fairfora:
1999. Most of the states on the south east were PDP. So who else did they vote, olu falae? since I'm the one lying, then you must be the one telling the truth, but not until you tell me who they voted in 1999, the likes of chimaroke nnamani and orji uzor kalu who later felt betrayed by obj can't be forgotten in a hurry

rummmy:
count south east and south south out, we have decided to vote for a northerner as a pay back to South west betrayals

cjrane:
All these nonsense long write up to whip useless ethnic sentiment?

In 2023, PDP will field a northern candidate to help it wrest power from Osinbajo.

That is not just a fact, but common sense.

No amount of clever or deceitful write ups will change the reality that even a goat now sees.

FortuneDeGreat:
For record sake, all SE state produced PDP Governors in 1999 while all SW played opposition producing AD Governors all through.

Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju=PDP, Anambra

Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani=PDP, Enugu

Dr. Sam Ominyi Egwu=PDP, Ebonyi

Chief Achike Udenwa=PDP, Imo

Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu=PDP, Abia

All SW were AD, We all know.

nonsobaba:
And that would be waste of votes like the ones wasted on Atiku/obi

FortuneDeGreat:
With Buhari being a sort of religious idol to most northerners out of the way in 2023, the north will readily opt for people like Atiku, Tanbuwal, Kwankwaso and the rest more than anyone from SW and then with the support of SE/SS.

BY THEN, WE WILL ALL SEE WHOSE VOTE WILL BE A WASTE.

Unik3030:
no body gets power by blackmailing others, u work for it. u played a wrong card in 2019 n u loose so it's nobody's fault. u can only dictate for pdp n not apc cos we all know u hate apc with passion n we know fully well that pdp will not b that stupid to field an igbo man cos it's obvious igbos are not marketable n u know that. they will only console u with VP post again

Amumaigwe:


Igbos are not marketable to be voted for but good at supporting ''marketable" Yorubas for presidency whenever they are called upon. No problem, go and become president in 2023 na. The guy was trying to suggest to you the only way a Yoruba can ever become president again and you are here puffing your empty skinny chest.

StOla:


In 1999 Obasanjo of PDP defeated other Southerners like Ekwueme, Etiebet, Ebitimi Banigo, etc, to be PDP Presidential candidate, while Olu Falae of AD was the Presidential candidate of an AD/APP alliance.

The North came out to vote massively then, even when they were only going to serve under Yoruba leadership.

In 1993, the people of Kano voted for MKO Abiola over their own son Bashir Tofa, at a time the miserable talkatives who now lament about a broken Southern unity, opted to vote for a Northern Fulani Muslim over their fellow Southerner.

Unik3030:
no body gets power by blackmailing others, u work for it. u played a wrong card in 2019 n u loose so it's nobody's fault. u can only dictate for pdp n not apc cos we all know u hate apc with passion n we know fully well that pdp will not b that stupid to field an igbo man cos it's obvious igbos are not marketable n u know that. they will only console u with VP post again

StOla:


In 1999 Obasanjo of PDP defeated other Southerners like Ekwueme, Etiebet, Ebitimi Banigo, etc, to be PDP Presidential candidate, while Olu Falae of AD was the Presidential candidate of an AD/APP alliance.

The North came out to vote massively then, even when they were only going to serve under Yoruba leadership.

In 1993, the people of Kano voted for MKO Abiola over their own son Bashir Tofa, at a time the miserable talkatives who now lament about a broken Southern unity, opted to vote for a Northern Fulani Muslim over their fellow Southerner.

PlayerMeji:
I want to say that you have a massive piece here that is devoid of ethnic rivalry which makes the whole writeup a good read. I think it's too early for anyone to begin to cast aspersions on the flow of the political tides of the country, especially when less than credible figures in the country make stupid statements that we all know a more of personal perspective than general views.

As much as I hate the ruling party and their major opposition to the core of my marrow, I know both parties have nothing to offer Nigerians. So I do not think Tinubu made any mistake in aligning with the North to wrestle powers from the then ruling party, PDP.

Pdp ruled for 16 years and there was nothing done than enrichment of some certain few.

helinues:
Since democracy returned to Nigeria in 1999, south already had 8 good years while north is currently on 6 years +.

By the time Buhari completed his term, it should be 10 years.

Power is returning back to the South in 2023. Those who are projecting powers to the north do not even have stakes with their parties

Unik3030:
no body gets power by blackmailing others, u work for it. u played a wrong card in 2019 n u loose so it's nobody's fault. u can only dictate for pdp n not apc cos we all know u hate apc with passion n we know fully well that pdp will not b that stupid to field an igbo man cos it's obvious igbos are not marketable n u know that. they will only console u with VP post again

fairfora:
First of all, truth is bitter they say. People should stop attacking the messenger and ponder in what FFK said. It may seem useless but out of 100 words said by a mad man, there's always an iota of truth. The greatest mistake made by Tinubu ahead of the 2015 elections was the alliance the then ACN formed with the north . Historically, the north had always been rolling their shows and prevailing over leadership matters by using the southern leaders to achieve their aims.

The re-branding of Buhari was done both by Tinubu and Obasanjo for their selfish reasons. Governor kayode fayemi in his usual habit of eloquent speech writing, prepared the speech read by Buhari in Chatham house UK, ahead of the 2015 elections in which he called himself a one time military dictator but now a reformed Democrat, the statement which changed the minds of the west and their opinions about Buhari's bad days. Obj was instrumental to the waiver of the Visa ban on Buhari by the UK and USA while Tinubu played a great role in the rebranding.
Tinubu presented his private jet and they were flying Buhari all over the country during which his image was being redeemed. Buhari was always sitting back while they campaigned for him, not knowing he had his plans.

To the southerners who are following the north castigate onnoghen, you're the most un-informed of all humans on earth. Una eyes go soon clear. Somebody was deliberately removed and forced to resign in the past week and most of you were accusing him of an offence he never committed. The north sponsored the CCT/CCB and the likes against onnoghen and you were hailing them. I feel so sorry for you guys. The said undeclared money and assets were not found. The one found undeclared was a loan from a major bank as confirmed and after he was ridiculed, the EFCC and the fed govt withdrew the case, leaving the CCT in the act. What they did to Awolowo hasn't taught us a lesson or does it mean most of those living now were not born at that time or they don't read the book of history?

Shortly after the 2015 elections, Tinubu was barred by the northern politicians from entering aso villa and his wife oluremi cried out. That was a tip of the iceberg. Not only would she protest this time but would scream. The north have rendered all southern politicians useless and we still throw our wits behind them. What Babachir Lawal and Junaid said in the past week was just the beginning. It shouldn't be overlooked, just like that.

Before end of 2020, there would be political regrouping in the north. They'd form a new party like they did ANPP, CPC and now APC. The party would produce the presidential candidate ahead of 2023. They'd say the zoning formula was the APC's thing. Eventually, they'd all dump the apc. And once this happens, they'd rush down south and begin their bidding as usual. They'd promise heaven and earth and use all manners of influences, including religion, even appoint one of us to a key position in the new party and make one of us a running mate with a northern presidential candidate. The north looks divided and uninformed but they're more United when it comes to decisions that affect all of them. Junaid said in the past week that they don't talk too much and that's the plain truth. They don't talk much but what they'd do is inside of them.

Before now, the north used to boast that without them, no presidential candidate from another region would succeed but they were proven wrong by the outcome of the 2011 elections where the entire south and the middle belt voted en mass for Jonathan, but the guy messed up big time. The outcome of the elections angered the north a great deal and it put their boasting to shame.

I'm not against the north so nobody should cast aspersions on me. What is sauce for the goods is sauce for the gander. The greatest loser in the last election isn't the pdp nor other political parties but the entire south. The 2 presidential candidates were northerners and of the same tribe and we voted them massively as if they were from amongst us. Can the north ever accept such an arrangement from another tribe in Nigeria or vote so massively the way we did? It's a question everybody from the south should ponder on. They call your leaders names and you clap for them. Meanwhile they don't do that amongst themselves. They dont expose themselves. Elrufai who was said to have shut the doors at VP osinbajo at FEC meetings in the vila on a couple of times should be in prison in a sane society by now for his misconduct as FCT minister and BPE chair who sat on the sale of our critical assets. Has anything been said of him? What about the reinstated pension boss in person of Alhaji Maina?

It's high time we southerners became wise and stop being stooges to the north. A word is enough for the wise.

ChristianNorth:

Your Kankanfo is a coup plotter and what killed him was boasting that he doesn't need Igbos.

We gave him 40% despite Torfa running with an Igbo man or are you saying we should vote a man that openly dared us?

Of course he won the election but Arthur Nzeribe stopped him from becoming President.

Yorubas drew the first blood and they paid for it. The same way they are going to pay for their sins against the South since 2014

ChristianNorth:

If you have ever left your wasteland to the North (MB, NE and NW in that order) you would know that Igbos are more marketable than yorubas, especially a yoruba moslem.

Igbos are not marketable, yet they are currently occupying political offices in the North, does business with the East more than yorubas, ran with Shagari twice and won twice, ran with Buhari twice and won twice in the North.

That delusion exists in your ewedu media. A northern will rather deal with an Igbo man than a yoruba moslem.

enemybulldozer:
There is nothing like South as in, the SE and SS are not one with the SW. We are different people the yorubas are known for their romance with the north so, do you think that things can work out fine when the SW believes that things can only work for them when they align with the north??
I don't want any alignment with the SW only when it suits them and after that they will go back to their romance with the north.

StOla:



Have you seen the antithesis between the above submission and the one below? Are you sure you Igbos are OK with your own lies and delusions? What manner of confused humans are these lot?

enemybulldozer:
What exactly are you insinuating?? Are you very much sure you're ok?? What the other poster posted in quite different from mine. I said the waste are known for their alignment with the north which is true. While the other guy said that the north prefer aligning with Igbo than yoruba.
Maybe because of the kind of brain you have, that's why you cannot dissect the two.

StOla:


Yet he gave instances which suggest that you have always been Northern slaves and totally owned the role to yourselves.

He helped to prove that you are a liar.

Both of you are truly confused

fairfora:
I'm with you on this and that's why I gave it back to him that way...that the south east actually voted obj in his tenure who's a yorubaman, contrary to his claim

PlayerMeji:
I want to say that you have a massive piece here that is devoid of ethnic rivalry which makes the whole writeup a good read. I think it's too early for anyone to begin to cast aspersions on the flow of the political tides of the country, especially when less than credible figures in the country make stupid statements that we all know a more of personal perspective than general views.

As much as I hate the ruling party and their major opposition to the core of my marrow, I know both parties have nothing to offer Nigerians. So I do not think Tinubu made any mistake in aligning with the North to wrestle powers from the then ruling party, PDP.

Pdp ruled for 16 years and there was nothing done than enrichment of some certain few.

papiforreal:

The truth is Atiku would never marketable in the north. 2023 is really unpredictable. Kwankwaso would not even get a bloc vote from Kano if he's given the ticket. I just want to see how the politics would be without Buhari on ballot.

Ziggylady:


There is nothing like 'South' with the garrulous under-achievers who are dreaming of 2023 Presidency in it

These same folks played their serpentary neither-here-nor--there wayo game to the displeasure of Northerners who almost single-handedly rigged and voted for Buhari to win in 2019...Some Northerners noted the 'betrayal' and pledged to pay these people back in 2023..

Alas these same empty-heads have gone into an over-drive of delusions that the North 'are not power hungry and would leave their fellow Northerners and vote them"..

Their latest comedy of errors is using the 1993 template to argue on how they will coast to victory in 2023 regardless of every indication from the North contrary to that..

Laughable.

gratiaeo:

If APC did not rig in the North you would have been hearing how southwest made Atiku President

fairfora:
If they want to be fair, the pdp which is the only party that will live beyond 2023 should consider Peter Obi/kwakwanso or Peter Obi/Tambuwal. Then they'd conveniently coast to victory but I doubt if the greedy and power-drunk politicians would ever allow that happen.

Iblad0994:

Lol, if they like a northerner should come in 2023, infact the north should continue ruling Nigeria forever, but one thing is clear as light and that is whenever power is coming down to the south, it can never be in the hand of the Igbo man. Even south-south have more probability of getting power than the southeast. So antagonize the Southwest from now till eternity, it won’t change the fact that anytime power rotate to the south, it’ll definitely be in the hands of the SW. chikena

fairfora:
kwakwanso is marketable, going by the way the kano guber election went. I couldn't believe ganduje could be so nearly defeated. Had the federal might and influence not played out with massive rigging and voter intimidation in the pdp strongholds as witnessed by international observers and our media, the pdp would have carried the day as you knew...and at the tribunal, they may get back their mandate. Don't forget this isn't governorship but presidential. Kano would easily adopt kwakwanso as their own, be it running mate or presidential candidate. Baba has already had his slot and can't be in the ballot again. Even if he adopts a candidate ahead of 2023, it would not hold water because it's unlikely the apc would live beyond 2023 , with the way they're losing territories and states to the opposition with ease ...my opinion

ledamaster:


And APC that have rule for 4 now what have they achieved? travel you will not, just because your selfish crop have used propaganda to decieve you lots you go about talking trash. The massive attraction of industries in Ogun is not down to ACN or to Tinubu but as a result of all the power projects OBJ constructed and sited in Ogun. Google it up, nearly 70% of all the electrical power infrastructures in the entire South was sited in Ogun and the South west, leaving the South South and East to share the remaining 30%. You guys keep lying, demonizing and insulting OBJ, claiming he did nothing for South West, just to justify your selfish greed for power. Bros Yorubas have had their share of the presidency from 1999 - 2007? no amount of demonization of the PDP, their time in power nor Obansanjo will change that fact. The PDP is already making heavy rebounds, besides Gombe (which even the PDP knew they have lost prior to 2019). and Kwara (which was APC since 2015), the PDP have not only gained new grounds and made enroads into areas thought to be a no go area, but have flushed out elements and pockets of APC in the South East, South South which happens to be their strong hold. They have augmented their hold on the food baskets of the Nation, Benue, Taraba, Plateau and so on, and still maintains their strangulating hold on The oil rich states. As it stands its the PDP that will see the end of the APC. Who in the APC can respect Tinubu or follow his orders besides those he mentored? None. if you doubt go and research how he was trrated like a leper after 2015 until by 2017 ending when they needed hom once more. All of a sudden the Kyaris and Dauras disappeared and Tinubu was giving a free hand. The glue that holds APC together is none other than Buhari, After his term, evwrybody go answer him papa name. But as long as the PDP have the South south in its kitty, they will always be relevant and very powerful in Nigeria political space.
Every fair and unbias observer knows The APC lost the election, but bullied its way in, just like we knw happened in Lagos. But the most amazing thing was, Buhari has lost relevance, he lifted the hands of candidates in Bauchi, Sokoto and Kano, placesvhe was worshipedvas a god, yet his candidates lost out. Add Zamfara, Kano and soon Kaduna to that list. come 2023, Buhari wont be relevant, the North are asking what have they gained so far? Not to worry sha, Shey Yorubas have allowed Tinubu to decieve them that his ambition and interest is now Yoruba interest abi? Not to worry sha, by 2023 that doubt will be cleared.