Grandiose Parlor

Every now and then I read media statements from the PDP-controlled government of Ondo state that makes me wonder why the governor and his media gurus have taken the people for fools.
Let’s start with this report from Tribune:
Ondo State government on Thursday alleged that the non-accessibility of the governorship candidate of the Labour Party […]

Last year, Nigerians executed a flawed electoral system that was fraught with logistic problems and abusive practices. The election was condemned internationally. However, 14 years earlier, Nigerians worked an electoral system that was nothing like last year’s disaster: It was the freest and fairest election ever.
It was the day the Nigerian nation spoke and […]

“President Yar’Adua described his perceived slowness as “a process of learning. [He] also dismissed the thinking of many Nigerians that he is slow, stating that it is a matter of time before Nigerians appreciate the efforts he is putting towards planning.” - Media reports.
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As I watch the American democracy in play, the passion […]

The Mimiko legal team revealed how the voters’ register was manipulated and filled with fictitious names and photos by the ruling party PDP during the gubernatorial election last year.
Some of of the registrants were “Vice President Goodluck Jonathan; the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Legbo Kutugi; the founder of the Christ Apostolic Church […]

A precedence is quietly being established in the Nigerian courts: the use of forensic experts; thanks to the election tribunals.
The Ondo state election tribunal gave the plantiff the go-ahead to present evidence from a finger-print expert from the UK.
The news media reports, “with the tribunal ruling, Mimiko [Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in Ondo State] […]