₦airaland Forum

Penguin2:
Go and sit down.

We didn’t have either of Senate Presidency nor House of Rep Speaker for 7 years under Buhari, did we die?

What did senate presidency bring to Saraki and Lawan constituencies?

Allow us to pretend with Obi.

QueenOfTheCoast:
mynd44 lalasticlala Seun
Rule 2
insulting Nairalanders with impunity

olisaEze:
I thought ur preferred candidate was the BAT, how come ure now campaigning for Kwankwaso?? Abi the thought of being in a Nigeria that actually works for the people and not a few scares you??

PeterObi4LP:
Pride they say come before fall. The goal is to take back Nigeria from APC and PDP in the National level. Nigerians ibos prefer Obi to fly the flag to Kwankwaso. He should swallow his pride be VP to Obi, after 4yrs or 8yrs he takes over.

MrNice04:
Thought yorubas don't like South East

Masterito:
Do you know if he is invited? Stop smoking trash?

MartinsD12:
I said PDP especially apc feel threatened by Peter obi's growing popularity, you people cannot stop peter obi, obi is an ideology it can't be erase, nothing will stop it , labour party doesn't need any structure, this is about peter obi personality even when he was in PDP the governor's there felt his popularity is growing too much they chased him away, labour party is human beings and human beings is labour party we move. Shame unto PDP and APC .

Reality3080:
they just talk without reasoning,so nlc n tuc that is on d payroll of politicians will support one unknown candidate cos some online warriors want him

They really don’t understand that politics is deep n virtually all big men are playing politics either directly or indirectly

They just believe everyone should follow their candidate even when their tool of persuasion is insult

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said it is a shame that leaders and delegates from the South East sold their votes to candidates from other zones in the just-concluded presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking on Saturday at his hometown, Uburu, during the maiden matriculation ceremony of the King David University of Medical Sciences, Umahi said such betrayal is a bitter pill to swallow especially at this moment when the Igbos have been speaking out about being marginalized.

“I had a series of meetings with the party’s chairmen in the five states of the zone in the company of its national vice-chairman. I implored the delegates that the issue was not about me, but the mood of the Igbo in the nation.

“I told them that they should vote for any candidate of South East, so that when our votes are counted behind all the contestants of southeast, we should not have anything less than the number of our delegates.

“By so doing, we would have made a statement; but it became a shame that our leaders and the delegates sold all our votes.

“It is a very big shame,” Umahi lamented.

The governor said he wept bitterly following the outcome of the party primary election, adding that it is painful for Igbos to be shouting about marginalization, and whenever they have an opportunity to make a statement they sell their votes.

“I continue to let them know that he that sells his brother or sister, even the buyers will not trust him.

“We would have made a strong statement in the process that the Igbo are eminently qualified with due capacity to lead the country,” Governor Umahi stressed.

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi is unbothered by defections to the APC in Nigeria
Umahi contested and polled 38 votes in the APC Presidential primary which saw Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos governor, declared winner, after securing 1,271 votes.

The Ebonyi State governor while taking another look at the development, was of the opinion that Nigeria is skewed against the Igbos.

“Whereas other geopolitical zones have 6 and 7 states, the Igbo man has five states and we should be asking why?

“Whereas other states have 30 to 40 Local Government Areas, our own states have just 13 local governments.

“Is there any fairness and justice in this regard?” the governor asked rhetorically.

Umahi’s lament on Saturday bears a semblance to that of Former Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu who said there is no justice in having the All Progressives Congress (APC) fail to zone the 2023 presidency to the South East.

Onu stated this on Tuesday at the Eagles Square, while pitching his agenda to party delegates just before the commencement of voting at the presidential primary.

“What is very very important, exceptionally important, is that we must ensure that justice is upheld,” he said in his address.

“Naturally, it should be somebody from the South East that will replace (Buhari), and that will give the opposite South versus North and Christian versus Muslim a balance, and it will bring stability to the nation; it will strengthen Nigeria.

“The South West had eight years as president, eight years as vice president; the South South had eight years as president and vice president; where is the justice? Where is the justice?” Dr Onu asked in anguish.