₦airaland Forum

The same Yari that is coordinating Tinubu's Renewed Hopelessness re-election campaign or another one?

CharlesCNG:
You are proving my point about defective reasoning.

Nobody said the South-East should have backed Buhari or Tinubu. The issue is not whether the region chose the morally superior candidate. The issue is whether it has exercised political judgment in a manner that translates into influence and power.

You cite Obasanjo, Yar'Adua and Jonathan as if they were "wrong horses", yet those administrations emerged through broad coalitions and actually produced presidents. That is how politics works.

You also claim Atiku/Obi won in 2019 but were rigged out. Fine. But what exactly is the lesson? That elections should henceforth be approached with greater coalition-building and strategic thinking, or that everyone else must simply acknowledge your superior judgment?

Politics is not an annual examination where marks are awarded for identifying the "best candidate." It is a contest for power. If your preferred candidates repeatedly lose, and your region's leverage continues to diminish, perhaps the time has come for introspection rather than self-congratulation.

The irony is that Peter Obi himself cannot become President solely with South-East votes. He requires alliances with the very political actors many of his supporters routinely insult and alienate.

That is the contradiction.

Being right is not enough. In politics, the ability to build and sustain coalitions is itself a form of judgment.

Otherwise, one may end up with the satisfaction of saying "I told you so" while others hold the offices.

Oga you don't have any point. Did the South West vote for Obasanjo in 1999? Their bloc votes were "wasted' on Olu Falae. Since 2003 to 2011, the North West votes were" wasted" on Buhari. So what exactly is your point? Why singling out the South East every time with this vexatious scapegoating?

Always saying shit and conjuring useless logic to make Igbos look bad. Just suck it up with this annoying reasoning.

AMINDA:
From a strategic point of view, there's nothing for ADC in the Southeast. Obi made sure of it. Historically, the Southeast is also the only region that doesn't split their votes, although they almost always end up backing the wrong horse. Every other region in the country put their eggs in multiple baskets as a form of insurance except for the Southeast. In 2023, Atiku made Okowa from the Southsouth V.P and even though he didn't win Delta, he won Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa. Politics is not an emotional sport.

Backing the wrong horse like Obasanjo, Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan? Or you wanted Igbos to back disasters like Buhari and Tinubu?

Was it a 'wrong horse' when the South East backed Atiku/Obi in 2019, which they actually won, but we're rigged out?

This kind of defective and insincere reasoning casts you in very bad light.

Akpakomiza2:
Was obi not a contender on the ticket in 2019? Don't forget the Anglicans rival the Catholics and will vote against obi. Again, Ebonyi, Abia and Enugu are dominated by Pentecostal churches. Close is good enough, Tinubu doesn't need 25% in SE as long as he will get it in other states.

What kind of idiotic reasoning is this for goodness sake? So you honestly believe that an Igbo Anglican or Pentecostal would vote for a Muslim, severely incompetent criminal like Tinubu that has destroyed Nigeria.... just because they "rival Catholics"?

You Tinubu apologists have a serious problem, and it is a monumental waste of time engaging you in any intellectual discussion.

So if Peter Obi has no reputation, it is this ugly baboon and his even uglier, drug dealing criminal master called tinibu that has "reputation" abi?

The jokes write themselves in this miserable country.

Salsaa:
Kwankwaso is just a placeholder
The main VP is El-Rufai
He will take his place immediately he comes out from detention

I have been wondering where El Rufai would have stood if he wasn't detained... Would he be with Atiku in the ADC or would he be in the NDC?

But knowing how ambitious and scheming El Rufai is, it is very likely that he would position himself in the very spot that Kwankwaso occupies now, with the clear pathway to becoming president in 2031. Something that wouldn't be possible if he stayed with Atiku in the ADC

Peter Obi made a grave error by joining this useless man's party. There is no point continuing with this charade. I find this useless Dickson very offensive and the whole NDC setup leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

Jonjam269:
You are the one who failed to understand that your messiah, Peter Obi, is merely a pawn on the political chessboard. Unless you're deliberately deceiving yourself, there is no realistic pathway for an Obi/Kwankwaso victory in 2027. Kwankwaso, Dickson, and their allies understand the political game far better than the social media crowd.

I'm addressing politically astute individuals, not neophytes who have mistaken online hype, echo chambers, and wishful thinking for actual political strategy. Those consumed by social media propaganda and delusion may find this difficult to accept, but politics is won through structures, alliances, and calculations, not hashtags and keyboard activism.

You cannot mask your glaring lack of substance with empty verbosity. What exactly is your point? I asked you direct questions which you simply cannot answer, so just rest.

Jonjam269:
Whatever the NDC is doing appears to be laying the groundwork for a Kwankwaso–Dickson 2031 ticket, not an Obi–Kwankwaso presidential bid in 2027. Dickson and his allies likely understand that an Obi–Kwankwaso alliance stands little chance of winning, which is why they are focused on long-term political calculations rather than short-term excitement. Peter Obi, a serial party hopper, and many of his overly deluded supporters seem unable to recognize that they are merely pieces on a larger political chessboard.

Only political novices, social media warriors, and those blinded by partisan loyalty would fail to see the strategy unfolding before their eyes. While some are busy celebrating and creating online hype, seasoned politicians are quietly positioning themselves for the real contest ahead.

Mr Know it all, tell me how a Kwankwaso/Dickson Ticket would materialize in 2031, if Obi/Kwankwaso ticket does not win in 2027?

And if the Obi/Kwankwaso ticket succeeds and gets sworn in, you think all this rubbish braggadocio Dickson is currently doing will be entertained? And you think Kwankwaso will entertain his ass in 2031?

Stop making ridiculous projections and painting fantastical scenarios.

I said it many months ago. I said it that these despicable 'Lagos boys' have been bragging that they will be in power for 10 years.

Now they have set the machinery in motion.

Their downfall will be loud.

Which military will back him? For a president that is this useless and unpopular, supported only by his tribalistic South West enclave, he will receive a very shameful humiliation if he tries to do anything other than to hand over power on May 29, 2007.

It is a promise written in blood. Bookmark it.

Nigeria would have to disintegrate rather than let tinibu have a second term. Very greedy bastatd. Knowing who he is, I am certain that virtually all the so-called local players take would take over this niche sector will be companies linked to a shell front company or entity owned by him and his inner circle.

I prefer South Africans or even aliens to control that sector or any sector for that matter than for his idiot they call tinibu to lay his greedy hands on it.

I saw all of this coming that's why the prospect of his presidency was so disgusting and unthinkable that I declared that it would even be better to have sheekau as president than this rotten monster.

Only the gullible masses can be deceived by these so-called 'reforms'. There is nothing this tinibu does for national interest. Absolutely nothing. Everything must have an angle to enrich or benefit him and his cronies, otherwise it will not be worth doing. This includes the subsidy removal, nonsense tax law, electoral law amendment, rubbish coastal road, and everything else the idiot has done since he came to power.

I find that experienced pharmacists are more important than a lot of doctors, especially in non-surgical cases.

Many doctors in this country have caused an awful lot of unnecessary deaths.

The ejection of this useless and evil woman and her equally evil husband from Abuja must be very very loud to leave an everlasting lesson. It is not enough to merely eject them. It must be done in grand style.

Atlantis585:
I thought the whole South, NC, NE and NW is in the bag for Emilokan.

Don't mind that irritant. When it's time for election, he will remember Southern unity. But when it is time for appointments, he will remember that yoruba lokan.

He should make do with only Yoruba votes.

I don't understand this kind of wishy washy case.

What exactly is the crime here?

Yeah, but it cannot be Tinubu. So just respect yourself.

chatinent:
Was OBJ any better?

This is a very stupid and vexatious question.

Christistruth03:
Christians supported Peter Obi with Christian mind

But afterwards Obi sowed Ethnic division

Just as he had sowed division between the Anambra Catholics,Anglicans and Pentecostal Christians when he was Anambra Gov

He cannot unite even a New born Calf with its Mothers Breast Milk

So therefore, Christians will support Tinubu? Or what exactly are you saying?

God will punish you and your useless husband and I hope he doesn't wake up the next time he sleeps.

If you allow these animals, they will replicate their nonsense Lagos "GAC" rubbish at the Federal level.

God forbid. It will not happen.

Very very useless woman. Like husband like wife. God forbid.

adaxme:
Jagaban forever

Of course. He can forever be your god, even long after he kpais. You can even hang his photograph in your living space (if you're not a homeless vagabond), and worship him morning, afternoon and night until your days come to an end. It is your choice.

chatinent:
When I visited Abuja, I had to lodge over my budget at a very fanciful Hotel I never planned to due to an extra day overstay. The hotel room per night cost me 40% already of what I was to earn and I wasn't happy. The cheaper options I saw looked insecure.

Hi, do you have any soup? Banga or Afang.

We have Fang with pampered (not peppered) snail and assorted.

Ha, give me the banga. Wait, how much please?


Ok sir, it's ₦60k.

...sixteeeeeeennn kayy?


No, sir. ₦60k per plate. You aren't paying for the pando.


(I go pay you ₦60k and pay for pando separately before?)

Well, how much is a bottle of water?

We sell Nestle and it is ₦5000 per bottle for the pet sizes


I refused to buy their bottle water for ₦5000 per bottle in the hotel's restaurant and I went out to get it. I was looking at some random girls giggling when I asked about the price and left in utter i-no-fit-ism. They felt like I really cared about heir fake lives and sponsored existence.

I bought a full pack of big-sized Nestle for ₦4000 containing about 20 packs as I drove out to get some massa, Hollandia and Abuja suya, put it in my backseat and drove in. Went up, put it in the fridge to chill and guess what? It tastes like water still! And it's fcking not ₦5000 per one!

Which hotel charged you N60k for Affang soup? Not even Transcorp Hilton will charge that much. How much did you pay for the room?

504 ke. Who still drives 504?

Nigerians are only good at theorising causes of problems. Not actionable solutions.

A pathetic country.

When this menace called tinibu entered and implemented demonic policies that killed the economy and drove away the few giants like GSK that we were managing, the oily mouthed PSN ex president did not come out to cry foul.

The extent of damage that this tinibu felon has done to Nigeria has revealed how docile and completely useless Nigerians are
It is too late. Even pushing him away nex year is not enough. Nigerians have to deal thoroughly with him. Worse than the most evil despots in history. The punishment needs to be loud and shake the world. That's the only way Nigerians can regain their 'street credibility' that is currently in tatters.

Even if tinibu had won the election in 2027, he would still have denied you your much sought Senate Presidency. The earlier you sellouts stop disgracing yourselves in the futile effort to suck up to such an ethnocentric, jaundiced goat, the better.

This man is irritating beyond words.

Your useless policies caused galloping inflation, where the N35, 000 minimum wage you met is effectively worth more than N150, 000 today in purchasing power, but you deceptively 'reduced' the minimum wage to less than half of what it is (N70, 000), and then celebrate that governors are paying peanut salaries. What kind of voodoo economics is this that this irritant is working with?

highchief1:
them Dey use money win election?u think say if Dangote run for president e go win?wetin Dey even worry una.

Wetin Tinubu take win? Wetin Wike take kolombi everywhere?

Of course it takes money. A lot of it.

But to be very clear, it does not merely take the possession of money. It takes the willingness and readiness to deploy it mercilessly and strategically. Dangote na stingy man. And besides, he is not as liquid as Tinubu and Wike is/was, even before the election.