Anyiamaka: You don't know politics. EL Rufai will fail first in Kaduna and he cannot win any northern state. Not one state! You don't know politics if dont know that APC messed up the opportunity Nigerians gave them which is now grossly regrettable with the majority shouting "bring back our corruption ". You don't know politics if you don't know that if election is conducted today, Atiku will beat Buhari black and blue. You don't know politics if you dont know that it is easier for Tinubu to be on the 2023 APC ticket than it is for Osibanjo. I can go on and on but in summary- you don't know politics
Excepting for your sentence on Tinubu vis-a-vis Osinbajo which I may agree with for several reasons of my own, your other statements will refer only to your clan and online writers and voters and noisemakers and shills, I'm afraid. Altogether, you can never get anyone elected at the presidential level. That's my considered position, based on history. The same logic applies to the previous post you made before this one in my quote.
It's a pity some of you guys equate your deep-rooted sentiments to those of "majority of Nigerians." In case you haven't taken note, more than 85% of political comments in the print and online media are made by southerners. Of that percentage, I estimate 70% or more, are made by commentators of Southeast origin.
I remember the following like it happened just yesterday: When the late Abubakar Rimi was asked why, instead of he continuing to support Abiola to retrieve Abiola's scuttled Presidential mandate he (Rimi) suddenly abandoned the struggle by launching his own bid to be President when Abiola was still alive, Abubakar Rimi retorted: "I'm I in politics because of Abiola?"
To those always wanting to dictate to Atiku Abubakar what his interest in politics should be, please take note of the classical true story I just narrated above.
Arrewa: Racoon... You are a well known anti APC on Nairaland.
You praise anything PDP and Condem anything that has to do with APC
You are always scouting for any negative news About Apc to post on Nairaland.
You are a well known bigot who go about insulting the north on Nairaland.
Your aim is to make people hate APC.
You have forgotten that this same Apc will give us chance to elect Osibanjo who is going be one of the most smartest president we will ever have in this country.
Stop pretending we all know you are a very strong agent of PDP on Nairaland.
But trust me... You will fail..!
2023 I will campaign for Osibanjo/Elrufai not only here on Nairaland but in my state kano.
We need intelligent people to pilot the affair of this country!
Osibanjo/Elrufai will beat Atiku hands down!
Well written.
Based on my own political sense, your chosen duo hopefuls for the APC ticket are very unlikely to be the ones, though.
Meanwhile I am more interested in about the bus stops in the mainland. Bus stops like under-bridge, pako, moshalashi, ilepo alhaji, cement, church, vulcaniser, Ile-eja, etc.
shosky1794: A video has surfaced that shows that Edo governor Godwin Obaseki is a man of contradictions when it comes to his relationship with APC National leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Just a few years ago, Obaseki was the toastmaster at a birthday colloquium for Bola Tinubu, where he spoke like a bootlicker, in his fawning address at the occasion.
Tinubu, he said has been an inspiration to him. He was the person, who inspired him to join politics.
Tinubu is his leader, he also said.
And he told the gathering as well that Tinubu is one of the most strategic politicians who has defined the progressive politics in the country.
Obaseki also described Tinubu as a visionary.
Contrast this with Obaseki’s position today, when he spoke by proxy to savage the same Tinubu, who called on Edo people to reject his second coming:
“Tinubu knows clearly that come September 19, when godfatherism would have been dismantled in Edo State, the people of Lagos may just have found the recipe and formula for removing the chokehold placed on their collective destinies for decades by Tinubu, hence the inciting television broadcast”.
I honestly think some people simply lack character, integrity, tact, or the intelligence that comes with them. They just don't have such attributes in them. Hmm.
seunmsg: Good riddance. Samuel Ogundipe is a very unprofessional journalist. In saner clime, he would be cooling off in jail right now for criminal defamation of character and falsehood publication.
You have good eyes (as the saying goes on a lawn tennis court) and your statement is well made. Kudos, and thanks for posting.
AvalonSpace: Is "Removing Godfatherism" the only thing in Obaseki's manifesto?
Good eyes!
Honestly, I believe Obaseki is about the least intelligent Governor Nigeria is imbibed with at the moment... the man is crude, all brawn, with very little tactical brainpower or sense. His proven low level of academic power, little intelligence and poor brilliance do not a progressive person make.
It is in fact particularly painful that he was smuggled into our otherwise prestigious UI at the time. Some VC's are, for all intent and purposes, vermin. Hopefully, our academic system, for one, takes care of itself one way or the other, at the end of it all – if only for the sake of our generations yet unborn.
reccy: PDP and ipob yoots will not even allow us to breath here. Always rushing to say rubbish as if they will vote in the Election.
I'm not surprised because of their antecedents; once they support you, you have 40% chances of winning and if you are the type that uses Nairaland to judge or follow Nairaland for election matter, you would lose hope for APC chance but I'm not bothered because that day, the narrative will change to:
Buhari has suppressed Edo's will.
Democracy in Danger!
Election did not hold in Edo!
The charlade called Election can not withstand the test of time...
And before you know it, they will push obaseki to court and thats where he will end his money on lawyers and the narrative again will change to :
What do you expect from a sharia judge?
The supreme judge is an islamic fundamentalist... We are not surprise... And guess what? After a week, they will be looking for another person to push to political oblivion.
Dear jegede, be careful of this type of people o. They are coming for you after Edo... If you know what is good for you, reject them outrightly.
Johnnyessence: diri won against Lyon, makinde won against adelabu
Lol, your two stated correct predictions together constitute the 20% of your predictions then, as originally stated by the poster you responded to. I say so, because you clearly predicted the outcome of at least eight other major election contests – all of which came out flat wrong. Hehehe. Your backing for Makinde should be commended, though. Good call on that!
Unfortunately, out of the 20% you appeared to have gotten right, 50% turned out to be a "Supreme Court" Governor, who is in fact still on tenterhooks, lol. I'll therefore humbly advise you to not count your one egg before it is finally hatched. So, you're further down to one in ten, which is a mere 10% 'power of prediction.' Hehehe.
[Don't mind me jare, I'm just catching some fun in so many words.]
valentineuwakwe: The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, says the four oil refineries in the country have been shut down in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna.
Kyari said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
He explained that all four refineries were functioning below capacity and it had thus become necessary to stop them from operating all together.
Responding to a question, the NNPC boss said, “First, all the four refineries in three locations are shut down and it was a deliberate decision for two reasons. One is that delivery of crude oil to these refineries is completely challenged because the pipeline network has been completely compromised by vandals and all kinds of people that will not allow us to operate these pipelines.
“That means you are not able to deliver crude oil to these refineries effectively to their maximum capacity. Secondly, what you call rehabilitation is different from the turn around maintenance. Turnaround is routine which every refinery does but when you talk about rehabilitation, it is that colossal loss of capacity in the refinery and it means you haven’t done the turnaround maintenance properly.
“Typically, every refinery is expected to operate at 90 per cent of its installed capacity. With the best of effort, with all the turnaround maintenance that has taken place, it is impossible to run any of the refineries before the shutdown at that level. Our estimate was to run it at 60 per cent of capacity but if you do that, all you are doing is value destruction. You will take $100 crude into the refinery and bring out $70 product. It doesn’t make sense.” Source: https://punchng.com/why-fg-shut-down-all-refineries-nnpc/
Na wâ o. This is our reality stated without emotions. This NNPC boss Kyari with his team, sounds like a real world business management set, IMHO.
Deadlytruth: Whoever gave you this information fed you with lies. There are 15 kindreds in Igarra and nine of them make up Eziobes while five make up Eziezus with the 15th one being neither of them. Eziobes are therefore the majority and they recognize the Otu of Igarra while Eziezus recognize their own head separately. That is how Igarra operates. The person who gave you the information above is obviously of the Eziezu stock. Please refer to page 36 of Last week Monday edition of The Nation Newspaper to see the facts set straight in response to a publication of lies which the Eziezus made and this person picked his point from.
It's really helpful to get to read both sides of a story, especially when it comes to politicking. Thanks for posting.
bizme: Thanks a lot for your insightful comment. While interacting with some people about a year or 2 ago, the person advised that I should go to my local government of origin and join there at the ward level. The thing now is that I don't live in my state of origin. (Both my state of origin and state of residence are in the same geopolitical zone.) While I understand the practicality of joining at the level of my local government of origin, isn't it also possible to be part of political party in one's state of residence, or then combine that with participation in one's state?
Please let me state upfront that I'm not a politician, at least not by training or trade; I just happen to think I mostly get it right with my observations and take on where a political wind or election results, will blow. So you'll have to view what I say in that context.
The fact is that politics is actually a profession and has to be in your blood, even if you appear to belong in another profession through which you're presently making a living. Secondly, you'll have to have a constituency - either social, cultural, philanthropic, religious, military, ethnic, labour, etc, which you'll represent in your party.
What it also means to me, is that you can't make an omelette without breaking an egg. In other words, you'll have to make the sacrifice and permanently target a community where your constituency, like I defined above, will make you popular. So, all politics is local to you.
That indeed doesn't have to be in your state of origin, but it may help if it is. It's only when you're grounded in a community where you represent your own constituency, that other politicians will not be able to pull the rug from under your feet, or even rig you out.
I sincerely hope I've not made it sound like I'm an authority w.r.t. what you see as politics, but I just felt like writing this way, seeing that you may be genuine.
Finally, I think a politician needs to have not just acute communication skills and a tough skin, but a lot of staying power as well! Admittedly, those will apply with a few other professions, though.
EastGold: Join the one that is popular in your area. Take a sample of your immediate community, join the party they are supporting.
It is not advisable for a young politician to be in opposition.
This is a very sensible statement, and it's a good thing that the OP — who originally floated the question the statement addresses — has recognized it accordingly.
As has been touted in our political space, especially in recent years, "all politics is local."
Nemere2020: West Africa's regional leaders have given the military junta in Mali until Sept. 15 to name a transitional president and a prime minister, according to a statement read at the end of a summit on Monday.
The heads of state of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said the president and prime minister, who will lead the transitional government, should be civilians.
The bloc, seeking to keep pressure on the junta, maintained sanctions it had placed on Mali, but welcomed steps taken by the junta in the past week to start talks with Mali's political parties and civil society groups over the transition.
The ECOWAS union has closed its borders with landlocked Mali and halted financial flows amid concerns from some West African leaders the military coup could undermine their power and democratic gains in the region.
A group of army colonels has ruled Mali since ousting President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Aug. 18. No consensus has yet been reached on the make-up and duration of a transitional government ahead of promised elections.
ECOWAS is calling for a swift return to civilian rule and a vote within a year, a timeline the junta, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), has not committed to.
ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, said both the president and prime minister must be appointed by Sept. 15 at the latest.
Talks in the capital Bamako about the transition period got off to a bumpy start on Saturday, when supporters of the influential M5-RFP political coalition accused the junta of sidelining them.
International powers fear continued political turmoil will further destabilise Mali and undermine a joint fight against Islamist militants in the wider Sahel region.
This is a fantastic development. Civilian majority rule must not be compromised in this region. Let fair elections that reflect the wishes of the majority of the electorate, continue to take deep root.
kahal29: Emu, Esan South East, replies road side banner, urging residents of the community to vote for PDP.
In a follow up to the gross insult of the insensitivity of the Obaseki administration, which cut across diverse parts of Edo, a counter banner was erected by angry residents, which reads "NO ROAD", "NO VOTE".
It would be recalled that stakeholders in Emu, had yesterday, briefed the guber candidate of the APC, Pst. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on the plight suffered by their people, owing to the lack of road in the community which has been grossly neglected by the outgoing administration of Godwin Obaseki.
Pst. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, however promised to give the people of Emu, a facelift in their plight of poor road infrastructure, when elected as governor, on September 19, 2020.
Sorry, but the third comma in the first sentence, gives the sentence an unintended meaning. I think it's better removed. I say so, because your political bent is unambiguous.
Danger95: You are conflicting yourself, Asaba is politically in Niger Delta, wow and maybe Geographically in Spain, I just mentioned 1, Igbo town, I never said anything about being the capital of any state, there are other Igbo towns in the Niger Delta, all we I'm saying is, let us do our part, the people will decide, note currently we have no other country apart from Nigeria, till we have another country then I can boldly tell you that I can go to Asaba any day, go to PH any day anytime, go to Bayelsa, Cross River, Markudi, Lokoja and say hey I'm igbo and Im hungry and I will see one Igala, one Idoma and one Ijaw that will say my Igbo friend and brother come and eat with me...That's what I'm saying and those are the people that matters
The problem with your mindset is NOT curable, I swear; it is probably hereditary. Make of that what you may.
LegendHero: You guys are always attacking the wrong person in the context of protest.
Normally for any protest to become successful in Nigeria, there has to be input from politicians most especially the opposition. Even if Tinubu is disappointed in Buhari policies, he won’t go out and start organizing protests to destroy his party so why the wailing.
The PDP failed as opposition and it is shameful that all they do is to wail on social media and write epistle wailing daily without no meaningful oppositional politics. You mean Buhari will arrest them likes of Atiku, Kwakwanso, Jonathan, Saraki, Bose George, and etc if they carry placards and protest?
If Atiku lead the protest in the NE, Wike lead in the SS, Bode George lead in the SW, Peter Obi in the SE, Kwakwanso in the NW, and Saraki in the NC simultaneously. You think Buhari won’t halt the price hike?
You can see that the opposition then controlled by Tinubu sponsored series of protest against Jonathan which was part of the reason why they were able to achieve the feat of defeating the incumbent.
mamaafrik: Oniranu na selfish sombori,na things like they always sweet hin body,fuel hike,electricity price hike,killing,change of service chiefs,waterbill,Amotekun,Ruga issues,you won't hear anything that concerns the masses from him,when he was hooting #occupyNigeria in 2012,people think he is a selfless man but now that the man has used him to cling to power now,he suddenly turned dumb and some mofutauuu will still claim him as a Messiah come 2023. If Tinubu near power,the corruption , economic nose diving and killing for this country go quadruple IBB era. Una talk say una no wan get sense ni Awon agbaya oshi
TBH, this sort of rascality and name-calling gets you nowhere. It only shows poor upbringing, I'm afraid.
Your choice is simple: Nominate/back your own messiah, campaign for him/her, and hopefully such a person comes to power and remains true to your type. Or become a messiah yourself.
AtikuNetwork: 2023: Why Igbo can’t get the presidency — Sen Kadiri
Senator Alex Kadiri is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress. He speaks with OSARETIN OSADEBAMWEN on the demand for Igbo Presidency in 2023 and the hurdles ahead of that plan and why the minority groups in the country will find it difficult to rule the country.
AGAINST the allegation that the Northern establishment is planning to retain power in the North, the South-East is staking its right to the presidency in 2023 going by the rotational arrangement. Do you think the South-East merits such consideration for 2023?
My belief is that power cannot remain in the North forever. Power has resided in the North for too long. Having said that, I must be frank with you, you are in my house. Nobody gives you power. You go in search of it and fight for it just like Abiola did. The late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola had a long-term plan for the presidency. People did not understand him. He established Concord Newspaper, put people from different parts of the country in charge. That’s how Yakubu Mohammed became the Editor of Concord. Dele Giwa became the Editor of Sunday Concord, and so on and so forth. If you are friend of Abiola living in Kano or Sokoto, Abiola will fly there if you have a naming ceremony in spite of the inconvenience and the bad weather or he will send a ram for the naming ceremony.
He established a football club, the Abiola Babes and was basically funding the Nigerian Football Association (NFA). So, his name was being sung by the people all through the country through his acts of philanthropy, through acts of employment for those who got employment. There were those he gave money to establish their own businesses. He didn’t care if you are Yoruba from Egba or Yoruba from Ekiti, or Fulani from Sokoto. He patronised most people in the country. So when it was time for him to ask for the presidency, his job was easy. He even challenged Nigerians by picking another Muslim from Borno, Babagana Kingibe, as his running mate in a country where we pretend to be more religious than the Pope. Yet, people voted for him. I voted for him too.
Now, whether the presidency goes to the Igbo people in the South or the Ijaw who are also in the south or the Bini who are also in the South, only God knows. I hate this idea of people saying the presidency is now for the Igbo man. I was surprised that a man like Okwesilieze Nwodo, former chairman of a party like the PDP, is saying that if they don’t give the Igbo people the presidency, he would ask Igbos to go and join Kanu in IPOB. That is almost a treasonable statement.
Don’t you now think his comment earns some merit, given the South to North and North to South presidential shift since 1999, especially when the South-South and South-West have produced presidents: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan?
Look, I don’t know if you watched the interview with late Samaila Isa Funtua on Channels Television? It must have been a recorded programme they showed after he died. And he said things that I believe in. Any Igbo man who wants to be the president of Nigeria must come out and work for it.
No Igbo man is going to sit in Umuahia, Enugu or Awka and Nigerians would say, okay it is your turn. When will it be the turn of the Binis? As you know, there are other tribes, very many, in this country like the Tivs. When will it be the turn of these people? Those of us from the Middle Belt, we are beginning to think that in the schemes of affairs, nobody is thinking of the Middle Belt anymore because we are small tribes scattered all over the place.
Some people now feel that maybe the only way an Igala man or a Tiv man or a Berom man can ever ascend the leadership of this country is through the military because when it comes to party, nobody takes us seriously. The Igbo man believes that the Hausa Fulanis have held this position for too long, the Yorubas too have used it but the Igbo man is the greatest enemy of himself.
Why is that?
They are very disorganised. Do you know that when Atiku Abubakar picked Peter Obi as his running mate in the last election, do you know that Peter Obi could not harvest votes from Igbo land to help Atiku win the Presidency? The complaint about Peter Obi in the South-East was very vociferous. Maybe, because the other people have made a promise, as I read somewhere that they had made a promise that the next president of Nigeria is going to be an Igbo man. I don’t know what powers the president has by appointing somebody else from the South-East without the persons from the South-East fighting for this position.
Let me tell you something that is instructive: when Igbos in the North visited former President Ibrahim Babangida recently, he said the Igbos are in every nooks and cranny of Nigeria. They should use their presence in every village to network for votes in addition to the desire to look for money in those places. What Abiola used his own personal wealth to achieve, the Igbos who are scattered all over Nigeria can do it effortlessly if they really mean well for themselves. They’re not doing this.
What could be responsible for this?
Well, I don’t know. I’ve tried to look at it but I cannot understand it. My wife is Igbo. So, I have nothing against the Igbo people. The fact of the matter is they don’t mean well for themselves. Their republican and unrealistic approach to issues is not helping them, especially in a complex country like Nigeria where you need to network. Do not wait until the month or the week of the year of the election before you start making friends, hoping to be nominated. Before you can become a presidential candidate a party must field you. Like Ismaila Funtua said in that Channels TV interview, a party will field the candidates it believes may win election for it. It’s not just about fielding Alex Kadiri because I talk too much. How many people will vote for me? It will field somebody who can win votes from Sokoto, votes from Borno, Rivers, votes from Akwa Ibom, Ogun and so on. That’s the only way. How many Igbo politicians have that kind of spread right now? They are running back into their enclave, chanting that the 2023 Presidency is for the Igbo man. That’s wishful thinking. I can’t see them with any strength in APC. I can’t see them with any strength PDP. APGA has been boxed into Anambra State.
Just a few days ago, former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, said that the leadership of the Igbo race has fallen on his shoulder and that of the Chief Whip of the Senate and former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. Which of them, in your estimation can garner votes from across Nigeria as you just explained?
It is one thing to be known as an individual in politics. It’s another thing to be liked by people in politics. Take Rochas, for example, he has schools here and there. That is good. However, if you meet some Igbo people, they will tell you he cannot be the representative of the Igbos. They have their reasons. I don’t know. You take Orji Kalu? Whether we like it or not, he has been to prison and has come out, not for political reasons, do you get my point?
Not really…
In Pakistan, many of their presidents have been to prison and come to become president later. They do it because of political reasons. They are not accused of anything. I hope you can see the difference. Some of this people have commas and full stops in their profiles. Why can’t we have somebody who does not have skeleton in the cupboard from the South-East? Someone has mentioned former governor of the Central Bank, Professor Chukwuma Soludo. He is a nice man, but where is his political base, Nsukka, maybe Awka? He is not a politician. He is a technocrat. He is a professor. He is an economist; for all these marks of excellence, I clap for him, (claps). Any Igbo man who wants to be president of Nigeria including Uzor Kalu, Okorocha, even Arthur Eze, their oga pata pata or Ifeanyi Ubah, all of them cannot sell themselves even in the states where they reside. That is a challenge they must overcome.
Let me tell you a funny story, when we were in the Senate, we zoned the Senate Presidency to the South-East. Evans Enwerem became our president. There were all kinds of problems due to issue of certificate or no certificate, even on performance; we put him aside and picked Chuba Okadigbo. Intellectually sound, but he was sleeping on the job; we decided to remove Chuba. We were now left in the Senate with Ifeanyi Araraume, Arthur Nzeribe and Adolphus Wabara, Nnamdi Oreagbuna and some others, we were faced with these choices.
There was hardly anyone to choose from because when you need to know more about each of them, go and meet their Igbo brothers. They know more than you and I will ever know about themselves. So this presidency that everybody is clamouring for, we are heading in the same direction. Are Imo people clapping for Rochas today? The Abia people, are they clapping for Orji Uzor Kalu today? Anambra people, are they clapping for Ifeanyi Ubah? So, there are a lot of problems they have to go back home to sort themselves out first. The ones that have good names and credibility outside have no political tripod on which to stand like I just mentioned, Chukwuma Soludo. That is the problem. So, to say that the Igbo man must become president… who is this Igbo man that will become president, and under which political party?
Are you saying it is not possible for the Igbo man to be president in 2023?
I can’t see the way through. You tell me how? As I just mentioned to you, there is no serious Igbo man in APC. There is Ogbonnaya Onu, Hope Uzodinma but the only person to me is Chris Ngige. He is the one that has the experience; he has been a governor, a senator and now he is a minister. So in terms of experience, he has it but has he got the backing at home? These are the issues. Somebody may drop from America or from Europe or India that we don’t know yet.
You did not mention Moghalu in your list of South-East Presidential material
His case is almost the same as that of Soludo.
Are you saying that no other political party can produce a president outside the APC and the PDP?
It is possible. You saw Ghali Na’Abba, Bugaje, and so on floating a movement now. Normally, when they start this kind of thing, they used to inform me. But do you see any Igbo man there? Have you heard of any serious Igbo man in their midst? That front is basically being pushed by people of Northern extraction who have fallen out of favour with the current people in power. Quote me.
Do you think they will be relevant politically in 2023?
Well, with the way things are going in this country, if they are able to play their cards well, by building a party like the Chinese, which they said is what they are trying to do… I have heard Bugaje’s position paper, they are building from towns and wards. If this thing works and is not sabotaged by the powers that be, if it sails through, that may be a successful outing for everybody. As they are molding this thing now, I don’t see any serious Igbo person participating right now. Can they finish what they are doing now and because they want to bring Nigeria together, go and look for somebody who is unknown and give it to him to become president? It is not possible. It is never done in any country.
What is your honest advice for the Igbo nation?
What they need to do is to widen the scope of their political participation. This mentality of I am richer than you is what is killing them and that has led to many sections of this country hating them. You want to be richer than your neighbour, money all the time. If they can spread out their net, catch more fishes, when the time comes, people would now look at the characters involved and make a choice. When Dr. Alex Ekwueme was the vice-president, in spite of all criticisms about Igbo people, nobody could point accusing finger at him. Nobody that I know appeared in the media to say Alex Ekwueme is a corrupt person. Can somebody like that come out of the South-East? This is the issue. But because of their pursuit of money, they do so many things and people have doubts about them.
For the Igbo people to aspire to be president of Nigeria, they must spread out, make friends from other places, not just making money from Nguru, Sokoto, or Idah. Where they make this money, what is their relationship with the host community? The money they are making should also serve as good avenues to attract votes for the Igbo man. Again, since we are practising democracy, the Igbo man who wishes to be president must belong to a party that is likely to win an election. No party will put up a candidate that it feels may not win any election. It is as simple as that. I wish a woman like Ngozi Okonjo Iweala were a politician. At least Nigerians now know who she is; she has shown us her worth and she is a worthy person across the globe; she needs no introduction. She may not have the funds to play the type of politics we play in Nigeria now, but if that type of person can stand out among the Igbos, it won’t matter whether she is Asaba Igbo, Ika Igbo or Orlu Igbo whatever. When the chips are down from these same Igbo people, you start hearing from them things that you would not want to hear a second time: who is proper Igbo or who is an Osu etc? Such divisiveness at a time when you would need them to pull their strength together! I worry for them. No human dead or alive can take the presidency of Nigeria and give it to the Igbo man. The Igbo man must find space in the existing parties or if he can form his own and attract membership to be able to campaign and win election https://tribuneonlineng.com/2023-why-igbo-cant-get-the-presidency-sen-kadiri/
I had previously wondered why this class of analysis/political interviews dominates discussion forums in recent times?
I wonder no more: It's because the narrative is being thrown into everybody's face, that, "come 2023, it is the turn of the Southeast to produce the President."
Folks, you better expect a lot more like this, as 2023 rolls by.
ransomed: Igbo nation likes blaming others for self inflicted political misfortunes.
Zik of Africa formed alliance with hausa-fulani in the first republic, they blamed Yoruba for it.
Late chief Clifford Ojukwu orchestrated and sponsored the first coup de tat but they blamed Yorubas for it.
Late Col. Ojukwu decided to complete his father's ambition but failed by abandoning the ship. Instead of them to ask their sons how they shared food meant for civilians amongst themselves in the barracks, they blamed the entire Yoruba nation for it.
Sir Alex Ekwueme lost presidential slot due to the activities of his ibo brothers that worked against him, they chose to blame the Yorubas.
They refused to warm Jonathan about calling Yoruba leaders rascals, when the Yoruba leaders showed political rascality, they called Yorubas names.
They chose to play second fiddle to Atiku and lost but we're happy to blame Afonjas for it.
Another misfortune is coming due to their ego, miscalculation and disunity. Instead of igbo nation to present one of their sons as a presidential candidate, they will rather atikulate a Fulani man like the late Zik but, after failure will turn around and pass the buck to Yorubas.
All these self inflicted political woes have not made them come together to present a common front, instead, it is egocentric, " Osuism" , the fear of Anambra people and superiority tendencies that make igbo nation to lag behind but, they always claim they are political gurus Imagine a governor of ibo extraction having a secret pack with security agents to kidnap igbo youths and exterminate them at night because of being IPOB members.
The truth is that Ibos are the enemies of themselves. Insults and derogatory words are welcome.
How do some posters manage to weave these things together?
EcoBrick: Igbos in the PDP are sleepwalking to 2023. I have put my ears to the ground but I have heard nothing. Tepid murmurs. Shuffling of feet. Nothing else, besides snores. Where are the Igbos in the PDP? This is not a good time to be asleep. And not another season for ‘Atikulation’.
Igbos have served the PDP faithfully. 2023 should be payback time. The PDP should stand boldly for Igbo presidency. Or be labelled a traitor, a user, an exploiter.
But I have put my ears to the ground and, I have heard nothing. Besides Atiku revving his coming and going molue. And Wike weighing Tambuwal for faithfulness. The PDP in Igbo land has been too quiet. Nobody is singing 2023 hymns in that church.
Where is the Ohaneze? The last time, they broke a taboo, and pitched their tent with the PDP.
The calculation was that if he won he would surrender to the idea that 2023 belonged to the Igbo presidency project. It’s easier now, isnt it ? They can’t be picking their noses now.
Where are those who signed the midnight MOU? This is the time to do the politicking. A bird in hand could be worth three in the bush of self-determination. That morbid infatuation with the physiognomy of the president won’t better the lives of ordinary Igbo traders in Kano or Alaba.
It won’t help the man in Ogbete market shore up his sagging sense of belonging.
The PDP has fed fat on Igbo votes. It would be treacherous for the PDP to sit astride while others initiate the campaign for Igbo presidency. Where are the Igbos in the PDP? Atiku has been left to seize the party by the scruff of the neck?
Is he still coming? What is Peter Obi waiting for? Is he waiting to be a running mate again? Mbanu! Where is Abaribe? And Osita Chidoka.
The Igbos in the PDP should find their balls, or borrow some if they have none, and speak up.
My people say if you are afraid to speak to power then cover your head with a basket, yell and run.
Let them speak, and hide if they must.
I will keep reminding them. Their silence is deafening. Their silence is ominous. We cant spend an age crying marginalization and when our turn comes we chicken away. Let’s remind them whether they hear or not.
Because our ancestors said we should greet the deaf not because they will hear us, but so that the gods can bear us witness that we bear no malice against the deaf.
Igbos in PDP, wake up! As we say it in Igbo land, this is no time for ‘sleepingmuruanya’
I hear the emperor in Port Harcourt is plotting something. He wants power to help detain power in the Northwest till 2031. That is sacrilegious. Isn’t it? What happened to the Igbo presidency project? Has he heard of it?
Why can’t he embrace Igbo presidency with some ‘workaholism’. That latter-day messiah of the South. The one who can do no wrong; the one that has the interests of the Igbo at heart. Is he going to opt for shortsightedness now? The 2023 Igbo presidency project needs flyovers! Mr Projects, this is the real project. Is he going to be a chameleon?
Why won’t the emperor support Peter Obi in 2023? He is not Igbo? The 2023 Igbo presidency project is not his business? Because he wants to occupy one small position, he is willing to negotiate away 2023 Igbo presidency?
The problem with these people is that they talk too much. So sometimes they make us overrate them. When these folks talk about Peter Obi and Okonjo Iweala, you would think they are serious. The PDP brandishes Peter Obi and Okonjo Iweala, like Christmas clothes. Now 2023 is the turn of the Igbos, the PDP isn’t enthusiastic about fielding them.
Why?
Why can’t the PDP reciprocate the love Igbos have shown it and field Peter Obi? Or present Okonjo Iweala. No, they won’t. The PDP thinks that fielding an Igbo man will be a political mistake. So when would it be politically astute for the PDP to field an Igbo man?
In 2083? Yet tomorrow, the leaders of the people would fill our ears with lamentations, innuendoes and insinuations, about Hausa Fulani Hegemony.
You won’t hear from Abaribe speak about Igbo presidency, his party and 2023. Mba… you won’t. Because there is no Buhari to insult in this matter. Why can’t Abaribe summon the courage, his usual courage, and tell the PDP that 2023 is the turn of the Igbos and that it is non-negotiable?
Abaribe is the most senior elected official in the PDP. Abaribe is bold. So Abaribe should not cower when any governor says that fielding an Igbo presidential candidate in 2023 would be a mistake. By the way, why isn’t Abaribe running? Who is marginalizing him?
Imagine for a moment that it was the duty of the federal government to allocate presidential party tickets of the two main parties. Let me call their names now. Wike, Abaribe, Peter Obi and company would be on top of the voices screaming marginalization if anyone tried giving out the PDP ticket to anyone in the north in 2023.
The Truth and Light, our elders say, will always trounce and survive over falsehood and darkness.
If — even after some of these revelations against AGF Malami — President Buhari does not acknowledge AND correct the dodgy and damaging roles Malami has been playing in this administration, then Buhari himself has to be seen as dodgy, to say the least.
Politics › Re: Atiku Moves To Contest For President In 2023, Makes 18 Appointment by duwdu: 10:13pm On Sep 17, 2020*. Modified: 3:57am On Sep 18, 2020
