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Sope o tilo.

Lol.. see this kid! 😂

“Athink” with democracy you can still use Internet to post nonsense on social media right? Ok.

In Military, nothing like such “privileges” for you.. your rights are trampled on! If you’re even opportune to use internet and post nonsense, you’ll be arrested and tried for treason.

Don’t Ever Wish for Military Rule ok!

vick00:
I don't even have a voter's card talkless of voting. I only wish the military take over.

I have lost all hope in politicians. I belive the words of the DEVIL more than those politicians.

Don’t mind that kid.. he think say military na eldorado! 😂

3Dee:
It's like you've never experienced military rule before ba and you want to have a glimpse.

jimi4us:
Davido will soon lay curse on this selfish man

How can you say he is selfish despite his repeated sacrifices for Obasanjo and for Nigeria

aieromon:
According to sources available to us that time, Obasanjo said he will do a single term but after that, he decided to go for second term. I was physically present at Rivers state Governor’s Lodge when the heat became too much and Obasanjo in the presence of all of us knelt down in front of Atiku begging him to allow him do a second term. I think that was how Atiku missed the opportunity by agreeing to Obasanjo’s plea. His thought was that at least, if Obasanjo completes his second term, he will hand over to him but you all know the story of Third Term Agenda and that was how they fell apart. Atiku had the best opportunity to become president in 2003 and lost it. He had the support of PDP governors then.

https://independent.ng/atiku-lost-opportunity-become-president-2003-idahosa/

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Around November 2002, 15 of the 21 Governors from the PDP including me, had an ad hoc meeting at my lodge in Abuja to decide who should be nominated by the Governors Committee for election by PDP as the presidential nominee for the 2003 Election.

The Governors Committee decided almost unanimously to get a new candidate instead of President Obasanjo as the Committee was of the view that because of his military background, he was intolerant of dissent and had displayed very dictatorial and vindictive tendencies against those he perceived to be independent-minded and disloyal to him.

Immediately after the Governors meeting, I led the delegation of Governors to meet the then PDP Chairman, Chief Audu Ogbeh, at his residence around 2 am.

As the leader of the delegation, I spoke and communicated the views of the Governors to the Chairman, which was that the Governors had decided not to support President Obasanjo as PDPs nominee for the 2003 General Election.

The party chairman tried to persuade us to review our decision but when he saw our resolve, he told us that he would inform the President. I was later informed by Chief Audu Ogbeh that after we left his house he put an urgent call to the President and informed him of our decision.

What then followed were intense consultations before the PDP annual convention which took place in January 2003. Two days before the party convention, the Governors had a breakfast meeting with President Obasanjo.

I recall that at that meeting, the then Vice President Alhaji Abubakar Atiku told the President in the presence of the Governors that he was known to be very dictatorial, vindictive and unforgiving. The President appealed to the Governors to support him and assured both the Governors and the party leadership that if he was allowed to continue for the second term, he would adopt a more democratic approach.

On the basis of the President's assurance, given at that breakfast meeting, I led the move for the Governors to support his presidential nomination for the second term. However, notwithstanding my support for President Obasanjo's nomination for a second term, the President after the nomination, acted very shabbily towards me.

When I met him soon after the convention, he told me that he had learned that I had put forward the view that he was unsellable, unmarketable and unelectable. He then vowed that he was going to make sure that I was unsellable, unmarketable and unelectable.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/ibori-fights-back/

Atiku Camp - Visit Wikileaks and type the following in the search bar NIGERIA: DID VP ATIKU OUTFOX BABANGIDA AND OBASANJO DURING THE PDP CONVENTION?

According to Adesanya, Atiku met the governors the first day of the convention; they urged him to leave Obasanjo and seek the nomination himself. Atiku demurred; he also deflected the suggestion that he join Ekwueme. Finally, Atiku arranged a meeting between Obasanjo and the now irate governors. The governors railed that Obasanjo was hypocritically pursuing them for corruption, while turning a blind eye to corrupt politicians within his own Administration. Atiku supported the governor's position, telling Obasanjo that significant corruption was not the exclusive ambit of the governors and that serious transgressions occurred in the executive branch: he said it would be unjust to focus exclusively on gubernatorial excesses. Assuming the role of mediator, Atiku then asked both sides to affirm their mutual support and cease the antagonism being fueled by elements that wanted to destroy the PDP. The governors agreed to bury the hatchet, if Obasanjo would shelve the dossiers. Having demonstrated his influence with the governors, Atiku continued to play coy with Obasanjo.

In the end, Atiku extracted an extraordinary concession from the President. Obasanjo agreed to relinquish the entire domestic agenda to Atiku, including the appointment of key economic policy-makers. Since Obasanjo focused on the world arena during his first term and aspired for recognition as an international statesman, Atiku said that is where he would like Obasanjo's attentions to remain. Obasanjo would serve the role of a "super Foreign Minister" and ceremonial Head of State. As Adesanya understood the agreement, Atiku would be allowed to direct domestic economic policy while Obasanjo busied himself with debt relief, NEPAD, conflict resolution and other measures to shore up Nigeria's image abroad.

OBJ camp - visit Wikileaks and type the following in the search bar NIGERIA: DIFFERENT INSIDER VIEWS ON THE PDP CONVENTION

The President was dazed, Abayomi recalled. Jarred by the unexpected possibility of defeat, the usually know-it-all Obasanjo eagerly solicited counsel on how to escape the closing vise. Early that day, the dominant theme was to seek a court injunction postponing the convention. Proponents suggested the delay to afford Obasanjo time to marshal support and undermine Ekwueme's momentum. However, this idea was ultimately discarded, partially because of apprehension over the public's reaction. More importantly, the push for an injunction became less urgent when the President's advisors began to sense their man was regaining ground by the hour.

The President owed much of his recovery to his own tenacity and, at times, shamelessness. He pulled out virtually all the stops to clinch the nomination, according to Abayomi. For most of that day, the President's diet consisted of liberal portions of humble pie. The President pleaded and cajoled; on at least two occasions his eyes welled with emotion as he pursued fence-sitting delegates and governors. However, Obasanjo saved his best to keep Vice President Atiku from defecting.

With rumor swirling that Atiku would opt to run with Ekwueme, Obasanjo wasted no time visiting the Vice President's residence. Obasanjo begged, declaring he would not leave Atiku's home unless the Vice President accompanied him to win back the delegates and governors. The performance had the desired effect. Atiku joined Obasanjo in publicly lobbying the conventioneers. While it might not have been Obasanjo's finest hour it was the defining moment of the convention. What had been a suspenseful contest would now turn into a rout.

That’s why they say in “Nigerian politics” no permanent friend or enemy.. only permanent interest..

aieromon:
It was only a few years ago when this became a meme....

vick00:
I don't even have a voter's card talkless of voting. I only wish the military take over.

I have lost all hope in politicians. I belive the words of the DEVIL more than those politicians.

Obasanjo and Buhari were soldiers who were recycled as civilian presidents for 16 years of the first 24 years of this current democratic dispensation.

Why have you lost hope in them

oluwaseyi0:
Can Adeleke see his life outside now

He supported Atiku during the last election instead of jejely joining the G5 or g whatever

See the Atiku he risked all for

What did Adeleke got from supporting Atiku, political suicide and school boy error

He’s naively crossing express for selfish Atiku that won’t cross gutter for him

I wish him all the best next week

Is Atiku a member of Accord party?

What of the performer governor of Osun State, is he a member of ADC party

hatchy:
Adeleke made a big political mistake by choosing Accord party. He should have taken a more powerful opposition party platform to challenge APC government than going to the Accord.

Wish him luck, though.

What other opposition party was there to choose from when Tinubu was using APC Twitter supporter Amupitan’s INEC and Wike’s courts to destroy opposition parties



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqFMCgRREXg

So,All Atiku could Offer is -I have your Daughter As my wife '
-Note - Atiku has many Wives- So he Can Not help Anybody !
•For,if Nigeria can be allowed to use a Lie Machine Detective 🫆,Many of these Politicians will Fail Woefully 😠.
-Has Atiku-returned the $16- Billions Dollar 💰,being LOAN Money granted to NEPA DISCOS- for we are still in Darkness today -yet No Accountability till date, even as I'm writing,No light 🕯️ 🚨 here!
•-Where is Aregbesola ACCOUNTABILITY - as a FORMER-Buhari MINISTER ,for many of these Ministers- Could Not Accounts for the Resources at their Departments -but Are Now in ADC or NDC -as Politicians - What A Joke 🤣
-Because Nigerians are Gaulible - with many footsoldiers on the Social Media - they have been taking for granted - for too long!
•Let these Politicians - especially the Past Ones -show us their PERFORMANCES-Cards ♦️- when they were in Govt-for they have No Legacy and Nothing for the Masses and the YOUTHS!
I wish Osun State and the People Well and let the BEST Candidate Wins!

vick00:
I don't even have a voter's card talkless of voting. I only wish the military take over.

I have lost all hope in politicians. I belive the words of the DEVIL more than those politicians.

Haaaaaaa....Oga!!!!! Military take over? You believe devil more than politicians...Haaaaa..

This is a serious matter!

saintkel:
statements like dis reek of utter unbalance reasoning n immature minds....u cannot depict how others think...of a region decide to go solely on one candidate, u should ask urself first...does that candidate not deserve it?....last election, all candidates got sizeably numbers from All regions except d south east n south south....but d south east voted based on conscience, experience n pedigree....also, d south east voted on a good judgement of character n not on silly emotions like u guys do....

Exactly what that guy said, is what you are still doing . Your region is too tribalistic and your people will still be calling others tribalist.. you guys should check yourself,this is the main reason no Ibo man will be president in Nigeria

ChristianMuslim:
Exactly what that guy said, is what you are still doing . Your region is too tribalistic and your people will still be calling others tribalist.. you guys should check yourself,this is the main reason no Ibo man will be president in Nigeria

and u that have bin president from d day Adam was born, what has d presidency done better for u than Igbos ....remember Igbos lost about 3 million lives in war....Igbos should be d number 1ncapital of poverty n malnutrition in Nigeria but guess what?...we r still were we r and even far better than u and ur lot...so keep d presidency to urself....allow us prosper with our God given brain

Akpakomiza2:
With Ejigbo out? Not so sure

Did u see the crowd in ife yesterday at the commissioning of the flyover. Even ooni attended.

Sope otilo

MajorOvakporaye:
Adeleke would've been better off in NDC or ADC, and not this Accord Party.

When did your so called NDC and ADC come to life

saintkel:
statements like dis reek of utter unbalance reasoning n immature minds....u cannot depict how others think...of a region decide to go solely on one candidate, u should ask urself first...does that candidate not deserve it?....last election, all candidates got sizeably numbers from All regions except d south east n south south....but d south east voted based on conscience, experience n pedigree....also, d south east voted on a good judgement of character n not on silly emotions like u guys do....

South East, conscious and integrity are pools apart!

OriOko88:
Did u see the crowd in ife yesterday at the commissioning of the flyover. Even ooni attended.

Sope otilo

Everybody pulls crowd sir. Ooni is apc you know this. Ambo has pulled more crowd. Adeleke has never won ife

OriOko88:
He'd still win in Accord nevertheless. Accord is the first party on the ballot. It's very easy to campaign with.

Adeleke will win

How Osun Will Be Won And Lost: Five Battlegrounds That Could Decide August 15 by CharlesCNG

Adeleke defeated Oyetola in 2022 by just 28,344 votes—403,371 to 375,027. But the real story lies in geography and margins of osun's electoral power blocs.

1. IJESALAND

Adeleke won the six Ijesa LGAs by only about 6,800 votes. With Wole Oke, Sanya Omirin and Francis Fadahunsi now in APC, the party doesn't need a landslide—it needs to erase that margin.

2. IFE

APC already won the four Ife LGAs by roughly 8,600 votes. With Taofeek Ajilesoro joining APC and Iyiola Omisore backing Oyebamiji, the task is simple: win Ife bigger.

3. OSOGBO

Adeleke's advantage across Osogbo, Olorunda, Irepodun and Orolu was about 12,700 votes. APC doesn't necessarily need to win here—just shrink that firewall while protecting its strengths elsewhere in Central.

4. THE WEST

Adeleke's roughly 28,000-vote Ede advantage alone nearly equalled his statewide victory margin. Outside Ede, however, the West was competitive. Oyebamiji's task: contain Ede and maximise Irewole ( Oyebamiji home base) ,Isokan, Ayedaade and neighbouring battlegrounds.*

5. THE SALAAM / AREGBESOLA FACTOR

Najeem Salaam may not need to win to decide who does. If ADC fragments APC's traditional constituency, Adeleke benefits. If it takes votes Adeleke needs, APC benefits.

That is the mathematics of August 15:

APC doesn't need to conquer Adeleke's fortresses—it needs to shrink them. Adeleke must stop defections becoming transferable votes. Salaam only needs to take enough of the right votes from the right candidate.

Osun 2026 may be decided not by new strongholds, but by[b] who changes the margins that decided 2022.[/b]

CharlesCNG:
How Osun Will Be Won And Lost: Five Battlegrounds That Could Decide August 15 by CharlesCNG

Adeleke defeated Oyetola in 2022 by just 28,344 votes—403,371 to 375,027. But the real story lies in geography and margins of osun's electoral power blocs.

1. IJESALAND

Adeleke won the six Ijesa LGAs by only about 6,800 votes. With Wole Oke, Sanya Omirin and Francis Fadahunsi now in APC, the party doesn't need a landslide—it needs to erase that margin.

2. IFE

APC already won the four Ife LGAs by roughly 8,600 votes. With Taofeek Ajilesoro joining APC and Iyiola Omisore backing Oyebamiji, the task is simple: win Ife bigger.

3. OSOGBO

Adeleke's advantage across Osogbo, Olorunda, Irepodun and Orolu was about 12,700 votes. APC doesn't necessarily need to win here—just shrink that firewall while protecting its strengths elsewhere in Central.

4. THE WEST

Adeleke's roughly 28,000-vote Ede advantage alone nearly equalled his statewide victory margin. Outside Ede, however, the West was competitive. Oyebamiji's task: contain Ede and maximise Irewole ( Oyebamiji home base) ,Isokan, Ayedaade and neighbouring battlegrounds.*

5. THE SALAAM / AREGBESOLA FACTOR

Najeem Salaam may not need to win to decide who does. If ADC fragments APC's traditional constituency, Adeleke benefits. If it takes votes Adeleke needs, APC benefits.

That is the mathematics of August 15:

APC doesn't need to conquer Adeleke's fortresses—it needs to shrink them. Adeleke must stop defections becoming transferable votes. Salaam only needs to take enough of the right votes from the right candidate.

Osun 2026 may be decided not by new strongholds, but by[b] who changes the margins that decided 2022.[/b]

You are actually correct

vick00:
I don't even have a voter's card talkless of voting. I only wish the military take over.

I have lost all hope in politicians. I belive the words of the DEVIL more than those politicians.

How old are you ? To wish for such a dark past? A return of life in Babylon, heroes fought so hard to let go off.

Akpakomiza2:
Everybody pulls crowd sir. Ooni is apc you know this. Ambo has pulled more crowd. Adeleke has never won ife

He will win ife with landslide this time. The regional factor doesn't favor Ambo. Him and Adeleke are from the west,so ife and osogbo will want to vote Adeleke so ut can be their turn in 2030
That's the mathematics

vick00:
I don't even have a voter's card talkless of voting. I only wish the military take over.

I have lost all hope in politicians. I belive the words of the DEVIL more than those politicians.

Military ke, what exactly do you think the soldiers will do differently aside to bring more abuse, hardship and total global isolation for Nigeria?
All these rubbish you are writing daily on Nairaland against Tinubu do you think you can do same under a military rule? Do you even think Nairaland will survive 2 months under military rule and judging by what is going on in Burkina Faso, what will you do when the military dictator says there won't be return to civilian rule for 100 years? Do you think you can lobby the US Congress, write to WHO, FIFA, EU to report a military dictator as you are doing against civilian rulers today? Does the world cares whether Niger Republic junta leaders lock up every opposition leaders in jail and throw away the key inside the Pacific ocean?
I pray that your dream will come through very soon. At least, that would almost shut down social media and freedom of press in Nigeria so the youth could spend more time on other important things.

OriOko88:
He will win ife with landslide this time. The regional factor doesn't favor Ambo. Him and Adeleke are from the west,so ife and osogbo will want to vote Adeleke so ut can be their turn in 2030
That's the mathematics

Adeleke can win but he won't win Ife sir, I can assure you this. Those zoning factors don't work in osun. Oyetola won osun west in 2022 despite Adeleke being from there.

Akpakomiza2:
Adeleke can win but he won't win Ife sir, I can assure you this. Those zoning factors don't work in osun. Oyetola won osun west in 2022 despite Adeleke being from there.

I will quote u on Sunday when the results are announced. I'm on ground in osogbo hearing what people are saying. That singular project in ife will make ife people vote Adeleke en mass. Do you know how many Omisore supporters in ife who are now working for Adeleke. Jamiu Olawumi and many others are now pro Adeleke. Omisore told them to vote for Adeleke.

OriOko88:
I will quote u on Sunday when the results are announced. I'm on ground in osogbo hearing what people are saying. That singular project in ife will make ife people vote Adeleke en mass. Do you know how many Omisore supporters in ife who are now working for Adeleke. Jamiu Olawumi and many others are now pro Adeleke. Omisore told them to vote for Adeleke.

Let's see. By Friday everything will be clearer

Arise TV and Tribune Newspaper journalists will ask the candidates questions.

Each candidate will take to the stage separately.

Dee's

oluwaseyi0:
Can Adeleke see his life outside now

He supported Atiku during the last election instead of jejely joining the G5 or g whatever

See the Atiku he risked all for

What did Adeleke got from supporting Atiku, political suicide and school boy error

He’s naively crossing express for selfish Atiku that won’t cross gutter for him

I wish him all the best next week

He thought Tinubu victory would deny him victory at the supreme Court

lapintoz:
O ga ju it has happened.......Atiku don scam dancing governor.....aregbe will be sulking wherever he is......

APC Lost Osun While Fighting Itself in 2022: Has Oyebamiji Solved the Aregbesola Problem—or Has ADC Repackaged It?

One fact about Osun 2022 matters enormously:

APC went into the election badly divided—and still lost by only 28,344 votes.

Rauf Aregbesola openly opposed Gboyega Oyetola's renomination, backing Moshood Adeoti as the TOP faction battled Oyetola's camp.

Yet Oyetola still polled 375,027 votes against Adeleke's 403,371.

So what happens if APC recovers even part of what that division cost it?

Bola Oyebamiji presents a different equation. He served as Finance Commissioner under Aregbesola before continuing under Oyetola, while several politicians from Adeleke's old coalition have since moved towards APC.

But there is a complication:

Aregbesola hasn't disappeared. He has changed platforms.

He is now ADC National Secretary, while his ally Najeem Salaam is challenging both Oyebamiji and Adeleke.

In 2022, it was essentially APC versus APC inside APC.

In 2026, part of that battle may have become APC versus ADC at the ballot box.

If Salaam mainly takes traditional APC votes, the old fracture survives. If APC has consolidated its base while ADC instead attracts dissatisfied Adeleke voters, Accord could suffer.

So the crucial question isn't simply whether APC is more united.

It is:

How much of the old Aregbesola vote remains outside APC?

If Oyebamiji has healed that fracture while adding pieces of Adeleke's old coalition, 2026 is a different election.

If ADC has merely repackaged the fracture under another logo, the ghost of 2022 may still be waiting for APC.

That is the election within the election.

lapintoz:
O ga ju it has happened.......Atiku don scam dancing governor.....aregbe will be sulking wherever he is......

DELE MOMODU AND THE “FOOD IS READY” POLITICS HE ONCE CONDEMNED

By CharlesCNG.

Politics has a wicked sense of humour.

On Channels Television’s Politics Today on August 12, Dele Momodu—an ADC chieftain—openly declared support for Governor Ademola Adeleke of Accord, saying that if ADC would not support Adeleke, the party should simply “loan” him to the governor.

Interesting.

Because this is the same Dele Momodu who repeatedly attacked Nyesom Wike for working against the PDP.

In 2023, Momodu said that if he had the power, he would have expelled Wike from PDP, describing him as unruly and accusing him of trying to destroy the party.

In 2024, he again accused Wike of disloyalty for supporting Tinubu while remaining in PDP and argued that the party should sanction him.

As recently as January 2026, Momodu warned ADC to enforce discipline early, specifically invoking the “Wike scenario” as what happens when a party tolerates indiscipline for too long.

Now the disciplinarian has discovered political flexibility.

ADC has its own candidate in Osun, yet Momodu is publicly campaigning for Adeleke of Accord.

Apparently, anti-party becomes principled independence when your preferred food is already served somewhere else.

This is the danger of political morality built around personalities: what is treachery when your opponent does it becomes “conscience” when your friend does it.

Momodu is entitled to support Adeleke.

But then he should also admit something simple:

perhaps Wike was entitled to his political judgment too.

You cannot manufacture one moral standard for Wike and another for yourself.

Sometimes in Nigerian politics, the quickest route from outrage to accommodation is simply hearing someone shout:

“Food is ready!”