on nairaland from the sidelines and I can see that 75 percent of comments on issues are pro- Buhari while Jonathan and the rest struggle for the remaining 20. Now worse still is that the politics section moderator, an ethnic bigot I guess - aisha2 (probably, the 1 was banned) is an ardent and visible supporter of Buhari even when moderators should NOT BE partisan.
Now I respect and adore Buhari but am now feeling that his support is merely ethnic oriented which I dislike. I have never participated in these election debates because am simply not interested and I will never be surprised if I hear the elections are rigged as usual.
Moreoever the only two aspirants in the race ie Buhari and Jonathan (you can kill yourself if you think otherwise) are regular Nigerian politicians in my view. None is better than the other. They all have their small plus and big minus. Lol.
However with the situation of things now and with the ethnic bias against Jonathan, am now begining to favour Jonathan (I disliked him for appointing sycophant akunyili, a big disrespect to Yaradua - bless his soul).
Now buhari is an anti corruption czar quite alright exactly what nigerians want but I guess they will not want a man that will handle the country like his personal property ala obasanjo. Jonathan is closer to the people he leads and has tasted the pains of the masses more which is what the country needs. They could both be presidents but Jonathan seems more civilized.
Though they may not be my desired presidents but I feel Mr president is a 21st century president more than Buhari. One thing Jonathan should work on is firm disposition to his stance and security. Nigeria can always develop when there is a stabilizer president. Buhari will not turn Nigeria to South Africa overnight neither Jonathan but Jonathan can be better. Infact Jonathan is better now. Because of the ethnic bias against Jonathan other than issues am supporting him from now so let the debates begin. I respect Buhari, the other B,  Smh
Sai Jonathan, Sai Jonathan!!!!
PS: dont attack me if you dont want to be attacked. If u have a glass jaw, watch your mouth.  

I don't entirely agree that the pro-Buhari movement on NL is purely ethnic.

Most of Buhari supporters are from the SE and SS and this, if you ask me, is impressive in comparison with GEJ's supporters who's reasons are strictly cos of his ethnicity. I'm not a fan of Buhari but I'll pick him anytime any day over GEJ . . .  and I'm from the east!

If not for anything, I think a change is needed right now. The status-quo is certainly not working and we have a chance to change things.

If I didn't think Ribadu was secretly working with GEJ, I'll be voting for him . . . .  In summary, I don't think I will, in good conscience, cast my vote for any of the aspirants!

Please Beaf now needs help. His paranoia has finaly gotten the best of him. I knew this day will come. Mental illness is a major problem in Nigeria.

Ujujoan:

NL pro IBB      

Hmmmn . . .  are we talking about the same NL    

I don't entirely agree that the pro-Buhari movement on NL is purely ethnic.

Most of Buhari supporters are from the SE and SS and this, if you ask me, is impressive in comparison with GEJ's supporters who's reasons are strictly cos of his ethnicity. I'm not a fan of Buhari but I'll pick him anytime any day over GEJ . . .  and I'm from the east!

If not for anything, I think a change is needed right now. The status-quo is certainly not working and we have a chance to change things.

If[b] I didn't think Ribadu was secretly working with GEJ[/b], I'll be voting for him . . . .  In summary, I don't think I will, in good conscience, cast my vote for any of the aspirants!

I, too, have problems as you do with all three aspirants, the only difference being that I would vote for anyone over Buhari. But pray, what makes you think the bolded?

MyJoe:

^^^ And Buhari is quality?

**sighs**

A Volkswagen Beetle will always look quality when compared to a Skoda

MyJoe:

I, too, have problems as you do with all three aspirants, the only difference being that I would vote for anyone over Buhari. But pray, what makes you think the bolded?

The guy is clearly being used to weaken the resistance.

To all Buhari fans here, let us strike a deal which is: G.Ebere.J wins, you all quit nairaland. But if Buhari wins, Iwill quit nairaland forever.
Let's go.

Quote from Oyb;
'this is the real reason why gej is persona non grata on nl
because of the lying thugs he has appointed as his nairaland spokesmen . , .desperate, hypocritical, avaricious ,AGIP, more into personal attacks and beer parlour rumour and ridiculous 'facts'
^^ Sounds more like a very apt description of BB's online Mob to me. You and I both know that without your aggressive and desperate online campaign of lies and misinformation Buhari would have been a dead and buried non issue by now. But credit to the Mob and their Overworkin Nl Moderators, you've succeeded in getting quite an impressive number of your fellow online dim wits to join your campaign.
I wish this was new but unfortunately, it isnt. It happened during IBB's campaign, same as during Atiku's and the end result certainly would be thesame so enjoy your days of Virtual success while they lasts.

I support the OP.
Buhari could end up wrecking this country if elected president. Jonathan is more level headed and more in touch with the general populace. Although, a  lot of people have pointed out that he is not firm. We should however look at the circumstances he is in right now, the circumstances through which he emerged as President, one year to elections. He has had to be very careful and political in his actions because after all its a political season, whatever steps you take would be used against you in this season. I'm sure we'll see a much better Johnathan once he is elected. Please, for the sake of my future, I would vote for Jonathan.

jidody:

I support the OP.
Jonathan is more level headed and more in touch with the general populace. Although, a  lot of people have pointed out that he is not firm.

[size=13pt]How can a man who served as Deputy Governor/Governor for 8 years, and did absolutely nothing of substance for his own people be level-headed and in touch with the general populace?[/size]? We praise people like Fashola of Lagos State, Amaechi Rotimi of River's State, and even Sullivan Chime of Enugu state for the work that have done in less than 4 years but pretend it is ok for Jonathan Goodluck to serve in the two highest offices in a rich state and DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in all that time for even his own Blood??

How can a man who served as VP/President in a 4 year period, and managed to bungle the one project which we all remember he worked as chair of committee of, be considered to be in touch with the general populace?

jidody:

We should however look at the circumstances he is in right now, the circumstances through which he emerged as President, one year to elections. He has had to be very careful and political in his actions because after all its a political season, whatever steps you take would be used against you in this season. I'm sure we'll see a much better Johnathan once he is elected. Please, for the sake of my future, I would vote for Jonathan.

Stop trying to make brain-dead excuses for him. He willingly rode that horse to stardom, and decided to play VICTIM when the truth was slammed in his face by those who helped him get to where he is today. What circumstance are you referring to? the circumstance he helped create?

Again, stop spewing nonsense!

Ibime:

It was previously established there are very few Northerners on Nairaland as they all prefer Gamji.com, or are too busy almajiriing to worry about internet.
The fact Buhari is popular amongst NL's mostly Southern majority simply shows that NLers in general are more concerned with quality than ethnic affiliation.

A confused southern N/L is no better than an uninformed northern N/L.

Moderators should be unbiased. Instead of inserting their personal opinions, they should be moderating this forum.

I feel marveled that an educated and enlightened man will come out to claim that GEJ has not been tested.He has been tested and he failed woefully.

Let him show us his achievements in Bayelsa or what he has been able to address this past year as President.

Buhari's achievements during his own brief stay is what attracts the masses towards him.

Abagworo is an Igbo man with Ijaw links while Ibime is an Ijaw man with Igbo links.GEJ is an Ijaw man with Igbo links.What does that tell you?For the records,we are both from oil producing communities and are Christians.

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Abagworo :
Buhari's achievements during his own brief stay is what attracts the masses towards him.

Yeah right. And what were those achievements?of course successfully moving 52 suitcases from his watertight restrictions stands above the rest especially when you consider the fact that Idiagbon takes the credit for being the spine and disciplinarian of his government.

All I will say is, " some people deserve to be shot in the head!". I mean, how can we Nigerians justify the support for GEJ other than "he is a southerner", " he is azikwe", "he is God sent". May sentiments not run us to the ground in Naija!

jason123:

All I will say is, " some people deserve to be shot in the head!". I mean, how can we Nigerians justify the support for GEJ other than "he is a southerner", " he is azikwe", "he is God sent". May sentiments not run us to the ground in Naija!

That is such barbaric thinking. Not everyone is going to agree with you. Even in the American electorate, they vote for people based on looks, education or even the color of their skin. The average voter even in the advanced democracies are dumb.

EzeUche_:

That is such barbaric thinking. Not everyone is going to agree with you. Even in the American electorate, they vote for people based on looks, education or even the color of their skin. The average voter even in the advanced democracies are dumb.

No, it is not because, if the reason for GEJ's support is nationalistic, then the statement was not meant for you. But if it was because of the sentiments stated above, then the person deserves to be shot IN THE HEAD. I mean, do you know how many people that have died in Jos alone?? What about MEND and the oct 1st?? Take a look at Bode George?? So yes, they deserve to be shot in my opinion.

jason123:

No, it is not because, if the reason for GEJ's support is nationalistic, then the statement was not meant for you. But if it was because of the sentiments stated above, then the person deserves to be shot IN THE HEAD. I mean, do you know how many people that have died in Jos alone?? What about MEND and the oct 1st?? Take a look at Bode George?? So yes, they deserve to be shot in my opinion.

Then you have a lot of growing to do. People have their reasons for supporting candidates. I am a GEJ supporter, because I feel that he will correct past wrongs that have been committed against the people of East in the form of Federal government neglect compared to other reasons.

Plus, I rather have a civilian, than a former military head of state. That is the basic reason why I am supporting him. If you don't respect my views, then you can jump off a cliff.