Political Oo.

Tambuwal emerges House speaker: Matters Arising

Posted by Oo Nwoye 

Now Jonathan has Been Declared Winner.

I would like to say congratulations to President Jonathan on being declared the winner of the concluded elections. The contents of his acceptance speech is a step in the right direction.

I remain loyal to General Buhari and I am very proud to have supported him in this campaign.

I also wish to thank Prof. Jega for the efforts he has put in conducting a free and fair elections. I am happy I remained in support of you even when the first elections were canceled.

Although I believe that this elections was free and fair at most Polling Units, there are questions yet to be answered at the collation level. I hope this gets ironed out quickly. I would like everyone to focus on the forthcoming Governorship and State House of Assembly elections and we can continue with grievances thereafter through legal means.

The violence in the North has more to it than meets the eye. People would want to reduce it to Christian vs Muslim; North vs South. But if a the Palace of an Emir is burnt, and the Sultan of Sokoto is pelted with pure water by northern Muslims, you have to be really ignorant not to think differently.  Do not get distracted by the random lunatic who goes burning Churches and Mosques anytime there is a problem no matter how distant is is from religion.

I call on the President to use his power and position to secure the lives and property of all Nigerians.

I also call on all Nigerians to be rational in their thinking, words and action as anything you do or say can make a bad situation worse.

Ultimately, the responsibility to ensure peace and stability rests upon us all.

#OneNigeria

Posted by Oo Nwoye 

Last Campaign Post: I Really Wish...

Baring a runoff, this is my last campaign post.

I really wish people will  not vote the PDP in for another 4 years.

I really wish people will understand that the billions of dollars that have been spent campaigning for Jonathan would have to be paid back to the individuals and organizatrions that contributed

I really wish people will understand that the leaders of PDP in each state will form the Federal Government exco in the next dispensation.

As my friend Chidi put it

If you vote for Goodluck Jonathan this Saturday, then imagine Iyabo Obasanjo as Health Minister, Omisore as Internal Affairs Minister, Gbenga Daniel in Works and Housing, Oyinlola in Defence and Alao Akala (of course he's going to lose) in Police Affairs!! Bode George returns as Special Adviser and a presidential pardon. It will be business as usual, just as the last 12yrs have been!!”

The response of the GEJ supporter was "we will not allow it happen". I laughed because he was caught unawares and obviosly does not understand PDP's policy.

I really wish people understand that the branch of an Iroko is an Iroko. That Jonathan is just a branch of the PDP.

I really wish people understand that any man that allows Jonah Jang of Plateau, Timi Sylva of Bayelsa and Theodore Orji of Abia to return to their states for another four years has obviously put self before country.

I really wish my friends l understand that though Jega has tried, the elections were not REALLY free and fair (see this example) but because of the devil that OBJ and Iwu are, anything slightly better than the 2007 disaster, has been hailed to the high heavens.

I really wish people understand that the Devil you know is NOT better that the angel/devil you do not know if the devil you know will surely destroy you.

I really wish people know that ANY PARTY but the PDP is the right party to vote. ( I am not sure how many are left since 47 parties endorsed Jonathan yesterday #NigerianPoliticsIsAJoke)

I really wish people would understand that voting is done with a conscience your conscience knows what is right. That they have until tomorrow to do what is morally right.

#OneNigeria

Posted by Oo Nwoye 

Thoughts on the Elections and the failed CPC-ACN alliance.

This is coming quite late as I wanted to see a tabulated format of the election results. Since the journalists have failed in their responsibilities, I cannot make deeper analysis on the results.

Summary

With the exception of ANPP all the parties (PDP, CPC and ACN) did quite well.  I am impressed by the labour party too.

The shocker of the election to me was the PDP sweeping Kano and Jigawa states. I was and I am still really surprised.

As a CPC supporter and an Anti PDP person, it is a bit disappointing for me but I think there are certain things that have made this happen.

The number one reason I this PDP did well and CPC could not capture enough seats is ANPP. With a sitting two term governor contesting for president, it is only expected that they make a showing.

Now it can be argued that PDP contested under the same circumstance but I would counter that by pointing out CPC and ANPP share the same base (Buhari was ANPP’s presidential candidate for the two previous elections)

I am still proud of what my General has been able to achieve within a year of single handedly forming a political party

On the failed alliance

There was a tentative agreement before the parliamentary elections which assumed that the CPC and the ACN combined would have a majority in the elections.  Under that assumption CPC would have lead the Presidency and the ACN would have led the parliament.

Unfortunately, the results in Jigawa and Kano state changed that agreement.

In simple terms, ACN delivered, CPC did not.

This situation is what Tinubu is trying to take advantage of no negotiate the best deal for himself and ACN.  Baring sentiments or the guarantee of the VP slot, there is nothing the CPC has to offer the ACN.

unfortunately, ACN does not have much of a choice of weather or whom to ally with; because if they do not support CPC, they get nothing. If they support PDP, they will lose quite a lot (I am not bothered by the speculated romance between Tinibu and Jo boy). If they support CPC there is the probability the combo will win and they get the VP slot.

Reading the press release of the ACN chairman, it is clear the CPC and ACN really wanted to have an alliance unfortunately the assumptions under which the draft agreement was made was shattered and there was simply not time to coble a new one together.

This post is now to long so I will write a new post about my assumption of the forthcoming presidential elections

#OneNigeria

PS: Kudos to Jega and INEC for now. I will refrain from praising INEC until the presidential elections are over.

Posted by Oo Nwoye 

Assessing Jonathan's Luck.

One Jo boy's supposed strong points bandied by his supporters is that he has Goodluck and his being President will bring luck to Nigeria... blah blah balderdash!

Let us ask ourselves this question:

Does Jonathan have Goodluck or does he give Badluck?

What kind of luck is it that requires the destruction of another to be manifested?
Jo boy’s rise to political power has been from the misfortune of his superiors. Is that the kind of luck you really want?

Is wishing the son of successful business man luck not for him to find his own success; rather than for his father to die so he will inherit all?

The popular definition of luck is “when opportunity meets preparation”
Jonathan’s own is “When your oga die or enter serious yawah!”

Now that Jonathan is an incumbent President and a Presidential candidate we are now seeing his “Goodluck” in action.

INEC is now stumbling and fumbling. Very soon if the handover date will have to be pushed forward you Goodluck apologists will say he has Goodluck because he will maybe have to stay on temporarily as president.

God and man will not allow that to happen!

So to anybody that keeps mentioning Jo Boy’s ‘Goodluck’ as a reason for him to be elected, I wish ALL YOUR SUBORDINATES Jonathans Goodluck.

Did I hear you say Amen? :)

Now go ahead and retweet and 'like' this post. We need to get the word out there!

Posted by Oo Nwoye 

What Manner of Citizens!... And The Way Forward.

Judging by the reaction of a lot of Nigerians from yesterday's botched elections, it is obvious a majority of us were hoping it would fail.

My friend who called me informing me of the postmonment spoke with so much glee in his voice. If Don Jazzy were at his side, he would have released a club banger called "I told you so"

What is with Nigerians and proving we cannit get it right? Is it a thing of pride or what?!

What have you done to ensure that thse elections work despite the fact there are some people around that will do any thing to ensure these elections and Nigeria fail.

Nigerians are acting like they are doing INEC a favor by participating in the elections. I am hearing people say "After wasting my time blah blah..." , "Abegi, who go come out tomorrow".

Let me just say this, the greatest weapon election riggers have is apathy. And the intersting thing is it cannot be taken by force, it is giving willingly. just show a little apathy, and they will do the rest.

Let me clear one thing that will make a lot of people happy to continue reading JEGA IS AT FAULT!

Are the blamers happy now? How does it move us forward? When a ship looks like it is about to capsize do you look for whom to blame or try to get the damn ship to sabilize?

The way forward

I do not think that tomorrow's Monday is feasible because of the logistical nightmare it will cause for people that have not planned for this scenerio. Parties, observers, and regular everyday people. I heard there are examinations due on Monday, etc.

The next feasible date is Saturday the 9th which has already been planned for elections by everyone.We can either

• Combine the national Assembly with the Presidential Elections (ACN Proposition)
• Hold The NASS on Saturday, Pesidential on Wednesday and Guber as planned (CPC)
• Move everything by one week. NASS to Presidential Date, Presidentail to Guber Date then Guber to the Next Saturday  23rd of April (My guy Od's plan)

I will go with the CPC's plan (Disclaimer: I support Buhari) here is my reasoning.

• Od's plan cannot work because that will fall on easter weekend. The disruption will just be too much.
• The ACN one is a good option but the stake of the presidential election is just so much that people might want to focus squarely on it.
• The CPC option will mean a disruption on a weekday. Is that too much to ask?

I will go a step further and ask that the week of 11-15th should be decleared a public holiday. I do not think it is too much to sacrifice for credible elections.We can hold ALL elections within that week and be done with it once and for all.

I am certain the  Ivorians would wish that could go back in time and make any sacrifice necessary for a smoother election ourcome.

The stake in Nigeria is much higher and anything less than a 'PERCEIVED' free election will be a disater for US ALL. Thieves and good citizens alike.

If JEGA wants anothe 10 billion, we should give it to him; anothe week, let him have it. After the election, he and every INEC official must be held to account.

Let us make every humanly possible sacrifice to make this election a success.

Nigeria is in stormy waters, when everything stabilizes, we can go ahead to accuse, blame, insult everybody's father. until then, we should not lose sight of out goal

Free and Fair electios.

I beg you, do not give in to apathy because the battle is just getting started.

What are your suggestions on moving forward?

#OneNigeria

Posted by Oo Nwoye 

Before We Crucify Jega

Let us realize that this has been happening before but the difference is that Jega has refused to lie that elections are holding. That to me is credibility; something that cannot be said of Mr Iwu.

Of couse I am thoroughly disappointed but we should not join to heat up the polity. Let us make this elections successful by being very patient.

CPC and ACN now have fewer days to make up their mind about a possible collaboration before next weekend. I wonder how that will pan out.

Posted by Oo Nwoye 

Who Are The Candidates?

I claim to be an ardent Nigerian politics follower but I do not know any of the candidates running for office today. Yes, I have seen the posters of Ransome Kuti, RemiTinubu and others but I actually do not know them, their plans, their present, future or past. Not good.

The emphases we have put on the center is not healthy for real development. The President or Governor cannot by themselves develop Nigeria. They need the other tiers of government to function properly.

I believe this time will be the last we will overlook such important elections. I am actually in support for staggering the legistlative election i.e having them in a different year so we can focus on them and avoid having clowns in the National Assembly

Todays elcetions are more or less a test run for what will happen next weekend. A test for INEC, Nigerians, Police, Political Parties, etc.

The outcome of what happens today will also determine the CPC - ACN alliance.  From what I have heard, the party who wins the most seats will  chose the President of the alliance, while the other party will lead the National Assembly

May the best party win.

As for me, by 11am I will take a stroll to my polling unit, armed with my camera I hope the IG Hafiz Rigging  has talked sense into his boys.

I am still undecided for whom to vote. I am yet to http://takeastand.com.ng 

One Nigeria

Posted by Oo Nwoye 

I Endorse Muhammadu Buhari For President By Sonala Olumhense

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And they say Jo Boy (Goodluck Jonathan) is Different.

Posted by Oo Nwoye