Scenes from Lagos/Ogun after postponement
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*6 months to elections
Suspended chief justice.
You think kiti itaenda tu free free hivyo
Hata tukiwa na shida zetu…tuko much better than hawa ‘biggest’ African economy my foot.
Hapa kuna ibiwo? Some contestants will have a good head start
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You should see my timeline and read all the comments from people in Nigeria. The Presidential elections has been boiling for a while. If the steam wasn’t allowed to be released in the atmosphere then it would blow up. On the voter roll, opposition leaning areas have had a surge of registered voters which government officials claim to be inflated. Meanwhile the opposition distrust the electoral commission leaders as leaning towards government. President Buhari claims the CJ was sucked into opposition conspiracy so that when he wins, he will overturn the elections. Having learnt from our experience he kicked out the CJ forcefully. Its a battle of who wins whether through conspiracy, schemes or fair elections. The concern is violence eruption is very real unless one climbs down to take a loss. Mistakes at electoral commission will be there. Even in 2015 there were there but former President Jonathan decided fighting that loss through official or unofficial means will break the country and still not guarantee a favourable outcome for him. He called President Buhari and agreed on a gentleman agreement. He transferred power peacefully and that agreement has been fulfilled. We hope this will be replicated again this year.
all eyes on Nigeria.
Nigeria is ferked. Buhari has totally killed there economy.
I don’t think he has killed the economy. Maybe he found it in a bad state and he has left it in a bad state. At least Boko haram guys are killing fewer people compared to the times of Yonatan Badluck!
the guy was non-existent in his first 2 years.
Their economy should be in the trillions $ by now and yet it’s just a dismal money pit…
With good reason. Their March towards electronic voting should be studied from. Although not being used this year, most of the finer processes are electronic, and this is where we need to get it right.
I think Buhari should just go home. Must our leaders fight to die in office.
The guy is very incompetent. And the insecurity doesn’t help much.
At least they are not fighting or burning houses… if it was in Kenya, the nation would be burning, and the opposition holding countless pressers while the govt leaning politicians would be threatening everyone on TV shows.
Nigeria has a problem of disorganization , but KE has tribal toxicity that swallows everything
They are fighting just not like we do every five years. If they are not fighting for unprocessed crude oil in the south then they’re terrorizing each other in the North. Their conflicts are like what pastrolalists in the North of Kenya do, just more frequent. Frankly I’m surprised Nigeria has lasted this long without another civil war.
That is what i can call banditry and gangs, here it’s fighting over election results , peasants so divided by their corrupt political tribal chiefs that they are willing to shed blood over them. then after that they go home hungry… at least if you fight for oil and win you have Oil.
What is the result of our fighting here ???
The 2019 presidential election will feature the highest number of candidates in Nigeria’s history. Seventy-three out of the 91 registered political parties have presented candidates for the election
Below is the list of candidates and their running mates who will be on the ballot on Saturday.
AbdulRashid Baba (46 – M) – Action Alliance (AA) V.P – Uchendu Ozoka (49 – F) – Action Alliance (AA)
Omoyele Sowore (47 – M) – African Action Congress (AAC) V.P – Rabiu Rufai (42 – M) – African Action Congress (AAC)
Chike Ukaegbu (35 – M) – Advanced Allied Party (AAP) VP – Safiya Ogoh (47 – F) – Advanced Allied Party (AAP)
Shipi Godia (39 – M) – All Blending Party (ABP) V.P – Okwuanyasi Shaliat (44 – F) – All Blending Party (ABP)
Nwokeafor Ikechukwu (42 – M) – Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
VP – Ali Abdullahi (65 – M) – Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
Obiageli Ezekwesili (55 – F) – Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) V.P – Ganiyu Galadima (54 – M) – Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)
Obadiah Mailafia (61 – M) – African Democratic Congress (ADC) V.P Nasiru Tanimowo (65 – M) – African Democratic Congress (ADC)
Yusuf Yabaji (64 – M) – Action Democratic Party (ADP) V.P – Olateru Martin (60 – M) – Action Democratic Party (ADP)
Nwachukwu Nwabuikwu (53 – M) – All Grassroots Alliance (AGA) V.P – Tijjani Alli (39 – F) – All Grassroots Alliance (AGA)
Umenwa Godwin (54 – M) – All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP) V.P – Ibrahim Olaika (43 – M) – All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP)
Yusufu Obaje (69 – M) – Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) V.P – Sule Ganiyu (54 – M) – Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP)
Fela Durotoye (47 – M) – Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) V.P – Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya (44 – F) – Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
Shittu Moshood (49 – M) – Alliance National Party (ANP) V.P – Okere Evelyn (43 – F) – Alliance National Party (ANP)
Tope Fasua (47 – M) – Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) V.P – Yakubu Zakari (42 – M) – Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
Aliyu Ibrahim (51 – M) – African Peoples Alliance (APA) V.P – Adeleke Aderemi (58 – M) – African Peoples Alliance (APA)
Muhammadu Buhari (76 – M) – All Progressives Congress (APC) V.P – Yemi Osinbajo (61 – M) – All Progressives Congress (APC)
Shittu Mohammed (51 – M) – Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)
VP – Olayemi Mahmud (53 – F) – Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)
Mamman Yusuf (46 – M) – Allied Peoples Movement (APM) V.P – Duru Nwabueze (43 – M) – Allied Peoples Movement (APM)
Obinna Ikeagwuonu (38 – M) – Action Peoples Party (APP) V.P – Omotosho Emmanuel (39 – M) – Action Peoples Party (APP)
John Dara (63 – M) – Alliance of Social Democrats (ASD) V.P – Abubakar Salisu (60 – M) – Alliance of Social Democrats (ASD)
Angela Johnson (59 – F) – Alliance for a United Nigeria (AUN) V.P – Zayyanu Abubakar (40 – M) – Alliance for a United Nigeria (AUN)
David Ize-Iyamu (52 – M) – Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP) V.P – Kofar Umar (39 – F) – Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)
Geff Ojinika Chizee (57 – M) – Coalition for Change (C4C) V.P – Yakubu Usman – Coalition for Change (C4C)
Lewis Abah (48 – M) – Change Advocacy Party (CAP) V.P – Michael Okojie (43 – M) – Change Advocacy Party (CAP)
Emmanuel Etim (38 – M) – Change Nigeria Party (CNP) V.P – Adeola Zainab (39 – F) – Change Nigeria Party (CNP)
Frank Ukonga (58 – M) – Democratic Alternative (DA) V.P – Musa Saidu (37 – M) – Democratic Alternative (DA)
Awosola Olusola (58 – M) – Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC)
VP – Seiyefa Fetepigi (46 – F) – Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC)
Felix Osakwe (54 – M) – Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) V.P – Mohammed Ali (42 – M) – Democratic Peoples Party (DPP)
John Onwubuya (47 – M) – Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) V.P – Ahmad Muhammad (64 – M) – Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)
Chris Okotie (60 – M) – FRESH party V.P – Binutu Adefela (57 – M) – FRESH
Davidson Akhimien (53 – M) – Grassroots Development Party of Nigeria (GDPN) V.P – Ibrahim Hamman (56 – M) – Grassroots Development Party of Nigeria (GDPN)
Samuel Eke (48 – M) – Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) V.P – Hadiza Musa (42 – F) – Green Party of Nigeria (GPN)
Albert Owuru (56 – M) – Hope Democratic Party (HDP) V.P – Yahaya Shaba (42 – M) – Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
Nnamdi Madu (48 – M) – Independent Democrats (ID) V.P – Adamu Abubakar (41 – M) – Independent Democrats (ID)
Sunday Chukwu-eguzolugo (46 – M) – Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP) V.P – Salihu Iman (44 – M) – Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)
Adesina Fagbenro-Byron (59 – M) – Kowa Party (KP) V.P – Ummar Abbas (54 – M) – Kowa Party (KP)
Kriz David (44 – M) – Liberation Movement (LM) V.P – Azael Vashi (35 – F) – Liberation Movement (LM)
Usman Muhammed (69 – M) – Labour Party V.P – Tom Akpan (42 – M) – Labour Party (LP)
Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies (56 – F) – Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA) V.P – Anthony Ibeneme (43 – M) – Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA)
Isah Bashayi (43 – M) – Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN) V.P – Oluwatoyin Adepoju (35 – F) – Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
Hamisu Santuraki (44 – M) – Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN) V.P – Chinwe Ufondu (45 – F) – Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN)
Rabia Hassan (66 – F) – National Action Council (NAC) V.P Chineme Uhuegbu (44 – M) – National Action Council (NAC)
Babatunde Ademola (37 – M) – Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP) V.P – Aisha Tataji (51 – F) – Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP)
Yunusa Salisu (48 – M) – National Conscience Party (NCP) V.P – Funmi James (53 – F) – National Conscience Party (NCP)
Johnson Edosomwan (64 – M) – Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP) V.P – Nasiru Mohammed (51 – M) – Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP)
Robinson Akpua (39 – M) – National Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP) V.P – Umaru Ahamadu (49 – M) – National Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP)
Paul Ishaka (60 – M) – Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP) V.P – Akinfelami Vincent (46 – M) – Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP)
Asukwo Archibong (50 – M) – Nigeria for Democracy (NFD) V.P – Ite Donald-Ekpo (41 – F) – Nigeria for Democracy (NFD)
Eunice Atuejide (40 – F) – National Interest Party (NIP) V.P – Muhammad Bello (39) – National Interest Party (NIP)
Ike Keke (39 – M) – New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) V.P – Johnson Omede (30 – M) – New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
Maimuna Maina (41 – F) – Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC) V.P – Yetunde Oluwole (44 – F) – Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC)
Usman Ibrahim (48 – M) – New Progressive Movement (NPM) V.P – Onwa Nwafor-Orizu (45 – M) – New Progressive Movement (NPM)
Moses Ajibiowu (45 – M) – National Unity Party (NUP) V.P – Michael Idoko (46 – M) – National Unity Party (NUP)
Felix Nicholas (37 – M) – Peoples Coalition Party (PCP) V.P Baba Ado (49 – M) – Peoples Coalition Party (PCP)
Atiku Abubakar (72 – M) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) V.P – Peter Obi (57 – M) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Peter Ameh (41 – M) – Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) V.P – Kehinde Edun (52 – M) – Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
Victor Okhai (52 – M) – Providence People’s Congress (PPC) V.P Iyan Tama Hamisu (52 – M) – Providence People’s Congress (PPC)
Hamza Al-Mustapha (58 – M) – Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) V.P – Robert Opara (53 – M) – Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN)
Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim (49 – M) – People’s Trust (PT) V.P – Nwankwo Agwuncha (76 – M) – People’s Trust (PT)
Israel Nonyerem Davidson (59 – M) – Reform and Advancement Party (RAP) V.P – Dawud Hassan (31 – M) – Reform and Advancement Party (RAP)
Chukwudi Osuala (59 – M) – Re-build Nigeria Party (RBNP) V.P – Muhammad Falali (56 – M) – Re-build Nigeria Party (RBNP)
Nseobong Nsehe (33 – M) – Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP) V.P – Mohammed Abuh (44 – M) – Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP)
Social Democratic Party – not filleded
Thomas Da-Silva (56 – M) – Save Nigeria Congress (SNC) V.P – Aisha Muhammed (54 – F) – Save Nigeria Congress (SNC)
Ahmed Buhari (36 – M) – Sustainable National Party (SNP) VP – Nwagu Kingsley (38 – M) – Sustainable National Party (SNP)
Isiaka Balogun (59 – M) – United Democratic Party (UDP) V.P – Shuaibu Muhammad (49 – M) – United Democratic Party (UDP)
Mark Emmanuel (46 – M) – United Patriots (UP) V.P – Okeke Moses (72 – M) – United Patriots (UP)
Ahmed Inwa (62 – M) – Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) V.P – Echemor Nkwocha (59 – M) – Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
Nwangwu Uchenna (69 – M) – We The People Nigeria (WTPN) V.P Olanrewaju Adebowale (58 – M) – We The People Nigeria (WTPN)
Ali Soyode (55 – M) – YES Electorates Solidarity (YES) V.P Balkisu Abdullahi (42 – F) – YES Electorates Solidarity (YES)
Kingsley Moghalu (55 – M) – Young Progressive Party (YPP) V.P – Umma Getso (37 – M) – Young Progressive Party (YPP)
They are fighting non stop in all flash points all year round. Its has intensified the closer they get to the election. The only difference is that it’s a constant occurrence and media got tired of reporting it daily.
That’s the problem of electing leaders over 60 years old let alone 70 years old. They are slow to make decisions, senile and their health deteriorates too much to be fit for the rigours of non stop working hours.
President Buhari first 100 years was just symbolism. Took time to name a cabinet. Everything else followed that pattern. Very slow to make decisions. Their currency faced a free fall due to low oil price. He was asked to devalue the Naira to get its market value and build from that. Once it value is known it can be traded freely and the money market can flow without restrictions or shortages. He sat on that decision for two and half years. Meanwhile the Naira only could be traded locally and forex became scarce. The black market flourished. All multinationals in Nigeria has funds in their books and accounts but they can’t transfer them abroad since government has froze forex expatriation. KQ has a lot of money stuck in their accounts there. Then President Buhari cancer struck him and he was indisposed for 3 months without the public getting official communication as to why he is missing. 9 months of treatment in UK followed. He returned but took another 4 months before resuming fulltime work. All that uncertainty made their economic recession to widen and take longer due to his inaction. When he became President his tribes men started a orgy of attacks against neighbouring tribes. Large scale cattle rustling and forcefully takeover of land. He reacted to stop them last year.
But the fight is really between Atiku and Buhari. Societies that advocate a plethora of presidential candidates in the name of democracy end up destroying the very democracy they attempt to achieve. With 72 candidates biting a piece of the pie, there is no way in hell the “majority” will win. The party with the most number of proponents (votes) will win, but not the majority.
We should develop our democracies not based on what we can call American or West or “civilized”, but in a manner that assures that given the entire population, at least 50% + 1 adopt one of two platforms from the grassroots level, not through filtration or “coalitions” (the process of coalition is the one that breeds the “our turn to eat” metatility).
Thanks you.
Democracy According to @Amused.