Djdeebrain:
Even with his rising poll numbers, the core North, precisely North West and North East, has long been tipped as the Achilles’ heel of the presidency aspiration of Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi. His well-predicted and widely-expected poor showing in these two geopolitical zones in the February 25 poll is projected by pollsters, of all shades, to deny him the constitutional spread to win at first ballot, despite many projections putting him atop the top four of himself, Atiku Abubakar of PDP, Bola Tinubu of APC and Rabiu Kwankwaso of NNPP.

Many reasons have been advanced for this calculation. One, until Obi emerged the presidential candidate of Labour Party on May 30, 2022, the party wasn’t in the big league, whether in the North or South, though it had always been a verifiable go-to vehicle for grudge and disgruntled aspirations, like the Accord and the rest. If the liberal South would not total disdain the platform, North simply had no love for it. Then, Obi himself, wasn’t a national political name of such, despite partnering Atiku Abubakar in 2019. In that race, Atiku was in the shadow of North’s god and sitting president, Muhammadu Buhari. Well, in recent time, the god is suffering an unbelievable meltdown among his hitherto fanatical adherents. Guess, the worshippers are frustrated their sustained libations and sacrifices, which include their blood and lives, to the god, aren’t adding much value to them and decided to replace their affection with disaffection. But instead of resorting to stoning their deity as if he is the devil himself and turning themselves into public nuisance, the aggrieved Northern youth can still borrow a leaf from Yoruba’s way of showing discontent to a deity who isn’t delivering. Deploying the wisdom of “orisa bo le gbemi”, Yoruba usually drop such unfruitful deities like hot potato.

Last week, former number four citizen, Yakubu Dogara, a chieftain of PDP, disclosed that North is uncharacteristically, opening its arms for a warm embrace of Obi. The minority Christian Northerner from Bauchi conceded the burgeoning romance between Obi and core North, may effectively seal the presidency for the former Anambra governor. He was bemused North was taking the unusual step, but blamed the widely-held disappointing performance of Buhari and APC for the unexpected rise in Obi’s stock in the North. Dogara called the election which is 20 days away from today a two-horse race, between his man, Atiku Abubakar and Obi. But he has his worries; Obi is unknown to him.

If the obvious meteoric rise of Obi, contrary to narratives that his lack of political structures nationwide would do him in, and his widening visibility in the North, should eventually transform to winning votes for him, that would make him the biggest political revelation of this election cycle and perhaps, this republic. An outstanding performance by him in the election is also going to energise the ubiquitous but largely inorganic Third Force, whose never-ending aspiration as a respected voice in the Nigeria political sphere, is now invested in the LP candidate. A win for Obi will equally mean massive disruption in the camps of the big two: APC and PDP. The we-can-rule-the-world imagination of the youths will be unquenchably fired. The campaigners for independent candidacy will go full throttle, considering that Obi could as well pass as an independent candidate, who just needed a political platform to fulfil constitutional qualification to participate. In reality, he is evidently bigger than the party. Nothing proves this more than the Bauchi campaign scenario when he still pulled a huge crowd, despite the entire party structure in the state, including the governorship candidate, boycotting. In fact, the campaign council for the entire North East zone, ported to PDP, citing irreconcilable differences with certain elements around the candidate. Yes, Obi had what could pass for a successful outing in his campaign in the zone, but he would need every hand that he can get in an environment just welcoming him and can’t just allow defections of any quantum. For whatever value placed on their worth, Muhammad Pantani, the spokesperson of the aggrieved, and their supporters, whether four million as claimed or just four, should have been managed one way or the other, though some people are simply implacable.

Obi’s supporters may even want to argue that he is still the best in human management among the big three, pointing to his campaign being the least rancorous, despite the Bauchi hitch. That is true, considering that the crisis in APC is eclipsing its campaign. But Obi has more to prove to North than others.

Just like Dogara is worried, he is the proverbial unknown angel. If the political establishment had its way, its front-row members would stick the proverbial known devils. But devils seemed to have failed the North so much that the younger elements are opting for a trial romance with someone the other part of the country, is tipping as a messiah. It would be too early for allegations of bias, on whatever grounds, against the candidate’s honchos.


https://tribuneonlineng.com/is-north-now-obidient/

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

Karlman:
Of Course Yes!
Anywhere there are sane minds there you find Obidients even in the galaxies!
Forget miscreant urchins of Nairaland they are inconsequential!

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

Ofunaofu:


While Tinubu will get 98% of the total votes, right

Continue to deceive yourself

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

Bluev:
See I'm not a politics person, but all I can say is that this whole Obi movement/acceptance is even more deeper than I thought imagined..
Just yesterday here I was going home and I came across one of our neighbour, a Muslim from the core North. Jokingly I ask him, "Ibrahim hope u don collect ur PVC " and he said yes, that when he travelled that's what he went to get, that in their place it's very easy to o collect unlike here in Abuja.

Out of curiosity, i then asked him who he will vote for and to my surprise he was Obidient and was telling me once its time he's going back to vote Obi, that the suffering in his place is too much couple with other factors, reason why his region are Obidient.

So, there's a great possibility Obi will be the next President..

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

seunmsg:
I was in Zaria last week and I didn’t see any Peter Obi presence or hear any of the locals talk about him. Obi will not get more than 2% of total vote cast in the north west.

Bluev:
See I'm not a politics person, but all I can say is that this whole Obi movement/acceptance is even more deeper than I thought imagined..
Just yesterday here I was going home and I came across one of our neighbour, a Muslim from the core North. Jokingly I ask him, "Ibrahim hope u don collect ur PVC " and he said yes, that when he travelled that's what he went to get, that in their place it's very easy to o collect unlike here in Abuja.

Out of curiosity, i then asked him who he will vote for and to my surprise he was Obidient and was telling me once its time he's going back to vote Obi, that the suffering in his place is too much couple with other factors, reason why his region are Obidient.

So, there's a great possibility Obi will be the next President..