Dubbing my hand in journalism writing
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| people celebrating the victory on the newly built Kofar Nassarawa overhead brideg, Kano |
Thousands of jubilant
crowd broke to the streets in Kano immediately after the collation of the
Saturday's election was adjourned, to celebrate the victory of the APC
presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari.
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| aerial view of the Kano city full of cheerful crowd |
Cheerful crowd mostly youths are seen in the
streets making stunts and acrobats riding in three-wheeled machines, known
locally as Adai-daita Sahu, chanting the slogan of the APC and waving brooms
around the K/Nassarwa flyover, Gadan Kaya, and new Kabuga-Norhtwest Road.
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| accident scene amid celebration |
Preliminary result released by the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shown General Muhammadu Buhari leading
against the incumbent Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
INEC Chairman Professor Attahiru Muhammad Jega
has closed the collation of the remaining 17 states out of 36 with twelve of
them from the north till tomorrow which will continue around 10:00am. APC
presidential candidate has more chances of winning the poll if he is able to
get votes from Lagos, the nation's commercial city where Mr. Buhari has a
massive support, Borno the home of over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped last year by
Boko Haram millitants which Mr. Jonathan denied until the outcry from local and
international media had become an absolute hysteria.
The 2015 election is seen among Nigerians as a
collective responsibility to deliver the country from the cruel grip of crooks
and criminals that have been swindling the country for about 16 years, using
religion and ethnic background to divide the voters. Indications have shown
Nigerians have united against this tactic of division on religious line as a
Christian candidate fielded by the opposition APC floored down his Muslim
contender in a predominantly Muslim communities. The election, as Nigerians
believed, is to salvage the country where they see it as a crippled car climbing
up a hill while its peer have already set the pace of travelling to the moon.
Voters believed to come out irrespective of religion and ethnic background to
push the crippled car forward.
Earlier during the preliminary announcement,
Mr Buhari had leapt ahead of Jonathan with the hugest votes from Kano, the
nation's most populous state. There has been speculation that if Mr. Jonathan
won the election, he would delete the state from Nigeria's map.
Femi-Fami Kayode and other prattling mouthloud
fools such as his competitor Reuben Abati have been silenced by the looming
victory angling to Mr. Buhari, after several moves, simplistic and crude
accusations over age, academic certificate and postponement, in their plot to
stop his candidacy, which the old Buhari scaled through with fascinating ease.
Any attempt appeared to be a mover of Buhari's popularity among Nigerians.
As the counting was adjourned, Nigerians have
expressed worries believing that they are ready to sacrifice their time to
remain glued to their TV sets all through the night. Some of the residents also
expressed fears that Naira might exchange hands tonight between officials in a
deal to close the gap with Mr. Buhari's ten states ahead of Jonathan's nine.
However, the poll might spill to the run-up if both of the candidates get the
total votes of 25% from 2/3 of the 36 states including the nation's capital,
Abuja.
The result count will continue tomorrow while
the world is watching. Nigerians wait anxiously to know the future of their
country, with the majority of voters dismissing Jonathan as corrupt,
incompetent and clueless who often makes embarrassing gestures that throw the
counry to disgrace among the international communities.
Regarding the economic boost which Mr. Jonathan's
loyalist refer to as one of his achievements, many have the view that it is
despite not because of the government where ministers wear a wristwatch that
costs a million dollar, a spending that can cause a US government official to
lose his post and public respect. However, other issues that reduce Mr Jonathan
support are his massive theft of the nation's foreign reserve, crude oil
manipulation, Sure-P scam, Pension Fund fraud, and lately Naira is weeping in
the foreign exchange rate, losing its value to American dollar, among others.
Few days ahead of the presidential poll,
foreign journalists were denied access to the country and the couple of them
that had been there were detained or silenced by the state security operatives.
Several hashtags
occupied a vast space on the social media wishing Mr. Buhari goodwill ahead of
the official announcement that will declare him as a winner, asking Mr Buhari
if elected, should not be there to spend taxpayers’ money for his kitchen paraphernalia.
Youths from across Nigeria demanded Mr. Buhari to concentrate on critical
issues notably calls to improve power and energy to be able to tackle the rate
of unemployment in the country. Mr. Buhari, 72, is likely to fix some problems
that bedevil the country ranging from unemployment, insecurity, corruption and
power challenges which Mr. Jonathan's administration shows little concern to
confront.
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