2011 Nigerian Presidential Election

[Tyrannosaur]

Please keep all discussions and news regarding the 2011 Nigerian elections in this thread.

[Der Trihs]

Um, you aren't a mod. And do you have any opinions or information on the matter of your own that would prompt you to post this thread? You know, to spark some actual discussion. I didn't even know there WAS an election coming up there. For a first time post, this is kind of weird.

[Sailboat]

If Nigeria said it was holding an election, could we even be sure?

DEAR SIR, MADAM, OR ELECTORATE,

URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I AM MARIAM ABACHA, WIDOW OF THE LATE NIGERIAN HEAD OF STATE, GEN. SANI ABACHA. AFTER HE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND WHO DIED MYSTERIOUSLY AS A RESULT OF CARDIAC ARREST, I WAS INFORMED BY OUR LAWYER, BELLO GAMBARI THAT, MY HUSBAND WHO AT THAT TIME WAS THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, CALLED HIM AND CONDUCTED HIM ROUND HIS APARTMENT AND SHOWED HIM FOUR METAL BOXES CONTAINING MONEY ALL IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND HE EQUALLY MADE HIM BELIEVE THAT THOSE BOXES ARE FOR ONWARD TRANSFER TO HIS OVERSEAS COUNTERPART FOR PERSONAL INVESTMENT.

ALONG THE LINE, MY HUSBAND DIED AND SINCE THEN THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN AFTER US, MOLESTING, POLICING AND FREEZING OUR BANK ACCOUNTS AND EVEN MY ELDEST SON RIGHT NOW IS IN DETENTION. MY FAMILY ACCOUNT IN SWITZERLAND WORTH US$22,000,000.00 AND 120,000,000.00 DUTCH MARK HAS BEEN CONFISCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT IS INTERROGATING HIM (MY SON MOHAMMED) ABOUT OUR ASSET AND SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS. IT WAS IN THE COURSE OF THESE, AFTER THE BURIAL RITE AND CUSTOMS, THAT OUR LAWYER SAW YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FROM THE PUBLICATION OF THE NIGERIAN BUSINESS PROMOTION AGENCY. THIS IS WHY I AM USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME AS A VERY SINCERE RESPONSIBLE PERSON. I HAVE ALL THE TRUST IN YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT SIT ON THIS MONEY.

I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN CARRYING THE FOUR METAL BOXES OUT OF THE COUNTRY, WITH THE AID OF SOME TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, WHO STILL SHOW SYMPATHY TO MY FAMILY, TO A NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY (ACCRA-GHANA) TO BE PRECISE. I PRAY YOU WOULD HELP US IN GETTING THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY. EACH OF THESE METAL BOXES CONTAINS US$5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) AND TOGETHER THESE FOUR BOXES CONTAIN US20,000,000.00(TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATESDOLLARS ONLY). THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAVE MOVED TO GHANA.

THEREFORE, I NEED AN URGENT HELP FROM YOU AS A MAN OF GOD TO HELP GET THIS MONEY IN ACCRA GHANA TO YOUR COUNTRY. THIS MONEY, AFTER GETTING TO YOUR COUNTRY, WOULD BE SHARED ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE AGREED BY BOTH OF US.PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MATTER IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AS THE GOVERNMENT WHICH MY LATE HUSBAND WAS PART OF IS STILL UNDER SURVAILLANCE TO PROBE US.

YOU CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH MY FAMILY LAWYER AS INDICATED ABOVE AND ALSO TO LIAISE WITH HIM TOWARDS THE EFFECTIVE COMPLETION OF THIS TRANSACTION ON TEL/FAX N0:xxx-x-xxxxxxx AS HE HAS THE MANDATE OF THE FAMILY TO HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION.

THANKS AND BEST REGARD

MRS. MARIAM ABACHA

[Tyrannosaur]

Nigeria rights group says 500 dead in unrest

More than 500 people were killed in post-election violence last week in the mostly Muslim north, a Nigerian human rights group has said on Sunday, warning of further unrest during upcoming state elections.

The Civil Rights Congress (CRC) said that more than 500 people were killed on Monday and Tuesday in three towns alone - Zonkwa, Kafanchan and Zangon Kataf - in the southern part of Kaduna state, one of the worst-hit areas.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/af...345419220.html

[Tyrannosaur]

Nigeria riots delay two state polls

Elections for the governors of two states in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north have been postponed because of violence, officials have announced.

The region has been hit by days of deadly violence since Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the south, won Saturday's presidential election. At least 200 people have been killed and several thousand injured in riots in northern areas.

The electoral commission said that the poll on Tuesday would not go ahead in Bauchi and Kaduna states, because of security concerns. The announcement came just hours after Jonathan vowed in a televised address to the nation that the elections for state governors would go ahead, as order was being restored to the nation.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/af...049518930.html

[Tyrannosaur]

Ugly violence after Nigeria's election

I was having dinner with two Nigerian friends in Lagos, just days before the recent presidential elections. One friend comes from the north of the country, the other from the south.

"There’s an ugly truth to this election campaign, which no-one is talking about," said the northerner.

“In the south, they won’t vote for Muhammadu Buhari simply because they don’t want to give power back to the north. That’s all there is to it. We will vote along regional lines”, she explained.

The southerner protested, insisting that he had no time for regional prejudice. He had chosen to support Goodluck Jonathan, whom he insisted was “the best of a weak list”.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/20...erias-election

[Tyrannosaur]

A big test for Nigeria

No Nigerian president has ever been removed from office in an election. This, sadly, does not mean that Nigeria has been blessed with unusually competent or popular leaders these past 50 years.

It is more a consequence of the country's history of shaky democracy, punctuated by military coups and rigged elections.

Nigeria is now on the eve of another presidential election. History suggests that whether or not the incumbent, Goodluck Johnathan, is the best man for the job, his rivals face an uphill battle to unseat him.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/20...g-test-nigeria

[Tyrannosaur]

Electricity woes beset Nigeria polls

One of the biggest issues effecting Nigeria's parliamentary and presidential elections is electricity, or rather the lack of it.

For decades, the country has suffered from chronic shortages of power, and repeated promises to fix the problem have long been a staple of election campaigns.

But private sector funding may be the way out, as Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports from Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria.

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/a...023965179.html

[Marley23]

Tyrannosaur:

A series of links and quotes is not a debate. That's more of a blog. So I'm going to move this to the Elections forum. And you're also violating our copyright rules, so I am going to shorten the excerpts you're quoting.

[Implicit]

Originally Posted by Der Trihs

Um, you aren't a mod. And do you have any opinions or information on the matter of your own that would prompt you to post this thread? You know, to spark some actual discussion. I didn't even know there WAS an election coming up there. For a first time post, this is kind of weird.

It's over. The presidential election was on the 16th of April.