olatiler:

it has clear that GEJ doesn't worth Local Government Chairman compare to his current Position

chisos

gists:


Unfortunately, the one in other regions will not be counted as SE votes. E.g Emeka's vote in Lagos will be "mistakenly" counted for GMB even if he thumb-print for gej.
The only place where Ada's vote will be counted for gej is in the SE and you guys are the least in numbers. Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan can be argued on the floor of the senate as an Igbo president and you guys will lose not necessarily because you are the least in numbers but because you have no allies.

Only the politically inept like you will not know who the political powerhouse of recent Nigeria is.

To your utter dismay, may I tell you that the present day Nigeria does not lie in the hands of the major tribe of Igbo, Hausa,and Yoruba.
The least tribe, unexpectedly has power and control Nigeria....The SS has Nigeria at the neck, they can decide the presidency, the unity or break up of this country.

Read the handwriting on the wall

The Igbos should leave GEJ alone. GEJ has fulfilled his campaign promise to d Igbos by rebuilding onitsha bridge, building seaport at ugwuta, building Aba container terminal, giving appointments to Igbo sons and daughters, protecting them from prosecution against looting of public funds etc. GEJ did not take their chance as president. Its turn by turn. GEJ is taking d turn of south-south people. Igbos are politically lazy in Nigeria.

chukwudi44:


What is the bigotry in asking an "acclaimed" anti-corruption crusader how he enlisted into the officer cadet of the Nigerian army without having the requisite qualifications?

So you are saying if Buhari enlisted into the army with forged credentials we should ignore it?

Please tell them. If you LIED to get to a position, no matter how far you have gone, how entrenched you have become in that exalted position, the day the TRUTH surfaces you will be swept away by that flood of truth.

LMAyedun:
I am Bro.. Buhari can't /won't rule me again.

GEJ till Buhari gives up.

Look here deciding who to vote for come Feb 14 should not taken with levity. This is no uefa champions league. This is the future of Nigeria at stake, our economy, our infrastructure, our peace and everything Nigeria stands for.
Stop being strong headed. Sit down, think for ur self and see whether the situation of this country has improved or not in the past 6 years under the present administration.
I also want you to take a track record of developments going on in APC governed States inspite of the very corrupt Federal government. Analyse and decide for yourself but make sure u remove any ethnical or religious sentiments from your mind.

It is very clear that Buhari does not worth to be a village head compared to the post of presidency he is vying for.

A man who couldn't pass common O'level wants to rub mind with world leaders
SMH

LRNZH:


You rather sink with GEJ than float with GMB is your assertion.
Same way you mention GMB's perceived mistreatment of Alex Ekwueme's is the same way I will remind you of GMB's commendation and elevation of Dora Akunyili.
I've forgotten the chief's name but the first crude oil lifting license to a local was to an Igbo man by GMB against all odds.
Edit: Chief Anyam-Osigwe is the name.

There are no permanent enemies but permanent interests in life.
The igbos generally do a poor job of being a pressure group and playing the politics of requesting for Gov't presence in the SE.

Instead of being headstrong like Okonkwo in Achebe's great book, calm down and play the politics.

Identity problem is affecting the Igbos..They want to live in Biafra and Nigeria at the same time...no way! They are adopting GEJ an Ijaw man to take over their Federal birthright because he told them about one Ebele nonsense. Only Rochas saw the need to join force with the opposition and have an Igbo voice there...instead of praising him, they maligned him. They sold their own party APGA cheaply to PDP and put a total pause to their own aspirations as a Nation... While the Yoruba party and Hausas merges to wrestle power from the PDP, they however never truly abandon the PDP.

chukwudi44:


That was exactly what Buhari thought in 2011 when he failed to campaign in the se/ss and see whert that got him.There are actually more igbos outside the se than within the se.That is why when you ignoramuses post figures of voters from each states and gloat over your supposed numerical superiority, I just laugh

For the first time, I agree with you sir!

kayustones:


Look here deciding who to vote for come Feb 14 should not taken with levity. This is no uefa champions league. This is the future of Nigeria at stake, our economy, our infrastructure, our peace and everything Nigeria stands for.
Stop being strong headed. Sit down, think for ur self and see whether the situation of this country has improved or not in the past 6 years under the present administration.
I also want you to take a track record of developments going on in APC governed States inspite of the very corrupt Federal government. Analyse and decide for yourself but make sure u remove any ethnical or religious sentiments from your mind.

LIAR!!! APC states are the worst managed states in the whole of Nigeria....It is only in APC states that we have insurgency, poverty, illitratcy, unemployments

So what the fuss about that backward party called APC?

eaglechild:

Thank you so much.

I always laugh when people think that an Igbo presidency is the messianic answer to all Igbo problems.

It is not and Igbos have long realised that.

Igbos have not been president in any democracy but they still have some of the best indices in all facets of human endeavor from education to health to economy.

Those who have held unto power the longest have the poorest masses with politico religious unrest and gross inequalities between the elites and masses.

So telling Igbo to align with APC because it gives them the best shot at presidency in the unknown future is a very lame and laughable ideology.

Hmm..So you will rather sell your "birth right" all because there is "nothin messianic" about an igbo presidency? Easu comes to mind! Hope when d policies no longer favor the SE aand those indices start plumeting you wont cry marginalization. Who is even talkin about an Igbo presidency when your kind of mentality is the reason the Igbo are not cohesive enough to be considred a pressure group-where they can influence policy decisions in government. Look at the GEJ government and evry other government before it, d north has always bn at the forefront of favorable policy decisions-you might say they have the "born to rule" mentality but who ends up crying at the end of d day? What has GEJ done for d SE relative to the North....its ol about interest brother n not sentiments thats why its called politics!

splashbaby:
[s]Identity problem is affecting the Igbos..They want to live in Biafra and Nigeria at the same time...no way! They are adopting GEJ an Ijaw man to take over their Federal birthright because he told them about one Ebele nonsense. Only Rochas saw the need to join force with the opposition and have an Igbo voice there...instead of praising him, they maligned him. They sold their own party APGA cheaply to PDP and put a total pause to their own aspirations as a Nation... While the Yoruba party and Hausas merges to wrestle power from the PDP, they however never truly abandon the PDP.[/s]

MUMU dey talk.....So we vote a SS man , so what? Is SS not a region worth making friends with?

SMH for 14 yr kids on nairaland

LRNZH:
[b]Ndi Igbo need to spread their bets. Relying on GEJ and PDP alone is hedging their bets on one option alone. If that ship sinks, they go down en masse.

Sticking with GEJ/PDP has killed APGA. They should have joined APC during the coalition and had a say in choosing positions within APC.
The worst part is the Igbos are encouraging the tagging of GEJ's presidency as an Igbo one. The implications are profound- no Igbo Presidency again after GEJ until it goes round all other geopolitical zones. This is extremely foolish by all standards.

If GMB wins, which is likely, the Igbos may have politically checkmated themselves by sticking to GEJ/PDP.
GMB needs SE votes as much as they need him and APC.
I suggest Ohanaeze or APGA gets into some secret understanding with GMB and APC for this elections.
Thats a sure banker presidency for GMB with about 45 million SE votes.
This way they get something meaningful out of all these.

Edit: SE has ~7 Million Eligible Voters not 45 Million. Na typo.

GMB 2015 On Course. [/b]

This is all wishful thinking. I would be very surprised if APC gets more than 3% of the Igbo vote,the rest is going to GEJ. This election has become more than just about political positions or what Buhari will do or won't do if he wins. This has become more about keeping the presidency in the south. Why would the Igbos want power to go back to the north and their "born to rule" mentality? What is it about Buhari that even shows anyone that he will be any better than GEJ? This is a man who ran one of the most draconian regimes in Africa during his first outing. APC is just a grand plot by the Yorubas and northerners to rotate power between themselves just like they have always done,at the expense of the Igbos and the people of the South/south and we Igbos won't be fooled by the so called "change" mantra being sung now. There's no alternative to GEJ as far as the majority of Igbos are concerned, and even if there was, it wouldn't be an expired Hausa/Fulani cattle rearer of a General called Buhari.

sharkhead:

Hmm..So you will rather sell your "birth right" all because there is "nothin messianic" about an igbo presidency? Easu comes to mind! Hope when d policies no longer favor the SE aand those indices start plumeting you wont cry marginalization. Who is even talkin about an Igbo presidency when your kind of mentality is the reason the Igbo are not cohesive enough to be considred a pressure group-where they can influence policy decisions in government. Look at the GEJ government and evry other government before it, d north has always bn at the forefront of favorable policy decisions-you might say they have the "born to rule" mentality but who ends up crying at the end of d day? What has GEJ done for d SE relative to the North....its ol about interest brother n not sentiments thats why its called politics!

Igbos aligned with the North and got massacred in the civil war and their daughters raped....So what has that Norhtern alignement gotten us since 1966...Name just 1 or keep quiet
The Igbos are benefiting from Jonathan's regime in all angles....I won't tell you, come and see with your own eyes if you care to know

Arrant Nonsense

sharkhead:

Hmm..So you will rather sell your "birth right" all because there is "nothin messianic" about an igbo presidency? Easu comes to mind! Hope when d policies no longer favor the SE aand those indices start plumeting you wont cry marginalization. Who is even talkin about an Igbo presidency when your kind of mentality is the reason the Igbo are not cohesive enough to be considred a pressure group-where they can influence policy decisions in government. Look at the GEJ government and evry other government before it, d north has always bn at the forefront of favorable policy decisions-you might say they have the "born to rule" mentality but who ends up crying at the end of d day? What has GEJ done for d SE relative to the North....its ol about interest brother n not sentiments thats why its called politics!

OK
Supporting APC is getting my birth right.
OK

gists:


Kai. You missed the point! The point is not just igbo presidency. The point is Igbo are not a major force to recon with politically. Igbo presidency is just a case study. Igbo has the least number of state. When it was time to create more state for SE to balance the anomaly, Igbo was yet again marginalised and instead of other regions to back ndi igbo up, others used the opportunity to request for even more state. WHY, because igbo has no allies and are busy creating more enemies. I am tempted to say SW, NC and other regions will probably get more states before SE.

True. In a sane world, there shouldn't be anything special which tribe the president come from. But in Nigeria, SE have always claimed to be marginalised in Nigerian politics and whether you admit it or not, SE see gej as a pseudo SE candidate (that's partly why he emphasise Azikwe in his name).

This is absolute nonsense.
Every region, state and ethnic group pursue their own interests in Nigeria, there is nothing like ally. No amount of alliance with the North would have made them happily agree to the creation of more states in the east without demanding for something themselves. You are Yoruba, you claim to form alliances and keep friends while Igbos are creating enemies right? Now tell me one Yoruba agenda in that same conference that was pushed forward and supported by the north.
Besides the states we have today were created by military decree not through any democratic process so you can never tell.
How is an Igbo President going to solve the problems of an average Igbo man? How are the ones who have had the Presidency faring?
How will an extra state benefit an Igbo man?
How is the north faring with its 19 states?

chukwudi44:


What is the bigotry in asking an "acclaimed" anti-corruption crusader how he enlisted into the officer cadet of the Nigerian army without having the requisite qualifications?

So you are saying if Buhari enlisted into the army with forged credentials we should ignore it?

Shut your trap!


EKWUEME’S BOMBSHELL

BY OUR REPORTER ON JANUARY 6, 2015 COVER

Jonathan may not have maximum support from South-East
…President betrayed us, say other S’East leaders, clergymen


....story still loading courtesy of Sunnewspapers. Says it's coming with the bombshell. Aso Rock doctors must be doing overtime this new year!

sharkhead:

Hmm..So you will rather sell your "birth right" all because there is "nothin messianic" about an igbo presidency? Easu comes to mind! Hope when d policies no longer favor the SE aand those indices start plumeting you wont cry marginalization. Who is even talkin about an Igbo presidency when your kind of mentality is the reason the Igbo are not cohesive enough to be considred a pressure group-where they can influence policy decisions in government. Look at the GEJ government and evry other government before it, d north has always bn at the forefront of favorable policy decisions-you might say they have the "born to rule" mentality but who ends up crying at the end of d day? What has GEJ done for d SE relative to the North....its ol about interest brother n not sentiments thats why its called politics!

With all the policies that have been favoring the north, how far have the gone?
Give us facts and figures not the usual incoherent garbage.

Ever since the inception of democratic rule in Nigeria, which government have ever favoured Ndigbo? The answer is "NONE". What is the assurance that, if Jonathan is not voted for, and possible you people give your votes to Buhari, you will be favoured? Can any of the Igbos give me a count of what you were favoured with during Buhari's regime as a military Head of State? Nothing but Nothing.

TheReaIMrStan:


Na now my fellow Igbos start to dey wise up, me done wise up tay tay.




Sai Buhari 2015

. You don wise up tey tey by drumming support for a man without school cert to lead the most populous black nation on earth. I laugh at you in Zulus

princemillla:
Be Informed! This is the total number of eligible voters in each Six Geopolitical Zone in Nigeria by INEC
SOUTH EAST:
Abia 1,481,191
Anambra 1,758,220
Enugu 1,301,185
Imo 1,611,715
Ebonyi 876,249
TOTAL = 7,028,560
------------------------------------------------------------------SOUTH WEST:
Lagos 6,247,845
Ogun 1,869,326
Osun 1,293,967
Ondo 1,558,975
Ekiti 750,753
Oyo 2,577,490
TOTAL=14,298,356
------------------------------------------------------------------SOUTH SOUTH:
Edo 1,412;225
Delta 1,900,055
Bayelsa 472,389
Akwa Ibom 1,714,781
RIvers 2,419,057
C/Rivers 1,018,550
TOTAL 8,937,057
------------------------------------------------------------------NORTH CENTRAL:
Benue 1,415,162
Kogi 1,215,405
Kwara 1,115,665
Nassarawa 1,224,206
Niger 721,478
Plateau 1,983,453
TOTAL 7,675,369
------------------------------------------------------------------NORTH EAST:
Adamawa 1,714,860
Bauchi 1,835,562
Borno 2,730,368
Gombe 1,266,993
Taraba 1,308,106
Yobe 1,182,230
TOTAL 10,038,119
------------------------------------------------------------------NORTH WEST:
Jigawa 1,852,698
Kano 5,135,415
Katsina 2,931,668
Kaduna 3,565,762
Kebbi 1,603,468
Sokoto 2,065,508
Zamfara 1,746,024
TOTAL 18,900,543
------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking at this figures, I can see victory already for the APC candidate.......

Eghu, u failed to realize that over 70% of pple living in those states r all igbos..... There r more than 13million Igbo's in Lagos (¬_¬)alone.

eaglechild:

50 years ago!

Shouldn't he be in the retirement home playing with his grand children?

if he decides not to, how is dat any of ur business?

elipheleh:


MUMU dey talk.....So we vote a SS man , so what? Is SS not a region worth making friends with?

SMH for 14 yr kids on nairaland

Looks like many of you are really half educated and deliberately on self induced political suicide. I can see many blocked heads amongst you, unfortunately you appear like their leader...denying yourself the rigors of political enlightenment and uplifting, beneficiary to your region. Igbos are obviously on a road-closed politically. Argue it or not...this is the truth from within you.

Did I join Nairaland at the age of seven? Check profiles before you go on ego tripping.

MayorofLagos:
Bloody COWARDS!

Get off the fence....bloody harlots! They are getting ready to jump fence and betray their contract with Asari and Gej on the SS/SE Coalition.

You want o come now and join the party of cow herders and amala eaters. Buhari and Osinbajo do not need you.

freaks!!

Lmao...guy take am easy na,the way you are vibrating,hope you dont end up with a heart attach.
GEJ till buhari collects his certificate from the Army.

petrov10:
Apc make no mistake about this

Its a done deal already



Do not expect any igbo within or outside S.E to vote for buhari
That's not possible


Igbos will vote jonatan come feb

Gej 2019 as sure as heaven

I'm Igbo. Nwannem, I and my house (6 adults) are voting Buhari

Speak for yourself.

Okeikpu:
Eghu, u failed to realize that over 70% of pple living in those states r all igbos..... There r more than 13million Igbo's in Lagos (¬_¬)alone.

Lmao! so you mean 70% of voters in Oyo, Ogun, osun, ekiti, kano, Kaduna, jigawa, sokoto, kwara etc states are Igbos?? I laugh at your idiocy

:DOga jona I hope say you don hear wetin Ndi igbo dey complain if you like go rea-firm commitment with them.bet make you know say if you loose SE vote you no carry back dey go anywhere

So make you try see them before water go pass garri

Maka n'eme ngwagwa emehara odachi

GEJ tii 2019 no shaking

It is unfortunate that the igbos are just waking up to realise that the support they have been drumming for Jonathan is baseless. One would have expected more from the igbos given their much touted intelligence, all they have displayed is cluelessness having romance too much with headmaster of cluelessness GEJ.

AM not complaining Neither is phyno and flavour

LRNZH:
[b]Ndi Igbo need to spread their bets. Relying on GEJ and PDP alone is hedging their bets on one option alone. If that ship sinks, they go down en masse.

Sticking with GEJ/PDP has killed APGA. They should have joined APC during the coalition and had a say in choosing positions within APC.
The worst part is the Igbos are encouraging the tagging of GEJ's presidency as an Igbo one. The implications are profound- no Igbo Presidency again after GEJ until it goes round all other geopolitical zones. This is extremely foolish by all standards.

If GMB wins, which is likely, the Igbos may have politically checkmated themselves by sticking to GEJ/PDP.
GMB needs SE votes as much as they need him and APC.
I suggest Ohanaeze or APGA gets into some secret understanding with GMB and APC for this elections.
Thats a sure banker presidency for GMB with about 45 million SE votes.
This way they get something meaningful out of all these.

Edit: SE has ~7 Million Eligible Voters not 45 Million. Na typo.

GMB 2015 On Course. [/b]

Nwanna, u re so matured and a real politician. This ve go me thinking exactly and I believe they know what dey re doing and re gradually telling d pdp dat d boat is changing course. But with what happened during the selection of d vp for APC, dey seem not to ve any clear love for us. APC ve done well in d west and with or without a candidate from dia can fetch up to 60% of dia vote on dia, but dey totally ignored us.
If GEJ wanna get real votes, he should divorce his wife not anyone else. Dat my opinion.

chukwudi44:


Continue to dream on dude.GEJ is already APGA's presidential candidate so no need hoping on any mumu deal.

What did Buhari do for the igbos during his first spell in office? Is it keeping shagari under house arrest and locking up Ekwueme and Ojukwu in jail?

How come the north in their decades of rule not deem it fit to build any international airport in the east or make any igbo man coas? You want us to join Buhari and Tinubu's private project and end up been used and dumped like Amaechi

Buhari gave the first Nigerian, an ibo man the license to export crude when he was petroleum minister. This was against all odds from top civil servants

MayorofLagos:
Bloody COWARDS!

Get off the fence....bloody harlots! They are getting ready to jump fence and betray their contract with Asari and Gej on the SS/SE Coalition.

You want o come now and join the party of cow herders and amala eaters. Buhari and Osinbajo do not need you.

freaks!!

mister pls watch your mouth! You have the guts to call an entire nation harlots and freaks and the MODs did not hide your post! Such biased MODs!

How will you feel if i should call your mother and your entire race harlots?

Pls purge yourself of the hate of the Igbos or you will die of HBP!

Meanwhile u r busy talking trash while the Igbos are making humungous donations to Buhari's campaign fund! I know how much i have donated so far and still working on making more donations but i can bet that you have not even made 10kobo donation to the campaign fund only to come to a public forum and spew sh1T from your pit-toilet smelling orifice u called mouth!