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fergie001:
Chai......
This period is not good for "Give me pawa".
Last week APC had their delegate Congress and Tony Okocha wasn't aware. Chai!

🤣🤣🤣

Some people around Tinubu have decided to deal with Wike.

Wike is better off decimated for the good of those around Tinubu that are eyeing 2027.

A strong Wike is not good for any of them.

helinues:
Have you not claimed of 2023 election been rigged? So how did Peter Obi win those states when rigging happened.

So Obi didn’t win any state in 2023?

The next stop is for ADC to also zone their presidential ticket to South.

The Labour Party faction loyal to Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Sunday declared that the party is inclined towards zoning its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, in line with the principle of power rotation between the North and South.

The Interim National Chairman of the faction, Senator Nenadi Usman, made the declaration during a late-night interview on TVC monitoredby our correspondent.

Speaking on the party’s zoning arrangement ahead of the 2027 general election, Usman said equity and national balance demanded that the presidency should remain in the South.

“Well, it’s the turn of the South. Yes, I believe in a power shift between North and South. So, if the Labour Party wants to fill a candidate now, it will be a Southerner.

“Anyway, this is my personal view. When we sit together as stakeholders, we will decide whether to field a candidate or not. If we are going to the field, where will the candidate come from and all those decisions?

“But from my moral perspective, it is the turn of the South, and a Southerner should be allowed to contest an election at this material time,” she said.

On the party’s likely presidential flag bearer, the former Finance Minister said no decision had been taken, stressing that such matters would be resolved collectively by key stakeholders.

“When we get to that bridge, we’ll cross it. Whether we are fielding a candidate and how we are going to field him is not something that I personally can sit down and make a decision on.

“There is Dr Alex Otti. We also have the NLC and the TUC. These are the stakeholders. So, we have to sit together with them and decide what we should do,” Usman stated.


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She also dismissed speculations that Governor Otti might defect from the Labour Party following the exit of the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

“I’m sure he will still be with us, because I spoke to him, actually, when Peter Obi was leaving. I asked him, what about you? And He said, no. He’s still with us,” she said.

Reacting to Obi’s defection to the African Democratic Congress, Usman admitted she was initially displeased but said she respected his decision after hearing his reasons.

“I was unhappy about the decision. But having spoken to him and heard the reason he left, I had to respect his judgment. I just wished him well and said we are praying for him. That’s all,” she added.

The LP factional chair further disclosed plans to reunite aggrieved members of the party through a reconciliation process aimed at rebuilding the party ahead of future elections.

As I said, we want to call everyone together. Let’s bury the hatchets, let’s come together. If truly you are a lover of the Labour Party, this is the time for you to come and join us. Let’s join hands to rebuild our party.

“We are on the verge of inaugurating a committee that will be in charge of reconciliation.

“So that committee, I believe, will go round and talk to everybody that needs to be spoken to and plead with them to come. Let’s join hands and rebuild our party,” Usman said.

https://x.com/mobilepunch/status/2015539164393927039?s=46&t=2AB_wrBea-oBYJf5ZCFV-A

helinues:
Don't be confused. Didn't 2023 was rigged again?

You guys will just be shifting the goal post anyhow toh Luke

How does my question suggest that 2023 wasn’t rigged again?

I’m just asking you that despite the rigging, Obi won 11 states and the FCT. How many of those states were controlled by LP?

helinues:
The opposition are already decimated. Even before the ADC primary, we have been seeing face off between Atiku and Peter Obi's supporters.

Southerners don't want Atiku except the Igbo's

Northerners don't want Peter Obi, his name is currently an abomination as his supporters are the one inviting Trump to bomb the entire north

South South, South West , North Central already sealed. That's not mouth matter but glaring.

So which hope are you still depending on towards 2027 or how do you people normally do your own political analysis

First, the face off between Atiku and Peter Obi exists only in your imagination.

Second, that Peter Obi is abomination in the north is an imagination that exists only in your head.

Lastly I want to ask you, how many of the states won by Peter Obi in 2023 was governed by Labour Party?

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.

Why do I have a feeling that you are trying to find out our strategy so that you can transmit it to your paymasters so they can find a way to counter it.

Why??

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.

Why do I have a feeling that you are trying to find out our strategy so that you can transmit it to your paymasters so they can find a way to counter it.

Why?

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

Yes. Before now, Tinubu thought he could decimate the opposition and become the sole candidate in 2027.

But the opposition came up with a new game plan.

They launched a coalition and adopted ADC which would ensure that opposition is no longer divided.

Then they hired an experienced coach in the game in David Mark. They even hired an assistant manager who was an assistant of their rival in Aregbesola.

Tell me, if those are not changes, what are they?

Going into today’s game between Manchester United and Arsenal, Arsenal seemed unbeatable. They held 3 remarkable records.

Before today, they hadn’t conceded 3 goals in a single game since 2023.

Since this season, they hadn’t lost at the Emirates until today.

Lastly, they hadn’t lost any game in which they scored first this season until today.

What is my point?

Before today, Arsenal fans didn’t believe in the possibility that a Manchester United that has so far been riddled with crisis can beat them at home.

The above is no different from Tinubu supporters who don’t believe in the possibility that Tinubu can be defeated even as incumbent no matter how formidable he appears.

Before today, Manchester United has been in a kind of crisis just like Nigerian opposition parties and politicians have been in crisis. But just like Man United found a way to defeat Arsenal at their own turf, so also can the opposition find a way to beat Tinubu in 2027.

Will it be easy? No.

Will there be pushbacks. Yes. Like today, Arsenal doubled the scoreline at 2:2 in what looked like dying minutes of the game but United got the job done regardless.

So, like United pulled off what seemed impossible today, so also can it happen in 2027.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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

I don’t need to tell you. When time comes you will see it.

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.

You are looking for a 3 horse race but you will not see it.

But the governor sacked him after saying this.

Which suggests that the governor didn’t send him message.

Obi/Kwankwaso2027 Kowai

Very haphazard government.

Convince me how people who can’t get a simple thing as posting an Ambassador right will properly handle even bigger tasks.

And they swore Tinubu works with best brains.

So, this is the best that his best brains can produce?

Shame!

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.

Some of us who are critical minded enough and who try to put the generational hatred behind us and put the general good of Nigeria above all sentiments are there; but you lots who support Tinubu are not making it easy by your daily malicious vituperations.

Nonetheless, for me, in 2027, it’s either Peter Obi or let Tinubu finish his 8 years.

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.

Again, I already alluded to the necessity of the removal of fuel subsidy and my support for it since the days of Jonathan.

But don’t be clever by half.

Jonathan did summon the political will to remove the fuel subsidy but this same Tinubu gathered Nigerians at Ojota to close down the economy until GEJ was forced to rescind that decision. What have you to say to that?

Again, what defense have you that the Tinubu who removed subsidy and is asking us to suffer and understand, went ahead to buy a private yatch, a new private jet and brand new cars for legislators while still borrowing trillions of Naira. Where then is the money saved from subsidy?

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.

This perspective, and the fear of what Atiku might do with power considering how much he has suffered for it, is why I’m a staunch campaigner of Obi or Nothing (Tinubu).

I don’t like Tinubu and what he represents especially the fact that he favours toutism and prefers keeping the system gagged under his control than push for institutional reforms to bring about strong institutions like our elections, the judiciary, et Al.

But I do like Tinubu for the reforms he has brought biz fuel subsidy removal, Naira-dollar unification and even the Tax law. The highest beneficiaries of what we had before now were northerners which is why they are fighting him.

I also see how Tinubu is systematically breaking the northern stranglehold on levers of power in Nigeria in a way that I’m certain that if Tinubu is to complete 8 years, the north will never be as powerful as they used to be.

Now, my fear is that should we hand power back to Atiku, we would have undone all these things and the north will return in an even more vicious way than they have ever been.

It’s the reason I believe strongly that the southerners and even northern Christians who are part of the ADC coalition will not just sit there and watch Atiku bulldoze his way to the ticket.

Hence, justifying my very first assertion that anything is possible.

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.

I like how you traced Atiku’s antecedent to help you draw a conclusion on him and his character. And your point of view makes even more sense when you consider the fact that 2027 is most probably his last chance considering his age.

But my point remains that anything is possible.

It is not impossible that Atiku has learnt something in his 2023 sojourn that that unwritten consensus of power rotation between North and South is stronger than he imagined it. And if he has learned anything, it is possible he might wanna give way for Obi considering that the southern sentiment is still very much prevalent.

Again, consider the role of stakeholders. I believe Atiku insisted on contesting in 2023 because some northern stakeholders was behind him. But the atmosphere is seeming like that is no longer the situation and I doubt Atiku would want to go against them.

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

E go shock una when Obi will get the ADC ticket.

We will try to deploy men to the lagoon to ensure nobody will use it as an easy escape route.

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!

Which of what I said is implausible or illogical? Tell me which?

Tell me what is implausible about Atiku stepping down for Obi. Or are you saying Atiku is a programmed robot that is incapable of rational decisions?

Again, what is implausible about Obi winning the ADC ticket? What if ADC eventually zones its ticket to the south which narrows the contest between Obi and Amaechi? Who do you think the stakeholders will support to get the ticket if they are serious about winning the election? Amaechi?

Like I said before, you people like to think in a linear direction with only a single possibility in view.

But that anything is possible is a classic maxim which means that it is possible that Tinubu can be beaten in 2027 and he knows that much which is why he’s jittery and trying to harvest everyone to his side.

All this dramatizations won’t stop Tinubu’s azz from getting whooped in 2027.

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!

What surprises me is how you never give room to possibilities. You seem to only see one possibility.

But lemme call your attention to these possibilities…

That Peter Obi will win the ADC ticket is a possibility.

That Atiku will step down for Obi is a possibility.

That Tinubu can be defeated no matter how herculean it seems on the surface is a possibility.

Stop seeing only one possible outcome - Tinubu’s victory.

It’s been a long time cumming.

Be like Gov Yusuf had delayed ejaculation in regards to his cumming to APC.

@Fergie001, INEC doesn’t need to share anything. Tinubu can still be beaten even if Remi Tinubu becomes INEC chairperson.

Bookmark this.

Government of the Yoruba, by the Yoruba and for the Yoruba.

They should continue, it’s their turn.

Fubara has taken Rivers.

Makinde has taken PDP.

Nothing is left for Wike.

Must be a very hard time for Wike supporters. Vulturous supporters of evil.

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.

In the end, ADC would have to decide between who can win the primaries and who can win the election.

It’s their call.

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

My own is that whatever or whoever their target is, I’m good and Obidients are good.

If the Labour Party structure is eventually handed to Usman, we have two possible outcomes.

The first is that should Obi lose the ADC ticket, he can easily fall back to LP and grab its ticket and contest the election (to waste votes [I know]).

Second, if Obi gets the ADC ticket with Usman in charge of LP, that means the LP structure will easily be deployed for Obi as well.

So, head or tail, we are good.

Game on!

For peace to reign 🤣🤣🤣

Trump na case

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.

I wasn’t going to comment until I saw this your first paragraph which I 1million% agree with.

It’s also the reason I’m willing to die on the campaign that if the North is tired of Tinubu then let them vote Obi.

If they insist that northerners only know how to thumbprint a fellow northerner then let Tinubu finish his 8 years.

In fact, let Tinubu even go for third and fourth tenure which I know they won’t do zilch to stop him.

So, yes, the only opponent Tinubu fears is Obi and even his minions here on Nairaland know that much but will never accept the truth.

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 ?

That’s their call.

If they like the trajectory of the country under Tinubu, and they like their lot under Tinubu, then let them vote for him to be re-elected by all means instead of voting Obi who might likely better the lots of everyone.

E no really concern me.

The Igbo man will not be the worst off.

Gotocourt:
Kwankwaso is strong in Bauchi too

I’m just surprised Fergie could reduce Kwankwaso to just Kano.

Not even in my height of criticism of Kwankwaso have I ever reduced his influence to Kano.

That 2023 election was rigged and they assigned 1.4million votes to him doesn’t mean that’s all there is to him.

APC will implode from within 🤓

An excellent response by the respondent.

Tinubu supporters really need to choose where they stand.

On Christmas Day they celebrated the fact that US conducted airstrikes in Nigeria in collaboration with Nigerian authorities who supplied them intelligence. They mocked Obidients who thought Trump would not collaborate with Tinubu.

Then yesterday, New York Times published an article written by a hungry goat in Ogbomoso saying that a screwdriver seller in Onitsha supplied the intelligence that US used in striking Sokoto, and all of a sudden Tinubu supporters are saying it’s true that the intelligence came from Onitsha.

So, Tinubu supporters, which one una dey push make we know how to attack una.

Because believing that US with its CIA, and other intelligence agencies, relied upon the intelligence of a screwdriver seller in Onitsha to launch missiles has to be the highest level of foolery and kolomental case.