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There is a delicious irony unfolding in Nigerian politics right now that nobody saw coming. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his desperate bid to hunt down and neutralize every political enemy from the Buhari era, may have just done Peter Obi the biggest favor of his political career. By making Amaechi and Atiku too toxic to touch, Tinubu has essentially cleared the field and left ADC with one logical, unavoidable choice. The man he fears most. Peter Obi.

Tinubu's Witch Hunt and How It Started

When Muhammadu Buhari was alive, there was reportedly a gentleman's agreement between him and Tinubu. A quiet understanding that once Tinubu got to power, he would leave Buhari's ministers and allies alone. Nigerian politics runs on these kinds of arrangements. Favors exchanged. Loyalties traded. Hands shaken in dark rooms.

But Buhari is dead. And dead men cannot enforce agreements.

The moment that protection disappeared, Tinubu moved. Abubakar Malami, Buhari's feared Attorney General, is in prison. Nasir El Rufai, the man who was once so powerful that governors trembled at his name, is being hunted like a common criminal. The EFCC, DSS, and ICPC have become instruments not just of justice but of political settlement. And Tinubu is just getting started.

The message he is sending to everyone who benefited under Buhari while he waited is simple and brutal. Your time of reckoning has come.

Why Amaechi Is Already A Marked Man

Rotimi Amaechi is not just a former minister. He is a man who looked Tinubu in the eye during the 2023 APC presidential primary and said he was the better candidate. He paid one hundred million naira for that presidential form. He stood on that stage and challenged a man who does not forget and does not forgive.

That alone would be enough to make him a target. But there is more.

As Transport Minister under Buhari, Amaechi presided over one of the most expensive borrowing periods in Nigerian history. Chinese loans. Rail projects. Billions of naira moving through the Transport Ministry. Whether Amaechi is guilty of any wrongdoing is almost secondary. What matters is that there is enough material sitting in government files for Tinubu's agencies to keep Amaechi occupied, distracted, and publicly humiliated throughout an entire campaign season.

The moment Amaechi is named ADC candidate, the EFCC will suddenly remember those files. Invitations will be issued. Lawyers will be on standby. And instead of campaigning in Kaduna and Kano, Amaechi will be explaining himself in Abuja. ADC does not need a candidate whose campaign runs from a courtroom. They need someone who can run a country.

Atiku Has Been Here Too Many Times

Atiku Abubakar is a different problem but a problem nonetheless. His corruption file is not manufactured. It has been building for decades. American court documents. Halliburton allegations. Business dealings that have never been satisfactorily explained to the Nigerian public. Tinubu does not need to invent anything. He simply needs to dust off what already exists and make noise at the right time.

Beyond the legal vulnerability, Atiku carries the heaviest burden in Nigerian politics. Exhaustion. He has run for president in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023. At some point a man stops being a candidate and starts being a punchline. Nigerians are not cruel people but they are tired people. And tired people do not get excited about familiar faces promising familiar things.

ADC needs electricity. They need a candidate who makes young Nigerians drop everything and pay attention. Atiku cannot do that in 2027. That ship has long sailed.

Why Tinubu Cannot Touch Peter Obi

This is where the story gets interesting.

Peter Obi governed Anambra State for eight years and left a surplus in the treasury. In Nigeria. A documented, verified surplus. His financial records have been picked apart by political opponents, investigative journalists, and Tinubu's own allies looking desperately for something to use against him. They found nothing that sticks. No EFCC file. No suspicious contracts. No money trail leading somewhere uncomfortable.

Tinubu cannot deploy his favorite weapon against Obi because that weapon requires ammunition that does not exist. He cannot send security agencies to harass a man who has nothing to hide. He cannot manufacture a corruption narrative against someone whose record has survived years of intense scrutiny. And that one fact changes the entire shape of the 2027 election.

An Obi campaign will be about issues. About the economy that has made Nigerians feel like strangers in their own country. About the naira that has collapsed so badly that families who once considered themselves comfortable now struggle to feed themselves. About fuel prices that turned commuting into a luxury. Obi will wake up every morning free to attack Tinubu's record without looking over his shoulder. That freedom is priceless.

Tinubu Knows This Which Is Why He Has Been Fighting Obi Since 2023

Here is what should tell you everything. Since the 2023 election, Tinubu has spent a staggering amount of political energy trying to destroy Peter Obi and Labour Party. A sitting president controlling the full power of the Nigerian state has devoted considerable resources to dismantling a party that came third in the last election. Ask yourself why.

The answer is uncomfortable for Tinubu's supporters. He did not truly defeat the idea that Peter Obi represents. He only defeated the result on paper. The Labour Party has been hollowed out from within. Defections engineered. Internal crises fueled. Key figures peeled away one by one. None of that happened by accident in a country where political interference is a professional sport.

Then there was Edo State. The attack on Peter Obi's residence was not random criminality. It was a message. A signal designed to frighten him and warn anyone thinking of standing with him. But the attack had the opposite effect. It reminded millions of Obidient supporters exactly why they showed up in 2023 and exactly why they need to show up again in 2027. When they come for your house it means you matter. And Peter Obi has never mattered more than he does right now.

The Obidient Movement Is Waiting

Those millions of young Nigerians who queued for hours in 2023, who watched collation centers through the night, who cried when the results were announced, they did not disappear. They are waiting. Angry and patient in equal measure. Give them a credible platform and a clean candidate and they will move with a force that Tinubu's machine cannot absorb.

ADC with Peter Obi on the ticket is not just a party fielding a candidate. It is a movement finding a new home. And Tinubu, who spent two years trying to make sure that movement never found solid ground, may have inadvertently built the very foundation it needed by making every other option impossible.

The ticket belongs to Obi. Tinubu's witch hunt made sure of it.

Source: https://avalanchemediablog.com/article.html?slug=obi-gets-adc-ticket-as-tinubu-s-witch-hunt-destroys-amaechi-and-atiku

The headline boldly declares, “Obi to gets ADC ticket…”

With a grammatical crime this blatant, it’s no wonder Pitobi has his likes as loyal fans. After all, the packaged fraud somehow barely survived philosophy, a course so gentle that it practically hands out degrees, and managed to graduate with a third-class grade.

You see this particular blog, it's full of anything fake, propaganda

I am still wondering why some people just like to be repeating same boring tactics and expect different results

Are you guys not learning a thing

Richtaiwo:
Obi To Gets ADC Ticket 

There is a delicious irony unfolding in Nigerian politics right now that nobody saw coming.

You see this op heh, na God go save him from the spirit of fakeness.

During FCT election, if you see how many misleading stories this guy shun out heh

Richtaiwo:
The headline boldly declares, “Obi to gets ADC ticket…”

With a grammatical crime this blatant, it’s no wonder Pitobi has his likes as loyal fans. After all, the packaged fraud somehow barely survived philosophy, a course so gentle that it practically hands out degrees, and managed to graduate with a third-class grade.

Bros no need to cry ok. Third class no be sin. Atleast he's a billionaire and he's doing well. Your oga been telling us thief steal in certificate. Person wey get security and everything o. Vote for person that's certifcateless and make others vote their 3rd class in peace.

Obi is not getting the ADC ticket, mot even VP.

All dis una useless Peter Obi Blog post and YouTube vlog, ńa waste of time dem bi.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Nutin for Peter Obi or Obidients, make una do.

Tinubu spent 6 month freely scanning through all rivers secret stealing documents and Ameachi said he wants to contest against tinubu...


I laff in Chinese

aswani:
Obi is not getting the ADC ticket, mot even VP.

All dis una useless Peter Obi Blog post and YouTube vlog, ńa waste of time dem bi.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Nutin for Peter Obi or Obidients, make una do.

Bro even if Peter Obi gets the ticket, who will fund his campaign? The donation by the supporters is a token in scheme of winning presidential election in Nigeria?

I no dey give shishi no dey bring votes, forget about sweet talk

helinues:
Bro even if Peter Obi gets the ticket, who will fund his campaign? The donation by the supporters is a token in scheme of winning presidential election in Nigeria?

I no dey give shishi no dey bring votes, forget about sweet talk

Actually, I think Obidients will pour money into it as they have more money than sense anyway.

It would all be futile though.