jason123:

What is YOUR interpretation?? If a president can be playing tribal politics then there is no hope for Nigeria (going by your dictionary definition). Fashola did not over react especially when the president of the federal republic did not respect himself. The president started the insults or the harmless expression and Fashola simply responded.

lol. You live in a small World.

Some threads are of high comic value!
Someone please open the village square. Buhari strategists reporting for duty!

As sky blue said, most of you do your candidate real damage.

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Do you really know anything at all about Abacha's son? LOL!!!!
Your dad is doing the wise thing, join him.

Jakumo:

Nigeria's written history holds the[b] full [/b] account of Buhari, his reign of terror as an arbitrary and sadistic tyrant during the 1980s, his massive looting of the Petroleum Trust Fund to the tune of $2.8 billion, and his frenzied ululations urging the forced imposition of Islamic Sharia amputation "law" on all citizens of Nigeria regardless of religious affiliation. The very text of Buhari's own election campaign speeches, in which the word "lynch" is specifically used to describe the appropriate treatment for those imagined to be agents of election malpractice, clearly establishes that Ayatollah Buhari remains a sinister and vindictive individual who must NEVER taste power again for the rest of his cursed life.

All of the above truisms can be studied and understood by anyone who can tell right from wrong, and good from evil, with no pre-requisite need to pursue doctorate degrees in Nigerian politics in order to broaden that basic comprehension of historical and contemporary fact.

Buhari's new low of calling for his almajiri mobs to kill those they "judge" to be riggers is shockingly primitive. The man is a disaster, absolutely lacking in basic civility and morality.

Any almajiri that takes the law into their hands needs dealing with. More importantly, those behind the primitive act need be brought to face the full might of the law; it wouldn't be a shock if it is found that they are the people behind the bombs in Jos as well.

What sort of animal sends kids to endanger their lives by attacking the Presidents motorcade? These are kids who need love and the warmth of caring homes, but instead are being used as expendable fodder by evil politicians and creatures of the dark.

[size=14pt]Police Arrest 15 Over Attack On Jonathan’s Convoy [/size]
Written by Ishola Michael, Gombe Saturday, 12 March 2011

Gombe State Police Command has announced the arrest of 15 suspects in connection with the attack on President Goodluck Jonathan’s convoy in Gombe, last Thursday, during the PDP presidential rally.

The Police Public Relations officer of the Gombe State Police Command, ASP Ahmed Doma, disclosed this on Friday in a telephone interview with Saturday Tribune.

Stones were allegedly thrown at the president’s convoy during his presidential campaign to the state, just as Ahmed Doma disclosed that a group of unruly youths also set bonfires in Bolari and Jekadari areas of the state capital during his presidential campaign rally in the state.

The police spokesman also said that 13 of the suspects had been charged to court [size=14pt]while two of the suspects, who are minors, were sent to remand homes[/size] and advised members of the public to be law-abiding at all time.

Rampaging youths had, a day before, attacked the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Office in the state located along Bauchi road on the day the Congress for Progressive Youths (CPC) presidential candidate visited the state.

http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/news/3568-police-arrest-15-over-attack-on-jonathans-convoy.html

deezzle:

now i know u are yet to be in tune with reality.

you will be shocked at the amount of voters that will turn out this time. I live in a neighborhood where 95% are elites and everybody is looking forward to the polls.

gone are those days when elites dont votes, everybody wants a change now, even the elites too

lol! Do you elites outnumber the danfo drivers, bus conductors anf plumbers who can never dream of subscribing to NN24? Thats where the answer lies.

The opposition is screaming rigging simply because they plan to rig and don't want to be suspected.

deezzle:

have u ever been to any campaign rallly? am sure its the last place u will go to.
a lot of "elites" will not visit campaign rallies, hence the need for a debate.

hope u understand now?

Elites don't vote.
The real voters are, carpenters, drivers, hunters, rewires, vulcanisers, meat sellers, shoemakers, mai guards etc.

Campaigning specifically to non-voters on private TV channels, people who have the tools of information at the finger tips, is a grossly misplaced priority.

deezzle:

i vote that U de Vex be ignored.


If u guys had listened, they all tried to describe how they will do it but didnt u nitice that they had just a few minutes to describe. They had no choice but to summarise

Thats exactly why instead of Bakare making "we will aircondition all villages" style promises, he should have started with how. I recall him saying, "we will equip the hospitals with equipment, we will ensure there are drugs. . ." Before "equip the hospitals with 'equipment'" one would have thought he would say how much govt would set aside for health, where the money would be coming from and what steps would be taken to firewall it against budgetry poachers and the slippery fingers of corruption.

Magic and miracles have no place in government. We want to know, where, when and how.

TV debates are a waste of Nigerians time, let those guys get on the campaign trail and tell us what they can do, and tell it to us in very concrete terms.

Genbuhari3:

Bakare won this debate hands down. no sentiments. the  most calm, confident, erudite and detailed speaker. even the foreigners here beside me believes so!

Foreigners tell you about Nigeria?
Dude, that is so beyond the pale!

You need to learn about your country for yourself, maybe take a year or two out, before hitting the politics section.

I'm surprised this thread is even running. We had three empty men bashing PDP, making sky high promises without telling us how they will be acheived, reading from prepared notes for the simplest questions and wasting viewers time.

It was a very low grade affair that I had to force myself through in the vain hope that a nugget would drop at some point. None did.

Oyegun was as expected, mr average, feeling lucky to be on the podium and speaking like he was at a family meeting.
Bakare was a disgrace, his delivery was jumbled, shoddy and name-dropper style, he spoke with a false accent and a false lisp. Why in God's good name, would a healthy adult pretend to be disabled?
Adeola was the most sincere, but he was grossly unprepared and shambolic, he even had to read 100% of his answer on what he thought the job of VP was.

With all that reading, the questions were clearly sent ahead of time. Shame on the 3 aspirants. IMHO, the TV debates are a waste of everyones time.

Genbuhari3:

The useless Propaganda that will not work this time around for PDP has started. The lie on Buhari calling Sharia in Nigeria has disappeared, PDP and co are looking for a new one, and they found it, shamefully. Protect, guard your votes and ensure nobody steals your ballot box said in Hausa has suddenly turned LYNCH. Shame on them!

They know Buhari is not corrupt

They know the Islamist tag has faded, thanks for Pastor Bakare who even campaigned in the Core North without a stone thrown at him as incited by a Jonathan Sambo Campaign man.

They know his popularity has taken over the whole North and gaining ground in the South

The New Lie - Buhari said they should kill people.

This new one will have no impact on the Moving BB Train. Buhari Bakare have done 6 regional campaigns, and it was peaceful, no bomb blast, no averted plane crash, no tear gas, no stoning. This is the only campaign ticket that started their campaign with 1 week of fasting and prayer and so far God has been with them.

Why would you think anybody has forgotten that Buhari is a red eyed sharia crazed bigot? lol!
Nobody has forgotten that, we make our point and move on, thats what intelligent people do. Every single man woman and child knows the story, its on every last voters mind, so why beat it? Don't deceive yourself about it.

Buhari has already apologised for the thuggish behaviour of his followers (little better can be expected from almajiri's), but the violence, burning and killing continue. In what country have you heard they throw stones at their Presidents motorcade? Is it a lack of home training? Buhari advised his followers to kill anybody the judged to be riggers. 5 people were killed in Kaduna, because they knew better than to say, "sai Buhari," they knew better than to hail visionlessness and stone throwing.
Every last one of these things re-inforce the dark image sharia zealotery has already given Buhari.

Dude, Buhari and his followers have been warned, you guys better tone it down, cos you come acroos as very negative, threatening, unable to converse normally and violent. An almajiri might want to dawn that aura, but it is no good for educated people who should be smart and intelligent. You people have created an image others shrink away from, live with it and make corrections.

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Don't call me silly names.

apoti:

you think it's business as usual (rigging) for pdp, you'll be amazed at the result

Don't you people have anything to campaign about, instead of reciting the same words over and over like a scratched record?
The funny thing is the utter pointlessness of the words. GEJ will win easily, the only place Buhari has any numbers is in the NE, while GEJ is spread all over, so whats the noise about?

The most likely person to think of rigging is Buhari, he already has many more thugs and goons than al pacino could ever dream of, he even has govnorship candidates who are held on suspicion of bombing. Please vacate this space jare!

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GEJ has the Sultan of Sokoto, who is bigger than that in the North? GEJ cannot be deceived by Buhari's crowd of almajiri's that he can easily switch as he likes; almajiri's are directed by their bellies and a few religious words for justification. lol

At the dirtiest, almajiri's are for sale.

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I don't recall replying you anywhere. What are you talking about?

recoome:

u are really an OLODO RABATA, SUGOMU, KASALI, SULE, SUPO, OBO, OTEMU-REMU!!! you words:"i'm sure you are not refering to clues GEJ odechukwu1 of bayelsa land" - this is a senseless statement and not a question even a 2 yr old knows this, u should probably go back to kindergarten, OLODO 1 of nairaland.

Don't waste your time dude, Buhari has been training many thugs. They can only throw stones, lynch and be foul-mouthed.

I wonder why people keep deceiving themselves. The SW will vote GEJ overwhelmingly, forget about what internet warriors that don't even know where MMA is. lol
Votes in Oyo will go massively PDP and the most densely populated parts of Lagos (eg Ajegunle) will vote massively for GEJ.

The average rewire and vulcaniser has never heard of Buhari and will never vote Ribadu. So, who is looking to cut deals from some phantom position? lol!
Cut deals with who anyway? With a drug pusher? You guys gat to be kidding!

[size=14pt]STF intercepts explosive materials in Jos[/size]
By Onoja Audu, Correspondent, Jos

Men of the Special Military Task Force, in Jos, Plateau State, have intercepted a truck loaded with large consignment of explosive materials while on its way to the state from Kaduna State.

The truck with registration number XH 379 KMC was accompanied by a police escort, Kingsley Charles who was in mufti at the time of arrest in the early hours of Thursday and had irregular way bill, the task force spokesman, Capt. Charles Ekeocha said.

He said: “The commander of the task force, Brig-Gen. Hassan Umaru, has directed that the vehicle with its load be detained pending further investigation as to the end use and properly look into the papers which has discrepancies.”

He added that the occupants of the vehicle, though did not disclose their number, he alleged that it belonged to Duwan Company Ltd located at plot 10129, Yelwa Complex, Jos.

The task force image maker further stated that the vehicle which was said to have originated from Kaduna and signed in Lagos with such quantity of explosives could not be moved around without proper escort or knowledge of security agents.

Among items recovered are 15,000kg of Ammonium Nitrate, 50,000kg codex fuse (500x100) 5000 pieces of electric detonator (1000 pieces X 5 cases) 1000 pieces of card relays 25ms (1 case) and 80 pieces of electric detonator.

http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=30290

Demons.

It is worthy of note that the truck was coming from Kaduna and it had a police escort (in mufti).
The bigshot behind the shipment is going to be caught this time.

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Interesting! If most Buhari supporters were like you, nobody would be buckling down to take any actions necessary to rid Nigeria of the scourge of primitive politics.
Most Buhari supporters feel it is best to abuse, be violent and thuggish. Maybe you should consider what you support, or move to Ribadu, if you are really impressed by hip-shooting types; even better, swing to GEJ.

Earlier, this week presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) the former military Head of State, Gen. Buhari was reported in the media as having urged  people to instantly kill anyone they found rigging. Governor of Edo State, the former fiery labour union leader, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was also reported to have urged a similar, lynch-at-the-spot approach to polls manipulation.  And there are many more advocates of this approach especially among opposition party leaders.

Good politicking. More so, when the fact that most of the advocates of this fire-for-fire approach are in the opposition parties which, rightly or wrongly, have been wangled out of power at national level since the birth of Nigeria’s fourth republic on May 29, 1999, it looks like they just have to snatch it by fire or by force. But what about the social impact of those utterances? How do one establish a manipulator of the polls, instantly, without the apparati of the law? Whose duty is it, legally? Could this not be akin to giving vent to mobsters or urging touts and thugs to descend on lonely supporters of parties or candidates that are unpopular in given areas?

In a search engine, I once read an essay entitled, Democracy and Conflict Management, by Timothy D. Sisk (August 2003). In the piece, the University of Colorado at Boulder scholar notes: “Democracy is a system of conflict management because it allows for the resolution of social conflicts through the rough-and-tumble competition in electoral and legislative arenas, replacing open confrontation on the battlefield for a seemingly unending process of bargaining and negotiation within the rules of the democratic game.”

Sisk made references to several places that had similar political tension as Nigeria’s including Kenya, South Africa among others and noted that instances where such fiery approaches were employed resulted to dire social stricture including violence whereas in places where robust negotiations were the order, things went better – more for the opposition than those who confisicated power.

http://www.compassnewspaper.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2119:-landmines-against-post-election-nigeria&catid=302:opinion&Itemid=573

Buhari, by his thuggish approach, has become the greatest danger to the corporate existence of Nigeria. It is ok if he wishes to take his people away into the desert sands, but he will be faced frontally and decisively if he and his cohorts attempt to foist terror and bloodshed on the innocent.

We can observe that the country is moving into a near war footing, because of the likes of Buhari and he should know that nobody is smiling. Govt is making it clear that ather than yield an inch, Buhari will be met if he insists on the path of violence and thuggery.
Unreformed thugs, tyrants and old men with little morals like Buhari are better warned that Nigeria is a changed country where violence and bigotry have replaced with diplomacy and merit. Those who do not know the value of community are better off walking into the bin where they can absolutely self-destruct.

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lol
Just avdice yourselves to be law abiding and the head of your organisation (more like mob) will not be picked up. But any further stonings, religious incitement, burnings or killing of those who refuse to say, "sai Buhari" will be met with the full force of the law. Almajiri or no almajiri.

eku_bear:

That picture cracks me up every time I see it

You used to sound quite smart. What happened?
Why should such a traumatic image crack you up? It might appeal to ethnic bigotry, but its not in the least bit funny, in fact, it is in very poor taste.

egift:

JonaSambo called IBB his father and mentor. Buhari only visited IBB during a rally in Minna.

Jonathan can not even arrest Pastor Bakare - Don't forget in a hurry who lead the nation to install Jonathan - When him GEJ cannot even pick up a free meal that was giving to him

Forget that stuff. Many of us progressives were highly suspicious of Bakare, but Nigerians are all the wiser about him now; he was simply labouring for his pocket, while the rest of us were toilling for Nigeria.

Is Bakare not the same man that made this twin false "prophesies?"

"Neither Buhari nor IBB nor Obasanjo nor Atiku will be part of the new Nigeria. They are part of the old that has decayed and is still decaying. The new is coming forth. It is the counsel of the Lord that shall stand in this nation. Until the sons of turmoil destroy themselves, this nation will not know peace."

-"pastor" Bakare

lol

"Neither Buhari nor IBB nor Obasanjo nor Atiku will be part of the new Nigeria. They are part of the old that has decayed and is still decaying. The new is coming forth. It is the counsel of the Lord that shall stand in this nation. Until the sons of turmoil destroy themselves, this nation will not know peace."

-"pastor" Bakare

lol

Look where he is now.

Almajiri's will always pop out in vast numbers for Buhari. They did it in past elections, so nothing new about the phenomenon. Sadly, it is either they don't vote or they get carried away by any offers made to assuage their pangs of hunger.

The reason the almajiri's have come out like locusts for Buhari is the same old reason they riot at the drop of a pin. Their Imams have incited them and all sorts of truly ugly text messages are going around the North, urging people to vote for Islam, telling them GEJ is anti-Islam and a Zionist etc

Those crowds are the face of plain old bigotry. In the South, Buhari has been able to pull crowds in the tens only; very few among the younger generation of Southerners can even put a face to his name. Why his campaigners choose to ignore this and do their jobs on the internet that most voting Nigerians have no access to, is the mystery of 2011.

Buhari's campaigns have almost all been in the North, almost like the South does not matter. Here is his Owerri rally, a motley crowd and a boring, dejected affair (the PH one was even worse, but the pics seem to have been pulled off his campaign website).

OAM4J:

He doesn't need a warning, they should just arrest him, then IBB's Godson will know what's up.

lol @ IBB's Godson. But the last time I looked, it was Buhari's camp strenously wooing IBB; in fact GEJ is busy at this very mo arresting those bloody cabal members.
Nobody is above the law, the likes of Iyorchia Ayu and Ibrahim Yusuf are on the run, Abdulkadir Bello and Bibi Farouk were arrested. Did you guys cough, talkless of rioting? Thats the same way it will go when their cohort, Buhari is arrested if he doesn't heed the warnings. LOL!

Nobody is above the law, if Buhari doesn't listen, the result will be plain and elections will hold peacefully. No shaking.

Someone said they were invinsible! Mistake!
They should all be locked up and made to the see signs and wonders only SSS methods can produce.

dell_net:

U de vex? I hail you I beg tell this ignorant tribalism suckas wettin dey on ground now.

Thanks dude, a lot of folk just cannot understand that Nigeria has moved on. They want us to keep doing the same old crude thing in the same old crude way; a tactic that has seen this country descend deeper into an embarassing mess with each passing year.

While the progressive and wiser set of Nigerians are strategising to build on the extremely provident set of circumstances the country has found itself in, we have a crude set that want to keep pandering to ethnic bigotry. Well, they can continue to wallow in their mud baths, but the rest of the country will move on and leave them behind.

egift:

Egypt will be a child's play - Nigeria No dey carry last.

LOL!
And yet, I'm so sure you are his only supporter from Enugu!
If there is any rioting by almajiri's, would it be anything new? They have been known to riot for all sorts of bigoted reasons.

The army will deal with it summarily.

OAM4J:

My people say 'danwo lo bi iya okere', no be for mouth, make he try arrest him 1st.

He has been duly warned, so the ball is firmly in his court. If he continues stepping out of line he will be arrested, and we will all look on as usual.

I find this whole Buhari saga quite entertaining in a dark sort of way.

Here is a man that has always pulled huge crowds of almajiri's in the North (a natural crowd, cos he absolutely lacks sophistry). His followers see that and overlook the fact that he has close to zero following outside the core-Northern states, and they begin to shout everybody down and throw stones. This same behaviour is very unfortunately reflected in real life where CPC thugs, burn loot, rampage and beat up or kill those who wouldn't for the life of them, utter the words, "sai Buhari."
Strangely, It is this same shambolic wolf pack that a few are convinced will sort corruption in Nigeria.

We have in his running mate, a self proclaimed pastor who uttered a dark and gloomy "prophecy" on Nigeria's doomed future with the very person he is now willingly serving as boss. Chilling.

Buhari has made several apologies for the behaviour of his followers, but the violence and inciting continues unabated. This tallies squarely with Buhari's not knowing any of the details of CPC's merger plans with ACN, only to fly into a rage when presented with the final document to sign (it is alleged to be the first time he had seen it, cos it had been left 100% to his lieutenants).

If there ever was a definition of a rambling on steroids, Buhari's campaign is it.