₦airaland Forum

helinues:
We don't support evil here. We condemn it as it dey hot

you've never condenmed evil perpetuated by your people before

helinues:
But this same SW supported GEJ in 2011 election now. Has 2011 been erased from you guys calendar?

how did the south west support Jonathan more than the south east ?

The south east gave Goodluck Jonathan 101% support in 2011 and 2015 but the south west connived with Buhari to stop goodkuck Jonathan in 2015

Or have you forgotten how you south west people constructed mock coffin for a sitting president , Goodluck Jonathan in 2014? I don't know why Jonathan allowed some of you people still breathing today

helinues:
The same Akpabio you lots praised back then before joining Apc.

Which kind of bitter politics are some of you people like to play?

I don't care about what happens in this government but Akpabio already have a serious case with the EFCC

There are.many responsible house members from south south that should contest for the SP not akpabio

helinues:
Akpabio has suddenly became a corrupt person. SS people, hope una dey see those who are sabotaging una efforts of being SP..

SW dey behind una back gidigba

Not when the south west denied Goodluck Jonathan a second term Presidency by working against him

sageb:
Godswill Akpabio is better
Let God's will be done in the senate

God will isn't for a corrupt man like akpabio to lead .. he should go and answer EFCC call first

helinues:
SS for SP position

SP for Akpabio from SS

Done deal

Yes , but let akpabio answer the EFCC call first abi?

IyaebeTheGreat:
I'll pick Akpabio over Kalu, he really performed well in Akwa Ibom. I like this Akpabio ehn , the way he talks is 🤐

Seems you only old men

helinues:
They should be sentenced to long years behind the bar.

I thought it's only Chinedu and chukwudi that commits crime in this country

So taofeeq and rashidat too now kill there parents ?

SpecialAdviser:
He will say the boy does not know respect.
Awon respect people

You dey mind the respecters of drug baron 😂😂😂

MrBrownJay1:
if the above is what happened then WHY DIDNT SHE REPORT THE CRIME TO THE POLICE AND GET HER SON ARRESTED?!?!?
so you "supposedly" wake up next to a dead body, you then find your son hiding under the bed telling you that HE did it, yet you do nothing about it and continue your day as if nothing had happened?!?

maybe they planned to kill the man so they could mine his skull

Kalu is Tinubu man, He may get it .

The battle for the number three citizen, the Senate Presidency of the 10th Senate now appears to be between the Southeast and the Southsouth geopolitical zones.


Over the past couple of days, the call for the Senate President to be a Christian from either the Southeast or Southsouth has gained significant momentum.

This latest development has increased the chances of Sen Orji Uzor Kalu and Sen Godswill Akpabio, who are from the Southeast and Southsouth zones, respectively.


DAILY POST looks at the chances of the two aspirants and the intrigue within the ruling party.

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the president-elect, Bola Tinubu are expected to decide on the zoning of the offices. There have been countless meetings at the residence of the president-elect on the zoning of the offices.


DAILY POST learnt that the deliberations have been divided between those calling for the inclusion of the Southeast and those calling for reward based on the outcome of the presidential election.

Those opposed to Kalu argued that his inability to deliver votes for Tinubu during the presidential election should count against him.

Kalu polled 30,805 votes to win the Abia North-senatorial district election; however, Tinubu only managed to poll 8,914 votes in the entire Abia State.


Akpabio on the other hand delivered 132,683 votes, a tally that is more than the 115,401 votes he garnered in his senatorial district election.

Some loyalists also pointed to the primary election where Kalu backed Senate President Ahmad Lawan for the APC ticket, while Akpabio was the first presidential aspirant to step down and endorsed Tinubu during the primary election in June 2022.

These are the two main talking points that have shaped the conversation on the choice of the Senate President.

It would be recalled that the APC Governors recently sent a memo to the president-elect on the appropriate zoning of the offices. The governors stated that contribution to the presidential election must be a major factor in zoning.


In the memo, governors faulted the voting pattern of the southeast, noting that the region exhibited “exclusionary electoral conduct”.

“The South-east contributed the least to Asiwaju’s victory, consistently exhibited the most exclusionary electoral conduct since the advent of the Fourth Republic, and yet also feels entitled to the Senate Presidency,” it reads.

The APC governors went further to state there is a need to signal to the South-east in order to ensure “adequate deterrence for exclusionary electoral conduct.”

Many believe that the language of the Governors shows that they are leaning toward the South-south zone.

If the South-east loses out in the race for the Senate President, there is a possibility that the region will equally lose out on the Speaker and the Deputy Senate President due to zoning.

However, DAILY POST learnt that other voices are pushing for the Senate President to be zoned to the South without micro-zoning and that the Speaker should be zoned to the North without micro-zoning to any region.

Head to head

Both Akpabio and Kalu have corruption allegations they are carrying. The former is facing an investigation concerning over N108 billion alleged misappropriation during his time in office.

Also, as the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, he has been linked to the alleged corruption that happened in the Niger Delta Development Commission. It would be recalled that Akpabio was accused of corruption by the former Managing Director of NDDC, Joi Nunieh.

Akpabio subsequently appeared before the House during the N81 billion probe of the NDDC by the House Committee on Niger Delta. The probe produced the infamous “Off your mic” moment.

Meanwhile, Kalu was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on 5 December 2019. The judgement was subsequently voided by the Supreme Court in May 2020 and ordered a retrial.

After the pronouncement, Kalu was subsequently released from prison and he returned to the Senate.

If the race is thrown open, both aspirants will have to rely on their connections in their previous party, the PDP for support.

In the last 72 hours, the two have recently met with the president-elect separately. But they must show the capacity to reach out to senators outside their party. The minority parties in the Senate have a combined strength of 50 lawmakers.

The recent visit of Atiku Abubakar to the House of Kalu has already set tongues wagging within the APC. Although Atiku was there to visit the former Abia Governor on the death of his wife, the timing of the visit is raising eyebrows.

The PDP is divided between Atiku and G5 camps; however, going by the outcome of the 2023 election, the G5 lost several seats in the Senate race. PDP lost ground in Abia, Enugu, Oyo and Benue.

On the other hand, PDP has significantly increased its strength in the North— Kaduna, Kebbi, Gombe, Bauchi and Plateau States now have a significant number of senators. Support from Atiku could change the dynamic of the race in favour of Kalu.

With Aminu Tambuwal in the Senate, the PDP senators-elect will play a significant role in deciding where the pendulum swings with their 36 seats in the House.

Akpabio’s supremacy battle with PDP in Akwa-Ibom State could count against him, as the outgoing governor may be wary of empowering his rival.

However, the opportunity to have the Senate Presidency may override the local squabble.

The race is no doubt expected to be tough between the two Senators.

https://dailypost.ng/2023/04/29/senate-president-race-akpabio-squares-up-against-kalu/

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pandoragirigory:
Says who? only a stupid man will fight for third position by dominating a locality when the first position is there by dominating the country, failure is failure, when it was time for Tinubu to do the right thing in Lagos state and Peter girigory Obi and igbos brought Chinedu Rhodes-Vivour, didn't Sanwo olu defeat the igbo boy with massively, no time for crumbs.

You defeated Gbadebo by unleashing thugs and criminals against the electorates and you called that defeat??

Did Peter Obi unleashed thugs in Lagos before defeating Bola Tinubu in Lagos and Buhari in Abuja effortlessly?

IyaebeTheGreat:
Play with with these pastors as a lady at your own peril. They are notoriously randy 😆

Why you sef wan play with your pastor ? Body no be fire wood na

Daddy G.O from hell

This are the people giving Christianity bad name

renderme:
She said ‘one day’, what do u think that means?

You talk like a kid , please take the back seat

renderme:
Lol! She practically predicted Tinubu’s presidency since 2014.

What a prophecy! That’s the big deal.

Where in the tweet did she predicted Tinubu presidency ?

You just called the tweet an old tweet so kini big deal

Her DP got Peter Obi in it , that's the big deal .

pandoragirigory:
Don't worry Peter girigory Obi will be sworn in on Twitter and Facebook since he won 56 states, I guess he won Lagos state because he is contesting for Lagos state presidency

I thought you guys said that nobody can defeat Bola Tinubu in Lagos but guess what , Peter Obi did it without breaking a sweat 💦💦

Peter obi is an asset abeg

pandoragirigory:
The devastating effect of Peter Obi immeasurable unsurmountable and unending defeat is beyond his miscreants

the fact that Peter Obi annihilated Tinubu in his stronghold of Lagos and Ikeja , makes Peter Obi more politically valuable than Tinubu

This is a man who joined the labour Party in less than 6 months before the election .

The Obidients strong wave woulda swept Sanwo Olu away like hurricane Katrina if the presidency and governorship election were held the same day .

Give Peter Obi some accolades please

Channels TV has proven to be an irresponsible TV station that specializes in dishing out Fake News against Peter Obi. I am happy with this Obidients, They are smarter and more informed than Channels Tv and there pay masters .

Before you tell lies against Peter Obi, you gotta think twice because Obidients are more informed youths and they will burst your lies with facts and make you look stupid .

Nice one

Ganduje had better leave Kano state o, E get why 😂😂😂

Mama G herself

The most wicked mother-inlaw in Nollywood movies 😂😆😂😆

I was at the waiting lounge of the domestic airport waiting for my flight when Mama G walked in and sitted beside a woman who's also waiting for her flight . I was shocked when the woman the mama G sitted beside hurriedly stood up and moved to the side that I was sitting . So I asked the woman why she left her sit , she told me that she can never sit side by side with that wicked woman (she was referring to mama G) 😂😆😂😆😂

That was the day that some people take Nollywood acting to heart o 😂

Political hustler on the beat

He's already aligning himself to chop from the national cake but

Akpabio is a criminal , he should go and answer to his crimes

This are the people supporting Tinubu from Niger republic because Tinubu is Yoruba

It's good they've been deported from ordinary Benin republic. Let them come back home and enjoy the Tinubu and Buhari government that they supported o

I hope Helinues isn't one of them deportees 😂😆😂

I thought helinues was claiming that Benin republic and Yoruba are brothers ... 😂 😂

Boomkalakuta:
Exactly cocaine sniffing asset

Na Tinubu we know that did drugs back them . Didn't know Rauf too follow

Obaofaba:
Ok...

One thing I love about the Jagaban of the universe is that, he doesn't hold grudges.

Verdict: This is no news.

You knew this from your Face-me-I-face-you one room apartment abi

Boomkalakuta:
Nigga no reach pizza side .

Na ice and sniff

When Bola cut e supply e begin yarn dust

Aregbe popular back in the days in alimosho

I still remember he has own a house close to God-Love in Egbeda .

The man na asset