baby124:

Even if other tribes are outside their homeland, majority are still at home. That 14m is probably 60% of eligible SW voters by the way. So what are you saying? The fact is that even if other tribes are in the region, their voting strength is not significant when you consider the region as a whole. There are also Yoruba’s in SS and the North. But when the regions are looked at, it is at the majority impact of votes and how they swing. SW is the most unpredictable zone and you must perform or the vote against you. They are not blindly loyal to a party but to performers. This forces candidates to try to bet against their unpredictability. They could also vote based on interest.

You don’t realize that Atiku would have promised delegates from several zones many things. The shocker Wike and other PDP stalwarts got, where do you think most of those delegates who voted for Atiku came from? Probably NE and SW. so all these promises and calculations have probably been done before his emergence and winning the presidential primary. Gbenga Daniels as campaign manager was not a mistake. I am sure he worked hard on SW delegates who can cut across the SW and North. Wike thought he had the SS and SE votes down for Tambuwal. His mistake was that he neglected other zones and the possible diversity within. You know the SW’ers within PDP we’re not happy for not getting the chairmanship. Another mistake by Wike. If he gave SW chairmanship, the VP slot will no doubt go to SE. The SE PDP members obviously have no strategy or goal. So blame them and not the SW’ers who probably saw a bigger opportunity and negotiated.

Fxwarrior:


Very sensible argument.

mycar:
The funny thing is that all the people demanding for a SW VP are APC members.

safarigirl:
The entire country will lose out to Buhari


The Yorubas had the Presidency for 8 years, the only thing they are is greedy


The most patient people in Nigeria have been the Igbos who have received nothing but insult and ridicule for the last 19 years after supporting PDP, even when the same Yorubas abandoned them in 2015. And now that they ought to get some compensation for such uncommon loyalty, the same greedy Yorubas, whom these Igbos supported for Presidency for 8 years, want to come and snatch it from under them. Did Igbo peopoe not Vite massively for OBJ in 2004, even when Yoruba peoppe stood against him?


Humility, is that not the height of wickedness, selfishness and injustice? That you will shamelessly take from a man, what he has suffered and sweat for, to what end?

Is it not greed? Does it not say a lot of you as a people? Is this how loyalty should be paid? That Igbo should vote for Atiku and a SW VP and abandon Buhari? Then they stand the risk of being shut out another 8 years

In 2027, who will they have to step down for? Another Yoruba man?


If Igbo people do not get VP with Atiku, they will help in Buhari's win, after which they can at least hope he will hand over to an Igbo man in 2023. Nobody will play us for fools one more time.


We may not be politically savvy, but we will be nobody's fool.

mycar:
Then that negates everything, what is worth doing is worth doing fine, no more no less.

Everybody is tired of Buhari, pick your VP from SE and you have 99% SE & SS and 50% SW with you, get 50% North and you are good to go
SW should go for SP, they can push their agenda from there.

safarigirl:
The entire country will lose out to Buhari


The Yorubas had the Presidency for 8 years, the only thing they are is greedy


The most patient people in Nigeria have been the Igbos who have received nothing but insult and ridicule for the last 19 years after supporting PDP, even when the same Yorubas abandoned them in 2015. And now that they ought to get some compensation for such uncommon loyalty, the same greedy Yorubas, whom these Igbos supported for Presidency for 8 years, want to come and snatch it from under them. Did Igbo peopoe not Vite massively for OBJ in 2004, even when Yoruba peoppe stood against him?


Humility, is that not the height of wickedness, selfishness and injustice? That you will shamelessly take from a man, what he has suffered and sweat for, to what end?

Is it not greed? Does it not say a lot of you as a people? Is this how loyalty should be paid? That Igbo should vote for Atiku and a SW VP and abandon Buhari? Then they stand the risk of being shut out another 8 years

In 2027, who will they have to step down for? Another Yoruba man?


If Igbo people do not get VP with Atiku, they will help in Buhari's win, after which they can at least hope he will hand over to an Igbo man in 2023. Nobody will play us for fools one more time.


We may not be politically savvy, but we will be nobody's fool.

tochukwuifediba:
Vice Presidency must come to South East or Buhari continue

Buterflyle0:

diebuhari1:
Yes, most Igbos will never dream of voting for Buhari even with a gun to their forehead, but there are other parties and also an option of boycotting the elections if PDP betrays us and that would be a disaster for Atiku and PDP.
For 16 years of PDP rule, none of the top 2 positions went to the SE despite the unflinching support from the region, now some people are still suggesting rubbish.
I don't know why Yorubas want to reap where they did not sow

FarahAideed:


Liar Atiku was already worth Over 50 million dollars by 1983 by mid 90s he was a super financer of the Shehu Yaradua political movt ....By 1999 he was clear worth over 150miliin dollars...Even Tinubu will vote for Atiku because the Tinubu family have been one of the biggest beneficiary ..Till date WaLe Tinubu and co owe Atiku over 200 million dollars he invested in Oando to help stabilize them

Ategberoson:



you can say that again when your brain can't accommodate a psychological wider range

what's sensitive in that babysit talk. so Tinubu should leave his party because of one confused party that don't know in a Nigeria they used region and religion to vote, they're expected to pick candidates where the incumbent govt candidates came from

if you Igbo are Buhari's VP, would you've vote if atiku pick southwest as candidate?

deomelo:





This is why the SE is still politically and socially irrelevant and disposable, their leaders starting from ZIK before independence are not smart, they are politically and strategically weak and collectively shallow, they are also very shortsighted because they can not see or reason beyond emotions and sentiments.

Political players outside their borders run circles around them, they manipulate and use them because they know how inept SE leaders are, even the ones on NL ranting all over the place are in the same boat, they are totally void of sane, realistic and rational thoughts.

EternalTruths:



Yoruba people on Nairaland are childish in reasoning.
They keep shouting 14m without finding what constitutes the 14m.

50% of that 14m are non indigenes.

oodualover:
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How can half of voters in the sw be non indigenes? You smoke weed? Ho many non indigenes gave Abiola their mandate in 1993?

FarahAideed:


Liar Atiku was already worth Over 50 million dollars by 1983 by mid 90s he was a super financer of the Shehu Yaradua political movt ....By 1999 he was clear worth over 150miliin dollars...Even Tinubu will vote for Atiku because the Tinubu family have been one of the biggest beneficiary ..Till date WaLe Tinubu and co owe Atiku over 200 million dollars he invested in Oando to help stabilize them

alexvatt:
Buhari will not give any Igbo presidency. But Yorubas can help Igbos to help them actualise their dream.

Sanchez01:

I HOPE YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE 2023 ELECTIONS WON'T BE ABOUT IGBOS BUT THE SOUTH??

Fxwarrior:


Can we leave out sentiments and tribes and tell ourselves the truth?

Is the economic situation of things in Nigeria okay by you? Okonjo Iweala was appointed Worldbank president, do you stop to think just for a minute to understand what that means.

If she was incompetent, would that be possible? Now think for a moment if she brings that experience to turns things around for the better for you, your family and unborn children. Wouldn't that be good for everybody.

Rotaract: The 4 way things of the things we say, think or do.

1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3. Will it bring goodwill and better friendship?
4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Obasanjo, a south westerner has been in power for 8 years. How can south west talk of marginalisation?

tochukwuifediba:
Vice Presidency must come to South East or Buhari continue

NotJustOkay:


You would have made sense if igbos were able to give Gej 1m votes in kano in 2015 since your population in kano is 4m according to ohaneze.

Voting population is diff from actual population. igbo voting population in sw is not up to 300k.

Daewang:
Igbos have been making all the sacrifices for PDP all this while and taking the attacks and insults. The VP position must come to SE or else we destroy everything. I personally would campaign against Atiku let everything burn down. We are not fools.

Buterflyle0:


Please get your rant right before you toss it about. This has absolutely nothing to do with Yorubas. It has EVERYTHING to do with Atiku and PDP with the choices they feel would selfishly work for them

For the entire 16 years PDP was in power they had 4 inaugurations and at no time during these inauguration did they look the way of an SE candidate. The blame is solely on PDP and nobody else.

Now the same PDP is about to repeat another inauguration and also sideline those from the SE while fielding a northern candidate who would surely want to run for 2 terms. The blame is solely on PDP.

If they choose to give the VP slot to the SW are we to reject it? Why would we?

High northern votes forced them to field a northern candidate with the hopes of eating into it.

High SW votes would also force them to want to pick a VP from the SW. Whose fault is it?

The SE themselves only want to have an entitlement nature to everything. Align with those that can help you push your agenda of Presidency forward but your hatred would never let you all reason sensibly.

You cursed all other regions including the Fulani's and now karma has blessed you with a Fulani whom you are all now looking up to for scraps of VP to fall from his table the irony of life.

Play politics of trust and not disloyalty. Align and stop hating and maybe...just maybe the rest of the nation can learn to trust you again.

Stop blaming the yorubas we are not Nnamdi Kanu.

Daewang:
Igbos have been making all the sacrifices for PDP all this while and taking the attacks and insults. The VP position must come to SE or else we destroy everything. I personally would campaign against Atiku let everything burn down. We are not fools.

lonelydora:


We have been marginalised since 1960 so why do you want us to still foo.l ourselves by involving in all your political mathematics? We focus on our private businesses and not 'looted' money. All we are asking is create a level playing field for us.

BabangidaHamza:
may God spare us good life and Health to witness how una atiku would be defeated by 12noon.. He interfared in God's Authority and you call that cheap? NW votes would erase all the SS and SE votes with a margin of 2million votes... To hell with you 5%

kaliboi94:

God forbid for south east to vote APC even though atiku pick a Fulani man as vice. The highest tin south east would do is to boycott the election like they did in 2015

mycar:
Then that negates everything, what is worth doing is worth doing fine, no more no less.

Everybody is tired of Buhari, pick your VP from SE and you have 99% SE & SS and 50% SW with you, get 50% North and you are good to go
SW should go for SP, they can push their agenda from there.

mycar:
Then that negates everything, what is worth doing is worth doing fine, no more no less.

Everybody is tired of Buhari, pick your VP from SE and you have 99% SE & SS and 50% SW with you, get 50% North and you are good to go
SW should go for SP, they can push their agenda from there.

tochukwuifediba:
Vice Presidency must come to South East or Buhari continue