Paul John:

Jonathan is finally going to nail his own coffin if he losses Anambra's november election to APC.
Very interesting indeed.

james_ibor: Contrary to the general notion here that the formation of this new party will weaken GEJ's chances of winning the next presidential elections, the opposite is actually the case as these new parties ie APC, PDM and the one being fronted by these set of governors are much likely to field Northern candidates thereby splitting northern votes among the various northern candidates and leaving GEJ to carry the day.

software man:
contary to your conclusion, the north we present only one candidate regardless of party afiliation.

the problem with most of us southerners is that we always underestimate the political sophistication of the northern political elite.

Btruth:

You got it. That is exactly what I think. And if that happen, PDP is gone finally. Okorocha stand a good chance to rule with the APC, and I strongly believe that is their game plan though, but let's all wait for the verdict.

software man:
contary to your conclusion, the north we present only one candidate regardless of party afiliation.

the problem with most of us southerners is that we always underestimate the political sophistication of the northern political elite.

software man:

the problem with most of us southerners is that we always underestimate the political sophistication of the northern political elite.

teskyg: Voice of Jacob,hand of Esua.Atiku met with GEJ and PDM was registered as a Party.Kwankwaso met with GEJ last week and now we hear of VOP.The message is clear.This actions are geared toward stoping APC in the North.Most of this Governors will be out of Power in 2015.They will use there party as a bargaining chip with GEJ for appointment.

Those Governors too will have to battle other political Heavy weights in their states who will be empower by GEJ.

Fitzy4real: PDP at work. Floating party after party so as to ensure we don't have a two-party system in this country. A very smart move in the sense that it shares out the opposition (APC et al) power base. Too bad they (PDP) won't employ this kind of smartness towards moving Nigeria forward...

teskyg: Voice of Jacob,hand of Esua.Atiku met with GEJ and PDM was registered as a Party.Kwankwaso met with GEJ last week and now we hear of VOP.The message is clear.This actions are geared toward stoping APC in the North.Most of this Governors will be out of Power in 2015.They will use there party as a bargaining chip with GEJ for appointment.

Those Governors too will have to battle other political Heavy weights in their states who will be empower by GEJ.

Billyonaire: Let's say you are right, though you are not, 45% of Lagosians are Igbos. So give the 45% to GEJ and share the remaing to the other 5 parties. You see your life ?

sagytarius™:
Soon, this news will be debunked...
"we didn't float any party"
We r in Nigeria remember? Hide and seek is a common game.

adino:



Do not mind these e-rats out here, these governors all have very powerful and dangerous political heavyweights in their respective states that will be too happy to pull the rugs from under their feet in twinkle of an eye.

Pukkah:

Just wait and see how they will come together for the polls. The people forming new parties are doing so in order to have it as a basis for negotiations.

I think there might be an alliance for the presidential election.

Cahmegga:

Ur analysis is a fail! Some of these parties will merge before the 2015 elections...to give prolly just two parties..

Btruth:

You got it. That is exactly what I think. And if that happen, PDP is gone finally. Okorocha stand a good chance to rule with the APC, and I strongly believe that is their game plan though, but let's all wait for the verdict.

incrediblestev: It is very obvious that the writer is a lackey of one of the so-called opposition political parties. The article is lazy and too patronizing to be taken seriously by discerning minds.
Now, as for the supporters of the opposition parties, especially the loud mouthed APC die-hard fans, this whole thing can go both ways, it can either spell doom for the PDP in the North or boomerang to make votes from the north inconsequential through divided votes.

PDP is not stupid, they may be in on this, already there are reports that the PDP gave Atiku a huge sum of money to neutralize the influence of APC in the North. With the setting up of more opposition parties heavily rife with desperate northern politicians that want to be president, I see them playing into the hands of the PDP. Let us all not think the PDP is dumb. However, the litmus test for the PDP is Anambra state, it will spell doom for them if Ngige of OPC should win that State, already, Imo state is in the Opposition, Anambra is even more important because the political outcome there will gauge how the igbo votes will go come 2015. There is too much partisan and regional politics going on in virtually every party, lets just sit and watch, I rest my case.

McLuhan: "Despite Governor Amaechi's near excellent performance in office..."

What a blatant case of journalistic bias! Is this what you were taught in your journalism class? Who assessed Amaechi's performance and declared it "near-excellent"? You or an independent body? Go and find out the meaning of editorialising in news story writing. Professionally speaking, this is one of the most poorly written news stories I have read in a long while. Thoroughly partisan and almost entirely conjectural!

olujastro:

You made sense to some extent,but am sure common sense would tell u dat PDP/GEJ won't go that far to just allow a whopping 7 Govs in such crucial states to leave their fold all because they intend to frustrate a two-party system(PDP vs APC). If they worked that hard to win those states in 2011,what kind of trick wud PDP wanna play that'll make them give 7 states just lyk dat,simply cos GEJ wants to reton as President in 2015.
For me,it's eida VOP guys are simply tired of the high handedness of the national PDP/GEJ & they believe they can prosecute 2015 on their own(Lamido/Amaechi),or they finally wanna get a bargaining platform wit APC. As for Atiku & his PDM,he's no longa relevant in Nigerian politics that he'll lose his state(Adamawa) if he & Buhari contests same electns in 2015.

incrediblestev: It is very obvious that the writer is a lackey of one of the so-called opposition political parties. The article is lazy and too patronizing to be taken seriously by discerning minds.
Now, as for the supporters of the opposition parties, especially the loud mouthed APC die-hard fans, this whole thing can go both ways, it can either spell doom for the PDP in the North or boomerang to make votes from the north inconsequential through divided votes.

PDP is not stupid, they may be in on this, already there are reports that the PDP gave Atiku a huge sum of money to neutralize the influence of APC in the north. With the setting up of more opposition parties heavily rife with desperate northern politicians that want to be president, I see them playing into the hands of the PDP. Let us all not think the PDP is dumb. However, the litmus test for the PDP is Anambra state, it will spell doom for them if Ngige of OPC should win that State, already, Imo state is in the Opposition, Anambra is even more important because the political outcome there will gauge how the igbo votes will go come 2015. There is too much partisan and regional politics going on in virtually every party, lets just sit and watch, I rest my case.

Uclloyd28: all these people singing Hosana, saying is a bad thing for GEJ crack me up...ask yourself, how many parties were up and running 2011! Ask yourself again, why were PDP haters clamouring for a Two Party Nigeria? Ask yourself yet again, what happens when Northern Votes are spilt between parties....you and I know SS n SE is Completely GEJ's and GEJ will get few Votes from North and SW.....take it or leave it, this numerous parties emerging now, be it a PDP breakaway, will surely favour GEJ...If U really understand Nigerian Politics, u will concur with me on this

Don't get it Twisted, Am Rooting 4 GEJ

texaco1:
Nigeria has some really good comedians
,okorocha for president!!
Well maybe NURTW president anyway