Was the Nigerian Elections Satisfactory?
April 14th, 2007 | Published in Democracy, Governance, Nigeria, elections | 7 Comments
If the reports of the Saturday elections are to be reckoned with - it was a gross display of violence, fraud and total disregard for law and order.Just as political thugs and Niger-Delta militias were hijacking the process, some party chieftains and their goons were seizing ballot boxes, shooting and killing members of rival parties. Even INEC, the electoral agency in charge, omitted pictures of candidates in some states. As several mainstream media sites have reported, polling started very late in several polling stations nationwide.
When there are hard evidence that no state in the nation was free of violence or electoral fraud, yet the President deemed the elections satisfactory. Is Mr. Obasanjo in touch with reality at all? Or maybe I need my head examined!
April 15th, 2007 at 7:08 pm (#)
It would have been nice if those of you outside of the country were able to watch NTA all through out saturday.
INEC’s explanation for the omission of pictures of candidates, was that those candidates didn’t submit pictures to them.
April 15th, 2007 at 7:41 pm (#)
Very good post, even though not much of a surprise.
Regards.
April 16th, 2007 at 2:59 am (#)
I find INEC explanation silly Which candidate wouldn’t want to having his pictures displayed? What was the validation exercise INEC did about then?
April 16th, 2007 at 12:42 pm (#)
[…] Grandiose Parlor asks if the elections were satisfactory - is that a rhetorical question? Yes, clearly so much so it is hardly worth having a conversation about. If the reports of the Saturday elections are to be reckoned with - it was a gross display of violence, fraud and total disregard for law and order.Just as political thugs and Niger-Delta militias were hijacking the process, some party chieftains and their goons were seizing ballot boxes, shooting and killing members of rival parties. Even INEC, the electoral agency in charge, omitted pictures of candidates in some states. As several mainstream media sites have reported, polling started very late in several polling stations nationwide. […]
April 18th, 2007 at 11:31 am (#)
[…] Grandiose Parlor asks “Was the Nigerian Elections Satisfactory?” If the reports of the Saturday elections are to be reckoned with - it was a gross display of violence, fraud and total disregard for law and order.Just as political thugs and Niger-Delta militias were hijacking the process, some party chieftains and their goons were seizing ballot boxes, shooting and killing members of rival parties. Even INEC, the electoral agency in charge, omitted pictures of candidates in some states. As several mainstream media sites have reported, polling started very late in several polling stations nationwide. […]
April 19th, 2007 at 11:37 pm (#)
[…] Grandiose Parlor asks “Was the Nigerian Elections Satisfactory?” If the reports of the Saturday elections are to be reckoned with - it was a gross display of violence, fraud and total disregard for law and order.Just as political thugs and Niger-Delta militias were hijacking the process, some party chieftains and their goons were seizing ballot boxes, shooting and killing members of rival parties. Even INEC, the electoral agency in charge, omitted pictures of candidates in some states. As several mainstream media sites have reported, polling started very late in several polling stations nationwide. […]
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