AlexBells:
Wike was taken unaware, were it 1959 he could have done something like the Niger Delta party back in those days, but current system is different, politics is a game I don’t want to call him egoistic, in his mind what he’s doing is right so until the end of the game I would love to observe but if he think that he can pull some strings I doubt but he’s between political disaster and oblivion and his attitude becoming embarrassing, a political era is certainly coming to an end thereby the start of another, Wike is not a refined man nor a groomed politician, I know back then he was in the ministry of education, 2023 is a groomed political game, PH style don’t work in the National stage where the finest had always played. Playing a spoiler is second fiddle which he swore on his mandate never to play.

In as much as i don't support wike, are you saying that it is normal for the outgoing president to come from the north, PDP presidential candidate from the north and PDP chairman also from the North? If Atiku can't cede positions to the south now when he's still contesting do you think he will when he eventually wins?

Ibadan no be Lagos nor rivers state. We are not zombies, we get the mind of our own

Atiku has miscalculated in the sense that power cannot return back to the north after Buhari's 8yrs in power.

asanausana91:
gerrout. ATIKU is winning Bauchi, and it will be very hard for Kaura to beat the former chief of air staff (BABA SADIQUE)

You can make your point without abuse, Bauchi election is open between APC and PDP. The highest spender will win.. APC is doing nice mobilization there.

aninibinladen:
Wike should rest with his childish behaviour, he started this nonsense with no end plan now he is in a tight corner. Politics is a game, you can't keep crying like a baby because someone out played you, didn't Wike know about justice when he an Ikwere man succeeded another Ikwere man as Governor? He and his aides (the other 4 Governors) should free our air space abeg.

You didn't say this when Dogara said he won't support Muslim/Muslim ticket whereas in his home state, Bauchi both the governor and his running mate are both Muslims and Dogara wholeheartedly supported them.

NgeneUkwenu:
Atiku-paid-online-hoodlums in play...Check their comments above

Peter Obi will perform better than Atiku in South West next month.

Anybody angling for power to return to the North next month, after Buharis eight years must be a slave..

We will disgrace Peter and his IPOB/ESN supporters next month!
I swear to Almighty God Peter Obi AKA PANDORA will never win in 2023 perhaps 2031

Gozac:

Atiku will get more votes than Obi in SW apart from Lagos

I have said it. Structure matters a lot in politics.

asanausana91:
gerrout. ATIKU is winning Bauchi, and it will be very hard for Kaura to beat the former chief of air staff (BABA SADIQUE)

Sadique is a rookie in politics and his emergence in the primaries also through up a lot of bad blood.....he also has his own party crisis to contend with.

Atiku winning bauchi is very dicey because as for bala Mohammed "my enemy's enemy is my friend" that's what tinubu's victory portends for bala Mohammed......his body language and actions are obviously anti atiku himself us already weakened by the huge break in rank that has hit his presidential ambition to put up a huge fight.

Fully, truly atikukated with my PVC waiting for the day. Wish you all the best sir..

Aiel123:

What makes you think a juicy federal contract equates the governorship?
Ladoja is with who as regards the governorship election? Pardon my short knowledge on Oyo politics.
My fear for Makinde is that the presidential election usually tally with the outcome of the governorship in Oyo,at least from 2003.
Bala is up against a strong opposition.
Him fighting against Atiku's men in bauchi is like playing with fire...He barely won because of votes from Dogara's constituency and he never see eye to eye with Dogara.
Bala risk losing his reelection...the APC are not willing to trade Sadique for Tinubu as bauchi is predominantly APC state at national level.
Wike remaining in PDP will be laughable after all his 'rantings' especially if PDP loses. I'm sure the party will either axe him or take away his structure using the guise of 'caretaker committee'
Least I forget, thanks for the flattering.

Ladoja isnt averse to makinde re emerging as governor at least we can interpret that from his body language and if makinde manages to get him to remain on his side and with akala out of the way,2nd term is very likely. As for teslim folarin,he represents everything from the dark past of Oyo politics which the Oyo people are very much happy to discard with and are quite contented with the new era makinde portends also folarin also has his own internal party wranglings to contend with

About your assertion that presidential election tallying with governorship, that i would say isn't quite correct......ajimobi under GEJ and makinde under buhari are more than enough examples to punch a hole in such an idea of yours.

I quite agree with you that bala Mohammed going up in arms against atiku's men in bauchi is very dicey and treacherous to his ambition.however I strongly feel he will be strong enough to win his re election and the internal party wranglings in the apc camp concerning the emergence of saddique will work in his favor as the former gov abdullahi's men believe they were undeservedly treated by their party.

Wike's problem isn't with pdp but with atiku and trust me if atiku looses his influence in the party will be greatly eroded.....wike's survival also will be greatly dependent on the outcome of his states governorship election and the loyalty of his protege afterwards......however he is better off staying in the PDP as he still as people that emphasizes with him on his reasons for standing against atiku.....that's why aside tambuwal,how many northern governors do you see seriously campaigning for him the way obaseki and diri are doing......though I agree with you that wike's influence will also be greatly diminished but pdp will still need him.

Aiel123:

Teslim didn't even win Ona Aro...

He won 6 local govt .Massive votes from Ona ara and Egbeda with the help of Akin Alabi

DispatcherLagos:
They no even chant the name of their peeing son.
I can't wait to hear the gibberish he will utter today in Edo.

Are you are a seer? He didn't disappoint. Dropping hits back to back.

Jogs1900:

You didn't say this when Dogara said he won't support Muslim/Muslim ticket whereas in his home state, Bauchi both the governor and his running mate are both Muslims and Dogara wholeheartedly supported them.

What's the connection here?

Bauchi is almost 90% Must.lim, is Nigeria also predominantly Mu.slim?

Bigleaf1006:


Sadique is a rookie in politics and his emergence in the primaries also through up a lot of bad blood.....he also has his own party crisis to contend with.

Atiku winning bauchi is very dicey because as for bala Mohammed "my enemy's enemy is my friend" that's what tinubu's victory portends for bala Mohammed......his body language and actions are obviously anti atiku himself us already weakened by the huge break in rank that has hit his presidential ambition to put up a huge fight.

Atiku will not only win Bauchi, the win will be by a very large margin. You should know that not only does Atiku have the support of PDP members in the State, supporters of Sadique in APC are also with him.

Whichever way it goes Peter Obi is going to win this election.

Vote Labour party. . .
OBI is coming

AlexBells:
Wike was taken unaware, were it 1959 he could have done something like the Niger Delta party back in those days, but current system is different, politics is a game I don’t want to call him egoistic, in his mind what he’s doing is right so until the end of the game I would love to observe but if he think that he can pull some strings I doubt but he’s between political disaster and oblivion and his attitude becoming embarrassing, a political era is certainly coming to an end thereby the start of another, Wike is not a refined man nor a groomed politician, I know back then he was in the ministry of education, 2023 is a groomed political game, PH style don’t work in the National stage where the finest had always played. Playing a spoiler is second fiddle which he swore on his mandate never to play.

You are not making any sense �, go for brain cleansing..
You are an ignoramus

Tenses:
Very bad move from pdp. Trust Wike and the G-5 to sponsor their own group to chant wike in pdp next campaign.

Wike has the money and the madness.

The money and madness of shortsightedness that made him chase Peter Obi from PDP, just as he has been dealing with Igbo people in Rivers state

2023: PDP and politics of healing Wike’s self-inflicted injury

Then, the race began in earnest for three years now, reaching a frenzy with the works of the two PDP committees on zoning. The first was the Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi committee on the zoning of the PDP party offices. The Ugwuanyi committee quickly told the world the committee’s assignment did not cover zoning the office of the president. Though this was true, the question is: why didn’t the Ugwuanyi committee zone the PDP chairmanship to the North without aligning it to the divide that would produce the PDP presidential flag-bearer? The second committee headed by Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue state was specifically on the zoning of the presidential ticket and, with the votes of the representatives of all the 17 Southern states without any exception, the Committee unanimously recommended throwing open the PDP presidential ticket, which the PDP NEC simply upheld.

One thing irrefutably stands out – Wike shot himself in the leg. Here was a man who had an overarching influence on both committees but could not insist that the ticket be zoned South. Many had wondered why? The reason is also relatively in plain sight: the Southeast factor. As the clamour for zoning of the presidential ticket of the PDP to South reached its crescendo, many had pointed out the fact that though the PDP Constitution had prescribed zoning of the office of the president to be between North and South since the South-west and South-south had taken their turns in producing the president and the vice in this current dispensation in the persons of Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, zoning this time around, should not just be to the South but the Southeast.

Atiku Abubakar went a step further by offering to step down from the race if it would be agreed that the touted zoning to the South would mean micro-zoning to the Southeast. Wike and the rest could not take the Atiku challenge maybe because Atiku would likely back Peter Obi, who was his vice-presidential running mate in 2019 and an ally. The prospects of Peter Obi picking the ticket if PDP zoned South was so real compelling Wike to go for an open contest, believing he could pick it up ahead of Atiku, Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, given his large war chest.

https://www.thecable.ng/2023-pdp-and-politics-of-healing-wikes-self-inflicted-injury/amp

Gohs:
Whichever way it goes Peter Obi is going to win this election.

Vote Labour party. . .
OBI is coming

How is Labour Party related to PDP ideologically?
What is there to vote for in a confused man, who said that Atiku is a better candidate four years ago

AlexBells:
Wike was taken unaware, were it 1959 he could have done something like the Niger Delta party back in those days, but current system is different, politics is a game I don’t want to call him egoistic, in his mind what he’s doing is right so until the end of the game I would love to observe but if he think that he can pull some strings I doubt but he’s between political disaster and oblivion and his attitude becoming embarrassing, a political era is certainly coming to an end thereby the start of another, Wike is not a refined man nor a groomed politician, I know back then he was in the ministry of education, 2023 is a groomed political game, PH style don’t work in the National stage where the finest had always played. Playing a spoiler is second fiddle which he swore on his mandate never to play.

I believe in future any GOVERNOR from Rivers State will be somehow avoided seeing what LOOTimi Amaechi did to PDP by forming nPDP to scuttle PDP chances in 2019 and later moved to APC and now Wike is doing same. Only time will tell.

jjjjj2017:


Tinubu not winning Oyo in anyway

Ibadan votes determines who win Oyo state, there a single ward in some part of Ibadan has population that's more than 2 local government in other part of Oyo state (go n verify my claims)

People of Ibadan we very sensible when it comes to voting, forget all these hired crowd as some of them moved into Ibadan for this rally

Don't be surprised to see Teslim win governorship seat because Seyi really messed up big time, the man is only stealing Oyo state money like tomorrow no dey and everyone is watching him closely. Seyi is not doing any meaningful project, left all our roads with no maintenance. We don't vote based on popularity in Ibadan but based on your past deed

Tinubu, Atiku, & Peter Obi will divide Oyo state votes

People who are enlightened will vote for Peter Obi even when they are not card carrying member of LP. Party loyalist, uninformed & vote sellers will vote for Atiku & Tinubu

Nobody can predict outcome of presidential election in Oyo state

You may be right. It's always a tough battle for a sitting governor to retain his seat in Oyo. People look more at achievenents while in power. Only Ajimobi achieved that but he was rejected when he wanted the Senatorial seat thereafter.

This is confirmation that Wike garagara start and end in Rivers State. Makinde should quickly realize his mistake before is too late for his second term ambition.

Bigleaf1006:


Sadique is a rookie in politics and his emergence in the primaries also through up a lot of bad blood.....he also has his own party crisis to contend with.

Atiku winning bauchi is very dicey because as for bala Mohammed "my enemy's enemy is my friend" that's what tinubu's victory portends for bala Mohammed......his body language and actions are obviously anti atiku himself us already weakened by the huge break in rank that has hit his presidential ambition to put up a huge fight.

who is Bala Mohammad? Some of you don't know what BVAS mean. Governors cannot decide who to vote again, case study Osun state.

asanausana91:
who is Bala Mohammad? Some of you don't know what BVAS mean. Governors cannot decide who to vote again, case study Osun state.

The dynamics are different between presidential and governorship elections.....a governor is already ahead of any adversary with resources,power and structure.

Atiku not being able to get bala Mohammad to his side will be of grave consequences......I agree Atiku can win bauchi but the margin will be way slimmer that it would have been if the governor was with him.

Also do not trust the bvas 100% as made obvious with the osun debacle.....we hope it works as it should.

Bigleaf1006:


The dynamics are different between presidential and governorship elections.....a governor is already ahead of any adversary with resources,power and structure.

Atiku not being able to get bala Mohammad to his side will be of grave consequences......I agree Atiku can win bauchi but the margin will be way slimmer that it would have been if the governor was with him.

Also do not trust the bvas 100% as made obvious with the osun debacle.....we hope it works as it should.

Mr man, Atiku is winning the whole north.

asanausana91:
Mr man, Atiku is winning the whole north.

Not possible!! From the facts we have on ground

aninibinladen:


What's the connection here?

Bauchi is almost 90% Must.lim, is Nigeria also predominantly Mu.slim?

You won't see the connection there....The vice president of APC is expected to come from the north...We all know that there are more Muslims in the north than in the south.So what do you expect? You expect APC to field a minority Muslim in the south and still field a minority Christian in the north... Politics doesn't work that way.. Moreover in the south west where Asiwaju is from, religion has never been an issue.. infact every family have the both Muslims and Christians in their family including Oyedepo.... No be only una be Christians....

Jogs1900:

You won't see the connection there....The vice president of APC is expected to come from the north...We all know that there are more Muslims in the north than in the south.So what do you expect? You expect APC to field a minority Muslim in the south and still field a minority Christian in the north... Politics doesn't work that way.. Moreover in the south west where Asiwaju is from, religion has never been an issue.. infact every family have the both Muslims and Christians in their family including Oyedepo.... No be only una be Christians....

When you are daft you are daft!

Moreover in the south west where Asiwaju is from, religion has never been an issue.. infact every family have the both Muslims and Christians in their family including Oyedepo

Religion is not an issue in the South west but it is an issue in Nigeria else we wouldn't be talking about Muslim/Muslim not so??

aninibinladen:


When you are daft you are daft!

Moreover in the south west where Asiwaju is from, religion has never been an issue.. infact every family have the both Muslims and Christians in their family including Oyedepo

Religion is not an issue in the South west but it is an issue in Nigeria else we wouldn't be talking about Muslim/Muslim not so??

When you are a bigot ,You are a bigot..Your own religious bigotry pass Boko Haram own

Jogs1900:

When you are a bigot ,You are a bigot..Your own religious bigotry pass Boko Haram own

You are not a very smart person are you? else you would have noticed that it was in fact you who brought the religious angle to this argument!!

seguno2:


How is Labour Party related to PDP ideologically?
What is there to vote for in a confused man, who said that Atiku is a better candidate four years ago

Obi is a man who follows law and order.
4yrs ago, it was the turn of the North.
Now it's the turn of the South, we're going to vote Peter Obi into power

Atiku is like MTN where you Go