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Donald Trump: Thank you to the Government of Nigeria for your partnership on this

The Peter Obi ‘lovers of Nigeria’ version: 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/eNCjQiu8Oj

— Big Uncle (@Usmanashafe) May 16, 2026

President Tinubu: Investment is very cowardly unless you are transparent, accountable and forthright. Part of that is Africa looking at itself putting our resources together so we can go out there and negotiate for ourselves. I wrote an article in the Financial Times talking… pic.twitter.com/8oPdyuQwAp

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) May 14, 2026

"Removing all the bottlenecks gives you the necessary incentives for direct foreign investment into the country. This year alone, I can beat my chest that Nigeria is attracting close to $20 billion in foreign direct investments."

- President Tinubu pic.twitter.com/6OxqGdyU7v

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) May 14, 2026

Q: When you were governor of Lagos, you put a lot of work into doing something on local taxes, didn't you?

President Tinubu: Lagos is the fifth largest economy in Africa. I’m very proud of the legacy I left behind there, and I’m still monitoring it. pic.twitter.com/MtN6fV2aSz

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) May 14, 2026

“We have a very dynamic youthful population, restless and not ready to accept any excuses. As a politician, if I don’t prepare them for that, they will vote me out."

- President Tinubu pic.twitter.com/ULUdsph7RY

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) May 14, 2026

A risk taker like the Dangote Refinery must be encouraged by the government. What I did was support him, give him free trade for his own license, and support him in his efforts to source the necessary crude. Today, he is an exporter.

- President Tinubu pic.twitter.com/idUH0K8MaW

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) May 14, 2026

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that what Nigeria needs today is a wealth creator and manager like himself.

Mr Obi told MD/CEO of News Central Kayode Akintemi on the programme ‘60 Minutes with Kay’ aired on Thursday that no presidential aspirant, including President Bola Tinubu, can match his experience as a wealth creator.

He stated this in reaction to Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State, who said at Chatham House in London in 2023 that he had a PhD and was more qualified to be president than be Obi’s running mate. Kwankwaso was the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) at the time.

Both men have now joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), with Kwankwaso likely to become Obi’s running mate in 2027 after the party zoned the presidential ticket to the southern region where Obi comes from.

“Qualification is a perspective and it depends on where you’re coming from. He (Kwankwaso) said he was more qualified because he has a PhD which is not bad. I don’t have a PhD,” Obi said.

“He has some experience, he’s exposed. He was a minister. There’s no doubt about that. I don’t think his claim was wrong but for what Nigeria needs today, Nigeria needs a wealth creator, wealth manager.

“I have built reputable businesses from scratch locally and internationally. Nobody today in this context, including the president, can claim to have passed through my experience.”

Obi said in reaction to being tagged a “common trader” that trading and making money from it is one of the most difficult things to do else everyone would be a trader.

“What Nigeria needs today is somebody that creates wealth, not somebody who shares wealth, somebody who can manage resources more efficiently and save for the future,” he said.

“We have a very dynamic youthful population, restless and not ready to accept any excuses. As a politician, if I don’t prepare them for that, they will vote me out."

- President Tinubu pic.twitter.com/ULUdsph7RY

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) May 14, 2026

President Tinubu: Investment is very cowardly unless you are transparent, accountable and forthright. Part of that is Africa looking at itself putting our resources together so we can go out there and negotiate for ourselves. I wrote an article in the Financial Times talking… pic.twitter.com/8oPdyuQwAp

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) May 14, 2026

The moment an Obidient said “PETER OBI CANNOT WIN THE 2027 ELECTION”

What came over them in 2023? So they knew all these?

🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/ZUPY4XlKQZ

— Hon. Ọmọtọ́ńsọrẹ̀ (@oMoTonsore) May 14, 2026

Apcpalava:
How tinubu gonna be 6/6 when OBI won lagos
? All this analysis from apc members no even make sense at all

DeLaRue:
The minimum number of states a candidate must score 25% of votes in to be declared a winner is 24.

The chances of Mr Atiku scoring 25% in 24 is very slim, almost zero, as I can't think of a single Southern state where ADC will secure 25% of the votes, now that Mr Obi has left the party.

As for NDC, in 2023, Mr Obi and Mr Kwankwaso only secured 25% of the votes in a combined total of 17 states. That means they need an additional 7 states. NDC may secure 25% in Lagos, but nowhere else in the South West, and the North East where ADC will likely dominate. So, the party face a very tall order to reach the required threshold in 24 States.

APC will gain 25% in more Southern States than it did last time, and will secure 25% in almost all North Central states, and in 2 or 3 North East and North West states.

APC is still in poll position for the coming elections. All each Southern APC Governor needs to do is ensure that ADC's doesn't win 25% of the votes in their state.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Chinese netizens captured footage of Donald Trump’s logistics convoy. pic.twitter.com/wEgWOc0IYV

— UNCLE DEJI™️ (@DejiAdesogan) May 13, 2026

Bola Ahmed Tinubu:
🟣 South West — 6/6
🟤 South South — 4/6
🟢 South East — 0/5
🟠 North Central — 6/6
⚫️ North East — 6/6
🔴 North West — 7/7
Total — 29

Atiku Abubakar:
🟣 South West — 2/6
🟤 South South — 3/6
🟢 South East — 0/5
🟠 North Central — 4/6
⚫️ North East — 6/6
🔴 North West — 6/7
Total — 21

Peter Obi:
🟣 South West — 1/6
🟤 South South — 5/6
🟢 South East — 5/5
🟠 North Central — 4/6
⚫️ North East — 1/6
🔴 North West — 0/7
Total — 16

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso:
🟣 South West — 0/6
🟤 South South — 0/6
🟢 South East — 0/5
🟠 North Central — 0/6
⚫️ North East — 0/6
🔴 North West — 1/7
Total — 1

⚫ NE 🔴 NW 🟠 NC 🟣 SW 🟢 SE 🟤 SS

#Statisense
(INEC)

In July, 2025, opposition politicians, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, Senator David Mark, among others settled for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the “coalition party,” for the 2027 general elections. The objective was to enable the opposition to present a united front against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s polls.

However, in a twist, Obi, alongside former Kano governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who joined the ADC recently, early this week dumped the opposition party for the newly registered Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).

In this interview with NDUBUISI ORJI, the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, speaks about the exit of Obi and Kwankwaso, alongside some of their supporters, from the ADC and what that means for the ADC and the opposition in the 2027 polls. Abdullahi also speaks on ADC’s legal battles, among other issues.

What is the state of the ADC vis-a-vis current developments? Last week the Supreme Court referred you back to the Federal High Court for the suit bordering on the leadership of the party and since last Sunday there have been some movements out of the ADC…

ADC is the party that we’ve been trying to build in the last two years or so. When we got the Supreme Court judgment last week, it was a good development for us. And the fact that the Supreme Court judgment removed the encumbrance that has stopped the David Mark leadership from acting, from providing leadership for the party and running the party, you know, was in itself a cause for celebration. We know some people were asking, why are we celebrating, especially when we are still very far? Of course, for us, it was a major victory.

The fact is that before the Supreme Court ruling, INEC was not dealing with us, and the party was effectively without leadership. But what the Supreme Court judgment did was to restore leadership to the party and created a condition where the party can begin to move forward again. And as you can see, we’ve announced dates for our primaries, and we’re going to field candidates in all elections. That would not have been possible before the Supreme Court judgment. So that is significant.

So, saying that we should return to the Federal High Court is neither here nor there. I mean, because the Federal High Court case had always been there. All those cases have always been there. But that has not been our problem, because we’re dealing with them. Our problem was the action taken by INEC to deregister the leadership of David Mack, or to derecognise the leadership of David Mack. That was the major encumbrance we had. And that was what the Supreme Court removed. So, saying that we should go back to the Federal High Court is not anything essential.

But for us, why did we come to ADC? We came to ADC because we were dissatisfied with the situations in other political parties, the condition that the federal government has created in those other political parties. That was the number one reason that we formed and built the coalition.

And we’re not satisfied with the way the APC government was running the country, and we felt that we had a duty to mobilise Nigerians and to move the country in a different direction. Those objectives are still there. Anyone that believes that the country is moving in the wrong direction, we will work with that person.

So, for us, that is the cardinal objective of the African Democratic Congress as a coalition. People give the impression that we have many court cases. We have three court cases, and those court cases are not as significant as they make it appear. So, ADC today is not encumbered by any legal challenge. And that is why we were able to release a timetable for our primaries.

The second issue of people who left for another party. Is it a setback? Of course it is. Is it such a problem for us? The answer is no. Because there is a way you look at it as a challenge, but there is a way you also look at it as an opportunity. Why is it a challenge? The challenge is that, okay, everything we’re planning, we’re planning with these people in mind, that they were part of our party.

Now they left, so it means that suddenly we will have a reason to now begin to re-calibrate and see how we move forward. To that extent, it’s a challenge. But how is it an opportunity? It’s an opportunity because now we no longer have the kind of pressure cooker environment that they created.

Because they were looking for a party that would guarantee them tickets, regardless of what happened to other aspirants. And ADC is not that kind of party. So that’s why we said the party they’ve gone to now is probably the party they needed in the first place. A party that belonged to one man that could even guarantee them tickets before they came into the party.

Maybe that’s the party they need. But for us, building a party like the African Democratic Congress and the kind of coalition we’re trying to build, there was no way we would have been able to promise them those kinds of things, without going through the due process that a political party should go through, which is the primaries.

You have a case in the Federal High Court which is bordering on leadership of the ADC…

Yes.

Some persons are of the view that that creates a kind of uncertainty, such that if the David Mark leadership fields candidates and they win elections, and that judgment does not go in favour of this leadership, that it may be an exercise in futility…

Mesuya forgot the Churchill quote 😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/yCgnyvD1eT

— Comrade Àmọdá 🦇 (@AmodaOgunlere) May 10, 2026

SadiqBabaSani:
Funny, do you know GEJ had more than this crowds before and during the 2015 election campaigns 😄😄😄

Contrary to claims that campaigning for President Tinubu is impossible in the North, here is today's APC rally in Zaria, Kaduna State...... Obidiot go learn new lesson 👇🔥❤️pic.twitter.com/05F8NoEViU

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) May 9, 2026

BREAKING: Kwakwanso and Peter Obi's supporters fighting at the convention 🙆👀

Since Peter Obi enter this party, peace no dy again 😒🤣 pic.twitter.com/Yrr0TmbhD4

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) May 9, 2026

Ofunaofu:
Are you not old enough to buy a form and contest yourself? Is posting meaningless threads what you plan to do for the rest of your existence?

Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi @PeterObi you have till 11pm to find a new party to join because what is coming from NDC is HEAVY pic.twitter.com/yCz6oSY8GN

— Senior Pastor Okezie James Atañi (@Onsogbu) May 7, 2026

The ongoing Sokoto - Badagry Expressway. Progress is visible 🚧 pic.twitter.com/lhj6FUCg6X

— 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 (@Biodun350) May 7, 2026