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Sai Mun Bata Wutaa… Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, wayyo kasar gadona, Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, wayyo kasar gadona, Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, Nigeria Tushe na, Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, wayyo kasar gadona, Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, Nigeria Tushe na, Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, se mun bata wuta.
Se mun bata wuta, se mun bata wuta, se mun bata wuta, Se mun bata wuta, se mun bata wuta, Se mun bata wuta (Maza maza) Se mun bata wuta (Maza maza), Se mun bata wuta, Ita tafiyar, sai an fidda uwa, Kasar nan, sai an sake zama, APC se mun bata wuta, mun kuma, mun ma kaita ruwa (Kuji wannan), Ga amsar maganar Atiku shine zai gyara kasa mallam.
Eh Allah, gyaran min tafiyar, Kasan yatsar tafiyar, Yan uwana sun dau aniyar, Sabon launin tafiyar, Mun dauko bama gajiyar, Kaine jigon tafiyar, Allah ke kai kusa nesa, Bana Allah kawo nesa kusa, Sanya kasarmu cikin nitsuwa, Mallam ga amsarmu kusa, Ita tafiyar, sai an fidda uwa, Kasar nan, sai an sake zama, APC se mun bata wuta, mun kuma, mun ma kaita ruwa (Kuji wannan), Ga amsar maganar Atiku shine zai gyara kasa mallam.
Da akwai magana ta fitar da kudi, amarya tayi hadin cukudi, Yan gwamnatine ke yin rububi, Basa jin kunya a kasa, talakawa na neman mahadi, A ba su Atiku su canja kasa, Dan Abubakar taso motsa kasa, Ga zaki nan zaya shigo, Lale mallam zata dago, Bawa waziri ya kama wuri, Mallam ga amsarmu kusa, Ita tafiyar, sai an fidda uwa, Kasar nan, sai an sake zama, APC se mun bata wuta, mun kuma, mun ma kaita ruwa (Kuji wannan), Ga amsar maganar Atiku shine zai gyara kasa mallam.
Eh ina mallam, Jarinsa wuka, Ita kira, mahadinta wuta, Wanzami baya tabuwa, Lema mu rike mafita. Don itace mai kare ruwa, Dama na himmatuwa, Karshen zance bai faduwa, Mallam kar kai makuwa, Salon kida zai canja rawa, Mallam amsarmu kusa, Wata tafiyar, sai an fidda uwa, Kasar nan, sai an sake zama, APC se mun bata wuta, mun kuma, mun ma kaita ruwa (Kuji wannan), Ga amsar maganar Ah’Ah’Ah A’A’A’A A’a.
Ga dai kifi da kada a ruwa, Ga kifi da kada a ruwa, Gadar sama ya aka fara hawa, Ku gaya musu ya aka fara hawa, In kaji uba ai saida uwa, Kuzo ku tayamu muyo dahuwa, PDP ga jirgi na hawa, Wasu fatin kansu yana rabuwa, mu ko mun dinke a gida, Mallam, ga amsarka kusa, Ita tafiyar, sai an fidda uwa, Kasar nan, sai an sake zama, APC se mun bata wuta, mun kuma, mun ma kaita ruwa (Kusan nan), Ga amsar maganar Atiku shine zai gyara kasa mallam.
Mu dau mai addini jimiri, Mai kawo gyara da wuri, Mai son Allah nabi ni, Mai bin doka mai hakuri, Mai dottaku nabi ni, Mai zabin Allah da wuri, Bama kushe na wasu, bakuma ma zagi ga wasu, Kuma zancen munki wasu, wannan zance bai cika ba, Mallam, amsarmu daya, Ita tafiyar, sai an fidda uwa, Kasar nan, sai an sake zama, APC se mun bata wuta, mun kuma, mun ma kaita ruwa (Kusan nan), Ga amsar maganar Atiku shine zai gyara kasa mallam.
Da kuna da maciji zamu barar, Ta’adda da makirci mu barar, Su kasarmu suke burin su mayar, Rabuwar kayi kadara su sayar, Tsintsiyar nan shara bata yi baa, shara basu yi ba, Sun bata, sun bata kasa, Allah kawo mana nesa kusa, Canjin canji don gyara kasa, Mallam, amsarmu kusa, Gyara zamu gani, Ita tafiyar, sai an fidda uwa, Kasar nan, sai an sake zama, APC se mun bata wuta, mun kuma, mun ma kaita ruwa (Kusan nan), Ga amsar maganar Atiku shine zai gyara kasa mallam.
Sai mun bata wuta mallam, taso gyara kasa Atiku, Sai mun bata ruwa mallam, taso gyara kasa Atiku, Sai mun bata wutaaaa, taso gyara kasa Atiku, Sai mun bata ruwa mallam, taso gyara kasa Atiku, Sai mun bata wutaaaa, Sai mun bata ruwa, Ah’Ah’Ah’Ah.
Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, Nigeria tushe na, Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, Nigeria tushe na, Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, Nigeria tushe na Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, Wayyo kasar gado na, Wayyo ni wayyo kaina, Nigeria tushe na, Sai mun bata ruwa mallam, Allah yasa mu dace, Amin, Allah ka gyara mana kasarmu.
Sir @DeleMomodu I seriously want to bet big money with @adeyanjudeji on top Atiku.
I hold the belief that Atiku will win the 2023 election. N50k is small for me to bet, I want to bet something reasonable, we should all deposit the money to you.
Chairman, I said “reasonable money” so am talking real money not N200k. Let’s start with something like $10k. And we deposit it on Monday.
How would anyone believe this mentally lazy propaganda that youths washed Atiku away from his hometown, Jada? Even look at the photo presented as proof. 12 boys, who could have been from anywhere. No placard or sign. Sadly,some are so desperate to believe propaganda
Borno people should use voter’s card and vote out Zulum, that way we will believe your allegations that Borno has become worse under him, social media rant for cheap scores or chicken change promotions won’t bring the change for you.
Lagos stinks not just of refuse dump but of corruption. How can you generate N50bn IGR every month & still borrow billions but can’t show real tangible development + fat FAAC allocation? This IGR they declare may be half of the real thingy but they still loot almost everything.
Former Commissioner for Finance in Osun State and a supporter of Mr Rauf Aregbesola, the immediate past governor of the state, Dr Wale Bolorunduro, on Wednesday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The APC chieftain who made the announcement of his resignation in a press conference in Osogbo said, having made wide consultations with his supporters, friends, admirers and family who felt the best option for him was to shine the light, they opted for the PDP.
He said, “I hereby resign the membership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) after eleven (11) years of active partisanship in the party. While my deportment, in August 2011 to ACN and APC (now) was by fate, I remain mortally grateful to Aregbesola for that singular act.
“I had used the opportunity to serve my state diligently and with the whole of my heart. As a top management staff of the current biggest bank in Nigeria, I used my contacts in the industry to raise funds to modernise my state. The sheer quantum of funds mobilized is a testament to creative financing and talent imbued by God on Osun citizens, who supported us during the capital raising.
“I have consulted wisely with my followers, admirers, friends and family, who felt we should pitch our tent with PDP, to join this party and to work with them to shine the light (Imole Osun).”
He remarked that he would have made his intention known before the July 16, 2022, gubernatorial election in the state but “knowing ‘them’ it was better ‘to err on the side of caution’ for us to have today, tomorrow and the future”.
Bolorunduro said, “having been a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for eleven years, it is evidently clear that the party has departed from the old time progressive ideologies which eventually culminated in a loss of the election by the incumbent government.”
According to him “Osun APC has gone beyond salvage with deceit, injustice, lack of fairness, unhealthy/needless rivalry and poor reward that are alien to what Awolowo stood for.”
Muslim-Muslim ticket: Protesting APC members storm party secretariat
Hundreds of demonstrators on Wednesday morning stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress to register their grievance over the position of the party on the contentious Muslim-Muslim ticket.
The protest took place almost at the same time the leadership of the APC was unveiling former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, as the running mate of its Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua in Abuja.
The demonstration, which was led by a few party members under the aegis of APC Hausa-Fulani Youth Forum, saw the delegation arrive the Secretariat in six luxury buses and few cars, raising different banners and chanting solidarity songs.
Some of the banners read ‘A cry for justice’, ‘Drop Shettima and give slot to our Christian brothers’, ‘Discrimination and mutual suspicion in our country’ among others. Speaking to our correspondent, Convener of Forum, Abdullahi Bilal Mohamadu declared that they will not stop protesting until the party do the right.
On why the demonstrators took to protest on a day the party is presenting his vice presidential candidate, Mohammadu stated that it was a deliberate act to tender their grievances and ensure it reaches the appropriate authorities.
In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and made available to The PUNCH, Mohammadu stated that they saw the selection of Senator Kashim Shettima as an aberration that should be corrected immediately by the leadership of the party.
The letter read, “We write to your good office in light of the prevailing circumstances arising from the decision of our Presidential candidate to select a Northern Muslim as his vice presidential candidate.
“While it must be stated that there is a right to make decisions, however, such decisions must not be made to the collective detriment of the sensibilities of the people that make up the country of Nigeria especially at a time of mutual suspicion amongst the Christians and Muslims in the northern part of the country. “As concerned stakeholders of the APC and those who constitute the voting strength of our party , we find it worrisome that such a decision could be taken without recourse to its implication on the electoral chances of the party and the attendant uproar such a decision could bring about in the country.
“In our opinion, this is insensitive and a gross display of a lack of respect for our Christian brothers and sisters especially the Middle Belt minority who have given all their best to us as one northern Nigeria. Picking another Muslim from the north eastern part of the country as his running mate is politically and morally indefensible.
“In Northern Nigeria, there are credible candidates with rich credentials and with massive grassroots following that can complement the presidential ticket of the APC in the presidential elections. As such, the Hausa – Fulani Youths Forum sees the selection of Senator Kashim Shettima as an aberration that should be corrected with immediate effect by the relevant authorities within the party.
“The implication of non-action in this regard can only be imagined, so much so that the majority of the eligible voters in Northern Nigeria have elected to boycott the APC in protest of the disrespect and disregard to our Northern Christian brothers , whose population and relevance in the scheme of things in the region cannot be overemphasized.
“If our party is desirous of recording electoral success in the 2023 presidential elections, it must retrace its steps by selecting a Christian from the Middle Belt as its vice presidential candidate. The party must not be perceived as promoting a religious agenda by fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
“We consequently say no to a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the APC. We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to kindly intervene to save the party from an electoral crisis. We urge Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to emulate the example of President Muhammadu Buhari in the choice of his running mate in the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections.
“Our Christian brothers and sisters deserve a place in the scheme of things, and our party must not be seen as a religiously insensitive party. The time to act is now.”
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Edo state John Mayaki on Sunday blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for the loss of the party in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.
He accused the president of negligent management of party activities and ‘suicidal’ tolerance of anti-party activities within the ranks.
In a statement made available to journalists in Benin City, Mayaki who chaired the Media Council of the Edo APC in the 2020 Governorship election maintained that although the President’s non-interference through the infamous ‘federal might’ represents a good development for the country’s democracy, it still doesn’t excuse the observed “abandonment of his obligations as the leader of the party who ought to be spearheading efforts to unite the ranks, enforce loyalty, and expand political control.”
He said: “The anti-party activities of top ranking APC members, governors and Ministers under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is to blame for the electoral misfortune of the party in Edo and Osun states.
“Poor reward system of the party and that of the president, if not checked, could impact negatively on the party.
“In Edo State, we have a deformed Assembly lacking the inclusion of the majority because duly elected Members are yet to be inaugurated. Mr. President has shown no serious concern about this dangerous development, despite the fact that the affected parties are all members of the party he leads.”
“Under President Buhari, APC governors worked against the party in Edo state similar to how figures in his cabinet have been fingered in the loss of Osun state. But Mr. President won’t lift a finger to either reprimand these party saboteurs, instead he signals tolerance that further emboldens them.”
Mayaki also criticized President Buhari’s refusal to sack non-performing members of his cabinets and government who, according to him, have shown themselves incapable of bringing an end to the insecurity that plagues the country.
Gudaji Kazaure, member of the house of representatives from Jigawa state, says he has defected from the All Progresssives Congress (APC) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) but he is still loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement on Tuesday, Kazaure said Abubakar Badaru, governor of Jigawa, denied him a return ticket “for no reason”.
During the primary election, the lawmaker lost the APC ticket to Mukhtar Zanna, local government chairman of Kazaure.
Zanna clinched the APC ticket after securing 89 votes.
Muhammad Zakari, another house of representatives hopeful got 70 votes, while Kazaure came a distant third by polling 26 votes.
The lawmaker, who represents Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa and Yankwashi federal constituency in the lower legislative chamber, said he is confident of victory on the platform of ADC.
“Yes I have left the APC, but my loyalty to my leader, President Muhammudu Buhari and the Nigerian masses still remains as strong as ever,” he said.
“My governor denied me a return ticket to the house for no reason but it doesn’t change anything, I have moved to the ADC and my victory is assured by my people.”
[The lawmaker, who was first elected in 2015, is a known supporter of the president.
Investigation of Nigeria’s frontrunner. In West Africa Weekly, David Hundeyin examines how Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and front-runner in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, became involved in a drug investigation.
In the 1990s, Tinubu fought a lawsuit in which the U.S. government accused him of being connected to a bank account laundering the proceeds of heroin trafficking—eventually reaching a $460,000 forfeiture settlement without indictment. A current court case in Nigeria also accuses Tinubu of secretly controlling and siphoning funds through the firm Alpha Beta Consulting, which collects taxes in Lagos. Tinubu has denied the reports as “unsubstantiated allegations.”
Celebration as appeal court sitting in Akure just ruled in favour of Sen. Ademola Adeleke as the authentic candidate of Osun PDP having emerged from a valid primary conducted at osogbo city stadium by the NWC.
Political thugs have allegedly vandalised the businesses of some Igbo traders at Old garage, in Osogbo, the state capital.
In a viral video sighted by DAILY POST, shops of traders from the eastern part of the country were attacked over their alleged choice of candidate in Saturday’s governorship election.
A man behind the camera alleged that the thugs vandalised their counters for supporting Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in last Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
Confirming the attack, the chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Osun State, Pastor John Dike said no one was injured adding that everything is under control.
He said the people who destroyed the counters belonging to the Igbo traders were dissatisfied with the outcome of the governorship election.
“You know, in an election like this, you can’t rule out the possibility of dissatisfied persons. It’s not anything serious. Some of our people had their counters destroyed but we have brought that under control as I speak to you now.
“We are not taking any serious actions against it because we know that there are skirmishes of things like this when elections come up and go.
“The Yorubas that we live in their land are peace-loving people and we have been living friendly. So, it is something we can handle. There is no one injured as I speak to you,” he said.
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has received report of some of its erstwhile members who moved to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State.
According to a press statement signed by the State’s publicity secretary of the party, Comrade Yusuf Idris Gusau, the APC was not moved by their decision to defect.
He said they failed to officially inform the party of their move which was not for any reason but self aggrandizement.
“Their individual and collective loyalists have remained in the people-focused APC, thus it’s bewildering to hear them claim thousands of followers.
“Just as they left the APC, we are happy that the ruling party has continued to receive and welcome more decampees in the State and keeping it ahead of other political parties,” he said.
About 2,000 youth and women in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State at the weekend publicly dumped the party for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The defectors, who were mainly from Osi community in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state stated that, they decided to dump their former party, APC based on the alleged non-performance since the party took over the mantle of leadership in the state.
Last weekend, hundreds of the APC members in Isolo-opin ward in Ekiti council area of the state dumped the party for the PDP.
Speaking at an outing in Osi town, leader of the defectors and one of the advocates of “O To Ge” movement during 2019 general election in the state, Mrs. Veronica Ayeni (Ire) said, “I used my time, resources and my energy to mobilise for Kwara APC in 2019 general election.
“This was done purposely, because of my children for them to secure jobs as employment and prompt empowerments remain the campaign watchword of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. More than three years now, nothing like dividends of democracy in my immediate family not to talk of my political followers.
“I have worked with Saraki dynasty in the past, and I know what my community has benefited from Saraki family. 2023, we will deliver Osi for PDP,” she said, adding that, “APC is a political party with full of crises and deceit.
“I have decided to leave APC party, because 2023, I can see there’s no hope for them in Kwara State and Nigeria by extension with various calamities that our electorate are facing as a country people. As a grassroots politician and a great political mobiliser from Osi ward l, I’m assuring you more members of APC in PDP as you have officially received us to your peaceful party,” she stated.
In his remarks, Hon. Sakariyahu Uthman, who is the PDP chairman, Osi ward ll, assured them a great synergy as he made it known to the defectors that there was no factions in Kwara PDP.
He called on the defectors to move into the wards in the local government so as to mobilise more members into the PDP so as to ensure electoral victory of the party in the state come 2023.
femisplash: They recognized Tinubu as the incoming President and that's the most important. Any other things are a truck of trash. On a second thought, why are Obidients always aggressive whenever Obi is being criticized. Kwankwaso even said Northerners won't vote for an ibo man and heaven didn't fall.
chatinent: Tinubu and Obi aside, why are you he-diots always mentioning Buhari in the same context with leadership! What fcking experience does Buhari have! Buhari is a total mess that can make any good fortune misfortunes.
I am not sure Buhari is comfortable with these praises... because he'll see them as mockery!
"They recognized Tinubu as the incoming President"
They quoted Shettima. The (Shettima's) quote is now in italics..
Politics / Simon Kolawole Denies Authoring 'On Peter Obi, Let Us Verify!' Article by JEWELofHELL: 4:40pm On Aug 23, 2022 
