DeepSight: Lagos is what it is because it is the melting point and economic nerve centre of 200 million Nigerians, and the centre of an economy which is the largest in Africa, which economy is in turn mostly run by oil revenue from places outside Lagos. Lagos is what it is because Nigeria is what it is and it is the real capital of Nigeria, aside from having been the legal capital for the better part f a century - from 1914 to 1991. That's 77 years.
Lagos was neither founded nor built by Bola Tinubu. The way you guys talk, one would think he discovered Lagos and built it himself.
Yes, Lagos was built by igbos and Obi in particular - the same way he built Anambra in the southeastern forest.
Lagos has been able to enjoy a level of success due to many factors bordering on high IGR and favourable geographical positioning.
Alaba market alone generates billions monthly which reveals that Igbos are seriously contributing to the state. PPP projects and other big businesses situated in Lagos all account for the fair development.
Imagine the development that Lagos would have been enjoying if Tinubu is not squandering the finances of Lagos.
Why not go and create Alaba in Anambra? Oloripelebe
JoshTheStoic: There is no way they are stopping that protest from happening and if it's not well monitored, it could be another endsars at our doorstep
It won't be EndSAR because EndSAR had nothing to do with igbos campaigning for the incompetent Obi (who used SAR to kill people). I was part of EndSAR protest like many other people and it wasn't done for Obi's political ambition. Obi did not associate with the protest nor support the struggle in any way. Whoever foments trouble tomorrow in the name of a political campaign/rally will die for nothing.
The police have more live bullets than teargas... be warned.
PeterObi4LP: OP I guarantee you tomorrow rally will hold at Lekki nothing will happen. There is no turning back. NPF is only doing show of force. An attempt to repeat the Endsars treatment to the law abiding citizen, will be the beginning of REVOLUTION
I really pity you. Please, get to Lekki toll gate as early as 7am tomorrow. And when you're going. don't leave your coffin behind... it will be required.
EndSAR was a genuine cause and I was there live to support the protest. Where was Obi you want to use EndSAR to campaign for? If you're a dumbo, we're not. Obi used SAR to kill innocent people when he was governor. Therefore, you can't come to Lagos here to hold a senseless rally in the name of EndSAR for Obi.
chidi10o: I know you'll be happy if the blood of Labour Party supporters are spilled. The innocent shall be vindicated as long as God is on His throne I know you'll be happy if the blood of Labour Party supporters are spilled. The innocent shall be vindicated as long as God is on His throne ...
Who are the supporters of labor parties? The hatred-filled ignoramuses who want to use a genuine cause (EndSAR) for political gain and whose beneficiary will be the incompetent contestant (Obi) who used SAR to kill innocent people when he was governor.
Make noise on our streets tomorrow and learn a lesson you will never forget.
Leave Osun and be in LAGOS....hand need to touch you.
Oloripelebe... Why not go to Anambra and hold your rally there on a Monday - the brave omo oloripele - mumu. We made Lagos peaceful and conducive for you - why won't overjoy make you forget where you come from?
Kalashnikov49: This rally has been TAGGED IPOB Endsars Terrorist
by the same people that say IGBOs are intolerant and unaccommodating.
This is just to show 1 Nigeria Igbos, that the same vastards that claim IPOB are terrorist are also closet terrorists, who are basically working overtime, to castigate IGBO people.
We are waiting for thiefnubuu rally..
Lets see if the Toll-gate wont be free.
useless miscreants!!
Tinubu can hold his rally anywhere he likes including the Lekki toll gate... Him be son of the soil. We won't allow parasites to behave anyhow in Lagos. If them born you well come out tomorrow and make too much noise on our roads
This is what they are envious of and saying Tinubu has stolen all the money in Lagos.
They didn't ask themselves why Lagos is more secure than any other state in Nigeria despite being the most populous city in Nigeria. They didn't ask themselves why and how Lagos is able to generate so much revenue and embark on big projects They didn't ask themselves why and how Lagos is able to create so many employment opportunities through innovative ideas They didn't ask themselves why Lagos did not request a bailout from FG when other states were on their knees They didn't ask themselves why Lagos remains the envy of even other countries in West Africa
All they care about is the money... They want the money to come to them and not Tinubu.
Awon Ole Oloriburuku using Oloribeles to cause trouble in Lagos.
babaolofin: In the PDP, no IBO man return their own share of 28,600,000 naira bribe given to them Arapaja and Adagunodo are from South West, Dan Orbih from South South (EDO). The IBO people among the PDP NWC collected the money and kept quiet. These are the people Baba Adebanjo is wasting his energy upon. Baba Adebanjo should remember most of the oil wells in AkwaIbom are in offshore and derivations were not paid on oil wells in offshore which made AkwaIbom a poor state. Victor Attah cried cheating. It was Tinubu and Chief Osoba that led the Littoral State battles against FG for the abolition of Onshore / Offshore dichotomy which made AkwaIbom a very rich State.
The battle for the recognition of Jonathan as Acting President was led from South West.
The IBOS among PDP NWC collected their share and kept quiet. Is it difficult for IBOS to return money?
Ibos to return money? Even when they sell fake things to you and you return to their shop to complain, the criminals won't return your money
kettykin: Very tricky question he cleverly maneuvered himself out of it but could have said while the both share some ideological thinking together, they would differ in approach to certain issues
I hereby appoint you Obi's spokesperson... He should be talking through you henceforth
There's no different ideology among all of US who are running, there's no much difference.
In the real world when you are asked this kind of question, you take the opportunity to differentiate yourself to let the public know that you are better ideologically and philosophically, you state the contrasts between you and your opponents and why Nigerians must choose you because you are better philosophically and ideologically.
How do you as a presidential candidate just sit there and admit to the world that you and your opponents are the same? It's like saying you have nothing better to offer so Nigerians are free to pick the other candidates.
That was a very sad and disheartening interview.
Just too sad.
The dumbo probably didnt even understand the question posed to him.
When you don't have a campaign council with eminent people from across the country, it means you don't have the spread necessary to win a national election. You can't come out shouting you have been rigged out after election...
Yoruba ni, Sunday to ma daa, ati "Satide" la ti ma mo
I'm just wondering, is Tinubu the only contestant in this election? I haven't heard of anything called campaign council from Obi. Does Obi think those noise makers dancing on the streets of Umuahia day and night are all he needs to stage a good show and win election?
He who fails to plan plans to fail. This is not a student union election, Mr. Obi!
ThAGodFaThEr4: Former governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi , was invited by the Chief Tax Officer in Onitsha to present evidence that he has paid his tax for six years.
Peter Obi decided to honour the invitation himself. He came along with his aide and showed the Chief Tax Officer, Mrs Nwakpudolu Juliet, not his six years tax clearance certificate, but his twenty years tax clearance certificate showing that he has paid tax of N204m.
He said that it is important that citizens pay their taxes and that he was impressed with the way the chief tax officer invited him. Impressive. Very impressive. This is how it should be done: When people say you don't have something, you present it, not to hire twenty SANs to defend you, or to keep quiet, or to blame someone else for your crimes. If it were some people, they would have started alleging that some people want to witch-hunt them by demanding their tax certificate. Not Peter obi To him, tax was something that ought to be paid.
Get your PVC, let's make this man our president.
Did he also provide evidence of tax paid on the funds in his secret accounts? Awon oniranu oloribele gbogbo
Throwing his weight behind calls for a South-East presidency, Chief Olu Falae, said though he was unaware of Afenifere’s position on Obi, he would support the South East in 2023.
Falae, a former Minister of Finance, said: “I am an Afenifere but as far as I am aware, Afenifere has not taken a position as an organization on a presidential candidate. That is the position.
“I did say sometimes ago that the Yoruba, as a people, are not morally obliged to vote for an Igbo presidential candidate because in 1999, when the rest of Nigeria conceded the presidency to Yoruba because of MKO Abiola’s issue, it was only the Igbo, who did not.
“I had to defeat Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife in the Alliance for Democracy to become the candidate for the AD/APP. Olusegun Obasanjo had to defeat Dr Alex Ekuweme in the PDP to become a candidate.
“The Igbo were the only ones that opposed both of us in our respective parties; they did not concede to us along with other Nigerians. “However, if you are a fair-minded Yoruba person, you will realise that there are three legs to the political tripods in Nigeria, the Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo.
“The first two have been presidents and so, equity requires that the Igbo should be president. So, if you are a fair-minded Yoruba person like I am, then you will vote for the Igbo based on equity.” Falae, a former Minister of Finance, said: “I am an Afenifere but as far as I am aware, Afenifere has not taken a position as an organization on a presidential candidate. That is the position.
“I had to defeat Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife in the Alliance for Democracy to become the candidate for the AD/APP. Olusegun Obasanjo had to defeat Dr Alex Ekuweme in the PDP to become a candidate.
“The Igbo were the only ones that opposed both of us in our respective parties; they did not concede to us along with other Nigerians.
“However, if you are a fair-minded Yoruba person, you will realise that there are three legs to the political tripods in Nigeria, the Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo.
“The first two have been presidents and so, equity requires that the Igbo should be president. So, if you are a fair-minded Yoruba person like I am, then you will vote for the Igbo based on equity.”
We’re not aligned to Afenifere—YCE
When contacted, Secretary-General of YCE, Dr Kunle Olajide, said the elders will meet and make their position known on which presidential candidate to support in 2023.
The YCE scribe said: “We have not been informed or briefed. Yes, we support restructuring and we stand for restructuring but as far as we are concerned, restructuring should be fundamental to any incoming government.
“So, Afenifere is not wrong in taking that decision but we were not informed, my president was not informed. We will make our stand known soon but we are not aligned to Afenifere supporting the presidential candidate of Labour Party.”
Can you imagine? The same man the igbos voted overwhelmingly against is turning his back on the Yoruba people that voted for him. Anyway, Tinubu will defeat Falae in Falae's polling booth - write this down.