Word For My Igbo Brothers, by Maduka Fidorocks Onwukeme

You voted against GMB for 2 reasons “Hatred for
northerners over the civil war that ended 45 years ago” and
“fears of Islamisation due to ignorance or outright refusal to
see the impossibility of such”.
Well it takes just Kano and Katsina (2 Northern states) to
cancel out all the votes in the Southeast. GMB is coasting
home to victory in the Southwest and the North.
He would definitely win on the votes of other zones
comfortably without the southeast.
The moral of this treatise is that I want to thank my Igbo
brothers for teaching me that a man who is ruled by
“hatred” and “fear” will never move forward. He will only
embark on self defeating schemes even when only defeat
stares him the face.
Anyway, now GMB is set to clinch the presidential seat.
What do you do with the delusions of Islamisation and the
civil war hatred!
As for me, the civil war ended 45 years ago. Am neither
ruled by hate or fear.
##stophate
##stopfear

INEC releases Presidential results from 10 LGs in Ogun …APC wins 7, PDP 3

The Independent National
Electoral Commission has released results of
Presidential election in 10 local governments
in Ogun State.
Out of the results of the 10 local government
areas councils released as at 2:pm on Sunday
in Abeokuta, All Progressives Congress won
seven with wide margin while People’s
Democratic Party won th e remaining three
local government areas.
The local government areas released so far
include Obafemi-Owode, Abeokuta North,
Odogboolu, Odeda, Imeko-Afon, Sagamu,
Ijebu-Ode, Remo-North, Ewekoro, and Ijebu
North-East.
The details are as follows;
Odeda Local government
Number of registered voters -63,935
Number of accreditted voter -17,463
APC -11,102
PDP -4,456
Total valid votes -16,152
Voided votes -775
Total votes cast -16,927
Imeko Afon Local Government
Number of voters registered -35,311
Number of accreditted voters -23,481
APC -7,657
PDP -12,153
Valid votes cast -20,466
Void votes -1,122
Sagamu Local Government
Number of registered voters -77,955
Number of accreditted voters -37,772
APC -15,761
PDP -17,263
Ijebu Ode Local Government
Number of registered voters -55,127
Number of voters accreditted -25,973
APC -14,043
PDP -8,972
Remo North Local Government
Number of registered voters -39,180
Number of accreditted voters -16,960
APC -6,164
PDP -9,278
Ewekoro Local Government
Number of registered voters -62,425
Number of accreditted voters -14,193
APC -9,626
PDP -3,227
Obafemi-Owode Local Government
Number of registered voters -74,871
Number of accreditted voters -24,402
APC -15,207
PDP -5,786
Ijebu North-East
Number of registered voters 36058
Number of accredited voters 15214
APC- 7638
PDP -6163
Odogboolu local government
Number of registered voters 70658
Number of accredited voters 25752
APC -11623
PDP -11405
Abeokuta North local government
Number of registered voters -12 5485
Number of accredited voters -30556
APC 21213
PDP 5,742

2 killed in Osun, APC chieftain’s house razed

Two people were killed in Osun State Saturday  and a house
razed though that the Presidential and National Assembly
elections were peaceful in most part of the state with large
turnout.
In Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State, a
member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Yomi Ademola,
aka Hunger, was killed by some political thugs at Idi-Oro area
of the town.
Candidate of the PDP for Ifelodun, Boripe and Odo-otin Federal
Constituency, Mr Kayode Oduoye while confirmed the incident
lamented the death of Yomi who defected to PDP from All
Progressive Congress recently.
He said the matter was reported to the police and that three
persons have been arrested over the killing.
The Commissioner of Police in Charge of election in Osun state,
Sam Okaula confirmed the incident.
Similarly, Personal Assistant to a member of Osun State House
of Assembly, Folorunso Bamisayemi representing Ife South
State constituency, simply identified as Dauda was shot dead by
yet to be identified persons.
Also, at the Ife South Local Government, a building belonging to
a former member of Osun State House of Assembly who is a
chieftain of APC, Hon Yunusa Adebisi was set ablaze by some
hoodlums. His vehicles were also destroyed.
Aside from the incidents in Ikirun and Ife South, accreditation of
voters started early as electoral officials and materials and the
voting took place peacefully.
Osun state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola commended the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for the
successful conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly
elections.
The governor disclosed this after casting his vote at the Ifofin
unit 04, Ward 08 in Ilesha East Local Government of Osun.
According to him, the on-going 2015 general election in the
state is far better than what was witnessed in the August 9th
governorship election in the state in 2014.
He also commended the security arrangement, which he
described as being civil in contrast with what the people of the
state experienced in the last August poll in the state.
Similarly, the Director of Media, PDP presidential campaign
organization and former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-
Kayode, in his remarks, adjudged the election process as being
on course.
Fani-Kayode however noted that the issue of the card readers
not being able to capture the thumb prints of many people was
worrisome.
He said the PDP would be “cautiously hopeful” that the hitches
recorded would not have major negative impact on the outcome
of the poll.
Speaking in similar vein, Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili
Adesiyan, said the poll was peaceful in his area. He said INEC
officials and security agencies discharged their duties well.
The Senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District,
Professor Olusola Adeyeye also commended the process as he
described the introduction of card readers in the nation’s
electioneering process as a round peg in a round hole.
Adeyeye who is seeking a re-election to the Senate on the
platform of APC said card reader worked well for accreditation
than manual process.
The APC senatorial candidate said this shortly after he voted at
Ward 8, unit 1 at Oke-Alafa in Ora-Igbomina, his country home.
He expressed pleasure at the conduct of the officials of
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Also speaking, the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of
Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi said Nigeria would get it right in
the on-going election and that Nigeria will live to the
expectation of the world.
He spoke when he voted at Unit 01, Ward 8, Akesin area in his
hometown in Ora-Igbomina in Ifedayo Local Government Area of
Osun state. He also commended Nigerians for embracing peace
during elections.
Chairman of Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, (FERMA)
Engineer Jide Adeniji while speaking said Nigeria’s destiny is
tied to 2015 election.
Adeniji who is the Coordinator of Goodluck/Sambo Campaign
Organisation in Osun state spoke with our correspondent
shortly after casting his vote at ward 2, unit 4, Isedo poling unit
in Ila-Orangun.

Drama as OAU students stone President Jonathan, Ekiti Obas & Gov. Fayose & chased them out of lle-Ife

In what seems a wild reaction to the polity ailed with
hopelessness and frustration, the students of the Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Friday last week, took their
anger to the Oduduwa a Hall of the university where they
unleashed a dose of despondency on President Goodluck
Jonathan.
A group calling themselves Concerned Yoruba Leaders, within
PDP in the South West, had planned a one-day conference to
drum support for President Jonathan’s second term. Venue was
the Oduduwa Hall.
As the President arrived for the programme, the students, who
had planned very well to unleash their anger against Jonathan,
had laid siege to the premises of the hall. As he alighted from
his vehicle, hail of stones greeted the President.
The authorities of the school calmed down the restive students
temporarily to “cool their temper” until Governor Ayo Fayose of
Ekiti State arrived the campus followed by two 52-seater Ashok
Leyland school buses loaded with Ekiti Obas.
Fayose was so confident that the students would receive him
with open hands. But as he arrived the campus with a horde of
his boys in another bus shouting “oshoko oshoko”, the enraged
students of Ife in large numbers rushed towards his entourage
and dealt a vicious assault on them.
He was lucky to run for his life, as his security aides shielded
and ferried him to the hall. But the Obas, some of whom had
already disembarked from the buses, were not so lucky, as the
students descended on them. Instantly, one of the buses made
a detour and immediately took some of the Obas out of Ile-Ife,
but Oba Adamo Babalola of Itaji Ekiti and Alara of Aramoko Ekiti
were not lucky, as the vehicle with which they came drove off
in a high speed, leaving the duo behind.
One of the Obas quickly removed his beads and gave his horse
tail to his security guard to disguise his identity, and Dipo
Anisulowo came to the rescue of one of the Obas, as he helped
to carry his crown inside a nylon bag back to Ekiti State.
Eventually, one of the stranded Obas was later seen in the town
by the road side trying to catch Ado Ekiti-bound bus.
However, the students that had earlier mellowed down,
regrouped and waited for the President for Part 2 of anti-
Jonathan drama. Within minutes, the students had taken over
the long stretch of road leading to the town from their campus.,
and the programme was abruptly brought to a close as
Jonathan and his handlers hurried into waiting helicopters that
ferried Jonathan, Fayose and other leaders and supporters out
of the campus amid shouts of “ole ole ole”
OAU Ile-Ife students today displayed what they are noted for: to
humiliate corrupt and inept leaders who are making life
uncomfortable for them and who care less about what future
holds for young Nigerians.

Disqualification of Buhari from election portends great danger – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any
orchestrated, last-minute disqualification of its presidential
candidate, Gen. Muhammadu, in order to pave the way for an
easy
victory for President Goodluck Jonathan or even another
postponement of the elections
”If it is true, as it is being widely speculated across the country,
that the Jonathan Administration has procured a judgement to
disqualify the APC Presidential Candidate on Wednesday, when
the Federal High Court in Abuja is expected to rule on the
issue, then itportends a great danger for our country,” the party
warned in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
It said, in addition to other reasons, the six-week
postponement of the elections may have been used by those
who never wanted the polls to hold in the first instance to shop
for such a satanic judgement.
”Anyone who will disqualify a presidential candidate on the eve
of an election can only have one and only one purpose for that:
to trigger chaos and pandemonium across the country. Perhaps
this is the reason for the deployment of troops across the
country to crack down on possible protests and create
confusion
”Then, those who orchestrated the disqualification will simply
use what they expect to be angry reactions nationwide as aan
excuse to postpone the elections again, thus triggering a
constitutional crisis, the end of which no one can predict.
”This is why we are hoping that good reason will prevail and
nothing will be done, deliberately, to plunge Nigeria into crisis
by the same people who have always been quick to say their
political ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian,” APC
said.