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Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Nobody: 6:03am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Voters abandon Jonathan, Buhari MARCH 29, 2015 : OZIOMA UBABUKOH President Goodluck Jonathan, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) After a close monitoring of the elections in three senatorial zones of Ebonyi State on Saturday, our correspondent observed that the voters, especially in Ebonyi North and Ebonyi Central senatorial zones, hardly cast their votes for any of the presidential candidates. A voter in Ezza South Local Government Area (Ebonyi Central senatorial zone), who pleaded not to be mentioned, said they were compelled to cast votes for only candidates seeking election into the National Assembly. “The candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress, the Labour Party and All Progressives Grand Alliance were busy urging us to cast votes for them and leave. “They kept telling us that we could get confused if we tried to vote for presidential candidates, the Senate and House of Representatives at the same time,” he said. At a polling booth in Ngamgbo-Nwelle, Ezza South Local Government Area, a lawmaker, Tobias Okwuru, was seen urging the voters to cast their votes for him and other candidates in his party and leave the scene. Okwuru is of the Labour Party and represents Ezza South/Ikwo federal constituency in the House of Representatives. A voter at the polling booth, who identified herself as Nneka, said, “We were told to cast votes for our candidates seeking election into the National Assembly and leave. We were told that we may get everything mixed up if we stayed back to cast votes for Goodluck Jonathan or Muhammadu Buhari.” She said, “For instance, I came out to vote for APC in the presidential election, then vote Labour Party for Senate and House of Representatives, but they kept telling me that it could get confusing and I might mix up everything. So, I voted for the National Assembly candidates of the Labour Party and I left.” Cc: seun, lalasticlala |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Nobody: 6:04am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Wonderboy1(m): 6:06am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Which way 9ja |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by kheart(m): 6:13am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Good move as GMB no go win there make GEJ no get am too 4 Likes |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by delishpot: 6:14am On Mar 29, 2015 |
choi, so dem no vote any candidate for presidential level? Anyhoe, no be cheating. Na draw 0-0 |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by TI1919(m): 6:14am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Nobody: 6:15am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Never trust any report from the PUNCH newspapers |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Ayoakinkahunsi(m): 6:17am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Pdp didnt see this coming should have done house of assembly and governnorship before the presidential election 1 Like |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by DesChyko: 6:24am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Ayoakinkahunsi:Why? Are you in favour of a credible election or not? |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Wristler: 6:25am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Hmmmmmm......Hope those un-used ballot papers would not be used for rigging oooo 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by MisterRight(m): 6:29am On Mar 29, 2015 |
dey told us! dey told us is what they are busy shouting i wonder if some people cant make a decision on their own tell dem to do anythin stupid and they will adhere smh for this country |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Chillext(m): 6:29am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Dey threw away their vote cos its useless |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by noblealuu: 6:30am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Jonathan just got a pay bak from the masses! 1 Like |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Bawsse(m): 6:33am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Naso these ppl make make we loose votes...chai Anyways, still sai GMB 1 Like |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by johnmartus(m): 6:34am On Mar 29, 2015 |
oh truly illiterate is a decease |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by tollu: 6:38am On Mar 29, 2015 |
But of course, the lawmaker and his cohorts who encouraged y'all not to vote will thumbprint your ballot papers. |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Ayoakinkahunsi(m): 6:42am On Mar 29, 2015 |
DesChyko:why not.it is my dream you know what will happen next week now tension will be too much as people will be much concerned and those securities are not helping matters |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Nobody: 6:46am On Mar 29, 2015 |
johnmartus:Look at the grammatical blunders you just posted and you tried calling someone else illiterate. Your case is worse. Lost sheep. 2 Likes |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by UnknownT: 6:47am On Mar 29, 2015 |
That is the reason they are one of the ELP states |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Bishop4bella(m): 6:53am On Mar 29, 2015 |
See what GEJ has caused GMB. They just played to be neutral and they want GEJ there again |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by GogetterMD(m): 6:53am On Mar 29, 2015 |
The fear of multiple thumbprints I say..... |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Nuzo1(m): 7:27am On Mar 29, 2015 |
tollu: That's not true. There was no single room for rigging in Ebonyi state. Ebonyi used to be a 100% PDP state until GEJ, Muazu and NWC PDP made a mess of the PDP primaries to the extent that Gov Elechi lost all the posts due for contest. That was when he indirectly defected to Labour party. And before anybody knew it, about 5 parties rose to become very strong with strong agents and structure. That of course made rigging almost impossible in Ebonyi state. Though it is expected that Gej will win in Ebonyi convincingly, quiet a number of Ebonyi voters decided not to campaign or cast their votes for him. Reasons: 1. The wayo PDP primaries caused a lot of disaffection. 2. Campaigning for Gej would confuse the voters who have candidates in other parties for the national assembly. 3. The state government apparatus was all for Labour party. That being said, APC that was supposed to leverage on the crises in PDP made the same mistake by rigging in an unserious candidate for the gubernatorial position. Edeze who was going to deliver Ebonyi to APC was rigged out. All in all, Ebonyi people voted for individuals, not parties. |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Caseless: 8:37am On Mar 29, 2015 |
They kept telling us that we could get confused if we tried to vote for presidential candidates, the Senate and House of Representatives at the same time,” he said. So this people slow like this? A 90 year old woman voted in the north without getting confused as to the multiplicity of the ballot papers, how can relatively young people take such advice from the young aspirants in their state? Something is amiss here. It is either d people dull or their candidates who gave that advice are dull. OP, which source be 'pinch' again? Like 'pinch' of salt? |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Nobody: 8:51am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Ebonyi people are village people. Too mumu |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Nuzo1(m): 10:27am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Caseless: Segeggs: You guys are getting it so wrong. The inability of Gej to mend fences after his men messed up the state PDP primaries in the state caused a lot of division and massive decamping, including the state governor, hence the little interest and indeciciveness by Ebonyi voters on the presidential election. Otherwise, they've already made up their minds on who to vote at the senatorial and house of reps election. Nobody could have convinced the villagers otherwise on that. |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Nobody: 11:42am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Segeggs:your opinion. No one believes your opinion. |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by NgeneUkwenu(f): 11:50am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Caseless: It was all planned! The governors son is a close pal! Elechi Can NEVER Work for jonathan again after that disgrace of a PDP primaries dished out to Elechi under watchful eyes of jonathan. He may win Ebonyi State but will garner less than 200,000 votes. It was a form of protest. |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by NgeneUkwenu(f): 11:51am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Nuzo1: |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by dokyOloye: 11:51am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Nuzo1:Restrict Urself to what U know. Who rigged Edeze out? They little impact he made in d primaries was just because d authentic delegate list was changed to those of his cronies 24hrs b4 d primaries. If anybody benefited from rigging in d APC primaries,it was Edeze. |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by dokyOloye: 11:52am On Mar 29, 2015 |
Segeggs:let me restrain myself from abusing U cos today is a sunday. Ewu. |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Caseless: 12:11pm On Mar 29, 2015 |
NgeneUkwenu:if so, then, I love that move. |
Re: Voters Abandon The Two Main Presiential Candidate In Ebonyi State_ Punch by Samirana360(m): 12:14pm On Mar 29, 2015 |
If it's true, it means they've wasted their tym no nothing... |
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