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Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by lumens(op): 7:34pm On May 04, 2025
Nigerian politics like every other one requires some strategies and political calculations including alignments, defections, patience and a stroke of luck.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a serial Nigerian politician. Having served as the former vice-president of the country between 1999-2007, he has been contesting for the highest office in the land since 1993.

In the build up to the 2015 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar led some governors out of the PDP and forged an alignment that birthed the current APC.

In my opinion, Atiku could have thrown his weight behind Goodluck Jonathan and ensured he won the 2015 election. This is what President Bola Tinubu did when he patiently waited for President Buhari to finish eight years before throwing his hat into the ring.

The gang up against President Jonathan in 2015 that ensured his defeat ended Atiku's hopes of ever becoming President of Nigeria.


Your thoughts?
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by PresidObi: 7:40pm On May 04, 2025
Atiku can still.be president









Of an old People's home grin
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Hohaiiiode(m): 7:44pm On May 04, 2025
Atiku is not a smart politician, he might think so because of the opportunities that abound for stupid rich men that were able to grab power from the military!
But his moves so far were way to shortsighted with so many foolish mistakes that an average idiot won’t even make!

For example , picking okowa instead of Wike! Who does that! For what reason? In our election style?
A Wike is always a better option he will pull everything down to get the results!

Atiku would have been the president had he chosen Wike!

His opposition to good luck Jonathan was out of his desire to see Nigeria work, which we all discover later that it was a cheap gang up!

He had more more chances if good luck had finished his term ! But he is a fool as always!

Now is time to push his support for Peter obi! But I am so sure he won’t!
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by lumens(op): 7:49pm On May 04, 2025
PresidObi:
Atiku can still.be president









Of an old People's home grin
lol...be nice
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by HacheNoire: 7:49pm On May 04, 2025
PresidObi:
Atiku can still.be president









Of an old People's home grin
Arsenal has better chances of winning the UEFA champions league than Atiku becoming president.

It’s outrightly impossible!
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by lumens(op): 7:51pm On May 04, 2025
Hohaiiiode:
Atiku is not a smart politician, he might think so because of the opportunities that abound for stupid rich men that were able to grab power from the military!
But his moves so far were way to shortsighted with so many foolish mistakes that an average idiot won’t even make!

For example , picking okowa instead of Wike! Who does that! For what reason? In our election style?
A Wike is always a better option he will pull everything down to get the results!

Atiku would have been the president had he chosen Wike!

His opposition to good luck Jonathan was out of his desire to see Nigeria work, which we all discover later that it was a cheap gang up!

He had more more chances if good luck had finished his term ! But he is a fool as always!

Now is time to push his support for Peter obi! But I am so sure he won’t!
I think he needs to learn not to contest in every election cycle. You may not like Tinubu but he was patiently building his party and he knew he won't win until the coalition that birthed APC.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Moroccoguy: 7:54pm On May 04, 2025
You can't compare the political calculations of any southerner to that of northerners. They only believe in number.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by lumens(op): 7:56pm On May 04, 2025
Moroccoguy:
You can't compare the political calculations of any southerner to that of northerners. They only believe in number.
I think I agree to an extent
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Hohaiiiode(m): 8:09pm On May 04, 2025
lumens:
I think he needs to learn not to contest in every election cycle. You may not like Tinubu but he was patiently building his party and he knew he won't win until the coalition that birthed APC.
Atiku has nothing to offer ,he is as corrupt not even more than any other corrupt candidate, he is wasteful and above all old and frail !
He feels he stand a chance ! But unless he wishes to bury PDP finally! He should bury his chances!

And throw his support towards obi!
The only person the opposition is scared of is Peter obi! Even if there never admits it!
The only thing I don’t like about obi is his soft nature! It is who he is though! It is not easy to ask for a nature he never possesses but you must be mad and radical to win election under people like tinubu and wike !
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by AdesegunSanni89: 8:12pm On May 04, 2025
Atiku’s greatest mistake was allowing Obasanjo to deceive him in 2003 PDP primaries. That was Atiku’s best chance of becoming president.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Kdon2: 8:13pm On May 04, 2025
lumens:
Nigerian politics like every other one requires some strategies and political calculations including alignments, defections, patience and a stroke of luck.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a serial Nigerian politician. Having served as the former vice-president of the country between 1999-2007, he has been contesting for the highest office in the land since 1993.

In the build up to the 2015 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar led some governors out of the PDP and forged an alignment that birthed the current APC.

In my opinion, Atiku could have thrown his weight behind Goodluck Jonathan and ensured he won the 2015 election. This is what President Bola Tinubu did when he patiently waited for President Buhari to finish eight years before throwing his hat into the ring.

The gang up against President Jonathan in 2015 that ensured his defeat ended Atiku's hopes of ever becoming President of Nigeria.


Your thoughts?
It looks plausible on paper. Atiku is going nowhere
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Ikaeniyan0: 8:14pm On May 04, 2025
Hohaiiiode:
Atiku is not a smart politician, he might think so because of the opportunities that abound for stupid rich men that were able to grab power from the military!
But his moves so far were way to shortsighted with so many foolish mistakes that an average idiot won’t even make!

For example , picking okowa instead of Wike! Who does that! For what reason? In our election style?
A Wike is always a better option he will pull everything down to get the results!

Atiku would have been the president had he chosen Wike!

His opposition to good luck Jonathan was out of his desire to see Nigeria work, which we all discover later that it was a cheap gang up!

He had more more chances if good luck had finished his term ! But he is a fool as always!

Now is time to push his support for Peter obi! But I am so sure he won’t!
The only way Atiku would have won is if Obi and Kwankwaso didn't contest.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Adblg0610: 8:17pm On May 04, 2025
Moroccoguy:
You can't compare the political calculations of any southerner to that of northerners. They only believe in number.
I think his greatest mistake was in 2003, during the PDP tsunami that swept away five Alliance for Democracy Governors, Atiku was the hatchet man to do the job, he spared only Tinubu, because he was his political ally and Tinubu later became his nemesis.
At that time, it was very easy to rig elections. If he had eliminated Tinubu then, it would have adversely affected his political trajectory and maybe we would not be having a President Tinubu now.
He has forgotten that in politics, war or love, all is fair.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Burob: 8:18pm On May 04, 2025
Hohaiiiode:
Atiku has nothing to offer ,he is as corrupt not even more than any other corrupt candidate, he is wasteful and above all old and frail !
He feels he stand a chance ! But unless he wishes to bury PDP finally! He should bury his chances!

And throw his support towards obi!
The only person the opposition is scared of is Peter obi! Even if there never admits it!
The only thing I don’t like about obi is his soft nature! It is who he is though! It is not easy to ask for a nature he never possesses but you must be mad and radical to win election under people like tinubu and wike !
what kind of hallucination is this, very funny Gringory Obi from south east Nigeria defeat a sitting president from south west Nigeria?

U must be igbo?
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Burob: 8:21pm On May 04, 2025
Adblg0610:
I think his greatest mistake was in 2003, during the PDP tsunami that swept away five Alliance for Democracy Governors, Atiku was the hatchet man to do the job, he spared only Tinubu, because he was his political ally.
At that time, it was very easy to rig elections. If he had eliminated Tinubu then, it would have adversely affected his political trajectory and maybe we would not be having a President Tinubu now.
He has forgotten that in politics, war or love, all is fair.
hatchet man indeed, u replaced Atiku with obasanjo to support the nonsense narrative that u just asserted?
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Obiedun(m): 8:51pm On May 04, 2025
Atiku will soon he dragging presidential ticket with Seyi Tinubu if care is not taken
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by lumens(op): 8:53pm On May 04, 2025
Obiedun:
Atiku will soon he dragging presidential ticket with Seyi Tinubu if care is not taken
where is the lie?
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Obiedun(m): 8:57pm On May 04, 2025
lumens:
where is the lie?
Did I mention lie?
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by irumanle(m): 9:13pm On May 04, 2025
Adblg0610:
I think his greatest mistake was in 2003, during the PDP tsunami that swept away five Alliance for Democracy Governors, Atiku was the hatchet man to do the job, he spared only Tinubu, because he was his political ally and Tinubu later became his nemesis.
At that time, it was very easy to rig elections. If he had eliminated Tinubu then, it would have adversely affected his political trajectory and maybe we would not be having a President Tinubu now.
He has forgotten that in politics, war or love, all is fair.
See as you concoct theTinubu only AD survival to suit your narration. Well, Tinubu stood his ground as opposition against Obj re-election in 2003, while Afenifere/other AD Governors were doing Omowani politics. The decision we make today is what will shape our future. The present of Jagaban is the result his decisions long years ago.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by BondRiv: 9:13pm On May 04, 2025
The wind of change was blowing ferociously in 2015, which meant that Atiku couldn't have saved Jonathan by supporting him. Majority of Nigerians were fed up with the bad condition of the country and clamoured for change. I'm one of those who believe Atiku's time has passed. Going by his antecedents in government, he has nothing to offer this country, other than checking a box of his lifelong ambition.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Twist4u: 9:17pm On May 04, 2025
What is Atiku's Agenda for Nigeria? A 5 times presidential Aspirant.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by EnEnPeecee: 9:24pm On May 04, 2025
Notherners and very greedy selfish people. Their ganged up against Jonathan was not because he didn't perform. They felt he will cheat them should he win but today they are begging the same Jonathan to come to their rescue. Useless people
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by JagabanBorgu: 10:50pm On May 04, 2025
lumens:
Nigerian politics like every other one requires some strategies and political calculations including alignments, defections, patience and a stroke of luck.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a serial Nigerian politician. Having served as the former vice-president of the country between 1999-2007, he has been contesting for the highest office in the land since 1993.

In the build up to the 2015 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar led some governors out of the PDP and forged an alignment that birthed the current APC.

In my opinion, Atiku could have thrown his weight behind Goodluck Jonathan and ensured he won the 2015 election. This is what President Bola Tinubu did when he patiently waited for President Buhari to finish eight years before throwing his hat into the ring.

The gang up against President Jonathan in 2015 that ensured his defeat ended Atiku's hopes of ever becoming President of Nigeria.


Your thoughts?
If Jonathan could be removed by a so called "gang up", then he was not worth being a president in the first place.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by DMerciful(m): 10:55pm On May 04, 2025
Atiku may have lost the presidency forever by that impatient action of defecting to APC in 2014.

Unless Obi deputise for him, he can't be president
lumens:
Nigerian politics like every other one requires some strategies and political calculations including alignments, defections, patience and a stroke of luck.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a serial Nigerian politician. Having served as the former vice-president of the country between 1999-2007, he has been contesting for the highest office in the land since 1993.

In the build up to the 2015 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar led some governors out of the PDP and forged an alignment that birthed the current APC.

In my opinion, Atiku could have thrown his weight behind Goodluck Jonathan and ensured he won the 2015 election. This is what President Bola Tinubu did when he patiently waited for President Buhari to finish eight years before throwing his hat into the ring.

The gang up against President Jonathan in 2015 that ensured his defeat ended Atiku's hopes of ever becoming President of Nigeria.


Your thoughts?
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Hoelujohn: 11:09pm On May 04, 2025
Hohaiiiode:
Atiku has nothing to offer ,he is as corrupt not even more than any other corrupt candidate, he is wasteful and above all old and frail !
He feels he stand a chance ! But unless he wishes to bury PDP finally! He should bury his chances!

And throw his support towards obi!
The only person the opposition is scared of is Peter obi! Even if there never admits it!
The only thing I don’t like about obi is his soft nature! It is who he is though! It is not easy to ask for a nature he never possesses but you must be mad and radical to win election under people like tinubu and wike !
Tinubu will be happy if he is to contest against Obi. Check all my previous posts, I detest Tinubu to the call despite being from South West. The only thing that can make Tinubu and APC go into panic mode is combination of Atiku and Obi. The Tinubu I know , kai! kai! Kai! He will rig the 2027 election with reckless abandonment. The only thing that can make rigging reduced a bit is if the north start using slogan like 'Rig and Roast' ( just like ACN used back then in Ekiti state) that's what can make them rig sensibly otherwise na already written result them go announce. I want people to save this my comment. Each ward collation officer will be promised 10m-20m to announce different results.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by DMerciful(m): 11:15pm On May 04, 2025
He did not win but was rigged in
lumens:
I think he needs to learn not to contest in every election cycle. You may not like Tinubu but he was patiently building his party and he knew he won't win until the coalition that birthed APC.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by papyjaypaul: 11:59pm On May 04, 2025
papyjaypaul:
Not only him, they are many. But he's no different from Tinubu who should have let someone else run and remain the godfather he claimed to be but godfather sef Wan hustle. They are all hustlers. It's all about their bellies not the nation. Have you forgotten when they revealed Tinubu wanted to be Buhari's vice and he objected because it was Muslim Muslim? Shey they said he is the Guardiola of political talents, he can select like Ferguson and mentor like Zidane. It's all packaged lies, thank God he is now President and we can see him for who he is. Those who knew him from Lagos know they are just packaging lies for national. The same man brought Buhari to us for his selfish ambitions, he and Atiku are not really different, one of them just gbajue pass the other one. Didn't they both work together in the past? Atiku has been on this since 1993, this is 32 years. Is he and Tinubu not telling us that in 30 years, they did not know how to build young people that will lead Nigeria? Atiku worked to destroy PDP from within so that he could get the AC ticket and be president. The only reason he is not in APC today is because Tinubu is there and he can't have his way with him there. Didn't they both have deals for PDP tsunami in 2007? All of them is about me, me, me, me, me. They just want to satisfy that desire to be called president even if age or their health will not allow them to do well. They are selfish and believe they can buy everyone with money. There's no much difference between Atiku and Tinubu, it's just friends in different parties and one of them got what the other wanted badly.

Most of the elders around 80 should be ashamed of themselves.


Edit: I want Atiku to keep staying in PDP. While you may think he is the problem of PDP, he is also a problem to his friend, Tinubu. Tinubu also wants to be sure that his money bag friend won't contest against him in 2027. It is part of eliminating the competition and knowing those who can be bought. It's better not to give in easily until the final moment. APC also wants to see what cards opposition will throw at them, that's why you see them attacking Obi the 3rd more than Atiku the 2nd. Atiku is their customer and he still has a base in the North no matter what you think. Don't make it easy to predict. APC and PDP did not plan for what happened with LP in 2023 within short notice. 24 hrs is a long time in politics. No one knows tomorrow.
papyjaypaul:
Atiku needs to step aside.

What brought the different groups to form PDP in 1998 was rotating power between the North and South. The rotation was what made Atiku gang up against Jonathan in 2015 for breaking the principle, first in 2011. Now they are leaving him. Don't forget that Atiku could not be a vice again so he supported Ribadu and the Gtbank guy against GEJ and they lost. They tried again in 2015, this time with Buhari and they won.

Atiku has lost against Northern and Southern candidates. He should not have contested in 2023, even if he had the right to. He worked with ACN in 2007 and has been flip flopping for his selfish ambition to be President. If we are surprised at Wike's behavior, I think PDP set the standard so low they allowed people like this to control their party and destroy it.

If he thinks his story will be like Buhari, he should remember Buhari first contested with his base in ANPP and CPC so he did not need the party per se but it was the bloc votes Tinubu saw that made them beg him to contest one more time and they found the right time and opportunity. Tinubu's 'win' has given him another false hope. He should read the handwriting on the wall.

Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by loffyloffy:
lumens:
Nigerian politics like every other one requires some strategies and political calculations including alignments, defections, patience and a stroke of luck.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a serial Nigerian politician. Having served as the former vice-president of the country between 1999-2007, he has been contesting for the highest office in the land since 1993.

In the build up to the 2015 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar led some governors out of the PDP and forged an alignment that birthed the current APC.

In my opinion, Atiku could have thrown his weight behind Goodluck Jonathan and ensured he won the 2015 election. This is what President Bola Tinubu did when he patiently waited for President Buhari to finish eight years before throwing his hat into the ring.

The gang up against President Jonathan in 2015 that ensured his defeat ended Atiku's hopes of ever becoming President of Nigeria.


Your thoughts?
His greatest mistake was not Cooling down for Obasanjo..he was destined to be president after OBj , but he blew up his chance by giving Obj reason to mistrust him.
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Hohaiiiode(m): 12:26am On May 05, 2025
Hoelujohn:
Tinubu will be happy if he is to contest against Obi. Check all my previous posts, I detest Tinubu to the call despite being from South West. The only thing that can make Tinubu and APC go into panic mode is combination of Atiku and Obi. The Tinubu I know , kai! kai! Kai! He will rig the 2027 election with reckless abandonment. The only thing that can make rigging reduced a bit is if the north start using slogan like 'Rig and Roast' ( just like ACN used back then in Ekiti state) that's what can make them rig sensibly otherwise na already written result them go announce. I want people to save this my comment. Each ward collation officer will be promised 10m-20m to announce different results.
we all know tinubu antics , there is no sense or logic with him! We all know he is not a democrat , he just pretend to be one! There is definitely no way he is not rigging himself in! Expecially with people like obi who like to play safe!
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by SarkinYarki: 12:27am On May 05, 2025
Atiku should have been the number supporter of Jonathan in 2014 because he would have been the biggest beneficiary of a Jonathan victory and he would be in his second term now president . I wonder how he allowed Tinubu deceive him , if Tinubu was in his shoes he would have supported Jonathan
Re: Is This The Greatest Mistake Of Atiku Abubakar's Political Career? by Day169: 12:36am On May 05, 2025
That's why he can't hold a candle near the B.A.T politically.
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