I sincerely want to thank everyone for your supports so far. Despite the postponement of the National Assembly election last week to this weekend there was a huge turnout of voters. The results are being announced as I write. Many surprises hit the media last night. It seems the ACN is sweeping the south west while the PDP is neck to neck with the CPC in the north. LP is not giving up the home advantage in Ondo State while APGA’s fate in the east is yet to be known. The Biggest losers so far are Sen. Omisore, Prince Oyinlola ( former Governor of Osun), Rep. Dimeji Bankole and Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello. The defeat was grand as President Obasanjo’s party did not win in his ward. V. President Sambo also could not deliver his ward to his party in Kaduna.
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The first phase of the elections revealed that Nigerians are tired of the state of the country and are disappointed in the ruling party. People voted, and waited behind to witness the counting and collation of votes; media stations ran a live coverage of the elections while it lasted, and very importantly, young people influenced the exercise with the flood of information available via twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry messaging. Nigerians are saying enough is enough. Many people are hoping this is a sign of what is to come in the following election weekends.
I am proud to be Nigerian. Our democracy is still young and I respect and salute the courageous and innocent lives sacrificed in the past few weeks. I believe in the new Nigeria. Regardless of a few lapses recorded in some places across the country it was a huge improvement from the 2007 elections.
In a related development, the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives as congratulated his opponent and accepted the election results. Follow the news here.
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