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bennybuhari:
Picture of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Kabiru Masari, the man whose name he submitted to INEC as running mate

The concept of “placeholder” for vice-presidential candidates has no place in the constitution of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

This is according to INEC’s Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye.

INEC had set June 17 as the deadline for the nomination of vice-presidential candidates following the completion of presidential primaries of political parties.

In order to beat the deadline, some parties submitted names of vice-presidential candidates whom they described as placeholders.

Daily Trust had reported how Kabiru Masari, a politician from Katsina, was named as the running mate to Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but some political analysts had said the APC welfare secretary is a “placeholder” before a final candidate is named.

Reacting in a chat with ARISE TV on Monday, Okoye said the “placeholder is a unique Nigerian invention” for which the commission’s law has no provision.

Okoye said, “The constitution makes it very clear that you cannot run alone as a presidential candidate and must nominate an associate to run with you for that position, and as far as INEC is concerned, the presidential candidates have submitted their associates to run with them in the presidential election.

“As far as we are concerned, there’s no form submitted by the presidential candidate where they said ‘we’re submitting this person’s name as a place or space holder.

“The issue of space or place holder is a unique Nigerian invention that has no place in our constitutional and legal framework.

“Political parties’ candidates have submitted names of associates to run with them, and that is the position of the law as at today and nothing has changed. For there to be a substitution of a candidate, the vice-presidential candidate must write to INEC, with a sworn affidavit stating that he is withdrawing from the race within the time frame provided by the law. That’s the only way there can be a substitution of candidates.”

OgunLaakaye:
You are finished! Stop using “We”

SATANICALLY666:
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The post which analysed the motive of Atiku, Tinubu and Obi for wanting to become president is fake. It was not written by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

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https://www.thecable.ng/fact-check-did-sanusi-author-viral-write-up-on-atiku-tinubu-and-obi/

Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said most of the politicians in the corridors of power have no reason to be there, describing politics in Nigeria as a case where lunatics have taken over the asylum.

He said this Sunday at the Men of Valour conference with the theme: “Navigating the corridors of power, the church, and the politics” organised by the Revival House of International Church (RHOGIC), Abuja.

The former governor of Anambra State, who described 70 percent of politicians in Nigeria as “lunatics”, said only a lunatic in government would steal N80 billion of the citizens money for personal use.

He said Nigeria would continue to suffer unless these “lunatics” were flushed out and replaced with competent people at the next elections.

He said: “We can’t allow this gangsterism to continue, Nigerians should take back their country. 70 percent of those who are in politics today should not have any reason to be there. I have said it, politics in Nigeria is a case where lunatics have taken over the asylum.

“This is the only country where the worst is leading. I was a trader and gradually entered into politics. When you take far more than you need, you are sick.

“How do you explain that one person took N80 billion, it is not greed, it is sickness. When you take one billion that is greed but when you take N80 billion that is sickness. Mad people have taken over our politics. If we get young people with the competence and capacity to be there, things will change.”

Obi, while speaking on whether a third force could take power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the people will decide.

On the 2023 general elections, Obi said prayers alone could not salvage the country.

According to him, Nigerians have played their religious roles enough and, therefore, it is time to take action by mobilising and voting for their candidate of choice.

“We have prayed enough, it is time to act. With these people in power? You can pray from now until anytime, they won’t go until you chase them out. So, it is time to act, not just pray. It is time for us to close the church and deal with these people.”

Obi also urged the youths not to make a profession out of politics.

On his part, the National Secretary of the Young Peoples Party( YPP), Vidiyano Bamaiyi, described 75 percent of politicians in Nigeria as “political bandits”.

Senator Albert Bassey, while speaking, said the country could eliminate money politics only through direct primaries.

garfield1:
The north has always rallied round a radical Muslim,a pious,sharia driven fellow usually Hausa fulani or kanuri.first was usman danfodio,then ahmadu bello and to an extent late gen yaradua and maitama sule and then buhari.kwankwaso is gradually getting such followershio in the mould of aminu kano...atiku does not fit that features,he is seen as too liberal minded and western minded unlike conservative buhari.moreover,he is not from the core north nor from the Muslim dominated states.Adamawa is evenly divided...

Atiku contested in 2007 and won no state.he lost the entire northeast while buhari won some states in the north west.in 2019,he won Adamawa narrowly same as taraba.borno and yobe literally buried him whilst giving him his lowest votes...

Again,the north have read the mood of the
nation and seen that power must go down south for Nigeria to remain as one which favours the north more.highest they will do is extract some firm commitment from tinubu not to rock the boat...

Again,the north knows that it is the turn of the south and they are honest people.if they were so powerdrunk,they would have voted atiku in 2019..
Again,apc is so entrenched in the north and pdp weak...


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WATCHOVER:
NOTHING like that Umahi should be the one saying it in reverse, Umahi should have remained in PDP, he thought Buhari loved him not knowing that Buhari's Brain have been wired with Northern Muslim.
Their hatred for Wike was because he told all those who betrayed the party in 2015 what they did was wrong, hence they were not happy they thought by scheming him out would do good to them but they have made their Situation worse, Atiku should not forget that the North still see him as a Southern Cameroonian claiming full Fulani blood

The national publicity secretary of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Agbo Major, has said alliance talks between the party and the Labour Party (LP) are progressing smoothly and Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, who is currently the presidential candidate of the NNPP may accept being Peter Obi’s running mate.

Obi is the presidential candidate of the LP and there have been speculations in some quarters that he might run a joint ticket with Kwankwaso as his running mate.

Asked to verify the proposed alliance, Major said talks were still ongoing and he wouldn’t want to speculate

He, however, said Kwankwaso or Obi could accept being each other’s vice.

Major, who spoke to Daily Trust on Sunday via phone said, “By the time we are done with the discussions, Nigerians will be happy, whichever way it turns out to be.”

Fairmedia:
Why must you have a Sarkin in another man's state?

You people should leave people alone in peace.

lawrenzooo:
How can you shutdown economic activities for 5 days....!

Am sure if all states depend solely on their IGR Zamfara state would not try this rubbish but because they rely on oil money they can afford to shutdown their state for a month and still get Federal allocation from the economic activities of other states at the end of the month.

EmilolaOla:
I have now come to full realization that the Yorubas are not voicing their dissatisfaction with the candidacy of TINUBU enough. APC gave YORUBA TINUBU when a better and sound, charismatic person like Osinbajo exist and there seem to be silent prayer and support for TINUBU to get to Aso rock by people of Yoruba extraction, except I'm mistaking silence for YES.

If majority of the YORUBAs are satisfied as they aren't talking about him, it's probably they don't understand the implications of supporting him and the gravity of silent ignorance in an election year.

Only few are somewhat bold, vocal and open enough to back their support of TINUBU with words and actions and in this group are predominantly Yoruba who practise islamic religion like TINUBU and we understand religion is a huge rallying point for political sentiment and participation even when no merit or logical basis can be adduced.

If TINUBU is the wish of the silent majority and a vocal few, I can conclude this support is based on religious affiliation, tribal bent, or naivety, which are worst reasons to support a candidate.
And if his charismatic and executive appeal is the reason for his support then they are being psychologically and intellectually naive by allowing his dark triad personality to charm their emotions into submission.

But I think the basic questions the YORUBAs should be asking about TINUBU Is if he truly represents the yearning and aspirations of an average Yoruba person.

For me, Tinubu wants to use tribal rhetorics to whip support from the Yoruba base when he does not represent the aspirations of the Yoruba in any sense.

I can only liken TINUBU to the YORUBA aristocratic chiefs of 17th century who orchestrated and mediated the sale of YORUBA sóns and daughters as slaves to the White men across the Atlantic into the Americas.
TINUBU does not care about human or capital development of the YORUBAs. He never. Lekki Toll gate owned by TINUBU was the blood scene of massacre and tears of YORUBA sóns and daughters right in Lagos, his property.

What did he say or do till date? Nothing, except asking what they had gone there to do, such callousness!
TINUBU checks all boxes of a slave master waiting and masquerading to finally sell the whole of the Yoruba into Atlantic trade as slaves, just the way he has singly tucked the prosperity of Lagos into his pocket. What a dangerous man to allow control our fate and patrimony.
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We had better start asking questions and disallow religion or emotions from beclouding our senses, or else we will miss Buhari if TINUBU gets there.

WatchYourSix:
You miss the point either deliberately or stupidly ...I'm tired of talking to you...

U people want to bring your hijab into Christian schools..
can christians do such in your muslims schools?? u cannot answer becos u are a hypocrite..

One minute children will be children...one person will touch another kid's hijab...as wicked as u people are .u will call it blasphemy..That's why I said ..set up your schools and. Make your rules....

there is a Muslims school close to where I used to live .. every girl uses hijab and all the boys uses caps and jumped trousers...there is uniformity.. even in your muslims school ..u people understand and enforce uniformity in dresscode...

But u want to force hijab on christians schools disrupting their uniform dresscode...
.yet you are crying intolerance ..

.I laugh at u people because at the end of the day..na u people go suffer am when christians don't admit your children into their schools..

The Governor of Zamfara State, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle has declared next week Monday to Friday, (June 20th to 24th, 2022) as work free week to enable the State’s public and civil servants to go to their respective localities and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards, (PVC).

The Governor directed all the commissioners, Special Advisers, Permanent Secretaries, other public office holders, party officials and traditional rulers to monitor and supervise the ongoing Voter Registration exercise.

This was contained in a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital by the State’s commissioner for information, Hon. Ibrahim Magaji Dosara.

According to the statement, every person above the age of 18 is expected to be part of the exercise, saying that it was their constitutional right to elect their leaders.

Governor Matawalle appealed to the general public to participate in the exercise so that they would not complain later.

WatchYourSix:
U are a muslim...a christain cannot come to the school u set up and tell you they will dress how they want...u will kill them for it...

OyeofIkoTuN:
this is what I have been singing

How can the North rule 8 years and atiku has the guts to come out?

Is thier plan 16years

Pdp is out for life,Apc is next..

Ndi ala

WatchYourSix:
Set up your schools and use wateva u like...

Massiveglory:
And some persons say religion does not matter.

I think kwankwanso movement has shut itself because the herdsmen terrorists menace has hit everyone.

pharmagba:
Printing names without photo?
Are you this gullible?
How did they know whom they killed?
Did they have their finger print?
Did they have their retina scan?

Abeg! Is not the same Nigerian security we are talking about?

WatchYourSix:
Intolerant??
You are funny...
So children are dressing naked to school...
Is that why you need hijab....??

Ur problem is that u like dominating and controlling....there's a reason for uniform in the educational system....its for uniformity among the pupils...but i guess u muslim dont understand that....

Set up your school and use waterva u like.

..no..but u want to force your islamic doctrine on christain school owners and you are still crying about tollerance?? Please you are being irritating with that statement ...

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) has rejected the governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for accepting his nomination as the running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

Phis was contained in a statement signed by leaders of four groups which include Chief Edwin Clark, for the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) and the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF); Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, Dr. Dru Bitrus, the President-General, Middle Belt Forum and Prof. George Obiozor, the President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide.

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The statement read in part, “It bears recalling that the 17 governors of the Southern states of Nigeria, both of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the Chairmanship of the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, met in Asaba, the capital of Delta State on May 11, 2021, and took far-reaching decisions, including that, based on the principles of fairness, equity and justice, the presidency should rotate to the South at the end of the statutory eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.

“And this very Governor Okowa was the host of that historic meeting. The Southern governors later met again in Lagos, on July 5, where they reaffirmed their decision, and again in Enugu, on September 16, to restate the call that the presidency should rotate to the South in 2023.

“It is unspeakable and quite disappointing that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who is currently Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum, and a native of Owa-Alero in Ika North-East Local Government Area (one of the Igbo-speaking areas) of Delta State, would exhibit such barefaced unreliability.

“It is, therefore, most unfortunate that the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa who should know better, accepted his appointment as running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. We do not have anything personal against Ifeanyi Okowa but his action is treacherous and tantamount to a despicable pawning of the political future of the people of Southern Nigeria.

“Governor Okowa has, by his action, betrayed the trust reposed on him by his colleagues; the southern governors, the entire good people of southern Nigeria and all well-meaning Nigerians. He has made himself persona non grata, not only, with SMBLF but all citizens who treasure our oneness and yearn for a more united and peaceful Nigeria”

The group said it rejected Okowa, his vice president slot, describing the governor’s action as “a betrayal of the highest order.”

The statement added, “And that this is not a matter of loyalty to one’s political party, but rather a greedy, parochial and unpatriotic action, committed against the general interest of his State, Delta State, the Niger Delta region, and Southern Nigeria. It is, certainly, also not in the interest of the nation at large.”

pharmagba:
Non sense!
Deception!

Fish out killers of worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo and we know you are working!

WatchYourSix:
They want to introduce cancer they cant control....if they are goimg to let hijab ...they should cancel the uniform system of dressing so that everyone can dress how they want.

U cant maintain uniform dressing and now say muslim only should be allowed alter the uniform style how they want.....

we keep having muslim biased judgement since buhari came to power...we need to vote wisely come 2023

tomax026:
Unbelievable, I was reading this post on Nairaland and getting to comments, I saw 148 likes, on four consecutive comments supporting Tinubu.
I don't understand why it's like that, and can anyone explain it?
Or our politicians are now sponsoring people to like things supporting them on our dear Nairaland?

Pakute:
We will celebrate your 47th in Aso rock. God willing.

WesternOligarch:
Hmmm....is the bowing necessary? Considering he's probably the same age as adamu.

AntiBMC:
Look at the lame argument, that Malami man is giving. Makes no sense at all. The truth is, as long as the fulanis remain in power, they will never agree to restructuring, talk less of secession. How can a parasite agree to its termination by its host?

In 2023, make it count by voting right.

limeta:
Malami is part of the fulanization
For him the fulani agenda comes first .