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A group, the Arewa Youths Progressive Alliance, has dissociated itself from a comment credited to the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, that voters from the North would only vote for the region’s presidential candidates.

But the spokesman of the group, Alhaji Sambo Galadima, noted that “the North is neither anti-progress nor xenophobic against other Nigerians.”

In a statement released in Kaduna on Thursday, Galadima said that the impression created by the former Governor of Kano State was not only disrespectful to the region but misrepresented the true characters of an average northern voter.

Picking holes in the assertion by the NNPP presidential candidate who spoke on Channels TV, the spokesman noted that Kwankwaso’s utterances portrayed the North as retrogressive.

Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso’s utterances portray the North as retrogressive and the average northern voter as insensitive and unconcerned about the sufferings of Nigerians and the high rate of insecurity and economic woes bedevilling Nigeria, and rather concerned about having ‘fellow northerner and fellow Muslim’ perpetuate themselves in power.

“Nothing can be farther from the truth. The northerner experiences the same level of frustration with the state of governance in the country that the average Nigerian from any part of Nigeria experiences and wishes like every Nigerian that things improve for the better and that the most capable and most prepared individuals take charge of governance at different levels, including the presidency of the country, for the betterment of Nigeria,” he said.

He further argued that the North had never been immune to the various troubles bedevilling the country.

Just because a Northerner is the President, has the North fared any better in infrastructure or living standards merely because a Northerner or a Muslim is the President of the country?

“The former governor of Kano State insults the North by portraying us as some insensitive group of people without the capacity to think for ourselves. This is not true. He sends the impression out there that our votes are owned by some elites and that it is these elites who will decide how we will vote in every election.

“If that was true in the past, that is set to change, because we are not slaves. We are capable of dreaming and holding strongly to our dreams. We are capable of working for and participating actively in political activities, independently and with the aim of bringing about the kind of government that shall serve the best interest of the average Nigerian.

“In the last seven years, more than 100,000 Northerners have been killed by bandits and terrorists, and thousands of our daughters, wives, mothers and sisters have either been raped, abducted or forcefully married out.

“Our farms are lying fallow and our harvests haven’t been poorer. Yet, a Northerner is the President. We voted for this Northerner, not because he is a Northerner, but because we believed he had the best of intentions and had the capacity to turn things around for good, for the benefit of all Nigerians. But, we are disappointed,” he stated.

Galadima then assured that the North would vote in line with what they considered the best for Nigeria at this time and in the future.

“We want to assure fellow Nigerians that Northern Nigeria is not some kind of slave colony, where some elites drag us by the neck to vote on the basis of sectionalism or religion. We shall vote for the best candidates who hold the best promise to recharge Nigeria and get her working again, because, like every responsible citizen, we want the best interest of our country and we want a brighter future for our children,” he added.

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour party Doyin Okupe, has resigned his position and has hinted that a replacement will be announced soon.
He tweeted : This afternoon I submitted my withdrawal letter from the position of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party to INEC.A replacement will be announced by d national chairman of d party shortly.I feel greatly blessed to hv been part of the foundation of success 4 the LP

No one is save both the rich and the poor, is either the catch u in church, mosque, home on the road or the even on air

Let's build our nation on a rock cause the rain has started

Mr. Reno has always been an admirer of the presidential candidate of Labour party H.E Dr. Peter Obi, but as it is always said that nothing is permanent in politics except interest, Mr Reno drifted from his long wish and ambitions just to get stipends from the presidential candidate of the PDP who he believe will enlarge his pocket.

Sometimes in life honesty and integrity should be placed first in an individuals life.


He has not told us how Atiku can can redeem Nigeria but has channelled his little energy just to demarket Dr. Peter Obi telling us Atiku is a unifier, what business does unity have with hungery men, feed them first then you can have leverage to discus their disenchantment and enemity.

Nigeria needs redemption first before the much clamored unity as all the attacks in Hausa land is by their Hausa brothers and that in the south east are by their brothers too all this is caused because the system is not working set thibgs right and see how every other thing will fall in place.

Even the hyena thinks more of himself wen he sees a lion.
Am not surprised

Hausa serving it to Tinubu hot hot[color=#990000][/color]

From the look of things who can we say has the Yoruba tribe at heart or who has a better recognition in the Yoruba land.

Can we comfortably say Tinubu has surpassed MK Abiola legacy and has built a monument for himself?

Alp this was don't by Akpabio, Udom the big lips has never completed any major road in 8 years mean while why us the OP showing us different pix of a singular place Akwa Ibom is only developed in uyo the rest are shit hole, come to eket look at hospital road, Mobil mart is now a dumping ground, okon is now a death trap.

This government should be jailed and Epherem Inyang should suffer in this life.

Mbok make unna shift

It is delusional for him to talk about a group of people he will be needing their vote like that


This is time for building not demolition

It is delusional for him to talk about a group of people he will be needing their vote like their.

This is time for building not demolition

Just for a penny now non of them will cone yo his rescue.
What a Shame

Ibironke4s:
Rivers person answering native Igbo name.
People has lost their root

Shea Amaechi no be Igbo name abi u child of hate will just open ur gutter and be talking trash

Lol......
This Woman think say Anambra people the play with Obi ni, make she take time before she go lose everything

Just imagine the crowed the two will get if Kwankwaso agrees to deputize Peter Obi.

APC and PDP will be in the mud

Is it because wike travelled ni, make him wait till wike return see am for PH

OP leaves in the past, and has allowed the past change his future.

We are talking about Nigeria and Nigerians and your here talking about Igbo and Christianity.

Are u sick or just felt like writting on Nairaland

Wow....
Obi is turning to 5g network oooooooo.
This one laud pass trumpet

Prior to the swearing in of a new dispensation, the tenure of GMB is coming to an end and the whole country will take a fresh breath as many have been through thick and thin and can't wait for an end to their situations.

Looks like we have just 340+ for the long awaited fresh air.

Let's do a count down for GMB on a daily basic cause there is joy at the end of the tunnel.

Igbo:
Peter Obi is a Ibo project

You can't even write a correct sentence because of hate blindness

Let peace reign abeg, and all this sit at home should end people and their business are suffering

Fairmedia:
Armed robber, mad animal. You are a fool for this mad talk.

You are the bigger fool

This is balderdash. Just because he asked him to investigate Obi's loot? High time you people realised no one is a saint, the better for everyone. Stop selling looters as saints for us.

We all agree that Tinubu isn't a saint but so is all the candidates, including Obi however what differentiate Tinubu from others is the fact that he's a performer. He did a lot in Lagos and made Lagos into what it is today despite Obasanjo withholding Lagos' revenue. Same can't be said for Obi who did nothing in Anambra. So get lost.

I really think your high on something, Lagos was formally Nigeria's FCT, and it was the then it was developed, all this lies that Tinubu developed Lagos na nonsense, Lagos revenue is higher than that of Anambra, compare Anambra with Ogun and see the wonders, I pity you cause Buhari hardship seems good on u as you want to keep living in misery

Members of the two majority parties in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress in Imo North Senatorial District of Imo State on Sunday collapsed their structures into the Labour Party and pledged their loyalty and support to its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

No fewer than two thousand people joined the LP at a ceremony at Umuaro community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state.

A former Deputy Chief of Staff to a former governor of the state, Chikwem Onuoha, said that the decision was reached after an investigation revealed that Obi was the best presidential material among other presidential candidates.

Onuoha, said that APC and PDP had misruled Nigeria for the past 23 years, adding that it was time Nigerians voted Obi to rescue the country.
The APC chieftain said, “Today, APC and PDP are dead in Okigwe zone. We have resolved to collapse our structures in the zone into the Labour Party and to work for the victory of Peter Obi. Peter Obi symbolises the hope of the ordinary people of Nigeria.

“Peter Obi is tested and trusted and he has the support of the people who vote during the election. Apart from Obi, we will vote LP all through. The Labour Party is for a mass movement. We are wiser and we want to take back our country.”

The President General of the Okigwe North Youth Progressives Forum, Chidinma Onyenagubo, said that his group was mobilising people to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards to vote for LP In 2023.

Source: Punch

This shows how determined Nigerians have become to eradicate this useless APC and PDP.

Let's have some fresh air

You really think you already have Edo, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Cross River?[/quote]I stay in Akwa ibom now and am overwhelmed by their support to peter Obi

Anambra and am Obidified

[quote author=pointblank247 post=113875850]hmmmmm bros you made a lot of sense here but, another problem of Peter Obi is that mbaka, the kite flayer of APC/Cabal is on the attack[/quoote]
Mbaka is not God when God is for u who can be against u

Senator Godswill Akpabio, former Governor of Akwa Ibom state and one of the front line presidential aspirants has reportedly stepped down for another aspirant Bola Tinubu

That one concern them

Abeg do they pay for FTC

WisdomCanada:
for your mind oo. Old man like you still Dey play small pikin play. Congrats tho, on your FTC

Why wont they canvas for lawan wen obi is not in their party
Just wait and see what happens if this news is true.

nellyelitz:
I DON'T KNW WHATS WRONG WIT UR HEADS, OBI THAT UZODIMA, KALU, ANYIM, UMAHI ETC COULD NOT EVEN SUPPORT EVEN SECRETLY THAT U WANT ME TO VOTE FOR A NON EASTERNER FOR THAT MATTER. IMAGINE UZODIMA AND KALU OPENLY CANVASSING FOR LAWAN AND THESE ARE AUTHORITY IN UR ZONE.. TO CRY SEF DEY HUMGRY ME WHEN I REMB THIS NONESENSE.