₦airaland Forum

Eriokanmi:
2015 and 2019 elections were marked with irregularities to favour buhari. We saw videos where teenagers were massively thumbprinting for the apc in the north and one old man watched on, with cash in his hands to share with them. If INEC eventually walks their talk by embracing electronic voting system eventually, there's going to be war because northerners are election riggers historically. They may not accept the result if it doesn't favour their candidate . It would be worse than 2011 riot as instigated by Buhari in his usual unguarded utterances.

It still amazes me how borno, a war torn state recorded such huge number of votes when a great number of electorate had been displaced with lots housed in the IDP camps.

Right now, the number of BVN entolees in Lagos is higher than that of kano by millions. In a free and fair election, there's no way the north could have an upper hand in any general election, expecially those deciding who would be president of Nigeria, should the candidate come from the south. When the north recently claimed that they voted obasanjo a northerner massively , I laff. They had no option than to do so because their military leaders had said power must go to the south as backed by the UN when Nigeria was returning to democracy in 1999. After the election, they came up with political sharia to topple his government because he didn't allow them to share free money. The earlier the south realises that the north would never feel cool with a southern candidate and, the better for them. We have two countries in Nigeria, the north and south.

Kyase:
This propaganda won’t still force the north handover power to the south
This is democracy for Christ sake

Anyways south east 2023 or nothing

eldoradoxx:
The OP is a sound student of Nigerian politics, he understands politics well just like me. You see, North is not one polticially, there is a large part of the North called North Middle Belt which shares same views of Hausa Fulani North like the Southerners. They are mostly Christians and indigenous people of the North who prefer Southern candidate over Northern Muslims. Let me say that Buhari won the 2015 election because the middle belt for the first time voted for him against their traditional PDP which they see as a party of moderates because of the insecurity. For a Southern candidate to win, just win the 17 States of the South, its very easy to do, just campaign with the sentiment that it is the turn of the South. When the candidate goes up North, campaign in Benue, Taraba, Plateau, tell these predominantly Christian and indigenous people of the North under constant attack of Islamic fundamentalist that you are liberating them from the insecurity occasioned by Fulani land grabbers. Add 3 to 17 States of the South you have 20 States even before the election starts. People do not know that majority of people in States like Adamawa, Nasarawa and almost half of Kogi and Niger are predominantly Christian indigenous people who also can easily be swayed to vote South because South tend to carry them along more than Northern Hausa Fulani Muslim leaders.

starstaz:
1)South east politicians and heavy weights should henceforth stop being docile in pdp and boldly come out to lay claims to their right of occupying the seat of power come 2023 rather than hiding under the cloak of Atiku Tag alongmovement presidency (VP dash to SE). They should fight like a man with two balls in the Lion den, at the end win or loss, PDP will take them serious.
2) Imagine the audacity and lack of shame exhibited by the NW politicians in pdp to still throw themselves in the ring for presidential slot of the party after the glaring roller coaster of Buhari 8yrs at the end of 2023. SE needs to learn how to be brute and cocky in the face of negotiating for top job of the land.
3) Credit goes to his HE David Umahi who is using all the neccessary power of visibility and record of performance in office to cajole and mesmerize the APC leadership the reason why only SE must capture power in 2023 despite coming late to join the party. That is how to play the game, no mistake from him. SE pdpians should learn from Umahi.
4) Finally, Mr Moghalu, a light weight politician has been a lone voice in the battle field canvassing the need for SE and himself to capture top job of the land despite being in a weak party and is getting attention for it.

We can't be saying power must come to south and some groups will decide not to slug it out in their party, they refused to make necessary noise to deter the northern establishment quest for power. SE wake up. If you are weak to defend the southern interest in your party allow others with balls like SS or SW to champion it.
2023 Presidency is and remain the coveted prize for SE to pick without any preconditions.

seunmsg:
Lol. PDP will pick a candidate from the north east. So, how will they clear the north west? Even in the north east, core APC states like Bornu, Yobe, Gombe will never vote for PDP. In the north central, PDP can never win Kogi, Kwara and Niger. Even states like Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau may go to APC if the party fields a Christian from the south.

In the South, APC will clear the south west, south south will almost be divided once it is a northern Muslim against a southerner. 60-40 in favour of PDP at best. I have said enough about the south east already. So, where is PDP’s path to victory?

OfficialAPCNig:
Even you don't believe it.

OfficialAPCNig:
Trying to blackmail PDP to zone its presidential ticket to the South will not work.

We understand their game, mobilize Southern support to force PDP to zone the ticket to South.

Then ride on anti-Igbo sentiment to smuggle themselves into power via APC.

I am glad an Igboman is the chairman of PDP Zoning Committee.

By zoning PDP National Chairman to SW, he just cleared the path for a North/East ticket.

If our sophisticated brothers want ticket to return to the South, then they know what to do.

Or they should get ready to test their resolve against a NE/SE ticket.

Hurriedly setting up a Southern Governors Forums to advance their interest against others will not work.

I stand with the PDP zoning formula.

We Rise!!!

PIMPAR:
Na master and servant.

Servant must obey

seunmsg:
In my opinion, voters turnout in the SE won’t be more than 30% in 2023 and with only 2 PDP governors in the region and no Igbo man on the ticket, I don’t see PDP getting more than 60% of the total vote cast in the region. It may even be less than that. So as it stand, SE won’t be contributing any significant votes to PDP in 2023.

amuwo1980:
The arch tribalist

SarkinYarki:
Nigerians will give you a rousing welcome if you loot well

unbitchable:
Why would you have to open a thread when you did not have adequate and complete information on the subject in the first place?

TonyeBarcanista:
Let's stop this back and forth... There wees loyalists of Ekweme that weren't comfortable with the overnight preference for SW and Obasanjo, who then was a political outsider in PDP. Those aggrieved gave Ekweme the meagre votes he got despite the fact that he isn't from SW




MODIFIED:
I stand corrected

TonyeBarcanista:
1999 was 22 years ago, which isn't a distant time. I asked you how Obasanjo was drafted into the Presidential race even when he never showed single interest, you couldn't respond. If not for zoning to SW, Dr Ekweme would have emerged!

If you aren't informed about history, kindly ask your elders.

TonyeBarcanista:
The ticket of 1999 was microzoned to SW... It was the reason Obasanjo was drafted into fge race even when he was a party outsider.

2003 was not zoned to anywhere... Obasanjo, Ekweme, Abubakar Rimi (Kano) and Barnabas Gemade (Benue) contested.

Kestolove:
his at home

Kestolove:
D governor looks Like almajiri

Haywhysat:
Are you aware some of these North central states are not extremist like core northern state. Tell me how a kwara man will vote against a Yoruba man or someone from kabba in kogi state or a benue state man wey no even wan dey see fulani atall, or some states in South south like Edo state.

Hangmnk:
Borno state

Hangmnk:
How I will put this is weird. I swear to you, I prefer Igbos than Yorubas. I have Igbo friends and we literally insult each other, watch football and eat together. But there are Yoruba Muslims but we don't roll with them. Me trolling on Nairaland is all about IPOB narrative of Fulani controlling northerners, I swear to you, I'm not even a Fulani. I'm just enjoying the emotional blackmails here.

AfonjaConehead:
Please enough of this bickering,it's not gonna do us southerners any good.
We should come together and speak with one voice against these parasites who have cornered everything, almost all fed govt top positions including the law to themselves and using same against us.
Everything in this country including that bloody is positioned against the south but in favour of the north... Now that it seems they forgot to skew vat to their favour in the constitution,they are about to do another abracadabra, again against the south.
High time we took the bull by the horns,thanks

duro4chang:
All of you are not ready to throw of the yoke of servitude. I laugh at most comments on this post. You will all serve the fulani taya. Cows will destroy your farms and streams like never before. Them go bleep your sisters, wives and mothers anyhow. If you like don't agree to work together now.

oluwaahmed:
Honestly speaking tammy Abraham would have been 100 times better than timo werner. Ordinary tap-in he can't do for club and country. Infact pulisic would even be more clinical than werner. Send him off to championship side on loan for half a season so he can improve, or sell his ass off to teams like arsenal. They really need any Chelsea reject they can afford.

BeeBeeOoh:
That's when they will see and understand the real meaning of a Dullard.

Zikojukwu:
Do you think it's possible. Tell them how to do it.

obehi247:
any of the Midbelt state can produce the vice president but Benue or Taraba should be first choice States. They have been cut-of the Nigeria project