₦airaland Forum

mubarak89:
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
That's a famous quote, widely attributed to Albert Einstein.

Same can be used in the situation of Nigeria. Over the years we have had the same crop of politicians. Each election year we regurgitate the same class of people while expecting different results.

If 'Albert Einstein' were to judge the situation of Nigeria, he'd most likely label us "insane".

But alas! We need to move this country forward. We need to stop electing the same crop of people while expecting different results.

But then... who amongst the polical class is differrent?
Simple answer: Peter Obi.

Like it or not. Obi is a deviant and abnormal when put side by side with others.

#1: Peter Obi Rejects Oil Block
#2: He was impeached for refusing to inflate Anambra budget
#3: He rejected a house of 120M
#4: Anambra GDP grew by 40% while he was governor


These are not what a normal Nigerian politician does. These are verifiable facts!

Obi is not normal.

Pandora papers, hiding money in tax havens because you don't want to pay tax.

No saint anywhere.

Nemere2020:
“My concern is metaphysical: the NDC was born illegitimately. It bypassed every constitutional requirement — no formal application, no administrative fee, no shortlisting, no portal engagement, no regulatory compliance whatsoever and no participation in the entire process,” he said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/tribuneonlineng.com/why-im-asking-court-to-deregister-ndc-ardo-ada-promoter/amp/

Haba, this INEC sha, how can you allowed a party in such circumstances, this level of blatant partiality and illegality is unacceptable.

INEC una or try at all.

Streetinvestor2:
By now u should know that we are not going to vote party in 2027.it is going to be about drug dealer, certificate forger, identity theft who has been in office 4 yrs that has made u laptop job with stipend, created hunger and poverty, not able to tackle power and insecurity against the people. If they send you to your village. What will u tell them to vote SW president that has affected thr life's directly in any positive way.
What has u village people enjoyed since SW president was made possible by inec

I won't tell them in my village to vote anyone in this political class.

By the way, elections would also be about Pandora papers, not wanting to pay tax, hiding monies in tax havens under accounts of fake companies.

Your oga is no saint, if he gets in, he wouldn't have a clue as to what to do. We know that as we saw insults from Nd'Anambra when he was governor.

ddippset:
Winning elections
😂

May your life and your children's be just as credible as Nigeria's elections..
Say a big Amen.

By the way!;

The old man lost his election in his own state of Lagos, lost in Abuja, Edo, Plateau and many other places and you're saying it's Obidients.

By the way are Obidients not Nigerians,? Abi they are not humans?
Abi they are aliens.

If elections are not credible, why do you encourage Peter Obí to take part, or are they only credible if he wins?

Obidients are Nigerians, a very noisy, abusive and insultive minority.

Felabrity:
Rest, he won 3-4 northern states in 2023

He will surely win 2-3 more states in the north in 2027, making it 5
5 in the east
1 in SW
4 in SS
Plus FCT
He don try

With Kwankwaso, he is only winning Kano outside Aligbo.

His Obidients have destroyed everywhere else for him with their churlish on line behaviour.

Counterigbolies:
they have already finished him

Go to twitter n search for bayo bilisi n see how they finished him in Lagos today with rally n visiting of different kings palace

Just had a quick look, I fear his tenure has effectively ended, I wish he could explain why he did that though and expected to get away with it.

ddippset:
Same old mind games!

Not really about Obi, even a cow contesting against Tinubu, free and fair, Tinubu cannot win.
I repeat, even a cow!!

If Peter Obi was the one in office between May 2023 and today, and all that has happened happened, I would not in my right senses expect him to win.
As we 'speak' hundreds of Nigerians are being flogged and dehumanized daily in the forests by bandits.

Anyone who says Tinubu can win a free election needs urgent psychiatric evaluation.

So how are APC winning elections all over the place, even in Aligbo, during President Tinubu's tenure?

Whilst I understand that Obidients hate him, it appears other Nigerians don't.

This man needs to keep a low profile or defend himself sensibly because he is going to be the poster boy for Anti Ndigbo politician feelings in Lagos state.

Come next elections, his name will be front and centre as to why Yoruba liberalism in Lagos needs to end.

Did he really think his skewed list would not be released for public consumption or maybe he didn't care sha? Shame, now all his good works would have been erased because of that act of lack of tact.

ViceGovernor:
Supermod Dominique I think it's a set up....do you agree?

No one can set you up, with a teenager, if you are a man with sense.

IronCondemned:
Play play like this NDC have become the chief conner stone on which Nigeria will be changed.

I am genuinely interested in your opinion, as I myself haven't seen it, as to why you think Peter Obí would do better than 3rd place.

What exactly has happened in the past week or whatever to make NDC a cornerstone of anything?

I understand that Obidients are cock-a-hoop because NDC zoned their Presidential candidacy to the South so Peter Obi would get it but that hasn't, in my opinion anyway, caused a seismic shift in Nigerian politics.

He has always had his South East and with Kwankwaso has added Kano, where else?

alanto:
As him papa come from Ifelodun? Una de reason like 2023 after all wetin Una don do?

SMH.

So that you go use Ifelodun money send your village people abroad.
Play, play.

Sadly that guy in Oshodi-Isọlọ has spoilt market for any non-Yoruba trying to campaign for elective offices in Lagos state.

I wish he'd come out to explain himself.

ddippset:
You mean free and fair or you mean Amupitaning it?

Free and Fair Edo will be 70 percent Obi, 20 percent Tinubu, 10 percent Atiku...


I don't know how any sane human thinks Tinubu can win a free and fair election in Nigeria...

That is a chronic stage of insanity!

If Peter Obi wins, it's free and fair, if he doesn't, it's rigged, gotcha!

Peter Obi is not getting up to 15% in Edo state, never mind winning.

duduade:
Demise ke

Demise of his hype man career

He is Emmanuel Akpan, Ẹgogo is just his guy name.

I believe he is born and bred in Benin and his mum might be Benin, all same as Kassy, but none of that caused his demise.

He went too far with some of his utterances in defending the governor.

lawani:
A place that is not a government reserved area for Igbos in Lagos can never become an Igbo dominated area. Is it possible for over fifty percent of the real estate on that land to belong to Igbos? It is not possible. So how do you define Igbo dominated area?

I am not going to argue with that poster, let them continue to believe that Ndigbo dominate anywhere in Oshodi Isọlọ. Because they have a lot of shops and people call South south people Ọmọ igbo might cause some delusion.

The only valid point he made was that there was voting lethargy there by Yorùbá's before now. Sadly, the Presidential results from the SE in 2023 has now shaken Ndi Yoruba from their stupour.

Maybe there is another Isọlọ sha.

keemsleek:
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Lol then you dont know isolo from Ireland akari to ago palace to okota to jakande Estate to ajao Estate aswani are igbo dominated area. How may SS pple are in area. I was born and grew up at ago palace. Anybody staying ago to okota to ire akari will tell u.

No need arguing. Next elections, we will see who wins this guy's seat, gubernatorial and presidential elections from the LGA.

keemsleek:
Igbo dominant there. Na my area most yoruba there don't come out to vote they are busy staying in door or shop. Apc lost during presidential election at there. It was then the yorubavlearnt they messed up and they came out heavily during governorship election and the population of igbo doubled during the election. I love the igbo for that....

Oshodi Isọlọ has never been dominated by Ndigbo. Also, don't lump in South South people with Ndigbo in trying to make absurd claims. I moved there when Isọlọ was under Mushin LG.

The strongest Ndigbo place in that LG will be Ajao estate and even at that, Igbos are not dominant over there.

Like you said, a lot of Ndigbo turned up before 2023 to vote in Lagos, as part of a calculated transfer, and Oshodi Isọlọ was one of the places affected. I believe INEC have sensibly closed that loophole.

Felabrity:
With Kwankwaso as his running mate, he will do wonders, that is why APC don't want him on the ballot paper( the fear of the unknown.)

My only fear is the 25% in 24 states requirement.

If he gets more than 4. 5million, he has done really well.

If he gets more than 1.5 outside the South east, he has excelled himself.

Àwọn tí Y2K, hypocrisy from top to bottom.

VicM6:
And no matter how a man tries to create time for his kids, the mother alwys win las las.....it's nature nd natural.

While I agree the mum might win in the end, we as men make it way too easy for them.

Women are too smart, for example "wait till your dad comes", and when dad comes truly, ńa to dey flog renain. Persin wey you nor see all day go make time to flog you. Why not pass the discipline aspect back to the mum as a tired dad?

Anyway, those male children too will marry smart wives, what goes around comes around

I won't lie, I have been impressed with him of late, he is not one to be careful with his words in other to build bridges but at least he owns what he says.

I think Obidients need to be careful as he won't accept bullying easily

lionphil:
Stop being petty, Amuwo Odufin is over 90% Igbo, why don't you post those of other Yoruba dominated areas??

Not true, Amuwo Odofin is no more than 30% give or take 5% Igbo. A lot of South South people are there too.

VicM6:
shebi na person wey see better work go fit bond with him childern compare to someone who leaves his house as early as 7am and return 8pm.....especially company jobs......the man self go don tire....make God help us

Then do so at the weekend to compensate if you can't do it during the week.

There are lots of men, in this generation and previous ones, that cannot tell you the name of their children's class teacher or the name of two of their children's best friends.

I had a friend growing up, the mum knew all our names and when you see her outside she will say "hello" and add your name even if her son is not with us. The dad, who admittedly works hard, you would greet him even in his house and he will just barely answer and look at you blankly.

You tell me which parent the child will bond with more (even though my friend was a mummy's boy sha).

1Alex:
are you aware that Obidients are mostly not Igbos?

I am well aware that Obidients are overwhelmingly Ndigbo.

Penkelems:
So what platform is Atiku contesting?

I can honestly see him going to NDC, after all of those ones can accept Obí and the wàhálà his Obidients would potentially wrought, they will accept anyone.

VicM6:
Can someone pls tell me the power involved in the way women manipulate thier children and men can't just do the same....Is it the strong bond of love or what exactly....bcus on a daily basis, every men out there are struggling hard to survive, but not jst for their stomach alone but for the entire family but at the end, his children will still stand with their mom and show the man pepper....

May God help and bless every men and women working tirelessly out there to keep the family moving....

It's the fault of the men, they too should make time to start bonding with their children. Not everything school fees.

They make it easy for the woman to claim victim and garner sympathy.

Men too should tell the stories of their wives misdeamenours to their children, trust me the women are doing so and adding jara big time.

franchasofficia:
They played part back then because no prominent and formidable Igbo man emerged to challenge any of the Southwest political demigod like Bola Tinubu, please understand this.


They are not happy that Peter Obi a Southeasterner is trying to change the status quo of becoming President, to them its a taboo. Igbos can support other tribes to emerge President no problem, they dont have a problem with that, but an Igbo man coming out to challenge their own person in a Presidential election and then Igbos massively support him, for what na? That is crossing their wishful redline

The text in my post gave a wrong impression of things and I have corrected it.

A lot of Yorùbá's voted for Peter Obí, in fact a lot of Nigerians want an Ndigbo president but it won't happen with the atrocious bullying behaviour of Obidients, never.

The hope is Bianca or Prof Soludo will rule us despite being hated by Obidients in much the same way President Obasanjo ruled Nigeria against the wishes of a good chunk of his tribesmen

PenSniper:
We already know that obidients habitually like building castles in the air.

It looks like the so-called hunger is most felt by same obidients which why they are available for hire at #2k for protests.

Abi ó, di Y2K pipo!

kedeojo:
Aminda is passing through a lot now, since the defection of obi and Kwankwaso which has rendered the coalition against Tinubu reelection he so brag about. he might just commit suicide after January election announcement. North and south east alliance in the mud. Tinubu actually have God on his side. if not that Ribadu is a detrabilize and competent leader to take over from Tinubu in 2031, I would have suggest Tinubu to pick a Christian northerner especially from north central and team him up with a Christian south south and let me see if heaven will fall. those born to rule mentality will be stop by Tinubu fully when he secured his reelection.

Honestly I feel bad for AMINDA who I think is a good, principled poster but ended up in a bad situation.

All those darts he was aiming at people, in his quest to side with his new Obidient friends, have now ended up being a waste and I bet regretful too.

Obidients kúkú nor send as di poster don already dey collect wotowoto from dem.

FSBoperator:
Who were the most vocal champions of Giringori if not the Yoruba-Buts who gave LP a false National appeal even though it had at its core an Ibo agenda?

Some one is even justifying that the area is home to 90% Ibos so thats why Ibos are rushing to fill the excos which translates that Ibos see NDC as an Ibo party.

Also we saw how LP in the last election was giving their slots in Lagos to mostly Ibos.

Every House of Rep, state rep and senatorial position went to Ibos.

Are Ibos also dominating every local govt and subhurb in Lagos stae?

I believe being a member of a party is not the same as ordinary voting for them or even seeking elective or principle office.

I can see your point, it looks bad but flip the coin and see that, maybe for the first time ever, the Obidient franchasofficia might have a point.

The LP Lagos state exco situation last time was a forceful takeover because Chinedu Gbadebo brought "his people" (some would say on more ways than one) in.

If I remember rightly, they had two factions that fought for control and the existing Yoruba one lost. That was pure and reckless straight up tribalistic banditry, riding high on a need to give President Tinubu a bloody nose in Lagos state, and might be a different scenario to this.

Anyway I should never be in a position where I am defending Obidients so I think I would just stop now.