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senatordave1:
Edo south is not locked for anybody.a lot of obidients are supporting the esan agenda.majority of obidients believe in obi alone.as you can see some support asue so you can't say south is locked down for any one
Since Edo central is a battle ground,it is best akpata chooses his running mate from there to get votes.ill prefer sergius Ogun who is accomplished.the rice man is unstable..

Ogie is in control of his lga ikpoba okha while idahosa controls his own ovia axis.akpata can only harvest votes mainly in Oredo,Egor, uhumnwonde.
There's nothing he can do about Edo north though he can align with shuaibu or alimikhena or orbih to get some few votes.

If you check well, I’ve not said Edo South is locked down for Akpata. But you can’t tell me you believe those people fooling themselves around and calling themselves Obidients and talking trash about Akpata.

You know politics enough to know that Obaseki and Asue purchasing those guys and making them talk trash. The core Obidients are with Akpata and cannot be bought.

I don’t know if Akpata will win but trust me that Obidients will be with him until the end.

Trashy talk

This is part of the reason that Wike is scared of a Southeastern Igbo becoming president.

He’s scared a lot of the errors that Gowon perpetrated would be corrected.

Places like Egbema was balkanized into two with one part in Imo and the other pushed into Rivers. But these are people that were originally Imo State.

That’s why Uzodimma tried to fight it when he newly robbed Ihedioha’s mandate but Wike succeeded in using the former crook at the Supreme Court, Mary Odili, to rubbish the case.

senatordave1:
Like I have always told you,I am the most objective APC fan you will find here.i adapt and take note of the fluidity of politics.i actually saw akpata rose coming but fortunately,it is restricted to benin city which is headquarters of obidients in ss.he is non-existent in the central and north except something extraordinary happens before September.
Nobody has the central on lockdown,this is clear since pdp and apc candidates are from there.they will divide votes here.asue is like tinubu in the north contesting under APC that they know while okpebholo is atiku contesting under pdp they don't like but is their son.both will win their lgas and struggle in the other three...

Edo north is gone.with shuaibu and orbih against obaseki,the margin will be embarrassing.oshiomhole delivered Edo north against gej incumbency in 2015,delivered in 2020 despite the Edo no be Lagos propaganda and did same last year despite the obi tsunami.it will be a walkover now.you may not like it but it is advantage okpebholo...
Funny enough akpata can poll the highest votes if he can get bloc votes in Edo south just like obi did.all he needs is to pick votes elsewhere

This is one of the few times you have been interesting to talk with.

The thing is that we now know the deputies of both Asue and Okpebholo, and we now know that neither Idahosa nor Asue’s running mate can topple Akpata in Edo South. So, Edo South is advantage Akpata.

If not for the sensibilities of the Esan people, I would have advised Akpata to pick his running mate from the north. Oshiomole might be popular in the north but, apart from Shuaibu, there has to be another person in that north that can help him cause an upset there.

But I heard Akpata talk in an interview and I know he’s likely to pick his running mate from the Central because of the Esan agenda. Maybe Rice Man can do it for him.

Now, if he picks Rice Man, Rice Man has considerable popularity that can’t be dismissed in Edo Central. So, if he brings the numbers he can from the Central and Akpata does his homework well in the South and garner bloc votes there, then Edo north becomes battleground with Okpebholo having a slight advantage because of Oshiomole factor.

I don’t know if I’m right, but those dismissing Akpata with the flip of a finger might be in for a shocker.

senatordave1:
It is simply because most of asue supporters were lp guys who are now flocking back to akpata who is better honestly than ighodalo.the more akpata grows in popularity,the better for APC because most of his supporters would have voted pdp...
Akpata as predicted will win or divide votes in Edo south and will fail woefully in central and north paving way for okpebholo

You know I was thinking you would, in your usual manner, deny the fact that Akpata seems to be growing into the race more than we thought he would and truly, it’s Ighodalo that is suffering it most.

But you need to understand that Okpebholo doesn’t have Central on lockdown while I can’t really say how much votes he can garner from the north with Oshiomole’s influence.

From what is playing out, the race is becoming unpredictable.

One month ago I thought Ighodalo was going to have an easy ride to Osadebey Avenue but I don’t think anybody can still hit his chest and say he’s sure of that now.

Before the different party primaries, there was this huge clamour for power to rotate to Esan people of Edo State and Asue Ighodalo of the PDP seemed to be the poster child.

But since the end of the primaries and the emergence of Olumide Akpata of Labour Party who though is from Edo South, is a capable candidate not encumbered by any godfather or things like that, the the Asue Ighodalo campaign seems to be steadily losing steam and people tend to be tilting towards Akpata.

I stand to be corrected but from clips I’ve seen online of their engagements with the people on ground, I’ve not seen anything extraordinary about Ighodalo to justify the hype he seemed to enjoy before now of how the election will be a walkover for him.

If I’m not wrong, I think Edo people, seeing what Alex Otti is doing in Abia, have chosen to go with competence. And talking about competence, Asue’s ambition is not helped by Obaseki’s dismal performance in the past few years since he won re-election. So, though Asue may be a wonderful candidate on his own capacity, the fact that Obaseki is the one trying to install is off putting for majority of Edo people who are angered by his poor performance.

And the APC guy?

The picture of his Waec result recently trended and he only had one credit in Mathematics while he failed others which left people wondering how he gained admission into higher institution.

Again, it’s looking like it would be easier for the head of a cow to pass through the eye of a needle than for Edo people to vote APC - there’s rarely any state in Nigeria today that would vote APC.

So, what’s happening in Edo State?

Why is Asue Ighodalo’s campaign losing steam and Olumide Akpata surprisingly making waves?

You mean Muslims are maltreating fellow Muslims in Ramadan?

But why am I surprised?

Shebi the other one blatantly rigged an election during the holy month too.

The bingo has caused it to be written in history books that Tinubu won Rivers in 2023. What an aberration of history!🤦

The reason you would see crowd at Ifeanyi Ubah’s event is because they know he was going to share something.

But if he ever becomes Anambra governor, especially on this APC platform he has gone into, call me goat.

Some people were here saying Governor Otti deserves no credit for the Aba Geometric Power that was inaugurated today.

Some went as far as claiming that Yaradua started what is clearly a private investment just because Yaradua inaugurated it. Maybe they will say Shettima now owns it because he commissioned it.

Well, this is Alex Otti reeling out how he participated in funding the project from start to finish.

“In 2010, Prof. Barth Nnaji came to see me in First Bank, Lagos, where I served as an ED. He needed the support of the bank to complete the project, the funding of which had been unfortunately stopped two years before, by the bank that originally started the project This bank happened to be Diamond Bank. After securing approval for an $85m facility from First Bank of Nigeria, Geometric Power could not draw on the facility as it had become public knowledge that I was resuming as the Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank, shortly.

As I resumed in Diamond on March 1, 2011, I put together a team that saw to the restructuring of the challenged facility and resumed funding of the project to completion. By the time I left Diamond, the three General Electric turbines and the 27km gas pipeline were in place.A combination of factors including ownership tussle over the Aba ring fence, sale of the oil block where the feed gas was going to come from to a new investor, and additional funding challenges conspired to delay project delivery for close to 10 years.

On assumption of office May 29, 2023, my team and I quickly folded our sleeves and started working with Geometric to resolve the gas supply problem by directly interfacing with top management of NNPC and today we have gas flowing to the turbines"

Alex otti explaining his involvement in the actualization of the Geometric Power dream at the launching today.

https://x.com/von_bismack/status/1762215500715577485?s=46&t=2AB_wrBea-oBYJf5ZCFV-A
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Why won’t he return to Nigeria when it’s Awalokan government?

Meanwhile, Nnamdi Kanu must die in jail.

When Igbos start talking now, they will start talking trash.

Go and start from IBB or you are a joker.

Ndi ala!

Not a strand of our hair is moved.

Good luck to her!

We know APC is the business of buying up opposition figures.

But let them buy Obi if they can.

Ndi ala!

So, if they tell you that Nigeria has grain reserve, you go believe?

I’m waiting to see how long Tinubu can sustain his government on propaganda and lies.

Latest report say dollar is now 1,920

Who told these guys they can arrest the falling Naira through the barrel of the gun?

Is that what they learnt in their own Economics school?

Wild 24 hours: Naira Plunges to N1,900, rebounds to N1,354, then dips to N1,700 against USDT on Binance -

nairametrics.com/2024/02/22/wil…
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Front0lane:
i will the govt was serious i will give them the name of the mod they need to lock up in jail with Kanu for the rest of his life.

Almost every one that supported Tinubu during the election, both online and offline, are apologizing for their actions towards helping Tinubu emerge president. Even the werey actor that went naked to the riverbank has had to apologize.

But because Nairaland is a faceless forum, we seem to have the most inconsiderate set of Tinubu supporters here.

Or what has Nairaland pushed to the front page that was false?

Or to you, the truth about the reality of things in the populace should not be told?

You want Nairaland to remain a biased and tribalistic forum that should help shield a Yoruba president because its owner is Yoruba too, abi? You thought when Seun promised a change in the modus operandi of Nairaland, you thought he was joking?

There’s hunger in the land. And whether Nairaland pushes those news to front page or not, it won’t stop people from knowing the truth about the reality of things in Nigeria right now.

So, grow up and accept the fact that the mannequin you supported to power is failing and might be booted out.

You can’t be playing tribalistic politics with people’s lives.

Op posted this to gloat over the achievement of his tribesman.

But he forgot to tell us and the world that the raw material for the Gas Plant will be piped from Imo in the region they love to hate.

But it’s a matter of time…

Poor Nigeria is still British property.

We be market wey dem buy🤦

That’s why they keep dictating who becomes what in Nigeria and continue to select buffoons while at it.

But someday, just like the Americans, the Chinese and the Arabs broke free, Nigeria, nay Africa, will break free from these vultures.

garfield1:
Asue will rule your obidient kingdom or your village son...did otti not resign from diamond bank in 2015? Should I keep mentioning more? Did I forget to tell you that Edo rec is wike's cousin

”Edo REC is Wike’s cousin”

You see what you are counting on? Not fair play.

But even under that Wike’s cousin’s nose, Asue will be declared governor and he can’t do nada.

crossbreedwears:
Gowon has never been a politician reason why he doesn’t talk much or read anything about him online. He remained a career soldier all his life time and never participated in any elections or political party. Is duty as elder stateman his to contribute his opinion or idea whenever he's summoned to Aso Rock. Gowon is well respected that the names you mentioned. All the names you mentioned were Gowon's far juniors in the army

How many power seekers do you see visiting Gowon the way you see them flocking to IBB and Abdulsalami’s place during elections?

Na senior wey mumu

onuman:
Uzodinma is PDP in spirit. Buhari drafted Uzodinma from PDP to Imo APC in 2019 guber primaries to advance Buhari's dream of Islam in the east.

The APC primary was not won by Uzodinma but Buhari gave gave victory to Uzodinma.
The guber election, Uzodinma was 4th position but Buhari through the Tanko Mohammed Supreme Court imposed Uzodinma as governor of Imo state.

In 4 years of Uzodinma as governor of Imo state, Buhari visited Uzodinma in Imo state more than he visited any other state gov in Nigeria. Uzodinma visited Buhari in Aso Rock more than any other governor in Nigeria. But the more they visited each other, the worse the insecurity they started in one area of Imo state increased.

Lol! My happiness is that they met their March in Imo people.

So silly of them to think that could cow Igbo people or get them to become Muslims.

More than 100 years together and they still haven’t learnt who the Igbo man is.

garfield1:
We know na,who no sabi you but unfortunately,they will keep winning.the truth is while you don't want APC in Edo even if the candidate is an angel,the fact remains that they are preparing to bury obaseki.those within pdp have started the process,it is a consensus.asue is just unlucky

You think if Asue didn’t get assurances of his chances, he would have resigned as Sterling CEO?

Asue is the next governor of Edo State.

Go and write it down and stop bleating

Old buffoon!

No wonder he’s not rated anywhere and by anyone.

A very foolish idiot.

If Gowon talks, nobody is moved.

But let Obasanjo, IBB or Theophilus Danjuma sneeze now, and you will see Nigeria catching cold.

I know Tinubu is already feeling the heat and the impending hurricane. That’s why he’s clutching on straws that won’t save him.

I’m surprised he and his gang of criminals didn’t know that Nigeria is too big for them to mess with.

They thought if they could get Mahmoud to rig them in and buy up Supreme Court judges, then that would be it.

You fools will learn!

Ndi ala!

Why is APC changing Uzodimma? Are they no longer proud of their crook?

Party of crooks

Abure bit more than he can chew the moment he started crossing Obi’s path.

Now, it’s time to see who plays the game best.

The audacity of the riffraff to want to suspend Peter Obi from Labour Party.

Do simple account, that’s what you are running from.

Onye ala!

Lol!

Tinubu and his bunch of touts think they can arrest the falling Naira through the barrel of the gun.

Bunch of fools!

Isokiscool:
You didn't read what I wrote sir,Denco will struggle to win his local government.I can bet with anyone that Asuen is the next governor of Edo state.Forget about Dan orbih group,they are trying to work with wike wey Edo people hate pass anything

The truth is that I do not want to see APC win election anywhere in Nigeria.

garfield1:
Good,now you are talking but you forget that the APC candidate I am talking about is Monday okpebholo from same central and the people know him far more than asue...

APC didn't win CRS because of any single reason but because of three reasons.one,prince as an individual is very popular and loved like otti.secondky zoning,thirdly pdp was divided into wike and imoke faction.if it was zoning alone,the central and northern people jettisoned zoning,they were angling for sandy.it became a 50 50 battle until party division and funding helped prince.

Back to Edo,many people do not like APC as a party.do you think Edo north voted tinubu because they like him or APC? Many Edo north people I know hate APC and tinubu but because of the oshiomhole factor and what Edo north benefited from him,they voted tinubu.i told you before presidential that many people in ss will vote tinubu because APC has popular local politicians on the ballot not because they dislike obi.
Esan people don't like APC but they like okpebholo.he has been around since 1999 even before.he served late anenih who they cherished.he has projects in esan land even before contesting,he lives among them,relates with them,struggles with them,speaks esan, understand edo culture and you think they will leave him for a stranger who lived all his life in the west? Think carefully.this is beyond party but individuals.the same reason why people defied obi to vote chinedu ogah,ouk,ifeanyi ubah is why okpebholo is the man.the opposition from oshiomhole will even further win him sympathy

Somebody on ground already told you that what helped Okpebholo in Edo Central was zoning and not because of his popularity.

In the end, when Okpebholo and Asue are place side by side, the generality of Edo people will choose Asue over Okpebholo.

There’s nothing to gain from the fact that Okpebholo speaks Esan fluently. That can’t be the reason they would leave a refined and loaded candidate over an APC candidate.

netmillionaires:
The problem is that promoters of these businesses always lobby the government in the award of these contracts by bribing government officials. When they then sue the government, the government will then bring up their corruption cases to nullify the contract. The case in the study is P&ID.

Both the government and the companies are thieves. Any contract awarded via fraud is considered null and void by law.

If the government pays the company, do you know how much it will affect the naira? You will then come here to complain that the naira is depreciation. Imagine paying P&ID and then paying Sunrise too.

The good thing about this case is that if Nigeria should win, companies will avoid winning contracts through the backdoor as they will not have a case in court should the government renege on its part of the contract.

I just don’t like when the government starts to use her powers over entities under her mercy.

It’s unorthodox.

It’s unethical.

But I understand the people in charge has nothing to do with morality.

Isokiscool:
Going against zoning arrangements was the reason while Okpebholo won the last election.

You see?

It’s likely that both PDP and LP refused to adhere to some micro zoning arrangement within the senatorial district which gave the Okpebholo of a guy advantage.

I saw your earlier comment analyzing DENCO’s chances with APC ticket and I laughed.

You don’t know that the masses like justice? Every Edo person has been made to accept that it’s the turn of the Esan people. So, you would be surprised to see Denco losing even his local government if he ends getting APC ticket.

Edo, just like the Igbos, are not tribalists that relegate justice over tribal gain.

You will see it.

garfield1:
If you think deeply,you will discover that plateau pdp supported obi but cleared the nass seats despite taking third.what stopped obaseki from doing same? Nonsense

Why bother when it was his men that were in both PDP and LP? So, either way it goes, he wouldn’t lose. That’s why he didn’t bother.

garfield1:
I think a boy like you needs growing up from his cry cry baby sentiments.i am a political oracle,learn from me. you used this same calculations during the presidential and guber,it failed woefully.the only lp candidate who won guber was otti because he was popular.you don't know politics but just propaganda driven by hate son...

You failed to take note that a lot of Edo voters in the last election were neutrals or new voters not just traditional voters.you failed to take note that so many pdp and apc supporters or voters voted for obi.if we go by traditional voters,most pdp voters are from esan while most APC voters are Edo north and the south is mostly neutrals that is why south gave lp bloc votes....If actually your analogy was right,APC would have taken third just like they did in bayelsa and delta....if Edo people hate APC as you think,they should not vote them at all.i remember you seeing the crowd in auchi and ranting that oshiomhole will lose

That election was about him son that is why all his candidates lost even in Senate and reps.edo voters were more concerned about obi so after voting obi,they should vote pdp in the other polls like we saw in plateau...Edo central has been a traditional pdp zone but they dumped pdp and voted APC senator and reps.that is a very loud and clear message son.
Obaseki fought for atiku during the primaries and supported ayu.he said Edo is obidient when hus faction were losing to wike faction in Edo but after that,nothing else.even if he supported obi,at least he should have won nass polls...
Look at ayade a useless governor yet he delivered for APC in CRS.obaseki that is better failed woefully.look around,do a small research.have you heard any of those that supported obaseki with his Edo no be Lagos supporting him? They are all disappointed son.apc is taking Edo boy

The reason APC won in Cross River is simply because the party was the only one that respected the zoning formula of the State while PDP stupidly damaged their goodwill by going against that arrangement.

Had PDP fielded someone from Cross River South like APC, APC wouldn’t have won.

Same thing happened in Ebonyi. The reason Nwifuru had it easy was that PDP stupidly allowed her ticket to be hijacked by somebody from Umahi’s village. No Ebonyian was going to vote for him, that’s how Nwifuru won because his candidacy was the only one that respected the zoning formula of the state.

You need to always put these dynamics into perspective before you start gloating and making it seem like these APC candidates won because of people’s love for APC.

fergie001:
Don't forget the Alaghodaro reunion between Oshiomhole & GO.
Ironically, they aren't hitting at themselves......


But we know Oba funded LP at the State level when he was having issues with the Orbih boys.

That's why I said LP in Edo State dey inside Osadebey Avenue. If Edo was not an off-cycle elections, maybe some traction but now, it will be like Imo.

The truth is that I don’t see LP fielding any reasonable candidate in the upcoming election that would challenge Obaseki’s candidate.

Like you said, Obaseki funded LP during the last election and I won’t be wrong to think that they are still in Obaseki’s pocket.

And this pocketing is with Obi’s endorsement because in the end Obi can’t be going against those he considers allies.

If PDP wins Edo, it’s as good as LP winning too.

The truth is that it seems there’s a general consensus across party lines that Asue should be the next governor of Edo State. If Asue didn’t get such assurances do you think he would have resigned from Sterling Bank?