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kingmaster2009:
With all.these irrational comments you posted ...dont you think you need mental rehab ....

Do.yiu want to stay aloof till you enter market. ..

newnigerdelta00:
Blame Thiefnubuu for your misfortunes

kingmaster2009:
Let all these jobless youth be watching Tinubu mouth. ....I will be pay dem 1k per month....

Since you don't something meaningful to do with your life....


Tinubu, on your mandate we stand

Easternmind:
Thanks
Clowns....

PrinceOfLagos:
Truth!

Tinubu is the father of corruption in Nigeria , especially in Lagos

Here’s a modest proposal to Ahmed Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC): quit.

My suggestion is bound to strike some as quixotic, perhaps even as sheer political theater. But be assured I’m in deadly earnest. In the long run – and perhaps in the short run as well – it serves Tinubu (and Nigeria) to exit the stage.

To be clear, I’m not saying that the man is incapable of pulling off a victory in next February’s election. Going by some permutations, his prospects look as good as any other candidate’s. My proposal does not rest on his electoral odds. Even if he’s assured of coasting to victory – indeed, especially then – bowing out now would still be the best political favor he did himself. And – it goes without saying – the best outcome for Nigeria.

From the outset, Tinubu’s presidential ambition was based on an egoistic consideration. This is not necessarily a grave flaw. After all, a certain inflatedness of ego is often second nature to men and women who seek to run the lives of millions. In his case, however, this single-minded pursuit of the presidency has been marked by a shocking absence of awareness of his diminished physical and mental capacities.

On the stump, Tinubu has exhibited this diminishment to a scandalous degree. In speech after speech, he lapses into gibberish and gobbledygook. He’s racked up quite a collection of campaign videos where his lips produce sounds that are unintelligible in English or Yoruba. Were he a member of one of Nigeria’s myriad Pentecostal churches, he or his handlers could make the case that he had a facility for speaking in tongues.

Instead, Nigerians can see plainly what’s in view: a candidate so physically and mentally deteriorated that he utters nonsense. It’s not only that he’s become a factory of esoteric speech – what one might call Tinubu-isms. Just as frequently, he can’t remember the name of his political party.

Why does Tinubu’s verbal diarrhea matter? Why should we (and he) be concerned about his undeniable cognitive decline? The short and best answer is that Tinubu is doing himself incalculable harm and Nigerians an egregious disservice.

Tinubu has committed no moral offense in being ill. In fact, to ail is human. But a sick man’s first order of business is to mind his health. The running of a country, any country, is not for the faint of health. Should Tinubu win, he would be a burden on Nigeria – a tired, feeble chief executive. He would spend an inordinate amount of time gasping for breath and haunting hospital wards abroad. He would be utterly incapable of paying attention even to the most basic of his tasks as president.

He is visibly sick, a shell of himself from, say, ten years ago. Yet, Nigeria is sicker by far than he. And Nigerians deserve to be spared the rather familiar, unenviable experience of falling in the hands of indisposed men: chronic hospital patients playing at being leaders.

The country’s social memory is menaced by the litany of such broken men. There was the despotic Sani Abacha, a taciturn, hard-drinking, bespectacled playboy. There was Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, whose disappearance during his presidential campaign sparked rumors of death and produced one of the rhetorical classics of Nigerian politics when former President Olusegun Obasanjo placed him on speaker at a rally and asked, “Umaru, are you dead?” Then there’s the incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari. When all is said and done, Buhari may have spent a quarter of his presidency visiting checking in and out of foreign hospitals.

It’s altogether possible that a physically fit and mentally alert Buhari would have ended up a presidential calamity. But it’s hard not to consider his incessant health woes as a factor in his disastrous presidency.

Nigeria’s line-up of infirm leaders has left a deleterious mark on the country’s morale and development. Even if he has path to victory – again, especially then – a clearly sick Tinubu should not wish himself on Nigerians.

Last week, Tinubu’s camp declared that their candidate would not debate fellow aspirants in a televised forum. Part of their argument was that both Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, were too busy campaigning to participate in jousts with their opponents. Given Tinubu’s mounting flair for glossolalia and malapropisms, that position is understandable. A man with slipping possession of his speech would want to minimize occasions for public embarrassment. Understandable, provided that the man doesn’t attempt to pass off his deficiency and cowardice as a demonstration of virtue and wisdom.

Tinubu’s problems go beyond verbal miscues. He’s dogged by questions about his past, including an apparent drug-related criminal entanglement in the United States. In a sense, Nigeria has hardly ever encountered a more mystifying political aspirant. His very name remains a puzzle. Was he born with his given name, or did he “borrow” the name from another person? How old is he? Where did he attend elementary and secondary schools?

Nigerians are not going to stop asking these questions. A President Tinubu can count on being fodder for mocking profiles in the international media. In addition, he’s likely to become the butt of slashing jokes from domestic and foreign comedians. If he’s unable, or unwilling, to offer truthful answers to them, it behooves him to skedaddle out of the presidential race.

In the end, the best case for removing himself from the field is that – pretend as he may – Tinubu cannot be anything more than an absentee president, a leader in name only. He may well make his peace with that reality, his ego flattered by achieving what he’s imagined as his right: to take his turn as Nigeria’s president and commander-in-chief. But he stands to pay an exacting price, his ego smashed to pieces, if – by hook or crook – he becomes a mere presidential sinecure, unable to lift a finger as Nigeria nosedives into the precipice.

sonature1:
You people should do more productive things with your time and stop all these online polls. This is not a true reflection of the wishes of Nigerians in the coming election.

madridguy:

jcross19:
Some APC touts on nairaland are not happy with this development...

LeoDeKing:
Okay shukudi.

The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Scholars have called on Nigerians to vote for politicians who can protect human dignity.

The dust ignited by the Muslim/Muslim Presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) among the Christian community in Taraba appears not to have settled.

This was noticed on Monday when the leadership of the Christian Reformed Church-Nigeria ( CRC-N) renewed its call on Christians across the state to reject in totality any political parties floating such a ticket.

Since the ruling APC came out with the decision of a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket in the forthcoming polls, the church has continued to emphasise its objections.

The call for Christians irrespective of denomination, to reject such political parties, was contained in a communique issued to journalists, shortly after the 155th General Church Council meeting of the church held in Takum council.

A statement signed by the CRC-N president Rev. Isaiah Magaji Jirapye, and Secretary Rev. Joseph Garba, vowed to frustrate APC at the national level from making headway in the presidential election.

While urging the Christian community across the country to ensure that their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) are intact, they asked the faithful to come out en mass to vote during elections, which the church said, has become necessary.

Part of the communique read; “on the same faith presidential ticket of the APC, the synod called on the body of Christ in Nigeria to reject in totality the Muslim-Muslim ticket”

Stressing that “the Muslim-Muslim ticket is not only a threat to the corporate existence of Christians” they argued that it is also ” a calculated attempt at marginalising Christians in Nigeria and to oust them out of political governance.”

Jones4190:
apart from insults what else do you learn from your dad

Jones4190:
any one that address Chatham house is the next president of Nigeria,

Image123:
It's excusable, he supposedly had a knee surgery. We don't need an Olympic athlete but a leader that can make things work. Obi shows he can't even make his own campaign/rally timetable work, not to talk of Nigeria.

gozmok1:
With the game these Northerners are playing if you believe Tinubu will defeat Atiku and Kwankwaso in the north then I guess most of you are just gullible. As it stands Tinubu can only boast of South west.

Lagos votes is hugely divided and same as Oyo/Osun. And South west from inception don't give anyone block vote. I really wonder where Tinubu's votes will come from.

South South and Southeast have never bought anything Tinubu is selling.

Former governor of Cross Rivers State Donald Duke has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of using his image in the documentaries of its presidential candidate Bola Tinubu.

Duke said this at a roundtable with editors that was organised by the Front Fort Media Initiative and the MacArthur Foundation, held recently in Lagos.

He said the APC and its campaign team allegedly used his photograph as a 12-year-old as that of Tinubu in a documentary titled ‘the nation builder’.

The documentary referenced by Duke was televised by TVC, and also uploaded on various YouTube channels to narrate Tinubu life history; childhood, education, political journey, and achievements in public and private sector.

“My disagreement is that my photograph as a 12-year-old is used as his photograph. So they couldn’t find his photograph as a young person and they had to take my own photograph,” Duke said.

“The picture of the boy used as Bola Tinubu in all the documentaries is me. I am the boy in the picture, not Tinubu as they claimed in their documentaries.

“That photo was taken when I was 12 years old during my school years at the Federal Government College Sokoto, in Sokoto stat.”

“I don’t know if I can get justice on this but I feel pained that a 12-year-old is being used for political (reasons).”

The APC nor its presidential campaign council are yet to admit or refute the allegations by the former Cross Rivers State governor.


Duke said it was disappointing that the level of debate in politics has dropped so low that people vying for political offices are not discussing issues that directly affect the people they want to govern.

He faulted the discussions around the subjects that attack the individuals contesting an election in the 2023 elections.

VIDEO:”My photograph as a 12 year old boy was used as his (Tinubu) photograph” —Donald Duke reacts to APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s documentary.

Oh my.

Until I saw this video of Donald Duke confirming it *is* his picture being passed off as young BAT in the Bola Tinubu documentary, I’d dismissed all the previous talk.

I thought it was propaganda.

I didn’t believe anyone would be so brazen.

pic.twitter.com/Oe2c3odpQd

— Sandra Ezekwesili (@SEzekwesili) November 28, 2022
Why are Nigerians silent?
Donald Duke is demanding justice.

Do you know what it is that your image is used as the image of a drug dealer when he was young?

— DISTINGUISHED Everest (@novieverest) November 27, 2022
This fraudulent @officialABAT, everything about this man is fraud, to the point that even his TV station @tvcnewsng can’t help but steal @Donald_Duke’s images pic.twitter.com/jSbr3mfm7e

— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) November 23, 2022
I refrain from public commentary on the elections, but I have the same questions for Balenciaga (child abuse in ads) & Tinubu's camp (passing off Donald Duke's image as BAT's). How many layers of approval exist for external comms? No one flagged this as 'potentially' criminal?

— Chioma Agwuegbo (@ChiomaChuka) November 28, 2022
They just took out Donald Duke's picture without replacing it with that of Tinubu.

So he does not have a picture of himself aside from that of Donald Duke?

— DISTINGUISHED Everest (@novieverest) November 27, 2022
Donald Duke personally confirms the story that BAT and his team stole a picture of him as a 12 year old swaggerlicious boy!

The APC candidate has now taken the picture off his Website. If they had an iota of shame left, they'd voluntarily step down… .pic.twitter.com/DXcJEbhVbK

— Spotlight on #PeterObi2023 #Obidatti023 (@Spotlight_Abby) November 27, 2022
At this point, I totally pity Donald Duke. They totally want to erase his history while he is still alive, hence his outcry. So sad

— DEMAGOGUE PhD.?senior advocat (@von_Bismack) November 27, 2022

[b]Why is no one tweeting Justice for Donald Duke yet?

How do u run with someone else's picture to defraud Nigerians & sell ur cheap rhetorics?

This shld be a criminal act on its own under section 484 of the criminal code act of Nig. Tinubu is guilty of felony

What a disgrace! [/b]pic.twitter.com/MgNM1b7mgH

— Theodore(Dr) B.Mls, MPH, D.Epi (@DrTheodo) November 27, 2022
The APC presidential candidate used Donald Duke's childhood photograph in a new ruse documentary called nation builder.
Alhamdulilahi Donald is even alive & well to debunk this himself.
Pls, If you know anyone that knows one thing that is true about Jagaban.
Kindly come forward. pic.twitter.com/9SJyv0vINz

— Masu Zafi ?? (@masuzafi) November 28, 2022
Donald Duke talks about Tinubu's identity theft and asks about possible paths to seek compensation. pic.twitter.com/uEbfN3r5Xm

— Kowa Ishaku Yahaya (@Yahaya_IV) November 27, 2022
Tinubu used Donald Duke’s picture to show that he had a childhood picture. Donald Duke publicly shamed the act and warned Nigerians of Tinubu’s Presidency. We all saw the clip. Let's take away hate and banter, aren't you embarrassed as a Tinubu supporter seeing these things?

— BeksFCB (@Joshua_Ubeku) November 27, 2022

BeardedMeat:
The number of votes APC would get in next year's presidential election would determine the number of Nigerians needing psychiatric attention.

NigeriaIsGreat:
Wahala

Nnamdi Kanu campaigned for One Nigeria when PDP was in power. PDP lost and he became a freedom fighter grin grin

Obi is on the ballot now we no hear say Nigeria na zoo again

After the election, Nigeria will become a zoo back

This life no balance o

18. Don't spam the forum by advertising in the wrong places or posting the same content many times.

Ologbondiyan, had while also reacting to the APC position, maintained that “the APC has realised that given its mass failures across the spectrum of our polity, it does not enjoy the support of Nigerians and as such is scared of any process that will deliver a credible balloting in the elections.

The statement further read: “APC’s mortal fear of mass rejection at the polls is directly behind its unnecessary tantrums against the electronic transmission of results.

DeAdvokate:
I was shell-shocked yesterday when I heard the speech of APC Presidential candidate blurry and unfathomable speech. Is this the best Southwest can give to Nigeria? Why do we want to trade the lives of 200 million Nigerians just for the selfish ambition of an old sickly and frail man. In all honesty, can you be happy to have Tinubu as a lecturer who had to teach you an important course in the university? Imagine him speaking to any foreign media! If this man eventually wins (I hope he doesn't) the so called 'cabals' will hold this country by its jugular. Tinubu can be worst than Buhari, his gaffes in the last two months are pointers to what to come. God save us from power grabbers!

femisplash:
All I see here is pains all over Peter Obi. Tinubu really dropped the bomb on him, there's nobody that has disgraced this country than a Pandora fraud that was saying Naanu on an international TV like CNN, he was such a disgrace that the lady anchor was visibly ashamed of Obi. Aside him being the king of Lamba,

The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has attributed the recent opposition to the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to history of election manipulation by the APC.

The Director of Strategic Communications of the PDP Presidential campaign organisation, Dele Momodu while interacting with journalists, Thursday, said it was dismayed over call by the APC “at this time and age for us to operate analog elections.”

This is however, coming against the backdrop of resolve by the Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC) to deploy BVAS in the 2023 election.

Recall that the APC National Chairman, Adamu Abdullahi had on Wednesday, expressed concerns over INEC’s resolve to “deploy some of these technologies as regards transmission because we are taking a major step in transmitting election results in real-time.”

But Momodu said the world has gone digital and anything that will eliminate political thuggery, cheating and rigging should the employed, adding that “I will expect any reasonable political party to support it.”

“So, for APC to say it does not support it. There should be no transmission of results from voting points. It’s like sending us back 50 years ago into antiquity. At PDP, we will support transparent elections only,” Momdu added.

He further added: “We know that we stand to benefit from it. Anybody who is completely jittery knows why it’s complaining because they (APC) are used to manipulating elections. We told them in Osun. And we won. When people decided that this time, we will not allow you to rig, and of course, electronics technology helped in Osun.

“I have a notion that is what APC is running away from, that if they could defeat us in Osun as an incumbent. Then, there is no power of incumbency again.”

Momodu, who expressed confidence in the readiness of INEC to deploy BVAS in the next year’s election said once you use it, there is nothing like incumbency, whatever votes you record is what will be published and what will be approved.

He said: “So APC is very jittery about it. And the world can see who is jittery. APC is very jittery, and we will defeat them. There’s no doubt about that.

“Let me tell you, I believe that APC is already winding down. And when a political party begins to wind down, its ability to misbehave becomes weakened.

“But those who know President Muhammadu Buhari, know that once he is determined to do anything, he will do it. INEC is being blackmailed by APC, there is no question about it. They’ve done that in the past. Like when they extended their party primary. They were not supposed to extend the dates. The date was supposed to be sacrosanct, but APC made sure that they bullied INEC into submission.”

He expressed hope that INEC will not be bullied into accepting what would be so dangerous for Nigeria.

Momodu, who described this election as crucial said “the country is not the personal property of anybody. APC has tried its best. Now we’re able to juxtapose the PDP and the APC, and anybody who is fair-minded enough would agree that APC deserves to rest.

“However, those who are close to President Buhari have told us that if there is one thing is determined to achieve if he has failed in any other way, is that he must be able to give Nigeria the most transparent elections and I pray he will deliver on it.”

In a related development, PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar campaign spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan said the alleged APC rejection of BVAS confirms fears that it has plans to manipulate the 2023 general election.

Ologbondiyan, had while also reacting to the APC position, maintained that “the APC has realised that given its mass failures across the spectrum of our polity, it does not enjoy the support of Nigerians and as such is scared of any process that will deliver a credible balloting in the elections.

The statement further read: “APC’s mortal fear of mass rejection at the polls is directly behind its unnecessary tantrums against the electronic transmission of results.

“It is abundantly clear that the APC’s plan is to return our electoral process to the days of mass rigging through the use Incidence Forms, ballot box snatching, ballot stuffing and other electoral malpractices.

“Having become frustrated because of the introduction of technology to improve the electoral process, the APC is seeking ways to manipulate the elections to enable it to re-enact the horrible electoral seasons of its devious act of holding electoral officers by their jugulars and forcing them to write results for APC candidates.

“The APC will desire to deploy the use of armed helicopters in order to chase away Nigerians from their polling stations so as to write results and force same on INEC officials.

“The Atiku/Okowa Campaign urges Nigerians to remain vigilant on the decision reached by INEC to promote the integrity of our electoral process.”

FirstSon01:
Yes sir, you're right about the poor people, but what will you do about it??

Let's not forget that during your time as governor, the poverty in Anambra increased.

The rural part of Nigeria is trapped in abject poverty; we are leaving our children, miserable and uneducated. 27 percent of school-age children are out of school and poor, 29 percent of all school-aged children are not attending school, and 94 percent out of school children are very poor.

Perusing "Nigeria's Poverty Trap and How to End It," I found the conclusions troubling, but also a compelling clarion call to action. I've always accorded priority to poverty alleviation; more so within the context of moving Nigeria from consumption to production.

My position on National Development Plans are clear; and I share fully the report's conclusion on the need for a new elite consensus on national development priorities and imperatives.

#PeterObi ��

mrvitalis:
That's Obi biggest asset

And this is why PDP and APC main style of campaign is to 1) try to downplay that quality 2) try to find something in is closet even of an ant or pin they would take it ... but unluckily for them nothing can be found

They have been searching since 2018 yet nothing