Definitely. He would have won!

Yes

Definitely

garfield1:
A lot of pdp pundits are now claiming that Timi Alaibe would have won if he was the pop candidate.

What is your take on that?

Very correct


Bayelsan let's gather here and celebrate APC victory

Well only God can predict the future.

with timi alaibe yes PDP might give a tough fight

Yes he would have won!
Do you know Alaibe? Lyon was his boy those days. If you know you know.

DonFreshmoney:
Alaibe would have cleared the election.. he would have won in all 8 LGAs of Bayelsa state.

Nah he will not win in southern ijaw, brass and nembe

Alaibe was overwhelmingly the favorite to win the bayelsa governorship election if he had won the PDP primaries.
Both the PDP and APC candidates were relatively unknown in the political sphere of bayelsa

garfield1:
A lot of pdp pundits are now claiming that Timi Alaibe would have won if he was the pop candidate.

What is your take on that?

Yes.Timi Alaibe would have won with a very big gap.Even The present
Governor will not have won Timi.Dickson messed up.

kelvinginzie:


Well I can't really say
But whether you agree with it or not, Apc did some little rigging here and there in bayelsa to score that number of votes.
If Alaibi was the candidate, Apc rigging would have been resisted

You talking trash. If APC wins you call it rigging but if PDP wins then you call it justice. SMH.
Jonathan mobilized the people to vote for APC hence the huge votes.

EmmaFantastic:
Yes he would have won!
Do you know Alaibe? Lyon was his boy those days. If you know you know.

But then, sometimes when destiny is at work for you, that's how things go - your opponents will fight and scatter each other, lol. I guess good luck was on Mr Lyon's side, so congrats to him.

Not at all. Timi Alaibe is a pariah. Nobody wants him. In 2015, APC denied him the ticket and now in 2019, PDP also denied him ticket. He is just like Alex Otti in Abia state with media popularity but zero structures on ground. David Lyon is grassroots. APC leaders had to beg him to run because they wanted Bayelsa so bad and only him could sweep Dickson, Gej and Alaibe off their feets.

mrvitalis:
Only someone who is not familia with bayelsa politics would ask this question ....even if alaibe had moved out of PDP to another party he would have had more vote than APC

He was the peoples original choice

David Lyon was just a protest vote

My man, Lyon would have won Alaibe hands down.

it is true .

EmmaFantastic:
Yes he would have won!
Do you know Alaibe? Lyon was his boy those days. If you know you know.

Douye diri was Alaibe's boy, how market?

garfield1:
A lot of pdp pundits are now claiming that Timi Alaibe would have won if he was the pop candidate.

What is your take on that?

According to Sariake Dickson, he would not have won because he is probably not a core Ijo.

garfield1:
A lot of pdp pundits are now claiming that Timi Alaibe would have won if he was the pop candidate.

What is your take on that?

Alaibe would have Won in a landslide, because he was loved by the masses and even by some APC faithfuls

garfield1:
A lot of pdp pundits are now claiming that Timi Alaibe would have won if he was the pop candidate.

What is your take on that?

i cant really say but all i know is Alaibe is one of the father of politics as far as bayelsa is concern. Alaibe even gave Alamco a run for his money in a build up to his second time in office. even when Alamco won the primary in Yenagoa the party did nt announced it immediately until things were settle in abuja due to Alaibe political connection to Abuja then...Jonathan and co could not even measure up then..Alaibe is also like a godson to Atiku and u know Atiku fell in favour with Obasanjo really affected him .but i think things will work in his favour if he can maintain been in the party that controls the centre. He s really a big name in niger delta politics.

What would be would be

Dedetwo:


According to Sariake Dickson, he would not have won because he is probably not a core Ijo.

That s been misfire na...Alaibe is a power to recon with as far as Niger delta is concern if you know you know..

100% yes

If Alaibe was so popular what stopped him from winning his party's primary ? Politics entails many factors .

ruggedtimi:
My man, Lyon would have won Alaibe hands down.

die that talk abeg

kelvinginzie:


Well I can't really say
But whether you agree with it or not, Apc did some little rigging here and there in bayelsa to score that number of votes.
If Alaibi was the candidate, Apc rigging would have been resisted

Are you saying that PDP did some rigging here and there when Dickson won reelection?

Big YES

DonFreshmoney:
Alaibe would have cleared the election.. he would have won in all 8 LGAs of Bayelsa state.

No mind OP
Him dey find talk!

kelvinginzie:


Well I can't really say
But whether you agree with it or not, Apc did some little rigging here and there in bayelsa to score that number of votes.
If Alaibi was the candidate, Apc rigging would have been resisted

Rigging can only thrive where you're popular.

Yes, I agreed that Timi Alaibe would have won even though Bayelsans are fed up with Papa Deceiving Pikin.

Alaibe couldn't have won if he were to be PDP candidate ,its was obvious the APC candidate was a very popular person even within the PDP circles. If Alaibe was so popular he should have join another party to test his acceptability among d people ,since the people were alleged to have voted for personality rather party.

imiski:
Aliabe was a preferred candidate to most Bayelsa elderstatesmen including GEJ. Beign a man held in high esteem by his people, he would have used his influence to sway the votes in the favour of Ndutimi Alaibe. APC leaders visit to the elderstatesman proves that they couldnt have achieve their success without his support.
The voting pattern too. In Ogbia for example, -home of GEJ, APC won a landslide which is unprecedented beign the home council of GEJ and PDP stronghold ever since the creation of Bayelsa. Evidently because, his kinsmen saw it as a slight by Dickson on their own blood. Even in Kolga voter turn out was low, and the few that voted, did mostly in favour of APC, it is no suprise as this is the LGA of Ndutimi Alaibe, so KOLGAns said if its not our kinsman I won't cast my vote.
The election could have still gone either way, pdp would have had a big say in the outcome, but for Dickson selfish intrest it was one sided. This election was a revolution against impending god-fatherism in Bayelsa.

You are well grounded in Bayelsa politics!

Guyman02:
Yes, because Buhari and APC are not popular in Bayelsa. What happened was a protest vote, Bayelsans didn't want a repeat of what James Ibori did with his cousin in Delta state.

Nice one

LegendHero:


You guys with low understanding of politics. What is Jonathan doing in Bayelsa? Is that not also god-fatherism?

He is swaying public opinion by saying Dickson is trying to foist his stooge on the people. Since Jonathan reached the limelight, successive governors in Bayelsa always need him by their side before the can win election. Isn't that also what is called god-fatherism?

GOD-FATHERISM
A form of political corruption in which an influential member of a party assists another person/party in climb to leadership due to many reasons.
Wikitionary (2019)
To be honest I tilt a little to your opinion on god-fatherism. Infact god-fatherism plays a major role in every sphere of life,. That beign said, GEJ is a god-father in Bayelsa state politics, as you rightly mentioned, every governor that have been elected to that position always enjoyed his support. But if you followed up on my commentary, you'll understand the