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Una nor dey tire? Everyday is Kwankwaso this, Kwankwaso that, or NDC this, NDc that, or Obi this , Obi that. Why not focus on your failure in Aso rock. No propaganda can stop OK. Tinubu days in aso rock are numbered

This Obi-Kwankwaso ticket is really giving APC, Tinubu and his supporters sleepless night. Did you see how the junk article was contrived.

So why didn't you tell us how they've rejected Tinubu? The fear of OK is real

Please have they reverse back to free education for Nigerians? If yes which uni offer English taught. Master in finance

So, today' the topic they gave the outgoing Agbadorian administration data boys on WhatsApp group is to come and be pushing false narratives about Kwankwaso. They will open a thread, and start engaging themselves to male it look like anyone is interested.

But the good news is that Tinubu is going because his days in aso rock is numbered and Nigerians are counting down for him

I didn't even understand what Mr President said. The whole sentence is not well articulated, but though he's trying to say something very important

EbyViccky:
Please who’s applying for Swiss student visa for September 2026? Can we link up?

I applied since march almost 11 weeks now and I haven’t heard from them. Have you gotten yours

Hmmmm for this South South? Abi another one. Well, oga APC chairman if you don’t know not even up 10k vote can go to Tinubu in any state in south south here, and if you doubt call anyone down here and ask.
Peter Obi gat SS SE locked down.

Lithiumite:
Edo central and edo north is on lock down for tinubu,the battle is in edo south and the apc machinery hasn't come fo play this time, benin go red......apc goons ain't joking this time,I was in benin,siluko and then igbobazuwa to be precise just this last week,omoh apc cant loose edo,take that to the bank.....infact the entire SS,apc controls all the powers of force,from security agencies to the boys wey dey d streets and creeks of the ND and tinubu being a man who knows how to use power,I don't see obi being able to handle the heat this time.

Abeg, which SS are you even talking about? Sorry, did I hear you say Benin? If you're being sincere with yourself, you'll admit that throughout your entire stay in Benin, not a single person told you they would vote for or rig for Tinubu.

Even in Edo North, where Oshiomhole himself hails from, it is only by some miracle that Tinubu can win Oshiomhole's word. Abeg, come down to ground level and see things for yourself. Where in the whole of Edo State will you find even one soul praising Tinubu? None. Rather, everyone is praying for his exit.

Abeg, don't deceive yourself anymore. Here in Edo, nobody has a good word for Tinubu. You will understand better once the election results are announced. But until then, keep consoling yourself.

Do you sincerely believe Tinubu can Secures up to 131,096 Votes In Edo in the 2027 general election? With all the mobilization, jump counting of 1,2 100. 500. Etc he can only secure this. I don't see Tinubu getting up to 50k votes on Edo in 2027, but that's the reality on ground right now

Yemmysworld91:
E don be. Let's go there
I'm sure the noise makers won't see the impartiality of the judges now
The moment it doesn't favour them, the judiciary becomes partial

What do I know sef

Abeg who is the judge been impatial to? Is it the people writing results for their cronies or the people been cheated unjustly and casged with no option?

Please I wait for your answer

Only N30,000 keyboard warriors believe any candidate can defeat FUBARA in the coming election. There is a reason he withdrew — just watch what happens when the election comes.

Another Ikwerre governor in Rivers? Never. That can never happen in Rivers State. The N30,000 boys from the Southwest will come and write rubbish in defense of their paymaster, yet most of them have never even set foot in Rivers State.

Mark my words — FUBARA will win Rivers by proxy in 2027.

Apart from Wike, who else from the South-South is in a position of influence in Tinubu's government? At least during Buhari's administration, we got the CBN, Petroleum, Works, and many more.

Like I have always said, it will be very difficult for Tinubu to get 25% of the votes here in the South-South ooo, except maybe Rivers. Of course, Okpabio will struggle to win his senatorial district, just like he struggled in 2023 before the manipulation that eventually saved him. But this time around, the people are patiently waiting for him.

Here in the South-South, especially in Delta State, no road for Tinubu ooo... Data boys will come attacking without addressing the reality.

lamentor78:
i believe you are the secretary at the meeting where NW and NE resolved that they will not vote. Until reality is done of you people that always think that President is the problem.....and not the constitution that was formulated with failure so that Nigeria will always move backwards.

See you in 2027 after election to know may be you are wrong or right

I just leak a secret to you so that, you can go back to your WhatsApp group and tell them to restrategize. The have decided so try to go amend things, not been delusional

The NW and NE know quite well that Tinubu will never return power to them, but will rather install a Yoruba man from the North Central, which will be of no benefit to them. So, because of this reason, both regions have resolved that they will never vote for Tinubu in 2027.

When I see some keyboard warriors sprouting this narrative to give themselves hope, I keep laughing at them. You’ve seen both regions publicly denouncing Tinubu; it’s for a reason.

So anyone thinking that the NW or NE will vote for Tinubu come 2027 is living in a fool’s paradise.

As for the North Central, Obi already locked down Nasarawa, Benue, Abuja, and Plateau, and will have a good outing in Kogi. But as for Kwara, I don’t know — it’s left for them to choose between failure, kidnapping killings, banditry, or light.

helinues:
The 2027 election discussion is over for me, my focus is on development, policies, reforms and good governance while permutating for the 2031 possible ticket

North Central presenting a presidential candidate, they should automatically have the Southern region votes plus VP from South South

NW don't have the birth right to the presidency as they have presented Yaradua and Buhari. They shouldn't be showing face in 2031 election

The North East would have been the best to produce the next president from North but due to the way the region has been handling security issue poorly for decades, the people and their politicians are seen as incompetent. If they can't fix the security issue enraging their region, how can they fix complicated Nigeria security matter

Do you think North Central presenting a credible presidential candidate with credible South South candidate as VP can win presidential election in Nigeria?

I think no hope for North Central, Obi will surely win Tinubu in 2027 and in 2031 Kwankwaso will automatically take over probably with South-South or South-East VP. So it's a long one for NC.

Secondly, the NW and NE know quite well that Tinubu will never return power to them, but will rather Install a Yoruba NC, which will be of no benefit to them. So, because of this reason both regions will never vote Tinubu in 2027.

So anyone thinking that NW or NE will vote Tinubu come 2027 is leaving fouuul paradise.

As for North Central, Obi already locked Nassara, Benue, Abuja and Plateau, and will have a good outing in Kogi, but as for Kwara I don't know, it's left for them to choose between failure, adoption killings, banditry or Light

Have you people noticed that is only our strategist presido now determines who becomes senator and the rest...hmmmm

APC plan to set Obi up using skemish court rulings to humiliate him not to contest got casted as Obi outsmart them with NDC move. Mehn their plan scatter .

Cyberterror:
The last FCT elections proves that silent majority don't need to rant to show their relevance.

Can you that as an indices? Remember they didn't vote Tinubu and if you ask those voters who they will vote on presidential election, over 90% will reject BAT

ibechris:
Anyone thinking of part two of this govt is actually a witch or wizard.
Such people might be anti progress or anti good thing.

Honestly, though I'm still wondering the kind of magic he want to do on election day. Because everyone had rejected lhim

Have you, in recent times, seen, heard, or attended any gathering—whether in the marketplace, workplace, on a bus, flight, the internet, church, mosque, or any social setting—where PBAT was being discussed positively and people being enthusiastic to reelect him in 2027?

Rather, it is almost always conversations filled with negativity, frustration, anger, and disappointment in the minds and mouths of the people.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in the leadership crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC)

A five-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Mohammed Garba, reserved the matter for judgment after hearing from all parties.

The appeal, marked SC/CV/180/2026, was filed by Senator David Mark.

The appellant who leads a faction backed by frontline opposition figures, seeks to set aside a March 12 Court of Appeal judgment, which he said was against the interest of justice.

He argued that the appellate court exceeded its jurisdiction by ordering maintenance of the status quo ante bellum in a suit filed by aggrieved party members led by Nafiu-Bala Gombe.

Mark contended that the dispute involves a political party’s domestic affairs, in which courts lack jurisdiction to intervene.

Besides Gombe, other respondents in the appeal include the ADC, the National Secretary Rauf Aregbesola, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the immediate past national chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu.

Mark sought, among other reliefs, an order restraining INEC from recognizing anyone other than him and the current national officers, pending determination of the appeal.

He also requested orders barring INEC from altering the party’s leadership structure as currently constituted and staying proceedings in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025 before Justice Emeka Nwite at the Federal High Court, Abuja, until the appeal is heard.

While adopting their brief of argument, Mark’s legal team, led by Mr. Jubril Okutepa, SAN, insisted the dispute is a non-justiciable internal party matter, as previously held by the Supreme Court.

Although INEC did not file any process to either support or counter the appeal, however, all the other respondents urged the apex court to dismiss it for want of merit.

They maintained that the trial court was properly seized of facts of the case that is still pending before it.

INEC had removed Mark and Aregbesola

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in the leadership crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

A five-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Mohammed Garba, reserved the matter for judgment after hearing from all parties.

The appeal, marked SC/CV/180/2026, was filed by Senator David Mark.

The appellant who leads a faction backed by frontline opposition figures, seeks to set aside a March 12 Court of Appeal judgment, which he said was against the interest of justice.

He argued that the appellate court exceeded its jurisdiction by ordering maintenance of the status quo ante bellum in a suit filed by aggrieved party members led by Nafiu-Bala Gombe.

Mark contended that the dispute involves a political party’s domestic affairs, in which courts lack jurisdiction to intervene.

Besides Gombe, other respondents in the appeal include the ADC, the National Secretary Rauf Aregbesola, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the immediate past national chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu.

Mark sought, among other reliefs, an order restraining INEC from recognizing anyone other than him and the current national officers, pending determination of the appeal.

He also requested orders barring INEC from altering the party’s leadership structure as currently constituted and staying proceedings in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025 before Justice Emeka Nwite at the Federal High Court, Abuja, until the appeal is heard.

While adopting their brief of argument, Mark’s legal team, led by Mr. Jubril Okutepa, SAN, insisted the dispute is a non-justiciable internal party matter, as previously held by the Supreme Court.

They maintained that the trial court was properly seized of facts of the case that is still pending before it.

INEC had removed Mark and Aregbesola from its portal and website as ADC National Chairman and Secretary, respectively, on April 1, citing the Court of Appeal’s judgment.

The electoral body said it would, in line with the order for maintenance of the status quo ante bellum, not recognise any of the warring factions until the legal dispute is determined.

However, despite INEC’s action—which the Mark-led faction has asked the Supreme Court to nullify—the ADC vowed to proceed with its scheduled national convention.

Justice Nwite of the Federal High Court had on April 14, adjourned sine die (indefinitely), hearing of the substantive case that Gombe filed to sack the Senator Mark-led leadership of the ADC.

Justice Nwite said he could not proceed with the matter, in view of the related issue before the Supreme Court.

He ruled that proceeding would amount to “judicial rascality” while the related appeal pends before the Supreme Court.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/04/adc-leadership-dispute-supreme-court-reserves-judgment/amp/

WorldRichest:
Obi or nothing crew is crying now

Nothing like crying bro, the primary objective first is to kick BAT out so that Nigerians can breathe. My bro, this hardship is too much

Parachoko:
Obidients like Linzo are only Angry Asiwaju a Yoruba man is the President of Nigeria

You’re wrong about my opinion. I stand for the best of Nigeria.

I remember when Goodluck, who is by extension a Niger Delta man like me, wasn’t doing well. I stood against him in my locality to the extent that everyone started calling me Buhari. Even to this day, some people still call me that name.

So, if BAT is delivering at least 30% good governance, I will stand and campaign for him with my little influence in my locality.

Please 🙏🙏 sir, Mr. Peter Obi, I beg you not to listen to the narrative being pushed by President Tinubu’s camp and the APC for an Obi–Kwankwaso ticket.

As you can see, the APC knows that an Atiku–Obi ticket is a nuclear bomb that nothing can survive, and that is why they are now attacking Atiku from all angles and pushing the Obi–Kwankwaso narrative, so that they can easily rig Obi out and ask him to go to court.

Sheuns:
Those that enabled such will reap from what they sow.

It’s only a matter of time.

Sure, with time, when Tinubu leaves office, then we will realize what we have done to ourselves

There is a lesson that football fans around the world know too well. For years, FC Barcelona built their entire football philosophy around one man — Lionel Messi. The tactics, the formations, the transfer decisions, the contracts, everything rotated around one genius. And when Messi left in 2021, the club collapsed. Despite spending hundreds of millions of euros in transfer fees, Barcelona has never fully recovered that era of dominance. The trophies dried up. The finances cratered. The identity of the club became confused. All because a great institution made the fatal mistake of subordinating itself to one individual.

Nigeria is making the exact same mistake — except what is being sacrificed is not a football strategy. It is the Constitution, the laws, the courts, the electoral commission, and the entire democratic architecture of a nation of over 220 million people. All to serve the ambitions of one man: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT).

From courtroom interpretations to legislative amendments, from electoral technology to opposition party destabilisation, nearly every institution that is supposed to be neutral has been bent, twisted, rewritten, or creatively re-interpreted to protect, validate, and extend the political life of one man. Let us go through them, one by one.

1. The Certificate Forgery Door Was Slammed Shut — Also Twisted to Favor Him

One of the most damning controversies that has followed Tinubu since his 2023 presidential campaign is the question of his academic certificate from Chicago State University. Throughout the election petitions, the opposition tried hard to introduce certified documents from the university to challenge the authenticity of his submitted credentials. The Supreme Court refused to admit this fresh evidence, saying it was not included in the original petition. That was the first dodge.

But that was not enough. In 2026, the National Assembly passed and President Tinubu signed the Electoral Amendment Act 2026, and Section 138 of the Electoral Act 2026 now outlines the grounds upon which an election may be challenged, but no longer includes certificate forgery among them.

Senior Advocate of Nigeria Jibrin Okutepa warned that the new provision has effectively removed certificate forgery as a ground for election petitions, saying: "The National Assembly has effectively outlawed presentation of forged certificates as part of the grounds for the presentation of election petitions from the jurisprudence of election petition cases in Nigeria."

Former IPAC chairman Peter Ameh described the amendment as "a troubling moment for Nigeria's democracy," saying: "This amendment looks like a legislative overreach aimed at favouring the interest of one individual while undermining the integrity and credibility of our electoral process."

Think about what this means. Before 2027, any challenger who wants to go to court and say "this man submitted a forged certificate" will find that the door has been locked from the inside. Certificate forgery has been surgically removed from Nigerian electoral jurisprudence. The timing is not a coincidence — also twisted to favor him.


2. Abuja Was Downgraded From a State to an Afterthought — Also Twisted to Favor Him

Section 134 of the 1999 Constitution states that a presidential candidate must win at least 25 percent of votes in two-thirds of Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The plain reading of most legal scholars, including those who drafted the provision, was that Abuja (FCT) held a special status and a candidate must independently hit 25 percent there.

In the 2023 election, Tinubu scored far less than 25 percent in Abuja. Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar both won Abuja convincingly. This should have been a problem for Tinubu's declaration as winner.

But the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal creatively reasoned differently. The tribunal ruled that Abuja/FCT should be treated as the "37th state" in Nigeria for the purposes of calculating the two-thirds majority required, meaning Tinubu's FCT votes were simply folded into the overall national calculation rather than being a standalone requirement.

The Supreme Court justice explained this reasoning: "Assuming that the candidate scores the highest number of votes in the presidential election and has 25% of votes in 30 out of 36 states and Abuja but failed to secure 25% in the FCT — are we saying that he cannot be president? I don't think so."

This interpretation effectively stripped the FCT of any special constitutional significance that the founding fathers intended. The result: a candidate can be declared president without winning Abuja. Before Tinubu, this interpretation had never been tested. It was tested precisely because it needed to be — also twisted to favor him.


3. IReV and BVAS Were Made Irrelevant By the Courts — Also Twisted to Favor Him

Before the 2023 elections, Nigerians were filled with hope. INEC had promised that results would be uploaded in real-time to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) and that the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) would make it impossible to manipulate elections. Young Nigerians came out in their millions, inspired by the belief that technology had finally made their votes count.

On election day, while most of the results of the legislative elections held on February 25, 2023 were uploaded to IReV, those of the presidential poll were not available on the portal until late at night and only a few were accessible. It took nearly a week for a substantial number of the presidential election result sheets to be uploaded.

Several people accused the commission of deliberately failing to upload results to the IReV in order to manipulate the election results in favour of some candidates. The commission cited "technical glitches" for the delays.

When the matter went to court, the tribunals simply waved it away. The elections court said the law allowed INEC to choose a manual transmission of results if it so wished. And the Supreme Court held that the failure of INEC to electronically transmit the election results via the IReV portal does not affect the collation.

The promise that made millions of young Nigerians believe in 2023 was declared legally irrelevant by the courts. A technology that INEC spent billions promoting, that was the cornerstone of electoral transparency, was reduced to a decorative portal with no legal weight — also twisted to favor him.

4. Atiku's Fresh Evidence on the Chicago Certificate Was Blocked — Also Twisted to Favor Him

During the Supreme Court appeal, Atiku's legal team attempted to introduce certified documents from Chicago State University confirming details about Tinubu's academic records. This was not rumour — it was certified institutional documentation from a foreign university.

The court denied the introduction of this evidence, stating that it was not reflected in the original petition within the time frame provided by the Nigerian Constitution. "Facts and documents which were not pleaded in the petition have no place in deciding the dispute between the parties," Justice Inyang Okoro said.

In plain terms: even if someone brings proof of wrongdoing, if that proof was not available when the original petition was filed (which it wasn't — the university had resisted earlier subpoenas), it cannot be considered. The procedural clock was used to kill substantive justice. A technicality was elevated above truth — also twisted to favor him.

5. INEC De-Recognised David Mark's ADC Leadership Using a Bizarre Interpretation of Court Language — Also Twisted to Favor Him

This is perhaps the most recent and most brazen example of institutional manipulation, and it happened just days before this article was written.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), one of the growing opposition parties, conducted a legitimate National Executive Council meeting on July 29, 2025, installing former Senate President David Mark as National Chairman and former Osun Governor Rauf Aregbesola as National Secretary. INEC monitored the meeting and formally updated its portal in September 2025 to reflect the new leadership.

Months later, a former ADC official named Nafiu Bala Gombe who had previously resigned from the party went to court claiming he should be recognised as chairman. The Federal High Court asked ADC to show cause. Mark's faction appealed. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and ordered all parties to "maintain the status quo ante bellum" (the state of affairs before the lawsuit was filed).

Here is where the twist happened. INEC interpreted the "status quo ante bellum" as reverting to the state of affairs before September 2, 2025, when Gombe filed his suit — conveniently choosing to ignore that INEC had already officially recognised and uploaded Mark's leadership on September 9, 2025.

Constitutional law scholar Chidi Odinkalu said "Clearly, BAT is teleguiding INEC," and asked which prior state of affairs the court intended to preserve: "Did the dispute begin on September 2, 2025 when Nafiu Bala approached the court, or on July 29, 2025 when the leadership change occurred?"

David Mark publicly challenged President Tinubu: "With 90% of the National Assembly and over 30 of Nigeria's 36 Governors in the APC, President Tinubu, what are you afraid of? If you are convinced that you have done well for the people who voted for you, why are you afraid of a free, fair, and transparent electoral contest?"

The ADC, which had been positioning itself as a serious opposition platform for 2027, was effectively paralysed right before its state congresses. Its leadership was erased by a court interpretation so strained that even senior lawyers publicly mocked it — also twisted to favor him.

6. The Drug Forfeiture Was Locked Out on a Procedural Technicality — Also Twisted to Favor Him

Tinubu's documented forfeiture of $460,000 to American authorities in a drug-related case in the 1990s is a matter of public record in the United States. When Atiku's legal team raised this issue during the Supreme Court proceedings, the Supreme Court held that appellants raised the issue when the respondents had already filed their processes, meaning it was raised too late procedurally to be considered.

A man seeking the highest office in the land had a documented connection to drug money forfeiture — and the courts found a procedural reason not to examine it on the merits. Timing, not truth, was the judge — also twisted to favor him.


7. The Expansion of the Court of Appeal to 110 Justices — Also Twisted to Favor Him

In January 2026, President Tinubu formally requested the National Assembly to amend the Court of Appeal Act, proposing to increase the number of justices from 70 to 110. The official reason given is to tackle backlogs and improve justice delivery. But critics note the convenient timing: this expansion would give a sitting president enormous influence over who fills the new 40 judicial seats in the court that directly hears election appeals — the same court that would handle 2027 election petitions. A larger court means more appointments under Tinubu's administration, more opportunity to shape the bench ahead of the next election also twisted to favor him.


Warning to Nigerians: You Cannot Build a Nation on One Man

Barcelona's lesson was hard but survivable. They lost trophies and wasted billions, but they will eventually recover. Nations are not as elastic. When you bend the rule of law repeatedly to shield one man, what grows in its place is not order but a culture of impunity. Future politicians see that laws exist to be creatively circumvented. Future courts learn that procedure can always be found to produce a desired outcome. Future citizens learn that their votes and their hopes are just managed theatre.

Nigeria's electoral laws were not written in one afternoon. They represent decades of struggle, military transitions, blood shed for democracy, and international pressure for accountability. To quietly amend them section by section, ruling by ruling, portal by portal, and party by party, in a pattern that always — always — seems to benefit one man's continued grip on power, is not governance. It is the quiet death of a republic.

Messi eventually left Barcelona. One day, Tinubu too will leave — whether by election, term limit, or the passage of time. But the broken institutions, the twisted precedents, the amputated laws — those will remain. And the next person in power will use them too. That is the true danger.

A nation is only as strong as the impartiality of its laws. Once the law becomes a personal tool, the nation belongs not to its 220 million citizens — but to whoever currently holds the pen that signs bills into law. And that is not a democracy. That is something far more dangerous dressed in democratic clothing.


The pattern continues. Watch for 2027. The laws that have already been changed cannot be unwritten easily. But Nigerians must demand that no one — no matter how powerful — is worth the destruction of a nation.

I remain Linzo (BSc UNN)

helinues:


Election is just a year plus but the opposition are in disarray

Opposition do not need 10years to gain momentum, they need maximum of 4 weeks . They don't even need publication because they're already in the mind of the masses It's only the city boys that need to share rice in other to gain recognition

happney65:
They will run. That is not a problem. But be like say NDC them dey go

We wait and see

Yes, NDC is one of the alternatives but at the moment anything is possible

Yes, you heard me right. The ADC guys know all these will happen because of BAT’s desperation to be the sole contestant in the poll, knowing full well he has failed woefully and there is no way he will win. They've already positioned alternatives options right from day 1. So they keep playing to the gallery that APC will never predict them

So guys, relax. With time, ADC will announce the way forward, and BAT and APC are goners.

nairalanda1:
Pathway not partway

Pathway, not partway

Thank you bro, it's a typo