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Well, Obi will likely increase his tally to six because he may be moving again. The NDC is a Special Purpose Vehicle created by Seriake Dickson for Jonathan's ambition. It's looking likely to be Jonathan/Kwankwaso than the OK Obidients have been promoting. Jonathan is currently addressing supporters at his Maitama residence.

Just In: Goodluck Jonathan comes out to address Nigerians about his 2027 decision! Get in! pic.twitter.com/kbfOod0eoK

— Premier (@SodiqTade) May 7, 2026

DiamondSword799:
Jonathan would only mess himself up. And he isn't that stupid. Nobody in Nigeria today will beat Peter Obi in the 2027 poll. Even your president knows this. Tell ya self the TRUTH

Lol. Let me guess, you're among those who believed Obi won the election right? Well, get ready to start attacking Jonathan. Being president is a higher position than being a stateman. If it isn't, tell Obi to retire and become a stateman. He's eminently qualified to be one.

Tinubu is just scared of Elrufai because he knows Elrufai made him president and can unmake him.

SeeWahala:
Until you show us a picture of Peter Obi sharing Ghana Must Go bags like your mentor you have absolutely nothing to say to us 🤗

Read the news article again. The news is about Atiku tendering 48 Ghana-must-go bags before the electoral tribunal, against Yar'adua as evidence of rigging. This is Obidients for you in a nutshell. Content creation without substance.

We already have a scapegoat waiting to be blamed? If Peter Obi loses, it won't be solely because of Kwankwaso. He should never have left the coalition after having joined.

Anyways, rumours are rife that Jonathan will be throwing his hat in the ring. If he goes to NDC, we might be seeing a Jonathan/Kwankwaso ticket. Obi should never have left the ADC.

SeeWahala:
So how many Ghana Must Go bags do you count? 🤔

Unless you're telling us you and your folks would have collected Atiku’s money and voted against Obi in a direct primary, then this is a lazy man's argument. Obi also nominated the organising secretary of the party while Aisha Yesufu was in charge of member mobilisation. This means Obi was fully in control of the conduct of the primaries and in the calibre of members that will make up the party. But he still left citing flimsy excuses.

ADC will get good votes in the East, same as APC. Meanwhile, Obi's middlebelt base is all gone. Kwankwaso will contest the primaries and will nominate Gawuna as Vice to Obi if he loses out. Overall, the defection from the ADC appear to be ill-thought out. Obi would have lost his middlebelt base nonetheless if he had remained in the ADC, but he would have gained a much larger Northern base to compliment his Southeastern base.

Well, News Flash! The infighting in the North is even worse. In Gombe, Pantami and Danjuma Goje are about to sue APC to court while in Nassarawa, AA Sule and Al-Makura are at each other's jugular over conscensus. There are aggrieved APC members in virtually all states due to the introduction of Baba Sopécracy at the national level.

seunmsg:
I'll

Lmao. One Ibo lawyer speaking on Arise TV is your Supreme Court judgement? Please stop wasting my time, it's early morning abeg. If dem born them well, let them go and sell form or open any office in the name of PDP. Nothing else to add.

Is this how low you have sunk? Calling a Senior Advocate an Ibo lawyer because you don't like what he's saying? In the North, you're calling your former allies Islamic fundamentalist after betraying them, while in the East, you're using ethnic slurs on the Igbos. Have you heard Jonathan may soon be entering the race to contest under APM with Bala Mohammed as Vice? I wonder what you will call him then. Southern solidarity in the mud.

seunmsg:
Go and read about the case and stop commenting ignorantly.

I have. Ever wondered why Wike organised a press conference less than 30 minutes after the Supreme Court judgement? Why didn't he come with the Supreme Court CTC instead? Get yourself abreast with the latest situation. Wike is gone!

Supreme Court Judgment Conclusively Extinguishes the Sam Anyanwu Faction - Oba Maduabuchi, SAN

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has, by its authoritative pronouncement, definitively and irrevocably resolved the vexed issue of factionalisation within the Peoples Democratic Party… pic.twitter.com/g40AHfgMzF

— Olufemi aduwo (@aduwolufemi) May 1, 2026

seunmsg:
Apart from raining insults on the minister, nothing sensible was said in this press release. The minister came to the monthly press briefing with the CTC of the FHC Ibadan judgement and read it clearly to Nigerians. I was expecting the Makinde group to dispute the legitimacy of the judgement. Instead, they are talking about a cross appeal that was withdraw at the Supreme Court. If the main appeal failed woefully, what then do you want to gain from a cross appeal?

Like Wike told them, if them born them well, let them go and open account or open an office in the name of PDP. Na then dem go hear am.

Federal High Court judgment in 2026? Have you been living in a cave? Yes we get it. Supreme Court nullified the Ibadan convention for the sole reason that it ignored a staying order. They will simply conduct another one. Wike, Samuel Anyanwu and his co-travellers remain suspended.

SadiqBabaSani:
Atiku and his supporters have no respect for Geo political power Balance, if not, how would Atiku even think about Peter accepting to deputize him?

Since he doesn't respect the South's turn to lead Nigeria, let him take Kenneth' Okonkwo and make him Vice Presidential candidate.

Everyday, same thread. This was Ojukwu campaigning for president in 2007 under APGA, after 8 years of Obasanjo. No Northerner asked him to step down neither did they scream that it was the turn of the North. They simply let their vote do the talking. Zoning is strictly a PDP affair.

P.S: Peter Obi backed Ojukwu in this election as a member of APGA.

ebuk4real:
Thank goodness sabotuers like you will remain political irrelevant. Kiss your dream bye bye

Sabo don enter already? From where to where? This was how the Southeast became radicalised under Nnamdi Kanu. If every region votes their tribesman and declares all who do otherwise a saboteur, how many votes will Obi have?

This was Ojukwu campaigning for president in 2007 under APGA after 8 years of Buhari. Peter Obi supported him in this election and no Northerner demanded that he stepped down. Emotion is one he'll of a drug!

givedemwotowoto:
You can see from the comments section that the people, the voters themselves, are disappointed with the move.

This may turn out to be a big mistake if Atiku doesn't win, unless he did it to retain Atiku's funding for his governorship ambition, or perhaps he has been promised Senate President if Atiku runs with someone outside the SE.

Every other region split their votes to a certain degree as a form of insurance and in other not to lose out completely but the Southeast votes one-way and often back the wrong horse. It's time to learn this politics and play it how others are playing. It's not an emotional sport.

seunmsg:
So you are even sure the north will not handover power to Peter Obi or any southerner in 2031, you just want a southern president out of power and a continued subjugation of the rest of the country by Islamic Fulani fundamentalist. This is a very shameful argument. It's really sad sharing the same country with some of you. Tueh.

Lol. Look what you have become. Tinubu left Lagos and travelled all the way to Daura to convince a Fulani Buhari to come use his popularity in the North to chase his Southern brother out of Aso Rock. In 2023, he craved those Fulani Muslim votes so much that he ran on muslim-muslim ticket. After winning with the help of 5.6m islamic votes having lost the South woefully to Obi, he has since proceeded to chance Obi out of every single party he goes to while still screaming "it's the turn of the South". Do you think anyone is fooled?

Are we still on this matter? Why is Tinubu playing both sides? Is Fubara getting the APC ticket or not? We told Wike that Tinubu is a master at reneging on agreements but he wouldn't listen. Anyways, agreement is agreement!

Tinubu is purposefully encouraging this vagueness in party leaderships across board. It is all part of his strategy to run unopposed. How can we still have uncertainty after the Apex court has sat on a matter?

Ovilikom2:
See them una no dey shout Articulate again

Hungry people

Atiku will take you people to retirement center, with his greed

That's not the answer to the question o. Was it greed that made Ojukwu contest in 2007 under APGA after 8 years of Obasanjo?

LagosOrigin:
Obi heart was in ADC until atiku tried to hijack the party with dollars

Peter Obi don't play politics of dollars so he left to NDC.

Peter Obi said it openly that he will leave the ADC if atiku attempts transactional politics and he did.

Nigeria is in ruins today because we play politics of "bribe for support" and Peter Obi will never be a party to that.

It is the turn of the south, so atiku can keep his dollars till the next election after 2027.

This was the late Ikemba, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu campaigning for president under APGA in 2007 after 8 years of Obasanjo. Obi supported Ojukwu in this election. Did any Northermer ask him to step down that it was the turn of the North? Zoning was a strictly PDP affair but Tinubu's moles have successfully deceived the SE that it is a constitutional matter. It will pay the East more to fully back Tinubu if they believe it is the turn of the South.

If ALL opposition were under one umbrella, Tinubu wouldn't dare to go ahead to disqualify them from participating. The fear of the fallout from that was why the David Mark-led ADC was quickly re-recognised by INEC without even waiting for the CTC of the judgement. The threat of the opposition fielding only one candidate as declared in Ibadan was also why the PDP was quickly handed back to the Makinde group. Obi has potentially exposed himself to intimidation by leaving the unified shield of the coalition. If they could easily dislodge him from LP, why wouldn't they do same to him in an even weaker NDC? In leaving a unified umbrella, he weakened himself and weakened the coalition, all for what? Kwankwaso is a contractor for Tinubu. You can easily tell from his body language.

Ofunaofu:
Governor Hope Uzodinma, who has been making clandestine moves to abandon his post before his tenure expires in January 2028 to chase a Senate seat and possibly the Senate presidency, now finds himself in a fix, or at best will be forced to abandon the plan outright.

But you applauded when Akpabio decriminalised certificate forgery and age falsification in the electoral act. Wasn't that unconstitutional? So you think laws can only be bent to accommodate Tinubu's own interests? Tinubu wants to use and dump Akpabio in favour of Hope Uzodinma and you expect him to sit idly by like a sitting duck.

ottersberger:
My rejoinder was deliberate. However, I need you to be confident in the knowledge that I am well nuanced about our political history and underlying issues and sentiments. I think that going that route would give "our" opponents here something to rejoice about. That said, I personally think we can all keep it civil and allow the higher ups sort out this mess.

I yield. Respect to you, my brother. I can tell you that the North is genuinely interested in rekindling the age-long Eastern-Northern alliance. They just need an "ice-breaker". Peace.

givedemwotowoto:
Peter Obi’s move has put Tinubu in an odd position. He can’t mess with both political parties at the same time, it will be very obvious.

What would stop him? It would have been more obvious if ALL opposition were under one umbrella and he goes ahead to disqualify them from participating. The fear of the fallout from that was why the David Mark-led ADC was quickly re-recognised by INEC without even waiting for the CTC of the judgement. Obi has potentially exposed himself to intimidation by leaving the unified shield of the coalition. Just as was done to him in LP. In doing so, he also exposed the coalition to harm. He weakened himself and weakened the coalition, all for what? Kwankwaso is a contractor for Tinubu.

ottersberger:
Look, I was the happiest man when these men announced they were going to join forces. Frankly, that was the best option for chasing the thief away. However, the conditions should have been defined from the outset.

The prevailing animosity plays into the hands of the man who wished Nigeria no good. Atiku could well sit this one out, seeing as all the cards are stacked against him because of his perceived disruptive tendencies, and it's only four years anyway. Besides, there is an urgent need to rescue this country from the abyss it has fallen into. Asking the south to wait another 12 years after what is said to be their turn is disingenuous and unacceptable to be honest.

I see greed, and if it were Peter Obi, whom I support, by the way, I would've called him out. I know the waziri is racing against time, understandably, but he should have chewed this up real good going forward.

You did not answer the question. If zoning is now constitutional, why did Ojukwu contest the 2007 elections under APGA after 8 years of Obasanjo? Continue to join the APC lackeys in screaming it's the turn of the South but if Tinubu was presented with such an opportunity whether now or in the future, he would align with the North to get the other Southerner out of power. He did it in 2015 to Jonathan. Zoning is a PDP affair. That's why you never saw any Northerner asking Ojukwu to step down. They simply allowed their votes do the talking.

stanluiz:
Am very disappointed in Peter obi. Where is he running to ?

Why can't he stay in ADC where he is covered ? Let him take the Vp position and Atiku as presidential candidate. Obi time will come. Why is he in a haste ?

Politics is not a one man job. Obi needs the coalition. He is now alone in NDC and tinubu will meet him there and spoils things for him. Together with kwakwanso that's is still there.

Am not happy with Obi.

Apart from the protection that being in the coalition brings, Obi would have inherited Atiku’s voting bloc and the Buhari CPC bloc that aligned with the ADC. Coupled with his own popularity, he would have emerged as the Southern Buhari but with a bigger following that cuts across regions. In 2023, it was the North that "carried Tinubu's campaign on their heads" and delivered him, even when the South didn't vote him. It was simply because Tinubu/the Southwest supported Buhari in 2023. Now in 2027, naïve Southeasterners are joining the SW to scream it's the turn of the South but ask them who's disenfranchising Obi, a Southerner, from contesting.

ottersberger:
He would have, if your man hadn't been so underhand behind his back. A man with Peter Obi's sense of responsibility and integrity would not allow himself to be used to deny southern Nigeria its remaining four years of presidency in Nigeria.

A Southern Nigerian is currently President and has been disenfranchising Obi from LP to ADC to NDC. Why don't Obi just give up and support him instead? It's a more honorable approach than begging him not to come cause trouble in his new party, the NDC. By the way, Obi supported Ojukwu under APGA after 8 years of Obasanjo's presidency. Shouldn't it have been the turn of the North? Zoning was strictly a PDP affair.

Streetinvestor2:
So you whole coalition think for you is for Atiku presidency without direct primaries devoid of monetisation of the whole process. If na watin una get for mind then it will never work.let Atiku go and try his popularity

By the electoral act, if any candidate refuses to give their written consent for a conscensus, there MUST be a direct primary. This excuse you lot give is becoming tiring. Peter Obi has never participated in a primary in his career, whether direct or indirect. He may leave the NDC again if other aspirants demand for a primary. The excuse of "I no dey give shi shi" is also overplayed. Direct primaries cannot be dollarised.

Educationalserv:
Total Votes 25.5
15.5 North
10m south

Atiku get 10 m
tinibu get 2.5m
obi and kwakwaso get 2.5m
North .
south
obi 5M
tinibu 4m
Atiku 1m.
total
Atiku 11m ,ok 7.5m tinibu 6.5m .
Atiku cannot fulfill requirement .
next round Atiku vs Obi
or Atiku vs tinibu.

Nigeria practice ethnoreligious contest not democracy

Lol. Op, I see the direction you're coming from but these dynamics will be based on momentum. Which party will be able to build the right momentum heading into the election. A little correction; if the elections go into a run-off, it will be between the candidate with the highest number of votes cast VS the candidate with the most spread (not the second highest).

christejames:
This Atiku boy abeg rest... It's easier for the desperate Atiku now to clinch the ticket, so focus on that and stop jumping from thread to thread crying as if PO has taken food from your mouth 😡

Typical. In 2023, the goal was to win Lagos. It seems in 2027, the goal will be to teach Atiku a lesson. Obi's move has proven to be unpopular and very polarising, even amongst his core Obidients. He came into the ADC with respected leaders from the SE in an elaborate declaration in Enugu, which was very symbolic. He's now leaving alone to the NDC while the likes of Abaribe, obviously disappointed, heads to LP. This invariably means that even his Southeastern voting bloc will now be balkanized.

It would have paid Obi more to remain in the ADC with the rest of the opposition and call Tinubu's bluff. By running away to another party he has inadvertently isolated himself for the lion to pounce upon him. Be rest assured that fresh court cases will soon spring up in the NDC. Once this happens, where else will Obi run to?

Jossyman0007:
Remember,we used to hate Tinubu together until I discovered your deceitful nature and your crave for Fulani unending rule?

I'm now in love with Tinubu,same way you suddenly developed special love for Atiku,abi are you the only one that can switch love ni?

AMINDA!!. Go and console your Atiku in peace Biko, while at it, kindly advice him to choose his VP ASAP,Obi and Kwankwsao have already moved on.


Cheers!!

Are you sure we used to hate Tinubu together? Tinubu got 5.6m votes in the North but Atiku won Annang local government and the whole of Akwa Ibom, even though you supported Obi. I'm simply asking, is 2027 more of the turn of the South than 2023 was after 8 years of Buhari? Why then did your kinsmen make an about-turn to be screaming turn of the South in 2027? Will this have been the case if Atiku had won the general election? Or would you be at the forefront in campaigning for the re-election of a Fulani man? AGIP! Tinubu knows how much he purchased your support. He's not flattered by it.

Jossyman0007:
Like I said,I'd rather have Tinubu win Akwa-ibom than Atiku getting 25% there. Besides, I don't mind my half brother (Akpabio )delivering my local government to APC

Akwa-ibom voted for Atiku in 2023 because we believed the lie he sold to us that he wanted a southeastern candidate,but Wike objected to it,now our eyes don clear.

Atiku has lule!!.

Lol. You voted another Fulani man after 8 years of Buhari because he told you wanted a Southeasterner only to remember that it's the turn of the South after Tinubu won against all odds with Northern votes? Any Government in Power (AGIP)! Why not just open up and admit that Tinubu has bought you with money and stop gassing Obi up. 2023 was more of the "turn of the South" than 2027 is.