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Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Hushpuppy20(m): 8:03am On Apr 30, 2025
Campaign after election...crazy party leaders
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Phabulous4(m): 8:04am On Apr 30, 2025
He know how he was to his principal during his run as a VP... That might have given him insecurities!!!
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by ramatintin(m): 8:06am On Apr 30, 2025
Don't be surprised to see Senator moro in APC when his interest no longer aligns
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Sirianese: 8:08am On Apr 30, 2025
Upritman:
SOURCE: https://dinfohut.com/2023-pdp-lost-because-of-the-mistake-of-making-okowa-vp-candidate-sen-moro/?amp=1
Atiku's big mistake. He needed someone with access to real funds and he should have gone with Wike and just tried to manage him

I'd guess he felt he would not be able to cope with Wike's alcohol habit and obnoxious temperament
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Acidosis(m): 8:10am On Apr 30, 2025
It wasn't a mistake. You guys just wanted Delta State money 💰 for your campaigns.

It should have been PO against BAT, with Atiku supporting from the side and Buhari and Osibanjo playing a very neutral role - defending the people's votes.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Chimaokigwe: 8:12am On Apr 30, 2025
Resonance2019:
I tell you. That Okowa is annoyingly disgusting.Talks to much.Cant bank on people from that region at all.
You ha8 the North, hate the SW, now you can't bank on the SS.

Yet, you want their support for your political future. Okay o.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Chimaokigwe: 8:15am On Apr 30, 2025
mrksquare:
Even if he had picked Wike, Atiku would have lost as well. You think Rivers people like Wike. Without rigging, Wike is as insignificant like a toilet roll.
Apart from Presidency, Wike delivered Rivers 100% for PDP. Senate, HOR, SHA, LGAs.
Peter Obi knows Wike's capacity to deliver, that's why Obi was in Rivers to beg Wike before the election.

You can sit in your hut and be crying rigging but Wike delivered.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Pascal9: 8:15am On Apr 30, 2025
Sirianese:
Atiku's big mistake. He needed someone with access to real funds and he should have gone with Wike and just tried to manage him

I'd guess he felt he would not be able to cope with Wike's alcohol habit and obnoxious temperament
good luck getting along with wike, Tinubu gets along with wike, if atiku could not get along with wike, then it shows that he is the problem to himself , a leader must find way to manage human characters and behaviour , wth his years in politics he was foolish to choose okowa over wike. In years when he will write his biography he will admit that as one of the worst mistakes of his political career.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Lordofalmajiri(f): 8:15am On Apr 30, 2025
RISQUE:
True. PDP would have lost still even if ATIKU USED WIKE AS HIS VICE
That's not true
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Chucks13: 8:18am On Apr 30, 2025
Ok we have heard you. It's now you realised it was a mistake ba? But when he was going everywhere with Atiku, went for debate you were all shouting Okowa is sound, Okowa is fluent, okowa the best but now same Okowa is a mistake.

We have heard you.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by saintmm(m): 8:21am On Apr 30, 2025
Caseless:
😂

They're coming to the point we were making then.

Atiku was senseless to have picked Okowa thinking he had any political might.

Okowa underperformed as a governor, he's not popular and was not a force, but Atiku wanted a docile VP.

Imagine picking Wike as running-mate - he'd have had full support of the 5 governors and that would have added to his numbers.

He knew Wike was performing, he was spending on PDP, even though he lost the ticket, he should have been chosen, but they went for that Akuya.

He should have let Ayu go and picked Wike. The moment Okowa's name popped up, I knew Atiku has lost the election cos Wike would fight him from within and that cost him.

Once you knew peter Obi was out, keeping wike close was his best shot.

You see how APC is using him to show PDP how he should be used - he's a big political asset.
So Apt.
I love your submission
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by RISQUE: 8:28am On Apr 30, 2025
Lordofalmajiri:
That's not true
Political juggernaut, na you for make them win na.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by abobote: 8:32am On Apr 30, 2025
Actually, it was
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Honestey: 8:35am On Apr 30, 2025
You better thank God Atiku never decamp yet
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by tnerro1(m): 8:49am On Apr 30, 2025
When they picked that horse man as VP candidate, I was scratching my head and wondering what is going on, the man was a strange addition to that ticket , apart from Delta state, what political acumen was he bringing to the table, even he wouldn’t have be able to win president of the south south association self.
PDP and OBI really gifted APC the presidency in 2023
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by mrksquare: 8:50am On Apr 30, 2025
Chimaokigwe:
Apart from Presidency, Wike delivered Rivers 100% for PDP. Senate, HOR, SHA, LGAs.
Peter Obi knows Wike's capacity to deliver, that's why Obi was in Rivers to beg Wike before the election.

You can sit in your hut and be crying rigging but Wike delivered.
By rigging the outcome of the election. That of PH Federal Constituency 1, they could not rig it because the Returning Officer refused to bulge to their demands. And that was how LP was able to produced a member HOR. If the election had been allowed to reflect the wishes of the people, Wike would have had a rude awakening.

Political Heavyweight that commands my respect are those with organic electoral fortune like Buhari. Not the one that claims to be heavyweight but cannot win an election without subverting and rigging the processs.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Karlifate: 9:08am On Apr 30, 2025
Atiku had issues with OBJ

Atiku had/has issues with Wike

Atiku has issues with Okowa


The constant factor here is ''Atiku''


This Waziri should search himself well, why is he always the problem huh


This is one of the things money can't buy, and another person can't do for you.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by victorazy(m): 9:11am On Apr 30, 2025
WiszyFraud:
True. Should have picked Wike.


Atiku had too much confidence in 2023. shocked
Atiku is not politically inclined, he just had opportunity.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by lapintoz: 9:19am On Apr 30, 2025
With the Buhari cabal fully behind Atiku, he felt it was a done deal. He does not need Wike, G5, or Obi to progress!

He under estimated PBAT in-roads in the north and the power of Prof Mahmood.

Now Atiku is running helter-skelter with a DoA coalition.

NOETHNICITY:
Atiku has consistently shown a serious lack of strategic skill in politics—an essential trait for anyone aspiring to be president. Take Obasanjo, for example: he once went as far as kneeling to beg Atiku for support in securing a second term because he recognized Atiku’s strong influence and likelihood of clinching the PDP ticket during the primaries.

Personally, I was never in support of Atiku winning, but I believe that if he had resolved his differences with Wike and chosen him as his running mate, the PDP would likely have emerged victorious. Unfortunately, Atiku seems too consumed by self-interest to make such pragmatic decisions.

Atiku should take a simple PGD course in LEADERSHIP
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by drealj: 9:35am On Apr 30, 2025
Caseless:
😂

They're coming to the point we were making then.

Atiku was senseless to have picked Okowa thinking he had any political might.

Okowa underperformed as a governor, he's not popular and was not a force, but Atiku wanted a docile VP.

Imagine picking Wike as running-mate - he'd have had full support of the 5 governors and that would have added to his numbers.

He knew Wike was performing, he was spending on PDP, even though he lost the ticket, he should have been chosen, but they went for that Akuya.

He should have let Ayu go and picked Wike. The moment Okowa's name popped up, I knew Atiku has lost the election cos Wike would fight him from within and that cost him.

Once you knew peter Obi was out, keeping wike close was his best shot.

You see how APC is using him to show PDP how he should be used - he's a big political asset.
I love this.Atiku doesn’t understand politics same as Peter whatever
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by AKWATGOLD1(m): 9:57am On Apr 30, 2025
But when Sen. Okowa was doling out Delta money 2023 election campaigning is not a mistake. Rada Rada Sen. Moro.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Abbeytoy(m): 10:03am On Apr 30, 2025
WiszyFraud:
True. Should have picked Wike.


Atiku had too much confidence in 2023. shocked
South south and the G5 states would have been a lockdown for Wike
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by AuItsene: 10:11am On Apr 30, 2025
Atiku himself was a mistake.
It should have been a straight and fair contest between Tinubu and Obi.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Lordofalmajiri(f): 10:29am On Apr 30, 2025
RISQUE:
Political juggernaut, na you for make them win na.
You no fit compare okowa political relevant to wike own na
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by RISQUE: 10:32am On Apr 30, 2025
Lordofalmajiri:
You no fit compare okowa political relevant to wike own na
Whether Wike or Okowa, there's no way PDP would have won that election.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Champneys: 10:32am On Apr 30, 2025
A monumental disaster back then, a better strategic candidate would have made it even more difficult for INEC to manipulate
Okowa is a joke, worth not much in weight in terms of electoral value.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by BondRiv: 10:38am On Apr 30, 2025
Atiku's mountainous ego was and still is the problem.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by Agugbadin: 10:48am On Apr 30, 2025
Okowa was a wrong candidate, he betrayed the south by picking VP ticket.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by KennethOkonkwo: 11:10am On Apr 30, 2025
WiszyFraud:
True. Should have picked Wike.


Atiku had too much confidence in 2023. shocked
He banked on buhari and his cabals support!


He is repeating the same mistake,still banking on them fot 2027 even when they are now out of power!
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by KennethOkonkwo: 11:12am On Apr 30, 2025
Caseless:
😂

They're coming to the point we were making then.

Atiku was senseless to have picked Okowa thinking he had any political might.

Okowa underperformed as a governor, he's not popular and was not a force, but Atiku wanted a docile VP.

Imagine picking Wike as running-mate - he'd have had full support of the 5 governors and that would have added to his numbers.

He knew Wike was performing, he was spending on PDP, even though he lost the ticket, he should have been chosen, but they went for that Akuya.

He should have let Ayu go and picked Wike. The moment Okowa's name popped up, I knew Atiku has lost the election cos Wike would fight him from within and that cost him.

Once you knew peter Obi was out, keeping wike close was his best shot.

You see how APC is using him to show PDP how he should be used - he's a big political asset.
Na Karma

Atiku knew what he did to OBJ in their first tenure when he was in control of PDP structure.He knew WIKE had similar power that needed to be nipped. So,he went for a docile government of an oil rich state like rivers that can sponsor his campaign

I wonder who will sponsor his campaign in 2027,may be DIRI of bayelsa state!
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by doncartel: 11:19am On Apr 30, 2025
Abba Moro on point. Okowa can't deliver his village to any party in a free and fair election.
Re: 2023: Picking Okowa As PDP Vice Presidential Candidate Was A Mistake - Sen Moro by martin123: 11:34am On Apr 30, 2025
Ayo25:
PDP's punishment for suffering Nigerians for 16 years, is that they will continue to be in disarray until the party finally scatters grin

There is no decision that they will ever make, that will ever be right for the party. Even the decisions they are yet to make, is faulty by default grin

Their biggest misfortune is that Tinubu a core politician becomes the president. By the time BAT completes 8 years PDP would have been buried grin
Oga/Madam, you are missing the whole thing. PDP is not the problem but the players, the question you should ask is where are those people that ruled under PDP for that 16 yearshuh they are now part of APC.....
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