₦airaland Forum

adanny01:
If you have been around long enough on Nairaland like I have, you will know that Nairaland polls has never predicted rightly our presidential elections.

Nairaland (and social media in general) is full of young and educated Nigerians. Results of these polls indicate one thing - OBI is clearly the choice of educated Nigerians, and if only educated Nigerians were allowed to vote, OBI will win with a brutal margin.

Unfortunately, elections are for everyone, and the uneducated and unenlightened rural dwellers mostly have never heard of OBI... and these are the people the APC and PDP are hoping on 100% to win the coming election.

This 2023 presidential election is a contest between the EDUCATED vs. ILLITERATES

Minjim:
Educated indeed. To you isocial media is the only means of sending info.

What goes on on social media are mostly sharing of Fake news and propagandas
People listen to "Koko inu iwe iroyin" ( radio) daily are also well informed

Social media isnt the only means of sending info, but can you deny the fact that it is mainly educated people that occupy the social media space?

In today's Nigeria, how many educated people listen to "Koko inu iwe iroyin" (radio)? Can you deny the fact that it's mainly people in rural areas (primarily the aged and uneducated/unenlightened)?

Every time there's an online poll, OBI smashes it with a fantastic lead; an unequivocal indication that amongst the educated population, OBI is the clear choice.....

After the embarrassing defeat, you BATISTS and ATIKULATORS then come up with the comforting excuse that "real voters arent on social media". Oga the only voters who arent on social media are the uneducated and mainly older rural dwellers; and these are the people your candidates hope to exploit for their victory.

Minjim:
You people didn't factor in people that have their preferred candidate but won't say it out for fear of intimidation.
Most people Tinubu is counting on aren't people with Social Media profiles

It should be a thing of shame that both Tinubu and Atiku are relying almost 100% on votes of the uneducated and unenlightened folks to win the coming election.

Cos obviously, it's the educated and enlightened that you typically find on social media and OBI typically wins every online poll with a landslide of over 80%... OBI is clearly the choice of educated Nigerians and the coming election is simply a battle between Education vs. Illiteracy.

Misterone:
Obi cannot win rivers, Delta, Akwa ibom, Edo and bayelsa. You can take that to the bank
Politics in the SS is different from politics in the SE. Politics in the SS be like JuJu. You dey look am e dey go.

Agbado micro finance bank...

Looks like they were throwing t-shirts and caps, not money...

Grabbing on to straws...

Make friday reach first...

tinsel:
Tinubu will not get any votes from Benue, Plateau and Abuja after winning Niger, Kogi, Kwara and possible Nasarawa. He will get zero votes from Benue, Plateau and Abuja? Kindergarten

Which kind of kindergaten pikin brain comprehension is this?

So because I said OBI will win Benue, what your brain interpreted from that is that Tinubu will get zero votes?

Peter OBI is just one of a kind; I said it a while ago even before he even joined LP that OBI was the most credible Igbo candidate whom gbos could stick their necks out for. If this election had been between say Orji Kalu or Rochas or Ikpeazu or Uzodimma or Ugwuanyi against a candidate like Osinbajo, these fellows would even struggle to hit 25% of votes in the S.east.

seunmsg:
If you did not ask how Peter Obi will win Benue and z Plateau states despite other candidates battling for those states, I really don’t see why I should ask the same question. Kwara, Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa are traditional APC states even when we had a United opposition. Now that the opposition is divided, the party will win the states easily.

Nigerians are out on the street begging for their own money to feed their families, and yet you think after the excrutiating hardship APC subjected these people to they would just gladly go out and vote APC again in the middle-belt?

Not to even talk of the severe shege and ethnic cleansing the people of the middle-belt saw in the hands of herdsmen and the directionless and even tacit support the APC leadership gave the marauders. With all of that, you actually think these folks would queue up to vote APC or another Fulani man?

seunmsg:
So, if Tinubu wins Kogi, Kwara, Niger and Nasarawa state and also get good votes from Benue, Plateau and FCT, how exactly will Peter Obi win North Central?

The pertinent question you should be asking yourself is how Tinubu will win Kogi, Kwara, Niger and Nasarawa state when there are other top candidates battling for those states.

gentlekay2017:
I have read more than 4 posts on nairaland.com today where Obidients claimed that their man Peter Obi will win inthe North central. They keep mentioning North central as if they dont know the states that made up northcentral.
Perhaps they think northcentral is all about Plateau and Benue States.
For your information dear obidients, these are the six states called Northcentral in Nigeria.
1. Kwara State
2. Kogi State
3. Nasarawa State
4. Niger State
5. Benue State
6. Plateau State
I can assure you of this, Peter Obi will not get 25% in Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger States.
You can't even be sure of 25% in Plateau State notwithstanding the high number of catholic faithfuls in the state.
Mark my words, the only state where Obi can see anything like 25% is Benue State where the state governor have declared for him.

OBI does not need to win all 6 states to win the popular votes in the north central.

Throw in all votes from the 7 north central states (i.e. 6 states and Abj), OBI is very likely to win 3 out of 7 (possibly Benue + Plateau + Abuja). Obi will also get a good chunk from Nasarawa and then some bits from Kogi and even Niger. While he might not win them, votes from the remaining states will be shared.

Lol... anything to punish Wike. 😀🤣

These 2 men need to grow up abeg....

XLence:
Lol. I believe the many adults expressing their dissatisfaction with the hardship caused by the elites, in many different 'uncouth' and non-classic ways, are KIDS too; including the grandma that sat on the pavement of GTB entrance today. What about the grown-up GOVERNORS acting like cry babies because of monetary policies or the henchmen of the various parties who are supposed to be role models? Humans are primarily creatures of emotions than logic, and often respond in unusual ways. They're to be tolerated, not vilified. If you've ever returned a banter here, for whatever reason, then you're also a KID. The way people are emotional about this election (and rightly so), would mean most Nigerians are KIDS. Nigeria is at war with itself.

PS: Nothing will cost PO any vote than the same tribalism and religion you're afraid of acknowledging, that's our default line. However, uncouth a specialist doctor is, you wouldn't stop him from saving your life, except if you can't trust him (tribalism).

Well, everyone has a right to feel emotional over their circumstances, but that doesn't change the fact that attacking others over their different political, religious, sexual or other preferences reeks of immaturity. Bad behaviour is bad behavour, regardless of the circumstances; but I agree with you that this behaviour should be tolerated, hence why I advised the Op to 'ignore' the bants (there's a bigger goal that should be focused on).

Regarding the risk of costing OBI some votes, oh yes, tribalism still exists and we cannot wish away the fact that most Nigerians still have some ingrained elements of tribal sentiment which can be triggered (reason why I said the needless inter-tribal fights could cost OBI some votes). Meanwhile the example you gave about a specialist doctor is rather extreme; not everyone out there views the coming election with same level of seriousness.

Omo! Wahala dey!

Kwankwaso surely has a good chance in this election. He should never think of stepping down! 👌🏽

frankyychiji:
Listen up, it was the hypocritical Op that called out OBIdients while ignoring the flip side. It was never you.

You only re-echoed what he said and still didn't call out the other side.

You were supporting PDP in the days of Jonathan but switched to APC after his defeat (I stand to be corrected).

If you suddenly decided to dump APC for LP, still your call, but I will not allow you or anyone here to turn logic on its head simply because he's supporting Obi. Obi is not my father.

If you that saw all the ridicule on igbos in the last eight years could spew the kind of trash you did in your opening comment, then you are a hypocrite, a fatal hypocrite.

Thanks and God's speed!

Like I said before, I will state it again; bad behaviour is bad behaviour! I dont care what the precedence is, who started it, whether it happened 8 or 60 years ago or whatever. The fact is that there's a lot of online bullying of supporters of other candidates in this current season and I never said it was perpetrated by only OBIDIENTS (if that's what your problem is). I simply dropped an opinion that the OBIDIENTS are currently the 'biggest' bullies (and this is probably courtesy of the sheer/overwhelming population and zeal of OBIDIENTS online).

I re-echoed the OP's point cos of something disturbing I saw this morning; i.e. some misguided fellows calling out Pastor Adefarasin for refusing to openly endorse OBI. Heck! I'm pretty sure Adefarasin is OBIDIENT but has simply chosen to remain neutral publicly (for obvious reasons bordering on his position). Why would anyone think it a wise thing to call him out? Is such behaviour meant to endear people to OBI or rather discourage undecided folks? What's the wisdom in that?

ANd hey! I'm not sure what my support of APC or whoever in the past has to do with my opinion. You should be focusing on whether what I said is true or not.

frankyychiji:
So when will you call out Agbadorians?

Is that what your problem is? Some childish WE vs THEY arguments?

The Op of this thread talks about online bullying of supporters of opposing candidates and I simply dropped my opinion that OBIDIENTS are the biggest online bullies in the current season. Please this is my opinion (and it's based on factual evidence). You're free to have your own opinion. Thanks and Bye!

frankyychiji:
How is the bolded obvious

The fact that OBI takes every single online poll, even those conducted by hardcore APC folks on twitter, facebook etc. That should clearly tell you OBI has more supporters online than any other candidate.

Heck! Why should I even have to explain this to anyone? Even a child on the street knows that OBI has more followers online (and possibly offline too).

2elliot:
No one cares if you are for Peter Obi or not. Agbadorians don't own the country more than anyone else. We simply will not allow them bully and insult us they did Goodluck. We will give fire for fire.

Like I said before, I will not shy away from calling out bad behaviour when I see it; regardless of who the perpetrator is.

frankyychiji:
So OBIdients are more in population online compared to tinubu supporters? Are you for real?

You seem not to be a Nigerian. Enjoy.

Isnt that already obvious? Even a blind person knows this, so I'm not sure I understand your point here.

frankyychiji:
Even you an old nler who should know better? So you agree OBIdients are the ones bullying you online, while others are saints?
If you think you are doing anyone a favor by voting your choice, then you are in a deep slumber.

I did not say others are saints, but I said OBIDIENTS are the biggest bullies online, and there are different reasons for that, one of which is the sheer population of OBIDIENTS online (which drowns the voices of others) and another which is the general disaffection people have for the ruling parties and their candidates.

I am an OBIDIENT, but that doesn't mean I should see 'black' and call it 'white' or try to make excuses for what in my principles I know is bad behaviour. You can count me out of that!

Naijatask:
I agree with you Sha. But I had to point this out, since my friends who are still undecided about their choice of candidates always feel like peter obi's government maybe tribalistic when he wins the election since they felt that his supporters are tribalistic

A lot of Nigerians unfortunately fall in this uncouth senseless tribalistic category, both OBIDIENTS and others. The reason it seems more pronounced amongst the OBIDIENTS is cos the OBIDIENTS are very large in number and have colonised the entire social media space.

Naijatask:
Good evening everyone.

I've observed an uncouth behavior in this forum and other social media spaces like Twitter and Facebook about peter obi supporters.

They tend to assume that all Yoruba people will vote for APC's presidential candidate and as such, any Yoruba person who doesn't agree with them even on matters not related to politics, are called various names like Yoruba Muslim, head slammer, and other despicable names. While Hausa people are called uncouth names like almajiri, muhammedan, etc.

I mean, if this isn't tribalistic, I don't know what else to call it.

Trust me, I'm an Hausa person and an ardent supporter of Peter obi but some of his supporters (I mostly noticed this a lot about the Igbo tribe) tend to assume that all Yoruba people and Hausa people are against peter obi.

The uncouth nature of some of his supporters will be one of the reasons he may lose the election (even though I don't pray for his failure sha).

We should rather educate people on why the need and emergence of Peter obi and not attacking them verbally on social media.

The better we start educating people on the need for peter obi as the president, the better for us.

Thank you.

Truth of the matter is that there will always be lots of kids and immature/slow-brained adults out there who do not have the capacity to pass their message across in a civil manner without resorting to the uncouth agbero mob action you refer to. Definitely the actions of some of these folks could cost OBI some votes but hopefully the damage wouldn't be so much.

This election is about rescuing the soul of Nigeria from total collapse, so let's just try and ignore the disasteful tribal and senseless comments from these 'kids' and focus on the target of ensuring OBI wins the election.

The reason the punishment meant for the bad political leader gets to everyone is because deep in our hearts, we're largely all as bad and wicked as the politicians we pray to God to punish. Only thing that divides the politicians and the people praying against them is just the 'opportunity'. God sees all these!

The fact that we have a disproportionately large number of Nigerians about to vote for people they know in their hearts are not right, but still go ahead to vote them cos of what they hope to gain, or cos of tribal/religious links, God sees all these and God understands that the problem in Nigeria isnt just the political leaders alone.

PeterObi4LP:
He has a way of punishing them thru sickness and other means. Those who have died did not go along with them all the loots, bulletproof cars, mansion and connection. So of what use is all the material things without accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour? Repent now.

Even non-politicians also die from these sicknesses and diseases far more than the politicians themselves.

Juchii:
See Why Paul Adefarasin refused to endorse Peter Obi. He dines with Tinubu secretly.

Many pastors feed on the patronage of these fraudulent politicians. Pastor Paul Adefarasin is one of them. Read the invitation below.

What is wrong with a Pastor stating that he wouldnt publicly endorse any candidate? That's actually the right and wise thing to do.... I'm very sure Pastor Adefarasin and his family are OBIDIENT but I do not believe it's a proper thing for him to come say that publicly....

OBIDIENTS make we dey try use our brain sometimes abeg; we need to stop this agbero mob mentality!

Apst Sule:
"As for me and my house, we will vote OBI"!

Blog Headlines:
"Apst Suleman ORDERS all church members to vote OBI"

Politics24:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm_sPoIDis0

God bless and reward you guys richly!!

dustmalik:
Like I always say, you are one of a kind. Unlike other Obidients, you always stand by what you perceive to be the truth, and what you believe is right.

Kudos👍👊

The immaturity that abounds in our people can sometimes be nauseating.

So many people just don't possess the intellectual capacity to contribute anything meaningful to political arguments... so all they do is they just resort to conjuring senseless propaganda as we can see on this thread.. quite irritating!

SLAP44:
The bridge is not in use, if you say am wrong, open the bridge for use. Chikena!

I don't have time to throw insults. APC are a bunch of crooks just like PDP.

And because its not in use, the only possibility your brain could churn out is that it is "dilapidated"?

SLAP44:
Prove me wrong and stop shifting the goal post.

Why should I try to prove a deluded person wrong? How exactly is any sane person even supposed to do that?

You're the one who claimed the bridge is "dilapidated" without any evidence, and now you're asking for evidence that it isnt dilapidated?

Your case seems like a good example of why substances like 'mkpurummiri' are banned.

Naira20:
So Ngige still dey this corntree?

However, he said "I, ngige, see it as..."
That's his opinion

Which Ngige is the Op referring to?