₦airaland Forum

neonly:
Money and technology that they supposed use to better their people na to they intimate der citizens they know
Any way let sit and watch as d event they unfold
I wish d Iranians Goodluck

Just like Libyans before the West came knocking, Iranians are living far more comfortable lives than Nigerians currently.

Beyond potentially uniting all opposition under one umbrella, Tinubu gained nothing from using the likes of Wike to destroy the PDP and LP. This is why he still feels like he owes Wike nothing.

They all hobnobbed with Sani Abacha and the rest of the military despots until Abacha refused to play ball then they suddenly became democracy fighters. They are now in power and acting worse than the military dictators.

Is it the same Segun Sowunmi that Atiku hired for 800k via Reno Omokri as media aide? Not to take anything from a man trying to earn a living but under what party is he contesting? He has been hobnobbing with Umahi the last few months.

Gotocourt:
Seunmsg, bitter pill to swallow don land . It's obvious all the APC governors ain't enough. Tinubu wants all Nigerians as APC members 🤣😂😅

Even if all Nigerians defect to the APC, Tinubu will still lose because there will be serious anti-party. He's a one-term president.

Willy2025:
They are getting there. Obviously, Nasir El Rufai is the target. This is just a preamble. No wonder he has been usually silent these days. All these ones are just to build up an extreme case against him. They will go after him very soon.

How soon is very soon? He has been daring them do so since the day he left office and has indicated interest to meet them anywhere. He is also actively in opposition to Tinubu and has not realigned unlike the likes of Yahaya Bello and Ifeanyi Okowa. Make it snappy!

Click baiting. Was Elrufai linked to the case in any shape or form? APC still doesn't have a pin to lay on Elrufai so they keep going through corners. Elrufai's records remain squeaky clean.

seunmsg:
Nobody is force feeding you with statistics. World Bank will do their job irrespective of your feelings. They don’t care about your negativity and bad wishes for the country’s economic outlook. They look at the economy and make their rational prediction.

All sensible people who require such data to make decisions will accept what World bank is churning out over the negativity that opposition cretins oozes all over social media. So sorry buddy, your tears won’t change the fact that our economy is stable and now growing.

Nigeria is now chasing after validation from the Worldbank and IMF when the reality on ground speaks otherwise. How has the Worldbank-inspired policies been working for the country? We had 30 trillion budget deficit in 2025 (a revelation that cost the Finance Minister his job) and are currently implementing 3 consecutive budgets despite Tinubu having borrowed the most than all previous presidents with no commensurate projects to show. The Worldbank will always stay happy as long as you devalue your currency when asked to do so and continue to borrow from them.

Ttalk:
There's has not been anytime ElRufai was quiet. It was never in his nature to remain silence on key national issues especially the one that concerns the north.

His silence regarding US support for Nigeria to terminate the terrorist in Nigeria is a subject that such person like El Rufai would not want to miss.

El Rufai is an intelligent extrovert, keeping quiet at this time say one thing, complicit in terrorism and fear of losing out in political turf based on wrong calculation.

Apart from Sanni Shehu, there is no any northern leader who twitt like El Rufai

Was Tinubu aware of this in 2023 when he went everywhere around the country with Elrufai, including to Chatham house in the UK? Tinubu is currently president, why is he waiting for Donald Trump to come prosecute Elrufai? Is Nigeria no longer a sovereign country according to you? Once upon a time, Wike was once your hero. You all are beginning to slowly pivot away from him and you will soon tell us how despicable a man he is. It must be in the water you lot drink from that side.

Who did he support in 2023 and how many votes did he muster for his candidate?

"Na statistics we go chop" is now force-feeding us with cooked up statistics.

9 million dollars for 6 months with a renewal clause for an additional 6 months. This government is more concerned with optics than result. Offering appointments to clerics and genocide amplifiers, paying and negotiating with bandits in so-called peace deals, etc. Anything to gain temporary reprieve in order to win re-election. Disgraceful!

9 million dollars for 6 months with a renewal clause for an additional 6 months. This government is more concerned with optics than result. Offering appointments to clerics and genocide amplifiers, paying and negotiating with bandits in so-called peace deals, etc. Anything to gain temporary reprieve in order to win re-election. Disgraceful!

nairavsdollars:
What is so special in that party that governors are dying to join it?

Dieing to join or being coerced and induced with money to join? That is practically what the topic is about.

Flets:
Why is Tinubu desperate despite paying his way to have all the governors in APC?

Has he lost faith in his rigging machinery?

He knows what his Agbadorians don't. He currently has no pathway to re-election as at today, even with 36 state governors. We will all learn this politics together.

Truthissupreme:
Does it even make sense,

Apc has ganduje his arch enemy

My own be say he should better stay where he is and not come to ADC, same with seyi makinde

They will support the ADC without any conditions because now they both have an axe to grind with Tinubu. They will both be a "nice to have" for the ADC though. Not like the party is desperate to have them in order to win. Unlike the APC.

Chai! Where are Agbadorians and Tinubu's Nairaland resident lackeys? Come out o! Food don done. I won't lie, this is embarrassing. APC knows the governor's defection is not creating any momentum so they are desperate to fraudulently create one. This is why there's still no date for the proposed defection. Tinubu is still begging.

Cc: Seunmsg, Richtaiwo, NgeneUkwenu, etc.

tunjijones:
Una dey always yarn like say sense far from una.

Kwakwanso approached APC for defecton, kwakwanso together with his governor demanding for VP and state party structure respectively. Kwakwanso demand for vp was not honoured while his governor demand for the state party structure was honoured cos it's realistic. So what do you expect?

ADC should just pray kwakwanso does not defect to their party cos he is going to cause more confusion of who the flag bearer of the party will be.

And it's very important for kwakwanso to align himself properly for 2031 politics.

Lol. Then take the governor and go na. Why are you all still desperate to have Kwankwaso? You approach a man for help and he gave you his conditions based on his perceived worth. Simply move on if you can't meet up. Don't try to doublecross him like you did Wike and Elrufai. Have you suddenly become an emergency adviser for ADC? Don't worry, APC needs him more than the ADC. Just handover that V.P slot and fulfil all of his conditions. If you don't, he will support the ADC for free because he will have an axe to grind with Tinubu for daring to undermine him. Tinubu knows which is why he keeps delaying the governor's defection so he can continue to beg Kwankwaso some more. We will all learn politics together!

I see Seunmsg viewing the thread, I hope he won't disappear like the fart of a leprous witch?

Cherrybae:
Post the video where he said this. This is deep fake AI generated news.

Kwakwanso has finished medicals for his transfer to APC.

You go wail tire.

Tinubu na man you be

Lol. You are sounding a little too desperate for that hausa/fulani vote that you initially claimed you don't need. Below is the video where Kwankwaso spoke in hausa where his statements were misinterpreted (we know it's deliberate, APC badly needs the momentum). You all should have gotten a hausa interpreter before going to town with fake news. So Kwankwaso is so important to APC afterall contrary to the posture of Agbadorians here. What happened to the 36 state governors? Are they not enough? We will all learn politics together.

Get a hausa translator!

BREAKING: Kwankwanso condemned Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf over forcing and harassing chairmen council to defect to Tinubu's APC. Describe the action as uncultured and undemocratic.

pic.twitter.com/K2Xv9ohmwz

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 13, 2026

benardtotti:
This screenshot does not show on Google Search or Google lens why dont you drop the link to the updated premium times article

Simply go back to the initial thread on nairaland frontpage and click on the link. But don't worry, I've done that for you.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/849269-breaking-kwankwaso-makes-u-turn-endorses-governor-yusuf-nnpp-members-defection-to-apc.html?fbclid=Iwb21leAPTbrdjbGNrA9NuqmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHu6lCCEWRajYj1c6PT__iF_7JsbQjT4irCt_KN2wik9f_lsd3QWSFXJLnLqr_aem_OtDocLbn7Un3URTrWL8qJA

Hankim:
Tinubu is very desperate because he is a failure and has no path to victory in 2027

Kwankwaso will deal with him at the appropriate time. He will never take Kwankwaso structure

His Agbero politic only works in the Lagos and other southwest states

Tinubu’s treacherous approach of thinking he can double cross Kwankwaso by going behind his back to poach his godson in the middle of negotiations will prove to be costly. Tinubu did same to Wike by accepting Fubara into APC after brokering an agreement to the contrary. This move has ensured that Kwankwaso will no longer trust him to keep his words. Not after his betrayal of Elrufai.

This was what Kwankwaso said. Not the fake news currently on frontpage that Tinubu's lackeys went to town with in wild celebrations. Abba's defection without his godfather, Kwankwaso is not giving the APC any momentum so they had to fraudulently create one. In any case, Premiumtimes have issued a disclaimer on the earlier fake news.

seunmsg:
Aminda, how far? How do you want to drop your tears? Should I bring handkerchief, bucket, drum or a GeePee tank?

You've been caught pants down again celebrating fake news. Are you going to swallow your words or you will just move on as usual like nothing happened.

DailyNigerian has a more accurate depiction of what Kwankwaso said. We will all learn politics together.

https://dailynigerian.com/defection-kwankwaso-directs-gov-yusufs-appointees-lawmakers-to-play-along-as-governor-compiles-list-of-loyalists/

Richtaiwo:
Lmao.

It is the one that suits his narrative that is authentic While the one that doesn't taste palatable is fake news.

This one thinks all news are moved to front page without confirmation. Reports of the two governors talking about defection is real to him, lol.

Enjoy the delusion while it lasts.

Chinedu, bye for now until the day you will sharply change and start screaming "one-party system".

Keep enjoying the delusion

Sorry to urinate on your parade but the news is fake. Click on the link and verify. Premiumtimes have issued a disclaimer and apologised. At least, neither yourself nor Seunmsg can pretend anymore that Abba Kabir's defection without Kwankwaso is enough for APC.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/849269-breaking-kwankwaso-makes-u-turn-endorses-governor-yusuf-nnpp-members-defection-to-apc.html?fbclid=Iwb21leAPTbrdjbGNrA9NuqmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHu6lCCEWRajYj1c6PT__iF_7JsbQjT4irCt_KN2wik9f_lsd3QWSFXJLnLqr_aem_OtDocLbn7Un3URTrWL8qJA

Dear mods, the link source of this news has been edited by PremiumTimes and a disclaimer issued. It is only fair to edit the news with the disclaimer issued or take down the thread completely to avoid being sued by whoever might want to go all the way. You never know.

Cc: fergie001, Mynd44, Nlfpmod

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/849269-breaking-kwankwaso-makes-u-turn-endorses-governor-yusuf-nnpp-members-defection-to-apc.html?fbclid=Iwb21leAPTbrdjbGNrA9NuqmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHu6lCCEWRajYj1c6PT__iF_7JsbQjT4irCt_KN2wik9f_lsd3QWSFXJLnLqr_aem_OtDocLbn7Un3URTrWL8qJA

lapintoz:
Aminda will not sleep well in the next few weeks.

How now....how does Tinubu do it......thousands of miles out of the country and very much in control of the narratives!

Tinubu na Don!

Lol. You are celebrating a fake news, my country brother. Get an hausa translator.

BREAKING: Kwankwanso condemned Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf over forcing and harassing chairmen council to defect to Tinubu's APC. Describe the action as uncultured and undemocratic.

pic.twitter.com/K2Xv9ohmwz

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 13, 2026

Richtaiwo:
Okay chinedu.

You may now seek the assistance of Igbo speakers to help you interpret the discussion of this thread now on front page.

https://www.nairaland.com/8598599/kwankwaso-makes-u-turn-endorses-governor#138124463

The thread was created off that speech by Kwankwaso and nowhere in the video above did he imply that he endorsed the governor's move but you clickbaiters are having a field day off a fake news. It's funny to see. The governor's defection without Kwankwaso failed to give APC the needed momentum so they are attempting to create one by faking it.

Mabuggi88:
What else do you want him to be saying? He has made his intentions known to you, which is to make sure your personal lord and savior is swept off from Abuja. Actions speak louder than words

Ignore the Tinubu lackeys. They are feeling both guilty and apprehensive at the same time. With people like Elrufai, only the optics is enough for substantial Northerners to do the needful. Enough has already been said and implied.

Richtaiwo:
He has abruptly abandoned his obsession with the benefits of defection and redirected his spotlight to Tinubu, conveniently forgetting his former fixation with the date of defection.

So, has any date actually been announced? Wasn’t that the entire problem from the very beginning? How did this long-awaited, endlessly demanded date suddenly evaporate into thin air, as if it never mattered at all?

Okay Taiwo. Get an hausa speaker to interprete for you. Why are you obsessed with Hausa/Fulani votes?

BREAKING: Kwankwanso condemned Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf over forcing and harassing chairmen council to defect to Tinubu's APC. Describe the action as uncultured and undemocratic.

pic.twitter.com/K2Xv9ohmwz

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 13, 2026

Ttalk:
He is secretly begging Tinubu ekun oko Obi to reconsider him and give him second chance

He's not the one creating threads to fret about his silence.