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Why are Tinubu's Northern appointees not speaking up for the President? Or are their voices not loud enough? This is the repercussion of throwing respected Northern voices to the side in favour of lightweights, sycophants and yes-men from the North that are ever ready to sing the mandate song. Their voices don't resonate with Northerners. Now, Tinubu is finding himself increasingly isolated from the North.

WizardOfNG:
Well-said. The poster you responded to eloquently is sadly, in my opinion, not a honorable person.

Him and his ilk are blindly behind Atiku whose ambition is divisive, fractious, toxic and capable of taking Nigeria on a road to perdition of no return.

The way Northern supporters of Atiku, who I must say are not speaking for majority of Northerners, are disdainful of the need for equity towards Southerners is plain shocking.

Reasonable Nigerians, wherever they may be from, recognise there is a need always to do right in the interest of what is best for Nigeria lest we find ourselves facing the horrible Rwanda ethnic internecine conflict the world never wishes to see a repeat of.

What the hegemonistic born-to-rule Northern supremacists fail to see, let alone defer to, is the sacrifice the South has made to keep Nigeria united and one.

There were many Southerners displeased with Buhari's first term and wishing it to end. Yet which Southern leader began a dishonorable and Machiavellian attempt to remove Buhari from office when the general consensus was that the North must have it's alloted eight years in power?

If the argument is that Tinubu has failed then all Northerners, if honorable and genuinely interested in doing what is in the best interest of Nigeria, should simply get behind any Southern candidate of their choice to remove PBAT and complete the eight years of the South.

Atiku and his fellow Northern born-to-rule supremacists are taking us into uncharted waters that will likely change Nigeria for.

Many individuals , throughout history, like Hitler and Ojukwu for example, have malevolently and detrimentally altered the course of nations and lives of millions of people because of their own selfish ambition.

It is this consideration that will ensure Atiku's toxic born-to-rule ambition will be defeated. The North is full of a lot of dishonorable people but those are not in the majority and will be defeated, in my opinion, by honorable Northerners who know that the honorable conduct a man recieves from others must be reciprocated.

Same reasonable Northerners also accept, most importantly, that the concept of "one good turn deserves another" sacrifice must always be made to facilitate amicable coexistence of a patently divided, disunited and very different people who have , by twist of fate, found themselves lumbered together in a nation.

Once some do not note the importance of the need to compromise, then the 'union' is over.

Why not start with equity towards the Southeast? Is Tinubu not usurping the turn of the Southeast or does Southern turn only mean Yoruba turn? Southern turn but you all are preventing Igbos from voting in Lagos.

P.S: This was Reno Omokri, Tinubu's defacto spokesman today on Twitter.

professorPABX:
Though still on vacation, when invited, I still have to be here.

My brother, you are very correct. It is not true. How I wish I meet Uncle Ayo at his Lagos residence. Sir, Tinubu needs the Northern votes now more than ever. Uncle Fayose is a realist but believing that Tinubu has gotten the Southern support and only needs few votes from the North is very wrong and a very wrong assumption.

Bayo Onanuga, Dele Alake, Baba Odunmbaku and others that are very close to President Tinubu should please tell him the Southern support is fake and hypocrisy. Tinubu strength lies in the North. Tinubu needs the North now more than ever. Uncle Ayo Fayose just like Baba Ayo Adebanjo and Dr Doyin Okupe don't quite understand the problem of the YORUBAS in the South. This is the same with majority of the YORUBAS, they don't know there is a problem on ground. YORUBAS are like Jews in the midst of Arabs in the middle east.

I attended University in IBO land and I can say it anywhere IBO land is a zero area for Tinubu even if he uses half of Nigeria's budget for developmental projects in Southeast. South South now is under probability of 40 - 60 or 35 - 65 against Tinubu and it requires hard work.

High voters population in the North is required by Tinubu to win. Kano and other States in the North are very important to Tinubu. Hypocrisy is what you are seeing in the South. NORTH, just like YORUBAS don't practice hypocrisy, if they don't want to support you they will tell you. They don't pretend.

Tinubu has surprisingly betrayed all the strong Northerners that could have stood for him. Elrufai, Kashim Imam, Ganduje, even Kashim Shettima. Who is Tinubu relying upon to convince Northerners to now vote for him coupled with the hardship? The lightweight Northern pretenders around him singing "on your mandate we shall stand."? Tinubu had it all, but he fumbled it. So much for a master strategist.

seunmsg:
He is Atiku’s digital media consultant and speaks for him. A major campaigner for a candidate speaks the mind of that candidate. We all saw how Atiku quickly deleted the tweet about Deborah, the innocent Christian student that was killed by Atiku’s supporters in Sokoto state. Now, Abdul Aziz is already telling us the mind of Atiku towards Christians in government.

You mean same way Tinubu asked "where are the cows?" when he was asked to comment on the alleged killing of Yorubas by herdsmen? It's okay for Tinubu to throw his own region under the bus just to secure Northern votes but a sacrilege for Atiku to also pander to his base. Show me a single press release or statement by the person you alleged to be Atiku's consultant that can be directly attributed to Atiku.

The days of the Lagos-Ibadan media propaganda superiority are long gone.

Disinformation. The unethical habit of lifting the opinions of supporters of a candidate from twitter and attributing them to the candidate needs to stop. There are many Yoruba Conservatives on Twitter advocating for Igbos to be banned from voting in the Southwest, no one calls them Tinubu's media aides.

Tinubu exploited religion and ran on muslim-muslim ticket in 2023. He wouldn't have done so if religious sentiment is not a factor in winning elections.

naptu2:
And Aisha Yesufu and Maureen Kabrik's UNDP is also there.

Those are just applications for registration and they have not been registered by INEC, just like ADA. They will likely not be registered before 2027.

seunmsg:
South south is gone already so there is nothing to talk about that region again. They’ve been very clear as to where they will stand in 2027. The only reason they voted Atiku in the past was because of the PDP structure that was dominant party in the region. Thanks to Atiku greed, that structure has now been collapsed into APC. Trust me, Atiku as a stand alone candidate won’t get 5% in any southern states.

In the event of Atiku scheming Peter Obi out of the coalition and a second ballot becomes necessary between Tinubu and Atiku, south east will repay Atiku’s treachery by voting Tinubu in the rerun. It’s even a no brainer really. Tinubu will clear the south and north central, then divide the north west. Easy victory.

Which Southsouthern electorate told you that or are you talking about the governors who have no dog in the fight and are only positioning for 2031? I'm sure real Southsouthern electorates will come on this thread and tell you what the reality is on ground but you can follow the conversations here to hear from the real people.

https://www.nairaland.com/8483643/reply-2027-tinubu-taken-over

seunmsg:
Trust me, I like the way you guys are capping nonsense so confidently 🤣

Behind the smile, we can see through the fear and trepidation. The governors will need to actually kill to successfully rig Tinubu in the South. Not all of them have the cajones or incentives to go all out and do that for Tinubu like Wike did, especially if it is against Peter Obi. Wike only did it because it was a matter of survival for him. Okowa couldn't even do it for himself as an incumbent governor and vice presidential aspirant in Delta. Tinubu's pathway to re-election are actually slimmer now than they were in 2023 because he has been tested and has not performed to expectations. Unlike 2023, he wouldn't be running on renewed hope and "I built Lagos", he would be running based on his performance.

seunmsg:
At least, you are calming down small small in your projection. It’s a good way to start accepting the reality.

Atiku without Peter Obi has no pathway to victory. And let’s even go by your thinking and look at the possibility of a second ballot between Atiku and Tinubu, it would be an easy victory as the entire south will rally for the president and north central as always will prefer a liberal southerner to a Fulani Islamic fundamentalist. North west will be divided because of APC structure. Head or tail, Atiku will lose.

Don't forget that the Southsouth and Southeast are familiar with Atiku and have actually voted him multiple times in the past. It's Tinubu who's unpopular, unwanted and actually lost in the South in 2023. The Southeast will never vote Tinubu even at gunpoint. The Northcentral have always been evenly split in ALL elections. Nothing has changed.

seunmsg:
And Atiku will win as a stand alone candidate with only northern votes, right?

Not on the first ballot because he will lack the spread but he will CERTAINLY get the majority of the votes amongst the 3 candidates (maybe 4 with PDP). This will take the elections into a run-off between Atiku and the first runner-up (Obi or Tinubu). Infact, Just like 2023, Obi will defeat Tinubu in the South if the elections are free and fair but it wouldn't be.

Better tell Fayose not to sell the narrative of North vs South in 2027, it will only cost Tinubu his re-election chances. Atiku has a more solid grip on the North than Tinubu does on the South. Forget the governors.

The prospects of Obi running as a third force is still in play. Unlike 2023, Obi will do damage to Tinubu's Southern bloc votes and the North will no longer rescue him with 5.6m votes.

Why the focus on just Osun state? Is local government autonomy working in other states? Tinubu only used it as a bargaining chip with the governors. The initial plan was to empower local government chairmen and circumvent the governors for election purposes. The governors apparently pledged to all support him and in return, they get to control the local government funds despite a supreme court ruling.

Yet, the Federal government removed subsidy to reduce borrowing, and now borrows to reduce the effects of subsidy removal.

gidgiddy:
Presidential train that has only brought suffering, insecurity and poverty

May be that's why the South east missed it

This is grandstanding and is a disservice to the upcoming generations in the Southeast. Other regions suffer all the vices you stated above but at least they have infrastructure brought about by being in the corridor of power. Rails (think Kaduna-Abuja rail and Lagos-Ibadan rail), roads (think 15 trillion Lagos-Calabar highway), ports (think Lekki deep seaport) and bridges. The igbos are highly industrious, but they mostly thrive outside the Southeast where they utilise these infrastructure even better than the original inhabitants.

The SW is increasingly becoming more Conservative and will increasingly become more hostile to the Southeasterners. The best time to be strategic and develop your region for the sake of the young generation is now. No group of individuals no matter how rich can bring that level of development in the SE. You need government funds. This is politics, you won't get what you deserve out of pity but only through politicking and strategic alliance. But do you.

sleek214:
If Obi should endorsed Tinubu, most of his supporters won't vote for Tinubu because they don't like Tinubu, they prefer Atiku to Tinubu

You are correct and you can't blame them. Despite the postulations on social media, every potential Obidient today once voted Atiku/Obi in 2019, so it will be a matter of the lesser evil and familiarity. The ones who wouldn't vote Atiku would rather abstain than vote Tinubu.

Making this election a battle between North vs South will cost APC dearly. If we are talking sheer numbers, in a 3-horse race with Tinubu, Atiku and Obi in the race, there will be no clear winner on the first ballot. Atiku will sweep the North and have the majority votes amongst the trio but MAY not have the required spread. Obi and Tinubu will slug it out in the South and Tinubu will triumph over Obi but only due to rigging. Tinubu will have the required spread but not the majority votes. Obi will get good numbers but will neither get the spread nor the majority votes. In the end, the elections will go into a run-off between Atiku and Tinubu with whomever Obi endorses becoming President. Tinubu has no answers for a coalition ticket having Atiku and Obi on a single ticket.

Fayose is certainly on Nairaland. He is right though, PDP is dead.

Demolaeby:
Kwankwaso, Rauf Aregbesola and a lot of them claiming opposition are secretly working for Tinubu re election

Lol. Agbadorians sef. Is it paranoia or what? You all sound pathetic with this line. Since Kwankwaso, Aregbe, Obi, Atiku and Elrufai are all working for Tinubu, why not we just call the election and declare Tinubu reelected?

The APC will end up expending a lot of money to keep doing this in all parties but they are barking at the wrong tree. In the meantime, the game changers and real master strategists in the coalition continue to strategise.

Meanwhile, Tinubu is still struggling to fill the crater created by Elrufai's exit from the APC. Kwankwaso has likely played Tinubu yet again by having him sack Ganduje just to solidify his base. Now Tinubu is left with no Kwankwaso and no Ganduje. APC members in Kano are already feeling betrayed hence the decamping you keep seeing.

oyeb15:
Everybody cannot be cajoled the way he begged El-rufai openly and nutmeg him from calculation

That singular action has become Tinubu's albatross in the North. No Northern leader with ambition trusts him after that and the Northern electorates see him as a betrayer who doesn't keep his words. In the end, he gained nothing from that action but lost a lot.

Lol. You can keep clutching at straws to keep yourself happy. I know how disappointing it must be. Don't worry, Kwankwaso is still negotiating with Tinubu. He just need more concessions and Tinubu will grant it. If the deal fails, Kwankwaso cannot split Northern votes like you would think. If he runs solo, he can't best his 2023 numbers and it will still be restricted to only Kano. It is in APC's best interest to stop the open disrespect of Kashim Shettima.

It could also be that Kwankwaso has played Tinubu yet again by having him sack Ganduje just to solidify his base. Now Tinubu is left with no Kwankwaso and no Ganduje. APC members in Kano are already feeling betrayed hence the decamping you keep seeing.

Goes to Benue and shifts responsibility on security to the governor. Removes subsidy, devalues the currency, and then shifts responsibility to the governors. Rinse and repeat.

joeyswift:
I dislike Kwankwaso's type of leadership. He is a sectional leader. That is why anything that happens to hausas in the south you will see him there. He likes to pitch the north against the south. Was he asleep when Buhari was sending all the resources and appointments to the north? I am not pro bulablu, but truth be told he is fair with appointments compared to Buhari.

would you be saying this if Kwankwaso had decamped to APC yesterday? Oya, now tell us how irrelevant Kwankwaso has become. How is Tinubu fairer than Buhari when Buhari shared appointments across the North (Northwest, Northeast and North Central) but Tinubu is only focused on the Southwest and Yoruba speaking parts of the North Central? Are you one if those who suddenly remembers that the North is one when it concerns appointments?

Nothing to see here. Tinubu and betrayal of allies are like 5 and 6. He's the master of use and dump. Tinubu and his vendetta for any businessman or captain of industry who dares to do anything for opposition figures is simply pathetic. Its the main reason why he raided Dangote's headquarters on allegation of dollar racketeering and sought to kill his refinery until Dangote "succumbed" and became his sycophant. It was also why he had problems with Sanwo-olu on fictitious allegations that he funded Atiku. Tinubu is an authoritarian who lives in morbid fear of opposition.

Story for the gods. The Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road that Kwankwaso referenced was started by Buhari with the Kaduna-Kano section 90% completed and completion date for the entire stretch due by 2024. Umahi resumed as Works Minister and immediately revoked the contract from Julius Berger sighting project variation which was as a result of Tinubu's ill-timed currency devaluation. He then awarded it to an obscure Infiouest construction company that nobody has ever heard about for almost the same amount requested by Julius Berger. Work has since stopped on the stretch with all concentration on the 15 trillion Lagos-Calabar coastal road (Lagos section only). Kwankwaso is right.

ChiefOloye:
They will find a way to reconcile...Nuhu Ribadu and Femi Gbaja caused the crises because of 2031...
However, whether or not they reconcile, Asiwaju will win his reelection in 2027.

Yes, they did but Tinubu is also culpable due to long held grudge against Elrufai. They began their 2031 campaign from day one and damaged Tinubu's reputation in the North. Now, Femi Gbaja has fallen out of favour with Tinubu and Ribadu is clearly too lightweight to succeed Tinubu in the North. He can't even win a gubernatorial primary against a woman in his state, but he wants to use federal power to fight all his adversaries. Northerners won't vote Ribadu in 2031 even if he's the only candidate on the ballot.

APC is even more bothered about Obi being in the coalition than even diehard Obidients. Obi took them unawares because plans had already been perfected on how to neutralize him in the labour party and brazenly rig him out. It's similar to how Atiku left the PDP for Wike when the strategy was to fight him in the PDP and have Seyi Makinde win the ticket and then endorse BAT. Now, the compromised PDP and APC are confused on how to contain Obi and Atiku.

Tinubu is already laying the groundwork for Akpabio's neutralisation by having his man, Bamidele fight him in the Senate. Only the naïve are unaware of that. IF Tinubu wins his reelection bid, he will cut off and neutralize all the powerbrokers with ambitions or aspirations in favour of his own puppets whom he will prop up to succeed him. The likes of Wike would also be dropped and disgraced. Kwankwaso saw all these in advance and applied his number six. But before doing so, he embarrassed Tinubu by having him drop Ganduje and getting him to come to Kano to bend the knee. You gotta love Jagora!

RichBoy247:
Tinubu grows in the midst of saboteurs and betrayers. You saw how his boys ganged up against him the last time. Who would have believed that Buhari who Tinubu helped to power after three consecutive losses together with Yemi Judas Osinbajo and Rauf Aregbesola who would not be breathing today if not for Tinubu will all gang up against him? But he told that at the market square in Abeokuta that made them whom they are and whether they like it or not, he is the next President and it came to past. The kingmaker made himself King while in the midst of backstabbers, traitors, betrayers and saboteurs

Isn't your list of people who purportedly betrayed Tinubu getting too much? You forgot Fayemi, Sanwo-olu, Ambode, etc. You know there's an adage that says "if everyone around is crazy, maybe you are the one that's insane".

richiemcgold:
This is not about Tinubu's style, it is about Akpabio's high-handedness which is becoming too much.

Is Akpabio not taking dressings from the body language of Tinubu. Ditto Wike. Or is it only Tinubu that has the monopoly of high-handedness? Tinubu is already laying the groundwork for Akpabio's neutralisation by having his man, Bamidele fight him in the Senate. But Akpabio is not a pushover.

richiemcgold:
Once Tinubu wins reelection, Akpabio is not coming back as senate president. That's 💯 certain.

Isn't that Tinubu's style? To use and dump. Only the naïve are unaware of that. IF Tinubu wins his reelection bid, he will cut off and neutralize all the powerbrokers with ambitions or aspirations in favour of his own puppets whom he will prop up to succeed him. The likes of Wike would also be dropped and disgraced. Kwankwaso saw all these in advance and applied his number six. But before doing so, he embarrassed Tinubu by having him drop Ganduje and getting him to come to Kano to bend the knee. You gotta love Jagora!