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Elections and Results

My mother called me yesterday evening to tell me that they had been forced to stay at home all day because of riots in the town and the whole state. I was told that people were rioting over the results of the gubernatorial elections. It was alleged that it was rigged in favour of the incumbent. They said that the safest thing to do in such cases is to stay at home…. What can one say about that? The last time it happened was in 1983 when Chief Omoboriowo was announced as the winner of the gubernatorial elections. The violence that resulted from that is still discussed in the state. I really hope that we do not have a repeat of such violence. I was not around then, but I remember that my grandmother told me about ‘Ogun Omoboriowo’, literally ‘Omoboriowo’s war’.

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By loomnie – April 17, 2007

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  1. Anja says

    Your brother sent me a link to a BBC article with the title “Laureates want fresh Nigeria poll“. He seemed glad that somebody spoke his mind and I, on the other hand, dreaded a new outbreak of violance. A few hours after that, Posi forwarded another article entitled “Nobel Laureates Call for Early Elections in Nigeria”. Finally, Omenka directed me to his blog where he had just (23/05/07) written about a “planned march organized by some Igbo organizations to protest the conduct of the last elections in Nigeria” and we had a long discussion about the future of Nigeria thereafter. He even thinks the current situation might lead to a new civil war. So, it seems the trouble with elections are not over yet.

    May 26, 2007, 7:59 am
  2. Ishtar says

    You must miss your family greatly!

    July 1, 2007, 3:25 pm
  3. loomnie says

    Ishtar, oh yea, a lot!

    July 1, 2007, 5:30 pm



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