₦airaland Forum

raumdeuter:
Obi left PDP before Atiku even won the ticket. Abi shey Atiku under PDP will pick VP wey dey LP ni?

[color=royalblue] Something wey all of us know say na Okowa dem wan give?

PDP already said they were zoning the VP to SS.

How come this golden bullet was discarded by Waziri the Starboy?[/color]

TemporaryHansel:
It's so simple, really. The Obidients will always be out here playing their emotional politics while the rest of us deal with reality. We scream about how Tinubu’s been wrecking the country, but then when we’re handed a golden opportunity to actually boot him from that seat, y’all trip over your own feet. Classic move. Honestly, at this point, calling them pseudo Tinubu supporters is generous. Obi running solo in 2023 practically gift-wrapped Tinubu’s victory, and if he pulls the same stunt in 2027, it’s safe to say he's not just a bad candidate – he's a paid agent. Both him and his followers? They’re basically undercover operatives planted by Tinubu to make sure he waltz into the presidency unopposed.

[color=royalblue]Why did Atiku drop Obi and pick Okowa?

Why not start from there? Is it not possible he is also working for Tinubu?[/color]

BlueRayDick:
Exactly!

Atiku with his political structure intact polled 6.9m and Obi relying on his personal charisma polled 6.1m. Why should Obi kowtow and accept to be Atiku's VP?

Kimbeast:
Can Atiku be VP twice? It's looking like he pledges one term before handing over to Obi. That's fair

[color=royalblue]If so, the Northern Nigeria would rather give Tinubu another 4 years, and have their 8 years back.

Atiku doing 4, and Obi doing 8 is a bad choice for the North.[/color]

[color=royalblue] Transition process

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iamoyindamola:
They want obi's vote, he should collaborate with atiku
It's high time we have just 2 parties in this country all these division of votes is tiring

[color=royalblue]Well, there's a coalition going on.

Let's await the verdict [/color]

BlueRayDick:
Na pain and fear of another failed election bid dey boil their blood.

[color=royalblue]I can understand if there's regret of both of them not aligning

But blaming Obi for it is just crazy.

Atiku dumped him and picked Okowa Let's assume Obi didn't contest in 2023; Tinubu still won

Suddenly, Obi shouldn't have left, when your MCM dumped him for Okowa, who couldn't even last 2 years as opposition, before flying to APC.

Make it make sense[/color]

[color=royalblue]Osun PDP senators have endorsed Tinubu

Adeleke go soon cosign....A PDP state oh

But na Obi wey no get anything inside go cause Atiku failure in 2027.

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Theflint1:

[color=royalblue]Obi tested his popularity. It would have gone either ways.

He was in PDP until the week of the primaries, after finding out that Atiku would pick Okowa over him. You are not blaming Atiku for such an erroneous decision. Na innocent people wey choose from the trio, we go blame.

Someone who didn't have any single structure politically, is to blame for the failure of the one that had almost 10 governors, and enough senators on his side.[/color]

iamoyindamola:
What's a tanker looking for in a residential area at night , are PMS or lpg tankers supplying to residents now
Like I said I am more concerned about the casualty because day or night accidents happen but can be limited at night

[color=royalblue]Are you sure you're living in Nigeria?

You haven't seen petrol stations in residential areas?

How do you think they get products?[/color]

LordAdam16:
I specifically take issue with #5.
Only gen alphas will opine that VPs can't be powerful in Nigeria.
That's not a foreign concept. It happened before. Idiagbon. Recently with Atiku who Obasanjo had to beg to complete his second term and who scuttled Obasanjo's third team bid.

Also, it is quite interesting that in 2023, you all were adamant that Obi would win when the lack of core Northern votes made him unelectable.
But here you are, 2 years before an election, calling it quits and taking the time to come up with a long list of reasons why a coalition of Atiku and Obi that earned 13 million votes in 2023 does not stand a chance after Tinubu's performance.
How do you consistently make decisions that benefit Tinubu politically but want to gaslight critics with shalaye.

Somehow Obi who could beat Atiku and Tinubu in 2023 cannot tag team with Atiku to beat Tinubu after an admittedly disastrous half term.
Get a grip!
Politicians are defecting. That's your excuse. How many politicians defected to LP in 2021 for Obi to get 6 million votes?
How many politicians did Obi serenade in 2021 to get 6 million votes?
Atiku did have the Northern vote in 2023. Look at the vote tally. Tinubu did not win any KKK state.
That was not a fluke. If you all Tinubu agents hadn't voted for a political terrorist, Atiku will be president today.
And if in 2027, you shun an Atiku/Obi ticket to sit at home or vote Tinubu, accept wholeheartedly that you worked for Tinubu's second term.

We've had excessive wailing on this thread and elsewhere on social media about Tinubu's misgovernance.
You could swear that Tinubu was the worst President in Nigeria's history.
Then you get the opportunity to change things and you--admittedly one of his loudest critics--are coming up with a list of excuses why you will not vote a ticket with Obi on it.

Tinubu is a failure. But you will not vote for an Obi alternative.
I want y'all to go on the record. So we know any Tinubu complaints going forward are theatrics and mental gymnastics.
You cannot call an election 2 years early and forego a rescue ticket and coalition with your savior in it, and you want to play-act as a Tinubu critic.

-Lord

[color=royalblue]You seem to be flogging this matter more than the contestants

Atiku and Obi have confirmed there's a coalition. Why not wait to see if they would stick together or not?

After all, it was Atiku that ditched Obi for Okowa in 2023. Maybe he didn't also know the power a VP has.

Relax. Make dem draw lineup first.[/color]

iamoyindamola:
At night accident are limited or less casualties
I am concern about casualties in the day because of busy road unlike at night

[color=royalblue]Is the goal to prevent accidents or to reduce casualties?

If the tanker explodes in a residential area at night, what would the casualty report look like??
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BlueRayDick:
In addition to this, I think they need to educate the drivers that every road user including private car owners have equal rights and right of access to the roads. They should stop feeling because their trucks are big they own the road and can run off smaller vehicles off the road.

Some of those drivers will sit up high in their truck and be looking down on other vehicle owners. Sometimes if u no get mind, u go wan park make dem commot before u continue ur journey.If our road safety were to be working effectively, they should be arresting them for overload, drunk driving and overspeeding . Instead of doing this, road safety will be looking for private cars that don't have fire extinguishers or tokunbo tyres that have expired. I doubt road safety even check tyres of these trucks.

[color=royalblue]FRSC doesn't need to stand on highways and flag down truck to check. Doesn't make sense

Every Tanker must be filled at a depot. That's the best place to inspect them

There's a company on Snake Island. If you want to carry your tanker or truck to Snake island, they would conduct serious checks to confirm if it is road worthy, before the truck can enter the barge. If it fails the test, they turn you back

What is wrong if FRSC have those checks at the depots?

Instead of attacking the main problem, they result to ban. As if the ban will make a faulty truck without brakes, not to kill people.[/color]

BlueRayDick:
The bold is the major issue. Most of the trucks being used to ferry PMS are old and not road worthy at all. Most of the oil companies do not really invest in new tankers regularly. (Although those trucks are actually expensive particularly in this current economic situation we find ourselves in Nigeria)

[color=royalblue]The big ones actually invest in brand new ones.

But even an old one can do the job, as long as it is taken care of religiously.

The problem is not whether it's night or day.

Another issue is the recklessness of the drivers. Travel on our highways, and see them parked at various toll gates, consuming alcohol and drugs. Then they jump into the cabin and drive.

Avoiding accidents has to be very intentional, starting from the character of the driver. All these bans change nothing.[/color]

iamoyindamola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8431794/fg-bans-night-driving-fuel

Is it not safer they move at night instead of day time, why not ban smaller vehicles from moving at night from 12-4
I don't understand this man government at all

[color=royalblue] Whether Night or day, those accidents will happen

Because many trucks in Nigeria are carrying beyond their stipulated weight, and many of them are not even road worthy.

Make we dey fight the wrong battle.[/color]

iamoyindamola:
🤣🤣🤣🤣

[color=royalblue]2 false prophets are amongst them

OasisX and Larride.

Unless these two are cast away like Jonah from the ship, this club won't make any progress.[/color]

[color=royalblue]Larrideeeeee

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[color=royalblue] OasisX

False prophet

Onye amuma Baal

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larride:
It seems Amorim is mad. Make substitution ffs

[color=royalblue]Shebi you go win?[/color]

Englishisamust:
At least all the fear don leave me, I don accept say we don lose....

raumdeuter:
All these governors were not on his side in 2023 and he won 12 states

Its an "our son" election like in 2023, The North cannot see their son on the ballot and vote elsewhere. In 2023 tiku without any governor cleared 5/6 NE states even when it was just another Northerner finishing 8yrs. Now imagine when the North is crying this hard after just yrs

[color=royalblue]Atiku won Osun in 2023, and today, all Osun's lawmakers are singing Tinubu's praises. What's the guarantee?

So far, I have not seen any Northern PDP governor standing behind him. His own Okowa has even decamped.

That guy has a lot of baggages. PDP at a National level has a lot of it. The best thing for him is to anoint Scamkwanso and leave the rest.
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[color=royalblue]Diggz don suffer for bot hand

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raumdeuter:
blueraydick

Tinubu/Shetimma vs Atiku/Obi

These people who will not vote Atiku, who will they vote?

I see Atiku at least retaining the states he won in the North in 2023 or even expanding based on Northerners grievances with Tinubu

I see that Atiku/Obi tcket winning 70% of the states he won in 2023 not because they love Atiku but because Obi is on it. At least the 5 SE states will all vote Atiku/Obi over Tinubu/Shetimma

In the core North(NE and NW) 13 states Atiku will clear almost 10 of those plus 5 SE states from Obis influence. That is already 18 states half of 36

I also imagine some SS states might follow suit

[color=royalblue]Can Atiku win states without any governor or Senator on his side?

The last time I checked, every elected living soul dey support Tinubu.

The only thing I know is that Obi is the constant K, for this coalition to work. Maybe Scamkwanso would work. But Atiku be like who fit no deliver again.[/color]

BlueRayDick:
₦50k is even too much, with ₦15k they will help government catch offenders inside their room sef.

[color=royalblue] Neighbors snitching on neighbors

Last week, I passed a place on Badagry expressway and I literally saw LAWMA with two tippers and excavators clearing a heap of refuse on the road

I pass there yesterday, people don dey pour dustbin there again.

While I understand that the government needs to provide a structure for disposal, is it that these people are goats, that cannot think for themselves?

Na wa![/color]

BlueRayDick:
He was caught red on camera dumping refuse on by the side of the road. He was traced to his home with his car plate number and was subsequently arrested

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to environmental enforcement with the arrest of Mr. Ogunbadejo Olawale, a resident of No 25, Ajiboye Street, Alapere, Ketu, for illegal waste dumping.

The arrest was effected by a joint enforcement operation… https://t.co/FCKAZOAm8k pic.twitter.com/t1VtVtifVy

— Tokunbo Wahab (@tokunbo_wahab) May 21, 2025

I suggest they sentence him to 6 months community service ; he should wear LAWMA/PSP uniform and join those people sweeping the side of the road daily

[color=royalblue]All these agberos are just wasting away.

These guys are homeless, and are perfect for catching offenders

A #50,000 bounty should be placed on the head of any offender. Any offender caught would clean for 6 months, as you said.[/color]

rabazamba:
Google searched luxury cars in Nigeria and this what came up. So bimmarlykay and disstroy have a point

[color=royalblue] That's never a 2011. The lights gave it away[/color]

Bimmarlykay:
Good question.

By commanding,do you mean- more expensive or prestige?

If Expensive,then its simply as you have stated it - Mechanical know-how,cost of maintenance/parts... leading to low demand-resulting in its low price.

If Prestige,then Glk (to me is an elevated C class on heels😎)can and will never be more prestigious than even a 2006 S-class let alone 2010.Those beast(S-class)are where Benz truly test their technology and technical/Mechanical know how.

I believe pack-mentality also has an effect,e.g., Pablo buys a GLK ,next thing every Harry and Dick want same GLK to look rich.Same is happening to Lexus -Is,Es,RX...and hence the increase in price and perceived prestige.

[color=royalblue]I meant in terms of Price.
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iamoyindamola:
I am letting you know the man deserves every punishment except losing a son, no matter how you look at it
The man that trip the police overboard posed more danger than the one that his son was killed yet the policemen handled it very well
2 wrongs can't make a right

Especially knowing these useless policemen are terrible in shooting, I am very sure he wasn't aiming for kill but because alcohol have saturated his brain, he can't hit a target

[color=royalblue]The man that tripped the policeman over the bridge was doing the exact same thing the one in Oyo did

If there was a wall instead of a bridge, he would have smashed the policeman to it; Instant death.

I am not justifying the death of his son, but he's the architect of his problem.

He passed one way and was caught. Why not pay the fine and move on? Is the car worth all the stress of losing his son?[/color]

iamoyindamola:
You can see police with gun, did anyone fired a single shot
Yes or No

[color=royalblue]So if that policeman fell on that slab and died, would you still call it one way?

Well, he was charged with Attempted murder and he has done 6 months in prison

Even if the Oyo case was here, without any shot fired, his case already left the WhatsApp group of One way, when he was driving recklessly to escape.

I am just letting you know what's outside. Make we no dey argue Nigeria matter like it's a straightforward rule.

In road rules, there's a thin line between one way, or parking wrongly, with Attempted murder. [/color]