₦airaland Forum

Krankhead:
You are already in the gutters. The moment you were praising Fugbara against Wike, you Atiku started it.

But Atiku didn’t even mention Wike’s name at all. He only said Fubara ensured an LG election process against all odds and is to be commended for that. He didn’t mention Wike’s name. He only commended a serving governor of his party for complying with a supreme court judgment. You’re among the clowns that are giving this Wike justification to continue perpetuating lawlessness. You served as governor for 8 good years, your time came to an end and now its time for someone else to run his race, but no, you want to have a governor get your approval to spend public funds. WHY? Is Wike the first person to be a governor? The same law that recognized Wike as governor is the same law that is recognizing Fubara as governor today. You cannot have 2 governors in a state. Someone wants to be both governor and a minister at the same time and fools like you think this is sensible. Little wonder why Nigeria has turned into a cadaver of a country.

Thiefobi1:
Reason why i said they are perpetual slaves to the Fulani.

U could not fight Atiku a northerner for the PDP ticket a party where Igbo are majority instead u supported him to clinch it.

But have the gut to fight Tinubu a Southerner.

It is cheap tribalism that will end up consuming people like you. Thank God for sensible people who voted in the primary for people they felt were responsible.

alanto:
All these long epistle doesn't hold water. Did you lose in 2019 and 2023 or not? Did PDP or APC contest the chairmanship election in Rivers?


Atiku lost more primaries than main election.
Starting from 1993. He even lost the VP slot the same year. Atiku is a serial loser.

Of course Wike will always lose a PDP presidential primary election against Atiku and Atiku will always lose the same primary to his peers like Buhari and Tinubu. He should be ashamed of himself. A common serial loser.

Ok tell us what office you personally ran for and won primaries for… we are waiting. You’re calling a former Vice President and a billionaire a loser, someone with highly successful businesses, a university and much more. If he is a loser then what are you?

aariwa:
Lol now I know why tinubu rushed to change the Hausa Fulani head of intelligence agency appointed by buhari. Hausa Fulanis believe In only their own people and views others as infidel “one north “ as Ahmadu Bello told them

Of the 8 or so million voted Tinubu got in 2023, 5 million came from the north. So your point is moot and dead on arrival.

Chukwuka319:
Useless, accursed barbarians, only knowing how to exhibit Igbophobic sentiments.If the energy they channel into Igbophobia,can be directed to eliminating poverty, illiteracy, banditry, terrorism, fanatical behaviour, their region won't be as backward and cursed as it is presently.

Average northerners are just victims. Govts use these so called religious leaders to hoodwink average men through religious sermons designed to stimulate emotional reactions. The preacher’s whole aim is to tell people not to protest against the government, which is why Ribadu is there.

Tochitee:
David hudeyin understand two things, 1.the ibos being the most gullible people will only want to hear negative things about the president of the country.2. Anything to keep the attention of the Ibo people for donations..

This is not about tribalism. This is about a factual case of a criminal history, specifically, heroin trafficking that competent US authorities have investigated. Just say you don't care about the criminal history of your president, it is of no issue or concern to you. Next we should have Evans the kidnapper or Clifford Orji the cannibal as president since Nigeria is full of mentally deranged people like you.

BlazinGlory40:
Where has the political wizardry of the north gotten us all as a nation today?

Conflation. Political calculus and strategy are one thing, governance and development policies are another. Two very different things. Like SLS has repeatedly said, the Nigerian state is designed for the purpose of rent extraction. Unless this design is refocused from a site for rent extraction to a developmental state, nothing will change.

JoeNL22:
The core north doesn't matter.
They are as important as every other political zone in Nigeria

NW is made up of 7 states with a quarter (largest) of Nigeria’s total voting population.
NE is made up of 6 states with 13% of the voting population.

Together (2 zones) they make up 37-38% of the voting power in the country. The rest of the 4 zones in the country make up 63% of the voting population. So yes the core north is important.

The core north is essentially a third (1/3) of the country’s votes.

Tinubu cannot win without the core north neither can Obi.

Nawao

boldtruthalways:
You lied. PDP has no regard for federal character otherwise Atiku will not emerge. A fulani northern Muslim cannot take over from anither Fulani Northern Muslim. It will not happen, that's the greatest disregard for federal character.
For APC, Muslim-Muslim tocket will never work in Nigeria. The two parties made deadly mistakes and all happened because Obi/Datti is destined to take over in 2023 for a new Nigeria.

Funny person. Where in the constitution does it say the office of the president must be passed like a ball between north and south. Rotation is not law, it is a simple strategy for a political party to capture power. As far as the law is concerned, every Nigerian is qualified to be president. When it was asked why Goodluck was campaigning in 2011 when it was the north’s turn (Yar’adua), what did you say? No such thing as zoning in the constitution. Well…that shortsighted position taken changed the Nigerian political landscape for good.

madapcmod:
You and who reached that agreement? Atiku a Fulani to take over from another Fulani?

Remind me why GEJ was not allowed to complete second tenure again?

Na only Una sabi rule?

We are voting massively for Obi. South lokan', Igbo lokan gan gan for south

A fool who knows nothing about politics. Didn’t the same southerners vote for Atiku in the PDP primaries?

adecz:
PHOTOS: Nigerian-born Amanda Azubuike becomes Brigadier-General in US Army

CREDIT: @ Twitter/ CG_ArmyROTC



In Nigeria, regional ethno-political
dynamics would have frustrated her
military career.


Igbo-kwenu.☑️☑️☑️

This is the Marine Corps not Army. She is wearing a UMSC Class A service uniform.

owobokiri:
My own is that the fulani will NEVER rule this country directly for 16 years nonstop, after basically dictating politics during the military era! That is NEVER going to happen! Atiku or whatever he calls himself, sold his birthright the day he supported Buhari for the presidency. This country is so diverse and so multifaceted to be dictated to by one ethnic group!

If the fulanis in power have used their endless opportunities in government to further the wheel of the collective good, it will be a different ball game altogether. But that's not the case. What we have is a set of very cunny, very sectional and totally selfish unit in the country, still trying to lord their ways of life over others. The Fulani has a re-tarded political mindset that will never sit well with a multi national state and as such should give way after Buhari.

Tell that to the many southerners that voted for Atiku in the PDP primaries. Fortunately, not everyone is as backward as you are.

lawnreigh:
Wike they choke Atiku for Neck and Hold him by his balls. I laugh in swahili ��

I don’t think so…Atiku is ignoring Wike because he knows fully well that Wike can’t make anyone least of all Atiku win a presidential election in Nigeria. Highest Wike can do is affect Atiku’s votes in Rivers. And Atiku’s team has made their calculations and feel they don’t need Rivers to win the election. They only need 25% there which they will get. That’s just the fact.

Greatex90:
Atiku should follow agreements.

Our people say ' Agreement is Agreement '.

Big fool. Which agreement?

Buddha3:
LMAO!

Say what you want, I like this man.
He doesn't pretend. He's bold, ruthless, firm and strong-willed, even if the rest of the world feels he's acting in error, he does so with his full chest, damning the consequences.

I'll say it again, even if Wike ends up in political oblivion after his Governorship, man is never going to be poor and irrelevant, because money always has friends. Most important thing is that he enjoyed the 8years of his reign to the fullest and he's unapologetic about it.

Una wey dey use cheap data judge am for Nairaland will worship his very feet if ever given the chance to go close to him. And it's sickening how other humans always want to have an opinion about the lives and actions of others, as if they have been able to completely figure out their own lives.

Mtscheew!

Bold, ruthless, strong willed? No, its more like immature, shortsighted, petty, small minded, and clownish. The man ought not be governor. His level is local government politics or student union politics. Being the head of a subnational requires emotional maturity, tact, and good people management skills. Wike is just an uncouth rabble rouser who no one even takes seriously in the PDP anymore. He has literally murdered any future he may have had in national politics.

Ttalk:
Anyone that supports Atiku also possesses those bad characteristics Obasanjo accused Atiku of

And what makes Obasanjo’s accusations gospel truth?

By your logic, the same Obasanjo who supported Atiku’s presidential bid in 2019 is guilty of what he accused Atiku of.

The fact is Obasanjo has not been able to prove any of the accusations he leveled against Atiku. It is even laughable for someone to accuse his subordinate of corruption when the subordinate didn’t even exercise executive powers. In other words, everything Atiku did in government was subject to Obasanjo’s approval.

The whole thing is nothing but politics. Substantiate those accusations and we can have serious conversation.

femisplash:
Atiku wanting to become President after Buhari?.. This election will really put to the test the integrity of the Northerners regarding the unity of this country. Odili was widely touted as the next President but Obj had to pull something off his sleeves at the last minute to endorse Yar'Adua for the Presidency.

Integrity you say? You do realize that Jonathan finished off Yar’adua’s term in 2010 then ran in 2011 (the turn of the north) then ran again in 2015. Jonathan and his handlers killed power rotation because of short sightedness. You can’t pick and choose when zoning is convenient to your interests.

Abdu81:
All this are desperate effort for a Fulani man to succeed another Fulani after 8 years.

Never ever.
Nigerians are not fools.

Correction; the effort is a Nigerian trying to succeed another Nigerian. Mind you, this Nigerian was duly elected candidate of his party which is made up of people from all over the country. Many from the south voted for this candidate at the primary.

If you don’t have power rotation between north and south every 8 years in the constitution explicitly spelled out as the law of the land, then what you’re saying is just empty rhetoric of a pained man.

So what do you want to happen now? No northerner should vote for a candidate of his choice in expression of his franchise? The northerner should and must only vote for a southern candidate on the basis of nothing but ethnic identity? Please stop reasoning like a hungry goat!

onuman:
Apt. But you needed to have understood the effect of proliferation of excess number of states with corresponding representative constituencies in the old Northern region, has on the psyche of southern politicians.
Every election year, a group of politicians composed of mostly northern politicians derived from the large number of states proliferated in the northern region, gather and annoint a presidential candidate for one or two largest political parties.
The electorate merely validate the annointed presidential candidate through their votes. To choose that presumed president, northern politicians are in majority, deeiving from the undue large number of states and federating constituencies proliferated in the old Northern region. The southern politicians who are in the minority during the choice of the arrangee president-to-be are helpless. It's glad you acknowledged the unjust political structure.
The presidencies of Obasanjo and Jonathan were mere aberrations, and would not have been possible if politicians of the northern region had insisted that a northerner would be president.

Funny, there are 2 more states in the north than the south. Just 2! So what really is this proliferation you keep talking about? All over 2 states? The north has the bulk of the population of this country and corresponding landmass, so how do you expect its people to be underrepresented or disenfranchised?

onuman:
Sha


The mentality of sharing proceeds from the south of Nigeria between the north and the south is still in your mindset, that makes you justify land mass or population figures as yardstick to determine where new political units can be created in a country formed by diverse regions; the same mentality which guided northern military dictators to proliferate excess number of states in the old Northern region which has larger land mass, and yet to be verified larger population, than the southern regions.
By the way, it's only in Nigeria that an arid zone like the north of Nigeria has more population than the rain forest southern regions. Tell me the usual story about one northern man marry too many wives and has more kids than an average southerner.
FYI, in a country formed by diverse regions, land mass or population figures is never used as criterion to proliferate too many new federating units in a region with larger land mass or population; because proliferating undue number of federating units in a region with larger land mass or population figures, goes to tilt balance of political power to favour the region with larger land mass or population.
That's exactly what the northern military dictators did in Nigeria through proliferation of excess number of states in the old Northern region.
That necessitated rotation of the presidency between the north and the south since 1999.

1. You’re reverting to a disproven theory. Which northern military dictators created states in the north in a lopsided manner Name them please. State creations were done in 1967, 1976, 1987, 1991 and 1996. I have showed you the balance of state creation between 1987 and 1996. I don’t know if obasanjo in 1976 created states that favored the north.

2. This issue of “our oil” is juvenile. Again, for emphasis, the oil by law belongs to the Federal Republic of Nigeria not states. If you want all the oil revenue, make a constitutional case for it! Simple. Atiku is the only candidate that has seriously and consistently been talking about restructuring of the country via devolution of powers and resources to subnational units. So each state can keep its own resources. Oil has not even been adding anything to govt coffers since the beginning of this year. In any case, it is a dying commodity. In the next quarter century, it’ll be a thing of the past. Agriculture will be Nigeria’s major export sector.

3. Again, educate yourself. Less than 13% of the north is arid. The north is made up mostly of savannah, specifically guinean savannah. This is why there is farming. Who farms in a desert or in the Sahara? You have obviously never even been to the north. Polygamy is a valid argument, a man with 4 wives and over 10 children is commonplace in the north. Obviously, that will impact the population size over time.

4. Lastly, the issue is what is in the law? Rotation? No…then put it in the law if you can. The constitution does not even recognize north and south, it recognizes 6 geopolitical zones, why not have a rotation between all 6 zones. North and south.

onuman:
Your argument against rotation makes no sense because the skewed and lopsided political structure of Nigeria created by northern soldiers necessitated/necessitates rotation of the presidency between the north and south of Nigeria, right from 1999. Atiku had to abandon PDP in 2015 to enhance rotation of presidency to the north.
Mind you, Atiku Abubakar is now banking to win through exploitation of the skewed and lopsided political structure of Nigeria created by northern soldiers to favour Arewa.
What criteria did northern military dictators use to proliferate too many and mostly non viable states in the old Northern region but shortchanged the two southern regions that formed independent Nigeria with the northern region in 1960?
It's this lopsided political structure that necessitated zoning of the presidency between the north and the south, because with the extant 36 states and Abuja political structure of Nigeria, it's very difficult for any southern presidential candidate to win 25% of votes in 24 states, as required by the electoral laws.

If north refuse rotation of the presidency, north must succumb to calls for political restructuring of Nigeria democratically.

You are completely off it. British colonialists decided for their own interests to make areas south of the niger ‘NORTH’ i.e. Kwara, Kogi and Benue. To be honest, each of these states 3 states including northern Edo (Auchi) are heavily historically influenced by the north.

There is no lopsidedness created by northerners. In fact, the first ‘state creation’ was the midwest state (bendel) that was split from the western region. After this, state creation has generally been even across zones. The last state round of creation in the north was during Abacha i.e. NW Zamfara, NE Gombe, NC Nasarawa, SW Ekiti, SE Ebonyi and SS Bayelsa. IBB went a similar route with the creation of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Delta-Edo and Enugu states. Reciprocation involved Kebbi, Katsina, Jigawa, Adamawa-Taraba and Yobe.

This shortchanging is in your mind. In any case, who says states like Osun and Ebonyi are viable? How many states in Nigeria are viable today? Goodluck Jonathan was the one that scuttled rotation. This is the fact. He was supposed to finish Yar’adua’s tenure and step down but due to his amazing shortsightedness, he not only ran in 2011 but in 2015 as well. His supporters said what at the time? “No such thing as zoning in the constitution”. You want to cry foul now? Its too late. The south jettisoned rotation for short term goals. You cannot bring it back now. In any case, rotation is not the law of the land and what is considered north today is two thirds of Nigeria’s land mass with 19 states while the south with barely a one third of the land mass has 17 tiny states. So really who has been shortchanged?

If you remove Lagos, which attracts people from all over the country living there. The south also has a much smaller population than the north yet you feel power should be shared equally…on what basis? Landmass, raw population or religion? Or maybe ‘feelings’ if you want power rotation make a constitutional case for it, push for its addition in the constitution.

onuman:
Lamido refused to see that Atiku slighted everyone in southern Nigeria by jumping into the presidential race, whereas it's unimaginable for Atiku, a Fulani Muslim to succeed President Buhari, another Fulani Muslim.

Are we all in Nigeria colonized by the Fulani?

Nigeria has Federal Character principle enshrined in the Constitution. The essence of Federal Character principle is to accommodate all Nigeria's groups to participate in the country's political process, including holding apex political leadership.
The southern people had endured QUOTA system to accommodate the less educationalily advantaged northern groups all the years. Why can't Atiku be considerate on the feelings of the southern people?

1. Is north-south presidential rotation stated in the Nigerian constitution (1999 as amended)? If not, your argument falls flat! Modern nations are governed by laws and process not ‘feelings’ and ‘considerations’

2. The PDP convention picked Atiku, this convention allowed for delegates from all 36 states and the FCT to pick their party’s candidate. Delegates from the south voted for Atiku, why didn’t they have ‘feelings’ that power should return to the south? Because a political party exists to win elections and form a government. The PDP delegates put their best foot forward.

3. Federal character principle has nothing to do with power rotation. It simply implies that political appointments should be spread to accommodate every part of the country as opposed to concentrated in one part of the country. Not that the presidency, an elective office, should be bounced around between two regions or only 3 tribes. The fact that the top 4 offices in the land are shared between geopolitical zones is a convention not law. This is why it can be disregarded i.e. present VP and speaker are from the same region.

4. Lastly, do yourself a favor and go get a proper education.

Johnrake69:
Okowa's treacherous act should never go unanswered. PDP has started failing. Delta state will vote against PDP not to talk of the rest of South South. You called a meeting of southern governors and issued a communique that power should come South and you went behind to back a Northerner for the ticket just to secure VP spot for yourself. Betraying Southern region.

We take betrayal personal. Aside that we don't want to support a candidate that has contributed to the indebtedness of Deltans without any infrastructure to show for it. #180billion borrowed within 3months. The project at Coker junction in Asaba has been abandoned since 2years now.

Okowa is nothing but a disaster. I guess only his Uwa people will vote for him.

But anyway I'm Obidient. Labour Party for Presidency

Modified: And for any doubting thomas going to qoute me about the loans.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nairametrics.com/2022/04/26/delta-assembly-approves-gov-okowas-n150-billion-loan-request-13-months-to-end-of-tenure/%3famp=1

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/delta-assembly-approves-another-n25bn-loan-for-okowa/%3famp

1. This cannot be any further away from the truth. Firstly, the power shift position was nothing but politicking. Even Wike wanted to be Atiku’s running mate but lost out due to some considerations especially of his temperament. He has been offered petroleum ministry and he is happy with it.
2. Why not blame south east delegates that voted for Atiku? Or southern delegates that voted for him. Ultimately, parties want to win elections. That is why they exist and the PDP felt Atiku was their best candidate who has a number of factors going for him i.e. national appeal, winnability, recognition etc.
3. There were a series of negotiations that produced what is now the PDP ticket. Power rotation is not in any law of the land. If you feel so strongly about “power shift” campaign for it to be put in the constitution. That way, we know that we are backward people. When all is said and done, it is primitive for any country to base elections or offices on ethnicity. Nigeria will evolve out of this primordial considerations for power.
4. This north south power rotation is a strategy of a political party to win elections. It is not law. It is not even a convention. It is a mere political tactic. Even Atiku’s emergence as PDP flag bearer is a political tactic aimed at winning the northern votes to win the election.
5. You are too emotional, it is almost childish. Why should power rotate when it is not law. It is not a constitutional issue. It is a party issue. And Atiku won the primary with both northern and southern votes.

According to Kaduna based Liberty Radio/TV. The Recently arrested Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has implicated the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed.

It will be recalled that the Minister recently suspended the AGF pending the conclusion of the EFCC investigation. The AGF allegedly told interrogators that the Minister owned properties in Dubai, Abuja, Lagos, and Kaduna using her husband as a front.

The AGF was accused of diverting 80 billion Naira. A petition was sent to EFCC by the uncle of a 16 year old girl the AGF secretly married. The AGF showered untold amounts of money on the 16 year old bride, giving her $100,000 in cash and a choice property in Abuja.

A pensioner waited 50 years to get revenge on his school bully by allegedly shooting him dead during a reunion party.

Thanapat Anakesri, 69, is wanted by police after fleeing the room when he opened fire at one of his former classmates.

He had been invited to an event on Saturday afternoon in Ang Thong, central Thailand, to meet up with people he went to school with.

But after the group sat down to enjoy wine, a buffet of Thai food and ice cream, the man confronted his former tormentor Suthat Kosayamat, 69.

He accused Suthat of bullying him when they were both 16.

Former navy officer Thanapat allegedly flew into a rage when Suthat, a tailor, said he could not remember there being a problem between the pair. Thanapat is accused of pulling out a handgun after demanding an apology from Suthat, who refused. He allegedly shot his former classmate before fleeing the room.

Suthat was rushed to hospital but later pronounced dead by doctors.

Tuean Klakang, 69, who organised the event, told police in Thailand that the alleged killer had complained in the past about the bullying but said he did not believe it was such a serious issue.

Tuean told local media: ‘Thanapat would get drunk then often talk about how angry he was about being bullied by Suthat.

‘He never forgot about it.

‘But as these things happened such a long time ago, I would never have imagined that he would have killed his friend like this. We are all shocked by it.’

Suthat was given a traditional Buddhist funeral on Monday with devastated friends and relatives paying tribute to the ‘caring and kind’ man.

Police are now searching for Thanapat, who they believe is living in a neighbouring province in Thailand.

Police Captain Sombat Somboondee said officers found a 9mm cartridge and another dummy round at the scene.

The Ang Thong Provincial Court has issued an arrest warrant for Thanapat on charges of murder.

The police chief said: ‘Initially, we will charge him for murder and carrying a gun without a license.

‘We also have a lead that he is hiding in Singburi province so officers are searching the area.

‘From speaking to witnesses, the shooting appears to have happened after a personal dispute between the killer and the victim from a long time ago.’


https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/28/pensioner-69-shoots-childhood-bully-dead-school-reunion-10642350/

RichBoy247:
Not too late, you can still go and meet Sarathief in his village. You kick your elders, we bow for ours.

This is 90% of Africa’s problem. Clinging onto stale, retrogressive and frankly useless aspects of a culture that ought to have evolved into something compatible with modernity.

This elder worship that you so cherish does nothing but harm. South Korea had the same problem but with superiors in the work environment and they had to work hard to eliminate because it caused plane crashes. Research it.

We’re talking about something as serious as the independence of a coequal branch of government, th functional effectiveness of an institution. You’re here talking about showing deference to an unelected party boss in the guise of ‘respect’. Africans need to read more and shed this uselessness called culture.

CharleyBright:
Wetin concern me with two aboki matter?
And worse still, it is even aboki from Sudan and aboki from Cameroon matter.

Idiot alert! Continue being narrow minded since you have another country

TempleHouse:
The judgement will not stand.
Tell me how an illiterate idiot and a school cert failure will govern a intellectual state ?

Not an argument at all. Tell that to the voters who voted him. Former Australian PM Keating was a school dropout but was one of their best PMs

Mordecai:
Dear Amarachi,

When you say you supported Atiku, I understand you because this is a sentiment we both share.

But I have to say I am disappointed that you actually do believe that the results as being announced represent the sentiments of the northern voters. Far from it.

The Buhari core supporters in the north are of two categories:
a.) Those that support him because of his islamic fundamentalist leanings.
b.) Those that support him because they expect he would jail the "rich" people.
c.) Those that support him because it is politically expedient for them to do so.

Between 2015 and now, those in categories (a) and (b) dwindled considerably.

Those in category (c) increased exponentially.

Historically, the tendency for non-muslims to vote for a muslim candidate in Nigeria is inversely proportional to the number of type (a) supporters. For this reason, it is easy to predict how the non-muslim blocs will vote. All APC did was to ensure they didn't get the opportunity to vote. They were easy to identify. Crisis upon crisis meant that in most cities, Muslims live in separate quarters from non-muslims.

Buhari's first term opened the eyes of those in category (b). He lost a lot of support from those. Those were the
swing Atiku votes. All they did in places like Kano etc was to place people in many polling units to police the ballot papers. Woe betide you if you go into such a place and not vote APC.

Thus, while Buhari was expected to win in the NE/NW, it was not with the numbers margin being doled out now. These numbers are made up, frankly.

Atiku knew that. All he needed was the support from the South to coast home to victory. He lost it, because APC was willing to use security agencies to do their dirty work in a way that even PDP was not, in their own days.

So, you do not get to blame the victim. You should instead look at the perpetrator and demand punishment.

I whole heartedly agree with your take.