shinealight:


What do you have Delegates for at Indirect Primaries? Is it democratic for Buhari to make the Delegates redundant and usurp their powers? Yes, the generality of the citizens will vote at the general election but the Delegates who are Representatives of the people at grassroots level must also be allowed to vote at the Primaries. Simplicita!

Reference:


There is nothing to be said about Lagos politics that is not audible to the deaf and visible to the blind.
Heck, you folks boast about it all day and night for two decades now, about how a single individual decides elections.
Is that democracy.?
When you sing that a man, a single man has the power to instal and remove leaders in deciding elections, you give little thought that it flies in the face of the tenets of a popular franchise.

That is empire building. Who does that in a democracy.
Where it works properly you do your term and walk away hoping to leave the office, state and its institutions in a better shape than you met it, period. That is success in a democracy. You don't use the instrument of state while in office to create a back door to perpetuate yourself in power. It is a crime in other climes.

Now that it is practiced by others you folks find it hard to swallow. So wierd.
You are either a democrat or not. You either practice democracy or not. You cannot pick and choose when and how to peddle influence to suit your wants. It is a moral question every politician out there has to answer and a serious question the people of this country have to rise to resist.

Enough is enough. We want to vote for who we want, not who is foisted on us. If not elections is futile and your PVC is no better than a motel door keycard.

Great2017:


How many persons contested against Sanwo-Olu? Tinubu is anything but democratic.

lugado:
Two wrongs can never make a right. If the governors are doing it doesn't mean it's right.
Buhari is the president of Nigeria. He should lead by example . He should not be following what the governors are doing.
Besides the governors do not wait for the last minute before expressing their intentions. It saves a lot of stress and it removes controversy
The presidency cannot be compared to any office in Nigeria
If Buhari had performed very well during his tenure it would have given a lot of clout and confidence to announce his successor early.
But right now ,honestly nobody trust his decisions anymore.
That's why people have the confidence to come out to contest

shinealight:


….and who is stopping you from Voting for a candidate of your choice?
I asked a simple question: each time Tinubu announces his preferred candidate, does he subject him to popular vote by the people or not? So, if his opponents are men of the people, they can always beat his candidate…..but most of the time, they lack the confidence to fight their cause!

shinealight:


What stopped anybody from coming out to contest against Santo-Olu? If you’re sure of yourself, nobody is stopping you from doing so!

Reference:


Let me whisper this to you softly, softly....
That is exactly what Mr President (or the President's men) want to do.....

What you cleverly hide in your submissions is the status of the 'candidates' to be chosen, which is the crux of the matter.
Just like Mr. Tinubu makes available HIS candidates at the general elections, Mr. Buhari want to make available HIS candidate at the general elections also.

The lack of democracy is not on the streets at the general election, no, no, no, but within the political parties. That is where all the mess of maladministration starts, and I am sure you have heard the term 'LACK OF INTERNAL DEMOCRACY'.
This can be caused by two things. Either by coercion or by influence. Both attack the conscience and erode true competition, the foundation of true democracy.

The PDP did theirs last week and the lack of internal democracy was manifest by the influence of bags of money. The APC wants to do theirs but by coercion. Both are bad and both are alive at all levels of the polity, including States of which Lagos is a poster child.... and you know it, infact you folks boast about it.

I just cannot see what is happening now that has not happened all over Nigeria including in Lagos for the better part of twenty years.
But the silver lining here is if this 'big fight' will result in mutual destruction that will consume that cancer of autocracy in Nigerian politics, then we might all be happy at the end.

Great2017:


Tinubu and his "anointing oil". Same will be served to him very soon. Once Buhari names his anointed candidate, Tinubu is free to contest against him.

PHIPEX:
Tinubu is fighting from all angles

planetE:
Divide NIGERIA and let every region dey on its own. A united Nigeria can never be great regardless of who oversees its national affairs.

shinealight:


Look….after Rawlings ruled Ghana for 19 years, he tried to impose a preferred successor on the people but his candidate was roundly defeated. It’s only here in Nigeria you guys try to turn Buhari into a demigod. He is free to name his preferred candidate but the person can still be defeated…..Anointing Oil or no anointing oil. You guys should muster some Confidence in yourselves….after all Buhari himself was defeated three times before someone came to his rescue!

shinealight:


The President does not have any “right” to seek to choose a successor….in a democracy, that right belongs to the people and they must be allowed to exercise it. Goons like you Suleiman Musa should also desist from turning Buhari into a demigod.
What Nonsense!

shinealight:


What stopped anybody from coming out to contest against Santo-Olu? If you’re sure of yourself, nobody is stopping you from doing so!

CorperKola:

But tinu u has the right to choose his succesors even though his tenure ended in 2007.
Something is wrong with you. Nobody takes you seriously anyways

shinealight:


I’m sure something is wrong with one of us….but it’s certainly not me. Search yourself my friend.
Like any other citizen, Tinubu always has the right to have a preferred candidate. That choice is subjected to popular vote by Lagosians who are free to vote against Tinubu’s preferred candidate. If his opponents are too lily-livered to contest against his candidate, who then should be blamed?
That is exactly what he’s also asking Buhari to do….have your preferred candidate but let us go to the Square and fight it out. If your candidate wins, so be it. Why is Buhari and his goons afraid of that? …..because they know Tinubu is strong enough to beat their candidate!!

CorperKola:
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You are being clever by half, somebody that imposes his wishes on his party members. The legendary baba sope.
There are rumours he even controls the so called opposition in the state.
We are not as ignorant as you, and we are not collecting stipends to do a hatchet job.
For once let him be on the other side of Baba sope,this time he is not the "baba".

The problem with you and your ilk is lack of confidence! You refuse to follow Christ for your salvation because you say to yourself that Satan is too strong. Well, you deserve what you get!

Reference:


Exactly what we have been saying for years.
Lagos is not a poster child for the Nigeria Democratic project and here lies the problem.
They have taught other 'wannabees' that it is possible for an individual to serially select who governs and it will be perfectly okay.
And you know bad things are ever so easy to replicate to a worse degree.
In summary it is a story of a kettle and pot.

Shayetet13:
[/b]Your stance in the letter further deepens the perception of the pathology of duplicity and chameleonic tendencies often associated with your known backers in this futile proxy war against Mr President.[b]

Can someone interpret this?

shinealight:


Point is: President Buhari cannot choose his successor…..the Constitution does not say he can do so.
Therefore, We the people will not accord him that privilege. His successor will be chosen through Indirect Primaries followed by free and fair national election. Simplicita!

maasoap:
This Suleiman Musa doesn't have any sense. Why Buhari must handpick his successor? Who handpicked him in 2015?

Samakus:


It's funny that you're now seeing evil in Buhari's bid to choose his successor but saw nothing wrong and indeed failed to cry as Tinubu consistently chose Governors for Lagos State for nearly two decades.

Is there a sacred cow, I begin to wonder. Same Tinubu played this same game few days ago and Sanwo-Olu's challengers were eschewed from participating in the Primaries.

Double face?

How were they eschewed from participating in the Primaries? Their hands were tied behind their backs or they refused to sell the forms to them? How? Just tell us how?
You cannot blame some people’s cowardice or lack of confidence on others and label them as dictatorial.
If they truly have followers, they should go into the field and rally their followers against Tinubu’s candidate…..just like Tinubu himself is not folding his arms right now but busy rallying his followers to battle with anyone that Buhari may choose as a preferred candidate.
That’s the way Democracy works….not by lazy people looking for Anointing Oil all over the place and blaming others for their inability to perform!

shinealight:


What the President and his goons want to do is to subvert Internal Democracy by disallowing the Delegates from choosing a flagbearer for the party…..in the name of “consensus”. The President can have his preferred candidate….he can even go to the Venue of the Primaries to campaign for his personal choice, but he cannot impose that preferred candidate on the party. The Delegates must be free to agree with him or choose to go in another direction. That’s the point Tinubu is making!!

Ojuntana:

When did Buhari say the delegates should not vote?

So, if the Delegates can vote what’s the hullabaloo about? Why are they still talking about Consensus candidate?
All the Delegates should just vote for the candidate of their choice and we count the votes and declare the winner!
Why the shout of Consensus or I want to choose my successor? What rubbish is that?

shinealight:


So, if the Delegates can vote what’s the hullabaloo about? Why are they still talking about Consensus candidate?
All the Delegates should just vote for the candidate of their choice and we count the votes and declare the winner!
Why the shout of Consensus or I want to choose my successor? What rubbish is that?

shinealight:


How were they eschewed from participating in the Primaries? Their hands were tied behind their backs or they refused to sell the forms to them? How? Just tell us how?
You cannot blame some people’s cowardice or lack of confidence on others and label them as dictatorial.
If they truly have followers, they should go into the field and rally their followers against Tinubu’s candidate…..just like Tinubu himself is not folding his arms right now but busy rallying his followers to battle with anyone that Buhari may choose as a preferred candidate.
That’s the way Democracy works….not by lazy people looking for Anointing Oil all over the place and blaming others for their inability to perform!

Ojuntana:

Na "they" know why "they" are talking about consensus. Buhari asked for the governor's support in delivering his candidate just as Tinubu had been going around asking for the governor's support too.
I don't know why you think him asking for their support equates consensus.
Don't forget, during the last convention, some people refused to step down for the consensus candidates and an election then held.
So calm down. If Tinubu refuses to step down, an election will hold.

Samakus:


I want to believe that you decided to play to the gallery as regards the bolded. The challengers to Sanwo-Olu were not cleared paving the way for him to emerge unopposed.

It's crazy how the justle for stomach infrastructure can make a man to be so double faced. You see no evil in perpetuating installation of candidates and godfatherism but cry wolf when it's done against you.

Very unfortunate the kind of politics some young people play just because of selling their conscience for handouts

shinealight:


Buhari is free to rally his troops for battle but he cannot muscle the party’s NWC into foisting a consensus on the others.
Tell me, why do they insert the Declaration in the form that aspirants must sign to accept a Consensus candidate?
If it’s Indirect Primaries where the Delegates will perform their statutory role, why trying to arm-twist the aspirants into signing such a Declaration? An aspirant does not have to accept any Consensus candidate….that is the Law. So why force them to sign a declaration in the N100 million form? A dictator is always a Dictator … whether in uniform or babanriga!

shinealight:


Lolzzzz!
The challengers to Sanwo-Olu were not cleared paving the way for him to emerge unopposed.
Where did you get that from? Who were the challengers that were not cleared and for what reason?
Please enlighten us….unless you’re making it up!