₦airaland Forum

ibabz:
That’s why he needs a good candidate from the south. Atiku/Obi can pull over 12million to 15million votes. But there is no way Obi can pull that number regardless of whoever is the running mate

I don't know why obidients can't see this.

Biodun1929:
I don't know why obidients can't see this.

There are claims that Tinubu/APC are indirectly backing Obi’s candidacy, allegedly funding some Obidient influencers to amplify calls for Obi as the opposition’s candidate. Some of them believe they’re fighting for a logical cause, not realizing they may just be playing into a larger political script.

Not stepping down and that's their biggest mistake again .. because south must complete their 8years

Yens77:
Why should he step down for anyone ??
Would OBI or TINUBU agreed to have stepped down for anyone? All this stepping down is the idea of obi supporters, that obi would never step down for anyone ever..... So he shouldn't look for an easy way to the presidency, cause first first he won't spell aso Rock.

It's time for the south, man should support a southern candidate or go back to Adamawa

ibabz:
On the contrary, the Obidients will allow Tinubu to win. I still don’t understand the logic, why should someone who secured over 7 million votes step down for a candidate whose chances have significantly declined? It’s also unclear how Obi is expected to pull more than 5 million votes from the South, especially when many governors have either defected or aligned with Tinubu. Elections aren’t won on emotion; they’re won through strategy.

The same governors who laughed at the party with no structure last time right?

Vision101:
Is Obi not desperate for presidency? Can't Obi step down for someone.

No, he's not 80 years

jspinsight:
I don't think so.. this man is so desperate for the presidency

Why can't Obi step down?
Is Obi not desperate? Very greedy and arrogant folks
What value does Obi carry over Atiku?

ibabz:
On the contrary, the Obidients will allow Tinubu to win. I still don’t understand the logic, why should someone who secured over 7 million votes step down for a candidate whose chances have significantly declined? It’s also unclear how Obi is expected to pull more than 5 million votes from the South, especially when many governors have either defected or aligned with Tinubu. Elections aren’t won on emotion; they’re won through strategy.

Yes we know, strategy of rigging.. Becos anybody with a brain knows normally that whether governors defect for their greed, that wont determine who the people vote for especially when it comes to the presidency

Why is Obi nit stepping down

ibabz:
On the contrary, the Obidients will allow Tinubu to win. I still don’t understand the logic, why should someone who secured over 7 million votes step down for a candidate whose chances have significantly declined? It’s also unclear how Obi is expected to pull more than 5 million votes from the South, especially when many governors have either defected or aligned with Tinubu. Elections aren’t won on emotion; they’re won through strategy.

Dont mind them
They are all working for tinubu
Only someone working for tinubu will ask atiku to stepdown for Obi instead of asking
Obi to deputize atiku

Many of them end up shiwing their true allegiance by saying obi or i vote tinubu to continue

Even Tinubu waited for buhari to comolete his 8 years before shouting emilokan
Patience and Strategy


Mind you the obidients also allowed tinubu to win in 2023 by reducing atiku's votes so they've always been working for apc

Theunderman:
It's time for the south, man should support a southern candidate or go back to Adamawa

The south west hijacked a south south president by installing buhari and a south west VP and they waited for 8 years before getting the actual President which was always the main goal.
Copy the same strategy
Dont be greedy and entitled and emotional
You too sulloet the north to bijack tinubu's presidency
Dont be maroonic

ibabz:
There are claims that Tinubu/APC are indirectly backing Obi’s candidacy, allegedly funding some Obidient influencers to amplify calls for Obi as the opposition’s candidate. Some of them believe they’re fighting for a logical cause, not realizing they may just be playing into a larger political script.

They have always been obidense to me

lost24:
He should not. He is right if he step down the election no go sweet.

Even if ADC win 2027, they will fight and scatter in 2031.

ADC can not be the only option nigeria have

They are complaining about APC trying to make nigeria a one party state but They will be making same mistake for allowing all the old leader to be in one party. No strong opposition

Can you tell us what happened to the vibrant opposition parties like PDP and LP?

Over the dead body of FULANI man to step down for an igbó man

Teenaira:
If ATIKU steps down then ADC has lost the battle and Tinubu will just have a fantastic work over.

delusional

If not for desperation of Obi, why would anyone be thinking of blackmailing Atiku to step down?.

Obi has shown he acts before thinking most times, he may just auction Nigeria off to his Bangladesh importer friends without even thinking.

He has no choice. If not he has sold the opposition as usual as accused. Nothing will make a north bypass southern time . You can do justice with injustice.

Denko2721987:
Yes we know, strategy of rigging.. Becos anybody with a brain knows normally that whether governors defect for their greed, that wont determine who the people vote for especially when it comes to the presidency

Seriously? You really think a governor can’t influence the outcome of an election in their own state? That’s exactly the problem I have with you Obidients, you’re not thinking this through critically.

The same people shouting “we no dey give shishi” seem to forget that elections here aren’t always purely free and fair. These politicians may not win on merit alone, but they’re more than willing to spend heavily to sway results. And let’s be honest, some of the same people claiming “we no dey give shishi” wouldn’t hesitate if it’s offered.

Look at the Edo election as a case study. Then after everything plays out, we’ll hear the same narrative again, that Obi won but was rigged out.

Bro, make una dey reason this thing well.

I wonder what this man wants to do at the seat of presidency


He looks like a thief

Instead of national interest, they are after personal interest

bolaayenimo:
Will Atiku Abubakar agree to step down for anyone?

He has to step down and support someone from the south, if not he is not going to win

CorperKola:
The south west hijacked a south south president by installing buhari and a south west VP and they waited for 8 years before getting the actual President which was always the main goal.
Copy the same strategy
Dont be greedy and entitled and emotional
You too sulloet the north to bijack tinubu's presidency
Dont be maroonic

The problem with that is that politics is a game of numbers. The number of votes the Igbos can muster is not up to half of what the Yoruba can do. Yoruba and and NW constitute a simple majority. Igbo and the NW don't.

Why should he step down?.
He has every right to contest.

If Atiku cannot step down for Obi, let him go to an unknown party as Obi did after he left PDP in 2023, I want to know how many Votes Atiku can pull without structure

Atiku stepping down might be a dream come true,but i don't se it coming, and with that i see a divided ADC!

Heffalump:
If you believed the results released by INEC after the 2023 election, then your hallucination is incurable. Those that did the Hatchett job have openly confessed that Obi won the election free and square, but INEC manipulated it in favour of Tinubu. Why do you think that all of them in APC are barking at Obi as if he's the only one in the opposition? He's considered the biggest threat, the biggest Tsunami in the Nigerian political space. Even you, you're afraid of Obi, who's capable of dismantling Tinubu.

One can be silly in hiding the truth, but you can't hide it forever in the eyes of God. APC and its followers/ minions are so wicked like their master, Tinubu. This is the reason why the country is in disarray right now. PDP in 16 yrs never did all these abrakadabra. Nonsense.

Oh really? Seriously? Let’s look at this calmly, with open and mature minds. At least we agree on one thing, Tinubu doesn’t deserve a second term. The real issue, however, is choosing a candidate who can both defeat him and actually deliver the dividends of democracy.

But here’s my concern: many Obidients seem to be repeating the same pattern from 2023, and it risks playing right into APC’s hands. Back then, the opposition vote was split, and that division gave Tinubu the edge. Instead of learning from that outcome and recalibrating strategy, it feels like the same approach is being recycled.

There’s also this persistent belief that Obi won the election, yet when you examine the results, most of the states he secured were traditionally PDP strongholds, with Lagos being a notable exception and even that had very specific circumstances tied to the post-EndSARS climate. Unfortunately those conditions don’t exist anymore.

What’s happening now is simple: an illusion is being sustained to keep you believing you won, so you can believe you can repeat it. And from the look of things, the same mistake is about to happen again.

And this idea that people who “rigged” the election have suddenly confessed. come on, let’s be serious. That sounds more like a calculated narrative than anything real. They know that’s the only lies that can keep you believing in the Obi’ candidacy.

Most of your Obidient leaders and influencers are being pushed to aggressively promote Obi’s candidacy. But have you stopped to ask who is actually funding that push?

The uncomfortable reality is that, knowingly or not, many of them are advancing a narrative that ultimately benefits the APC. You may believe you’re campaigning for change, but in effect, you’re strengthening the very system you’re trying to oppose.

At the end of the day, it feels less like a strategic movement and more like a setup, one that risks turning your energy into an indirect campaign advantage for Tinubu.

Have you asked yourself, which other combo can give the opposition more than 13million votes? Atiku/Obi did it in 2019, their combined votes also maintained same numbers in 2023. Do you think Obi/Kwankwanso can give you that number? Think again

The truth is, the only candidate Tinubu genuinely fears is Atiku, especially in a united front that includes Obi and even someone like El-Rufai. That kind of alliance changes the entire equation.

Politics is a game of numbers. If the opposition presents a strong, united ticket like Atiku/Obi, APC could lose a significant chunk of its support because politics is a game of numbers, and politicians naturally gravitate toward numbers and not opposition.

Theunderman:
It's time for the south, man should support a southern candidate or go back to Adamawa

where in d constitution did they tell u it's d turn of d south?

It's just pure PDP zonal arrangement n not backed by constitution

iampromisek:
If Atiku cannot step down for Obi, let him go to an unknown party as Obi did after he left PDP in 2023, I want to know how many Votes Atiku can pull without structure

that's y he went to ADC n obi went to meet him there


Them go soon pursue your obi away now

ibabz:
There are claims that Tinubu/APC are indirectly backing Obi’s candidacy, allegedly funding some Obidient influencers to amplify calls for Obi as the opposition’s candidate. Some of them believe they’re fighting for a logical cause, not realizing they may just be playing into a larger political script.

lol...interesting.

ibabz:
Oh really? Seriously? Let’s look at this calmly, with open and mature minds. At least we agree on one thing, Tinubu doesn’t deserve a second term. The real issue, however, is choosing a candidate who can both defeat him and actually deliver the dividends of democracy.

But here’s my concern: many Obidients seem to be repeating the same pattern from 2023, and it risks playing right into APC’s hands. Back then, the opposition vote was split, and that division gave Tinubu the edge. Instead of learning from that outcome and recalibrating strategy, it feels like the same approach is being recycled.

There’s also this persistent belief that Obi won the election, yet when you examine the results, most of the states he secured were traditionally PDP strongholds, with Lagos being a notable exception and even that had very specific circumstances tied to the post-EndSARS climate. Unfortunately those conditions don’t exist anymore.

What’s happening now is simple: an illusion is being sustained to keep you believing you won, so you can believe you can repeat it. And from the look of things, the same mistake is about to happen again.

And this idea that people who “rigged” the election have suddenly confessed. come on, let’s be serious. That sounds more like a calculated narrative than anything real. They know that’s the only lies that can keep you believing in the Obi’ candidacy.

Most of your Obidient leaders and influencers are being pushed to aggressively promote Obi’s candidacy. But have you stopped to ask who is actually funding that push?

The uncomfortable reality is that, knowingly or not, many of them are advancing a narrative that ultimately benefits the APC. You may believe you’re campaigning for change, but in effect, you’re strengthening the very system you’re trying to oppose.

At the end of the day, it feels less like a strategic movement and more like a setup, one that risks turning your energy into an indirect campaign advantage for Tinubu.

Have you asked yourself, which other combo can give the opposition more than 13million votes? Atiku/Obi did it in 2019, their combined votes also maintained same numbers in 2023. Do you think Obi/Kwankwanso can give you that number? Think again

The truth is, the only candidate Tinubu genuinely fears is Atiku, especially in a united front that includes Obi and even someone like El-Rufai. That kind of alliance changes the entire equation.

Politics is a game of numbers. If the opposition presents a strong, united ticket like Atiku/Obi, APC could lose a significant chunk of its support because politics is a game of numbers, and politicians naturally gravitate toward numbers and not opposition.

No one fears Atiku as a person. Any Fulani Muslim equal any Fulani Muslim in this scenario and there are Fulani Muslims with no baggage unlike Atiku. So not Atiku as a person is being feared. The only arrangement worth fearing is Northern Muslims voting massively for a Southerner.

Atiku should rest



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become elder stateman since 1993