₦airaland Forum

Kwankwaso said himself that he cannot asked his supporters to vote APC. How will he sell a Tinubu that has failed woefully?

israelmao:
Tinubu is only eyeing the mammoth votes in Kano and he knows he could get that done by tinkering with Kwansokwaso as his vice for the second term

And Agbados were banking on Kwankwaso o. Wetin dem go come do na?

He'd rather give the money to students and nurses than give delegates.

PlayerMeji:
This one wey Obi dey dash people money left and right... Make I no hear wey no dey give shishi when election reach ooo...

Peter Obi as the concensus presidential candidate of the coalition is non-negotiable

Subsidy is being paid in form of crude allocation. About 150 barrel or so oer day is allocated for subsidy.

Listen to this guy on Arise

$18bn gone ❌
They are still paying subsidy ❌
Refineries are not working ❌
Dangote and NNPC are still importing crude oil ❌
NNPC still refusing to supply Dangote oil❌

The country we live in pic.twitter.com/1JxY0DNHhQ

— Francis𝕏 (@sirfrancisdubem) July 24, 2025

You can google how much is petrol price per litre in international market in dollars and convert to naira

erad:
Genuine question please.

Who is subsidy being paid to, and can you provide some sort of proof?

So you call the governor and his commissioner who are twerking for Tinubu Edo? Common, stop being mischievous!

HEAVEN4444:
First the governor warned him and then a commissioner said he hated him and finally all the students in edo said Peter obi should not step into their state. What happened? How did Obi lose edo ?

You think this n0nsense is what will decide 2027?

LOVEGINO:
Will Nigeria ever accept a Christian/Christian Presidency.

Muslim/Muslim Presidency has given us:

President of the Senate- Christian

Secretary to the Government of the Federation - Christian

Chief of Defense Staff - Christian

Chief of Army Staff - Christian

Chief of Naval Staff - Christian

Inspector General of Police - Christian

Minister of Finance - Christian

Minister of Finance (State) - Christian

Minister of Works - Christian

Minister of Federal Capital Territory- Christian

Minister of Interior- Christian

Governor of Central Bank - Christian

Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service - Christian

Chairman, Nigeria Revenue Service - Christian

Minister of Aviation --- Christian

And now, APC National Chairman - Christian

God bless Nigeria.

oya wailers breakfast don set

Tinubu has failed irreversibly and no amount of statistics cooking by NBS can save tinubunomics

So if you say negative things about Obi, i shouldn't counter it?

You're such a lazy guy

helinues:
Guy, please stop being disrespectful. I should leave Obi alone from political discussion.

Are you sure everything is alright with you there?

Only if you leave Obi alone. Deal?

helinues:
Please stop trolling, attacking my comments upadan.

You're extremely naive. Subsidy is being paid and thats why petrol price is N830+ and not N1530 as sold in the international market

NSNO:
What I expected from Peter Obi vs what Tinubu is doing

On the 25th of February, 2023 I left my house and trekked for over 45 minutes to vote for Peter Obi. I was tired of Buhari and his incompetence and I felt Peter Obi was the right man for the job. I felt he had the guts to take the hard decisions and bring back Nigeria from the edge of collapse. Well we all know what happened; he lost and Pres. Bola Ahmed Tinubu became president much to my displeasure. It's over 2 years now so I want to compare them using a simple format — what I expected from Mr. Peter Obi vs what Pres. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing.

1. I expected immediate removal of fuel subsidy from Mr Obi. Fuel subsidy had become a cancer to the economy, sucking us dry and leaving us feeble. Fuel subsidy had to go but successive administrations had been too scared to remove it.
PBAT removed it immediately (at least that's what he told us). I was pleasantly surprised.

2. I expected unification and stabilisation of our exchange rates. At the end of Buhari's regime the disparity between the official FX rate and the black market was around ₦300, that's around 80% of the official rate of ₦460 ± ₦5. This gap encouraged corruption and discouraged investment. We needed stability in the FX market and that stability required liberalisation. liberalisation that will devalue the Naira and increase our hardship. I expected Obi to do just that and I thought PBAT will not be bold enough to do it. I was wrong, again. Colour me surprised.

3. I expected Mr. Obi to pay off the backlogs of loans and FX owed to multinationals with the money saved from the aforementioned measures thereby reducing our debt servicing to revenue ratio and showing the world our business readiness. PBAT is doing all this.

4. I expected tax reforms from Oga Obi. Nigeria cannot continue like this. A country where taxes are merely a suggestion for the vast majority of its citizens cannot thrive. We need money and we need it now. I didn't think PBAT will even think of doing it but again I was wrong. I don't know yet how effective the new tax reforms will be like but I believe it'll be alot better than what we have now.

5. I expected Mr. Peter Obi to be bold and decisive. I needed someone who has the political will and power to make the changes he wants. One of the reasons I dislike Mr. Jonathan was his indecisiveness. Oga say something and stand by it. Peter Obi was that man to me but PBAT has surprised me. He has stayed strong on tax reforms, fuel subsidy, fx rate etc.

6. I also expected huge gains in security from Peter Obi. PBAT is still lacking in this area but we've all seen how the security agencies have been neutralising terrorists in their hundreds.

7. I also expected increased infrastructural spending and I knew we will need loans for that which is why I was impressed with the 2025 - 2027 MTEF. It was beautiful. From roads to ports to rail, just what Nigeria needs right now. Again colour me surprised.

Now Nigeria has a lot of problems but these ones listed were what I expected within the first few years of Peter Obi's administration and I am surprised (there's that word again) by PBAT.

There are a lot of things that he has not done and a lot of areas where he is lacking (Wike, bloated Lagos-calabar highway, Edo gubernatorial election etc) but compared to the disaster I expected, he is doing better.

Like the saying; the darkest hour is just before dawn, Nigeria's dawn is almost here, we just have to endure the darkness a little longer.

So you think educated Southern Nigeria will vote for Tinubu that has failed woefully because of politicians defecting to APC against Obi who has been showing workings?

Tinubu is gone by 2027. The reason you're rooting for Atiku is to fall back on if Tinubu cannot have it, then certainly not Obi. You're looking for consolation

helinues:
That was in 2023. We are talking about 2027 election where allegiance have shifted.

Be realistic and stop being optimistic

Obi will defeat Atiku in Adamawa and in the North.

Obi has South South and South East on lockdown

Peter Obi is the next president of the federal republic of Nigeria.

Atiku blew his chances when he should have suppported GEJ and become president when it returned to the North

Linzo:
This is a response to Mr. Fayose regarding his statement: “2027: Tinubu Has Taken Over the South, He Needs Little Votes From the North.”

Atiku has stepped aside and left the PDP for those of you who sabotaged it—likely for financial benefits from Tinubu—ultimately burying your political careers in Nigeria for good. As things stand today, none of you who sold out the PDP for peanuts can even win a councillorship election in your own wards, including Wike, Ugwuanyi, and others.

So please, let Atiku be. You claim Tinubu has "captured the South" and only needs a few votes from the North—but which South are you referring to? You deliberately avoid specifics, because we all know the South-South and South-East are no-go areas for Tinubu. And we have people from those regions on Nairaland who can confirm this—no jokes. Obi dominates both zones, whether you like it or not—that’s the plain truth.

Now you admit Tinubu has lost the North, yet you claim Obi will come second. [/b]So you’re suggesting Obi will get most of his votes from the [b]North to come second? That’s laughable. The truth is, you're clearly afraid of Atiku. You're only pushing for Obi to contest so Atiku won't gather enough votes from the South.

But let’s be honest—Atiku already has the North locked down. He only needs a reasonable showing in the South. And with Obi’s on the same ticket with Atiku, then Obi tsunami in the South, PBAT is finished. All of you will be politically retired and likely paying visits to the EFCC.

So just relax. After the 2027 elections, many of you corrupt politicians will face the kind of prison system we see in El Salvador. You’ll learn the hard way.

Why are you mentioning Obi's name in vain?

Burob:
yes president buhari died in 2017, I am just wondering which Buhari Gringory Obi claimed to Buhari’s family adviced him just before the general election in 2023?

I heard long ago that it will be Obi-El Rufai. This is a winning combo

mrvitalis:
Lmao lmao😂🤣🤣😹😹

APC people see confused like hell... And I like it

Obi will never run as vp again.

Obi-El Rufai and Obi-Tambuwal is surer than AtikuObi

mrvitalis:
Atiku /obi is the surest way to defeat Tinubu

Let me assure you something, Obi will never run as vice president especially because he is the best among all the aspirants including Tinubu

ibabz:
Statistics don’t lie and sometimes, na statistics we go chop.

When you examine the numbers closely, it becomes immediately clear why the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu’s political handlers will do everything and anything possible to ensure that a political reunion between Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi never sees the light of day.

In the 2019 general election, when Atiku Abubakar ran under the PDP with Peter Obi as his running mate:

PDP (Atiku/Obi) secured 11,262,978 votes. But APC (Buhari/Osinbajo) won with 15,191,847 votes

Now compare that with Tinubu’s 2023 victory.

APC (Tinubu/Shettima) won with just 8,794,726 votes. That’s 6.4 million fewer than Buhari's tally in 2019

Meanwhile, Atiku (PDP, 2023) still managed 6,984,520 votes amd Peter Obi (Labour Party) secured 6,101,533 votes.

That’s a combined total of over 13 million votes, nearly 5 million more than Tinubu, even while Atiku and Obi ran on separate platforms.

Let’s be honest: Tinubu didn’t win with a mandate, he won with mathematics.

He won simply because the opposition was fragmented between Atiku, Obi, and Kwankwaso.

Tinubu knew in 2023 that he could never cross 12 million votes, not in a post-#EndSARS Nigeria where the youth were still reeling from pain, anger, and distrust. He knew that a united Atiku–Obi ticket of likely over 12million votes could crush his chances.

So he split them.

That division was not by accident, it was a political necessity for survival.

Now add the fact that:

The North is disillusioned with Tinubu’s administration: Inflation, insecurity and lopsided appointments have left many northerners feeling betrayed and excluded. Buhari’s legacy vote bank of over 12 million is now up for grabs.

If Atiku can reclaim even half of that northern base and Obi mobilizes the southern youth, they’re looking at 12 to 15 million votes in 2027. The number Tinubu can never reach, considering his performance.

That number would obliterate Tinubu’s 2023 scoreline and turn the next election into a referendum against a failed presidency.

Now that the North is murmuring and agitating, Tinubu’s 2023 formula won’t work in 2027. His voting power in the North has dramatically dropped and he knows it.

So what’s the new plan?
Enter Rabiu Kwankwaso, the “anointed pawn”.

All signs suggest Tinubu’s camp may try to push Kwankwaso as a northern counterweight, a spoiler to split votes from Atiku and minimize the northern swing against APC.

But it’s a dangerous gamble.

If the North senses it’s being played, and the South regroups behind Obi, the result could be a historic backlash at the polls.

This is why there's a quiet but strategic effort to lure Peter Obi back into the PDP not to empower him, but to neutralize him.

A Peter Obi + Atiku Abubakar ticket isn’t just a political comeback, it’s a revolution of numbers, energy, and regional balance.

The numbers prove one thing:
They didn’t win because they were strong. They won because the opposition was divided.

And if the Atiku–Obi combo reemerges with better strategy, a stronger ground game, and national discontent on their side, APC’s worst nightmare may finally come true.

Kwankwaso's fence sitting is making him lose relevance

Silasworld:
The Kano politician is very smart. He is playing both sides. He Wants to be sure of the winning team before making up his mind.

To me, this is a litmus test for 2027 election.
Whoever kwakwanso align with will be the likely winner

Kwankwaso is always a fence sitter. Kwankwaso is fast losing his popularity by being docile

Help your wife to discipline them. Kids fear their fathers the most!

😏😏😏😏😏

helinues:
Your comments are still on this thread. Why do you Obidients just like to be lying ridiculously without having an atom of shame

Incoherent.

I never said you shouldn't support Tinubu or that APC should not present Tinubu. I only said ADC should present Obi. How am I forcing Obi on you when Tinubu is running?

Stop being mischievous

helinues:
You are disrespecting me by forcing a collosal failure on me.

This is politics section where politics and politicians are being discussed. You are not in any position to tell me what to write or support

Have respect for yourself

I never disrespected you, i only countered your argument. If I tell you to stop deceiving yourself, its because thats exactly what you're doing.

You say Atiku has more chance of winning yet praying that Atiku emerge instead of Obi. Is this not self-deceit?

helinues:
Stop being an opinion killer. You are not in any position to tell me what to do

You guys are just too disrespectful. You want to support your own but you dont want others to support theirs

What I hardly do is spoonfeed people who have access to the internet. Ask google!

Kukutente23:
Kindly share your research on the two subjects to educate me

Get use to it because as long as you keep jumping from one Obi's thread to another, I'll be countering your negative attacks on Obi. A word is enough for the wise

helinues:
Chinedu, Stop crying daily on my mentions.

Thank you

We love the options. One of these platforms will give automatic ticket to Obi. We will not do primaries that Tinubu might clandestinely influence

seunmsg:
Peter Obi is the most confused politician to ever aspire to become Nigeria’s president and his supporters are far more confused and delusional than him and I’m not even making this up 🤣🤣🤣

Obi will run with either El Rufai, Tambuwal or Datti.

Obi will accept presidential ticket by concensus. He knows the machinations of Tinubu and his ability to sponsor aspirants in rival political parties.

ogmask:
My advise to Peter Obi is to be focussed.
He should watch before he leaps.
The troubles of the PDP are far from over. Until the likes of damagun and other moles in the PDP is wiped out the party will not move forward.
In my opinion, Obi running as the candidate on any platform will fall short. He should collaborate with a strong northern candidate. At this point there's nothing like the turn of the South. It's time to take off the gloves and fight. When tinubu, a Muslim, chose another Muslim in shetima to deputies, "the turn of a Christian deputy" didn't stop his victory. Obi should work with a strong northerner in 2027 and run afterwards.

Why do you willingly deceive yourself?

Obi would be given presidential ticket by either PDP, ADC or LP by concensus and either El Rufai or Tambuwal or Datti will be his running mate.

Obi is the only politician capable of defeating Tinubu and I'm sure you know it Temitope

helinues:
Peter Obi amongnst the Nigeria politicians is just like a normal person. Nothing special. The stake in politics are your political allies which Peter Obi don't have.. The allies would be useful to negotiate deal.

But in Obi's case, apart from the junior politicians, he has no heavyweight supporting him

You're blinded by hate for Obi so much so that you're willing to deceive yourself.

I'm sure you're among thise who said Obi can't get 100k votes in 2023.

Amaechi that was 8yrs in Buhari's govt that ruined Nigeria has zero chance of winning a presidential election

DomPerignon:
You guys slow .

I predicted Amaechi being the main flag bearer candidate in ADC long before he even joined the coalition.

As per Giringory , he dare not contest the primaries in ADC .

Instead he will run to ZLP where Otti will ensure he gets their ticket .

Giringory has never won a party primary even under APGA Anambra gubernatorial race.

The man has no appeal outside his artificial SM bought influencers shilling on the net.

Giringory is the most manufactured and propped up politician crafted by Social media mass pychosis engineering.

The Obidient are not in any way an organic movement but one financed by Big Tech and the guy that owns Visa .

You go wait taya

DomPerignon:
Datti has realized that nothing stops him from contesting and from there showcasing himself .

I am looking forward to Datti dropping diss tracks on Giringory

Amaechi will definitely not win because in the presidential election, Amaechi cant win Rivers state

helinues:
Peter Obi vs Amaechi as ADC presidential candidate in the primary, who will win?

https://www.nairaland.com/8483433/amaechi-vs-peter-obi-adc

On Peter Obi's rock will the new Nigeria be built and the gates of criminality shall not prevail against him