payless: Jonathan is about to be consumed by his lack of political width and charisma. He is being led by sycophants who don't really mean well for him except for their pockets. I expect Tambuwal and other Northern legislators to declare for APC by February. This should confirm why I said many times that PDP is a Northern party that is supported by some southern slaves mostly based in South-east and South-south. The Nigerian Constitution favours the North more than any other region because, the North dominates the National Assembly; in terms of number. There are more than 68% of PDP legislators in the House of Representatives and Senate. I expect these Northern PDP legislators to desert PDP and move to APC. Jonathan will be left with Akpabio, Orji, Obi, Mimiko, Elechi, Chime and the governor of Cross-River State, Bamanga Tukur, Anenih, Okupe, Gulak, Abati and few others.........

One thing that I know is that, you don't fight the North politically. It is never advisable to let the North have a common enemy. When you fight the North, they tend to come together and fight their opponents regardless of their party affiliations. All the Northern Governors who claim to be in support of Jonathan are currently under pressure to dump Jonathan. Governor of Bauchi and Katsina will be put under a lot of pressure by Emirs and Sultan to dump Jonathan by end of next year. These governors will definitely dump him. Normally, the Northern elites do not favor Buhari but they are ready to support Buhari to get there and deprive Jonathan the second term he so much crave. The North has been threatened by Jonathan utterances of "Igbos are my back bone" "the votes I got from the North only came from Igbos". Those utterances were wrong by the President of Nigeria. As a a matter of fact, it was Sultan of Sokoto and some Emirs who declared support for Jonathan in the North when IBB, Atiku, Adamu Ciroma and others were giving Jonathan tough time. This was at the time of tension in the North in 2011.

The goal of the North is to get anyone from their region elected as President. It doesn't matter who that person eventually is.

Jonathan and his political rookies have woken up a sleeping giant.

atlwireles:

There you go with your 6 years old talk again. Worry about your own reality, is it not this Nigeria. There are some people that born losers in this country,. seek them out. PDP and Jonah, are stronger than ever before, we gave up some dead weight today. As usual the party of losers picked them up.

TechWalker007:

Brox, you are the one not getting it.

I actually want the balance in the house as that's where I feel we really need change (that's if they really start making policies and not just collecting allocations).

I only wish they were in the house to do the Nation service.

You are naive, wicked or both if you sit there singing their praise and calling for the downfall of PDP.
Only hypocrites will want PDP to die. They are those who want to hold on to power for themselves.

As much as I don't like APC (because of their hypocrisy), I want the party to thrive.
This is good for democracy and Nigerians ultimately.
I am however not going to tolerate the hypocrisy of APC and their supporters.

Promhize:

Do you know what it takes to impeach a president? Do you know its practically impossible? Do you think its just by members of the house voting?

So many dumb kids on this forum

ballabriggs: When I read comments from Apostle's of President Jonadunce, I see why he is in this mess. He is surrounded by those who tell him, "Mr President sir, you have so much power and so you can do and undo". They make reference to OBJ without an understanding of the powers behind OBJ. OBJ had his base from North to South which is very important in a diverse country.

And Jonathan has his base from the ALMIGHTY SE/SS. They are his bedrock

ndu_chucks:

I had assumed that you were looking at the situation strictly from the legal point of view, as I was doing. You've put things in perspective by owning up to your personal intolerance of 'hypocrisy of APC and their supporters'.

I agree that we can find hypocrisy within both APC and PDP and we all should condemn such. You are wrong however, to conclude that I seek the downfall of PDP because I am naive or wicked. I have seen first hand, unprecedented level of looting, theft, coverups, and massive fraud, the levesl of which have never been seen in the history of the world, under GEJ's administration, and I truly believe that we cannot afford another 4 years of these attrocities.

So for me, if GEJ must go, PDP must first go. Nothing personal buddy.

Gbawe:

They are not lazy. They simply lack political sophistication . They do not even have an iota of it. You will find that these guys , despite being conventionally educated, will always lack political sophistication because their clannish nature and ethno-religious prejudice against others will perpetually prevent them from appreciating what politics, a game of numbers and alliances plus strategic planning, is all about.

We are seeing politics playing out before ours yet some naff and politically gauche 'throwbacks' prefer going around shouting "boko/Yoruba" Party, "Yorobu and aboki gang-up" and other such illiterate and prejudiced drivel.

I really pity some people and how their mental 'stumbling blocks' (divisiveness, prejudice, ethno-religious jingoism, paranoia, persecution complex et al) will always prevent them from seeing what matters .

TechWalker007:

The highlighted shows how hypocritical you are again.

1. Under the same GEJ, opposition parties thrived.
2. You actually now have information of what is happening in government.
3. The power road map is been realized.
4. Rail has been revitalized.
5. ...and many more

But again at the highlighted....

1. You embrace the same people who perpetuated the said "unprecedented level of looting, theft, coverups, and massive fraud"
2. Have you also looked at the "unprecedented level of looting, theft, coverups, and massive fraud" in other non-PDP states?
3. Do you know that Nyako is one of the least performing governors in Nigeria? Is he also a "progressive"?

donphilopus: Keep deceiving yourself man!! How many states from the SW voted against Jonathan in 2011?? Only one which is Osun voted against Jonathan, yet CPC still tried.

2015 Election would not be based on any foolish southern agenda! So Jonathan would hardly win one state in the SW, which is Ondo. Come to the SS, PDP would try all their best in Edo, but we'll tell them that gone are those days where ballot papers would be taken to Anenih's house, so just expect a landslide victory for APC.

As for the North, Jigawa would be very hard for PDP, Plateau and Kaduna would also be very hard for them to win. The votes of Lagosians, and the entire Kano are more than the votes of the entire SE, including some parts of SS. So do not deceive your self, come 2015, we would say Goodbye To Goodluck (GTG).

Demdem:

And Jonathan has his base from the ALMIGHTY SE/SS. They are his bedrock

TechWalker007:

The highlighted shows how hypocritical you are again.

1. Under the same GEJ, opposition parties thrived.
2. You actually now have information of what is happening in government.
3. The power road map is been realized.
4. Rail has been revitalized.
5. ...and many more

taharqa: Keep dancing, my Fulani guy. There can ONLY be factions in political part if d factions are recognized by INEC (and INEC hv come out to clearly state that they do not recognize any faction in PDP and only deal with Tukur's NWC). Moreover, a court already declared that there is NO FACTION in PDP- that is d subsisting Legal and therefore ONLY situation until another higher court discharges the order. Those people who just left or wud leave PDP decamped as INDIVIDUALS in d eyes of both d law and INEC; and d law says that they MUST vacant their seats if they are Legislators. Do I need to tell you that d PDP wud MAKE SURE that this wud happened? Bamanga Tukur already told them that. Just watch as d real politics begin...

IGBO-SON:


^^^Go and sleep!

TechWalker007:

The highlighted shows how hypocritical you are again.

1. Under the same GEJ, opposition parties thrived.
2. You actually now have information of what is happening in government.
3. The power road map is been realized.
4. Rail has been revitalized.
5. ...and many more

But again at the highlighted....

1. You embrace the same people who perpetuated the said "unprecedented level of looting, theft, coverups, and massive fraud"
2. Have you also looked at the "unprecedented level of looting, theft, coverups, and massive fraud" in other non-PDP states?
3. Do you know that Nyako is one of the least performing governors in Nigeria? Is he also a "progressive"?

ndu_chucks:

If you are a regular poster in this section, you'd know that I am immune from name calling. You've highlighted some 'achievements' of GEJ's administration but I'm afraid those achievements are not particularly distinguished. These are normal activities which a mediocre government should carry out. Unfortunately, you people have been programmed to believe that what you itemized are great achievements.

Certainly, these 'achievements' are not excuses for the massive looting and other attrocities I mentioned in my last post. None of us should condone looters, at the state level or federal. For the purposes of this thread, we are focusing on PDP, GEJ, APC, and the members of the house who are planning to switch parties shortly.

Lets try to be focused here. If you wish, you can open a thread to discuss corruption in the states you mentioned.

emorse: All in preparation for 2015. Will a change of party make these guys better people? This only goes to show that no political party in Nigeria is trustworthy.

Delafruita: what exactly do you mean by "the opposition parties thrived"?

Delafruita: personally,I have my doubts about the ability of the APC to wrest power from PDP in 2015.its one thing to take a state,but the centre is a different ball game.however,the northern political bloc is one that finds its strenght in unity of purpose and interest.in reality,the performance or allegiance of the northern governors don't matter,the majority of the northern votes will go wherever the northern elite decides it should go.if its unwilling to go that way,they'd rig it that way.GEJ pinning his hopes on the christian minority or the south east and south south will be unwise.no amount of federal money pumped into the north will give him the votes unless he gets the support of the political and royal elite of the north.obasanjo realised that in 2003 which is why he acted the fool with atiku.

Its understandable that the migrating PDP governors might have clashes with those controlling the APc structure in their states but as is said of poolitics:interests matter more.do I see oyinlola and aregbe working together?fatah and belgore?the coming together of strange bedfellows isn't alien to our politics so anything is possible.

It is my sincere hope that the foundation of the APC is strong enough to withstand and accomodate the varying interests the migration will bring along.it will be unfortunate if it goes the way of kenya's rainbow coalition

TechWalker007:

You are learning from Ndu Chuks? Hahahahaha.
SMHFU!

taharqa: Ndu-chuks, is just as fooolish as your sef, Bros. See who you dey present as yr 'authority'.....Anyway sha, yr OLODO pass im own. So I undastad the urge..

TechWalker007:

At the highlighted...

You cannot say this and celebrate the "decampees" from PDP at the same time.
Why did you leave out the other part of my post deliberately?

deletrue: Your thread do not only carry with it the dumbest in you but also your emptied and primitive analysis. How come you are describing Jona as Jonathan? Be very careful or would you want to experience the stuff am made up of?
Edo is gong no where, Anambra is going no where even most west states will be shared. Have you forgotten the enomous powers of the president?