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Cmanforall:
And was once in APC

He’s also a good friend to Tinubu

What does it matter? Who did Ikpeazu and the two Kalus support in 2023 and who won the state?

Why not corronate him instead of wasting taxpayer's money in conducting an election. This is what Tinubu wants at the national level. This newfound desire to stifle all opposition is counterproductive as it disincentivises performance. Winners just go through the motion and see out their tenures with no real pushback or accountability.

Tinubu’s political style encourages subservience and sycophancy. These are attributes of a despot, not a democrat. One can even argue that he purposefully engineers these crisis in most states so he can sit back and watch both camps fight to gain his favour. The proliferation of similar situations in states are becoming too frequent to just be a coincidence. It will inevitably backfire.

"Obtaining by false pretense". Did she by any chance meet with figures from the opposition party? In any case, City Boys and girls are eating good. The money must go round. Boys must cash out.

The implosion of APC is inevitable. Tinubu only cares about his own ambition. In virtually all states, he creates teo factions withon the APC and then watch in silence as they fight to gain his favour. His attitude incentivices sycophancy but it's set to backfire come 2027. Those who will miss out will revolt and it will be ugly.

OneCandleAway:
At this stage we need a business minded president who can generate money though other means apart from taxation.

There are several low hanging fruits. Improving power alone can rapidly industrialise Nigeria, creating jobs and opening up more revenue streams for the government in the process. Bringing investors to tap into the steel industry is another low hanging fruit. Rather, our most exorbitant project in the history of the country is a road to nowhere awarded to a business partner with a clear conflict of interest.

OneCandleAway:
The Abuja kaduna railway isn't even profitable. Corruption affecting ticket sales.

Infrastructure aren't business ventures. Their "profits" are measured in how they ensure "ease of doing business", how they save time, how they open up the economy, etc. You are never going to make enough money to recover the cost of a rail line solely from selling train tickets.

Iyeku:
Reckless statement from Sayi

Put head and see.

Eti yin melo🤣
MAKINDE KILODE KILODE
PRESSURE YI POH🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/MzUAWfwpNo

— RIA OF IBADAN (@RIAOFIBADAN) April 27, 2026

They are all falling over themselves to support Tinubu but none of them can deliver him come 2027.

Kog45:
Stop comparing what's not,Obasanjo and Falae contested right,so what's your point?

Going by last presidential election tell me which region is tribal by voting period....

Seyi Makinde has a word for you.

Eti yin melo🤣
MAKINDE KILODE KILODE
PRESSURE YI POH🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/MzUAWfwpNo

— RIA OF IBADAN (@RIAOFIBADAN) April 27, 2026

These Areaboys you see here today, come 2027 you shall see them no more. Joy is coming!

Where is Vice President Kashim Shettima?

Lol. In how many years will he deliver all these? Is he planning for a life presidency? When will he start? If he had any intention of doing these rails, he would have picked the low hanging fruit and continued from where Buhari stopped with his rail initiatives by linking Ibadan to Abuja and Warri-Itakpe to Abuja for a quarter of the amount that had been given to Chargoury for his white elephant projects. Rather, he embarked upon an 11 trillion naira coastal road project that has since been commissioned at the 30km stretch. The Abuja-Kaduna rail is also poorly maintained under the watchful eye of yet another of his Lagos boys, Kayode Opeifa.

Sowere is controlled opposition and Tinubu's stooge. He's better off ignored.

Kog45:
Lagos and Osun showed how South West people reason politically,now show me South East presidential results and tell me which region is more tribalism in nature.

The Southeast voted Obasanjo in 1999 and 2003. They also voted Yar'adua and Jonathan after that. Tinubu ran on Emi Lokan and has gone ahead to demonstrate it by cornering everything for himself and cronies, all while shouting "turn of the South." Tinubu didn't support Obasanjo all through his tenure for his own selfish interest but now expects Seyi Makinde to support him despite betraying him after supporting him in 2023. He has also seized local government funds in Osun, throwing millions into poverty, all in a bid to sabotage Adeleke.

Thiefobi1:
Atiku won osun.

Exactly. Atiku also won Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa. This shows you that there's no tribal correlation in both of their victories. It was simply a referendum on what the populace felt about their choices. Tinubu was the only major presidential candidate that lost both his state of residence, Lagos and state of origin, Osun. His people clearly knew him better than the rest of Nigerians.

garykoeman:
What sani said is the plain truth.

Most of his supporters are from his ethnicity.

They are only trying to redefined his failures.

Peter Obi won Lagos.

Krankhead:
Nothing is taking shape. Tinubu will win.
How many in ADC can win election in their state.
Amaechi can't win River, Makinde can't win OYO, Aregbesola can't win Osun, Kwankwaso can't win Kano anymore. APC will win Abuja

Tell him to allow for a free and fair election and stop trying to sabotage other political parties in order to run unopposed.

lawani:
No the Yoruba Christian church votes would not have gone to Atiku. You are wrong on that. The PDP votes might go to him though but the loss would be by a wide margin

So explain why Atiku won Osun, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and still got as high as 100k plus votes in some Southwestern states. Did they not consider that it was the turn of the South before voting Atiku? Or it just didn't matter much to them?

lawani:
Do you agree that on the overall Tinubu would have won with a wide margin both the SW and the NW if Obi did not contest? And that would be enough to win the elections not minding the fact that the rest of the country would just vote against Atiku because he is a Fulani trying to replace another Fulani or do you think ethnicity does not matter? Added together it would still be a huge landslide in favour of Tinubu

I just told you most of the votes Obi got would have gone to Atiku and you continue to be repetitive. Everyone knows Obi did Tinubu a favour by running but the reverse will be the case if Obi runs in 2027. Tinubu was never the face of the South. Religion was a more stronger factor in the South in 2023 than region and the same will still be the case in 2027. If Tinubu makes the mistake of repeating his Muslim-Muslim ticket, he will only have himself to blame. Already, the Church has continued its antagonism towards him. It will get more intense heading into 2027. This time, there will no longer be 5.6m Northern votes to carry him home.

“During your first four years in office, you did nothing, and now you want Nigerians to vote for you again for a second term? Don’t vote for them. Performance is the best form of campaign. You achieved nothing, and that is why you are busy destroying opposition parties.” -… pic.twitter.com/Ge1KQpm1jH

— Thεό Abu (@TheoAbuAgada) April 27, 2026

WizardOfNG:
Bro, dey get shame sometimes na. Do you know how you come across with your shameless effort to always dry-clean the garments of the North?

Which North does not care whether whether "Tinubu moves the whole country to the South" when even politically conscious Non-Nigerians will tell you that the North has had a historical fixation with controlling the military and armed forces might of Nigeria?

It is common knowledge Northerners accept the mantra "might is right" to bridge the huge gap, entirely the doing of their leaders, that is their reality and has put them way behind the South in terms of education, entrepreneurial capacity, technocratic efficiency, progressive thinking and capacity for solutions provision.

Can you tell us the name of the alleged coup plotters who wanted to remove Tinubu because they feel democracy is not working for them and they must use "might is right" mantra to remove PBAT?

You take this your hate of Tinubu and Yorubas too far to the extent you say thing completely at odds with the reality of Nigeria even non-Nigerians knows.

Mere CBN functions relocated to Lagos Ndume and co began making noise. Today, under Cardoso, Nigeria central bank is the reigning world central bank of the year winner. We have never won the award.

Guy, you need to change your life and mindset. Your calibration is way off. I am no enemy of the North but I believe they must not be indulged further as they will take us all down. That is something I am not willing to accept because it is time Nigeria show North tough love or allow them finish us off.

Rather Nigeria should separate, before that happens, so they have their Islamic Sharia nation while we live as we wish safely and securely in the secular and progressive South that Northerners, courtesy of their overbearing, imperialist, hegemonist and radical leaders like Atiku, have rejected

Phewww! After all the vituperations and attempts at unity begging, most of which I didn't bother to read, the bottomline remains that Tinubu is running a Yoruba supremacy agenda, not a Southern agenda. Whenever you are called out on this, you attribute it to hate. Did the North not make Tinubu president with 5.6m votes? He lost the South, winning only 4 Yoruba states out of 17 Southern states. He now has the opportunity to create a united South but greed, cronyism, tribalism and favoritism will not allow.

Speaking of hate and seccession, why did Tinubu imprison Nnamdi Kanu while pardoning Sunday Igboho who is now an active Tinubu campaigner? Is that how to build a united South? Do these words sound familiar to you? "Go back to where you came from," "drown in the lagoon," "our Lagos, not your Lagos." Tinubu has until 2027 to split Nigeria and grant you "Yoruba nessan." Any attempt to advocate for seccession after he's voted out of power will be met with decisive force by the Nigerian state.

lawani:
Let's say Obi didn't contest. The whole Yoruba would have voted for Tinubu and the NW will be split with Tinubu having the majority simply because many Hausa especially in Kano will not vote Atiku. Without Obi, Tinubu would have won with a landslide in the combination of Hausa and Yoruba land then most other people will just vote for any other person that is not Fulani since Fulani are not the only people in the North or in Nigeria

False. Atiku had more votes in the Southwest overall than Peter Obi. Without Obi, a lot of people in the Southwest would have voted Atiku due to him having a religiously balanced ticket. Tinubu can not win the Southwest in a landslide, even in 2027. Granted, muslim-muslim hindered Tinubu in some states but it was a net gain due to the votes he got from the Muslim North. Repeating the same faith ticket will grant him no advantage this time in the muslim North but can potentially cost him votes in the Northcentral. He will likely replace Shettima for this reason.

Meanwhile, Tinubu's lackeys are busy removing the speck on Obi and the ADC's eyes while ignoring the log of wood stuck in theirs.

QuantAnalyst:
Lol. You misunderstood me. I am not with any of these guys. I am just a curious observer.

Does it matter? The question still remains, where will Tinubu's votes come from even in a 3-horse race?

agadez007:
When you hear “South” from lagos Ibadan hungry media,it’s always South west
South this,South that,these are the same people that said there was nothing like South back in 2015

Exactly. The North doesn't care whether Tinubu moves the whole country to the South. But which part of the South? Buhari was nepotistic in favour of the entire North but one man is cornering everything to his tribe while screaming "turn of the South". Even when he considers the Northcentral, he goes towards the Yoruba-speaking tribes of Kogi and Kwara only.

QuantAnalyst:
How is he going to get the 25% spread in south east? Obi might clear SE with 75%. All the SE governors are with Tinubu, which means 25% is sure for Tinubu in SE.

I am still trying to figure out Atiku's path to victory.

We are now back to governors? APC had 21 governors in 2023 but Tinubu only won 12 states. Half of those 12 were non-APC states. The question you should be asking is where will Tinubu's votes come from in 2027 if Obi runs? Will he still be counting on 5.6m votes from the North?

Parachoko:
In the Middle Belt, Asiwaju defeated your Atiku.

Go and check the votes of Asiwaju in the Middle Belt and compare it to the votes Atiku got in the Middle Belt.

The result is still online, so go and cure your Ignorance

Thanks to muslim-muslim ticket. This puts to bed all claims that the middlebelt is largely dominated by Christians. It isn't. It's more or less, evenly split with a slight tilt in favour of Muslims. In anycase, all 3 candidates got over a million votes each in the middlebelt. This wouldn't change much in 2027. The middlebelt and the Southwest (yes, the Southwest) will always be split.

Parachoko:
Asiwaju is the President today because Nigerians from the South and North voted him.

Only Asiwaju had at least 25% of the votes in more than 30 states

Muslim votes alone can't make a person the President Of Nigeria

Asiwaju and the APC will humble you and Atiku again like the way they did in 2023

No. Tinubu is president because Peter Obi's defection from the PDP balkanized traditional PDP votes into two. Tinubu only won 4 Yoruba states out of 17 Southern states. It was also the first time in a long while where we had a three-horse race. Otherwise, Tinubu would have lost the election and he knows it. This is why he doesn't want Obi to be part of the coalition and at the same time, is scared of the prospects of Obi running solo. Knowing fully well that he is still unpopular in the South and the 5.6m Northern votes are no longer a guarantee.

Parachoko:
Even if they don't leave each other, they will still lose.

Atiku can't get the kind of Votes Obi got in the South East.

Atiku can't get Majority of the Christian Votes Obi got in the Middle-Belt

Atiku and Obi splitting will just make the 2027 election easier for Asiwaju

2027 no b 2023

Tinubu didn't get any votes in the Southeast, neither did he win the Christian majority votes in the Middlebelt but he's president today because the Muslim majority votes in the North made him so with 5.6m votes. Atiku need not win the Southeast in a landslide to become president. He only needs the 25% spread to become president at first ballot because he's set to get the majority votes in 2027. Believe it or not.

seunmsg:
Aminda will soon come here to blame Tinubu for what the Arewa handle posted.

Arewa handle indeed. We know who's behind the so-called "Arewa handle". Keep creating more to make yourself happy. You deserve it. This is becoming pathetic. Should we start lifting some of the inciting posts that some so-called "Yoruba Conservative" handles post on twitter and bringing it to Nairaland to make frontpage? If Tinubu and his lackeys are this invested in seeing Obi leave the coalition, why was so much resources expended in sending him away from the LP?

Lol. The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway propaganda media machinery are on overdrive due to panic and trepidation. Tinubu and his minions are now realising that they made a mistake by frustrating Obi out of the Labour party. They are now desperate for Obi to run solo. Why not just leave him at LP where he was? They have now inadvertently united Atiku, Kwankwaso, Obi, Amaechi, Elrufai, etc under one umbrella and there are no answers for that beyond using the courts to stop the party. But that will be yet another strategic mistake.

Ndimkpurummiri:
stale
The show is between Obidients and Atikulators

For good reasons. There's no such thing as bad publicity. They have you restless and glued to your seat. Are you not entertained?