₦airaland Forum

Anyiamaka:
Before you defend Wike, are you his account officer? I watched Wike's ministerial screening in the Senate then. Being a LG chair and Chief of Staff still will not make Wike a multi billionaire. Even if you are a thief, please stop defending corruption in the public

Why are you being unintelligent?

You are the one defending Wike.

I am telling you that Wike lied if he ever mentioned that he had less than N500,000 at the time he was being screened as minister.

Wike has always been known to be a thief. So, it makes no sense trying to imply that he only started stealing after he became minister.

I lived in Port Harcourt all the time Wike was LGA Chairman, Chief of Staff and Minister.

Did I write in Spanish that made it difficult for you to understand?

What you wrote earlier portrayed Wike as one who only started looting after he became minister, when truthfully, he had been looting for practically all his life.

Therefore, between you and I, you are the one defending corruption, and must turn a new leaf.

MikoB:
I don't do my analysis on sentiment, Osinbajo is the surest for apc,Obi is going to have the majority vote in the south east, so onu is of no relevance.

If you can be honest, which region and religion do you belong to?

At least, that tells us whether or not you are being sentimental. As for me, I am a freethinker and from the Southeast. So, how am I being sentimental for suggesting a Lawan / Onu ticket?

Nobody is saying that Obi won't get majority votes over Onu. That is not in contention. The point is, with Onu, the APC is sure of 25% votes in the SE. The party certainly has structures in Southern Nigeria, and won't fold it arms.

Anyiamaka:
Atiku is a good player. Nigerians in great multitudes are happy Wike lost. Wike is generally seen as a mad man, a drunk that is always high on something and aptly u presidential. It baffles me how Wike who had only N500, 000 when Jonathan nominated him to be a minister is now a multi billionaire without any known business.
The time for Atiku president is not now. Justice demands that SE should produce the next president and the NE soon after that. Nigeria is a great country, let competence and justice guide our decision. Peter Obi regardless of his party is the best we have for now in the 2023 election. I wish him the best of luck.

The NE deserves the presidency ahead of the SE. Mind you, I am from the Southeast.

Name one person from the NE who has presided over Nigeria, aside from way back in 1966 under the parliamentary arrangement that produced Balewa as prime minister?

The Southeast has had about 7 years of presiding over the country with Azikiwe and Ironsi.

Secondly, it is very untrue to claim that Wike had less than N500,000 prior to becoming Minister of State for Education. Wike was Chairman of Obio/Akpor, one of Nigeria's top 5 richest LGAs, for 8 years; and followed up by emerging the Chief of Staff to Governor Amaechi. He worked as DG in Amaechi's Governorship Campaigns.

As for Obi, forget him! He won't be president. He didn't do well enough as Anambra governor. There is nothing outstanding about him.







Anyone who knows me know I am not a Wike man, but it is important that, as people, we say what we know.

MikoB:
As it is, the only sure aspirant in the apc that will beat Atiku in the apc is Osinbajo, reason been that PYO is the only aspirant that is acceptable in all the six geo political zones in the country, you will be amazed that Osinbajo has more support in the middle belt more than any support he enjoys in his region of South West, also the work he has put in for many months have began to manifest, his candidate won in benue, oyo and adamawa for the governorship to the surprise of many, but for the people that follow him were not surprised anyway. As for the primary coming up, Osinbajo is going to win, because the party knows he is the only that can guarantee victory, let me talk a little bit about other aspirants, and their weaknesses, Asiwaju no doubt is a big politician any day any time, but he miscalculated, he was hoping on southern candidates for both apc and pdp base on the clamour at that time, so he did not bother himself to allign much with the SS and SE also with the Christian communities of the Middle belt, his calculation was that once pdp gives her ticket to either a ss or se person, he will surely have an upper hand in his region of sw and also do very well in the nw and ne, which normally would have guaranteed victory for him but with Atiku as the pdp candidate now, Tinubu wil need new strategy.

Ahmed lawan candidacy wil not fly, because Buhari is about to finish his two term regime under apc, it is impossible for apc to give another northerner her ticket, also Lawan cannot defeat Atiku, one, because they are from the same region of NE and everyone knows Atiku is stronger than him in the NE, Atiku and Kwankwaso will do very well too in the NW, the NC wil be divided among the aspirants, so coming to the south, he will not do well at all no matter whom he picks as his running mate, I trust the south westerners they will not vote for him, the south east has Obi and the south south will be shared depending on whom Atiku picks as his running mate, so lawan will not fly.

Amaechi is another candidate that might do well if given the ticket but his problem is that he has no political base at home and his region, but if he has the support of the president he might be able to put up some fight, but that does not guarantee a victory against Atiku.

with due respect to all other aspirants I did not mention their names, even if Buhari endorses them and they pick up the ticket for the apc, they will not be able to defeat Atiku.

Osinbajo is the only candidate, that will win very well in SW, and also likely win the SS and not do badly in the SE, he will win in the North Central, he will not do badly in the North East because of some Christian population there, he will not do badly in the North West because apc controls most states there and also because if Buhari, so in all, Osinbajo will likely win 4 regions, either will like it or not, religion and ethinicty still play a big part in our politics in nigeria, and I guess these are going to be of advantage to Osinbajo, no wonder he is a movement in the cbhtistain dominated states of plateau, benue, Taraba etc.

Osinbajo can't win Atiku.

How did you measure Osinbajo's acceptability? Social media? Or by grammar?

Lawan can beat Atiku, as long as he has Buhari's backing. Osinbajo has never been tested in any election. It would amount to huge gamble to give Osinbajo the ticket.

Lets just watch and see. But I believe that Lawan/Onu or Lawan/Amaechi ticket is good to go.

Lawan got age, his membership of the ruling party and better public image as advantage over Atiku.

stawarts:
APC can never make the mistake of presenting Lawan against Atiku, pls what is the Lawan political pedigree in the North. Olodo

You still dey kindergarten for Nigerian politics. Make I leave you.

What was Shagari's pedigree when he emerged as president in 1979? Go and find out the personalities he contested against.

Was Shagari's pedigree anywhere close to Lawan's, who as at today is Nigeria's number 3 man, before he became president?

Just wait and learn politics within the next one week.

StrongandMighty:
Power is going back to the North should APC field any southerner let alone Tinubu..

Atiku didn't fought so hard to become Pdp presidential flagbearer second time in a row only to lose to a southerner, its just impossible!

You arent wrong in your analysis.

The easiest way for Atiku to emerge as Nigeria's president is for the APC to make the grave mistake of producing a Southern candidate.

And that is what Buhari will not gamble. Ahmad Lawan is most likely the man for APC while Ogbonnaya Onu may be his running mate.

It is very important for the APC that her presidential candidate is from the same region as Atiku. With that Buhari can focus on wresting as much votes from Kwankwaso in the Northwest for Lawan.

With Onu as VP candidate, substantial votes would be wrestled from Obi in the Southeast, while all candidates and parties take a huge dive into the Northcentral, Southwest and Southsouth pools, to tidy up loose ends.

Atiku won't be president in the end sha.

ScamHunter:
Obi is the man. One year is enough to build massive movement and put modalities on ground for him to win. After all, the beneficiaries of his presidency would be all, especially the struggling youths who have resigned to life of fraud due to no jobs. We have youths in every location in this country, so the mobilization for Obi should be total.

Peter Obi presidency is realizable.
The cycle of mediocre leadership must be broken.

Mobilize all you want, Obi is not going to be Nigeria's president.

All these lies and packaging won't work.

How many struggling Anambra youths did he give jobs to as governor?

A man who couldn't see the necessity of putting in place a solid LGA leadership in the state for 8 whole years? How would anyone talk of effective national leadership and delivering democracy dividends to the grassroots with a dysfunction LGA system?

I am yet to see anyone who embodies the word mediocrity as Peter Obi.

Lets start with you listing his landmark projects in Anambra?

On your mark, set, go.....

stawarts:
APC can never make the mistake of presenting Lawan against Atiku, pls what is the Lawan political pedigree in the North. Olodo

What was Jonathan's pedigree when he won against Buhari in 2015?

What was Yar'dua's pedigree when he won against Buhari in 2007?

Lawan would beat Atiku hands down in the North. He has Buhari's influence to ride on.

Atiku has a bad reputation in the North, and across the country.

You go soon get sense sha!

Kyase:
Fun fact

Atiku is huge, APC wished Wike had won
Now give us lawan

It is not true. APC very well expected an Atiku win.

APC always knew that Atiku would emerge from the PDP, hence Lawan was asked to pick up the nomination form.

It is likely going to be Atiku versus Lawan.

Ogbonnaya Onu was used to wedge Obi should the latter emerge from PDP, while Lawan wedges Atiku in the Northeast.

Both Atiku and Lawan will contest the votes in the Northeast while the Buhari magic delivers the Northwest.

iCauseTrouble:
With all the bromance between Tambuwal and Wike and he pitches tent with Atiku. These Northerners are united.
With the way I see things, if APC gets a southerner and Atiku gets ticket, even Buhari will support Atiku.

See your shabby analysis. We, Southerners, how many years e go take us to sabi politics sef?

Buhari can't support Atiku. They are of different political parties, among other critical reasons.

Buhari will ensure APC fields a candidate from the same region as Atiku, most likely Ahmad Lawan, to contest votes with him in the Northeast, while he (Buhari) influences his region (the Northwest) to deliver bulk votes for Lawan.

APC will likely pick her VP (Ogbonnaya Onu) from the Southeast to try to woo Ndigbo back to power since Alex Ekwueme's vice presidency of 1983.

As a matter of fact, the NE is the most marginalized in terms of power sharing, followed by the Southeast.

So, it is a done deal. Lawan is superior to Atiku, especially in terms of considerations of age and public perception.

Lawan is, most likely, Nigeria's next president.

Odingo1:
PDP=Atiku
APC=Jonathan

Oga, it is Atiku versus Lawan of the APC.

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tonididdy:
Division is what will forever cost the South any chance at the presidency.

... These northern folks no longer play their games in the dark, it's now broadday light.
The outsmartness, the audacity is highly laudable to say the least.

All of a sudden, tables have turned and we've become 2nd citizens in our own country. All thanks to our thieving, disunited southern politicians

I'll give the major blame to the igbos and the yoribas. These two will never allow the South progress politically.
One is selfish, other is an asslickeer ( a Judas)

there is no need to vote in the next presidential elections,obviously APC will field a northern choice.instaed of throwing my vote in the deep ocean ( labour Party, fresh party, AAC ), i'd rather not participate...not that my vote counts anyway against millions of almajiri children.

Congratulations to the north, AGAIN!

You vote, you no vote.....who e concern?

Ahmad Lawan is the next President.

Ogbonnaya Onu is likely his Vice.

hopman98:
PDP taught APC well on scheming and deployment of tactics on outsmarting ur opponent

MODIFIED: Pls each and everyone of us should go and know that APC will win 2023 conviniently...PDP f'ed up by letting OBI who could have garnered votes for them in the southeast go. Now his followers would either not vote at all or waste their votes by voting Obi who will only come 3rd come 2023
FTC is dedicated to all parties delegates cashing out currently, what a good time to be alive for them

Obi can't come ahead of Kwankwaso in a presidential election. Maybe, 4th.

successmatters:
My point is that Ebelemi is not Ebelechukwu

Both are Ebele....

The Southeast saw Jonathan as their own.

How about the Azikiwe he added to his name?

Would you distinguish that as Azikiwemi and Azikiwechukwu too?

iCauseTrouble:
PDP too mumu I swear. They don't know how to play opposition. They are supposed to allow APC do their primary first.

Na today you know?

No single sensible person dey for PDP.

People wey raise N10 to N15 billion more than total estimated project cost during their National Secretariat Building fundraising, yet the building remains uncompleted till date.

Who takes them seriously?

BlazinGlory40:
Ok sir

Lol.

You funny sha.

BlazinGlory40:
The odds are in wike’s favour now. He has most parts of SE/SS and half of the west. Then he has benue, parts of nasarawa, Abuja, Kano and parts of katsina cos his man won Guber ticket in katsina. Then Ibrahim dankwambo from Gombe is with him and he controls the PDP structure there. Except if there are last minute changes, wike might just coast time victory. I’m not his supporter but I have done enough study to arrive at this opinion.

Make e no be say you take burukutu o.

Who dash Wike Southeast or parts of Nassarawa, Kano, Abuja and Kastina? Dankwambo is with Wike? Where exactly are they, Ogbunabali or Rumuepirikom?

Oga, go find wetin go douse the effects of wetin you take abeg. And stop to dey take wetin your head no fit carry.

successmatters:
Rephrase:

Every northern person will never vote for anyone who has an Igbo sounding name.

Find another thing talk abeg.

Jonathan won states like Taraba, Adamawa etc, in the North, despite the Ebele in his name .

So, what is the point in your comment?

shizzle1:
aturu awusa

Will you ever see any thing good about Peter Obi, the SE or alaigbo you claim to be from?

Self hating bastard

If you aren't senseless, you'd be listing Obi's accomplishments in Anambra.

I dare you. List his accomplishments.

Not every Igbo person is a mediocre like you.

Penguin2:
I know his game plan.

To get PDP ticket and come second at the general elections.

Then use the courts against APC and invalidate their victory and become the beneficiary of that invalidation.

Remember Wike has his ways in courts.

He hasn’t lost a court case since 2015.

But if he gets PDP ticket, even second position, him no go see for main election.

Una too overhype this Wike sef.

Has his way with which courts? Because Odili wife help am for Supreme court abi? Well, Justice Mary Odili has retired.

Wike should enjoy his final moments in the limelight because oblivion beckons.

GreyLaw:
You judged all this from your house far away from Obi? I have listened to the man. He has more knowledge of Nigeria's problems and proffered solutions to every one of them.

He was first and only contestant to have travelled to 36 states. The next is Amaechi.

You might hate him, but your description of him shows you don't have a grasp of the issues and only put to denigrate him.

What has being the first to travel across Nigeria got to do with making a good leader?

Ok. To make it simple. Obi has had the rare privilege to lead, right? Could you list Obi's landmark accomplishments in Anambra?

I have knelt down with him (Obi) sitting and holding my hands at a function at the Eko Hotels in Victoria Island, while we had a brief one on one. He is not pragmatic. He is full of theories and unworkable comparisons. Our chance meeting was after he emerged as VP candidate to Atiku, and just few months to the 2019 General Elections.

This is not about hate or denigrating anyone. Are you from Anambra? Do you know Obi really well? How much respect does he command in Anambra? I know Obi well. I know and interact with some of his top previous aides, till date. I hear and analyse their views dispassionately.

I am from a town less than 10 minutes from Agulu, Obi's town. Leadership isn't about theorizing. It is about will, courage and accomplishments. Obi, for 8 years, didn't have the will and courage to build formidable LGAs institutions, to strengthen leadership at the grassroots. He could not conduct LGA elections in his 8 years as governor. Should we delve into his poor quality road projects across the state?

Anambra people have rejected him twice with the failings of Obaze and Ozigbo. What are his legacies in Anambra? You need to study people like Tinubu, Buhari, Kwankwaso.....to understand what I am saying, especially in the light of anyone who wants to preside over Nigeria. In the midst of the unsavoury things you hear of Buhari, Tinubu, Kwankwaso etc, go and investigate their track records of performance in public office....

Why is it so hard for Lagosians to reject Tinubu or people from Kano to reject Kwankwaso? Why does Buhari effortlessly influence who governs Kastina? These things aren't rocket science. Obi needs to go back and learn how these men command such consistent, loyal, strong, progressive following and respect.

Na president him wan be o, no be governor!

PrinceOfLagos:
The northerners are politically smart and I respect them for that , they are unpredictable .

They don't talk too much like Tinubu, they keep there game plans close to their chest and reveal them at the very last minute ..

I respect buhari abeg

Na wetin I dey tell people, we Southerners are all mouth. See as Buhari wey dem claim say na NEPA certificate e get, dey teach dem politics 101.

For PDP, you see as Atiku don play Obi out. He sacrificed Obi to advance his bargain with PDP governors, since the governors are insisting that he picks one of them as running mate, for him to get their support.

Make we just sidon dey watch Buhari chess game. By the way, where is the screaming Wike? E go soon do am vuuuuum na anya.

ScamHunter:
Wow...this is interesting. So those that oppose Obi's presidency have nothing on him, so they're now grabbing at straw? Obi is remarkable, unlike the run-of-the-mill Nigerian politician you can readily find dirt to demarket.

Obi is lackluster, mediocrerish and grossly unprepared for such a lofty ambition.

That is the fact of the matter.

specialmati:
just know it that our country is sinking so if we leave the good guys and keep on voting the bad guys na the masses will still suffer it.

You are right.

Obi isn't a good guy though.

Gandollaar:
Eat shit. A million flies can't be wrong.

Abirun!

ybalogs:
While the pundits sympathised with the predicament of the Igbo being the only region yet to savour presidency since 1999 and has the right to do so next year, they posited that with the calculations on ground, an Igbo candidacy by PDP may condemn the party to another loss against the ruling APC in the 2023 election.

Who says that the South East is the only region that has not produced the President since 1999?

Why do we refer to grossly ignorant people as pundits?

Has the North East produced Nigeria's president (or prime minister) since after the death of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Belawa from Bauchi state? Who is even talking of since 1999? If we assume prime minister role as the same as role of president, Balewa served for 6 years before his demise.

Murtala Muhammed, Shehu Shagari, Muhammadu Buhari, Sani Abacha and Umar Musa Yar'dua were / are all from the Northwest. Put together, they did roughly 18 years.

Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida and Addulsalam Abubakar are from the Northcentral. Put together, they did roughly 18 years.

Olusegun Obasanjo and Ernest Shonekan are / were from the Southwest. Put together, they did 12 years.

Nnamdi Azikiwe and JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi were from the Southeast. Put together, they did 7 years.

Goodluck Jonathan is from the Southsouth. Jonathan served for roughly 6 years as president.

If there is one region that should and deserves to produce the next president, it should be the Northeast, while the Southeast deserves the veepee position.

This is in the best interest of equity and fairness.

helinues:
The battle is mostly between Wike and Atiku but Atiku should have his way.

Wike has no real friends even outside Rivers state

Wike can't battle Atiku.

I don't see him coming even second in the primaries.

Atiku will have Tambuwal and Saraki to contend with. And dem no reach Atiku chop.

Like you rightly pointed out, Wike has no real friends anywhere. Dem just dey chop him money.
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Gandollaar:
Get lost! Idiota.

Wetin I fit expect from person wey no well....

You no well.

RaptObserver:
PDP need the support of the goverors, Atiku need the support of the governors cos they control the delegates so Peter Obi stood no chance. But leaving the party was a bad move. He should have participated in the primaries and lose let the world see the gang up clearly. Now he is going to dash the hope of his supporters in the name of one small party that can't win a senatorial District. Obi should return to PDP and be a statemans. Jumping to small parties will not do him any good. It is only ppl with massive structure like Kwankwaso and Tinubu that can float small parties and they will have impact.

You sabi analyze politics in Nigeria.

I keep saying it Obi doesn't understand how politics is played in Nigeria.

He left tiny APGA to join PDP, one of Africa's largest political parties, and even emerged as Vice Presidential Candidate within 5 years of joining the PDP. Isn't that a great trajectory?

He should have just remained in the party; followed through the party primaries and build from the outcomes.

He really misfired. I am not surprised though. With a DG like Doyin Okupe, I was not expecting any brilliance in his political strategy and executions.

StrongandMighty:
See as every party just dey hustle obi...

But the truth is that it'd be more easier for Obi to win US presidential election than win Nigeria presidential election..
Nigeria is not meant for people like obi, he deserves better!

Oga, it is Obi and his people that are looking for a platform for him to continue his aspiration (in a bid to save face), not the other way round.

Parties aren't jostling for him. If he was so indispensable, PDP will do everything to keep him.

Next week, everything about party primaries go end, and we will know where Obi stands. His problem is, he has never been consistent.

Just four years ago, he was Atiku's running mate. Few weeks ago, he was at Atiku's presidential declaration. Then, he declared and commenced consultations. Now, he has withdrawn and resigned from the PDP, and he is looking for another platform.

Whoever thinks NNPP or any serious party will just surrender its presidential ticket to Obi may be more sick than he / she realizes.

Besides, Kwankwaso is way more experienced and electorally valuable than Obi, any day. It will amount to foolhardiness if NNPP takes the risk of making Obi its presidential candidate.

OfficialAwol:
He will still accept if properly nominated.

All this one na talk

You no sabi the man, Babagana Zulum.