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activities2:
Just asking
cause I don't really understand why this religion thing is a problem to so many Nigerians

the issue is not religion but balanced ticket.

IgweOfNnewi:
Peter Obi cannot rescue this nation, if you are not making money in this country now, you wouldn't make it again even if Nigeria become paradise. waiting for Peter Obi to rescue you from poverty is outright stupidity. let me explain.

You are missing the point here, country is like a business venture, you need enabling environment to flourish and that can only be provided by the government. That your business or life has not been affected by the wrong policies or nonchalant attitude of this present government doesn't mean that some other persons somewhere have not been affected.
Alot of people have been killed, kidnapped or displaced, some businesses have closed, famers can't farm, lots of uncertainty and mistrust here and there.
That it hasn't happen to you doesn't mean that you are better than those that it has happened to. think!

Moh247:
Very interesting long comment that I didn't bother to read

Well I still ain't voting Ibos

My vote my choice

Neither will you vote for anyone. Voting is for those that have PVC, prove me wrong

Moh247:
This is why nobody would vote ibos

inferiority complex, this reminds me of a wife that will always take her anger on her husband for what a fellow woman did to her outside. whenever anybody says anything about Tinubu, the only name that will come to your mind is Ibo. Fear will never allow you to utter any other tribe name in your mouth. isn't that shameful?

hmm, just because he has distanced himself from the Muslim Muslim ticket madness, you guys decided to write a resignation letter on his behalf, that one will not happen any time soon, he will finish his tenure, Buhari kukuma no send anybody.

If Peter Obi does not stand a chance, why are APC and PDP jittery?

Alsenora:
This Archbishop John Onaiyekan is Northern

they will not see it

lapo:
Physician heal thyself is a common biblical quote but it seems Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) will not heed this advice. The organisation's criticism of the APC Muslim-muslim ticket has exposed as guilty of the same offence. Kettle calling pot black? No Northern Christian has ever been appointed as President of the organisation.

SINCE 1976 TILL DATE NO NORTHERN CHRISTAIN HAS BEEN ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF CAN , WHY ??

Does it mean there is no competent northern Christain that can head CAN

Dominic Cardinal Ekandem (late) from 1976 till 1986

Anthony Cardinal Okogie from 1988 till 1995.

Prelate Sunday Mbang from 1994 till 2003.

Primate Jasper Akinola from 2003 till 2007.

Archbishop John Onaiyekan from 2007 till 2010.

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor from 2010 till 2016.

, and the current president, Reverend (Dr) Samson Ayokunle, who was elected in 2016

If CAN as a body of Christ see no Northerner qualified to be their president noting wrong with APC following the foot step of CAN .

#TooMuchHypocrisyInNigeria

Who have been their vice? You did not include because that will invalidate your augment. whom gods want to kill will first go blind

You guys will see the main action when the time to substitute any candidate elapses

What's going on here?

Hmm, this is deep

So, you are banking on the rented crowd, these are the real supporters and nothing more and they even exceeded our expectations knowing that people only go where they stand to get some financial reward.
anyways, Osun people know what's good for them. I don't have issues with the Adeleke's

Newsletter01:
Atiku Abubakar has his children in Nigeria suffering with us, while Peter Obi kids and family are all in UK.

How many of them?, the ones he knows or the ones he can't even account for?
I don't take a man with multiple wife serious dear. Obi has only one son and he is contempted with it and Atiku, he can never get satisfied and notorious in going back to his word. Forget matter my friend. We are obidient. I don't care who's ox is gored as long as I do the right thing. Both candidates violate the law of peaceful coexistence and by the way, you don't just get power , life is all about what you make out it. We are created the way whites are. We can't continue like this. I will keep advocating for Peter obi. Enough is enough, we have to dictate the tune. I don't depend on any politician to make ends meet so if you think I stand to lose or gain in any of them, think twice. All I can gain is having this county under the control of the electerate.

Minime10:
You simply misconstrue & perhaps misunderstood Mr. Yusuf Datti Ahmed Baba's position.
Did he ever said, he was not a believer of Islam or not loyal to Islam Of course no, his position is that, he does not want to be seen as belonging or representing the interest of a particular tribe or religion in the the Nigerian Project as detribalise Nigerian.
Whether you vote for him or not, will not change the fact that, Mr.Datti Ahmed is a self made individual & can afford to live comfortably well, all his life. He is out to render service and not to amass wealth, so if you said, you can't vote for him, sooth yourself & let see who blink first when shove come to push,

I like this your comment. people that cannot afford 3 square meal are here making noise. The more all these politician spend the more they steal. na me and you go dey here dey lament.
Does bragging right put food on your table?
Foolish is doing one thing over and over and expect a difference result.

So, Atiku has nothing to campaign with again. we are going for Peter Obi, Atiku should get Dubia people to Vote for him, He doesn't face fuel scarcity and bad road we are facing. time to vote for our own Nigeria person

Gerrard59:
That's not true. Atiku's VP candidate is a Christian. Those who will vote for Atiku have historically voted for the PDP. In my post on Yoruba Christians, he's likely to gain new voters from them (people who voted for the APC because of Yemi Osinbajo). The vast majority of Peter Obi's supporters are people who have always voted for the PDP, no previous voters from previous elections. Peter Obi has lost three geopolitical zones - South West, North West and North East. Technically, he has lost the north central and makes it worse for the PDP to gain votes there.

So, how he's going to win?

An Islamic preacher prior to when Shettima was chosen warned that APC shouldn't choose a Christian VP because if anything happens to Tinubu, the person takes over, and Northern Christians should never become the president. He also said Igbo man should never be allowed to become president. Is that not the reason they ganged up against Jonathan because they saw him as an Igbo man?

So, tell me how on earth is Peter Obi expected to win?

Show me the voting result during Jonathan time?
Oga, go and rest and carry your propaganda to your WhatsApp group and not here. Everything is in Peter Obi's favor if you don't know . You and PDP should look for another tactics because if peter was gonna step down, he would have accepted the VP slot from kwankwaso or Atiku.
And mind you, peter Obi is a movement, others will come onboard when their are sure that the coast is clear.

Jking20:
Because Muslims won't vote for a Christian president.

So, it's christians that will vote for Muslim president?

Gerrard59:
This is the argument you Peter Obi's supporters made by demanding Kwankwaso step down for Peter Obi and become PO's VP candidate. I saw that as a joke, which was one.

I have stated reasons geopolitical zone by zone by Peter Obi cannot win but if you believe he can, good for you people. Just don't come complaining when you have a Muslim-Muslim presidency.

Those that will vote for Atiku too should not complain when we have Muslim Muslim presidency also.

Gerrard59:
The 2023 presidential election is less than seven months away. There are three contenders, even though Peter Obi happens to be largely a pretender in my opinion. Tinubu has chosen Shettima to be his VP candidate, Atiku chose Okowa and Peter chose Yusuf. However, of the trio, Tinubu’s choice is the most controversial as it is a Muslim-Muslim ticket, which is very insensitive to the 100M+ Christian populace. To be honest, this choice increases Tinubu’s probability amongst the Muslim community in Nigeria, especially in the north-west and north-east. This brings me to the topic: Peter Obi cannot win in those regions as they will not vote for a Christian when there are two alternatives where Muslims hold sway. In the north-west, Tinubu has a greater probability of winning there as his combination resonates with the populace. Kwankwaso has said he has no problems with the choice he made but with his platform. This means when push comes to shove, he will step down for Tinubu so that BAT’s chances of winning Kano with a wide margin come to fruition. In the north-east where Shettima and Atiku come from, Peter Obi’s odds further decline as indigenes there will rather their sons than someone else.

In the south-west, Tinubu is expected to win. Don’t allow anyone to deceive you that Tinubu will lose his backyard. Yorubas don’t involve religion during elections as they are roughly divided across three religions amidst themselves. Tinubu is seen as a God figure and when the chips are down, the vast majority will tilt towards voting for the APC. However, there exists a section of Yoruba voters especially the Christians who might not/will not vote for the APC or alternatively abstain from voting due to the insensitivity of Tinubu’s choice considering the wanton killings the Christian community has experienced in Nigeria within the last seven years. The massacre in the Catholic Church at Owo rings a bell. To these people, alternatives exist in Atiku and Peter but here is it: due to what I cannot describe as the rivalry between Igbos and Yorubas, the vast majority of these Yoruba Christians will not vote for an Igbo man. They will/might be shamed, mocked at or derided or whatever, but they won’t vote for Peter Obi and/or rather cast their votes for Atiku. On the other hand, Yoruba Muslims will never vote for an Igbo man, certainly not when an illustrious son of theirs has a strong likelihood of becoming the president.

In the north-central, Tinubu’s prospects are pretty significant as people, especially the Muslims in Kwara will vote for him. The same thing in Nasarrawa, Kogi, and Niger especially as the vast majority of people in IDP camps are Christians. Benue, for instance, has one of the highest concentrations of IDPs thereby making them unqualified to vote. His chances in Plateau and Benue are very low but APC’s structures there can deliver the minimum requirement of 25% to scale through. In the south-south and south-east, Tinubu’s chances are extremely low considering he never campaigned in the south-east and only campaigned in Delta and Cross River states in the south-south during the APC presidential primaries. Effectively, he believes he won’t win in those regions, and rightfully so. In fact, I predict that Tinubu will not campaign during the campaign season in any of the south-eastern states and only in Cross River considering the influence of Okowa in Delta. He might substitute Delta with Akwa Ibom but that is it, just two states in the south-south and none in the south-east. The south-south and south-east together are home to the vast majority of Christians in Nigeria. They will not be receptive to a Muslim-Muslim presidency.

why not Atiku to step down for PO since by you, Tinubu will defeat him(Atiku) in the north and kwankwaso will step down for Tinubu instead of Atiku?

seunmsg:
Obi just dey collect wotowoto

Jokes apart though, the part in bold is why I can’t support Peter Obi in good conscience. He failed woefully as governor of Anambra state. There is absolutely nothing you can point to in the state as his legacy today. He’s a desperate man with nothing to offer. At best, he will be a downgraded version of Goodluck Jonathan.

because you failed to see it, and to people like you, what you don't know does not exist

that speech was made long time ago when the man was a governor

Some people are crazy, how can they use what happens in individuals respective families to suggest what should happen in the community. states belongs to states, country belongs to the all, this is what is causing problem in the society, imbalance, insolence and underhandedness.
How can individual put his ambition before he national unity. if North feels it's right, why the hell are we adopting quota system, educational disadvantage region and many others. This is the reason we have all these agitations.

blamingthedevil:
After Mbadiniju what happened? Was he not that opened their eyes that made him lost and not allowed to contest in 2003?

He lost because he did not perform other than bakassi boys which he later started using to witch-hunt his opponents

Vote4Obi:
Considering the dynamics currently unraveling in Nigeria, it has become expedient for Atiku to withdraw and support Peter Obi and Ahmed Datti. So, here are the 5 reasons why he needs to support Labour Party people's revolution now:

1. It's actually the turn of South and Christians: After Buhari has completed 8 years as president, fairness and equity demands that the next president should be a Southern Christian to ensure stability, peace and progress.

2. Now that Obi's people's revolution has swept away Atiku's former support base i.e. SE, SS and NC. Atiku is left with nothing to bank on. He is not even sure of winning Adamawa his home state and it's that bad!

3. Atiku is now based in Dubai and only visits Nigeria. It is obvious he is too big to base in Nigeria now so he prefers Dubai. So, why not remain there after all he is now popularly known as Dubai big boy.

4. He is likely to lose embarrassingly: for someone that has been contesting since the days of Abiola when the Vice presidential candidate of Labour Party was still doing NYSC, it would be shameful for Atiku to be humiliated at the polls now. He should quit now and save himself the shame.

5. Everyone, including Atiku knows that Peter Obi and Ahmed Datti are far better candidates with the requisite wherewithal to rescue Nigeria and reposition it for greatness. As a selfless elderstatesman, he would be remembered for good if he quits now and ask his supporters to vote for Obi.

Emirs in Northern Nigeria and other leaders in the North should advise Atiku to quit now for the good of all.

that should provide PDP a name change option

they will create one blogsite and post same story and use it as source, then the biased moderators will push it to the front page without verification. however the story could be that Victor Ume was the one been booed but they will turned it to be Peter Obi as the write up clearly says, Victor Umeh if atall it happened recently as Victor Umeh was once booed in the past.

Vote4Obi:
Aren't you deceiving yourself with all these? You pick selected screenshots of Kwankwaso supporters and start claiming rubbish. The good thing is that some Hausas and Fulanis on that same page are supporting Obi because they know his ticket with Datti is the best for Nigeria.

Buhari won Kano and the rest of NW and NE consistently yet he couldn't win the presidential election until he won parts of the South.

Obi is not even hoping to win in those places too, he only needs the votes of few reasonable ones among them. The South and Middle Belt will vote for him and that would be enough for him to win!

Now let Kwankwaso grant interview in BBC Igbo or BBC Yoruba or BBC pidgin and see if he would get just 1% would support him.


The joke is on you!

No mind the OP, will everyone vote for him, some will vote and some will not. there must be contrary opinion.

Is he just realizing it now?

So, if they can't find anything on Obi, the next will be his supporters forgetting that you are also supporting another candidate.
People are losing it. wetin carry you go online when you knew that you can't handle the heat?

For sure, no amount is too small. will drop small grands

Jesuschristus:
If OBi is nt a Christian bigot he would have married a Muslim like Tinubu and Atiku did.

what's this one saying? are you married to a Christian or Buhari?

immortalcrown:
Delete the topic. As you have realized your response is inappropriate, you have diverted to suggesting that the topic should be deleted. That should have been your first response, it is more related to the post than what you were saying before.

All is fair in love and war

immortalcrown:
You are still going further away from the topic. The topic is not about whether what Tinubu did or does is bad or good. I repeat, the post is a suggestion of how those who do not like Muslim-Muslim ticket can ensure the ticket fails. Your response will be appropriate under posts that either support the Muslim-Muslim ticket or condemns Christian-Muslim ticket. This topic is not supporting Muslim-Muslim ticket, thus your response is inappropriate.

The topic should even be deleted for calling those that complain against it fools