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seunmsg:
If we ask the OP to tell us Peter Obi’s path to victory, he will disappear as usual. Just empty optimism and bravado. No realistic plan on how to win.

seunmsg:
If we ask the OP to tell us Peter Obi’s path to victory, he will disappear as usual. Just empty optimism and bravado. No realistic plan on how to win.

helinues:
Dreaming is good, but over dreaming could lead to delusional.

Utd have a new coach, have a new game plan.

Please what precisely have changed about the opposition we have in Nigeria? Do they have new coach ( credible political leaders that won't disappear if there was a little issue within the party?

Have they changed their tactics of playing? To our best of understanding, it's still the boring obsolete method.

Election is just a year plus but the opposition are yet to know which political party they would be vying, not sure who their presidential candidate will be not to talk of Vice president.

Yet after they failed, they would be pointing fingers even with their glaring poor preparation

seunmsg:
Looool. Okay. Now, let’s assume Atiku somehow drops out of the race miraculously and even handed over the presidential ticket of ADC to Peter Obi without insisting on nominating the vice presidential candidate. So, we have an Obi/ Kwankwaso vs Tinubu/Shettima. What’s the path to victory for the Obi ticket? I really want to learn

seunmsg:
What’s the path to victory for an Obi/Kwankwaso ticket in a three horse race involving Tinubu/Shettima and Atiku/Amaechi?

By the way, the governor sacked his special adviser on political affairs and not the media aide.

WizardOfNG:
The bolded is the koko of the matter that only those progressive and critical-thinking, beyond the influence of ethno-religious or political bias, can discern.

If we truly want a Nigerian that will be developed to it's full potentials built on the spirit of equity, merit and deployment of square pegs in square hole then Atiku or any Northerner must not be President of Nigeria in 2027 that is the turn of the South after Buhari's eight years the South honourably assisted the North to gain and complete.

They are only desperately seeking the Presidency because Tinubu's reform, which is extremely good for the future of Nigeria and our generations unborn, is inimical to their short term lust for unfettered access to the wealth of Nigeria they loot copiously, and with nil returns for Nigeria and Nigerians, as Malami has shown.

Nigerians need to think smart to shun emotions and historic hatred of others to focus on what is best for our future and that of our generations unborn.

WizardOfNG:
It is you Tinubu is not "doing well" to because you don't have an informed and firm grasp of what doing well, for a President of Nigeria, entails.

"Doing well" , for any Nigerian President, must never be about sustaining the regime of cheap and subsidized fuel, abetted with subsidies in many other sections, that Nigerian leaders use as weaponised tools they deploy to make you accepting of and even praise-singing of the poverty you are forever entrenched in and will never escape, if the status quo obtains, as was the case with OBJ, GEJ and Buhari.

You want to develop as a people and nation like Britons and Britain or Singaporeans and Singapore respectively?

Then make the conscious effort to educate yourself and gain more knowledge to note such can only be achieved with holistic and fundamental reforms that requires sacrifice from us all.

When Nigeria is the best nation she can be and you are the best human resources you can be also, after unavoidably and initially painful reforms bear fruit, then you will be very thankful and even admit yourself Tinubu did well.

Far more so than all the cowards before him, lacking political will, who shoved stale fish in your mouth to keep you silent rather than teach you how to fish for the finest the Sea has to offer.

WizardOfNG:
You are correct that it is indeed possible Atiku has learnt from the fallout over his 2023 attempt to immediately replace a Fulani who had just spent 8 years in power when the rotation agreement forbids that since no individual's personal ambition should be greater than what assures the peace and ethnic harmony of Nigeria.

In fact I still insist his son joined APC and pledged support for Tinubu because, as a young and fledgling Northern politician with hopes of a bright future in Nigerian politics, he does not wish to align with his dad's polarising and utterly dishonorable ambition.

The whole world saw the South do their part honourably to accord Buhari and the North their two mamixum term of 4 years each in Aso Rock.

Atiku's son knows he will be lumbered with his dad's treachery and lack of honour, signalling a career-ending damnation of his political ambition as the children of Abacha suffered to become political pariah, if Atiku runs and perhaps win with that development then signalling the beginning of the end of Nigeria as most young Northern politicians would not want.

Yorubas have in recent years made it crystal clear they want regional autonomy ditto South South and Middle Belt. Igbos have also been consistent about Biafra.

An Atiku win simply mean several region will now be united agitating for one and the same thing against Fulanis with the implications being that no one will return to the 'one Nigeria' negotiation table , as they did after the North did Abiola dirty, because this development will be the second major power-grab treachery of the North other regions will find difficult to swallow or accept.

The hawks, from all ethnic groups, behind Atiku( with Dele Momodu and Kenneth Okonkwo being quintessential examples) are simply after their own selfish needs and not thinking of the long term consequences of what he is attempting. Let's hope the few wise heads around him convince him to do the right thing.

WizardOfNG:
Seems you don't know not understand the nature of Atiku. This is a Fulani man who was very serious about replacing Buhari, a Fulani who had served two maximum term of four years each as President, without consideration for the potentially permanent and detrimental consequences such may have on the peace and unity of Nigeria.

Atiku embraced and accepted th huge risk of being the possible cause of a rift that would never be healed and would ultimately lead to the break-up of Nigeria given that rotation of power between North and South was suggested and accepted to tackle how the North denied Abiola, a Southerner, his rightfully earned Presidential mandate.

Abacha usurped the legitimately earned turn of a Southerner to be President.

The development caused a lot of bad blood, especially as Abiola and his wife died during the fallouts of the saga, I am sure would have eventually broken up Nigeria had the Yorubas had not been appeased.

Atiku was ready to be the reincarnation of Abacha in his desperation and thoughtless selfishness to become President in 2023.

Will such a desperate character, ready to damn the consequences of Nigeria burning and raging with division and instability as long as he is President, step down for Obi? It is not rocket science bro.

helinues:
Another lamba. Where are those 36 states ADC state chairmen?

Why is everything about Peter Obi always lie self. This man just stop insulting our intelligent jare

shaqhead:
You can't just make us swallow your "possibilities" without drawing a single logical line for any of the possibilities-none.

Just the usual "if Remi is bla bla"...nothing of substance!

For the APC, the realities speak for itself as to why the likes of fergie001 have taken the "surrender position"!

Bar death which is a cloak hovering all, permutate something that might be plausible even if not reasonable!

Make it make sense in the light of the prevailing realities!

fergie001:
Tell the truth, you have already conceded to Tinubu in your head.

Once Obi loses the ADC Primary, which he wouldn't participate in...you have said it here countlessly that he will defect and if it wastes vote and helps Tinubu, no Problem.

INEC should share our money..... Simple & Short!

AMINDA:
Lol. Go read the electoral act carefully again. You cannot contest a party primaries twice in two separate parties. If you have Obi's number, better call him now to decamp back to the LP. The ADC will select its presidential candidate through a transparent party primary and no one will step aside for anyone except by their own will. Anyone unwilling to put in work and build the party is at liberty to leave while there is still time. There will be no free ticket handed to anyone and Obi was not cajoled to join the ADC. He came in of his own freewill and he's been part of the idea from scratch.

fergie001:
This had always been the trite decision but ......
Always referenced Reagan Ufomba Vs INEC, Umeh, APGA & Otti...

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But this decision from Lifu, a Judge who is well-known for reasons that cannot be named. One man is the target!

https://www.nairaland.com/8477829/labour-party-nec-elects-usman/1#136156989

SadiqBabaSani:
First and Foremost, I want Tinubu to continue as President, GCFR till 2031 because we need North to learn and understand that they do not own Nigeria.

Davimuyi:
So between tinubu that has only four more years to go and handover to a northerner in 2031 and obi that by law can do 8 years who do you think the northerns will vote for ?

Gotocourt:
Kwankwaso is strong in Bauchi too

fergie001:
This is just something constructed in someone's head. Kwankwaso, outside Kano is like fish out of water.

Kwankwaso with his ego won't be Vice to Obi.

The deciding regions of NC & SS have already gone to a direction, the election has already set up itself, only God can intervene for now!

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