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minks:
That's not what he did. He didn't ask the National Assembly to remove the controversial section and send it back to him for assent.
He simply said he would not sign the bill into law because of the section on direct primaries.

Remember he did same thing in 2018 when Saraki was Senate President.

After the NASS passed the then Electoral Act Amendment Bill and transmitted to him, Buhari declined assent and pointed to some certain clauses he disagreed with.

The senate quickly expunged those provisions and retransmitted to him but he again declined assent.

That’s what they should do now. Let’s see if he would decline assent a second time.

minks:
But should Buhari throw away the bath water with the baby? Why should he reject the entire bill because of one controversial clause? Why not ask the National Assembly to remove the controversial section of the bill so he could assent to the other good parts in order to improve the electoral process in our beloved country?

Isn’t that what he has done?

We should impression on the NASS to remove the controversial clause and re-transmit to the president let’s then see what he would do.

Until then, we are just making assumptions.

ANDREW91:
What of APC Orji Kalu. If APC zone it to the east, it will never escape OUK

OUK stinks of corruption and has nothing to show as Abia governor.

Yorubas have unfortunately abandoned this niggur to rot in jail despite fighting for the altruistic good of the entire Yoruba.

Now they are rather fixated with Nnamdi Kanu and meth.

Quite pathetic!

ultimateprof:
What is the chance of any Igbo man to become the flagbear of any of two political parties is still worry some to me?

The slimness of the chance only exists in your head as informed by flimsy facade that Igbo presidency will be doom for Nigeria.

Let the cabals decide to let Igbo rule and you see the chances wide open.

SageOfChelsea:
So ewedu has made you high enough to believe a Northerner will support a southerner over their brothers? The best Tinubu can get will be 40% of northern votes and it will noun boil down to making it up from votes from the south south and east which he won't get.

Are you sure you didn’t quote the wrong person?

kufre2010:
I support Igbo presidency come 2023 but for God sake .not someone like anyim. Igbos should present credible people and not Anyim or Orji Kalu. I rather vote a credible northerners again than to vote a known rogue because of tribal sentiment

Known rogue?

What did Anyim steal??

princdebola201:
neither atiku nor any igboman is getting any ticket in PDP.
The 13govs of pdp have decided and sealed the fate of atiku, saraki, kwankaso in the party.

The presidency ticket is going to North west and the vice going to Niger delta region.

Atiku benefited from division of pdp govs on whom to support in 2019.

Wike the wise one have closed rank with his collaegues and yanked of atiku lackey secondus and his foot soilder.

Atiku, saraki,kwankaso fated was sealed by the convention and congress.
In order not to completely humilate atiku they gave his side kick ceremonial chairman. seyi makinde lackey(arapaja pdp deputy chairman south) is waiting on the sideline to collect the chairmanship position from atiku sidekick after the govs Northern candidates emerges as pdp flagbearer and the chairman position goes to south west in the waiting hands of arapaja their annointed defacto chairman.

PDP govs re firmly in control and the decision makers of the party and they re united under one cause.
Which is PDP flagbearer and deputy must come from PDP govs forum

Out of 36 states and the FCT, there are only 13 governors in 13 states.

The remaining 24 is left for capture.

I’m not saying it would be an easy ride for Atiku but don’t write him off either.

Ovamboland:
If PDP insists on Atiku, APC will simply field a younger cerebral Fulani like El-rufai or performer like Zullum with a SW vp and thats the end of PDP dreams.

And that’s Tinubu’s ambition in the mud

danilmo:
You clearly don't know what's going on, U feel Tinubu is contesting? With Osinbanjo on that ballot, forget it it's done. Forget SS/SE vote in APC, they ain't banking on it, SW, North Central, Kastina, Bornu, Kano(both faction), Elrufai , zamfara, Niger are all BAT stronghold, Atiku fit loose Adamawa self.

The election can only get tough with Tinubu and Atiku let's be plain with ourselves..

What do u mean by APC upper echelon.. who and who is the echelon I only see Tinubu fashion in board, those few buhari loyalist are currently quiet and are already dieing since they know PMB will leave office hence most of them have started porting to Tinubu side abi uve not been following update since ni?

Fun fact is they can't even field SE, .

Gamdollar, Masari, others and the SWest Niggas holding APC balls. Only Kebbi state Gov are anti Tinubu and they are currently silent self Cox their future no clear again.

Fielding SE can only be Tinubu decision, not a coarce as ure thinking bro, like which cabal is that, even the cabal that hate Igbo? Like..

I think it's clear to everyone that PYO is becoming the candidate,

Talk mature Politics bro..

I would have replied you reasonably but you asked me to talk mature politics...

If the politics I’ve been talking is not mature, then Goodluck with your Atiku losing Adamawa to Osinbajo and Northerners porting to Tinubu camp.

Chai, all these Tinubu apologists can be funny sha.

Reality3080:
are u igbos these shameless to demand apc ticket?

Like u want d ticket of d devilish almajiri ewedu stinking party?

Shame no dey catch U?
U hate APC with all your might n u have never hidden it n u are still demanding for their ticket
Y are u igbos like this now?
U even get mind talk am?
Why are u not principled now,it's annoying that u could even think of having anything to do with APC, haba shame dey catch me for u

It's like hating someone from 6am to 9pm n going back to his house around 10pm to ask for food...haba,this is d height of madness n it's highly annoying.

U people are too irrational n unprincipled haba, as in I can't just wrap my head around it,having confidence to collect ticket from someone u demonize all day.

U people are shameless, d fulanis will just b laughing at u no wonder they don't regard u.

So how do u face a fulani man that u demonize for d past 6 years n u believe he's responsible for all your problem to give u his ticket.

They will humiliate u

It will b very easy for shekau to get APC ticket than shameless,unreasonable, unprincipled hate filled people

These your emotional vituperations did not in any counter the realistic projections I made up there.

An Igbo man flying APC presidential flag in 2023 is an existential imperative for the party.

But if it thinks otherwise, let them hand it to Tinubu and pair him with a Christian northerner or a Muslim northerner if they wish to dare.

We shall then meet at the polls.

Reply me with rational analysis and not some emotional shout of “unprincipled” bullcrap.

favor914:
Always asked, I understand the democrazy we practice in our country, unlike the general masses in Nigeria, Which you just so happen to be amongst that are ignorant to The LFN, & choose to assume? When, it is all about the states.

Until the masses learn to hold their states accountable, Nigeria as a Nation will never move forward @ the pace that it is meant to.

Same way you blamed Jonathan, President Buhari has come, you are still looking for a scapegoat to blame?

If I asked you what you or your state produces which adds to Nigeria’s GDP you wouldn’t be able to mention any? You want to benefit, but don’t want to contribute?

“Foundation once destroyed, what can the just do?”

That’s a popular phrase from the Bible.

If the foundation(president) is irresponsible, who would now police the state governors into responsibility?

Shouldn’t it be a top to bottom movement?

danilmo:
I suggested this long time ago but u and ur clonnies called me Tinubu asslicker. Say Tinubu as the highest Fina say on who APC is Fielding, una say mbanu.. even Malam Buni has weight it and see say na Tinubu b the highest bidder and whoever he support has the slot.. una dey shout upandan, now that battle line is drawn is wen suggestion to meet him is coming up, someone that u guys have called to battle and has since accepted his fight and moved on to reinforce 2023 Political human arsenals across regions aside SE, ok o.

We dey watch. He's human though, a group of Ohaneze and co to bourdillion can silent and weaken many plans that he may have no choice than to withdraw and give a support.

It’s not even Igbos that will have to beg Tinubu to give up his ambition.

That would have to be done by APC high echelon if they want to win 2023 elections.

If they feel otherwise, let APC field Tinubu with a northern Christian as vice and let PDP field Atiku with somebody from SE/SS let’s meet at the ring.

The surest winning formula for APC in 2023 is to come SE with Yoruba support. That way, it would be guaranteed of votes from almost all the regions in the south added to its good standing in the north and whoever they would choose as vice.

Anything aside this, is death penalty for APC. If it zones its ticket to Southwest, only SW will vote APC from the south. The north won’t be sure because PDP candidate will be a northerner.

If it decides to retain ticket in the north, the Yoruba will be forced to cast a protest vote against the party for cheating Tinubu and other factors. The SS and SE won’t still vote for it. And it would be game over for them.

These are realistic projections and I would like to see your counter projections.

favor914:
What has your State or Governor some to make your life more blissful in Nigeria?

Or have you forgotten that we have 3 tiers of Government Federal, State & Local Government in Nigeria

Did you ask this question when GEJ was in power?

Or there wasn’t 3 tiers of government then?

minks:
Funny how wicked politicians always hide under the pretext of the greater good to perpetrate there evil agenda.
A thieving Nigerian politician will tell you he's stealing for the good of Nigerians.

But is he not right?

Is Direct Primaries truly the panacea you people are painting it to be?

If it is, how did Andy Uba become APC candidate in Anambra through Direct Primaries but the people and other stakeholders has kept insisting that primaries did not take place and the courts have validated that?

Why was waste resources on an equally flawed process?

We were on course to have the best or near best Electoral Act until NASS scuttled it with that rubbish Direct Primaries gibberish.

I support the president for withholding assent to that nonsense.

People are claiming that the president withheld assent because of electronic transmission of result but the only way we can find out is for the NASS to quickly expunge that stupid Direct Primaries provision and re-transmit the bill to the president for assent.

Let’s see if he will still give excuses.

Until then, the president was right on this one.

Vistra40:
If they had the power, they would ban them from contesting. That’s why I consider those ones praising umahi for his performance as having fake admiration for him. I asked one northern guy who always praises umahi in a page on Facebook if he would vote for him as candidate, he avoided that question twice I asked him and on different threads

That’s why Igbos are being tactical.

If you present the north with a Yoruba and an Igbo man, the north would rather vote a Yoruba because they’ve been made to believe an Igbo man will sleet their throat if he becomes president.

So it’s either Igbos are the candidates of the two major parties or we vote a northerner with an Igbo VP.

So don’t blame the Hausa guy for evading your question.

Vistra40:
Forget that fellow. He has no cogent reason to discredit Anyim. They probably see igbo candidates as threats to whoever they support

They were telling us to bring our candidates, we are bringing them now and they are paranoid.

Ndi ala ndi ala!

StreetFight:
Anyim cannot stop Tinubu or Osinbajo.

I am sure Igbos will come out with better candidates. This is Igbos turn, but Igbos must present someone we will all be proud of. Someone like Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo the Solution, Peter Obi, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Not just any overfed clown

How are you going to present Soludo who is in APGA?

And talking about experience, how does Onu compare with Anyim? I like Onu too but I make due to think that Anyim dwarfs Onu in public service experience.

And if it comes to their area of specialization, Anyim is a Lawyer while Onu studied Chemistry. Who do you think would make a better man manager?

tricksters:
Same Anyim that doses off as senate president at any given opportunity. Mr you need your head examined for foolishness.

So how does dosing off translate to incapacity?

Buhari that does not dose off, what has he done?

You lots must find one thing to criticize an Igbo candidate about.

If it’s not Peter Obi, then Umahi is immature.

Now there’s a heavyweight Anyim with no trace of corruption and with proven capacity after being tried in different positions and your excuse for writing him off is that he “doses off”.

If I ask you how many times he dosed off as Senate President, can you tell me?

Why are you people like this?

Aidejay:
kai!!! na big name dem mention like this.

paius ayim paius is worthy.

Overworthy dey worry am.

It’s good he declared cuz he just made me realize his credentials.

Wonder why we have been overlooking him.

Vistra40:
What’s the possibility of an igbo man securing ticket especially in APC? It might affect them due to anti APC sentiments in the east

In 1999, PDP gave its ticket to a Yoruba man that wasn’t popular in Yoruba land nor was the party.

PDP lost in Yoruba land but won everywhere else to win the presidency.

APC still has the right sentiments in the north. If it can convince Tinubu to allow an Igbo man get the APC ticket which will guarantee Tinubu and Yoruba support, then Igbo votes would be secondary.

But do not forget that no matter the negative sentiments that the Igbos have for APC, many Igbos would have a rethink when an Igbo is the party’s flag bearer. That’s a given.

I have no time for long epistle but to say something little about Anyim’s presidential ambition.

So when the news of his intensification of campaign hit Nairaland front page, a lot of reactions greeted it as expected; but one comment got me and it goes thus:-

“Anyim’s political journey has been a mystery. No one gives him a chance in the things he has achieved. No one believed he would become a senator but he became a senator. At the senate, no one gave him the chance of becoming the senate president but he got it. After the 2011 elections, no one remembered he was still alive but Jonathan made him the SGF.”(paraphrased).

Again, a Nairalander by the moniker oyatz who is actually a Tinubu supporter, has continued to make reference to a prophecy that I don’t know where he heard(lol) of how Anyim Pius is the next president of Nigeria. I know you don’t believe in prophecies. I have my doubts too.

So, all these things, coupled with his recent shrewd and stealth campaign added to the clamour for power to go to the Southeast, are we in for a shocker?

Let’s not forget that as a trained lawyer, a former Senate President with people praising his time as Senate President for helping bring peace to the senate by maintaining the right balance, and as former SGF with no corruption case to his name since 1999, Anyim Pius Anyim is eminently qualified for the post he’s gunning for.

I wonder why the media is not talking about him?

Ebubu:
He’s welcome to contest

From all indications, an Ebonyi man might be the flag bearer of any of the major parties

Ogbonnaya Onu and Umahi in APC

Anyim in PDP


Ok

I’ve seen this since.

But APC especially... if APC ever decides to zone their ticket to southeast, it can’t escape either Umahi or Onu.

And in PDP, Anyim might get the ticket over Obi because of some negative sentiments for Obi in the north.

We might be in for a shocker in 2023.

oyatz:
The next president is Sen Anyim Pius Anyim.




A high powered prophesy has declared this recently

Lol!

You’ve said this before and you are saying it again.

And somebody here had said that one of the greatest mysteries surrounding Anyim is that he has always gotten the things that nobody gave him a chance of.

He said no one gave Anyim the chance of becoming Senate President but he got it.

No one gave him the chance of becoming SGF but he got it.

Now, nobody is even discussing his ambition but it seems we might be in for a shocker.

oyatz:
Politics is about interests and these interests come into play during elections.


Your interest in the presidential election is limited to preventing Tinubu from becoming the president. This is a valid interest. . .for YOU


However, for several other peoples, they are other interests they wish to protect or see that materialize.

APC/Tinubu victory will affect some people negatively and benefit some people too.
Those who stand to be benefit will work for the Victory of their candidate/ party. At the end of the day, majority will carry the day.

And that majority will definitely never be the Tinubu side.

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helinues:
Staged photo I think

DSS are too smart to allow her to make phone calls.

And this photo is a camera shoot not phone shoot.

Lies/propaganda perceived from afar

How did you differentiate the resolution of camera shot pictures from phone shot pictures?

Seems you are working in cahoots with DSS to be injecting their victim.

All those they’ve invited have died mysteriously, why?

Dsalvo:
Is this even about Tinubu being President or the asinine and evil ways you Igbos think?

Malami is the face of everything dark and malevolent about the PMB government. He is even far more vested in Northern imperialism against the South, than the likes of Buhari etal are.

Yet you are telling us Igbos would rather vote him ahead of Tinubu. Guy, abeg get lost. You Igbos are beyond redemption.

Again I tell you that Buhari would easily win votes in the East if he seeks third term than Tinubu winning any vote in the East.

I know the asinine hatred of Igbos to Tinubu doesn’t make sense to you.

That is same way it didn’t make sense to us that Tinubu would support Buhari, who represents everything bad about the north( imperialism, religious fanaticism, etc), to power in 2015.

Tinubu chose Buhari over a fellow southerner.

In 2023, we will tell him that two can play the game.

As it stands, we don’t even care if we don’t even get the Vice Presidential slot anymore as long as it will help to ensure Tinubu doesn’t get the presidency.

Khaleepha5681:
We must campaign to fulfi the constitution requirements.

Let me tell this...we are going to removed that provision of 25% etc.

By the time, no Northerner would be forced to go to south. Its matter of time.

No hesitation, No retreat,No regret no Fear. The oppressed poor North in 1940-1960,is swallowing its oppressors and merging them as one.

You will remove the 25% provision? How?

Are you a comedian?

femicyrus:
Don't worry, APC primary election is on the way. That is when you will know the difference btw khaki and leather in the south east.
The general election will only be a formality afterwards

Lol!

You should consider a career in stand up comedy, trust me.

But let’s wait till the primaries. I’ve marked you, “femicyrus”.

OptimmusPrimme:
The fact that this fake pastor mentioned the names of Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Peter Obi shows that he was definitely under the anointing of Mkpurumiri.

Who will vote for the Yeebos? The people all across Nigeria that they have been insulting & blackmailing?

Come on!

Even if Shukwu-Shukwu Okike Alabama descends from his abode in Hell Fire to influence the election in their favour, NO IGBO MAN WILL EVER BECOME PRESIDENT IN NIGERIA.

They lost that right & privilege 5 decades ago when Kaduna Nzeogu & his gang of bandits derailed and aborted the destiny & glory of this great Nation.

After all, ancient wisdom teaches that:

Action begets reaction, Cause begets effect and sequence begets consequence.

As always, I come in peace.

So Kaduna Nzeogwu from Okpanam in Delta state is Igbo and Igbos shall forever suffer for his actions 5 decades ago, but if we said Igbos in Delta are Igbos, you would call us attaché by force, right?

Imagine the equivocation!

So the Delta Igbos are Igbos and at the same time not Igbos depending on what narrative you want to project?