Political Intolerance In Nigeria.Chapter 7,page 3.

It says in many cities during the period under survey,state governors restricted public facilities from the use of opposition parties not creating a level playing ground and becoming uncomfortable for political space to thrive . Some party leaders and presidential candidates complained..."

"Complained where.. clarify?"

"At separate gatherings including a delegation from international Republican institute based in United States led by Ghanaian president John kuffour.They lamented open hostility by state governors denying them the use of public space for political campaigns and also disallowed them access to state controlled Media houses."

"I think prominent politicians too like Ribadu were there "

"Ribadu cited instances of Benue State government which stopped ACN from holding its presidential rally in the state capital and forced his party to move to Gboko."we cannot even get permits to campaign......We see visible signs of harassment and attempts to prevent us from talking to the populace "Ribadu lamented 

Presidential candidate former president major general Muhammadu Buhari(Rtd),also cited the ruthlessness with which Niger state government and the state police command thwarted party efforts to inaugurate its north central zone presidential rally in Minna.Ebonyi Governor Martins Elechi in a state broadcast placed newspaper advertisment that announced a ban on all Nigeria people's party (ANPP)."

"He even quoted Elechi.Read that part."

"He said "Let ANPP chieftains hold their rally elsewhere"

Opposition were muzzled in other states too.Posters of political candidates were banned in Bauchi in the state capital.Besides President Goodluck Jonathan and State governor's pictures any other poster was banned in the state.There was arrangement in both bayelsa and Rivers state where special task force were appointed for ripping apart posters of candidates of the opposition parties."

"Bombings and killings skyrocketed during the period at bayelsa and other states.At Opokuma labor party rally on February 2011 and party office at ogbia town were attacked."

"Yes you're right.Eight persons murdered.Bomb explosions on March 3 2011, killed ten people in Suleja Niger state.The rally belong to PDP."

"Take for instance the horror of elections in 2003 and 2007 where scores of 100 deaths at least were proven in 2003 from incident related to election violence."

"More than 300 deaths in 2007 were recorded yet the murderous politicians were still in the corridors of power ."

"Government media inclusive "

"They use state owned media institutions state owned radio and television stations were more partisan discriminated in air time allocation in news coverage and analysis.Infact adverts were rejected with no explanation made despite the fact those same media institutions were heavily underfunded by governments."

"This country will never change.In 2011 833 deaths in within four weeks certainly increasing year to year."

"Now let me read the schocking part second to the last paragraph "All these discriminatory acts represent glaring infractions of the electoral act 2010(amended),just as they portend grave dangers for peace and political stability if they are not halted by appropriate authorities particularly INEC the police the  Broad casting organizations of Nigeria and the regulator Nigerian broadcasting commission.The trends in politicking have been distressing so far but Nigerians have reason to believe that INEC under its present leadership means well for the nation and could deliver free fair and credible poll in April."

"You see that has anything in Nigeria changed ever since then?We deceive ourselves a lot .The only thing that saved the day was the best speech delivered when the then president Goodluck Jonathan told his supporters that his ambition was not worth the blood of any Nigerian and they were told to emulate that behavior.I think you see Goodluck Jonathan vs Muhammad bala for 2027 former president coming back ."

"Equation balanced.See information varies online sources say election violence in 2011 claimed over 800 lives in three days in northern Nigeria presidential voting in April.This is serious not four weeks as reported by punch ."

"See YouTube channel Videos for channels TV entitled Buhari is Responsible for election violence in 2011.Another caption in the same channel entitled Buhari is Responsible For Post election violence in 2011."

"Had the then president Goodluck Jonathan not stepped down T.B.Joshua says he saw 500,000 deaths in its prophecy.The president had said would not shed any blood of Nigerians and calmly stepped down."

"Did you recall the open letter to Buhari from Socioeconomic rights And Accountability Project (Serap)"

"What about the letter?"

"It urged the president in 2019 to refer to International Criminal Court in pursuant to article 13 section of the Rome Statute to which Nigeria is a party , allegations of elections related violence intimidations killings between 1999 to 2019 for purpose of investigation and prosecution.Kolawole Oluwadare SERAP deputy director signed the letter.According to the organization 'The violence , intimidation and killings in some states around the just concluded general elections suggest that the electoral law and criminal law have over the years not been adequately enforced and deterrence through criminal sanctions is failing.Electoral violence a specie of political violence is not only criminal act but crimes under international law given its widespread and systematic nature over the years.'It made referral of electoral violence and killings to ICC as a deterrence and ensure those who were unjustly murdered or suffered violence should be effectively catered for and received justice."

Government is stubborn goat.Did they change their ways?of course they don't take a look at 2023 general election.I trust premium times like Jesus Christ like Sahara reporters two highly investigative sources of journalism or media news.Premium terms reported over 103 electoral deaths for 2023 general elections.We don't hear words government hardly change worldwide."

"Uhhhhhhjmmmmmmm,"

"137 killed according to vanguard news of 5th may of 2023 .In Lagos Oro cult was used to intimidate folks and scare people during election and the cult was turned into tribal embarrassment.It encounter so many incidence of ballot box snatching, violence and disruption of voting activities."

"What can voter education and strengthening of electoral infrastructural, reform , security measures and use of electoral technology do as major solutions in this context?"

"Oga you re blowing grammar, nothing has refused to work in nigeria.i mean literally everything "

"Abi"

"You know we have 90 million voters in the country "

"And so what many of them would not vote because we have 73 percent not 63 of Nigerians living in multidimensional poverty and without voters card may not vote.Many in IDP camps and moved into informal camps who maynot vote due to lack of voters card."

"You re not even talking of comercialisation of votes that determine candidate selection as recorded during last election when the votes were sold to the highest bidders.The popularity of vote selling slogans like Ko so wonko si bo ,or dibo ko se be meaning sell vote cook soup or owo ree ibo ree meaning pay me I will vote for you."

As at march 2023,Dataphyte report estimated out of over 3,959 election petition filed between 2003 to 2023 only 2007 had the highest at 1,290 petition.With multidimension poverty poor  can go not those 93 percent only 24 milion with the 27.42 percent voted  .