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mekunbubu:
Unnecessary, Buhari had no credentials before he was elected.

And the resultant effect?

All Obidients

Ignore the op. Nothing dey move us.

We no dey give shishi - even shy*te like the op wrote

Who this idiot?

Try harder.

I don't have time to read nonsense post.

Obi don't have this,Obi don't have that and yet he is giving you covidiotic fools sleepless nights.

No one is talking about agbado and atiefku

Lezzlie:
Who is tonyebarcanista and why should anyone listen to him?

He is an e-rat paid by PDP and housed by APC

Why is there so much tears on this thread? Lol.....

Who pushed this nonsense to frontpage Stupid article from PDP bread eater

How come you didn’t write this when he was Atiku running mate??

Paid phool

Tochi3:
Thank you for Your Opinion

However it does not change the natural love Nigerians have for PO. Unprecedented in Nigeria' history.

There is a reason for the love towards PO.

Your opinion does not take into consideration the reasons behind that love

In essence, I am forced to believe that your opinion is money induced and as a result lacks a lot of credibility

Nigerians love for Obi? I don't know how Igbo love for Obi suddenly turn to Nigerians so Nigeria is no longer zoo, silent majority will speak with their vote, we cannot have over our country to Biafra. it will never happen. Mr Man you speak for yourself not Nigerians

My spirit doesn't accept Peter Obi, same way I felt about the cursed Buhari. This is why I'm not voting.

Forget this packaging of Obi by his brothers, that man is questionable and those questions should be thoroughly addressed first to avoid a repeat of past mistakes

NimrodEndOfDays:
who has time to read this trash

^^^
It isn't trash.

The allegations are weighty and deserve a response.

Antoeni:
Who this idiot?

A man that sold his conscience

GeneralPula:
Yeeboz messiah you mean..

Peter Obi is far from being any Nigeria messiah. He has no past significant doings. Ask them what are the things he did spectacularly as a Governor, they’ll be ranting. He did nothing special in Anambra at all. He’s a political prostitutes just like majority of Nigerian politicians.

So we should vote an agbado man?? Or the boko Haram sponsors??

Thinkkk!!!

henryobinna:
Are you just joining Nairaland for the first time?
Barcanista is a PDP member, he has always been for quite a while. Isn't it obvious whom he'd tell you to vote?

When you pose the question to them directly, they are actually dumbfounded because OBI towers their candidate 100 times over..

Anywhere Belle face writer

Twitter and Nairaland Messiah!

Viltron:
My spirit doesn't accept Peter Obi, same way I felt about the cursed Buhari. This is why I'm not voting.

Forget this packaging of Obi by his brothers, that man is questionable and those questions should be thoroughly addressed first to avoid a repeat of past mistakes

Wether you vote or not, a leader would emerge!!
Play a role and cast your vote on the most suitable.

None of them is a saint. But I'll choose Peter obi

Weather you like it or not, Peter Obi is the best presidential candidate.

EzeAnambra:
Nigerians already made Up their Mind. Peter Obi is our choice, and by God's Grace the next President of Nigeria.

My man say Biafra have made up their mind not Nigerians because you don't speak for Nigerians. Peter Obi can become president of Biafra not Zoo

Op,who do you suggest we vote for?

Nice write up.
God bless Atiku
God bless Nigeria
God bless pdp.

emilo2bad:
Nigerians love for Obi? I don't know how Igbo love for Obi suddenly turn to Nigerians so Nigeria is no longer zoo, silent majority will speak with their vote, we cannot have over our country to Biafra. it will never happen. Mr Man you speak for yourself not Nigerians

You speak like a typical greedy northern man, that feels he owns Nigeria. Lol

ImDStar:
Everything about Tinubu is shady, I mean nothing about him is plain and straightforward, including his common name and school.

Tinubu supporters, are you guy cursed or you're deliberately wicked and evil?

The same you voted for Buhari, the same you want to vote for Tinubu? She ayen sheyin ni?

Is Tinubu the best you can give Nigeria?

Would you be proud to present the man anybody as your president without looking stupid?

To think I am living with this kind of people in the same country Honestly sounds stupid.
PETER OBI or Never.

Soso990240:
He has been saying this in every interview. Obi conducted LGA election in the first tenure.

^^
Good.

This is how to respond. You have made a statement that is verifiable.

All that's left is to fact check your statement and the OP's and a conclusion can be drawn.

A corrupt man contracted by corrupt man to influence the masses. Nothing new here.

I thought Obi was called a Twitter president, but right now it's as if he's the only one in this presidential run. APC and PDP can't sleep again, paying whosoever is payable just to attack Obi.

I thought he doesn't have structure. Why are they having insomnia because of a man with no structure?

THE REALITY HAS ARRIVED AND THE DEAR IS REAL.

At this point, it's only a fool who'll allow himself be influenced against Obi.
Northerners, Easterners, Southerners, none of us has been spared by the hardship that APC (Tinubu, Buhari) and all who helped put them in power (Atiku) brought to us.
Are you living better because a Northerner is the president? Are u buying things cheaper? Are u spared from the kidnappings and killings?

Let's be truthful to ourselves, we're in this together, and don't allow any of these men who've been either given a hefty pay day, or who never felt what you and I felt for these past 8 yrs(because they've been cruising these past yrs through the pockets of these dirty government) to influence you.

Buhari has the credentials. How did it go?

Why is it so difficult to counter the views expressed in TonyeBarcanista's missive, if they are as warped and unhinged as all previous commentators on the thread would rather us believe?

P.S: Behold candidates for the 2023 presidential election (LIST) ---
https://www.icirnigeria.org/behold-candidates-for-the-2023-presidential-election-list/

@TonyeBarcanista must be high on Abgado and cassava

TonyeBarcanista:
By TonyeBarcanista

Since the commencement of the 2023 electioneering season, the term 'Obidient' is a slogan that has dominated the media airwaves, especially on social media. Subscribers to the Obidient slogans are Nigerians that are advocates of Chief Peter Gregory Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party. Majority of his supporters are driven by rare display of patriotism coupled with the popular yearning for political change in Nigeria, a handful of his advocates have taken to the extreme of portraying him as an infallible mortal that is at par or a little lower than a sacred deity. To this set of people, it is abominable to criticise, question or express displeasure in Obi's credentials or candidacy.

Obi, a former governor of Anambra State who until May 23, 2022 was a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party and Presidential hopeful on the Party's platform, is portrayed by his promoters as the long-awaited messiah to deliver the country from the calamity brought upon the country by the Muhammadu Buhari led administration. He is marketed as one with a "frugal" personality in terms of spending (perhaps a miser) who will not allow waste of public resources as President, and will ensure that Nigeria has enough in its reserves like Anambra had under Obi's administration as governor of the state like he (Obi) claimed - though this claim is disputed by his successor, Chief Willie Obiano - but that is a discussion fot another day. Aside his supposed frugality, Obi is portrayed as an incorruptible public officer that has never engaged in financial misconduct while in office. We'll see how true this claim is!

While I agree with the Obi promoters that Nigeria needs a new political leadership that will rescue the country from its current woes and entrench a working system for sustained improvement of the lives of Nigeria citizens, I disagree with them on the choice of Obi as the ideal pilot to lead Nigeria to greatness. Here is an individual that relies in his personal abilities for leadership. Obi has not made mention of any team that he assembled to work with whether while as governor of Anambra state. Even as the candidate of Labour Party, he has no known campaign team (structure) aside Chief Doyin Okupe. Whenever he speaks, he is always about self. The implication here is that as President he will the typical 'Mister Know-it-all' leader, which will be counterproductive to the expectations of Nigerians. But that is not my biggest concern about Obi.

While most citizens are demanding for devolution of power to the grassroot through restructuring of the Nigeria political system, Obi does not come across as a President that believe in power devolution. His record as Anambra State governor shows a man that does not believe in the third tier of government; which is supposed to be the closest to the grassroot. While the Constitution of Nigeria empowers State Governments through their State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) to conduct council elections for this tier of government, Obi who became Anambra State governor in March 2006, wilfully elected to run the local government through appointees under the nomenclature of Caretaker Committee in flangrance disobedience to the Constitution. Obi's refusal to conduct council elections drew the anger of stakeholders within and outside Anambra state, including the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) that he was not just a member but the Vice Chairman. The NGF in its report on Peer Review Mechanism that was released on March 18, 2013 (Obi 7th year in office) decried the action of Obi as undemocratic. Mr. Afeikhema Jerome, who was the National Coordinator of the State Peer Review Mechanism NGF, went further to appeal to Anambra Government under Obi “to urgently set the machinery in motion and conduct credible local government elections”.
(please find Premium Times report on the story here: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/127070-ngf-scolds-anambra-ekiti-16-others-over-non-conduct-of-council-polls.html).

inspite the scolding by NGF, Obi still refused to conduct Council election. He waited until 2 months to the expiration of his tenure (ten months after release of NGF report) to eventually conduct it. Specifically, the election was conducted on 11 January, 2014. In other words, Anambra State had no functional governments at the local government level for 7 years and 10 months out of the 8 years of Obi's reign. Many believed that the council election was hurriedly conducted by Obi so as to get necessary structures on ground to mobilize for votes for Chief Willie Obiano, his anointed candidate for the 2014 gubernatorial election of the State.
(See PT publication on NGF report: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/127070-ngf-scolds-anambra-ekiti-16-others-over-non-conduct-of-council-polls.html). If Obi as Governor stifled the local government system in his state, what magic will he bequeath Nigeria as a whole with respect to power devolution?

Nigeria is plagued with insecurity, terrorism, banditory and insurgency that citizens cannot live their lives freely due to fear of the men of the underworld. The country is in dire need of a leader that will change the tide; but is Obi competent enough to handle such burden? Let's see how he handled similar issue in Anambra State.

As Governor, Obi faced the Biafra agitators under the banner of Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and led by Mr. Ralph Uwazuruike. Obi's solution to address the MASSOB agitation was a declaration of an undemocratic "Shoot-at-sight" order on MASSOB members. The order, which which drew condemnation by many, was issued in June 2006 (3 months into his government), and also extended to members of NARD and "other hoodlums" in the State. As a consequence of the order, security forces combed Onitsha, Nnewi, Oba, Ihiala and environs and were alleged to have shot, killed, and maimed anyone suspected to be member of MASSOB. On 20th January 2013, residents woke up to discover over 40 floating corpses in Ezu River located in Amansea, Awka, Anambra State. Following the discovery, MASSOB through its spokesman, Mr Uchenna Madu (now factional leader of MASSOB), released a statement on 10 February 2013, identified the corpses as that of its members that were arrested by DSS and handed over to Police on November 9, 2012 but disappeared afterwards. He identified some of the bodies as; Basil Ogbu, Michael Ogwa, Sunday Omogo, Philip Nwankpa, Eze Ndubisi, Ebuka Eze, Obinna Ofor, Joseph Udoh and Uchechukwu Ejiofor. Excerpt of the statement reads;

“MASSOB with deep sense of grief and sorrow wishes to inform Mr. Ban Ki Moon (UN Secretary General), President Goodluck Jonathan, US president, Barrack Obama, United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) and Amnesty International about the gruesome murder of MASSOB members by the Special Anti Robbery Squared SARS, of Nigeria Police Force, Awkuzu Anambra State. Some of our disguised members and family relations of the detained members were denied access to them. Efforts by our counsel to secure their bail from the police were futile. Our demands for their arraignment before a competent court of law were frustrated by SARS officers. We got information from an insider at SARS headquarters, Awkuzu that armless MASSOB members detained at SARS were secretly killed alongside other robbery suspects. Our lawyers, who confidently waited for their arraignment in January 2013 did not believe that such barbaric, primitive and wicked act could happen because, according to them, a comprehensive police reform on Human Rights was being carried out by the new Inspector General of Police.”
(Ref YNaija: https://ynaija.com/bodies-floating-in-river-are-our-members-secretly-killed-by-security-agents-massob-graphic-image/)

Mr. Uchenna Madu again in November 2013 indicted Governor Peter Obi as being responsible for the killing of MASSOB members through his "Shoot-on-sight" order and even vowed to arrest him afer his gubernatorial tenure. In his own words: “We hold Peter Obi responsible for the killings. This reminds us about the 2006 shoot-on-sight order by Governor Peter Obi who massacred about 2,000 MASSOB members. We shall arrest him and pay him back in his own coin in our own way immediately he steps down as the governor because his recent action of killing MASSOB members will heavily affect APGA chances of winning this election.” Madu spoke on November 14, 2013 while reacting to killing of MASSOB members by security forces the previous day.
(ref: https://www.cknnigeria.com/2013/11/we-ll-arrest-peter-obi-after-leaving.html?m=1)

On April 12, 2014, Mazi Chris Mocha, the Deputy Publicity Secretary of MASSOB released a statement on behalf of Uwazuruike fingering Obi alongside Chief Achike Udenwa (former Imo state governor 1999-2007) and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of ordering killings of MASSOB members extrajudicially. An excerpt of the statement reads; “Mr. Peter Obi and former Imo State governor, Dr. Achike Udenwa, had ordered the killing of MASSOB members between 2003 and 2006 and would be tried in court in due course. Obi had on May 11, 2006 under the Presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo deployed over 200 federal troops most of who were of Hausa and Fulani tribes to Onitsha and issued a shoot-at-sight order to them. Thousands of our members were killed, including a pregnant woman and 65 others still missing,”

Clearly, Obi could not manage the insurgency in Anambra State as governor, how much more that of Nigeria that is more complex with religious and ethnic coloration?

Another concern on Obi is his alleged abuse of office in the management of public funds and dishonesty in the forms with respect to failure to declare some assets that he had interest in before the Code of Conduct Bureau. Dishonesty is one character that is not expected of a President that is determined to effect change positively.

Peter Obi is among the public figures that were indicted by Pandora Papers of financial misconduct. Specifically, he was said to have of used the name of his daughter, Gabriella to set up discreet Company named Gabriela Investments Limited in 2010 (during his 4th year in office as Anambra Governor) in British Virgin Island through a local registered agent, Aleman Cordero Galindo & Lee Trust (BVI) Limited (Alcogal). Acces International, a notorious firm located in Monaco facilitated the deal. Peter Obi was also fingered to own other offshore companies that he hid in secrecy. He equally had interest in NEXT International (UK) 14 months into his term as governor: which is contrary to the law. Worse is, he didn't declare these assets before the Code of Conduct Bureau; a statutory requirement for public officers. As reported by Premium Times, Obi equally admitted to operate offshore businesses and maintained foreign accounts while as Governor - in disobedience to the Constitutional provisions.
(Read more on this: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/487997-pandora-papers-inside-peter-obis-secret-businesses-and-how-he-broke-the-law.html).

Penultimate to 2015 election, many refused to x-ray the suitability of Muhammadu Buhari because we were carried away by the "Change" slogan of APC, we cannot afford to repeat same blunder with the "Obidient' slogan in 2023. Sloganeering do not translate to good governance and better welfare for Nigeria citizens.


May God Help Us and Help Nigeria
TonyeBarcanista writes from Abuja
I can be reached at: @TonyeBarcanista on Nairaland, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

So who do you suggest we vote for among the main tree contenders. Atiku, Tinibu or Obi. who is Saint among them?

tellsblinks:
Wether you vote or not, a leader would emerge!!
Play a role and cast your vote on the most suitable.

None of them is a saint. But I'll choose Peter obi

I choose not to vote then. Voting and not voting doesn't make any difference then. Did people not vote for the useless ass-hole in Abuja?

I don't believe anyone of them is right so in order to free my conscience of future guilts, I've chosen to not vote

Hydroxide:
The wide spread acceptance of peter Obi is not about if he has the credentials or not. The masses are tired of PDP and APC in person of Tinubu and Atiku.

Thats why we need to be careful..
We got tired of Jonathan ...
And brought change with Buhari ....
We can see the result today.
We are tired of APC and PDP...
We should be careful not to bring an inexperienced candidate...
That can trigger disaster....