In the People Democratic Party, PDP whose convention comes up 30-31st October which is a few days’ time, the front runners for the presidential tickets are already very well known.

Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar who had faced- off with the incumbent president Mohammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential contest with significant impact, is on top of the pecking order. This has been confirmed by Oyo state governor and secretary of the PDP convention committee, Seyi Makinde who revealed the identity of the other presidential candidates during a recent Channels television interview.

“…PDP has eminently qualified personalities that can lead this country successfully. Some have indicated interest, like former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, like Governor (Aminu) Tambuwal, like Governor Bala Mohammed.”

Curiously, former Senate President, and ex Kwara state governor, Bukola Saraki who was a serious contender for the presidency in 1999 was not mentioned. Just as no Igbo man/woman whose region is supposed to present the next president in 2023 is featured in governor Makinde’s list of PDP presidential candidates that would slug it out in presidential primaries.

With respect to the ruling party, All Progressives Party, APC, the man with the appellation, National Leader, also known as both the Jagaban of Borgu and Asiwaju of Lagos, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who served as governor of Lagos 1999-2007 is clearly the leader of the pack.

So it is almost like an entitlement for the man also nicknamed the Lion Of Bourdilon to become the president of Nigeria in 2023. That is simply because he played a pivotal role in the emergence of President Buhari as president in 2015 via his ability to swing the very critical south-west or Yoruba votes in favor of the then-presidential candidate, Buhari. Since it is the nature of politicians to give and later demand a return on lOUs, it appears to me that it is now payback time between Buhari and Tinubu. To actualize the presumed presidential ambition of Tinubu, South West Agenda For Asiwaju, SWAGA, a well-oiled campaign organization that has been founded by Tinubu’s ardent supporters has been making waves.

The criticality of Tinubu’s role in making Buhari president is accentuated by the fact it happened after Buhari’s three previous failed attempts (in 2003, 2007, and 2011) to win the presidency

As someone contended elsewhere, it would not be far-fetched for observers of Nigerian political developments to come to the conclusion that Tinubu has been waiting for seven years to gain a foothold in the presidency of Nigeria. That is after the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN that Tinubu leads, struck the deal with then-candidate Buhari’s, Congress for Progressive Change, CPC between 2013/14 to harness Yoruba votes for Buhari’s victory in 2015.

Considering that the Asiwaju had to give up his initial ambition to serve as Vice Presidential candidate to Buhari in 2015, which is owed to the fact that the concept of a Muslim president and Vice President is a sort of anathema in Nigeria, his burning ambition to succeed Buhari as president must have remained aglow.

But how the burning desire can be converted into reality is a lump currently lodged in the throats of both the Asiwaju who is yet to verbalize his apparently lifelong quest, and his political godson, Yemi Osinbajo, that is being coy about his interest in the plump job of being president of the republic.

Be that as it may, a presidential campaign organization, ostensibly without Osinbajo’s public endorsement known as ‘Osinbajo Support Movement’ (OSM) has

created a website as far back as May to chronicle the achievements of the Vice-President and public garner support for him. Without being told, the emergence of OSM is in pursuit of the cause of elevating the current Vice President to the next level-the presidency.

To consolidate the publicity that had been achieved with the website, in the course of President Buhari’s daughter’s high octane wedding ceremonies recently held in Kano, the streets of the ancient city were adorned with posters pitching Osinbajo for president and incumbent Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje for vice president with the carefully crafted message:

“If power rotates to the South, Osinbajo is best placed to unite, heal and inspire our great nation. We also firmly believe that Ganduje’s antecedents as Governor of Kano make him the perfect Northern vice presidential candidate to Osinbajo; one who will advance and protect the interests of a Northern Nigeria plagued by poverty and insecurity.”

By and large, it can be stated without equivocation that the presidency of Nigeria in 2023 from the ruling party prism appears to be beaconing on the current Vice President, who is a prodigy of the Jagaban, Bola Tinubu.

Keeping in mind that it was Tinubu that conceded the role of Vice President to Osinbajo by virtue of the fact that he was his trusted ally, would he be willing to concede the presidency to him this time?

Osinbajo, who is a high-ranking Pentecostal pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and an astute legal scholar has been on the saddle as Vice President since 2015 and Tinubu his erstwhile boss has been on the sideline.

If the feelers in the political space are anything to go by, Osinbajo is not resisting the allure of change of nomenclature from Vice President to President-a natural progression that very few mortals can resist. But would his mentor, and if you like, an earthly master concede the presidency to him? That is the elephant in the room.

In my calculations, although Osinbajo may be able to garner the votes of a vast number of Christians nationwide by virtue of his being a member of the Redeem Church (believed to be the largest Pentecostal church denomination) he does not appear to possess what it takes to take on his former boss in political warfare and win in the main political battleground, south-west. It is perhaps why the Vice President has been demurring from advancing his purported presidential dream from the subliminal level to the realms of reality.

Even when the block votes in the northwest are mobilized by Ganduje backed by Buhari for Osinbajo/Ganduje presidency, the nature of politics in Nigeria is that the block votes of the southwest are also required to secure the presidency which only Tinubu appears to have the capacity and ability to procure.

So, once again, the man often referred to as pastor/professor may have to predicate his presidential ambition on the will of God.

The third personality from Yoruba land that may be nursing presidential ambition in 2023 is the present Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi who is also an ex-minister of solid minerals development.

As the chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, he has chalked up some national influence enough to earn himself national name recognition. Again, like Osinbajo, he is one of Tinubu’s surrogates who honed his political skills in the days of NADECO-the Yoruba political pressure movement that is one of the forces that pushed for the exit of Sani Abacha as Nigeria’s military head of state(1994-.

So, Fayemi’s reported ambition may also be in abeyance, which is in line with the wisdom to engage in dalliance with Tinubu political family as a political tactic, so as not to cross paths with the APC national leader, who is apparently believed to hold the ace in Yoruba politics.

Now, our country, Nigeria is anchored, metaphorically, on a tripod formed by Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo nationalities, with each representing one of the three legs on which Nigeria stands.

They jostle for the presidency by the Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani nationalities gleaned from mainstream and online media sources has been catalogued in the preceding paragraphs.

But shockingly, alarmingly, and embarrassingly absent in the milieu are activities or information about the potential presidential or even vice-presidential candidates of Igbo origin from the ruling or main opposition parties jostling for the presidency in 2023.

So, where are the Igbo candidates?

Yes, Kingsley Moghalu, ex Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN deputy governor, and presidential candidate of one of the small political parties in 2019 may be angling for the presidency again in 2023. But, for the obvious reasons of lack of nationwide political structures, and inability to raise the humongous financial resources which by some estimates can be as high as one hundred billion naira required to execute a presidential campaign, Moghalu has zero chance. The underlying reason for that assertion is that he is not vying for the presidency on the platform of the ruling APC or main opposition, PDP whose affluent members-governors, legislators, and ministers could have provided the financial resources and political structures once a candidate is adopted by the party. Basically if becoming the president of Nigeria in 2023 is in Moghalu’s gaze, it would have done his political career greater good, if he had joined the ruling or main opposition parties.

The other Igbo politicians of notable national status weighty enough to contemplate contesting for the presidency of Nigeria are Orji Uzo Kalu, ex Abia state governor, currently a senator; Ken Nnamani and Anyim Pius Anyim, both of whom are former senate Presidents at different times. To further give him more heft, Pius Anyim also served as Secretary to the government of the Federation under Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency.

But the aforementioned Igbo politicians who were on track to entrench themselves politically at the national level, have recently been literarily ‘damaged’ and have thus become political liabilities via their indictments by the EFCC for financial malfeasance. That is the case with Orji Kalu who was jailed under curious circumstances for corruption. But he escaped a long jail term by the whiskers when he was soon after discharged and acquitted. Pius Anyim has also been recently grilled by the anti-corruption agency, EFCC for alleged involvement of a company where he has a beneficial interest in an aviation ministry contract.

Regarding, Ken Nnamani, he has been in the cold politically for nearly fifteen years since he was compelled by his political leader( Chimaroke Nnamani, then governor of his state, currently a senator ) from seeking re-election to the senate after he played a prominent role in scuttling president Obasanjo’s presumed third term agenda in 2007. That much was revealed in Nnamani’s recently published memoir.

In a piece titled: How To Become President Of Nigeria which l wrote and published on the back page of Thisday newspaper on Monday, September 20, 2021, and on numerous online newspapers, l had made a case that the Igbo nation may be suffering from a dearth of ‘presidential materials’.

ln the piece, I listed elder statesman, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the owner of defunct Champion newspaper, and Iwuanyanwu Babes-football club (socioeconomic endeavors which gave him national name recognition) as a potential presidential candidate of Igbo extraction. But he is currently past his prime in terms of age and political relevance.

Another Igbo personality that l had also beamed the light on is Peter Obi, who is the 2019 vice presidential candidate of the PDP and former governor of Anambra state. He too is currently under the yoke of the recently leaked Pandora papers(a catalog of illicit financial flows into a tax haven in Monaco) which has put him under the scrutiny of Nigerian anti-fraud agencies which are getting under his skin in a bid to ferret out information to determine if the former state governor breached the code of conduct rules in public service by not disclosing some of his wealth tucked away in secret foreign jurisdictions.

In my interactions with multiple members of the Igbo ethnic stock, l get the sense that they desire, as desperately as can be imagined, to be the tribe calling the shots in the presidency from2023.

This was affirmed by the president-general of Ohaneze Indigbo, the region sociocultural organization, George

Obiozor had passionately made a case for the Igbo presidency of Nigeria after president Buhari exits the Aso Rock villa in 2023. Here is how he put it: “We support the Igbo president with open arms. It is the most important thing that will happen to Igbos. Finally, it is our turn. And we are going to work it so hard,” Obiozor further made the following emphasis:

“We will talk to other parts of Nigeria to give us a chance. Because it is right, reasonable, deserving, and timely. It is wonderful to consider it done by this time. Igbo presidency is our agenda.”

Another Igbo elder statesman and former Anambra state governor (1992-3) Chukwuemeka Ezeife had also lent his voice to the call for the next president to be Igbo.

Said he ” power comes from God but we (Ndigbo) have been doing our homework, reaching out to our brothers from the Northern, Western, and South-South part of Nigeria to support us in 2023. Ordinary Nigerians from the other geopolitical zones want an Igbo to be the next President for equity, justice, and fair play”.

Although, there has been a deluge of rhetorical statements that can be likened to the roars of lions from Igbos at home and in the diaspora about 2023 being a watershed year for a member of their ethnic group to be the president of Nigeria on the premise of the fact that both the Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani nations have had their turns in the presidential power rotation arrangement introduced since 1999: in terms of the physical mobilization of Igbo voters and the actual preparation of Igbo candidates, there has not been any significant evidence to match the vigor displayed in the media. Rather the hoopla in the mainstream and social media without commensurate practical action on the ground makes the Igbo appear like whimpering kittens as far as the struggle for the presidency of Nigeria in 2023 is concerned.

The clearly un-Igbo tame and timid attitude has been in part attributed to the resistance being put up by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, separatist movement via their seat-at-home order in Igbo land; and their disruption of political activities in the South-East through other civil disobedience actions which are having crippling effects on the socio-economic and political activities in the region.

The political inactivity in Igbo land with respect to the presidency of Nigeria in 2023 is quite the opposite of the preparatory activities towards the forthcoming November 6, governorship election in which both president Buhari and INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu have vowed must hold on schedule, despite the IPOB threat.

Somehow, the quartet of Andy Uba of APC, Val Ozigbo of PDP, Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, and Ifeanyi Uba of YPP representing the main political parties have been ramping up their campaigns.

Given the scenario above, and if the Igbos are really not politicking for the presidency like their Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani counterparts, (which is evident by the reality on the ground) the prospect of an Igbo presidency in 2023 that may already be in peril, can be given a shot-in-the-arm through a strategic partnership that would provide political structures and financial muscle.

That is what informed my proposal in the earlier referenced article: “How To Become The President Of Nigeria” that the Igbo should align with Atiku Abubakar as PDP presidential candidate in 2023 to achieve the dream of Igbo presidency in 2027.

My proposal is underscored by the belief that it would be unlikely that the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who has become a veteran in presidential contests since 2003 with enormous practical experience, would seek his re-election in 2027 if elected president in 2023 via an Igbo alliance and PDP support.

Unless, other northern contenders like Aminu Tambuwal or Bala Mohammed are willing to serve only one term and hand over to an Igbo Vice President, which is a highly unlikely scenario simply because of their relatively young age compared to the former Vice President who would be 75 years next month, Igbo quest for the presidency of Nigeria may remain a mirage.

In my view, a partnership with Atiku Abubakar as a pathway to Aso Rock Villa remains the most viable trajectory for an Igbo man/woman to become president of Nigeria in 2027 on the PDP platform. That is because, Atiku Abubakar is liberal, broad-minded, business savvy, and has links by marriage to all the three major ethnic groups-Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo in Nigeria. It implies that Atiku Abubakar’s presidency would likely be more inclusive than the nepotistic-a trademark of the current government in power that is fueling the current gale of separatism.

The point being made here is that under Atiku Abubakar’s watch as president, separatism would be consigned to the dustbin as inclusiveness becomes a major plank in government policy. With inclusiveness becoming a centre point of public policy in Nigeria, secessionist tendencies would die a natural death in the manner that Niger delta militancy ceased after the late president Umaru Yar’adua took strategic steps to stabilize the volatile region via his offer of Amnesty to former militants after meeting some of their demands.

The existential reality in Nigeria’s current political equation is that the Igbos need help to actualize their quest for the presidency of Nigeria. As Atilla, the Hun advised, “choose your enemies wisely and your friends carefully.”

It should be obvious to the average Igbo that they can not ascend the throne in Aso Rock Villa by themself. And they must accept that their mastery of business can not overnight translate into the political savviness that is required for someone of Igbo extraction to become the number 1 citizen presiding over our country in Aso Rock Villa seat of power from 2023.

So an alliance with the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar whose political fortune has been built since the time that he first contested against former the late MKO Abiola in Social Democratic Party, SDP primaries held in 1992, remains the most viable political catapult that can propel the Igbo nation into Aso Rock Villa, after Alex Ekwueme’s partnership with Shehu Shagari for the presidency of Nigeria (1979-1983). It is disappointing that it is the last time the Igbo enjoyed worthy political significance in a country that they have indisputable ancestry.

Without adopting or resorting to the application of such cold calculations, the Igbos demand to have someone from their ethnic stock as number occupant in

Aso Rock Villa would very likely remain a mission impossible as the demand would continue to be elusive beyond 2023 and even 2027.

As a follow-up article to How To Become President Of Nigeria, l wrote another piece titled: “A Citizen’s Guide on How To Become President of Nigeria” also published on the back page of Thisday newspaper on October 22, 2021 and other mainstream newspapers, including Daily independence, Vanguard as well as online platforms, the following points were brought to the attention of readers:

“Although presidential power play is largely about popularity, it also significantly utilizes conspiracies and alliances as the oxygen and blood for positioning popular candidates for victory in presidential polls.”

In light of the above reality, which ethnic nationality or nationalities in the Nigerian Union is the Igbo building alliance or conspiring with, overtly or covertly? None in my opinion. But l stand to be corrected.

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They are busy killing one another in the southeast. Shouting leflandum and online nation

The igbo politicians that would have stood half a chance were demonized for not being in their darling PDP (I speak of the likes of Rochas Okorocha and OUK). They have been so demarketed and insulted (e.g they're called derogatory names like 'okoroawusa', Fulani slaves, saboteurs, efulefu, etc) for being in the ruling party, so much so that even the APC wouldn't risk the thought of giving them the ticket because a Fulani PDP candidate would likely defeat them at the polls in their own region.

Unfortunately, the igbo PDP politicians that they love (e.g Saint Peter Obi) aren't fairing any better, as they're either too clannish, give tacit support to Ipob, are political lightweights, or lack the national appeal that could have been leveraged to successfully stake a claim for the ticket under the party platform.

TheRareGem1:
They are busy killing one another in the southeast. Shouting leflandum and online nation

Coming from Osinbanjo PR agent...

When I say Buhari and osinbanjo are the same people argue

AbijaJ:
The igbo politicians that would have stood half a chance were demonized for not being in their darling PDP (I speak of the likes of Rochas Okorocha and OUK). They have been so demarketed and insulted (e.g they're called derogatory names like 'okoroawusa', Fulani slaves, saboteurs, efulefu, etc) for being in the ruling party, so much so that even the APC wouldn't risk the thought of giving them the ticket because a Fulani PDP candidate would likely defeat them at the polls in their own region.

Unfortunately, the igbo PDP politicians that they love (eg Saint Peter Obi) aren't fairing any better, as they're either too clannish, give tacit support to Ipob, are political lightweights, or lack the national appeal that could have been leveraged to successfully stake a claim for the ticket in the party platform.

Truth is deep down u know that your lots don't want to give igbos presidency because you all hate to love igbos ...they are already successful what would they now do with political power

Say it with your full chest stop looking for illogical excuse

Obj had which appeal?

when he became president ? How about jonathan or even yaradua ?


So which of those ex presidents has more appeal than kalu before being president ?

Igbos won't vote APC but kalu won senator election by land slide

Say it with your full chest one Nigeria igbos are fooling themselves

The only offence of Okorocha and OUK is being in the ruling party APC!! The hatred they have for this duo is unparalleled!! They have been demoralised to the extend that they have given up on presidency.. Umahi was the best thing before his defection to APC, but his barely talked about now, his only offense is trying to bring ibo to mainstream politics

This people have a disease in their heart

Look at the like of Abaribe, Okpiezu and co, the worst set of politicians in SE in terms of governance, these people are tolerated simply because they are in PDP

Yet they still want the APC to zone their presidential ticket, while contented with PDP not doing so

Pls is this not spiritual?

AbijaJ:
The igbo politicians that would have stood half a chance were demonized for not being in their darling PDP (I speak of the likes of Rochas Okorocha and OUK). They have been so demarketed and insulted (e.g they're called derogatory names like 'okoroawusa', Fulani slaves, saboteurs, efulefu, etc) for being in the ruling party, so much so that even the APC wouldn't risk the thought of giving them the ticket because a Fulani PDP candidate would likely defeat them at the polls in their own region.

Unfortunately, the igbo PDP politicians that they love (eg Saint Peter Obi) aren't fairing any better, as they're either too clannish, give tacit support to Ipob, are political lightweights, or lack the national appeal that could have been leveraged to successfully stake a claim for the ticket in the party platform.

mrvitalis:

Truth is deep down u know that your lots don't want to give igbos presidency because you all hate to love igbos ...they are already successful what would they now do with political power

Say it with your full chest stop looking for illogical excuse

Obj had which appeal?

when he became president ? How about jonathan or even yaradua ?


So which of those ex presidents has more appeal than kalu before being president ?

Igbos won't vote APC but kalu won senator election by land slide

Say it with your full chest one Nigeria igbos are fooling themselves

Nobody owes igbos anything. They should come out and compete like everybody else. If they want the Presidency they should vie for it like everyone else. Even Yahaya Bello who stands little chance is making some noise, yet igbos want to be gifted the Presidency on a platter. In your dreams. Besides, with the ongoing ipob carnage in the SE, there'll likely be no election there since the secessionists have the whole region by the jugular. No right thinking party would consider giving its ticket to such a volatile region.

AbijaJ:


Nobody owes igbos anything. They should come out and compete like everybody else. If they want the Presidency they should vie for it like everyone else. Even Yahaya Bello who stands little chance is making some noise, yet igbos want to gifted the Presidency. In your dreams. Besides, with the ongoing ipob carnage in the SE, there'll likely be no election in there since the secessionists have the whole region by the jugular. No right thinking party would consider giving its ticket to such a volatile region.

I don't understand ? Oya name one think tinubu and osibanjo has done towards declaring that kalu hasn't done it rochas ?

Oya name one

Very nice piece, I totally agree with you, Igbos should support Former vice president Alhaji Atiku to become president 2023 so that it will be easy for an Igboman to become president come 2027 or 2031, alhaji Atiku will 2023 presidential election if PDP can give him the ticket, if PDP COMMANDER GENERAL GOV. WIKE and Co did not work against him during the primary election.

mrvitalis:

I don't understand ? Oya name one think tinubu and osibanjo has done towards declaring that kalu hasn't done it rochas ?

Oya name one

Well, for starters, Orji Kalu's state is currently under the PDP, which puts a big question mark on his acceptability in his own state. Rochas has lost control of the APC machinery/structure in his home state and is at loggerheads with the seating governor, which suggests that even the Imo state APC delegates may not even vote for him during the party primaries. The thing is, Igbos just hate the APC, simple. Even Uzodima ('supreme court governor') does not enjoy any legitimacy on account of his being a member of the APC. If Peter Obi joins APC tomorrow, they'll automatically start hating him as well. Igbo hatred for APC is factory-fitted. It comes by default.

ItsTulsi@ Very nice piece, I totally agree with you.

So some people are still rooting for Atiku and Tinibu ?

Reading is a good thing, but really, you guys should learn to summarize your posts and then maybe post a link in case we are interested in the entire length.

It's strenuous staring at the screen with tiny characters for so long.

AbijaJ:


Well, for starters, Orji Kalu's state is currently under the PDP, which puts a big question mark on his acceptability in his own state. Rochas has lost control of the APC machinery/structure in his home state and is at loggerheads with the seating governor, which suggests that even the Imo state APC delegates may not even vote for him during the party primaries. The thing is, Igbos just hate the APC, simple. Even Uzodima ('supreme court governor') does not enjoy any legitimacy on account of his being a member of the APC. If Peter Obi joins APC tomorrow, they'll automatically start hating him as well. Igbo hatred for APC is factory-fitted. It comes by default.

Igbos wants to give Nigerians her best.
Among OUK, Rochas & Peter Obi.
Obi Pandora like you will love to call him, is the very best among the Igbos gunning for Presidency. You can compare their time as governors.
We want to make our turn worthwhile. Fulani mismanaged their turn by giving us Buhari.

AbijaJ:


Well, for starters, Orji Kalu's state is currently under the PDP, which puts a big question mark on his acceptability in his own state. Rochas has lost control of the APC machinery/structure in his home state and is at loggerheads with the seating governor, which suggests that even the Imo state APC delegates may not even vote for him during the party primaries. The thing is, Igbos just hate the APC, simple. Even Uzodima ('supreme court governor') does not enjoy any legitimacy on account of his being a member of the APC. If Peter Obi joins APC tomorrow, they'll automatically start hating him as well. Igbo hatred for APC is factory-fitted. It comes by default.

Orji kalu is in PDP ? LMAO
This shows you don't even know anything about politics

Oga your points are all assumptions has APC won election in Igbo land yes or no ?

So with your rambling you could not name one thing tinubu or osibanjo has done that Igbo politicians hasn't done ...not even one

There are 3 factions in Lagos APC and you think tinubu is in control ?

Osibanjo lost his polling unit yet he is a political havy weight ?

This is such an oxymoron it’s not even funny. From Biafra or death to why won’t Nigeria support an igbo candidate. I swear you can’t make this shit up.

mrvitalis:

Orji kalu is in PDP ? LMAO
This shows you don't even know anything about politics

Oga your points are all assumptions has APC won election in Igbo land yes or no ?

So with your rambling you could not name one thing tinubu or osibanjo has done that Igbo politicians hasn't done ...not even one

There are 3 factions in Lagos APC and you think tinubu is in control ?

Osibanjo lost his polling unit yet he is a political havy weight ?

Go and reread my comment. I never said Orji Kalu is in PDP, but rather that his state is is under the PDP (abi Ikpeazu na APC governor). Is Abia under APC or PDP??

Comparing Tinubu and Osinbajo contribution to APC to that of your igbo politicians in APC is an insult. OUK joined APC from the PDP put of desperation and long after the party came into being. He couldn't even muster the political strength to successfully vie for the Senate Presidency. As for Okorocha, everyone knows he's been kicked to the curb by the party in Imo state.

And all that talk about APC factions is just you grasping at straws. Everyone knows the SE has a factory-fitted hostile attitude towards the APC. Ou can deny that all you want, na yuour business. Osinbajo is from Ogun state, whose governor is under the APC. Ditto Tinubu's Lagos. Any faction outside of Tinubu/Governor's are jesters, populated by spent politicians with no real electoral value.

There is No marketable candidate for 2023

Ibo should go and rule themselves in beerfraud Republic, Peter Obi will be president

mrvitalis:

I don't understand ? Oya name one think tinubu and osibanjo has done towards declaring that kalu hasn't done it rochas ?

Oya name one

The more reason we are not saying microzone the ticket to SW. Rather let's have an open primary election. Whoever wins, win.

Gbajure:


The more reason we are not saying microzone the ticket to SW. Rather let's have an open primary election. Whoever wins, win.

More reason igbos are saying if u want to do zoning do it completely if not lets kill.zoning let everyone contest

Stop asking for presidency to be zoned south if u are not ready for zoning in the south

North has as much claim to the presidency as south west ...north east and north central have more claim even

You guys low self-esteem is second to non

You are comparing tinubu with kalu and okorocha?

I don't understand
Is it tinubu political influence in Nigeria you want to talk about ni or those he nurtured to higher position in Nigeria today or his building bridges skill or the way Southwest and Lagos are under his control or his leadership skills or

I don't know you can educate me how kalu and tinubu are in the same category in Nigeria politics of today.

You guys hate on him everyday but deep down within you pray to have someone like him in your region.

Thank God
Ohanaze said few weeks ago that you guys can't get the president without tinubu support.

mrvitalis:

Orji kalu is in PDP ? LMAO
This shows you don't even know anything about politics

Oga your points are all assumptions has APC won election in Igbo land yes or no ?

So with your rambling you could not name one thing tinubu or osibanjo has done that Igbo politicians hasn't done ...not even one

There are 3 factions in Lagos APC and you think tinubu is in control ?

Osibanjo lost his polling unit yet he is a political havy weight ?

Olakunleyakub:
You guys low self-esteem is second to non

You are comparing tinubu with kalu and okorocha?

I don't understand
Is it tinubu political influence in Nigeria you want to talk about ni or those he nurtured to higher position in Nigeria today or his building bridges skill or the way Southwest and Lagos are under his control or his leadership skills or

I don't know you can educate me how kalu and tinubu are in the same category in Nigeria politics of today.

You guys hate on him everyday but deep down within you pray to have someone like him in your region.

Thank God
Ohanaze said few weeks ago that you guys can't get the president without tinubu support.

When tinubu was pushing his car and living in a rented apartment kalu was a billionaire in dollars as of 1999 so oga go and rest

Kalu almost single handed funded PDP in 1999 ...which influence tinubu get ? Someone that can win Lagos by 60% with all the billions given to him

Even osun his home state na buhari save am

Influence ko influence ni

Don't even compare tinubu to kalu ...

Where did you see this tales

Even kalu himself knows that in politics of today tinubu influence suppercede everyone except the Mr President.

What is the political weight of kanu in nigeria politics of today?

Talking of Lagos and osun is whre I know that you have a long way to go.

Tinubu has been wining Lagos and osun elections even before buhari came to power so what rubbish are you splitting out?

If he sure for you let tinubu and kalu contest primary in APC

Even your ohanaze acknowledge the fact that you need tinubu to become a president.

mrvitalis:

When tinubu was pushing his car and living in a rented apartment kalu was a billionaire in dollars as of 1999 so oga go and rest

Kalu almost single handed funded PDP in 1999 ...which influence tinubu get ? Someone that can win Lagos by 60% with all the billions given to him

Even osun his home state na buhari save am

Influence ko influence ni

Don't even compare tinubu to kalu ...

mrvitalis:

Orji kalu is in PDP ? LMAO
This shows you don't even know anything about politics

Oga your points are all assumptions has APC won election in Igbo land yes or no ?

So with your rambling you could not name one thing tinubu or osibanjo has done that Igbo politicians hasn't done ...not even one

There are 3 factions in Lagos APC and you think tinubu is in control ?

Osibanjo lost his polling unit yet he is a political havy weight ?

Bia nyamiri let it be the last time you will put tinubu and osibanjo name besides orji kalu,and rochas.
What kind of insult is that?
Kalu that cant even deliver election of 6 local govt in his constituency to his brother and APC.
Or rochas that has no political structure in IMO state. Thank God for buhari that gave him back his ticket. Ihedioha and supreme court governor would have sent him to exile like ganduje did to sanusi and kwankaso in kano