₦airaland Forum

iluvnaija:
The same tinubu TANoids have been condemning since 1900, ya'll have now fall in love with Tinubu?

Una plans no go work, Nigerians don't want a Muslim/Muslim ticket so Tinubu is ruled out, make una go back to sleep.

Amechi or Osinbajo will be announced today.

Haba

NW and SW have about 40% of the registered voters.

With few more votes from NE NC and SS, Buhari will sail on


In Tinubu we trust

WhiteTechnology:
Tinubu the greatest anti-corruption crusader


In Tinubu we trust

I dont know about his anticorruption crusade, but he will deliver the SW voters for the General. That is a given, he has done it before and will do it again.
If the general rejects him especially now that he has publicly indicated his interest in the VP position, it will be a slight that will embarrass the Asiwaju of yorubaland and cause him to lose face, and thats the last thing the general will want to do to the respected Asiwaju.
If he does reject him as his VP, he can kiss the SW votes goodbye

Tinubu for Vp! Remi for senate President! If Gmb does not like it, he can go and....

WhiteTechnology:
Haba

NW and SW have about 40% of the registered voters.

With few more votes from NE NC and SS, Buhari will sail on


In Tinubu we trust

You are basing your figures on the corrupted 2011 voters register, The 2015 voters register is not out yet as distribution of PVC is still ongoing in most states, The voter register for 2015 will be made up of people who have collected their PVC, that number will be very different from the figures of the corrupt 2011 register you are quoting.

frankyychiji:
Tinubu for Vp! Remi for senate President! If Gmb does not like it, he can go and....

am with you Asiwaju of yourubaland all the way!#team tinubu for APC vice president.

jazzydee:
As per corruption if perception is reality as you stated then am afraid that the $2billion scandal with buhari and his marginalization of the South with PTDF projects while PTDF chairman under Abacha is reality.

NNOC under Buhari did not find buyers for its own share of oil, thereby losing a potential income of $2.8 billion. But it was instead reported by the media that $2.8 billion was missing.

From the below post, you can see that no money was missing and the current NNPC board and Goodluck Jonathan are just looking for a way to smear Buhari for hinting that NNPC Accounts are not transparent and riddled with corruption.

No amount of mudslinging can tarnish the reputation Buhari has rightly earned for consistently choosing the policy of honesty.

Like they say, not only do you have to be honest, you have to be SEEN to be honest.

Buhari ticks both boxes in the minds of honest discerning Nigerians.
https://www.nairaland.com/2043083/nnpc-questions-missing-2.8bn-oil/3#28861659

Ilekokonit:
NNOC under Buhari did not find buyers for its own share of oil, thereby losing a potential income of $2.8 billion. But it was instead reported by the media that $2.8 billion was missing.

From the below post, you can see that no money was missing and the current NNPC board and Goodluck Jonathan are just looking for a way to smear Buhari for hinting that NNPC Accounts are not transparent and riddled with corruption.

No amount of mudslinging can tarnish the reputation Buhari has rightly earned for consistently choosing the policy of honesty.

Like they say, not only do you have to be honest, you have to be SEEN to be honest.

Buhari ticks both boxes in the minds of honest discerning Nigerians.
https://www.nairaland.com/2043083/nnpc-questions-missing-2.8bn-oil/3#28861659

No one is tarnishing the image of the respected Pa Buhari, you were the one that brought up the issue of perception being reality! If you have rescinded your earlier position that perception is not reality, then its all good.

All am saying is that Pa Buhari must stop dragging his feet on the choice for his running mate, he must act presidential and be decisive, the best candidate for the job is the asiwaju and he must pick him, failure to do that will not augur well with the Party.

Politics in general is a game of interest. We must not forget that the Yoruba politicians need to convince their home (mainly South West - SW) voters on the need to vote for APC regardless of the party's stronghold in the region. Let us remember that the Yorubas are perceived to be grossly marginalized in the present (Jonathan's) government in terms of Federal Character. No yoruba person is occupying a serious position in the executive, legislative and judiciary at the moment. The truth is that the Yorubas are already complaining about this lapse at home. This may negatively affect the way people will vote If such issue is not well taken care of as people may be telling the APC leaders in the region that they seem to be leading the region to a government where the Yorubas will not have a stake again. There is no doubt that other regions have also contributed to the founding and development of APC and the emergence of Buhari as his presidential candidate, but SW (stronghold of the defunct ACN) has contributed more than any other regions in the Southern (South South and South East) part of Nigeria. So equity and fairness call for recognition and reward. Anything short of this may also affect the morale of the politicians in the SW. We are all human beings! I understand that producing a Vice President by SW would not automatically translate to the development of the region but it will enhance politics and voting in favour of APC in this dispensation.

Asiwaju is the right choice for APC Vice presidency.

jazzydee:
No one is tarnishing the image of the respected Pa Buhari, you were the one that brought up the issue of perception being reality! If you have rescinded your earlier position that perception is not reality, then its all good.

All am saying is that Pa Buhari must stop dragging his feet on the choice for his running mate, he must act presidential and be decisive, the best candidate for the job is the asiwaju and he must pick him, failure to do that will not augur well with the Party.

If push comes to shove and Tinubu forces Buhari to pick him, then I would expect Buhari if he wants to keep the admiration people have for him due to his incorruptible nature to resign from APC and run as an independent candidate if thats still possible barring which he would be advised to retire from politics and leave Nigeria in Gods hands to send another messiah maybe in 200 years time.

There were some of us who were thinking that God was using Tinubu to foist a honest Buhari on Nigeria . Little did we know that Tinubu all along had a hidden agenda to hide behind Buhari as a human shield to become VP and ultimately President in spite of his extremely questionable integrity and corrupt past and present.

This is the same Tinubu that was among the 28 corrupt Governors exposed to OBJ by Ribadu with Tinubu being one of the worst cases of corruption of the 28 Governors.

Ilekokonit:
If push comes to shove and Tinubu forces Buhari to pick him, then I would expect Buhari if he wants to keep the admiration people have for him due to his incorruptible nature to resign from APC and run as an independent candidate if thats still possible barring which he would be advised to retire from politics and leave Nigeria in gods hands to send another messiah maybe in 200 years time.

There were some of us who were thinking that God was using Tinubu to foist a honest buhari on nigeria . Little did we know that tinubu had a hidden agenda to hide behind Buhari as a human shield to become VP and ultimately President in spite of his extremely questionable integrity and corrupt past and present.

This is the same Tinubu that was among the 28 corrupt Governors exposed to OBJ by Ribadu with Tinubu being one of the worst cases of corruption of the 28 governors.

Are you saying there is corruption in APC? I thought APC was made up of all progressives.

Ilekokonit:
Integrity is the key word here.

Except you want to tell me that Tinubu is not corrupt

Put it this way, the only reason I was supporting APC was because of Buharis honesty, integrity and spartan lifesyle and his ability to tackle corruption which is Nigerias main hinderance to equitable distribution of the nations wealth.

If Buhari goes to PDP today as Presidential candidate I will follow him to PDP.

My vote goes where ever Buhari goes.

I don't need to go into details. but we all know that Tinubu is corrupt except we want to deceive ourselves or if we are benefitting directly from Tinubus stolen loot.

I know some of Tinubus supporters will say to give them proof of Tinubus corruption but to them I'll say, I wasn't born yesterday. Its just like saying give me proof that Obj, Goodluck, Turai Yaardua, PEJ, Fayose, Ibori, Odili, IBB, Atiku, Gbenga Daniel are corrupt.

Its an open secret and perception is reality.

Tinubu is beginning to believe his own hype and is over-rating his popularity amongst the electorate even in the South West (I don't mean amongst touts).

He is too shady to be Nigeria's VP.

We need to clean the augean stable and you can not be part of the solution if you were part of the problem.

Only the Non-corrupt like Buhari can fight corruption successfully and he needs an equally Non-corrupt VP beside him.

What proof do you have to convince us that Tinubu is corrupt Did any court find him guilty ni So after spending his hard earned money for GMB to emerge Apc candidate you people now want to shove him aside abi Ok continuuu.

Atouke:
Are you saying there is corruption in APC?

Of course Tinubu is a thief and the only reason I would have voted APC was because of their presidential candidate of Buhari as long as he had a honest VP of which Tinubu does not fit my assessment.

Mind you, Goodluck is also a thief.

I was hoping that because the fish rots from the head, Buhari as President would begin to kill corruption in high places and our children if not us can then look forward to a better future. But I did not bargain for Tinubu being VP nor Senate President nor House speaker.

PassingShot:
No. He's not.

Happy now?

why?

Atouke:
How are we anti APC? by asking buhari to do the right thing?
Who has worked more for APC? Tinubu
Who has more political clout outside of the North? TINUBU
Who is the political godfather of SW APC? Tinubu.
Who is the best choice for apc VP? TINUBU

Asiwaju is the right choice for APC vice presidential candidate, faliure to field asiwaju will spell doom for APC.

Tinubu has while working hard for apc has also enhanced his pocket handsomely. So on that aspect, he has been rewarded.
Mind you, the electorate don't need any prove that Tinubu is not corrupt not to vote him. APC does not need any scandal of false certificate or nepotism in this election.
Tinubu is popular in the West but he is been seen as a corrupt politician by the electorate. A Tinubu candidate will stain and hinder a Buhari government. We don't want Tinubu to turn Nigeria into his personal property

Ilekokonit:
Of course Tinubu is a thief and the only reason I would have voted APC was because of their presidential candidate of Buhari as long as ge had a honest VP of which Tinubu does not fit my assessment.

Okay, thats you accusing the asiwaju. Pa Buhari is not a saint either, he is a coupist who overthrew a democratically elected president and led Nigeria down the path of institutionalizing Corruption.

Without Pa Buhari's Coup in his younger days, Nigeria will not have gone down the path of corruption and Asiwaju may not have been corrupted according to you.
The root of Asiwaju corruption if any, lies with Buhari's coup.

ayindejimmy:
Tinubu has while working hard for apc has also enhanced his pocket handsomely. So on that aspect, he has been rewarded.
Tinubu is popular in the West but he is been seen as a corrupt politician by the electorate. A Tinubu candidate will stain and hinder a Buhari government. We don't want Tinubu to turn Nigeria into his personal property

Are you youruba? and do you have any proof for your allegation against the Asiwaju of yourubaland?

Atouke:
Politics in general is a game of interest. We must not forget that the Yoruba politicians need to convince their home (mainly South West - SW) voters on the need to vote for APC regardless of the party's stronghold in the region. Let us remember that the Yorubas are perceived to be grossly marginalized in the present (Jonathan's) government in terms of Federal Character. No yoruba person is occupying a serious position in the executive, legislative and judiciary at the moment. The truth is that the Yorubas are already complaining about this lapse at home. This may negatively affect the way people will vote If such issue is not well taken care of as people may be telling the APC leaders in the region that they seem to be leading the region to a government where the Yorubas will not have a stake again. There is no doubt that other regions have also contributed to the founding and development of APC and the emergence of Buhari as his presidential candidate, but SW (stronghold of the defunct ACN) has contributed more than any other regions in the Southern (South South and South East) part of Nigeria. So equity and fairness call for recognition and reward. Anything short of this may also affect the morale of the politicians in the SW. We are all human beings! I understand that producing a Vice President by SW would not automatically translate to the development of the region but it will enhance politics and voting in favour of APC in this dispensation.

Asiwaju is the right choice for APC Vice presidency.

You must be an igbo. YORUBAS don't think like that. What marginalisation? That's for other tribes. All we need is a credible candidate. We don't need tribe or religion. It's opportunist and sycophants like FFK that be clamouring on religious ground. We are above all that. It's we, the YORUBAS, that says we don't want Tinubu the same way we said we didn't want obasanjo.
Don't come here and play desperate political tactics we us.

Just like Goodluck is not the best the south South could have brought, Tinubu is not the best we yorubas have in terms of integrity which is what nigeria needs at this critical time.

If we get it wrong again, then we are on a long thing.

When people started calling Tinubu the Asiwaju of yorubaland some years ago, I as a yoruba man thought well fair enough, he must have gotten a chieftancy title of Asiwaju and when i started noticing his Awolowo like specs and cap and some people started likening him to Awolowo, I said to myself that surely tinubu knows that awolowo's boots are too big for him but now the penny has dropped that Tinubu actually believed the hype that he can fill Awolowo's boots and the painful bit is that after stealing lagos blind the guy now wants to steal nigeria blind by becoming VP. If he suceeds then Nigerians will pay dearly for replacing one thief Jonathan with another thief in Tinubu as Vice President.

Tinubu has believed his own hype for far too long and fails to realise the strength of opinion amongst yoruba people against his corrupt ways. yes he may be popular among touts but Nigeria is far bigger than just the south West that tinubu has held by the jugular for far too long.

Note that i believe that almost all the 36 current and former governors plus Goodluck are corrupt.

Buhari we trust, Tinubu we don't.

Buhari + (Oby / Fashola / Oshiomole in that order )

Atouke:
Okay, thats you accusing the asiwaju. Pa Buhari is not a saint either, he is a coupist who overthrew a democratically elected president and led Nigeria down the path of institutionalizing Corruption.

Without Pa Buhari's Coup in his younger days, Nigeria will not have gone down the path of corruption and Asiwaju may not have been corrupted according to you.
The root of Asiwaju corruption if any, lies with Buhari's coup.

So every corrupt politician after 1985 in Nigeria became corrupt because of Buharis coup

And yet Buhari himself still managed to remain clean.

You are even forgetting that Buhari himself was not part of the coup plot but was called to come and lead after the coup as he was the most senior officer.

Buhari was a thorn in the flesh of corrupt politicians that he replaced. For starters their stolen cash became too hot to handle for them as a masterstroke of Buhari's was for him to unexpectedly change the design and colour of naira bills in 1984 thus forcing everyone who had naira in their posession to go to the banks to exchange the old notes for the new ones. Now corruptly enriched ex-politicians dared not take their loot to the bank to exchange as the fear of Buhari then was the beginning of wisdom.

If OBJ was given a chance to rule us for 8 years then Buhari deserves a chance too. Of the lot, Buhari stands head and shoulders above the rest in terms of his frugality and honesty. Buhari is simply a cut above Jonathan and Tinubu in terms of integrity. and all Nigerians know this.

Ilekokonit:
Just like Goodluck is not the best the south South could have brought, Tinubu is not the best we yorubas have in terms of integrity which is what nigeria needs at this critical time.

If we get it wrong again, then we are on a long thing.

When people started calling Tinubu the Asiwaju of yorubaland some years ago, I as a yoruba man thought well fair enough, he must have gotten a chieftancy title of Asiwaju and when i started noticing his Awolowo like specs and cap and some people started likening him to Awolowo, I said to myself that surely tinubu knows that awolowo's boots are too big for him but now the penny has dropped that Tinubu actually believed the hype that he can fill Awolowo's boots and the painful bit is that after stealing lagos blind the guy now wants to steal nigeria blind by becoming VP. If he suceeds then Nigerians will pay dearly for replacing one thief Jonathan with another thief in Tinubu as Vice President.

Tinubu has believed his own hype for far too long and fails to realise the strength of opinion amongst yoruba people against his corrupt ways. yes he may be popular among touts but Nigeria is far bigger than just the south West that tinubu has held by the jugular for far too long.

Note that i believe that almost all the 36 current and former governors plus Goodluck are corrupt.

Buhari we trust, Tinubu we don't.

Buhari + (Oby / Fashola / Oshiomole in that order )

The general already has +/- 12 million votes from the North, all he needs is a massive vote from the SW. Asiwaju brings that massive SW vote. OBY, Fashola, amaechi oshimole will not galvanise the SW votes for the General.

Nigeria maybe greater than SW, but at the moment what the APC needs in A VP is someone who can bring in votes from SW to complement the +/- 12 million votes the gen will get from the North.

Ilekokonit:
So every corrupt politician after 1985 in Nigeria became corrupt because of Buharis coup

And yet Buhari himself still managed to remain clean.

Are you saying that Pa Buhari is not responsible for Asiwaju''s corruption if any? Its an open secret that the military dictators brought corruption into Nigeria, Pa Buhari in his younger days was one of those corruption pioneering military dictators.

Tinubu as running mate to GMB for me, will weakening the chances of considering APC for my vote.

Atouke:
The general already has +/- 12 million votes from the North, all he needs is a massive vote from the SW. Asiwaju brings that massive SW vote. OBY, Fashola, amaechi oshimole will not galvanise the SW votes for the General.

Nigeria maybe greater than SW, but at the moment what the APC needs in A VP is someone who can bring in votes from SW to complement the +/- 12 million votes the gen will get from the south.

Its not just about wresting power from PDP and giving it to the wrong tag team.

Do you know that if anything happened to Buhari, then Tinubu by default becomes our President in spite of the many questions hanging over his head coupled with his obvious lootocratic money grabbing antecedents in lagos.

Yes, Tinubu (however he does it) may deliver the south west votes but outside the south west, fashola beats tinubu hands down in terms of performance and integrity all over Nigeria.

I would not be able to sleep at Night knowing that Jonathan (a clueless thief) is being replaced with a team that has Tinubu as VP except Tinubu can sign an undertaking that he will not hinder or slow down Buhari's Anticorruption drive which is Buharis Unique Selling Point.

ayindejimmy:
You must be an igbo. YORUBAS don't think like that. What marginalisation? That's for other tribes. All we need is a credible candidate. We don't need tribe or religion. It's opportunist and sycophants like FFK that be clamouring on religious ground. We are above all that. It's we, the YORUBAS, that says we don't want Tinubu the same way we said we didn't want obasanjo.
Don't come here and play desperate political tactics we us.

You do not speak for all yourubas, the fact that you dont like Asiwaju, does not make him fail to be the best VP candidate for Pa buhari.

jazzydee:
Analysis Of all the APC VP contenders:
Osi? banjo = political lightweight and unknown.

Fayemi= political lightweight lost his governorship election. but speaks a lot of grammar.

Okorocha = Political light weight lost the presidential primaries and may not win re election in his state.

Atiku= Political heavyweight but cannot be trusted will bribe everyone in government to turn them against the general if he succeeds just like he did with his former boss.a man on a mission to actualize the prophecy of his marabouts.

Amaechi = political lightweight, only thing he has going for him is the rivers state treasury which he is using to bribe his way in APC.And also cannot be trusted betrayed his brother GEJ, If he betrays his brother he will not bat an eyelid in betraying the general and the party.

Fashola = Political light weight is a house boy to Tinubu, But has the potential to morph into a hevyweight if he can get out of the shadow of his godfather, he is well liked in Yourbaland outside of ondo and Ekiti where he is an anathema.

Tinubu = A political Heavy weight and the Asiwaju of yorubaland, the soul of APC and the best man for the VP candidature. He is well liked all over the youruba land and all APC states, will bring the loyalty of all SW governors of APC stock and is well respected in political circles in Nigeria.

bola Tinubu is the asiwaju of Lagos not yorubaland, pls correct yourself. The asiwaju was Bola ige and after his death none has been found worthy yet..

tayejay:
Tinubu as running mate to GMB for me, will weakening the chances of considering APC for my vote.

why?

Atouke:
Are you youruba? and do you have any proof for your allegation against the Asiwaju of yourubaland?

I've lived in lagos all my lives and I'm a member of APC. I personally know that LG chairmen pay Tinubu monthly when a relative wanted to contest and he was told Tinubu had endorsed the incumbent. Check links below


http://brandiconimage..com/2011/09/tinubu-collects-n800m-from-local.html?m=1



http://sunnewsonline.net/news/


http://www.globalnewsnig.com/tinubu-fashola-in-fresh-war-as-lagos-gov-cripples-ex-govs-businesses/

If you live in Lagos you'll know it's common knowledge that Tinubu is corrupt. Just like it's common knowledge Gej is corrupt. Am I privy to any information on this? No!
But apc doesn't need any scandalous candidate when we have options.

dickoflife:
bola Tinubu is the asiwaju of Lagos not yorubaland, pls correct yourself. The asiwaju was Bola ige and after his death none has been found worthy yet..

Thats a blasphemous statement. Tinubu is the Asiwaju of yorubaland. You may not like him personally, But please don't twist his title. and FYI he is the best VP candidate amongst the lot.

Atouke:
You do not speak for all yourubas, the fact that you dont like Asiwaju, does not make him fail to be the best VP candidate for Pa buhari.

I don't like Tinubu... Or I'm speaking facts. Being Yoruba, why would I refer Buhari, Oshiomole or Amaechi to Tinubu? That's the question you should ask. Most YORUBAS don't do tribe to like someone that's why the West is homely to all. And I speak for those YORUBAS

Atouke:
Are you saying that Pa Buhari is not responsible for Asiwaju''s corruption if any? Its an open secret that the military dictators brought corruption into Nigeria, Pa Buhari in his younger days was one of those corruption pioneering military dictators.

Has Buhari himself ever been accused of corruption ??


Is it okay the way Tinubu has lagos in his pocket financially, toll gates for the next 25 years, lagos tax revenues which his company collects a huge cut from and all the other massive sources of his megalomanic ways of ripping lagos off financially then, now and into the future ??

Do we want him to extrapolate this into the presidency

fair enough goodluck was almost an unknown in terms of his corrupt tendencies hence he was able to fool us with his gentlemanly face but tinubu we know of his extreme money grabbing ways and this money they are grabbing is our common-wealth and not that of asiwaju.

Technically, an asiwaju should not even steal in yoruba literal meaning.

Buhari we trust, Tinubu and Goodluck we dont.

Enough is enough of Lootocracy.

Ilekokonit:
Its not just about wresting power from PDP and giving it to the wrong tag team.

Do you know that if anything happened to Buhari, then Tinubu by default becomes our President in spite of the many questions hanging over his head coupled with his obvious lootocratic money grabbing antecedents in lagos.

Yes, Tinubu (however he does it) may deliver the south west votes but outside the south west, fashola beats tinubu hands down in terms of performance and integrity all over Nigeria.

I would not be able to sleep at Night knowing that Jonathan (a clueless thief) is being replaced with a team that has Tinubu as VP except Tinubu can sign an undertaking that he will not hinder or slow down Buhari's Anticorruption drive which is Buharis Unique Selling Point.

Sorry sir, Fashola cannot galvanise the SW and turn out the vote the way Asiwaju of Yorubaland can. Where The Asiwaju stands, Fashola is a learner. remember Fashola is Asiwajus boy. Asiwaju single handedly picked the next governor of lagos state without fashola's input. thats how powerful the Asiwaju is.

jazzydee:
Thats a blasphemous statement. Tinubu is the Asiwaju of yorubaland. You may not like him personally, But please don't twist his title. and FYI he is the best VP candidate amongst the lot.

The way you refused to accept facts. No need wasting time on you pdp. I see you people have had a meeting and concluded on this point. I'll just leave you all to your follies.