₦airaland Forum

yarimo:
because he is the most competent among his fellow aspirants in ADC

sooooo how’s that your buisness ? Will you vote him ? I won’t 🫩

Or is there something wrong ? 😂😂.

tunapawizzy:
True he cant win one state in the entire North,
He performance in the south was abysmal in 2023
After 8 years of a Northern Presidency with the hero of the North(Buhari) campaigning against him, and running with a totally useless/valueless running mate, Atiku still polled over 7million votes
You people need to decide who you are fighting against, if the goal is to get Tinubu out of power, politically speaking Atiku/Obi ticket is the only ticket with a realistic chance to make that happen.

it’s both. Both tinubu and atiku are the same. They have nothing to offer other than, it’s my turn. Atiku won the south only because of obi movements. Now. It’s either obi or tinubu clears the whole of out. You Apc knows this very well this is why you want atiku. God forbid.

A atiku can’t win one state in the entire south. Truth is either obi has it or tinubu has it. Atiku was one of the people that finished pdp. Instead of him to support Jonathan he decamped. Instead of him to step down and allow a southerner run 2023 nah he’s too big for that. Suddenly he wants people to clear way for him. It’s either he swallows his pride and step aside. Or experience a humiliating loss from tinubu.


Atiku is part of the problem we don’t want to see ever in the hems of affairs.

abbasajao:
So anyone who talks about Obi is a supporter of Tinubu?

who are you supporting then ? Ameachi ?

Tunji is an adc material. Not Apc. He needs to decamp asap

Precious201010:
See better Bush meat... Garnish it with enough ginger and Ghana pepper

kill an elephant ? I think it’s 10 yrs term. Fine is 12 million . Try it

Reminds me of the butlerian jihad. It lasted for centuries. Men fighting thinking machines

Mattawale said he will swear with Koran. This hopeless fool is telling us God told him.

Tinubu will be relying o these ones to help him rig elections. Obi for president. Only dele momodu , that Davidos but supports atiku

[center] There is a recurring problem at the heart of Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition: it is long on persistence and painfully short on clarity. After decades in Nigeria’s political and economic elite—including eight years as Vice President from 1999 to 2007—he is not an outsider to the system’s failures; he is a product of them. And that makes his vagueness on reform all the more glaring.

Atiku’s central economic idea—privatisation—has been a constant refrain. But repetition is not the same as a plan. Nigeria has heard this before, including during the Obasanjo administration in which Atiku played a key role. That era did pursue privatisation, yet it also left behind unresolved structural issues: power sector inefficiencies, entrenched patronage networks, and a state still heavily burdened by corruption and weak institutions. Invoking the same approach today without a detailed, updated framework for execution, transparency, and social impact is not policy—it’s nostalgia.

More troubling is the lack of specificity when it matters most. On critical issues—currency instability, subsidy reform, insecurity, and youth unemployment—Atiku’s public proposals often remain at the level of broad commitments rather than operational detail. “We will fix,” “we will reform,” “we will attract investment”—these are not strategies; they are placeholders. A country facing multi-layered crises cannot afford leadership that communicates in generalities.

There is also the question of credibility. Atiku has run for president multiple times across different political platforms, adapting his message to the moment but rarely deepening it. Longevity in politics can be an asset, but in this case it raises an uncomfortable question: if decades of proximity to power have not produced a sharper, more coherent governing vision, why should Nigerians expect one to materialise now?

Contrast that with the demands of the present. Nigeria’s challenges are not abstract—they are technical, urgent, and unforgiving. They require detailed fiscal strategies, security architecture reforms, and institutional restructuring that go beyond familiar talking points. Yet Atiku’s campaign continues to operate at a level of abstraction that suggests either an unwillingness or an inability to engage with that complexity.

The danger here is not simply that Atiku might fail to transform Nigeria. It is that he represents a continuity of political thinking that has already failed it: elite recycling, policy vagueness, and an overreliance on reputation instead of results.

At some point, persistence stops looking like determination and starts looking like entitlement. And Nigeria, in its current state, cannot afford another presidency built on the assumption that wanting power is the same as being prepared to use it effectively.[/center]

Obi is the only life adc has. Ameachi is less than a feather weight. He won’t even win rivers

seunmsg:
Kwara needs liberation from Fulani terrorists and hegemonists. The liberation will start in 2027. Supporters of terrorism can keep writing trash all over the place, it won’t change God’s plan for the liberation of Kwara state. 2027 is the time for real Kwarans to takeover their state. Nothing shall stop them.

taken your green bile tribalism to kwara. LovePeddler re real and fake kwarans ?

Apc and divisive politics. Spits in disgusts

ChiefOloye:
We shall see! Asiwaju will "win" and nothing will happen that has never happened. This is not 2015. Whoever do anyhow will see anyhow.

you can only rigg elections where you re popular. Try rigging for tinubu in the north or east. You will see violence that will make your bowels Churn

BATified2023:
so do u have any corruption case against atiku too?

The government isn't chasing amaechi too, the government isn't chasing David mark n co

Does that means they ain't thieves?

there are receipts of thier Couruptions. Even yaya bello that has the countries 80 billion is still in the loose.

But can you tie one to obi ? No. If you have anyone bring it let’s see

zoedew:
But he lacks integrity and is desperate to have power. Men who lack integrity and are sold to unbridled ambition for power are not suited to handle the levers of power for reasons that are quite obvious. Peter Obi will eat faeces just to be President of Nigeria! That is not how it goes!

wrong on the contrary it’s atiku. Who killed pdp. And tinubu that have these traits. Obi is a saint where these men are. Still waiting for receipts of wrong doing not hearsay or takes by moonlight

zoedew:
None of the politically rotten guys on offer in the Association of Disgruntled Comrades known as ADC can offer good governance. Check their trajectories ALL!! They are ALL thieves, corrupt and political vagabonds in power. They will tell you it is one thing to be a thief but quite another to be corrupt!
I wished some party had on the ballot NOI, Osinbajo and other folks whose past records indicate that they are capable of providing good governance

obi put this issue to rest long ago by asking the Apc govt or anyone that have proof about any corruption scandal. No one. Not even one came forth. He’s not like tinubu without origin or atiku the old moneybag

zoedew:
I will be glad to see the North reject him. However, that is not the reality on the ground! He is set to win. Tinubu has not done well and does not deserve to return as President. He takes us for a ride!! He failed to fix power as promised by him. We should hold him to his word when he said he would not be electable in 2027 unless he fixed electricity challenges in Nigeria. He failed!

main reason everyone has to join hands and send him packing from the rock. This post is not an appeal to atiku. He can jump off the cliff. It’s to a more vibrant and younger states man Rabiu. Join hands with obedients and see the change we crave

BATified2023:
which southern block?

I need to stop engaging u cos it's obvious u don't know about politics, even in obi Anambra state he's been given bigger problem.

Hope u know that since 2023 none of the candidates obi supported won

From Anambra to Edo to Abuja n so on and u believe he still have block vote?

that is your version of politics. Are you saying tinubu will defeat obi in Anambra? Even if soludo runs as tinubus vp still not possible. Obi won edo, delta, Benue plateau. Even without logistics and pooling boot staff. Are you taking about the same obi ?

Lp allowed itself to be dragged by apc . Apc tried to trap obi in lp yet here he is.

zoedew:
Maybe. I get your drift but the mere mention of Peter Obi's name as the President and Kwaks as the Vice-President will affect the chances of the ticket in the North where the outcome of Presidential elections is decided. For now, in the order of priority the North will prefer to trust other geo-political zones rather than the South-East. Nnamdi Kanu over the years has not helped matters and sadly so as that could work against NOI one my preferred candidates for the Presidency.

that imagination is yours alone. Yiur assertion is tinubu is more loved than obi in the north ? They have seen that he’s a useless man. They don’t live him

BATified2023:
just leave them to their delusion

They see their peter obi as an heavyweight whereas he's just a lightweight

Obi has been granting interviews for ages n tinubu no send am but atiku talks n tinubu replies, that's to show u who gr rates.

How can tinubu rate obi that even south east governor's don't rate, see wetin soludo dey use obi eye see and these people believe tinubu fear obi

doesn’t matter what you say. Obi has the southern voting block under lock. Expect may be core Yoruba states. The post is for keankwanso. If he pays he’s card right he will be president eventually

BATified2023:
u are delusional if u believe obi will defeat tinubu in a two horse race

So u believe the north will gamble obi a southerner again after Jonathan tasted power n changed agreement?

If obi n tinubu are on the ballot, the north will gladly vote tinubu cos constitutionally he can't use pass 8 years. They will never try obi cos they know once he enters nothing can stop his 8 years for sure

So u think north will want to b out of power for good 12 years?

Many of u don't even understand how politics works

what could be worse for Nigerians than Apc. 4 yrs is enough for any sensible person to set the country right.

Svoboda:
Only Atiku has the aura right now to boot out the incumbent. The rest are mincemeat for Tinubu. Think about this: For the very first time in a long while Atiku granted a live interview on national TV, even the president who's always being reticent reacted personally the following day. This was after two or three of his spokespersons had reacted. Tinubu knows he has a fight on his hands with an Atiku on the ballot, and that the north has crowned him as their heir apparent to Buhari. That's why calls for respect for power rotation have dominated the air. A Peter Obi might be popular, but he lacks the charisma to match Tinubu move for move. Moreover, the north would be generally suspicious of Obi. No Nigerian president respects a single term agreement. Obi won't be the first.

tinubu will beat atiku any day. Every 8 yrs voting age blocks shifts massively. Do you know how many people cloaked 18 in the last 8 yrs ? Atiku now has generation of dele momodu now. While strong politically before, now he simply isn’t popular anymore. Obedients own the South. Already. They already won Lagos. The main problem for obi is inec not the contenders

zoedew:
Kwaks overrates himself! Atiku just cut him to size when he effectively described as a politician whose Northern influence is limited to Kano and even at that other politicians exist in Kano with large following. His influence in any of the other geopolitical zones in Nigeria is virtually nil!

he needs to play his cards right. Deputise obi.

Atiku isn’t loved in the south. Only dele momodu is busy singing his praise. Only God knows what he’s been promised. Kwankwanso on the other hand isn’t known. By aligning with obi he becomes a more national figure

Odin13:
Is the turn of Nigerians

Nothing like north or south

Stop being and acting out southwest script.

If you’re real micro it to turn of east.

Very cunning funny people

you need to read the post and understand my assertions.

The only politician from the south that can remove tinubu today is obi . Ameachi and the rests are bored moneybags that wants to waste thier loots

In Nigerian politics, timing is not just everything—it is the only thing. Those who understand this rise. Those who don’t spend decades chasing a power that never settles in their hands. Like the rudderless atiku

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso stands today at a familiar crossroads: pursue the presidency at all costs, or position himself strategically for a victory that is not immediate, but far more certain.
History has already given him the answer—if he is willing to listen.
Nigeria’s fragile political balance has long rested on an unwritten but deeply respected principle: rotation. Power shifts between North and South, not out of charity, but out of necessity. It is the glue holding together a country of competing identities and interests.
When it was the North’s turn, Peter Obi accepted the role of deputy to Atiku Abubakar without fracturing the system. That decision was not weakness—it was discipline. It was an understanding that power, when pursued with patience, eventually returns its rewards.
But when the pendulum swung to the South, that same discipline was absent. Ambition overtook balance. Greed, plain and simple, disrupted what should have been a straightforward continuation of the rotational principle. The result? Division, distrust, and a political landscape more fractured than ever.
Kwankwaso must not repeat that mistake.
There is a difference between a politician and a statesman. A politician grabs at power; a statesman positions himself for it. Right now, the path to relevance—and eventual dominance—for Kwankwaso is not through confrontation, but alignment. He should take the deputy role.
Yes, it may appear like a step down. But in Nigeria’s political chessboard, it is a calculated move forward. By aligning with a Southern presidential candidate like Obi, Kwankwaso secures something far more valuable than a risky solo run: trust.
And in Nigerian politics, trust translates to votes—block votes.
The North does not forget its own. But neither does it reward recklessness. By demonstrating restraint and respect for rotation, Kwankwaso signals to both North and South that he understands the rules of the game. That signal matters. Because when the South completes its turn, the question will not just be “who is next?” but “who waited their turn?”
And when that moment comes, a patient Kwankwaso will not need to campaign aggressively. The momentum will already be built. The narrative will already be written. From ogoja to asaba/benin . From bayelsa to port-harcourt his name will carry weight—not as a desperate contender, but as the rightful successor.
Even more critically, the north will not resist him. It will endorse him. He’s a northerner
That is how power is won in Nigeria—not by force, but by sequence.

Kwankwaso must understand this: politics is not about who runs first. It is about who finishes last.
If he chooses impatience, he risks isolation. If he chooses strategy, he secures inevitability. The choice is his. But history has already shown which path leads to power. It’s the turn of the south. Obi has the ground support in the south already. Do not be deceived by lies and social media . Obi won the president in Lagos. No other statesman could have pulled this off.

Gorgeous4lyf:
How will you or any of your type for that matter feel after listening to your beloveth PBAT...Does he deserve a LGA chairman?

if you re a tinubu supporter then you must be smoking crack. Tinubu has never opened his mouth and anything sensible came out . Not even once. Define bulaba ? Lol

Rhino5dm:
Only ADC clowns will be hailing this nonsense SUG meet-and-greet. Pesin way no go fit win primaries. What a shame!

lol you wish. I know you re groaning in pains. You can’t even lick his shoes.