sbeezy8:

Jonathan is igbo in the book of MANY people, he will be looked at by the others as igbo anyways.
Goodluck Ebelechkwu Azikwe Jonathan

so . . . there is your igbo president.

sbeezy8:

Jonathan is igbo in the book of MANY people, he will be looked at by the others as igbo anyways.
Goodluck Ebelechkwu Azikwe Jonathan

so . . . there is your igbo president.

big-ben:

@topic,which election are you talking about? 2010 or 2011?

legendprac:

@op, I agree with u, but do I dictate a 'pls hire me' tone in your last lines?

sbeezy8:

Goodluck Ebelechkwu Azikwe Jonathan

Ayowumie:

@poster, Thanks for the analysis. It is accurate but to a fault. Your analysis also reflects some sentimental flaws that are been sentimentally explored by our corrupt politicians. By talking about the power of incumbency(am sure if you had your way, you would love to strategize for GEJ), you are reverting to partisan and reckless politicking as the only avenue for winning an election. What you are purportedly saying is that Jonathan would rig the election using the power of incumbency. Is that your own way of strategising? A candidate should be field and elected based on the "soundness of his arguments"- highest qualification in all standard (merits). If i were a strategist(which you said you are) and  indirectly supporting the candidature of GEJ, I would never pin point incumbency as advantage (albeit it is)through which people should vote him. Strategies of electioneering every where in the world are some times sentimentally driven (read about the 2008 Obama's election). I am not in support of IBB, but the fact that he is resorting into tribal sentiment as a basis of campaigning does not discredit him or make his campaign strategies flawed.(although his merits are questionable).
      Also, you said the Igbos have not tasted power for a single day. Is that supposed to be an exaggeration? If it is, you definitely over stretched it. And i don't buy into it - Ironsi was a man of Igbo extraction.
     IBB is not using a Niger-Deltan as his running mate. Please do not spread falsehood in the name of strategic analysis.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan did not spell his name as Azikwe but rather[b] AZIKIWE[/b]     ^{whatever that means}

banom:

Finally i meant that the Igbos have not ruled Nigeria for a single day after the civil war and not after the independence,

Have a wonderful day. 

Ayowumie:

Your reply implies maturity. I was half expecting some insult like some nairalanders. Thank you!

texazzpete:

@banom
Abeg modify the title ASAP. Which one be 2001 presidential elections?
Unless, of course, IBB has mastered time travel.

banom:

hahaha You are funny, i shouldn't beg any one to hire me on a public forum, if i want to be hired, i will personally write the candidate of my choice and propose to offer my service, that is how the Job is done, besides, IBB is the one that should be praying to Allah to help him in facing any opponent I am strategizing for, because i am going to crush him into total submission .

legendprac:

Ok ooo, Make I believe u

banom:

I saw a post where babaerly was talking about his ridiculous " One reason We Need Ibrahim babangida  as president "  Though i think he was either high or drunk or simply wanted to have some fun by telling us that we need to vote for IBB because he is chop i Chop, a good reason indeed,

The following was my response to him and his cohorts and what i see about the mess and doom IBB is heading to. The thread can be found here. https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-513456.0.html

Honestly, as an IBB supporter, i believe you either do not know what you just said or you are making a fool of IBB himself, IBB is one candidate who's campaign is strongly based on Tribal or regional power shifting sentiments ( PDP ZONING) and you are here talking about Ethnocentric and sentimental political ideologies,

I am an election campaign strategist, and studying the  current election situation and how the many contestants are strategizing to win this 2011 election, it is obvious that IBB's campaign started on a very wrong path,

See how IBB plans to win, he intends to use the PDP agreed zoning arrangement to rally the majority of northerners to his side, and been the most powerful and influential contestant from the North, he can easily shuffle the other contestants from the north and get them to back down for him, if this works perfectly, it will bring him a lot of votes from the north, but this will not be enough to win the presidential election, on the other hand, he needs to get a good vote from the south as well, but he has a hopeless case here, it is obvious 70% of Yorubas will vote for a Dog or donkey in 2011 election  than voting for IBB, while  90% of Niger Deltans will prefer to die or tear Nigeria apart than voting for  any other candidate except president Goodluck Jonathan, so the only southern part he has a fair ground to get a good Vote to add up to any vote he will get from the North is In Igbo land, and this he hopes to get by talking about the post Biafran war situation of the Igbos and promising to hand over powerto them in 2015,

His strategy is based on emotional sentiment than anything strong or brilliant, and this can easily be countered and defeated by a superior and more brilliant and practical strategy , Some analyst have tried to analyze IBB's chances of victory in this 2011 election, they listed his strength and weaknesses, but this is a  list of some superfluous qualities they think will play out well for or against him in this election. one of such analysis is that his strengths are experience, Charisma and Dynamism and his weaknesses are june 12, Delegiwa, 12 billion dollar oil windfall and so on, all these are needless  and wont take him far or work much against him, 

The problem with some election battles like this is that once you have committed to some positions and issues, you cant back down again, and going further with some certain issues will hurt you than helping you, IBB's campaign started from the horns of a dilemma , his campaign is not seductive and is filled with unnecessary or negative sentiments,  thinking he will get the votes of the Igbos by bringing up the issues of Biafran war and handing over power to the Igbos in 2015  is hopeless and silly to say the least, this can easily be countered by asking him why 2015 for the Igbos ?, why not now  ? the northerners have held it for 39 years , why do they want another 4 years at the expense of people who have not enjoyed it for a single day,  is that not cheating and greediness ?and IBB is a man notorious  for cunning and deception and no one  will take him seriously, on the other hand, trying to get the vote of the northerners by using the PDP zoning sentiment is a negative campaigning that will equally work against him, this can equally be countered by highlighting all the negative sides of Zoning and  making it clear that it will lead Nigeria backward than forward and letting every one know that it is a mere PDP agreement and has no single place in our national constitution, IBB is hoping to get some vote from Niger delta by using a Niger delta man as his running mate, but that is equally hopeless, greater majority of Niger deltans will prefer their son as a president than a vice president, after all, opportunity comes but ones,

Finally, Ibb Has three main weaknesses or opposition in this 2011 election, the Greatest of them is the ambition of president Goodluck Jonathan to remain in office beyond 2011, his power of incumbency, the fact that he is from Niger delta, a region that her resources made the unity and survival of Nigeria possible but have not enjoyed a shot at the leadership of the nation they have been feeding for more than half a century now, even foreign power brokers  will prefer to protect their oil interest in Nigeria by supporting Goodluck Jonathan than supporting IBB and his tribal sentiments that has nothing to benefit them, the second opposition IBB has is his dubious past, having ruled Nigeria in the past for 8 years and Nine months, and with a dirty record of corruption, illegality , murder , dictatorship and denial and betrayal of the most promising democracy in our history, it will be funny to think the same people he denied democracy will elect him as  their "democratic president", and many Nigerians have a hopeless believe that most of their problems is from their past leaders and IBB is top on the list , some even call him, evil genius, chop i chop, father of corruption and so on, and they will be too or three glad to try a fresh new leader, his third weakness is a northern choice that the southerners will be satisfied with, even if the northerners will produce the next president of Nigeria, is going to be a candidate that will be agreed by the southerners and the northerners, and every one knows they will never settle for IBB, beside Obasanjo is one past leader of our nation that commands the highest influence in our political affairs, and there is one thing he wouldn't want to see happen in Nigeria,(any president that will take away from him the record of been the person who ruled Nigeria most), and the northerners will care more about a northerner becoming the  president of Nigeria than whom that person is.

IBB has a very slim chance of been the president of Nigeria in 2011, but there is still possibilities for him been elected but it will need a more brilliant, positive and effective campaigning, not the present mess he is doing right now.

Good day fellow country men