A former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has told Nigerians to chose between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as the next president of Nigeria in the forthcoming polls.

Ezeife canvassed for support of the presidential candidates from the southern part of Nigeria, saying it is in the interest of peace and inclusivity.

According to a statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday, the elder statesman said this on Monday in Abuja at the Obi-Datti International Conference, 2023 and Public Presentation of a book, “Business Unusual: Postulating Peter Obi’s Presidency.”

Urging Nigerians to reject the idea of voting for a candidate of the northern origin, Ezeife, however, said Nigerians should jettison what he described as “bullion van politics” which he attributed to the PDP and the APC.

“We want a system that works. We want Nigeria to work from now henceforth. Bullion Van Politics, Enough is enough. We don’t want Bullion Van Politics, which enables politicians to buy votes and do what they like for the next four years.

“I’ve been saying that people should take money from politicians because it’s their money stolen from them. Bullion Van Politics being PDP and APC must come to end. Today, any northern politician who says he wants to be president doesn’t want Nigeria to survive.

“When you embrace injustice and shun inclusiveness, you don’t want Nigeria to survive. Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwaso are from the North while Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu are from the South. The Yoruba has been president and vice president but the Igbo has not had the opportunity.


“The truth must be told. Only southern candidates are qualified by the decision of Nigerians to contest. We have Tinubu and Peter Obi. The choice is between Tinubu and Peter Obi.”

Explaining the motivation behind the book, the author, Kleisaint Ako, noted that there was need to help Nigerians make informed choices that would remove the country from its current difficulties.

”Every effort geared at advancing the political fortunes of the entity called Nigeria is the task of every patriotic Nigerian who looks forward to seeing this country overcome its self-inflicted problems. This work is part of the funding tools for the Peter Obi presidency.”

FreeStuffsNG:
This is a remarkable shift and tells you the reality has started setting in.

Urging Nigerians to reject the idea of voting for a candidate of the northern origin, Ezeife, however, said Nigerians should jettison what he described as “bullion van politics” which he attributed to the PDP and the APC.

MadamExcellency:


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FreeStuffsNG:

You are being politically naive The ground has just shifted right but you just do not get it

He is now telling Igbo people to now vote Tinubu. He will cite this as evidence of his support for Asiwaju Tinubu when Asiwaju Tinubu becomes the President.

What changed? It is less than 10 days to election and an astute politician like that shifts from Igbo Presidency to now telling people to choose between Tinubu and Obi.

Sir, if you understand politics, the real news is Ezeife asks Nigerians to vote Tinubu!

pansophist:
Of course, I know. I have always said earlier that what Africans considered independence was a transition of the old method of exploitation (colonialism), to a new, self-sustaining, sophisticated method of permanent subjugation (imperialism). They replace the white colonial faces with black faces, whom they promise all the support and will ignore all their crimes if they continue sustaining all their exploitative structures that were built in the colonial era. So as countries were getting their so-called independence, they were ushered into western imperialistic ecosystems. So they became a member of the UN, and ICC, must use the dollar, imposed educational systems, their corporations coming in to control their resources, (eg Shell and Nigeria oil), and so on. In simple terms, think of how a butcher moves the cows from the farm to the slaughterhouse. In the cow's mind, he is free from the enclosed farm, but the slaughterhouse though modern and shiny with machines is worse than where they were coming from. You see the way the US froze billions of dollars of Afghanistan's foreign reserves, and as they did with Russia as well, that's exactly the fate that awaits any country that tries to pull off their imperialistic eco-system. While we are busy fighting each other like idiots, they are up there designing sophisticated systems to keep others down, and themselves on top. And this world order must go, or else, the global south will never develop. China refused to be part of that system, now look at them. Iran refused and was sanctioned to death, but they still thrive and built their own planes and so forth. Until we leave western dependence and walk our own part, no magic Peter Obi will perform. It's like putting a pilot in a ship, it can't do anything with it. How can the world be democratic when less than 15% of the world population (the west) controls everything? if this is not authoritarianism, then what is authoritarianism? But I always take responsibility, so I won't blame them much, I blame our ancestors for letting this degrade this badly, and makes it harder for current and future generation to solve. The rot is too much.

pansophist:
Josep Borell is a racist piece of shit. Sadly, this scum is a top EU politician, and calling the non-western countries jungle is a reincarnation of the mindset that led to colonialism and slavery pro-max. He still sees the world from a colonial lens, but his arrogance is needed since that's how he can cope in a changing world that is increasingly becoming multi-polar and catching up. From 1991 to 2022, something that has never happened before in the history of the world happened, that thing is called unipolarism. After the collapse of the soviet union in 1991, China was dirt poor, imperial Japan has been defeated and occupied, the same with nazi Germany, India still recovering from British colonialism, Iran was in deep soup, and Africa was too backward to even be noticed. The west, especially the US was the largest economy, and the strongest military power holds the world's reserved currency and enjoys an unparalleled political, economical, military, and soft power globally. The US was so strong that when it coughs, the world shivered. And then they showed themselves. Then the global bombing tour started, from Iraq to Syria, Venezuela to Yugoslavia, and Libya to Iran, to name a few. Meanwhile, the Chinese who have suffered what they called a ''century of humiliation'' was in the background bidding their time, getting stronger, and building themselves up. The Chinese who lost territories the size of Nigeria x4, an empire nation that was torn apart by foreign powers, and saw what awaits you when you are weak, said to themselves, NEVER AGAIN. Putin was then a KGB agent in Germany, young and smart, but silent and working his way up into the Kremlin. He witnessed how countries that used to be part of Russia have now become sworn enemies of Russia, and he dreamt of a stronger, independent, and sovereign Russia that occupies its rightful place on the international stage. And February, 24th of 2022 will be remembered as the date when the world becomes clearly multipolar, after thirty years of failed unipolarism. The world has clearly understood the kind of monster the west is, and how they dream of a world where everyone is down, and only them up. Now, the way the international stage is set up, other stronger countries are now a deterrent, and they will never allow themselves to be weak again. NEVER. It will not happen very fast, but the complete breakdown of western hegemony will happen faster than the time it took to build it. Destruction is faster than building, and destroying evil is even faster, especially when the destroyers are the victims of the very evil. I know the Russia-China alliances are cooking something, I suspect that they have set traps that will render all western imperialistic ecosystems useless. From my calculations, the more the west throws out a country from its imperialistic systems, an alternative will be invented that will make that system useless. So for example, they threw Russia out of swift, but Russia created SPFS which they used to carry financial transactions between themselves and other countries. If they threw China out of the UN for example, then a new UN that is fair will be invented, rendering the western controlled system useless. If you refuse to sell your tech, buy our oil, or ban us from visiting your countries (as they did with Russians), you will kill your industry and other regions will benefit financially from your market loss. One thing that kills a monopoly is competition, especially competent competition. We live in very interesting times. Brace up, shit might get really bad before it gets better. Sha have proper wealth, not fiat money only, which can collapse. Have farmland, a water well, and livestock/poultry, these will keep you alive, not chains, iPhones, and paper money. Your survival is in your hands, not the government. Be vigilant, and use the internet to learn real stuff and how the world works, not just for social media and entertainment.

FreeStuffsNG:
This is a remarkable shift and tells you the reality has started setting in.

The Elderstatesman has spent the last two years preaching Igbo presidency but 10 days to election now asking people and Igbo to now choose between Asiwaju Tinubu and Mr Obi.

What he is now saying is "vote Tinubu" what he is not saying is " Obi can not win and will rather choose Asiwaju Tinubu over Atiku".

He is an Elder so will not use all his mouth to talk. He has shifted to Asiwaju Tinubu and now directs Igbo people to vote for Asiwaju Tinubu.

FreeStuffsNG:
This is a remarkable shift and tells you the reality has started setting in.

The Elderstatesman has spent the last two years preaching Igbo presidency but 10 days to election now asking people and Igbo to now choose between Asiwaju Tinubu and Mr Obi.

What he is now saying is "vote Tinubu" what he is not saying is " Obi can not win and will rather choose Asiwaju Tinubu over Atiku".

He is an Elder so will not use all his mouth to talk. He has shifted to Asiwaju Tinubu and now directs Igbo people to vote for Asiwaju Tinubu.

Tori4672: With the seriousness of Obidients, they might just win the election

FreeStuffsNG:
This is a remarkable shift and tells you the reality has started setting in.

The Elderstatesman has spent the last two years preaching Igbo presidency but 10 days to election now asking people and Igbo to now choose between Asiwaju Tinubu and Mr Obi.

What he is now saying is "vote Tinubu" what he is not saying is " Obi can not win and will rather choose Asiwaju Tinubu over Atiku".

He is an Elder so will not use all his mouth to talk. He has shifted to Asiwaju Tinubu and now directs Igbo people to vote for Asiwaju Tinubu.