A Winning or Rigging Formula? - Gumi

Ringing the 2015 election this time will be very difficult indeed. Voters will remain until the results of their votes casted are pasted in front of them. And with a more potent competitor, the PDP that was once the only "national party' has further polarized the polity not just on the north-south divide but more dangerously on the religious one. Already some of them have already started calling APC an 'Islamic Party' to put in the Christian psyche the loathe of the party. Yet not acknowledging the fact that PDP especially with the recent South African $9.3m scandal, majority of Muslims believe the party is a CAN party.

With this ugly political scenario in situ, re-endorsing President Jonathan is their greatest political blunder because I know the Muslim North will totally reject him. That means the only option left for PDP to continue is by rigging.

PDP is then the epicenter of the most dreaded religious earthquake or the crater of volcano eruption that can shatter and destroy the nation. Because 2015 is not 2011. In 2011, the benefit of doubt which Jonathan enjoyed in the North is completely eroded by his style of governance.

VOODOISM, LIVING GOD AND POLITICS - LESSONS DERIVABLE FROM EKITI GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION

The Governorship election in Ekiti has come and gone, result is already known, victory conceded and I have congratulated the winner, stake holders and all dramatic personae that took part in the election.

I wish to make this post to point our attention to the place of vodooism (jujuism) and prayer to the Almighty (The living God) and which one is more potent out of the two. I uploaded two pictures showing the two families that contested the election for illustration and to drive home my points as I do not intend to insult outgoing Governor Fayemi who earned my respect for his brave action of accepting defeat even when his Party had already made statement rejecting the outcome of the election and when Nasir El-Rufai was already ranting about Ekiti Election he knew nothing about.

While the outgoing governor with his wife were pursuing the election with vodooism and jujuism, the incoming governor with his wife were pursuing the seat with fasting and prayer to the living God.

#EkitiDecides: PDP should devote the energy they use to steal elections to the Nation – Tinubu

With today’s election, Ekiti State has become the epicenter of Nigerian electoral politics. Here, the major political fault lines converge into a great foreshadowing. 

Fateful questions not only about Ekiti but about the course of our nation and its uncertain democracy will be asked and may be answered this day. If this is how history will have it, so be it. Elections in Nigeria have rarely been a transparent exercise.

The ruling party has mostly dug into its bag of electoral tricks to cast about a vast assortment of malpractice over almost every important contest.

As the ruling PDP senses its popularity flag and apprehends the existence of an opposition party that it cannot dominate, PDP anxiety has become acute. Rigging is no longer a tool it uses in election.

Rigging has become an article of faith for them. With the advent of the APC, the PDP finally faces a challenger strong enough to remove its chokehold on the nation’s future.

Lai Mohammed: APC Governors barred from travelling to Ado for party's final campaign ahead of Saturday poll

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that its Governors are being prevented by security agencies apparently acting on ''orders from above'' from travelling to Ado-Ekiti for the party's final campaign on Friday for the Ekiti State Governorship election on Friday.

In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said at least three Governors - Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers and
Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano - have so far been prevented from making the trip

It said the helicopter that was to ferry Gov. Oshiomhole from Benin to Ado-Ekiti was refused permission to take off from the Benin Airport, while the plane that was flying Gov. Kwankwanso to Akure was denied permission to land.

Ekiti/Osun Guber Polls: US faults Tinubu over ‘rig and roast’ threat

The United States of America has faulted threat comments by top Nigerian politicians, including the leader of the All Progressives Congress, Sen. Bola Tinubu, ahead of the forthcoming elections in Ekiti
and Osun States.

While the governorship election in Ekiti State is expected to hold on June 21, that of Osun is scheduled to hold on August 9. It would be recalled that Tinubu had during his investiture as Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, threatened that riggers in the elections would be roasted.

Gun Shot: Omisore Fires Tinubu over comment on Osun, Ekiti gov polls

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  governorship candidate in the coming election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on Friday,  lambasted the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the statement credited to him that his party would resort to jungle justice if the forthcoming governorship polls in Ekiti and Osun states were rigged.

AFRICA-EU SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS: PRESIDENT JONATHAN'S REMARKS ON PEACE AND SECURITY

REMARKS ON PEACE AND SECURITY By DR GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCON, GCFR President Federal Republic of Nigeria AT THE 4TH AFRICA-EU SUMMIT BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
2ND APRIL 2014

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Osun State: Violence Marred Voter Registration in Ile Ife

Crisis has erupted in the Ile-Ife area of Osun State on Thursday over the voter registration and cards collection  exercises ahead of the August 9 governorship election in the state.

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission neither registered nor distributed cards to voters in some polling units. Among the areas affected are Obafemi Awolowo University, Aladanla, Yemo and Ede Road.

The registration exercise which started in Osun State last Wednesday was marred with violence on Tuesday. Violence erupted between members of the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday, though both parties have denied their involvement.