Neo-XVI:
With all these news of people decamping en-masse from PDP to APC, the question on my mind is, if APC becomes the new tent for all these criminals and mediocre leaders, then what's the guarantee that it will do any better than the current PDP leadership. A party is only as good as it's members. True, APC should seek to widen it's tent, but it should not be done at the expense of credibility. All of PDP members should be barred from joining except they have some credible record. No point having another mega party full of charlatans.

ROSSIKE: APC is happy to be endorsed by a criminal like IBB?

Says a lot about the party.

gratiaeo:
I'm sorry if i have offended you. I don't have prove but if Tinubu have become saint over night so be it (Funsho William is still fresh in our heart) don't ask me why i said so unless if you have prove that IBB killed Deregiwa

omenka:

And thesame 'criminal' has been in the PDP since God-knows-when! What does that say of PDP??

take dat: What do you have to say of the president, who in his pusillanity and disservice to the people of Nigeria handpicked an Anenih to be the chairman of PDP's Board of Thieves(BOT), one of those who looted the country into an unfathomable abyss of unimaginable ruin? You are quick to point accusing fingers at others, when the grand larceny of the president is obvious for all to see!

Prodigy246:

Exactly what I've been thinking...though I dont belong to any party but I would just vote GEJ to finish his own beat of transformation.
Its true naija might need CHANGE now but we should be careful to whom we're entrusting the our country into his/her care

bayooooooo: It does not take much to appreciate the importance of two-party system in Nigeria. That's why even the PDP welcomed the emergence of APC. We cannot continue to be parroting to all these sentimental nonsense of Igbo party, Yoruba sectional interests or the Fulani this Hausa that. Let's us now have two-party systems (at least two major parties) with membership spread across all states so we can once and for all put putrid sentiments apart and hold our leaders accountable irrespective of states of origin or residence.

All this why are they welcoming IBB, why are they romancing OBJ boys, why are they criticizing this or that is pedestrian. If you think PDP is good for Nigeria and can take Nigeria to her rightful status among comity of nations, stick to it and promote same without recourse to annoying sentiments of gang up against this or that part of the country. Let PDP be judged based on its performance.

What folks fail to appreciate is that what is desirable is often, alas unfortunately, not achievable in Nigeria because of our peculiar way of putting sentiments above logic. We would love to see a party of defined exclusivity to known 'villains', a party of zero tolerance to corruption, of well 'proceduralized' internal democracy devoid of known moneybags, a kind of party driven by masses-oriented Utopian fantasies. In a Nigerian parlance, "an ideologically driven party" What a joke! Good, but unrealistic in a nation so driven by sentiments. (Such a party can be formed but ll NEVER win election in Nigeria) What we have now is a step in the right direction, it does not mean we ll eventually arrive in that exclusive zone of success. But it does, at least, signify that our elite are evolving a process that might limit impunity and make parties work for the pauperized Nigerian masses.

It's the same everywhere. A perfect political party, nay democracy, can not be legislated or decreed into existence. It takes time to build, nurture and then turn to an institution that an individual can not just wake up and bastardize. What we know, of course from the immediate and recent history of the proponents of this framework is that of competence, seriousness of purpose and uncommon tenacity to fight for what is right in a land filled with absurdities of impunity where mediocrity is now the norm. I am supporting APC, with the knowledge that it's not 100% perfect or what I would have preferred it to be, but what else do we have in this country? This is the best opportunity we have in years, that people are now wittingly leaving their comfort zones to live the much mouthed rhetoric "handshake across the Niger" without being prodded by military fiat.

I just want them to set a minimum standard where no one can go below. A standard has been set in Lagos and Edo already. One is being set in Osun, Ondo and a handful of others states similarly controlled by opposition politicians. So it's becoming more and more clear by the day to recognize that past administrations in those states failed the people. What is true in Osun is true in Ekiti and even in some PDP controlled states like Enugu and Jigawa. Ultimately what matters is the man holding the mantle of leadership. A man with history of competence and accomplishments can not all of a sudden turn to lackluster failure in government. The converse is equally true, luck can not bring competence. Let 2015 come and we shall see if Nigerians would, for once put religious and ethnic sentiments aside, judge who is being nominated purely on tract record.

We can not continue to pretend all is well in this country. We need to fix the center and put our country on path of greatness.

sholasys: Na Waaa oooo !!!! Atiku Abubarkar political ambition is in delima. where will he pitch his tent PDP or APC?

success_07: of the little i konw of politics, "no permanent friend, no permanent enemy". IBB is free to say whatever he wants...like it or not, he is a big force in the north save d anti-pdps and only a few can say no in that north if he says yes and that goes a long way.

I criticised the then AC for allowing Audu Ogbe but till date that has not stopped the party from marching on in the southwest as most of us have seen. Does anyone think the ACN would not have made it to the north? Trust me they would but it would only have taken time. ACN was beginnin to find relevance in the east before the merger. The merger has only hasten the process.

Otunba Gbenga Daniel started with the AD before he migrated to the pdp only for him to become like them all of a sudden. I am beginnin to think that the PDP is cancerous...
If IBB migrates to the APC, will he be relevant? I dare say yes but only as a strategist but never as a political office holder.Its better u ahve him tinker for u than against u. Mind u, political parties are like d church where even d devil cannot be chased away...

Does the PDP have a manifesto? Never heard of it. The ACN had one and I heard the new APC has made one... They have a direction. So if none adheres, he b deterred from further participation i think.

Let fresh party come for a start and letus c the effect of a none pdp led administration for a stat

success_07: of the little i konw of politics, "no permanent friend, no permanent enemy". IBB is free to say whatever he wants...like it or not, he is a big force in the north save d anti-pdps and only a few can say no in that north if he says yes and that goes a long way.

I criticised the then AC for allowing Audu Ogbe but till date that has not stopped the party from marching on in the southwest as most of us have seen. Does anyone think the ACN would not have made it to the north? Trust me they would but it would only have taken time. ACN was beginnin to find relevance in the east before the merger. The merger has only hasten the process.

Otunba Gbenga Daniel started with the AD before he migrated to the pdp only for him to become like them all of a sudden. I am beginnin to think that the PDP is cancerous...
If IBB migrates to the APC, will he be relevant? I dare say yes but only as a strategist but never as a political office holder.Its better u ahve him tinker for u than against u. Mind u, political parties are like d church where even d devil cannot be chased away...

Does the PDP have a manifesto? Never heard of it. The ACN had one and I heard the new APC has made one... They have a direction. So if none adheres, he b deterred from further participation i think.

Let fresh party come for a start and letus c the effect of a none pdp led administration for a stat

success_07: of the little i konw of politics, "no permanent friend, no permanent enemy". IBB is free to say whatever he wants...like it or not, he is a big force in the north save d anti-pdps and only a few can say no in that north if he says yes and that goes a long way.

I criticised the then AC for allowing Audu Ogbe but till date that has not stopped the party from marching on in the southwest as most of us have seen. Does anyone think the ACN would not have made it to the north? Trust me they would but it would only have taken time. ACN was beginnin to find relevance in the east before the merger. The merger has only hasten the process.

Otunba Gbenga Daniel started with the AD before he migrated to the pdp only for him to become like them all of a sudden. I am beginnin to think that the PDP is cancerous...
If IBB migrates to the APC, will he be relevant? I dare say yes but only as a strategist but never as a political office holder.Its better u ahve him tinker for u than against u. Mind u, political parties are like d church where even d devil cannot be chased away...

Does the PDP have a manifesto? Never heard of it. The ACN had one and I heard the new APC has made one... They have a direction. So if none adheres, he b deterred from further participation i think.

Let fresh party come for a start and letus c the effect of a none pdp led administration for a stat

gratiaeo:
If truly people like IBB, OBJ and others will join APC it means the restructuring of PDP ll kick start... Am not against opposition party but i don't see bright future in APC, all Nigerian politicians are the same... GEJ is not a bad guy even though i did not vote 4 him in 2011 but since we have not got that messiah in Opposition party let make thou with what we have

Gbawe:

My opinion too. Folks like IBB have gotten to the stage where they will accept the need for working politically to ensure they can live the rest of their life in comfort and not because they seek political office/relevance per se or as a primary motivation.

Gbawe:

My opinion too. Folks like IBB have gotten to the stage where they will accept the need for working politically to ensure they can live the rest of their life in comfort and not because they seek political office/relevance per se or as a primary motivation.

take dat: Well, in all sincerity, I do not believe the movers of the new party will welcome the likes of IBB and OBJ. IBB does not have a political support base except he is willing to spread round part of his loot and he doesn't measure up to Buhari, up north. OBJ would rather play a neutral spoiler than align himself with the likes of Tinubu and Buhari. I believe IBB is only trying to gain relevance after much period in obscurity so we should pay him no mind! Though the truth is, no party anywhere in the world is made of saints or perfectionists, you will always find some rotten eggs amongst them!

take dat: Well, in all sincerity, I do not believe the movers of the new party will welcome the likes of IBB and OBJ. IBB does not have a political support base except he is willing to spread round part of his loot and he doesn't measure up to Buhari, up north. OBJ would rather play a neutral spoiler than align himself with the likes of Tinubu and Buhari. I believe IBB is only trying to gain relevance after much period in obscurity so we should pay him no mind! Though the truth is, no party anywhere in the world is made of saints or perfectionists, you will always find some rotten eggs amongst them!

gratiaeo: The biggest thieves are decamping to APC, imagine Achike Udenwa, IBB etc.... Before you know it Atiku, Ciroma, Anenih etc will follow

cowtail: There will be no apc by 2015. Infighting occasioned by lack of consensus in the choice of flag bearers will lead to the disintegration of that party. Nigeria problem is not the political party in power but the politicians. the founders of apc are those that feel that they are not getting a fair share of the national cake under the current arrangement... Their aim is to grab a bigger share of the cake and not to give the citizenry good governance. God is watching.

gramci:

Don't worry, they will be baptised into new creature.

emiye:
I was even thinking you will come up with something sound and sensible. Independent candidate

You are so unpractical !!!!

Pluuuuuuuuuussssssssssssseeeeeeeee , be realistic, even if the independent candidate is an angel, Nigerian electorates have not evolved up to that level. May be at ward levels as Councillors, independent candidate can win elections, but a presidential candidate coming out as an independent candidate?

You are short of being a clown.

ROSSIKE: APC is happy to be endorsed by a criminal like IBB?

Says a lot about the party.