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Scholarforlife:
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The death of opposition in any democracy is a breeding ground for totalitarianism and absolute power. An absolute power in the custody of any democrat will naturally turn him into a dictator. Opposition is the livewire of democracy because it provides the possibility of having a choice for the PEOPLE.

When a ruling party sees a virile opposition, they know that the people have an option. It is only in Nigeria that opposition parties are classified as enemies of the government rather than a means of sustaining democracy.

Please explain how His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) is killing the opposition?

He is responsible for all the party woes of the opposition?

None of you lots have addressed the problem even when you know it. You cannot talk about it cos you know it will escalate matters!

You never used a single sentence to attack the opposition for their disunity and incompetence, but quick hip the whole blame on His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR).

Either way INEC would have ruled, you will still blame His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR). INEC and the court was just thrown in the middle of their chaos.

[quote author=HacheNoire post=139077123]

What environment is His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) not creating?

I am not jobless to even try wake a man faking sleep, if despite all the party crisis left right centre for the 1st time in our history since '99 ... I refuse to shalaye

Can you explain in-depth since you make him responsible for the woes in another party.

Like i said antecedent and a person are good X ray of who they are.
I can authoritatively tell Tinubu is the one fielding candidate for pdp till 2023.

When you listen to Tinubu loyals thugs talk in lagos you get the message no room for real opposition ... some of us are insiders, we know things

Do you know what losers do? They never take responsibility and blame others for their woes!!/quote]
Yeah ! Some Losers dont take responsibility and there are losers that dont just Give up ..talk another thing

[quote]So His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) created those factions wrestling power in ADC? Let’s imagine he did, why can’t ADC expel such members?

oga ! This is not just about ADC, it start from PDP to LP to SDP now ADC what sensible Nigerians are saying is 4 is tew much of a coincidence

Imagine naa every weekend your gurlfriend come your house things they always miss, your mama bag don miss .... and ifa saying it is coincidence

How does Dangote blame BUA for the disunity among his staffs? Is it not to investigate disloyal employees within the company and sack them?

this is a very dvmb analog, 1st dangote is not in position of Labour union or govt to disunity BUA staff

Tinubu is the president, apparently the 3 arms of govt are his stooge and we know for a Fact Tinubu appoint Inec chairman ...is he in position to sabotage parties, Big yes

Your narration is not selling! Make it make sense! That ADC as a party cannot coordinate itself and sought internal rift, even if it means expelling party members

try control or regulate your body temperature from sweating under hot sun ... You can't thats what environmental factors can do to you.

Enabling environment is key, thats what GEJ gave in 2015 , buh na baba weyrey dey power now, whu wan die beta die fast i must rule till jesus kum

[quote author=reddingtonblack post=139077366][/quote]You still cannot explain? Those fables did not still address my question!

How do you blame His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) for all the party rifts in EVERY political party?

How!

You still did not blame the party’s! Let me focus on ADC. You did not talk about how various aspirants is trying to hijack the party structure. It is Tinubu’s fault right?

It’s already happening at the state levels too. Everyone trying to force their loyalist in states, but it is His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) fault.

Why not talk about the incompetence of those party? If I am able to invade and influence over your home, then you definitely not doing a good job and highly incompetent!

uche87:
I recently wrote an article emphasising the failure of democracy, especially in Africa. Democracy is still the best form of government. The problem is that political actors worldwide have learned to manipulate it. It will only get worse. As the next presidential election in Nigeria draws nearer, there is a likelihood that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu might be literally contesting against himself. This sounds ridiculous, but it is already unfolding.

Nigeria operates a multi-party system on paper. Most elections are dominated by two major political parties, namely the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party. Oftentimes, what we call the opposition party is formed by aggrieved members of the ruling party. Apparently, they are still one family. They only become opposition when it is perceived that the spoils of power were not evenly shared. At least 18 out of the 21 political parties are not real contenders but pretenders. They function as fractional political platforms, often used as special purpose vehicles by the dominant parties.

Tinubu understands the fragility of the party system in Nigeria and is using it to his advantage. He appears to be drawing lessons from leaders like Paul Kagame, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Robert Mugabe, Yoweri Museveni, Paul Biya and Vladimir Putin, leaders often accused of suppressing opposition to stay in power. In 2018, Sisi’s government cracked down on political opponents using the machinery of the state. The moment you throw your hat in the ring, scrutiny intensifies, and in some cases, opponents are arrested or disqualified. Sisi eventually contested against Moussa Mostafa Moussa, a relatively unknown candidate who stood little chance. He won in a landslide, although the election was widely criticised by Western governments and observers. During Mugabe’s time, his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested, publicly humiliated, and in 2007, beaten by the police alongside his supporters.

Since Tinubu places significant importance on validation from the Western world, he appears to be pursuing a more subtle approach to weakening the opposition. It is quiet and methodical, designed to appear normal and procedural. The latest rumour is that the current Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Joash Amupitan, is a supporter of the ruling party. Social media posts on X in 2023 were said to have exposed his support for Tinubu. I am not surprised. A shrewd politician like Tinubu is unlikely to nominate someone who cannot align with his interests.

It is also argued that Tinubu has used the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to weaken the former main opposition party, the PDP. Does it not raise questions that a member of the opposition, who once helped stabilise the party after the Ali Modu Sheriff crisis, is now a major force within the ruling structure while still retaining his opposition membership? The problems within the PDP have become so complex that some members have abandoned the party and regrouped elsewhere. Today, Wike is reportedly building residences for judges in Abuja, a move some interpret as strategic positioning in case election results are challenged in court.

Tinubu has also been accused of persuading state governors with incentives to join the APC. His party now has over 30 governors. A few others have not formally joined but are aligned with him. The crisis within the African Democratic Congress has also been linked to powerful political interests. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in a recent interview, alleged that a factional leader of the party has received protection, vehicles, and housing while undermining the party’s progress. INEC’s stance on the ADC crisis has further raised concerns about neutrality.

Some prominent figures in the ADC, including former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai and former Attorney General Abubakar Malami, are currently facing corruption related cases. This has been widely interpreted in some quarters as an attempt to pressure opposition figures.

Previously, the National Assembly, dominated by Tinubu’s allies, appeared reluctant to pass proposals mandating real time transmission of election results by INEC. I have not lived as long as Methuselah in the Bible, but I have rarely seen an incumbent appear this concerned about opposition forces. It may look calm in public, but behind the scenes, it seems far more restless.

Back to the crux of the matter, if the ADC collapses, who will realistically contest against Tinubu? Those numerous smaller political parties that cannot win even the most localised contests? If that happens, 2027 may effectively become Tinubu contesting against himself. This could turn out to be one of the least competitive presidential elections in Nigeria’s history

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The post right ABOVE is a highly IRRESPONSIBLE post laced with a lot of defamation, scaremongering and highly IRRESPONSIBLE innuendos.

There are many other political parties that will be fielding credible candidates for the incoming 2017 elections in Nigeria so how can any body even suggest that Nigeria is running a one-party State or that President 'Bola Tinubu will be the ONLY candidate on the ballot? When the PDP had a serious crisis in the lead up to the 2023 Presidential elections because the PDP party fielded Atiku Abubakar as the Presidential candidate, and that was the beginning of the implosion of the party because the Southern candidates felt highly cheated and some of them left the PDP to hijack other political party structure such as the Labor Party which had existed for over 20 years and had produced a State Governor in the person of Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State for 2-terms. That PDP internal crisis of 2022 wasn't caused by the now President 'Bola Tinubu or his political party (APC) as alleged in the highly defamatory post right ABOVE, BUT by the inability of their members to manage their internal party politics of candidates selection. The writer of that Facebook post has forgotten all these and embarked on IRRESPONSIBLE disinformation. These opposition politicians who hijacked political party structures from existing founders and members of Labor Party, ADC, and PDP MUST learn to take responsibility for their own actions and inactions and NOT blame others for their own crisis and miss-steps.

That toilet paper suggestion of Nigeria having a one-party state or that President 'Bola Tinubu caused the self-induced, internal party rifts in these political parties of PDP, Labor, ADC, etc, is ONLY fit for flushing down the loo or tossing right into the trash can. Period.

Lamanii22:
What are the opposition party even doing, to me, Nigeria is now a one party nation....

They are blaming His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) for their inability to function!

This is exactly my concern. I bet you. Since Tinubu has taught them that you can finish opposition without any rebuke, I bet you that Hausa/Fulani will do more than this anytime power comes to their hand. Again, trust in handling power to Yoruba extraction will no longer be there going forward


quote author=Lanruze post=139075704]The only fear I have for people of South-West extraction who don't swiftly recuse themselves from PBAT or don't quickly isolate the PBAT type of Politics, Is that they may see no Yoruba Leader emerging in 100 years if nigeria remains a country.

Haba !

Obasanjo was a Yoruba Man and even a Military Man & we never had his type of Politics.[/quote]

[quote author=reddingtonblack post=139076415][/quote]Sorry, I can see your level of understanding of leadership, responsibility and politics. Definitely you are not around in the country during PDP 16 years rule and opposition of that time. Opposition party are not to be begging the ruling party. They are to stand and challenge the ruling party with facts and alternative policies. So where are they?

Complaining about Tinubu do this and that against the opposition is what you believed but no action. Talk is cheap.

phemray:
Sorry, I can see your level of understanding of leadership, responsibility and politics. Definitely you are not around in the country during PDP 16 years rule and opposition of that time. Opposition party are not to be begging the ruling party. They are to stand and challenge the ruling party with facts and alternative policies. So where are they?

Complaining about Tinubu do this and that against the opposition is what you believed but no action. Talk is cheap.

God bless you!

I am always delighted to know we still have people with brains on this forum!

aswani:
Poor write up, LP are now better organised and will run. Eventually Wike will take control of PDP and will run.

ADC clearly are in turmoil, I wonder why, and soon the interlopers will scatter away to other parties which will give them some stability.

PDP were the only national party for a long time while the opposition parties were a mess due to greed until Presidents Tinubu and Buhari saw sense. No one said PDP were running against themselves.

Write your since you Sabi very well, sabinus

AMINDA:
....and still end up losing. He who thinks he's leading and has no one following is only taking a walk.

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phemray:
Sorry, I can see your level of understanding of leadership, responsibility and politics. Definitely you are not around in the country during PDP 16 years rule and opposition of that time. Opposition party are not to be begging the ruling party. They are to stand and challenge the ruling party with facts and alternative policies. So where are they?

Complaining about Tinubu do this and that against the opposition is what you believed but no action. Talk is cheap.

I can't even make sense of what you put together, we are not complaining we are opposing him nii ... Not all us are brainlezz to be singing on your mandate we shall stand
Our allegiance is to Nigeria not a man wearing cap 8 decieving

Do you know majority of the dictators in the world started as freedom

Mugabe that terrorize is country started as a freedom fighter the moment he got power he went after the opposition, and put the man that contested against him in jail, we see the pattern they always come as activist, fighting for the people but naa like ... Some of us that followed Tinubu in the 90's are still in shock what we see of him today

Put children in jail and arraign kids for treason .. If not for public outcry

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You still cannot explain? Those fables did not z address my question

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Seems you lack comprehension, i said i refuse to wake a man pretending to sleep .. You are a waste of time

How do you blame His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) for all the party rifts in EVERY political party?

the bible said, from mouth of two or more the truth shall be establish, i am not the only one accusing Tinubu of sabotaging opposition,
before Tinubu, we had Gej, Buhari ...did we accuse them of sabotaging opposition .... remember LP had leadership crisis under buhari did we accuse Buhari,

Under Tinubu for the 1st time, few months to election we dont know if the party we know will provide aspirant sef

You still did not blame the party’s! Let me focus on ADC. You did not talk about how various aspirants is trying to hijack the party structure. It is Tinubu’s fault right?

dont waste my time where did Nafiu a 30yr old get resource to fight Atiku, Aregbe, rufai, Peter obi if not someone higher is backing him

Why not talk about the incompetence of those party? If I am able to invade and influence over your home, then you definitely not doing a good job and highly incompetent!

If you can give me an history of a time in Nig. three or four formidable opposition are having same crisis and files in court ...then i wil agree no be Tinubu

[quote author=reddingtonblack post=139077971][/quote]You still talking fables!

You failed to address my question and shifting goal post!

You even brought the Bible into the discussion!

You cannot make a tangible point than just beat around the bush!

uche87:
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At least a brilliant opposition should calculate how to take advantage of the impending mistake the APC is about to make in Lagos which no amount of rigging and votes buying could reverse. Asiwaju is about to make the greatest mistake of his political career as he previously made in Osun by supporting Oyetola against the people because he wants to impose the current deputy Governor Hamsat against Ambode.
Ambode will defeat any candidate in the 2027 election before noon day. The guy is so popular in Yoruba land to the extent that he might even win election in any other SW state. The opposition should take the advantage and stand their ground. I'm sure that Tinubu will prefer to loose Nigeria than to loose his grip in lagos. Let him choose one. Instead of shooting at the sun, why not target the moon first?

AMINDA:
....and still end up losing. He who thinks he's leading and has no one following is only taking a walk.

E dey pain you like mad. You go hear word by 2027.

Remember you saviours(obi, atiku etc) as at now has no party. Wallahi eyes go turn you I swear.

[quote author=HacheNoire post=139078000]You still talking fables!

You failed to address my question and shifting goal post!

Whats the point addressing a question you already no opposing answer will be correct

You even brought the Bible into the discussion!

You are making it sound as if naa only they point finger at Tinubu .. So i need to remind you when the two, five, ten nd more are accusing one person of same thing then it is true

You cannot make a tangible point than just beat around the bush![/quote

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Where you got it All wrong is that you keep making it about me ... Buh a lot of Nigerians know Tinubu n his crooked politics in Lagos for decades, Femi falana warned Nigerians of one party he didnt do it under a Gen. buhari ..we know Tinubu well

DeepSight:
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Are you saying there is no effort to ensure BAT is the only significant candidate in 2027?

Yes I am.

That the opposition are useless and dive headlong into things without thinking about it has nothing to do with President Tinubu

Leepeak:

E go clear for APC eye
All the big men of the north are not with him, day before yesterday immediately he left bayelsa people pull down his bill board
Make he revised the tantita contract from tompolo hand, give itsekiri man where him wife come from, and see how he will lose ijaw with style, even sheriff of delta state nor sure
U have all the 33 governor and u dey fear

E go clear for your obidients eyes. All the big men up north are with him..
Thank goodness you concede that ijaws are with him. Bayelsa people only struggled to use his billboards and posters for domestic purpose and not maliciously. Tinubu will win again, it will be very sad for you

aswani:
Yes I am.

That the opposition are useless are dive headlong into things without thinking about it has nothing to do with President Tinubu

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I think this is at best naïve and at worst willful self deceit.

DeepSight:
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I think this is at best naïve and at worst willful self deceit.

Which is your opinion but have you got any proof at all to help change my mind or at least justify your stance.

aswani:
Which is uoit opinion but have you got any proof at all to help change my mind or at least justify your stance.

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The pattern is clear. Its not a coincidence that the same thing has happened in all the major opposition parties, PDP, LP and now ADC.
If you cant see that, you are simply playing the ostrich from bias.

DeepSight:
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The pattern is clear. Its not a coincidence that the same thing has happened in all the major opposition parties, PDP, LP and now ADC.
If you cant see that, you are simply playing the ostrich from bias.

The pattern is clear that we have a useless opposition who are only interested in what they can get for themselves. That's the pattern I see.

happney65:
Mark this and go write it down.

He cannot run against himself. Nigeria is not camouroun or any of these countries. Those who did it in the past went down ignominy

Akintola and the North tried in 63,locked AWO up and threw him on trumped up charges of treason. Rigged the 65 election massively. We all remembered what happened to him. Today,Akintola isn't even remembered in the SW anymore

Or is it Babaginda? or Abacha. Remember Abacha even wanted to switch to a civilian president,shebi na kuku democracy una want with political parties endorsing him. Political parties described by the late Bola Ige as "Five Leprosy Fingers" what ended him? History is there for you all to see

Or even Obasanjo. Even as OBJ did well with the Economy,His only flaw was election rigging. Obasanjo even tried to do 3rd term and it didn't work...

Anybody trying to give himself a GOD status with the presidency is simply making a mess of himself

It didn't work yesterday,it won't work tommorow.

Tinubu should try it,I want to see something and see if something will not give way between now and 2027

I am not a fan of Tinubu.

But Tinubu is not any of those names you mentioned that failed.


He is 10 steps ahead of everyone else, including his enemies.

He could easily succeed and nothing would happen.


We only pray that he doesn't succeed

Tinumbu na chronic criminally minded person weh lack wisdom. .

maasoap:
There is level playing ground already, it is the opposition that couldn't get their acts together. They took one another to court and judgement was delivered. How's that Tinubu's doing? Many opposition govs and lawmakers willingly decamped to APC. Obi and Atiku met several times after 2023 election but couldn't make a deal.

Succinctly stated.

Jayhome24:
E dey pain you like mad. You go hear word by 2027.

Remember you saviours(obi, atiku etc) as at now has no party. Wallahi eyes go turn you I swear.

As eyes dun dey turn you already chucks na why you dey always drop unreasonable comments.

historic:
As eyes dun dey turn you already chucks na why you dey always drop unreasonable comments.

E pain am

Jayhome24:
E pain am

Yes... Say you dun dey loose nuts for medulla small small. Chai Ndo!