As many northern APC members plan to work for Atiku just as PDP northern members voted Buhari in 2015

In the 2015 general election, a northerner, General Muhammadu Buhari, as the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress defeated the incumbent, a southerner, Dr Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

It was said that Buhari enjoyed the massive support of the northern electorate, including members of the opposition PDP because he was seen as one of them. Many PDP governors were even reported to have worked for Buhari’s emergence as President.

At the conclusion of the recent presidential primaries for 2023 election however, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has a southerner, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as its flag bearer while a northerner, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar emerged as the presidential candidate of the PDP. With Atiku, from the north, as a presidential candidate, the northern voters, expectedly are queuing up behind him irrespective of party affiliation.

It is therefore not a surprise to find in Adamawa state, billboards with Atiku’s photograph alongside that of the APC governorship candidate in the state, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani and the APC senatorial candidate for Adamawa Central, Malam Abdula’aziz Nyako, as “a winning team”, flooding every nook and cranny of the state.

Meanwhile, it has been alleged that the group that is sponsoring such posters and billboards in Adamawa state are members of the ruling PDP in the state who are not on the same page with the Ahmadu Fintiri-led government.

Though the group was regarded as a faceless one, it continued to place such billboards at any available space in the state.

The government however claimed it had no idea of such billboards in any part of the state.
In Bauchi state, a lot of frontline politicians who hitherto were chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are now defecting with their followers to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).

Interestingly, these defections have only benefited political parties whose flag bearers are from the northern part of the country. Although, Bauchi defectors usually give reasons for defecting, it was gathered that they were changing parties to be on the side of the majority which seeks to perpetuate northern presidency beyond 2023.

Speaking with Saturday Vanguard, an Electrical Engineer, Abdulraman Aliyu said he would vote a northern presidential candidate under any formidable party.

“Democracy is a game of number. It is no secret that the North has the number to remain in power for as long as it wants. There’s no need to pretend, my family and I will vote for a candidate from the North. Why will I vote someone else when a northern politician is on the ballot?” he queried.

The leader of the National Harmonized Traders Union, Dr Bature Abdulaziz, who is also the founder of Patriotic Elders of Nigeria (PEN) strongly believed that the former vice president Atiku Abubakar, now presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would enjoy massive support of voters from the north in the coming 2023 general elections.

In an interview with Saturday Vanguard in Kano, Dr Abdulaziz however decried the manner both the APC and the PDP conducted their presidential primaries which he described as terrible, saying the defections of members from one party to the other in order to get a platform to contest was a bad omen.

According to him, “It may be possible for some supporters of Atiku to support Tinubu and for some Tinubu’s followers to support Atiku. This is because of the way and manner the primaries were conducted in both the PDP and the APC.

Everyone saw what happened during the primaries such that people were only interested in getting a platform in which to contest as they moved from one party to the other. There were those who lost the opportunity to become candidates in APC and moved to PDP and vice versa.

For this reason, this kind of exodus will also take place as it happened before Buhari emerged. The people in the north on their own will prefer Atiku to Tinubu. But don’t forget that the APC governors in the north have the federal government at the center. The federal government and Tinubu’s supporters will have to double up their efforts.

A northern elder and PDP chieftain, Abdullahi Muhammed Lamba, argued that the PDP was fair in throwing its presidential ticket open during the primaries as the north was in power for only two years out of the 16 years that the PDP ruled the country while the south enjoyed the remaining 14 years.

He argued that the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) has lost its support in the north and can no longer win the hearts of northerners who suffered mentally and financially to bring President Muhammadu Buhari to power.

Lamba contended that “APC’s poor governance was responsible for the insurgency plaguing the north which the masses thought Buhari as a retired army General would contain. But it became worse under him as the north has become a killing field under the APC led government”.

He explained that none of the promises made to Nigerians by the APC has been fulfilled, with the economy in comatose and fuel scarcity persisting under the president who is also the minister of petroleum. He said that even the president’s home state of Katsina is being occupied by armed bandits and he watches helplessly as scores are being killed, raped and kidnapped.

He declared that, the PDP having learnt its lessons was set to reclaim power in 2023 with Atiku Abubakar.

In Plateau State, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse, submitted that “the support enjoyed by Buhari in 2015 was as a result of the security situation in the country as many people argued that if he did not win, the country would not be in peace. But you need to go to the embassies and see how Nigerians are trying to leave the country. The good thing about Atiku is the Muslim/Christian combination, which is the major thing in his favour. Atiku stands a chance of being voted in because the Muslim/Muslim ticket will not work out in the present situation in Nigeria.”

In his own opinion, Mr David Racha noted that “the northerners have only one agenda which is their religion. The youths are even less equipped, they have no knowledge of their history and this definitely is not their fault.”

Another respondent, Mr. Alex Kwapnoe said, “due to religious bigotry, I see Atiku getting some support from the north. But there will be resistance from Kano, Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Kwara and Zamfara in an attempt to safeguard their influence in such states.”


To Mr Stephen Musa, “Politics, especially in Nigeria is unpredictable. Even though the event in 2015 is different from today, anything can happen. However, I doubt if Atiku will enjoy the same patronage Buhari had. Remember, the APC governors were unanimous in their decision on power shift during the primaries which produced Tinubu.


“My view is that Atiku may not enjoy the support of some APC governors, but may end up losing the support of his PDP governors if the party fails to resolve the internal crises which emerged after the primaries. The southern governors, and indeed their supporters are not happy with the outcome of the primaries, which produced a Northern candidate. Then there is the issue of the choice of the vice-presidential candidate, which some of the governors, even from the North, are unhappy about. One thing is clear, 2023 will definitely be dicey.”[/quote]


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/2023-presidency-atiku-may-inherit-buharis-northern-support/

Emphasis on "may"

He has already inherited it

Jennifer663:
Who is Atiku when Peter Obi is Talking

Some of you prefer fantasy to reality and it good

Peter Obi of Labour Party is simply the best candidate and the man Nigeria needs desperately come 2023 presidential election. He outlined the issues that has bedevilled the country over the years proffering solutions to change the narrative once and for all. Peter Obi said:
1. I can’t sleep because I know what to do! I have gone round the 36 States of the country like I have gone round 31 countries of the world, I know the problems of Nigeria and I know I can fix them easily! Because I can see them, I can fix them!
2. Hunger takes people to the streets! Job and food will obviously take them out of crimes! That’s my specialty, creating jobs and wealth!
3. I have not come out for myself! I have come out for the millions of youths that are losing hope in our beloved country!
I have come out for the millions of women who are afraid of tomorrow and what it holds for them and their children! I have come out for the poor who are asking weather it’s a sin to be a Nigerian! For them, I have come!
4. For people who are asking if Peter Obi has ‘structure’, what structure is bigger and stronger than the collective will of the masses on whose necks the knees of the politicians have been? What structure is greater than the determination of a people who have at last decided to take back their country, their only country?
5. The battle for the rescue of the soul of Nigeria has just begun and we must all be contributive and participative in it.
6. Yes, we may not have the money to share because we didn’t steal any.We have not come to enslave but to serve.
7. Have you imagined somebody giving you money to help you? Bribing you to go and serve you? It’s wisdom to go for a permanent solution than a temporary remedy!
8. This battle is to help Nigerian youths, Market women, struggling families, students, teachers, famers, old and poor, whose helpless looking faces I see everywhere I go. It’s for these people that l, Peter Obi, have come! However, like a drowning man, they must bring out their hands to be saved!
9. In this battle, if you can’t fly, run! If you can’t run, walk! If you can’t walk, crawl! If you can’t crawl, roll! If you can’t roll, shout! By all means we must be on the move and we must be heard!
10. These people are more than 50 million of the Nigerian voting adults. They have the power. Their destiny is in their hands so they can change it. If they will it, they will win it!
11. Remember, the man with energy will always be at the mercy of the man with strategy based on synergy. With God on our side, we shall not fail and we shall not fall! May God help us!
God bless Nigeria!
12. I will rather lose doing the right thing than win doing the wrong thing.
13. Nigeria must move beyond oil; we must move from Consumption to Production nation.

Nigerians especially southern people are easily deceive by their media propaganda.. as long as it in print ..

Kebbi jigawa sokoto katsina zamfara( for the first time ) is going PDP

Apc will lose in Niger state , katsina state , Jigawa state

If elections is contested today... I mean right now

Funny enough is that Apc has lose taste in Northwest.. which happen to be Cpc strongbase..

Northeast is PDP in and out at federal .. other parties can share in state ...

Is not about article.. is what is on ground like this

Weeks to come .. Apc and Obi dem will keep looking for that Northern Vice .. Muslim oh .. Christians oh.. right now we care less...
Let them get the vice that will give them Northern vote

If it easy...

And for those calling Kwankwanso.. walahi fa.. you need to vist the northwest and see aside Kano state and Kano city... Kwankwanso is just a media creation

Who know Kwankwanso for Northwest?

South can never understand the politics of the north with their jargons articles and assumption

South is already divided .. reason why major stakeholders of Pdp ain’t worry about media creation of Wike ..

Politics is not on social media.. how many humans Dey Nairaland ... and how many are active users .. getting 1K likes changes nothing in reality

I believe reality


Power to the people
North 2033

If only you read the content of the news report.

The op thinks propaganda will change reality, hence he refused to post the entirety of the article.

Kwakwaso is the one inheriting something close to Buhari's support but he will still need to work to get the level of Buhari amongst all the Northern Muslim, especially in North East.

Jennifer663:
Who is Atiku when Peter Obi is Talking

You guys joke a lot.
Who is Peter Obi outside Social media and outside the Youths who don't even have PVC?

Tinubu may inherit Atikwu's South East support.

There you have it guys. See how easy it is to sound stupid?

He may. But what about the support of the south?

He will be dealt a heavy blow in the south because of Obi and the Wike factor.

omenka:
Tinubu may inherit Atikwu's South East support.

There you have it guys. See how easy it is to sound stupid?

keep crying

If south west won't vote Atiku it's not north that would kill it's son for them

They pitted buhari for enduring till the last, they would also end the Marginalization of North East in 2023

He has already inherited it. Atiku is the next president of Nigeria.

SarkinYarki:
He has already inherited it

Even in the Article, 9 to 10 Northern states were stated where Atiku will struggle including Kano and some Northeastern states.

The Article is a sensation based on the premise of the Billboard in Adamawa where both Atiku and some Apc candidates where advertised together.

APCnaPDP:
He has already inherited it. Atiku is the next president of Nigeria.

i tell you bro

Buhari cult followers are the fanatical that kept voting him for his ethnicity and religion regardless of which party

So party would not stop them from voting by ethnicity and religion

kponkedenge:
He may. But what about the support of the south?

He will be dealt a heavy blow in the south because of Obi and the Wike factor.

This one is far from reality ...VOTE ATIKU COME 2023

Iamgrey5:
If only you read the content of the news report.

The op thinks propaganda will change reality, hence he refused to post the entirety of the article.

Kwakwaso is the one inheriting something close to Buhari's support but he will still need to work to get the level of Buhari amongst the Northern Muslim.

Typical Yoruba assumption
Kwankwanso is a full Yoruba media creation like Wike ...
kwankwasiya is a Kano city movement and never a northwest movement

You don’t travel .. you read assumption and make careless comment

Ask Aboki next to you if a Kwankwanso can win any state in Northwest aside maybe Kano .. even with Buhari support and federal power ..

Na him dey whole North never decamp go NNPP like the did for Buhari..

Una go dey sell fake posion with musCle and confident online

2023 go shock all of Una proper.. make Tinubu go get Vice for North come

Muslim oh ... Christian oh .. he can even pick Kwankwanso..

Power to the people
North 2023

No body doubts that. He will also inherit the hatred northern Christians have for Buhari

Frigga13:

I anticipate a full incoherent rant from you that neither addresses my point nor make any sense for that matter.

I expect Yoruba hatred to be theme of this your incoherent rant.

Jennifer663:
Who is Atiku when Peter Obi is Talking

Seriously, something is wrong with you Peter Obi fans. Abeg who is Joe Biden when a failed and unknown former governor of a backward Nigerian State is talking? Lol.

Iamgrey5:
Even in the Article, 9 to 10 Northern states were stated where Atiku will struggle including Kano and some Northeastern states.

The Article is a sensation based of premise of the Billboard in Adamawa where both Atiku and some Apc candidates where advertised together.

keep crying

If Tinubu was any match to Atiku and Buhari up north what stopped him from contesting his life ambition since 2003

He instead kept bringing up Atiku and Buhari because that's the strongest politicians in north

Truthisunique2:
keep crying

If south west won't vote Atiku it's not north that would kill it's son for them

They pitted buhari for enduring till the last, the would also end the Marginalization of North East in 2023

Okay Okoro. I've seen you.

Truthisunique2:
I voted apc in 2015 because of Yoruba propaganda

Is it not fair to give you the opportunity to choose for Nigerians again which you suck at

You voted for Buhari in 2015 and was still a member of Apc till the recent convention with the hopes that Buhari will somehow make Amechi the APC presidential candidate but failed and became a Obi stan

Get your story straight.

Truthisunique2:
keep crying

Why will I cry.

Is Tinubu or Atiku my father?

Weren't you the one hoping Yorubas will be disgraced at the APC convention but failed and now jumps on anything that seems to be against Tinubu.

Why will Tinubu match Atiku or Buhari up North?

Iamgrey5:
Why will I cry.

Is Tinubu or Atiku my father?

You are the hoping Yorubas will be disgraced at the APC convention but failed and now jumped on anything that seems to be against Tinubu.

I voted apc in 2015 because of Yoruba propaganda

Is it not fair to give you the opportunity to choose for Nigerians again which you suck at

SarkinYarki:
He has already inherited it

What Atiku might inherit is the support of northern stakeholders.

But you see the masses of the north, they are likely to swing to Kwankwaso.

Officialgarri:
You guys joke a lot.
Who is Peter Obi outside Social media and outside the Youths who don't even have PVC?

peter obi will win 100% of all votes by this

Penguin2:


What Atiku might inherit is the support of northern stakeholders.

But you see the masses of the north, they are likely to swing to Kwankwaso.

my bro

Na even the masses atiku get more, kwanwaso base is kwankwasiya

Kwankwasiya is like a cult, you can't be a supporter without people knowing

Na only Kano and some parts of katsina kwankwasiya dey

Truthisunique2:
what stakeholders are divided

In 2015 northern PDP governor's where with gej it didn't stop him from loosing the masses vote up north

Is buhari nonchalant attitude towards tinubu not enough to tell you he has no stake with tinubu

Buhari is the biggest stakeholder of north in apc yet he is not supporting tinubu openly

@ emboldened

You will write anything just to justify your wishes, won't you?

In 2015, a large number of PDP governors from the north defected to Apc and made sure PDP was buried in the North.

Get your facts straight.

Penguin2:


What Atiku might inherit is the support of northern stakeholders.

But you see the masses of the north, they are likely to swing to Kwankwaso.

You are the only one being honest with your brothers from the East.

Even the stakeholders are divided between Tinubu and Atiku.

omenka:
Okay Peter Obi for you
Peter Obi for me
Peter Obi for everyone.
vote Peter Obi for a better tomorrow..

good

Iamgrey5:
You are the only one being honest with your brothers from the East.

Even the stakeholders are divided between Tinubu and Atiku.

what stakeholders are divided

In 2015 northern PDP governor's where with gej it didn't stop him from loosing the masses vote up north

Is buhari nonchalant attitude towards tinubu not enough to tell you he has no stake with tinubu

Buhari is the biggest stakeholder of north in apc yet he is not supporting tinubu openly

trying