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2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by CryptoPornster(op): 11:36pm On Jul 08, 2025
Kenneth Okonkwo, a member of the opposition alliance, believes President Bola Tinubu will win if the African Democratic Congress (ADC) nominates a southern presidential candidate like Peter Obi as its flag bearer in the 2027 election.

The actor-turned-lawyer said that to unseat Tinubu, the ADC coalition should present a northern political heavyweight in the toga of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai, ex-Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal, among others.

“My strategy this time around is that I am going to support a northerner in 2027,” Okonkwo said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.

“It must be a northerner that the whole north is willing to support.

“If the whole north is willing to support an Atiku, why not?

“If the whole north is willing to support a Tambuwal, why not? The person must be qualified, and if he has experience in the presidency, it is an added advantage, and when he puts up something from the south, that will push him through,” he said.
https://thesun.ng/2027-presidency-tinubu-will-win-if-coalition-picks-southerner-kenneth-okonkwo/

Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by yarimo(m): 11:58pm On Jul 08, 2025
Coalition members are just getting confused everyday grin ATIKU, kwankwaso, OBI,El RUFAI and ameachi must all contest for president in 2027 against president TINUBU they like it or not 😆🤣
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by GodPunishOsu: 12:36am On Jul 09, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
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Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by Ajebaba(m): 1:03am On Jul 09, 2025
This man will receive the insults and dragging of his Life this week!
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by SmartEnergyng(m): 1:27am On Jul 09, 2025
CryptoPornster:
Kenneth Okonkwo, a member of the opposition alliance, believes President Bola Tinubu will win if the African Democratic Congress (ADC) nominates a southern presidential candidate like Peter Obi as its flag bearer in the 2027 election.

The actor-turned-lawyer said that to unseat Tinubu, the ADC coalition should present a northern political heavyweight in the toga of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai, ex-Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal, among others.

“My strategy this time around is that I am going to support a northerner in 2027,” Okonkwo said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.

“It must be a northerner that the whole north is willing to support.

“If the whole north is willing to support an Atiku, why not?

“If the whole north is willing to support a Tambuwal, why not? The person must be qualified, and if he has experience in the presidency, it is an added advantage, and when he puts up something from the south, that will push him through,” he said.
Source:https://thesun.ng/2027-presidency-tinubu-will-win-if-coalition-picks-southerner-kenneth-okonkwo/
https://www.nairaland.com/8470237/kenneth-okonkwo-fiction-northern-voting
Kenneth Okonkwo and the Fiction of a Northern Voting Monolith
When Nollywood meets political naivety, the result is national comedy
.

Kenneth Okonkwo’s latest appearance on Channels TV is the kind of political performance best left on a movie set. His claim—that only a northern heavyweight like Atiku can defeat President Tinubu in 2027—isn’t analysis; it’s lazy fiction, penned by an armchair Nollywood analyst mistaking regional myths for political science.

To start, there is no such thing as a single northern voting bloc. That fantasy belongs in a poorly written script, not on a national stage. The so-called “12 million Buharist vote bank” was not transferrable, and certainly not to Atiku. Buhari earned that number through decades of grassroots hustle, not borrowed glory.

Even with that mythical northern clout, Buhari lost in 2003 and 2011 to Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan, both from the South. If a man who actually had the North couldn’t unseat a southern incumbent, how then does Kenneth believe Atiku—perpetually rejected by even his hometown—can do what Buhari could not?

Kenneth, once Peter Obi’s spokesman, now dances clumsily in Atiku’s corner like a man who changes loyalty the way a confused actor changes costumes—hoping one will finally land him the lead role. His political compass swings wildly, not with principle, but with the desperation of relevance.

He speaks of strategy, yet thinks in stereotypes. He analyses elections the way a child reads fables—believing that geography trumps character, and that recycled candidates inspire revolutions.

Nigeria deserves better than this tired, tribalist tale.
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by sleek214(m): 3:43am On Jul 09, 2025
That's a known fact, only delusional obidients think otherwise
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by nairavsdollars(f): 3:46am On Jul 09, 2025
Atiku's money in action. This hungry lawyer that just shouts anyhow. He thinks politics is acting
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by Freshtruth(m): 3:57am On Jul 09, 2025
This one wey he mouth feel swallow full human being still dey talk? Every dick and harry done enter politics. After buhari fo 8yrs finish make south do only 4yrs he pain me say nairaland no dey allow us deg type insult again. Seun Abeg review this ur nairaland na the insult dey make nairaland dey sweet all this maturity talk done tire us
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by Freshtruth(m):
givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
I tire for this Kenneth okoko sef person with labour party without any governor or structure back up obi win 9 states give that person with Tinubu one on one weda he no go spoil him face before dem announce final results this Kenneth okoko is dull
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by princeade86(m): 4:10am On Jul 09, 2025
That's a big lie. Let coalition pick obi and el rufia as running mate and let see how tinubu will win the election.
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by tunwumi: 4:10am On Jul 09, 2025
Indirectly, you are saying Mr Obi is incompetent to lead this nation after you have gotten opportunities to examine him inside out
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by zinaunreal(m): 4:11am On Jul 09, 2025
This Kenneth guy should better lock that mouth of his.. chu chu chu. Nobody send you. Who are you sef? Guy clear road. What's even this guys political significance sef?
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by drstranged: 4:13am On Jul 09, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
You've forgotten the power of incumbency. I believe Okonkwo on this
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by Nemesis0147(m): 4:14am On Jul 09, 2025
Kenneth has started targeting Atiku's dollar...

No worry grin grin grin
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by drLammy(m):
I oten times see this man as a mole though.
There're seveeral of them planted around Obi. Unfortunately for Mr Peter,he won't have any chance again at the presidency
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by mikeapollo: 4:26am On Jul 09, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
Tinubu was not the president in 2023, so all of them were on equal footing.. Now as president, Peter Obi cannot defeat Tinubu because Tinubu will use all the money and powers of the presidency to get some good votes in the north, unless there is a strong northerner to counter him, especially Atiku
An Atiku/Obi ticket will defeat Tinubu hands down in 2027.
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by Eriokanmi:
Okonkwo is just another bwala and reno. He seems to be licking atiku's ass. He knows he can never be in a good book of Obi. He's been spewing jargon lately. How on earth will atiku win any state in the south as it stands today? The only candidate that can do that conveniently is Obi and he knows this. Kenneth belongs to the league of anywhere belle face politicians and his intentions became evident too early while in LP. We need committed Nigerians who will really move her forward, not the jegudujera like him. Atiku should step down or he'll lose again. Those pushing him are only interested in his dollars. He's going nowhere. Had inec not saved tinubu in 2023 with rigging, obi won that election. Mahmoud, being a fulani man dared not touch atiku's votes. They don't betray each other and that's why he left his votes intact. What happened in rivers and benue alone were enough to drag inec to the world court unfortunately, its a national issue. It wouldn't go beyond Nigeria. I don't see that happening in 2027 except they want to bring Nigeria down in crisis. I'm sure no man's wicked ambition will be worth that.

Peter Obi/Elrufai will seal the deal. Elrufai will capture some core northern states for Obi as the latter clears the middle belt,maybe except kogi. Tinubu can't grab all the south western states. I said he'd lose lagos in 2023 but they called me names. We still dey ground, same 2023 spoilers for tinubu in Lagos and well do it again, if Obi runs. Things were even much better in 2023 than they are now so, Tinubu's chance is slim here. I don't see any miracle that can change that and same will happen in other states in the country. Truth they day, is always bitter. Those supporting him know this deep down, that he has messed up big time.
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by boxypane:
The man Obi claimed betrayed him. Nigerian politics is not for the faint hearted
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by Ibehchizzy: 4:38am On Jul 09, 2025
Omo I can’t lie the north aren’t ready to vote Peter obi now
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by Iamsane: 4:42am On Jul 09, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
Kenneth know Peter Obi more than any 0bi-ediot will ever know him. Now he is telling you guys the truth but you guys are choosing delusion and nonsense. Ire o.
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by Eriokanmi:
Ibehchizzy:
Omo I can’t lie the north aren’t ready to vote Peter obi now
Is it tinubu that deceived them with same faith ticket they'd vote? Atiku can't win because south must do 8 years, either tinubu continues or obi shares the 2 terms. It will be a north ganging up against the south. Obi stands a better chance than atiku. If Elrufai runs with him, they'll win with ease. They only need few core northern states, while obi takes middle belt, except kogi and major states in the south
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by FatherLord: 4:45am On Jul 09, 2025
I will advise obi to stump to conquer. Let him be a vice to a northerner. The north is very big in voting size
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by hotseat: 5:02am On Jul 09, 2025
Kenneth Okonkwo is erroneously equating Nollywood with politics.


It's obvious his beef with PO is getting the better of him.


For him to even say he would support a northern candidate, Atiku in particular, in the 2027 presidential election, is an indication of someone cutting off his nose in other to spite his face.

Undeniably, he is entitled to support whoever he prefers. It's his right.

However, he should be reminded that the right of Southerners to complete their eight years in office is not negotiable.



After all, one good turn, they say, deserves another.



Besides, no vacancy exists in Aso Villa.



Tinubu till May 28, 2031!




@hotseat
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by anonimi: 5:19am On Jul 09, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
Stop using the stuff that ebilokan was selling in Chicago, according to Reno.

Wike kicked Obi out of PDP and made it easier for ebilokan to get into Aso Rock. It’s the same thing that Obiano did to Obi in APGA after his failed attempt to ruin Anambra as a godfather in the same manner that ebilokan is ruining Lagos with his lootocracy master plan.

jameshankss:
Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by ProfGday(m): 5:23am On Jul 09, 2025
Ndi-Igbo shey una don see the eyes of the betrayal?


Your own very son...!!!

These type of human can sell their father's inheritance for just a morsel of bread.


If na Yoruba person talk this shiiiit,I know how some of you will be confussing from the anus.

But thank God ur son did this to Peter Obi.


A good father would disown this wayward son and handed him over to be flogged at the village square until sense connect back to his brain.

Igbo kwenu?
Igbo kwenu?
Igbo kwenu
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by anonimi: 5:24am On Jul 09, 2025
Eriokanmi:
Is it tinubu that deceived them with same faith ticket they'd vote? Atiku can't win because south must do 8 years,

either tinubu continues or obi shares the 2 terms. It will be a north a ganging up against the south. Obi stands a better chance than atiku. If Elrufai runs with him, they'll win with ease. They only need few core north, while obi takes middle belt, except kogi and major states in the south
Why did ebilokan not allow southerner Jonathan to do eight years? Why did he replace him with a clueless northerner whom he called expired in 2011?

Since ebilokan made Buhari president in 2015, what has changed for better than when Jonathan and PDP were in office for 16 years? Anything huh

Emergingnation:
Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.

Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by iamfraud(f): 5:25am On Jul 09, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
if Obituary Agbotikuyo did not say he won the election at the tribunal why would you guys love deceiving yourself over this false narrative?
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by IJAYA001(m): 5:28am On Jul 09, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Wrong. Both Peter Obi and/or Atiku will defeat Tinubu at the polls, but Peter Obi has a higher chance of defeating Tinubu than Atiku.

Peter Obi defeated Tinubu in a 3-horse race in 2023 and will defeat him again in 2027.
You need to be taught politics I swear, you think Tinubu = Jonathan. Non of these two will ever sit on that seat.

IRE O
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by anonimi: 5:30am On Jul 09, 2025
boxypane:
The man Obi claimed betrayed him. He's still leaving in bondage politically.
He has LEFT the bondage of political tribalism that he was LIVING in behind for others.

Will you follow his example and leave your own tribalism bondage huh

edet19892015:
Unless you understand your role in society, you can never make any meaningful contribution.

According to the Greeks, they are three types of people on Earth,
1. The idiots,
2. The tribesmen, and
3. The citizens.


Studies show only 10% of Africans are citizens.
The remaining 90% are either tribesmen or idiots.

1. When the Greeks used the word "Idiot", they did not use it as a curse word.
Idiots are people who just don’t care.
If they sit for exams, they will cheat.
If they are in government they will steal.

An idiot does not care at all, if he eats bananas he throws the peels anywhere instead of putting them in a trash bin.

IDIOTS won't attend monthly neighborhood meetings. They won't pay security dues. They won't contribute to community development. Even when they see or know about something that will harm others in the community they won't report it. When they see/know/have something that will benefit their community they won't share.

In fact, Idiots don't care to register for or vote in an election, yet they complain the most. If they register to vote, IDIOTS will sell their votes for peanuts.

According to the Greeks, some societies have more idiots than tribesmen and citizens.

2. The next set of people are "Tribesmen", these are people that look at everything from the point of view of their tribe.

These are people that believe in you only if you are part of their tribe.
It can be terrible to have a tribesman as a leader, he will alienate the rest.

When the Greeks talk about tribes, it’s not just about ethnicity, they also consider religion, gang membership, group membership, party membership and even cult membership as a tribe.

A great percentage of Africans are tribesmen, because they view everything from the point of view of their tribes. They trust only their tribesmen

3. The last group are "Citizens".
These are people who like to do things the right way.
They will respect traffic light rules even if no one is watching them.

They drive within speed limits.
They respect the laws, and won’t cheat in exams.
In government, they won’t steal.
They are compassionate and give to others to promote their well-being.

Citizens often promote projects that benefit everyone.
The Greeks called this group "The Citizens".

Some countries have more citizens than tribesmen and idiots, others have so many idiots.

A tribesman can become a citizen through orientation.
And an idiot can become a citizen by training and constant enforcement of the law.

But things fall apart if you elect an idiot or tribesman to lead you if he has not been reformed.

Where do you belong? Are you an idiot, a tribesman or a citizen? Reflect on your life.
Reflect about your immediate community, city, state and nation.

#EdetEdemAkpan #Share
Re: 2027: Tinubu Will Win If Coalition Picks A Southerner – Kenneth Okonkwo by sleek214(m): 5:31am On Jul 09, 2025
It's a known fact, only delusional obidients think otherwise
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