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As the dust settles on the NDC Primaries, I want to set the record straight: I did not quit, I did not drop out of the race. I stayed to the end. I also do not intend to litigate a process that was never truly allowed to happen, I share my truth because the people of Abuja deserve the truth.

Why I Ran
I came into politics from a deep conviction: that to drive the transformation we hope to see, it is not enough to complain from the outside. You must step into the ring with your convictions and fight to get into the positions where decisions are made with the weight of the law.

I understood what I was getting into. I knew that the quality of our politics has not yet risen to the occasion, that values-based candidates do not easily emerge by merit in a system built to resist them. But I made a decision going in: I would not compromise my values. I would stand for what is right. I did not leave advocacy to go into politics. I took advocacy into politics.

The Campaign We Built
I ran a campaign I am truly proud of. Our ground game was on point. We had grassroots credibility, the kind you don't manufacture in a backroom. The SAY-Nation volunteer network was formidable, so formidable that the process had to be taken out of the open and resolved through a clandestine affirmation behind closed doors.

Street by street, ward by ward, conversation by conversation, we built something real. To every volunteer who knocked on doors, every supporter who argued our case in market squares and motor parks, every young person who believed that this time could be different: I see you, and I am deeply grateful. You showed Abuja what a people-powered campaign looks like.

The Process That Wasn't
What was billed as a primary was, in truth, a predetermined outcome dressed in procedural formalities. The primaries were repeatedly postponed. Venues were changed at the last minute. Guidelines of the party were not followed. Delegate based process was introduced to be conducted at a central location instead of the direct primaries to be conducted at Local Government headquarters. When the moment came, the contest was not decided by delegates in the open; it was affirmed in a closed room, away from the people whose voices it was supposed to reflect. The party will indeed go on to release statements upon statements about the free and fair nature of the Abuja FCT primaries. They are entitled to their voice, but the facts that transpired when litigated by conscience and the guidelines of the electoral act do not reflect justice and fairness.

Why I Didn't Escalate

I ran to win. But when the process was subverted, I made a choice: I would not exhaust myself in a grievance process designed to wear people down. I chose instead to extract every lesson this experience had to offer.

I now understand the architecture of the system in ways no textbook, no punditry, no amount of outside observation could ever teach. That knowledge is worth more than any petition I could have filed. I leave this process with something far more valuable than a ticket; I leave with clarity.

It is important to note that this account reflects my experience in the Abuja FCT Senatorial race. It does not speak to what transpired in other states, nor do I claim to understand the specifics of those contests. Every state had its own dynamics, and I will not generalise from my experience.

On the NDC
For now, despite its shortcomings, the NDC remains the only party that has given the better Presidential candidate in the 2027 electoral cycle a platform to run. To everyone within the party working to make this possible, I am grateful. Transformation does not come from outside alone. It must also be fought for within.

A Better Abuja Is Inevitable
This is not the end. What we built, the network, the credibility, the grassroots trust, cannot be taken away in a backroom.

renderme:
And this primary season the APC had the most sane primaries among all the political parties.
If e easy make una run am from scratch too.

It is important to note that this account reflects my experience in the Abuja FCT Senatorial race. It does not speak to what transpired in other states, nor do I claim to understand the specifics of those contests. Every state had its own dynamics, and I will not generalise from my experience.

Lmaoooo... Abuja primary wey I contest is bad bad. But because of Obi, party is good good, as if she, Obi himself and obidents no see online evidences of serious infractions in other states. See how she twisted it as if the party top leadership (aka Dickson) had no hands in what happened to her and the Abuja primaries. No be Abuja Dickson dey live? Which part of the country ought to have the best primary process if not the FCT? What happens when the head is rotten?

For now, despite its shortcomings, the NDC remains the only party that has given the better Presidential candidate in the 2027 electoral cycle a platform to run. To everyone within the party working to make this possible, I am grateful. Transformation does not come from outside alone. It must also be fought for within.

Dem sell tickets to the highest bidders, but this one is applying makeup to face lift the party, again, because of Obi. We don't even know if Obi bought the presidential ticket self.

I wonder what she would have said if Obi wasn't given the ticket and this happened in Abuja

These people think they are talking to day old babies.

Just watch, Obi no go say pim. He will look away and let this fraudulent act slide under the rug - to protect his own selfish interest and because he's a all mouth and optics politician with zero ideology. Una run away from ADC talk say Atiku wan buy delegates with dollars. E be like say na naira dem dey use buy ticket in NDC, so all good good. "Buy naira to grow the naira" abi? Awon patriots

E still dey tickle una, when it starts scratching, you will smash the calabash.

NDC is a sole proprietorship party and that is how problem go start. Wait until Dickson wear his dictatorship agbada, una go fear. Shebi dem Abure and Atiku pamper una and una still cry. Walahi, tears no go fit commot when DIckson is ready for una.

Na that Dickson house wey him dey use as HQ dey always muse me

Seasonal film.

See photo now. Inside what's suppose to be party HQ, Dickson no even bother to wear shoe, which means him no get respect for Obi. Ah! Obi!! Who do you this kain thing? You see Dickson; I see a man with serious leverage over Obi. Eyes go peel.

SeeWahala:
You mean the same primaries where people were counting from 100 to 300 then to 570 then 920? The one that gave your tilumbu even more votes than card carrying voters in APC . . . nay, the entire country as a whole? that is the sane primaries you're speaking about? 🤔

No wonder . . . 2023 account . . . anti Peter Obi threads . . . it's lie you're a LAPPY benefactor so no surprises there 😏 this must be the op's other account they use in 'liking' their propaganda posts

See the way it's lying blatantly with a straight face, such an art . . . 🤗 it's beautiful to behold

renderme:
Lies. That happened in a ward in Abia state by your brothers.

Your party cant even hold primaries. They were collecting 10 million from contestants after they had bought forms. Huge fraud.
Contestants didnt even know venues of primaries the day before.

Finally when primary venue was announced, they were entering rooms and choosing winners. No single queue being counted in your primaries, just fights everywhere.
After dissing APC, even with all the long queues we saw in their wards of their members and leaders diligently voting, this is what you people could come up with? Fake primaries where people were already chosen (from Aishas mouth herself)?!! You really need to sit ur ass down.

PS - According to the electoral act, choosing a candidate must be by consensus or direct primary. If you chose by consensus, other candidates must publicly step down and agree. If u lie that it is direct primary and there's no primary but people are handpicked, that is illegal. Get ready for court cases.

SeeWahala:
You mean the same primaries where people were counting from 100 to 300 then to 570 then 920? The one that gave your tilumbu even more votes than card carrying voters in APC . . . nay, the entire country as a whole? that is the sane primaries you're speaking about? 🤔

No wonder . . . 2023 account . . . anti Peter Obi threads . . . it's lie you're a LAPPY benefactor so no surprises there 😏 this must be the op's other account they use in 'liking' their propaganda posts

See the way it's lying blatantly with a straight face, such an art . . . 🤗 it's beautiful to behold

blamingthedevil:
On the Record: NDC Primaries... A Better Abuja Is Inevitable | #AishaforSenate2031
As the dust settles on the NDC Primaries, I want to set the record straight: I did not quit, I did not drop out of the race. I stayed to the end. I also do not intend to litigate a process that was never truly allowed to happen, I share my truth because the people of Abuja deserve the truth.
Why I Ran
I came into politics from a deep conviction: that to drive the transformation we hope to see, it is not enough to complain from the outside. You must step into the ring with your convictions and fight to get into the positions where decisions are made with the weight of the law.
I understood what I was getting into. I knew that the quality of our politics has not yet risen to the occasion, that values-based candidates do not easily emerge by merit in a system built to resist them. But I made a decision going in: I would not compromise my values. I would stand for what is right. I did not leave advocacy to go into politics. I took advocacy into politics.
The Campaign We Built
I ran a campaign I am truly proud of. Our ground game was on point. We had grassroots credibility, the kind you don't manufacture in a backroom. The SAY-Nation volunteer network was formidable, so formidable that the process had to be taken out of the open and resolved through a clandestine affirmation behind closed doors.
Street by street, ward by ward, conversation by conversation, we built something real. To every volunteer who knocked on doors, every supporter who argued our case in market squares and motor parks, every young person who believed that this time could be different: I see you, and I am deeply grateful. You showed Abuja what a people-powered campaign looks like.
The Process That Wasn't
What was billed as a primary was, in truth, a predetermined outcome dressed in procedural formalities. The primaries were repeatedly postponed. Venues were changed at the last minute. Guidelines of the party were not followed. Delegate based process was introduced to be conducted at a central location instead of the direct primaries to be conducted at Local Government headquarters. When the moment came, the contest was not decided by delegates in the open; it was affirmed in a closed room, away from the people whose voices it was supposed to reflect. The party will indeed go on to release statements upon statements about the free and fair nature of the Abuja FCT primaries. They are entitled to their voice, but the facts that transpired when litigated by conscience and the guidelines of the electoral act do not reflect justice and fairness.
Why I Didn't Escalate
I ran to win. But when the process was subverted, I made a choice: I would not exhaust myself in a grievance process designed to wear people down. I chose instead to extract every lesson this experience had to offer.
I now understand the architecture of the system in ways no textbook, no punditry, no amount of outside observation could ever teach. That knowledge is worth more than any petition I could have filed. I leave this process with something far more valuable than a ticket; I leave with clarity.
It is important to note that this account reflects my experience in the Abuja FCT Senatorial race. It does not speak to what transpired in other states, nor do I claim to understand the specifics of those contests. Every state had its own dynamics, and I will not generalise from my experience.
On the NDC
For now, despite its shortcomings, the NDC remains the only party that has given the better Presidential candidate in the 2027 electoral cycle a platform to run. To everyone within the party working to make this possible, I am grateful. Transformation does not come from outside alone. It must also be fought for within.
A Better Abuja Is Inevitable
This is not the end. What we built, the network, the credibility, the grassroots trust, cannot be taken away in a backroom.

https://x.com/AishaYesufu/status/2060476454383804476

Bluna:
Madam, you should have contested in your state of origin.

Gotocourt:
NDC didn't sell form for them🤷🏿

blamingthedevil:
On the Record: NDC Primaries... A Better Abuja Is Inevitable | #AishaforSenate2031


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naptu2:
Against Oshiomhole?

DrTee1:
Naptu2, my guy!

See clap back!!!

So she ran to Abuja to avoid Osho-Baba. These people think that this thing is ONLY about social media clout. It isn't. We are all involved in the processes that led to the mess, and must patiently but painstakingly rewind the mess.

It must take years of preparation, planning, horse-trading and real politicking.

EponObi:
Lmaoooo... Abuja primary wey I contest is bad bad. But because of Obi, party is good good, as if she, Obi himself and obidents no see evidence of serious infractions in other states wey dey online. See how she twisted it as if the party top leadership (aka Dickson) had no hands in what happened to her and the Abuja primaries. No be Abuja Dickson dey live? Which part of the country ought to have the best primary process if not the FCT? What happens when the head is rotten?




Dem sell tickets to the highest bidders, but this one is applying makeup to face lift the party, again, because of Obi. We don't even know if Obi bought the presidential ticket self.

I wonder what she would have said if Obi wasn't given the ticket and this happened in Abuja

These people think they are talking to day old babies.

Just watch, Obi no go say pim. He will look away and let this fraudulent act slide under the rug - to protect his own selfish interest and because he's a all mouth and optics politician with zero ideology. Una run away from ADC talk say Atiku wan buy delegates with dollars. E be like say na naira dem dey use buy ticket in NDC, so all good good. "Buy naira to grow the naira" abi? Awon patriots

E still dey tickle una, when it starts scratching, you will smash the calabash.

NDC is a sole proprietorship party and that is how problem go start. Wait until Dickson wear his dictatorship agbada, una go fear. Shebi dem Abure and Atiku pamper una and una still cry. Walahi, tears no go fit commot when DIckson is ready for una.

Na that Dickson house wey him dey use as HQ dey always muse me

Seasonal film.

See photo now. Inside what's suppose to be party HQ, Dickson no even bother to wear shoe. Ah! Obi!! Who do you this kain thing? You see Dickson; I see a man with serious leverage over Obi. Eyes go peel.

genkins:
Oboy.. This one na Lead data boy..account opened just to troll Obi. I hope say the money wey u de collect ko plenty because when a new Nigeria come, we want to know who you are.. Na exile u ko de...

Lithiumite:
The hypocrisy if obidients being laid bare for all to see.....to them this is normal but in apc,its crisis,break up,implosion.......90% of the NDC candidates are opportunist who only want to rude on the obi wave to get elected,they are in no way different from those from other parties.

May I also ask,where is the NDC chairman,why don't we ever get to see him or any member of the exco.... yiltwada we know,mark we know but who is the NDC party chair,same with wike faction of pdp.

Something is defectively wrong with the structure of the party.

Tflex01:
You too get sense. 😊

God bless you.

DarkkManB:
This yahoo yahoo lady should rest

Tflex01:
You too get sense. 😊

Tinubu will live longer

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Tflex01:
Lol Yoruba leaders are not loved but have had 2 presidents and one VP since 1999, the Ibo leaders that are loved, let them become the president and let’s see. 😅