Firstly, this is my opinion which was built on interactions, the tempo of the people and the general feeling in the State.

All lot of permutations are being made with most(if not all) showing Benue as a sure state for Goodluck to win convincingly, this permutations are made on the premise that Gabriel Suswam will pull his weight as the sitting governor added to the force of David Mark. Also, some believe that Benue being the only Northern State with a 98% Christian majority and with their experience with the Fulani herdsmen, a vote for a Fulani man talkless a muslim will be a no no for them. All these are far from the reality on ground, the Benue electorate (both in town & grassroots) in this coming elections are perhaps the most politically conscious electorates in the country right now, from the farmer in the thick village to the fisherman in the riverine areas to the white collar jobber in the towns, the political discussions are centred on voting individuals and not party and considerations are placed on antecedents, baggage, goodwill and sense of injustice. The principal supporters of the president in Benue (Suswam, Mark, Ayu, Morro) are actually the principal reasons the president will not be getting a slice of Benue. Suswam is considered by almost all in Benue as the dark spot of the state, in eight years apart from raising the financial status of various girlfriends, putting money in the hands of thugs and cultist, the governor has really not done anything in the State. This is evidenced in the fact that during the President's visit, He had to commission a renovated primary school as the achievement of the governor. Suswam is basically hated by the Benue electorate, so much that the PDP governoship candidate in the state despite being a young man with the potential to move the state forward, has a herculean task to climb because of his association with Suswam, whenever he goes campaigning and tells the electorates to vote for him so as to continue the good works Suswam started, the people ask; what continuity,? the continual owing of civil servants salary (now 5 months), the continual looting of state funds, the continual nonchalant attitude towards the Fulani invaders, the continual funding of babes, or the continual elevation of thugs? To paint a better picture of how Suswam is a liability, Barnabas Gemade a hitherto selfish and unliked politician in the state is now praised to high heavens, simply because he is battling Suswam for the senate sit, Suswam winning Gemade is day by day becoming an impossible task talkless of him garnering votes in his senatorial zone for Jonathan, in fact Suswam is rumoured to have lamented to some close aides about the President's inefficiency in handling INEC and making Jega to fall in line, He is rumoured to have said his and others election is now a tight rope, something that would have been a walk over if only the President had hoodwinked Inec from the get go.

David Mark, though his senate sit is more or less guaranteed, the same cannot be said about his zone's support for Jonathan and/or the governorship candidate. David Mark will be riding on the back of the fact that he paid off every reasonable challenge against him and is smart enough to understand that the general feeling of his people towards Jonathan is low, He has infact through his own campaigns (not the presidential or governorship rallies) managed to sub consciously pass the message across that he is only asking for his senate sit and it shouldn't be confused or mixed up with any other election. Ayu and Morro are political liabilities in Benue, the surest way to lose an election in the state is having them on your train.

Added to all this is Goodluck himself who despite the huge support he got from the state, has managed not to do anything in the state for the past 4years. In addition, the Tivs who have a 70+% majority in the state have been politically side-lined in the national level. Besides, the general feeling in the state is that of a President who has no idea what his job functionality is, mention the name Goodluck in the villages and you will be lucky if you are not vulgarly insulted. Posters of Jonathan are only displayed in a few towns as he is tied with Suswam as one and the same person. It is even said that if Goodluck rigs Benue the best he can get is 30% of the votes, the situation you have in Benue according to the people is a useless Suswam teamed up with an unpopular President and supported by Ayu/Morro who have lost every respect of people against a Buhari who is seen as someone different from the usual, supported by Akume who has a cult following and Ortom, who even though has issues with how he became APC governorship candidate, has lots of respect in the state for giving back to the people by propping up small industries across the state.

Anyone who says Goodluck will win Benue is only living a day dream, for the indigenes of Benue, Goodluck will definitely lose Benue; the question is, how bad will he lose? Discussions are not on whether he will lose or not, discussions are on the extent of his losing.

The same way result in Rivers state and imo state will shock Apc to their marrow

PDP and his supporters will totally shocked when the presidential result is out come March 28. Nigerians are fed up of PDP 419 government is deceiving Nigerians with false publications and documents while the achievements they are brandishing cannot be seen by Nigerians.

They Unbundled Power sector yet we live in darkness

They claimed to have transformed rail sector yet heavy duty vehicle are still big threat to the road users

They claimed to have revamped agricultural sector yet bag of rice is sold at N10,000

They claimed electoral reform victory yet they send rig election in Ekiti while a defense minister coordinate the rigging plan

They want a peaceful election yet the continuing shifting election date

They want credible election yet they dont want Jega to use PVC and card reader


Nigerians can no longer be fooled. Time for Party Deceiving People to pack their bag and baggage out of ASO ROCK

DRANOEL:
Firstly, this is my opinion which was built on interactions, the tempo of the people and the general feeling in the State.

All lot of permutations are being made with most(if not all) showing Benue as a sure state for Goodluck to win convincingly, this permutations are made on the premise that Gabriel Suswam will pull his weight as the sitting governor added to the force of David Mark. Also, some believe that Benue being the only Northern State with a 98% Christian majority and with their experience with the Fulani herdsmen, a vote for a Fulani man talkless a muslim will be a no no for them. All these are far from the reality on ground, the Benue electorate (both in town & grassroots) in this coming elections are perhaps the most politically conscious electorates in the country right now, from the farmer in the thick village to the fisherman in the riverine areas to the white collar jobber in the towns, the political discussions are centred on voting individuals and not party and considerations are placed on antecedents, baggage, goodwill and sense of injustice. The principal supporters of the president in Benue (Suswam, Mark, Ayu, Morro) are actually the principal reasons the president will not be getting a slice of Benue. Suswam is considered by almost all in Benue as the dark spot of the state, in eight years apart from raising the financial status of various girlfriends, putting money in the hands of thugs and cultist, the governor has really not done anything in the State. This is evidenced in the fact that during the President's visit, He had to commission a renovated primary school as the achievement of the governor. Suswam is basically hated by the Benue electorate, so much that the PDP governoship candidate in the state despite being a young man with the potential to move the state forward, has a herculean task to climb because of his association with Suswam, whenever he goes campaigning and tells the electorates to vote for him so as to continue the good works Suswam started, the people ask; what continuity,? the continual owing of civil servants salary (now 5 months), the continual looting of state funds, the continual nonchalant attitude towards the Fulani invaders, the continual funding of babes, or the continual elevation of thugs? To paint a better picture of how Suswam is a liability, Barnabas Gemade a hitherto selfish and unliked politician in the state is now praised to high heavens, simply because he is battling Suswam for the senate sit, Suswam winning Gemade is day by day becoming an impossible task talkless of him garnering votes in his senatorial zone for Jonathan, in fact Suswam is rumoured to have lamented to some close aides about the President's inefficiency in handling INEC and making Jega to fall in line, He is rumoured to have said his and others election is now a tight rope, something that would have been a walk over if only the President had hoodwinked Inec from the get go.

David Mark, though his senate sit is more or less guaranteed, the same cannot be said about his zone's support for Jonathan and/or the governorship candidate. David Mark will be riding on the back of the fact that he paid off every reasonable challenge against him and is smart enough to understand that the general feeling of his people towards Jonathan is low, He has infact through his own campaigns (not the presidential or governorship rallies) managed to sub consciously pass the message across that he is only asking for his senate sit and it shouldn't be confused or mixed up with any other election. Ayu and Morro are political liabilities in Benue, the surest way to lose an election in the state is having them on your train.

Added to all this is Goodluck himself who despite the huge support he got from the state, has managed not to do anything in the state for the past 4years. In addition, the Tivs who have a 70+% majority in the state have been politically side-lined in the national level. Besides, the general feeling in the state is that of a President who has no idea what his job functionality is, mention the name Goodluck in the villages and you will be lucky if you are not vulgarly insulted. Posters of Jonathan are only displayed in a few towns as he is tied with Suswam as one and the same person. It is even said that if Goodluck rigs Benue the best he can get is 30% of the votes, the situation you have in Benue according to the people is a useless Suswam teamed up with an unpopular President and supported by Ayu/Morro who have lost every respect of people against a Buhari who is seen as someone different from the usual, supported by Akume who has a cult following and Ortom, who even though has issues with how he became APC governorship candidate, has lots of respect in the state for giving back to the people by propping up small industries across the state.

Anyone who says Goodluck will win Benue is only living a day dream, for the indigenes of Benue, Goodluck will definitely lose Benue; the question is, how bad will he lose? Discussions are not on whether he will lose or not, discussions are on the extent of his losing.

Keep deceiving yourself janjanweed

Let me tell you why you wrong. From history people vote based on sentiments and not perfomance

For example what did obasanjo do for the south east? Yet he was voted in TWICE from that zone

Jonathan, a political neophyte trounced buhari.

Jonathan will win though with a slim margin only because buhari and ribadu votes will be merged together from last time to shore up buhari votes this time

Jonathan will win whether he did something or not.

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Thanks so much for the piece up there. Just the same way you analyze this, a friend from Benue exactly. If 2,3, 5 people picked randomly are beginning to tell you same thing. PDP you are gone!

But if you have anything to counter what the op states, you are free, lets learn more.

Thank you Op once more

@ OP u just aired my views. I laugh when GEJites include Benue in their Pemutations as one of the sure states.

capricon:
Let me tell you why you wrong. From history people vote based on sentiments and not perfomance

For example what did obasanjo do for the south east? Yet he was voted in TWICE from that zone

Jonathan, a political neophyte trounced buhari.

Jonathan will win though with a slim margin only because buhari and ribadu votes will be merged together from last time to shore up buhari votes this time

Jonathan will win whether he did something or not.

what sentiments are they going to vote for? have you been to Benue lately?

Seems reasonable

GEJ is a goner

How can the OP call Benue a Northern state ?

David Mark stole someone's mandate to be a senator from his state. I will be very happy if he is voted out!
He has not done anything meaningful to his Idoma people and Benue state as a whole. He has not attracted any meaningful development to his people as a Senate President. He is one of the problems of Nigeria and a member of the Cabal destroying this country.

I wish Benue people well as they vote out PDP.

Cc

Ochejoseph what do you have to say concerning your state?

Rad1cal:
How can the OP call Benue a Northern state ?

Benue is politically in the North but geographically in the south, before independence, the state was mostly under northern protectorate and partly under southern protectorate.

Rad1cal:
How can the OP call Benue a Northern state ?

Olodo! Is Benue a southern state? Benue is a North Central state and a member of Arewa.

DRANOEL:


what sentiments are they going to vote for? have you been to Benue lately?

Simple.

Benue is PDP

Buhari is fulani

Benue is mahority christian

MzJackBaueress:
Olodo! Is Benue a southern state? Benue is a North Central state and a member of Arewa.

Craze girl, if you look map na North e dey ? Olodo.





Middle belt is better description.






Yeye thing.

OP, on what grounds will Benue not vote GEJ?
Below are a few of his projects in that state. There are many others:

* Reconstruction PH-Enugu-Makurdi Rail way lines

* Reconstruction of Lafia – Makurdi Road, Aliade to Uturkpo Road

* SURE – P Projects in the state

* Construction of new library at the Federal Government College Otobi, Benue state

* Supply of new improved seedlings to boast groundnut and sorghum production

* Palliative reliefs for the Flood victims

* Construction of Perishable Cargo Terminal in Makurdi

* Ongoing construction of Oweto Bridge to link Benue and Nasarawa State (85% Completed)

* Ongoing reconstruction of Makurdi – Gboko, Wannune – Yandev Section Road

* Completion of the Greater Makurdi Water Supply Scheme

* Construction of Oju – Obussa – Ainu Road

DRANOEL:


Benue is politically in the North but geographically in the south, before independence, the state was mostly under northern protectorate and partly under southern protectorate.

Thank you but i reject a flawed description of a locality.

capricon:
Let me tell you why you wrong. From history people vote based on sentiments and not perfomance

For example what did obasanjo do for the south east? Yet he was voted in TWICE from that zone

Jonathan, a political neophyte trounced buhari.

Jonathan will win though with a slim margin only because buhari and ribadu votes will be merged together from last time to shore up buhari votes this time

Jonathan will win whether he did something or not.

You are wrong, what makes North vote MKO instead of Tofa in 1993?

MzJackBaueress:
David Mark stole someone's mandate to be a senator from his state. I will be very happy if he is voted out!
He has not done anything meaningful to his Idoma people and Benue state as a whole. He has not attracted any meaningful development to his people as a Senate President. He is one of the problems of Nigeria and a member of the Cabal destroying this country.

I wish Benue people well as they vote out PDP.

Cc

Ochejoseph what do you have to say concerning your state?

The paid dolt Joseph is busy shouting gej till infinity but his peeps are suffering in his state. He is not even ashamed of his state. Shame

reborn1:



The paid dolt Joseph is busy shouting gej till infinity but his peeps are suffering in his state. He is not even ashamed of his state. Shame

I am really ashamed on behalf of Ochejoseph. Isn't it shocking he does not say anything concerning his beloved state?

MzJackBaueress:
I am really ashamed on behalf of Ochejoseph. Isn't it shocking he does not say anything concerning his beloved state?

The guy dont care about his state, he is after his protection so nothing dey happen. Lol

Op I can guarantee U dat benue would be the state that will vote most sentimentally. Look at what the fulani is doin to farmers in that state. Dnt be deceived by ur small sample population.

Splashme:
OP, on what grounds will Benue not vote GEJ?
Below are a few of his projects in that state. There are many others:

* Reconstruction PH-Enugu-Makurdi Rail way lines

* Reconstruction of Lafia – Makurdi Road, Aliade to Uturkpo Road

* SURE – P Projects in the state

* Construction of new library at the Federal Government College Otobi, Benue state

* Supply of new improved seedlings to boast groundnut and sorghum production

* Palliative reliefs for the Flood victims

* Construction of Perishable Cargo Terminal in Makurdi

* Ongoing construction of Oweto Bridge to link Benue and Nasarawa State (85% Completed)

* Ongoing reconstruction of Makurdi – Gboko, Wannune – Yandev Section Road

* Completion of the Greater Makurdi Water Supply Scheme

* Construction of Oju – Obussa – Ainu Road

I am sure they are other BENUE indigenes on this forum that can give you good answers to the above

Sadly, this is the reality on ground.. GEJ MAY lose Benue or win with the slightest of margins.. GEJ is so hated in Benue that one risk been lynched saying anything positive about him.. Drive around towns and villages, the only posters you'd see are those of Buhari/Osinbajo and Ortom/Abonu and torn PDP posters. GEJ cannot win Benue if a free and fair election is conducted.

katazozo:
The same way result in Rivers state and imo state will shock Apc to their marrow

See i live in PortHarcourt. i am a staunch supporter of Buhari. We know very that Jonathan will win Rivers and Imo State. But what we are saying is that Jonathan will not get the 98% or more he got in 2011 in these states. This time, the best he can get is 80 percent or less. And that is a big gain for Buhari

kokoA:
Sadly, this is the reality on ground.. GEJ MAY lose Benue or win with the slightest of margins.. GEJ is so hated in Benue that one risk been lynched saying anything positive about him.. Drive around towns and villages, the only posters you'd see are those of Buhari/Osinbajo and Ortom/Abonu and torn PDP posters. GEJ cannot win Benue if a free and fair election is conducted.

exactly what I am saying, some people come online throwing assumptions about Benue being Christian and Buahri being Fulani hence the state will vote GEJ whereas the reality on ground is totally in contrast, you hardly find anyone confidently and openly campaigning for GEJ in Benue, they are simply no achievements to campaign with, GEJ winning Benue will be a miracle.

Splashme:
OP, on what grounds will Benue not vote GEJ?
Below are a few of his projects in that state. There are many others:

* Reconstruction PH-Enugu-Makurdi Rail way lines

* Reconstruction of Lafia – Makurdi Road, Aliade to Uturkpo Road

* SURE – P Projects in the state

* Construction of new library at the Federal Government College Otobi, Benue state

* Supply of new improved seedlings to boast groundnut and sorghum production

* Palliative reliefs for the Flood victims

* Construction of Perishable Cargo Terminal in Makurdi

* Ongoing construction of Oweto Bridge to link Benue and Nasarawa State (85% Completed)

* Ongoing reconstruction of Makurdi – Gboko, Wannune – Yandev Section Road

* Completion of the Greater Makurdi Water Supply Scheme

* Construction of Oju – Obussa – Ainu Road

Stop those dirty lies my friend! You are making me angry.. These are roads I've travelled on unaccountable times in the past one year, I guess the construction is going on in the spiritual realm because physically nothing is been done.. Did you say water supply in makurdi? haba! Bros, take am easy to dey lie naw.

Rad1cal:
How can the OP call Benue a Northern state ?

the answer is simple : politics of convenience. APC is deceiving themselves with benue. APC can never win Benue. Okorocha is a confirmed goner, and peterside of rivers will cry like a baby.

janus05:
the answer is simple : politics of convenience. APC is deceiving themselves with benue. APC can never win Benue. Okorocha is a confirmed goner, and peterside of rivers will cry like a baby.

Chairman can you name the 19 northern states? are you aware that presently, APC has two of the three senators in the state?