2023 Gubernatorial Elections Discussion Thread {Focus on Lagos & Rivers States}

[I_Anime]

The major reason why some likely won't go is because of what in the presidential election results but one other thing that would have affected the coming election is Students returning back to School which has been postponed to 21-23 of March but only few will vote still.

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[Marykeller]

I think we all know the reason behind this postponement but you think say e go get any effect on the outcome of the election on the 18th of March like people go lose interest or more people go dey interested in the election, within you think? Bare in mind many people postponed their business/events because of the previous election date

Boss, with wetin Nigerians witness and experience for this presidential election, em go make, in fact em don make many people off their mind for wetin concerning Nigeria election. It will be hard for people to come out and vote again. As for me I don talk sae, I no go ever vote again. Since at the end of election, INEC or supreme court go give the winner of the election to the highest bidder.

As for Lagos election d so, there will huge turnout for their because  of sae many people don d fade up of how a particular peso go hold a state in ransom for so long to an extent sae na him the choose peso wey go rule the state.

If na Lagos state election, I believe say Tinubu go put him boy there because na Jagaban na e dey in charge of putting Governor for Lagos state. This one nobody fit change am only God,especially now wey e don rig him presidential election through INEC,na so Jagaban go take rig Lagos for him boy

No just think so. This year's election and previous years election no be the same ooh..  Election must change hand for Lagos by force. The kind obedient movement for this election no be here.  For Sanwo-Olu to campaign seriously this time for the upcoming election, suppose tell you sae water don pass garri for em side. Em boss wey be Tinubu lose for Lagos, talk more of am.

The strong candidate wey all eyes and hope d for na the labour candidate, there's every tendency sae em go pull weight for the Lagos state election. Na why d  d try pull am down in one way or the other.

[Coyster]

I think we all know the reason behind this postponement but you think say e go get any effect on the outcome of the election on the 18th of March like people go lose interest or more people go dey interested in the election, within you think? Bare in mind many people postponed their business/events because of the previous election date.

The postponement no go get too much effect on the outcome of the election because even before the postponement, many people don already they vex based on how terribly the February 25th presidential and National assembly elections take go, imo it was a failed election because all the promises wey INEC give us, e no get anyone wey them fulfil, INEC promise say results would be electronically transmitted, but them no do am, coupled with many other promises wey them fail on.

Having said that, many people fit no turn out for the Gubernatorial and state houses of assembly election based on say them no like as INEC take conduct the earlier election, but the three major political parties wey be APC, PDP and LP they try encourage the electorate make them come out come vote for their party's respective candidate, INEC don also promise say them go make sure say this election they better than the earlier one, i no know if Nigerians go believe them, and there would surely be mass turnout, but e fit no they as much as the February 25th election.

[Mr.right85]

U don do well to show dis pple by means of example hw dem suppose dey create thread. No b to jst create anytin like say na comment dem dey post. Anyway, mak we torchlight d matter as e b!

I think we all know the reason behind this postponement but you think say e go get any effect on the outcome of the election on the 18th of March like people go lose interest or more people go dey interested in the election, within you think? Bare in mind many people postponed their business/events because of the previous election date.

We don end one election eida we like am or not, e remain 4 court hand nw 3 decide watin reali b d outcome. As 4 INEC, dem don play dere part finish.

Nw, na d governorship election dey our front nd I doubt say na one way com with mch enthusiasm as we get 4 d presidential. Many bin put trust in INEC nd d moves way Buhari bin don dey mak nd d beliv in ourselves say, our word would b heard bt, INEC still play der play.
I no see say, pple go com out lik dat 4 dis governorship becus, e no fit get broad scale effect way we 4 get frm presidential on d part of change nd INEC go still play there play.

[Anguwa]

I think we all know the reason behind this postponement but you think say e go get any effect on the outcome of the election on the 18th of March like people go lose interest or more people go dey interested in the election, within you think? Bare in mind many people postponed their business/events because of the previous election date.

In some places, this postponement go make some people come out for voting while in some places some people don already lose interest in the election.

Wetting me I de see be say, some of us no de satisfy with the presidential results, that is why them go try come out to cast vote for their candidates of interest in this gubonotorial election because if them no get the president wey them want at least make them get better govonor wey go help them.

[Franctoshi]

I think we all know the reason behind this postponement but you think say e go get any effect on the outcome of the election on the 18th of March like people go lose interest or more people go dey interested in the election, within you think? Bare in mind many people postponed their business/events because of the previous election date.

Despite the Independent national Electoral commission postponement of march 11th Governorship & States Assembly election, I still believe that people will still come out in mass to vote their choice candidate, Obviously things are gradually changing as regards to how people did come out and voted during the last election. People are sick and tired of bad government across the states of the federation and wants to make sure their votes counts in order to vote out these bad leaders, no matter all efforts to suppress citizens from their rights to vote.

The track record of Obi is impressive, but what can others show? In recent TV interviews, the labour party's candidate for the Lagos governorship hasn't lived up to my expectations, there are some blunders that show he doesn't understand the job, Jandor has a very nasty history that won't help him, and Sanwoolu is the godfather's pet. Unfortunately, I have never been a fan of Tinubu since 1999 and may never be.

Success is a process and Peter Obi has started this process of operation show full working in terms of governing the people and has laid this good foundation for other Labour party candidates, governors, senators Reps and House of Assembly members to follow suit base on his track records, So whomever that finds himself in the party right now, if corrupt before will likely adjust to the standard that Obi has put in place.

[uchegod-21]

Una see the kind waka wey Lagos governor, Sam Olu dey waka?
From pillar to pole, from church to church and in every ceremony. E be like the guy don feel the heat say Saturday no go just easy for him o.
No be lie say power dey for people hand o.

But still Sam of APC wey be incumbent governor fit still win if Labour Party and PDP candidates no do merger support each other. If them no support, dem go share the votes of the people and e go simple for APC to rig

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Una see the kind waka wey Lagos governor, Sam Olu dey waka?
From pillar to pole, from church to church and in every ceremony. E be like the guy don feel the heat say Saturday no go just easy for him o.
No be lie say power dey for people hand o.

I dey see the update for twitter oh, I hear say him dey wake from door to door dey campaign and even they ask neighbors to inform their neighbors say him come around come check on them. Nothing person no he see for this politicians hands during campaign, from frying corn to hair plating etc. This Lagos state election no go easy oh. We know say Labour party been win their for presidency but na because if Peter obi influence and not the party itself but who this governor own go be. The candidate no too loud like OBI so I doubt if him go get same turn up as Obi get or maybe frustration form people go give am vote.

Also una think say Asiwaju go allow Lagos commot for e hand now wey him dun get the presidency. Una think say him go dey greedy and wan secure that bag as well or him go just allow make things play out as them do so eye go comot him side small. Sha make we dey watch. Asiwaju wise sha so I go expect am to comot hand finally for Lagos. If him still put hand then e go show him stupidity and fit make people para then come for am. Well them say him be jagaba so make we dey watch as him go play the game. Anyways as una dey commot go vote on Saturday, make una dey very careful abeg.

[Wiwo]

Una see the kind waka wey Lagos governor, Sam Olu dey waka?
From pillar to pole, from church to church and in every ceremony. E be like the guy don feel the heat say Saturday no go just easy for him o.
No be lie say power dey for people hand o.

I dey see the update for twitter oh, I hear say him dey wake from door to door dey campaign and even they ask neighbors to inform their neighbors say him come around come check on them. Nothing person no he see for this politicians hands during campaign, from frying corn to hair plating etc. This Lagos state election no go easy oh. We know say Labour party been win their for presidency but na because if Peter obi influence and not the party itself but who this governor own go be. The candidate no too loud like OBI so I doubt if him go get same turn up as Obi get or maybe frustration form people go give am vote.

Also una think say Asiwaju go allow Lagos commot for e hand now wey him dun get the presidency. Una think say him go dey greedy and wan secure that bag as well or him go just allow make things play out as them do so eye go comot him side small. Sha make we dey watch. Asiwaju wise sha so I go expect am to comot hand finally for Lagos. If him still put hand then e go show him stupidity and fit make people para then come for am. Well them say him be jagaba so make we dey watch as him go play the game. Anyways as una dey common go vote on Saturday, make una dey very careful abeg.

As a political analyst, I do not forecast anything like a powered shift in Lagos as a matter of fact, Lagos state na still one of the APC strongholds even though the labour party won Lagos in the last presidential election but with just small margins, some scenarios won't play out in the coming governorship election.

-Just as we speculated and suggested during the presidential election and going in line with what uchegod-21 said, the only time PDP and LP will have a formidable ground against APC is when there is a merger between both opposition parties within the state.

-Check the history of past elections in Nigeria, the only time a rolling party is defeated effortlessly is only when there is a merger between two or opposition parties to form a strong alliance, be for the 2015 general election ACN, ANPP and the rest merged and transformed into APC which was able to defeat the rolling PDP then.

-If nothing like that happens before Saturday, I am afraid the opposition parties will have a tough time in the coming election,  and the succestheyre recorded in most states in the last election may not repeat itself in this coming election.

[Lida93]

As I dey see this photos self I come understand say lagos don get another gubernatorial candidate for pdp wey no be Jimi Agbeje. Jimi don too much hold the ticket. Wey be say Fashola won him, Ambode won him too and Olu won him. ThankGod new person don enter.

But for overall,  I don lose interest. I no go travel and I no go vote after wetin INEC do, e dey obvious say our votes no dey count.

This your top candidates for the Rivers gubernatorial election them no complete in the sense that in my observation one of the top candidates too is omitted among the picturesque you display. And that person is no other person than the candidate of the Labour Party in the person of Beatrice Itubo. And this omission just dey show say some people don already dey underrate the influence of the woman for the state and even the influence of the Labour party through the Peter-Obi-effect. One bitter truth be say many persons for we Rivers state son even tire for all these same faces of politicians and political parties wey don dey since 1999 and we need new visionaries.
Me I just believe say dis Rivers election the outcome go shock plenty people cause all the mago-mago wey Dem do for presidential election don open people eyes.

And for the one wey you say u don loss interest, my guy abeg never loss interest yet, dis country na our own and na only we go fit mk am beta and one of such ways to mk am beta na through the ballot... Wen we com out in mass vote it dey hard for politicians to rig am compared to wen few people com out. For example  no see as people com out for the presidential election com vote, na mk as Dem try to rig am Dem mk plenty errors n mistk way open their yansh for the world eyes say Dem rig d election wey even Dem no even get excuse to take deny am. So bro abeg try com out mk we do it one more time , our country need us now more than ever!

[sokani]

Una see the kind waka wey Lagos governor, Sam Olu dey waka?
From pillar to pole, from church to church and in every ceremony. E be like the guy don feel the heat say Saturday no go just easy for him o.
No be lie say power dey for people hand o.

But still Sam of APC wey be incumbent governor fit still win if Labour Party and PDP candidates no do merger support each other. If them no support, dem go share the votes of the people and e go simple for APC to rig

No be small thing bro... Serving governors dey kiss their senatorial ambition goodbye, okada rider dey replace a renowned politician, political heavy weights dey lose their seats any how, women self dey win too. Na d shocking results wey we see for the just concluded national assembly election. Many Nigerians don realize say the power dey their hands and not the politicians. The outcome of the election don really put fear for Sanwo Olu body sotey d guy come turn to phone repairer, mechanic and barber just to buy the heart of the electorates. This election is very interesting.

[uchegod-21]

Una see the kind waka wey Lagos governor, Sam Olu dey waka?
From pillar to pole, from church to church and in every ceremony. E be like the guy don feel the heat say Saturday no go just easy for him o.
No be lie say power dey for people hand o.

But still Sam of APC wey be incumbent governor fit still win if Labour Party and PDP candidates no do merger support each other. If them no support, dem go share the votes of the people and e go simple for APC to rig

No be small thing bro... Serving governors dey kiss their senatorial ambition goodbye, okada rider dey replace a renowned politician, political heavy weights dey lose their seats any how, women self dey win too. Na d shocking results wey we see for the just concluded national assembly election. Many Nigerians don realize say the power dey their hands and not the politicians. The outcome of the election don really put fear for Sanwo Olu body sotey d guy come turn to phone repairer, mechanic and barber just to buy the heart of the electorates. This election is very interesting.

Boss CryptopreneurBrainboss you correct say Jagaban as a wise man suppose commot hand for lagos case as presidency don settle him. But another talk be say the presidency raise plenty dust wey be say him never too sure until him sit down for sit.
So him no go joke with the one wey him sure of first.
Another political wave just dey blow across Nigeria, so everyone should expect anything anytime.

[Ever-young]

For the past 7 years I have stayed in Port Harcourt Rivers State during election, I have never seen an empty election over few pulling unit as am seeing today in this Rivers State Governorship and Senate election. Have visited over 4 Pulling units across Rumuokwuta Port Harcourt, I barely see a crowd waiting for their turn to cast their votes, in my pulling unit the INEC official over their is even begging to see at least 40 voters which their is no hope of achieving unless things turn around later in the day...
What's exactly is the reason why voters are not willing to come out and vote their preferred candidate this time around ?

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

For the past 7 years I have stayed in Port Harcourt Rivers State during election, I have never seen an empty election over few pulling unit as am seeing today in this Rivers State Governorship and Senate election. Have visited over 4 Pulling units across Rumuokwuta Port Harcourt, I barely see a crowd waiting for their turn to cast their votes, in my pulling unit the INEC official over their is even begging to see at least 40 voters which their is no hope of achieving unless things turn around later in the day...
What's exactly is the reason why voters are not willing to come out and vote their preferred candidate this time around ?

LOl, Your narration is kind of funny to me when you say the INEC officials are begging to see 40 voters. Though these politicians are good at rigging elections, at least people not going out to vote will give them a good chance to do what they have always been doing. But what I think is that citizens are not very happy with INEC based on what happened in the presidential election result, so they just decided to rest at home.

[sokani]

For the past 7 years I have stayed in Port Harcourt Rivers State during election, I have never seen an empty election over few pulling unit as am seeing today in this Rivers State Governorship and Senate election. Have visited over 4 Pulling units across Rumuokwuta Port Harcourt, I barely see a crowd waiting for their turn to cast their votes, in my pulling unit the INEC official over their is even begging to see at least 40 voters which their is no hope of achieving unless things turn around later in the day...
What's exactly is the reason why voters are not willing to come out and vote their preferred candidate this time around ?

For my area people no too come out and people self been go play football this morning. I think the reason for the poor turn out of voters na because of the outcome of the presidential election. People just believe say INEC fail dem so wetin be the need of coming out to vote wey dem go still do the same thing... Na for beer parlour na im many people dey this evening dey chill because dem see today as a work free day to relax at home.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

For my area people no too come out and people self been go play football this morning. I think the reason for the poor turn out of voters na because of the outcome of the presidential election. People just believe say INEC fail dem so wetin be the need of coming out to vote wey dem go still do the same thing... Na for beer parlour na im many people dey this evening dey chill because dem see today as a work free day to relax at home.

I no so many people no go believe but you see this postponement of election also played a part for this political apathy wey we dey record for this gubernatorial election. Even though people been dey vex for the presidential election, e get some wey been dun talk say dem go get am right for this governorship election but after the postponement, I believe some kind people go dun lose their moral and then no go even wan take the election serious again. Also this postponement destabilize many people business so people for dun use vex say no no go come out come vote.

Shey make we know say the cabals win for this one. They plan am well and use our inexperienced to their advantage. They really play us and now dem dun get all the freedom to rig election as much as they can. See results wey I dey see from Rivers State and Lagos. Everything just dey favor the ruling party. I think say dem say Labour Party been win for presidential election for those States, so now those people no come out again come vote their givernors into power. We never serious for this country if our focus na only presidential election.

[Coyster]

The kind level of political apathy wey go follow after this disgrace wey INEC call election ehn, next four years if you tell person say make e come out come vote, e go ask you why e go waste him time when him vote no go count, and that is true, it is a sham, and INEC should be ashamed of itself for spending billions of taxpayers money, only to conduct this nonsense.

I no even bother myself yesterday, i no even waste my time to follow the election online or to go out and vote, Feb 25th show me say na evil people get this country, so why i go enter polling unit go waste my time when the results can be manipulated with ease, as e be now so ehn, make all Nigerians just they find way to escape poverty individually, because this nation really has nothing to offer to us, only shege.

[Majestic-milf]

The kind level of political apathy wey go follow after this disgrace wey INEC call election ehn, next four years if you tell person say make e come out come vote, e go ask you why e go waste him time when him vote no go count, and that is true, it is a sham, and INEC should be ashamed of itself for spending billions of taxpayers money, only to conduct this nonsense.

I no even bother myself yesterday, i no even waste my time to follow the election online or to go out and vote, Feb 25th show me say na evil people get this country, so why i go enter polling unit go waste my time when the results can be manipulated with ease, as e be now so ehn, make all Nigerians just they find way to escape poverty individually, because this nation really has nothing to offer to us, only shege.

I join you for your rant my brother. This election wey take place on Saturday really show say our contri don cast to the point say important day like that, peeps bin prefer to play ball or wash cloth dan to go vote. The one wey dey hurt my feelings nah say them go tell you for there say make them give you so so amount to use buy your vote! Then what's the point? Most of the contestants know say if na by merit, dem no reach, dey just want use mago mago enta power.
 I still dey wait the period corruption go waka comot and instead of hating on different tribes, we fit join hands make the contri grow.

[Merit.s]

The kind level of political apathy wey go follow after this disgrace wey INEC call election ehn, next four years if you tell person say make e come out come vote, e go ask you why e go waste him time when him vote no go count, and that is true, it is a sham, and INEC should be ashamed of itself for spending billions of taxpayers money, only to conduct this nonsense.

I no even bother myself yesterday, i no even waste my time to follow the election online or to go out and vote, Feb 25th show me say na evil people get this country, so why i go enter polling unit go waste my time when the results can be manipulated with ease, as e be now so ehn, make all Nigerians just they find way to escape poverty individually, because this nation really has nothing to offer to us, only shege.

I join you for your rant my brother. This election wey take place on Saturday really show say our contri don cast to the point say important day like that, peeps bin prefer to play ball or wash cloth dan to go vote. The one wey dey hurt my feelings nah say them go tell you for there say make them give you so so amount to use buy your vote! Then what's the point? Most of the contestants know say if na by merit, dem no reach, dey just want use mago mago enta power.
 I still dey wait the period corruption go waka comot and instead of hating on different tribes, we fit join hands make the contri grow.

INEC is the worst and most corrupt body in Nigeria because na them dey put us for all these hardship and poverty for this country dey make the youths no get choice on what to do. ICC need to judge their matter because if the masses vote for Mr A, INEC go lie say na Mr B win and this way the bad government go still remain without a change when the people needed change. I just dey vex that body INEC need to dissolve because they are all bunch of bad people wey no want our country to grow so that make the common mass no benefit but only them. The one wey them do for presidential election no do them,instead them still do the worst because nobody do them strong thing. Election for this country na show just to deceive the foreign nations.

[Marykeller]

It's a shame that our country don become another thing when it comes to election matter. Peso go vote finish, em vote no go count atal. Check out nah, for my state the whole house of Assembly election wey happen, na APC win all the 27 local governments wey d for my state. No single one wey other political parties win despite not voting for APC.
*Na only House of Assembly election wey my state do. No governorship election happen
Reminder: My state governorship election go happen around November. Based on sae na that time wey my state governor tenure(4years) go expire.

You see this our election matter, INEC don write the result finish for the highest bidder before the election happen sef.


From what I can grab from this our election be sae, our election doesn't count. Na selection of candidates wey d happen for the country during election.