valacious:

Tinubu should not try it, if they do, they will lose all d governors seat in d SW to Pdp. It happened in 2003, when AD stepped down for Obj. Pdp is never to be trusted. Let acn enter d race and lose honourably.

No guber. election except for ogun and oyo, already done deals.

I am not a GEJ supporter but I marvel at the way some people think. I thought Buhari supporters have been projecting him as someone that will save us from the old order. How come they are rejoicing that he is striking a deal with Atiku, IBB and Ciroma. It just shows its all about grabbing power at all cost.

naijaking1:

All the other Hausa presidential candidates lining up behind Buhari as a last ditch effort to win the presidency for "northern" interest has long been expected by many observers.
I'll be disappointed if GEJ 'brains' don't have a contingency for such a situation.
Come win, come lose, this election will make more people understand that "One Nigeria" actually means, "One Nigeria, if only northern interest is served"  

Let them line up. They are failing and failing woefully even with the almariji underaged voters. The election is not about PDP nor GEJ. It is about squashing the born to rule, "its our power and we want it back" mentality. Buhari will hear wee !!

valacious:

Tinubu should not try it, if they do, they will lose all d governors seat in d SW to Pdp. It happened in 2003, when AD stepped down for Obj. Pdp is never to be trusted. Let acn enter d race and lose honourably.

People always underate the electorate's sophistication. The SW will definitely know the difference between GEJ and Buhari, infact all Nigerians of voting age will "remember" Gen. Buhari, the same Gen. Buhari of their nightmare.

Permit me to speak 2 my fellow sensitive Nigerians on dis matter. Truth is dat most (and not all) Nigerians (evidenced by d NASS & Fed. House of Rep election of last Saturday) are tired of the PDP. and come Saturday (16th April), Nigerians will be going out NOT 2 vote 4 PDP, but ironically, 2 vote 4 GEJ. Dis is because of his endearing personality.

I know of a million & 1 Nigerians, who last Saturday after voting 4 ACN, especially, & seeing dat their votes counted 4 something, declaring immediately dat come Saturday Presidential election, they will be voting 4 GEJ.

It is therefore note worthy dat it is not yet uhuru 4 PDP. PDP going into extinction will be determined on d performance of GEJ in d next 4 years. Just like Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos state is d face of ACN (I also commend d impact of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, d Doyen of our present day Democracy), I want us 2 know that GEJ is d face of d loathed PDP, a party I am not in any way proud of.

Come Saturday, Nigerians (which include me) will be going out 2 vote 4 personalities, & not 4 parties. After considering the votes that will come in from d South-South & South-East people of Nigeria, I am 1000% convinced dat GEJ's victory will be land slided, just like Senator Ganiu Olarenwaju Solomon, of d Lagos West Senatorial District recorded against his opponents.

Nigeria go & e don Better!!!

Sleepless night for pro GEJ noise makers - enimies of Nigeria will not sleep tonight. I am going to bed as Tinubu and Ribadu have made my day! Thanks guys. @Beaf, if anything changes before I wake up tomorrow morning, Hmmmm

Beaf:

Don't mind those who are rejoicing. They think there is anything in it for them, yet Tinubu has always wanted to be VP only so he can join the oil parasite club by selling out to the born to rule club.
Many hailing the move are only doing it out of bigotry and a sense of personal smallness, otherwise what sane person bilieves Tinubu will bargain for any interest outside his own?

I will make bold to say, Tinubu will be in Abuja tomorrow desperately trying to scrounge a deal off GEJ, while Osun Defender and The Nation publish scream out headlines about some mythical breakthrough; balm for the gullible.

I don't support GEJ but I also do not want some shady deal to deliver the SW like a bag of Garri in front of Buhari. To even think about it, TINUBU of all people?? GOD FORBID!!! I know Tinubu does not speak for my cousins in the SW, never!

jason123:

I don't support GEJ but I also do not want some shady deal to deliver the SW like a bag of Garri in front of Buhari. To even think about it, TINUBU of all people?? GOD FORBID!!! I know Tinubu does not speak for my cousins in the SW, never!

shattap dia abeg

so has tinubu ever spoken for SW

tinubu will deliver SW for buhari

jason123, who do you support? Are you an ACN member to even think you can decide for ACN what is good for them? Sleepness night,

Wadeoye:

jason123, who do you support? Are you an ACN member to even think you can decide for ACN what is good for them? Sleepness night,

gbammm,

Amazing! So una GEJ people fear Tinubu like this?
The deal isn't even sure or confirmed yet and see panic!
Chei abeg try and sleep small. . . . .poor folks, seeing their GEJ dreams go up in smoke

Tinubu cannot deliver the SW to Buhari. Nobody in the SW wants to see that dude anywhere near the VP or Presidency.

I don't mind Ribadu stepping down to better the country as a whole, but certainly do mind if it is to satisfy Tinubu's selfish personal interest.

Newsdiaryonline learnt that the pressure on Ribadu  to step  down is not coming from the ACN chieftains alone.Some  chieftains of the Ciroma group including IBB an d others  are  urging Ribadu to step down for Buhari.

The same cabal that has found PDP uncomfortable to thrive in (thanks to GEJ) are now handling the affairs of this CPC. So what will be the use of Buhari?

Bola Ahmed Tinubu ,former governor of Lagos state  is also  known to be the chief advocate of  the move to have Ribadu  step down from within the ACN.He is said to be eyeing the  presidency in 2015  and wants  to be vice president to Buhari  now.In fact, posters hinting at the Buhari/Tinubu alliance  are  very visible at some strategic locations in Kaduna .Insiders  said Tinubu has been doing all he can to ensure that the  alliance between ACN and CPC materializes.

Now that there is what will squash the presidential ambitions of both parties!

It would have made more sense if Ribadu was fielded as the common presidential candidate.

I congratulate GEJ. ACN and CPC just shot themselves in the foot. How many people in the southwest will vote for buhari sef. i doubt many. half of the traders and market women will still vote ACN there by making the vote null and void. CPC will loose badly in the southwest. Remember this election is about people not parties. the mindset of the average south westerner is jonathan for president, now you are totally taking out ACN that they are loyal to.

Come to think of it, all charges against Ribadu was dropped by GEJ. Gej brought him back. maybe to play this card.

This is the same thing that the north did and GEJ won the primaries easily. Big mistage i tell you. All these people think about is the North and not Nigeria, they want the presidency by all means even if GEJ is doing alot for the north.

Buhari's initial plan is that ribadu will win the SW and he will win half of the north thereby forcing a run off election where they will combine votes and force PDP out. i saw no sense in it then and now everything has crashed.

Anyway, Lets still go out and Vote GEJ.

Alj Uche:

shattap dia abeg

so has tinubu ever spoken for SW

tinubu will deliver SW for buhari

Wadeoye:

jason123, who do you support? Are you an ACN member to even think you can decide for ACN what is good for them? Sleepness night,

You two are unserious. I really suspect that most of these so-called yorubas on this forum are actually Northerners.
I am not an ACN member but if Tinubu becomes the VP, do you think he will be look out for the best interest of the SW or his pocket C'mon guys, I agree GEJ is clueless and all and I do not support him but I like a Buhari/ Bakare ticket than Buhari/Tinubu. I do not want any merger, we need parties with ideologies not parties that pacify. ACN is the most advanced of them all but being seen as an "industrialist" party so what will be the point of merging If GEJ wins, fine we move on. If Buhari wins, BETTER for Nigeria. Most people are voting for Buhari because of his anti-corruption stance and because he has no "form of god-fatherism" or attachment to any cabal (be it sw cabals). Now, if Tinubu accepts this, then he has forfeited that aura.

ekt_bear:

Tinubu cannot deliver the SW to Buhari. Nobody in the SW wants to see that dude anywhere near the VP or Presidency.

I don't mind Ribadu stepping down to better the country as a whole, but certainly do mind if it is to satisfy Tinubu's selfish personal interest.

Exactly Dapo. You see why I suspect the so-called yorubas on this forum?? They may actually be Northerners. Why would SWesterners support Buhari just because he chose Tinubu It goes against the sophistry of the SW. I simply will nit believe it if it happened.

jason123:

You two are unserious. I really suspect that most of these so-called yorubas on this forum are actually Northerners.
I am not an ACN member but if Tinubu becomes the VP, do you think he will be look out for the best interest of the SW or his pocket C'mon guys, I agree GEJ is clueless and all and I do not support him but I like a Buhari/ Bakare ticket than Buhari/Tinubu. I do not want any merger, we need parties with ideologies not parties that pacify. ACN is the most advanced of them all but being seen as an "industrialist" party so what will be the point of merging If GEJ wins, fine we move on. If Buhari wins, BETTER for Nigeria. Most people are voting for Buhari because of his anti-corruption stance and because he has no "form of god-fatherism" or attachment to any cabal (be it sw cabals). Now, if Tinubu accepts this, then he has forfeited that aura.

pocket first sw 2nd haha no but really only way it'll work is if buhari runs on acn banner his cpc senator along with anpp decamp to acn and fola adeola is vp other than that nope not going to happen.


i doubt the story anyway

If Tinubu becomes VP candidate to Buhari then indeed, PDP has a lot to worry about. I don't support any of the candidates  - even GEJ but whoever guarantees the following, with my benefit of futuristic hindsight, will have my support;

1) Creation of a 6th state for the SE. More economic/political liberation of geopolitical zones.
2) Speedy development of critical national infrastructures e.g. Second niger bridges, construction of large airports and renovation and expansion of existing ones, renovation of existing university infrastructures, massive rail constructions and expansions - all to be carried out under PPP schemes.
3) Strengthening of anti-corruption agencies as well as implementing a more independent, developed and robust national police force.
4) Speedy implementation of the power generation/ reform plan (drafted by GEJ's government).
5) Construction of at least 3 ultra modern specialist hospitals in each geopolitical zones as well as banning of medical trips for government officials.
6) Removal of immunity clauses for government officials. Reduction of government size with each political zone sending only 2 senators to senate, with each 2 senators being under a governor general representing a specific geo-political zone as Custodian.
7) De-centralization of political power from the centre, to the geopolitical zones as well as drastic reduction of financial perks for NASS officials.
8. Renovation and development of more sea/river ports in commercially viable areas around the Atlantic coast of the nation.
9) Speedy construction of refineries.
10) Massive economic revolution utilizing best technocrats to be spearheaded by the likes of Okonjo-Iweala to redesign the structure of the economy.
11) Modern national records and registration of births and deaths.
12) Referendums on national affairs to ensure a people-oriented government.



These are just sparse thoughts of mine. Of course they could be fine-tuned but, these would catapult Nigeria into the 21st century.

Bhuari will NEVER step down for anybody because all he want at any cost is the Presidency, to complete his uncompleted Military president of 1983-85.

Ribadu is acceptable in SW and even rest of the south and the North will also vote for him evidenced by the amount of vote ACN got in SW, Jigawa and Anambra including all other southern states whereas Bhuari never scored any meaningful votes in the South.

The alliance WILL NEVER HAPPEN, it is dead on arrival because even if Bhuari step down for Ribadu, the North and the rest of the country will still vote for GEJ.

It is just market noise not the real Market which is the big masqaurade GEJ, come saturday he will do atiku to all the Bhuari, Ribadu and shekarua of this world.

naijaking1:

All the other Hausa presidential candidates lining up behind Buhari as a last ditch effort to win the presidency for "northern" interest has long been expected by many observers.
I'll be disappointed if GEJ 'brains' don't have a contingency for such a situation.
Come win, come lose, this election will make more people understand that "One Nigeria" actually means, "One Nigeria, if only northern interest is served"  

eeyaa, pele o, sanu. Everyone but you already knows that GEJ is not a sophisticated politician. GEJ was quite naive and foolish to have listened to OBJ, the puppeteer, who urged him to destroy a gentleman's power sharing agreement which exists n PDP. GEJ thought he could out maneuver the very sophisticated and vastly experienced politicians in the North - well, he is finding out that the road to the 4-year presidency will take more than good luck.  OBJ is licking his wounds as we speak, Jega is in place to checkmate any rigging, while our dear almajiris are fit and ready to protect their votes.  

@vigasimple, I can tell you on very good authority that Ribadu has stepped down. pele o.

ndu_chucks:

eeyaa, pele o, sanu. Everyone but you already knows that GEJ is not a sophisticated politician. GEJ was quite naive and foolish to have listened to OBJ, the puppeteer, who urged him to destroy a gentleman's power sharing agreement which exists n PDP. GEJ thought he could out maneuver the very sophisticated and vastly experienced politicians in the North - well, he is finding out that the road to the 4-year presidency will take more than good luck. OBJ is licking his wounds as we speak, Jega is in place to checkmate any rigging, while our dear almajiris are fit and ready to protect their votes.

@vigasimple, I can tell you on very good authority that Ribadu has stepped down. pele o.

You are laughing at yourself again. Funny crap!

dem_people:

If Tinubu becomes VP candidate to Buhari then indeed, PDP has a lot to worry about. I don't support any of the candidates  - even GEJ but whoever guarantees the following, with my benefit of futuristic hindsight, will have my support;

If Tinubu becomes VP to Buhari, Buhari automatically looses more than half the support he currently has. But anyways, that is a non-option . . . you do not switch VP's like that.

@vigasimple, Buhari is not the one who want to be president. We, his supporters want him to be president no matter what. The unfortunate thing is that  Dumbo like you will also benefit from a Buhari presidency - how I wish the gains that will come from a BB rule will not get to you shallow minded bigots.

To all those thinking SW won't vote for Buhari cos of Tinubu, keep living in your delusions.You only need to see
Tinubu on the streets of Lagos to know how much he holds sway.
It is obvious most of you are posting wishing it isnt true and wont work, well you may be right as it is still a rumour at this stage.
But try and be true to yourselves for once and let go of your hatred for the Hausas. For me this election isnt about religion or tribe, it is about who can tame our monsters, and if at this stage educated youth can only think in terms of ethnicity or religion, then Nigeria has no future.
To be candid from all i've seen so far on this thread, the main reason most of the people antagonising Buhari do so is just plain Ethnicity. Most of you came our bare knuckled and let go of all the other cloaks you were hiding behind before.
Just so you know, the day you stop seeing things through the ethnic mirror, is the day you embrace rationality.
And to irk you a bit i add this '' sai Buhari''

Kobojunkie:

If Tinubu becomes VP to Buhari, Buhari automatically looses more than half the support he currently has. But anyways, that is a non-option . . . you do not switch VP's like that.

If they decide to merge the two parties then, switching is an option. However much I dislike Tinubu, this is politics. The more popular candidate holds sway.

lol

Wadeoye:

@vigasimple, Buhari is not the one who want to be president. We, his supporters want him to be president no matter what. The unfortunate thing is that  Dumbo like you will also benefit from a Buhari presidency - how I wish the gains that will come from a BB rule will not get to you shallow minded bigots.

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ndu_chucks:

eeyaa, pele o, sanu. Everyone but you already knows that GEJ is not a sophisticated politician. GEJ was quite naive and foolish to have listened to OBJ, the puppeteer, who urged him to destroy a gentleman's power sharing agreement which exists n PDP. GEJ thought he could out maneuver the very sophisticated and vastly experienced politicians in the North - well, he is finding out that the road to the 4-year presidency will take more than good luck.  OBJ is licking his wounds as we speak, Jega is in place to checkmate any rigging, while our dear almajiris are fit and ready to protect their votes.  

@vigasimple, I can tell you on very good authority that Ribadu has stepped down. pele o.

Ribadu, Shekarua, and other Hausa men stepping down for Buhari will improve the lot of PDP exponentially. The SW PDP governors will rejoice, any trace of ACN in NC, SS will be wiped out. Actually, it's a good deal, bring it on

@ndu_chuks,  so you are one of those that think GEJ is stupid. you will be shocked that this ribadu thing is his plan. What people fail to understand is that GEJ's strenght lies in the fact that he is always under estimated. He never looks like a treat but he always ends up wining.

PDP cleared Kano in the NASS elections. Kano has the largest population in the north. if they follow party loyalty, then they'll vote GEJ.

Remember when IBB and the rest stepped down for Atiku, all thier supporters moved to GEJ's side not Atiku. The same thing will happen again. Afterall GEJ cleared the way for ribadu to return. if  ribadu steps down, i believe its for GEJ even if he annouces something else.

@wadeoye, na una buy form for am? how much you contribute? Nigerians can forget too much. Buhari, truncated civilian rule and supported abacha to stay in power. Una don forget now now. na wa oh.

Kobojunkie:

If Tinubu becomes VP to Buhari, Buhari automatically looses more than half the support he currently has. But anyways, that is a non-option . . . you do not switch VP's like that.

smartest comment on here people act as if bakare will step down without a fight same with ribadu and the othre ACN top notch guys who are against it.

i dont think tinubu would risk it. he obviously listens to the circle around him.

ACN has nothing to lose by staying with ribadu. ACN might lose 2011 but 2015 we expect MASS DECMPING FROM PDP and it being an even weaker party PCP  not shiot

buhari is washed up

naijaking1:

Ribadu, Shekarua, and other Hausa men stepping down for Buhari will improve the lot of PDP exponentially. The SW PDP governors will rejoice, any trace of ACN in NC, SS will be wiped out. Actually, it's a good deal, bring it on

@naijaking1 & Beaf, this is what its all about. Lets go out and have a free and fair election on Saturday without the customary PDP mago mago. If the elections are without blatant rigging, I will gracefully accept GEJ if he wins, a very big if.

Be informed that CPC and ACN agents are being deployed to the known PDP rigging states such Sokoto by the hundreds. Each armed with hidden cameras.  If PDP agents rig, they will be exposed and will have to accept responsibility for the resulting pogroms. PDP agents should listen to GEJ who has asked them not to rig him in. We shall see.

@dasa, GEJ is not silly, in fact he is a decent human being. He simply lacks political sophistication and experience.

^^^^ ndu chuks

buhari is not winning this election by the hands of ACN what can CPC offer ACN?

Bhuari will NEVER step down for anybody because all he want  at any cost is the Presidency, to complete his uncompleted  Military president of  1983-85.

even if it means doing the opposite of what he promised his supporters; romancing with the likes of Atiku, IBB, Ciroma , In fact the CPC had since been hijacked. IF Buhari wins (which will not happen even in his wildest dreams), he would be as good as useless because the affairs of such a government will be controlled by these cabals that made the government possible in the first place.

Nonetheless, making an alliance b/w the two parties will have no effect (if not positive) on GEJ's no. of votes.

I expected ACN to work closely with GEJ so that the effect would be a government constituted largely by different parties (at least the two largest) working in harmony.  
But it seems ACN risks being defeated this Saturday in a very bad position alongside CPC.