THE hopes of Nigerians for their votes to count and a free and fair general election beginning from February 16, 2019, may be dashed if the goings on in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are to go by.
Sunday Tribune learnt from credible sources in the commission that some powerful individuals are frustrating the efforts of INEC National Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to conduct a general election that conforms with acceptable global standards.
According to Sunday Tribune sources, these powerful interests are big politicians in the corridors of power, but who have penetrated the commission, with many of its top hierarchy doing their bidding. They were said to be employing all forms of pressure on some of the commission’s top officials to ensure that they compromise on the election by giving their political party an undue advantage.
“These politicians want to hijack the recruitment and deployment of collation officers,” a source in the commission stated, adding that “this is already creating misgiving within the commission.”
The combination of these powerful politicians operating from outside and their allies working for them from inside, it was said, is creating issues that may affect the integrity and outcome of the elections.
The latest move by these forces, Sunday Tribune learnt, was the pressure being mounted to reverse an earlier decision taken to ensure that the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) directly take charge of recruitment of collation officers in their states to ensure probity.
The INEC leadership, it was gathered, as a result of the pressure finally gave in by sending a counter directive that recruitment would now be done at the headquarters, fuelling suspicion that the cabals within the commission would fill the slots with their own people.
Some RECs, it was gathered, saw the move as a vote of no confidence in them by the headquarters, with some of them said to be wary of the fact that the move was to compromise the elections by some individuals inside their own commission.
At the commission’s meeting of Friday, December 21, 2018, on the recruitment of ad-hoc staff for the 2019 general election, a decision was taken that some cadres of staff would be handled at the state level.
The decision was confirmed in a December 21 memo from the INEC headquarters entitled: “Decision Extract on the Recruitment of Ad-Hoc staff for the Conduct of the 2019 General Elections,” in which details of the cadre of ad hoc positions are listed in conformity with the Electoral Act.
Pls,party agents,make sure u ask those inec staffs at d polling units their id cards, and their name,an ad hoc staff must be corper or federal university student,apart from those pple av mentioned above,if u notice that a staff u met at d polling unit is not a corper or federal tertiary institution student beat him or her to death,
No message, nothing and they claim training for adhoc staff has commenced
INEC you should do something with regard to recruitment of ad hoc staff there is a lot of out cry.
I thought buhari said he is fighting kuruption,frm wht i saw 4rm inec is d highest level of kuruption.
God and Nigerians are seeing everything
ALERT:
INEC has concluded plans to CANCEL MANY OF ATIKU’S VOTES AS ‘INVALID VOTES,’ as they did in ekiti and osun states. This Is why they are warning of publication of fake results.
FG & NSA also want to shut down all Internet services in the Nigeria to facilitate their rigging for buhari after banning cameras and restricting the activities of journalists at polling centres.
INEC has also concluded plans to seize all unclaimed PVCs and hand them over to APC, then lie that those PVCs are with CBN.
INEC HAS BECOME APC!
Buhari has militarized electoral process to win 2019 elections.
Buhari wants to declare All elections in Nigeria as ‘inconclusive’ until APC wins all…..!
If Buhari could forge his own waec certificate why should we believe that he can conduct a credible election in 2019?
Buhari is planning to rig 2019 election by not using e-voting. There must be e-voting! This INEC chairman has no credibility.
INEC must follow electoral act. INEC cannot take independent decision outside the electoral act. If they need time, they will be given time…..but to dump electoral act is criminal and the INEC chairman must be locked up for disobeying the law.
‘Not using e-voting,’ is Buhari’s plan to rig 2019 election. NASS must stand up to this impunity.
Predetermined outcome for Buhari’s success in 2019 is fraud. It is corruption. It is impunity. Why declare votes before election. Who does that?
So much impunity in Buhari’s corrupt administration.
Thank God. Finally senate overrides Buhari on electoral act, passed the amended electoral act, now closing the gap for corruption and election result mutilation. God bless saraki and the good people of Nigeria. Buhari sign the amended electoral act now and stop deceiving the international community that the election Will be free and fair. You could have chosen to honourable sign the electoral act, instead you did the reverse.
Already INEC chairman is a criminal, he must be arrested. He cannot conduct a free and fair elections.
1. He falsified documents of kogi electorate and forged their signatures just to get at Dino then used police to force it on the people. Thank God kogi people fought back.
2. He rigging Ekiti state elections with 30,000 Nigerian police officers.
3. He attempted to stop issuing PVCs in south when he realized that north had collected more PVCs than south.
4. He Covered up for underage voters in North.
5. He wants to use N6billion to feed police in 2019 elections when the same money can pay police salaries and pension for one year, to reduce police misconduct. This is the same police he used to rig elections in ekiti state.
6. INEC connived with touts to sell PVCs to individuals at N1,500 in lagos. Go to Ikorodu INEC office and you will not be disappointed. How is this INEC chairman credible?
7. After cancelling so many viable votes, and sending INEC official to tear ballot papers of Adeleke’s votes, Adeleke of PDP still won the election. Yet INEC, with all its impunity and corruption refused to declare Adeleke winner. Osibanjo shamelessly called the INEC official while he was still addressing the press to declare the election inconclusive. Thank God for stored call logs on cell phones. Shame on these thieves.
8. Instead Buhari sends Nigeria military and police to terrorize osun state to hand over the state to APC. This is not democracy. Democracy was when Adeleke of PDP won the election in a leveled playing field and without the intimidation of the police and military.
9. Buhari sends military and police to intimidate, arrest, incarcerate and assult PDP candidates and voters to win bye election in kwara, bauchi, kogi States etc. Nigeria has been militarized by Buhari in a democratic Nigerian state. The international community must not be deceived. There is no free, fair and credible election in Nigeria anymore.
10. CSOs raise alarm over purchase of PVCs from their owners in Kano state. Yet corrupt INEC is deaf and blind to it. Perhaps this is the 2.9million voter who would likely vote for Buhari. This is what the governor of Kano state was referring to, when he said that 1.2million votes are ready for Buhari.
11. Judiciary under Buhari is enabling corruption and encouraging impunity. Why is the tribunal speaking the same language of lies as those who rigged elections?
12. INEC is blind to secret purchase of PVCs for IDPs and others in benue state.
13. APC campaign and ballot materials now have Defence Headquarters logo. Let’s see how long they can sustain this…!
14. Military is slowly creeping into our democracy and this is extremely dangerous. I hope we do not go back to military rule. Thank God that international sanctions awaits Nigeria if that ever happens. This trend must stop. Military must go back to the barracks where they belong. Military do not mingle in politics and civilian affairs. This must stop. I hope nigeria will not end up like Sudan.
15. ETC
Our votes are not safe with this corrupt criminal called INEC chairman. He must be arrested. This man is unfit to conduct a free and fair elections. He is working for corrupt Buhari and not for Nigeria.
WHY BUHARI MUST RESIGN !!!
1] 15 SANs Defended BUHARI On A Certificate He NEVER Had and There was no call for Buhari to Resign. Yet Buhari is fighting corruption!
2] Buhari has forged WAEC certificate on 2 different occasions; in 2015 and 2018, and there are no calls for buhari’s resignation. Yet buhari says he is fighting corruption. Is forgery not a crime? Is forgery not corruption? Why are there no calls for buhari’s resignation?
3] Buhari lied under Oath that his Certificate was with Military Board, which the Military denied and There was no call for Buhari to Resign and Buhari says he is fighting corruption.
4] Buhari claimed to have sat for the Cambridge Syndicate Exams in 1961 and in 2018 Buhari turned round to Present an Attestation certificate for another Exam body WAEC that has no relationship with Cambridge. Yet no one called for Buhari to Resign and Buhari says he is fighting corruption.
5] Till this day Buhari has Presented NO WAEC Certificate to INEC, even after receiving an Attestation, and his supporters find nothing wrong with that or …….the Mobs calling for CJN’s resignation. ….and Buhari says he is fighting cortuption.
6] Daily Mirror, a UK Daily revealed that Buhari having numerous Bank Accounts in UK where £250,000 grants are paid to him and his children’s school fees are paid in various UK Universities. These are undeclared assets. Yet All we knew was that Buhari has 150 cows, a brick house and a mud house. Yet there are no calls for buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
7] Show me the asset declaration of 2015 of Buhari stating the Buhari had $157,000usd which his son used to buy power bike? All we knew was that Buhari has 150 cows, a brick house and a mud house. Yet there are no calls for buhari to resign and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
8] Show me the asset declaration of 2015 showing that Buhari had N2.5billion naira which his wife Aisha had claimed that her Adc has stolen. All we knew was that Buhari has 150 cows, a brick house and a mud house. Yet there are no calls for Buhari to resign and Buhari is still fighting corruption.
9] Show me the asset declaration that Buhari had previously owned keystone bank and 9Mobile in 2015. All we knew was that Buhari has 150 cows, a brick house and a mud house. Yet there are no calls for Buhari to resign and Buhari says he is fighting corruption.
10] ……But the CJN Onnoghen, who forgot to declare the domicillay account he opened in 2011, in 2012, but rather voluntarily and without pressure from CCB declared in 2016, is now SUDDENLY a corrupt CJN in 2019, JUST ONE MONTH TO ELECTION. Yet there are no calls for Buhari resignation and buhari says he is fighting corription.
11] Meanwhile, The acting CJN appointed on Friday 25th jan. 2018, has 32 children and over N1.3 billion in his account as at today. How did he come about such money that far exceeded his total salary since he became a judge
12] Even among the 250 appointees, Buhari appointed 10 Dead, Retired Judges Among Newly Appointed Election Petition Tribunals’ Members. Why does buhari love associating with the dead? The other day he gave 8 dead people federal appointments. Yet there are no calls for buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
13] Falana wanted NASS to probe Buhari for unconstitutional withdrawal of $496million from excess crude account, this has not happened. Yet there are no calls for buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
14] As Petroleum minister, buhari has drained Excess crude account on 4 different occasion in 3 years, 7months and set aside N50billion NNPC account to himself. Yet there are no calls for Buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
15] Why were journalists barred from covering 2018 budget presentation by Buhari? Why was there no consultation before presentation of 2018 budget, between the executive vs MDAs and NASS. Till now, Buhari cannot account for N11trillion of 2016, 2017 budget. Where is the money? Yet there are no calls for Buhari to resign and Buhari says he is fighting corruption.
16] Just about 10% of 2017 budget had been implemented yet Buhari had sought N8.612trillion for 2018 budget. The public does not know what has happened to funds meant for 2018 budget. Yet there are no calls for Buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
17] CBN confirms Buhari gov’t withdrew $3.2bn from NLNG dividend account in 3 years. Where is the money? Yet there are no calls for Buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
18] FG spend N3.5million monthly to feed El-Zakzaky. This money is noted to be spent daily right now. El-Zakzaky’s family had comfirmed that this was a lie but his wife and children cooked for him daily and sometimes they had no money to buy food. Yet there are no calls for Buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
19] Where is the N10.9bn naira budgetary allocation for Aso Rock clinic. This money could fund the clinic and all public hospitals in Nigeria but Buhari’s APC Cabal looted it. Yet there are no calls for Buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
20] Buhari-Osibanjo School feeding programme cost $1.8million USD a day (N66billion spent already). Where is the food? Yet there are no calls for Buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
21] Buhari’s cronies such as Oshiomole his party chairman has a N311 million naira fraud case in court presently. Lie muhammed has N2.5million naira fraud case in court presently, babachir, oke, baru, maina, Ganduje, Daura, abba kyari, Amaechi, Tinubu, fashola, etc., have all been indicted for corruption but Buhari has refused to jail them. There are no calls for buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
22] Jalingo federal high court has just recently ordered EFCC to refund N228million naira belonging to Taraba APC Gov. Candidate. This candidate was indicted for fraud. Yet there are no calls for buhari’s resignation and Buhari says he he is fighting corruption
23] on the 31st of january, 2019, Buhari declared that Ganduje is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a law court, yet there are no calls for Buhari’s resignation and buhari says he is fighting corruption.
24] The Code of Conduct Bureau has refused to release copies of asset declaration forms of some prominent Nigerians such as Amaechi, kyari, fashola, etc, more than seven days after Saturday Punch sent a letter of request to the bureau, further confirming that Onnoghen’s case has never been about fighting corruption, which Onnoghen is not guilty of. It’s about the desecration and total destruction of the judiciary and all associated democratic institutions.
25] ETC.,
CBN confirms Buhari gov’t withdrew $3.2bn from NLNG dividend account in 3 years.
a. BUHARI HIMSELF IS ABSOLUTELY CORRUPT
b. BUHARI HAS NO INTEGRITY
c. BUHARI IS A CRIMINAL
d. BUHARI IS NOT QUALIFIED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
e. BUHARI HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW
f. BUHARI HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA
g. BUHARI HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS OF NIGERIA
h. BUHARI DOES NOT FOLLOW DUE PROCESS
BUHARI MUST RESIGN !!! His cabal must be disbanded!