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One of the clearest signs of political maturity is knowing where the real battle lies. That is why APC/Tinubu and the Atiku wing of ADC have not thrown themselves into the same endless social-media warfare that has become the trademark of many Obidients.

The reason is simple: serious political operators know elections are not won mainly on timelines, but on structures, governors, local leaders, polling agents, party cohesion, and grassroots reach.

The same logic applies to Atiku’s camp. Whatever one thinks of him, Atiku’s politics has always been rooted more in elite networks, regional bargaining, governors, and party machinery than in social-media theatre. Even the recent opposition turbulence reported by Reuters and AP shows that the real question for anti-Tinubu politics is not who trends more online, but who can hold a coalition together in the real world.

That is the difference.

APC and Atiku’s camp may criticize each other, but they are not foolish enough to mistake social media for the battlefield itself. They know the real war is fought in state houses, party offices, ward meetings, stakeholder rooms, local alliances, and polling-unit organization.

CharlesCNG:
One of the clearest signs of political maturity is knowing where the real battle lies. That is why APC/Tinubu and the Atiku wing of ADC have not thrown themselves into the same endless social-media warfare that has become the trademark of many Obidients.

The reason is simple: serious political operators know elections are not won mainly on timelines, but on structures, governors, local leaders, polling agents, party cohesion, and grassroots reach.

The same logic applies to Atiku’s camp. Whatever one thinks of him, Atiku’s politics has always been rooted more in elite networks, regional bargaining, governors, and party machinery than in social-media theatre. Even the recent opposition turbulence reported by Reuters and AP shows that the real question for anti-Tinubu politics is not who trends more online, but who can hold a coalition together in the real world.

That is the difference.

APC and Atiku’s camp may criticize each other, but they are not foolish enough to mistake social media for the battlefield itself. They know the real war is fought in state houses, party offices, ward meetings, stakeholder rooms, local alliances, and polling-unit organization.

I like as Obidients are so vocal on social media verbally torching everyone, but as soon as the canon is turned on them and their messiah Peter Obi, they start sqealing about how much attention he is receiving and how he is a private citizen.

On more than one occasion, they have used the negative attention they help harvest for him as proof that he won in 2023.

Laughable if it wasn't that these people are walking amongst us and not doing so in chains or with a mark on their head clearly identifying them.

Atiku is NOT a thief again according to YORUBA people again?

WizardOfNG...you go write tire...

Tinubu will be Maduro'ed and when it happens ...come and seek for support. Then you will see what will befall you .

Nonsense

CharlesCNG:
One of the clearest signs of political maturity is knowing where the real battle lies. That is why APC/Tinubu and the Atiku wing of ADC have not thrown themselves into the same endless social-media warfare that has become the trademark of many Obidients.

The reason is simple: serious political operators know elections are not won mainly on timelines, but on structures, governors, local leaders, polling agents, party cohesion, and grassroots reach.

The same logic applies to Atiku’s camp. Whatever one thinks of him, Atiku’s politics has always been rooted more in elite networks, regional bargaining, governors, and party machinery than in social-media theatre. Even the recent opposition turbulence reported by Reuters and AP shows that the real question for anti-Tinubu politics is not who trends more online, but who can hold a coalition together in the real world.

That is the difference.

APC and Atiku’s camp may criticize each other, but they are not foolish enough to mistake social media for the battlefield itself. They know the real war is fought in state houses, party offices, ward meetings, stakeholder rooms, local alliances, and polling-unit organization.

esnbrutality:
Atiku is NOT a thief again according to YORUBA people again?

WizardOfNG...you go write tire...

Tinubu will be Maduro'ed and when it happens ...come and seek for support. Then you will see what will befall you .

Nonsense

Your response actually proves the article.

I did not mention Yoruba people anywhere. You are the one who dragged tribe into a discussion about political strategy. That is the usua obidientsl escape route: once the point becomes uncomfortable, inject ethnicity, throw insults, and[b] hope noise can replace argument[/b].

The point was simple: APC/Tinubu and Atiku’s camp are not fighting like Obidients on social media because they know elections are won more by structure, governors, local alliances, and polling strength than by endless online hysteria. That is not tribal; that is political reality. APC party’s strength still rests heavily on incumbency and state structure. Current public tallies show APC governors dominating the map, with around 31 states under APC governors in 2026, not some tiny ethnic corner.

As for your “Maduro” fantasy, that is just another pipe dream from people who seem to prefer Tinubu out of office by any means except the ballot.
But politics is not won by emotional curses. It is won by votes, structures, and lawful process.
And the irony is that while some of you are busy daydreaming about regime-collapse scripts, the U.S. and Nigeria have actually deepened security cooperation, with Reuters reporting U.S. surveillance support and AP reporting U.S. troops being sent to train Nigerian forces. That is partnership, not isolation.

So calm down. Tribal fumes are not rebuttal. “Maduro” talk is not strategy. And Peter Obi’s people should worry less about fantasy overthrow plots and more about the hard truth they keep running from: they are scared of real elections because hashtags are easier to command than polling units.

aswani:
I like as Obidients are so vocal on social media verbally torching everyone, but as soon as the canon is turned on them and their messiah Peter Obi, they start sqealing about how much attention he is receiving and how he is a private citizen.

On more than one occasion, they have used the negative attention they help harvest for him as proof that he won in 2023.

Laughable if it wasn't that these people are walking amongst us and not doing so in chains or with a mark on their head clearly identifying them.

I agree. What you are describing is the classic behaviour of a confused bully-mob.
Such groups love aggression only when they control the direction of it. They are loud, mocking, and fearless when they are the ones throwing the stones. But the moment the same scrutiny, ridicule, or political fire is turned back on them, they suddenly change language. What was “accountability” yesterday becomes “persecution” today. What was “speaking truth to power” becomes “too much attention” once their own camp is under pressure.

That is the psychology of mob bullies. They are not really committed to free expression, robust debate, or scrutiny as a principle.

What they want is a monopoly of aggression. They want the right to attack everybody else, but they do not want anybody else to answer in the same language. That is why their reactions often look confused: they are trying to enjoy two opposite moral positions at once.

They want to be feared like aggressors and pitied like victims.

The deeper problem is that this behaviour creates political delusion. Negative attention is reinterpreted as proof of relevance, and hostility is romanticized as evidence of stolen victory.
That is how movements detach from reality. Instead of asking, “Why are people reacting this way?” they flatter themselves with the fantasy that all criticism must mean they are secretly winning.

In the end, a bully-mob is always shocked by resistance because it mistakes its own noise for moral superiority.

They are not defenders of scrutiny; they are addicts of one-way aggression. Once the fire returns, the bully suddenly rediscovers the language of victimhood.

WizardOfNG

You go write tire...


I dont read Nonsense

CharlesCNG:
Your response actually proves the article.

I did not mention Yoruba people anywhere. You are the one who dragged tribe into a discussion about political strategy. That is the usua obidientsl escape route: once the point becomes uncomfortable, inject ethnicity, throw insults, and[b] hope noise can replace argument[/b].

The point was simple: APC/Tinubu and Atiku’s camp are not fighting like Obidients on social media because they know elections are won more by structure, governors, local alliances, and polling strength than by endless online hysteria. That is not tribal; that is political reality. APC party’s strength still rests heavily on incumbency and state structure. Current public tallies show APC governors dominating the map, with around 31 states under APC governors in 2026, not some tiny ethnic corner.

As for your “Maduro” fantasy, that is just another pipe dream from people who seem to prefer Tinubu out of office by any means except the ballot.
But politics is not won by emotional curses. It is won by votes, structures, and lawful process.
And the irony is that while some of you are busy daydreaming about regime-collapse scripts, the U.S. and Nigeria have actually deepened security cooperation, with Reuters reporting U.S. surveillance support and AP reporting U.S. troops being sent to train Nigerian forces. That is partnership, not isolation.

So calm down. Tribal fumes are not rebuttal. “Maduro” talk is not strategy. And Peter Obi’s people should worry less about fantasy overthrow plots and more about the hard truth they keep running from: they are scared of real elections because hashtags are easier to command than polling units.

WizardOfNG

Remember, I dont read jargons

CharlesCNG:
Your response actually proves the article.

I did not mention Yoruba people anywhere. You are the one who dragged tribe into a discussion about political strategy. That is the usua obidientsl escape route: once the point becomes uncomfortable, inject ethnicity, throw insults, and[b] hope noise can replace argument[/b].

The point was simple: APC/Tinubu and Atiku’s camp are not fighting like Obidients on social media because they know elections are won more by structure, governors, local alliances, and polling strength than by endless online hysteria. That is not tribal; that is political reality. APC party’s strength still rests heavily on incumbency and state structure. Current public tallies show APC governors dominating the map, with around 31 states under APC governors in 2026, not some tiny ethnic corner.

As for your “Maduro” fantasy, that is just another pipe dream from people who seem to prefer Tinubu out of office by any means except the ballot.
But politics is not won by emotional curses. It is won by votes, structures, and lawful process.
And the irony is that while some of you are busy daydreaming about regime-collapse scripts, the U.S. and Nigeria have actually deepened security cooperation, with Reuters reporting U.S. surveillance support and AP reporting U.S. troops being sent to train Nigerian forces. That is partnership, not isolation.

So calm down. Tribal fumes are not rebuttal. “Maduro” talk is not strategy. And Peter Obi’s people should worry less about fantasy overthrow plots and more about the hard truth they keep running from: they are scared of real elections because hashtags are easier to command than polling units.

The answer is just “ empty barrels makes the loudest noise! The people that have no chances are always the one tormenting and threatening people way bigger than them cos of the gap in their reasonings.

esnbrutality:
WizardOfNG

Remember, I dont read jargons

You don't read "jargons," yet you somehow found the energy to respond to one.

So you're in the habit of replying to articles you admit you haven't read?

That's like reviewing a movie you never watched.

No wonder the rebuttal is missing.

CharlesCNG:
You don't read "jargons," yet you somehow found the energy to respond to one.

So you're in the habit of replying to articles you admit you haven't read?

That's like reviewing a movie you never watched.

No wonder the rebuttal is missing.

Nwokem esnbrutality writes a lot of "jargons", in fact that's all they post on this portal.

Good luck trying to extract something useful from them, many have tried and failed.

aswani:
Nwokem esnbrutality writes a lot of "jargons", in fact that's all they post on this portal.

Good luck trying to extract something useful from them, many have tried and failed.

Honestly, I usually don’t dignify that moniker with a response. Not every noise deserves a reply. Some people write as if ignorance is a credential and confusion is a debating style. Once you notice that pattern, the best thing is to leave them to wrestle with their own emptiness.