ATIKU ABUBAKAR still remain the best candidate for presidency from the North.

femicyrus:
once this man receive alert from atiku's aides, you will be amazed the way he will defend him like FFK did with GEJ. he is using his talent to generate income while using NL

Trust me, one of OBJ's aid must have greased the op's palm. Am no surprised.

TonyeBarcanista:
I have been observing the recent moves by a former Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who is also a veteran aspirant for the office of the President. Atiku Abubakar has suddenly shifted from his subtle campaign for President to what seem to be like an almost direct campaign for the number one seat in the country. In the Social media, some sycophantic groups and individual with inspiration from their stomach have been making noise by endorsing the Turaki Adamawa-perhaps, with expectation of gratification "when the time comes".

While I am not against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to exercise his right to aspire for the office of the President in 2019 or any office in Nigeria, I have the responsibility as a young man, a patriot and a youth leader in my own right to enlighten Nigerians and eligible voters about Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's candidacy (just like I would to any other aspirant for the office).

I shall give some reasons why Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is unfit to occupy the office he is aspiring for;

1. Lack of Integrity:
During the period when he was the Vice President of the country, Atiku was appointed to chair the Petroleum Technology Development Fund by the President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. As Chairman of Petroleum Training Development Fund(PTDF), Atiku lodged over $30million and $164 in Trans International Bank and Equatorial Trust Bank respectively from the account of PTDF according to EFCC's forensive indictment in 2006. In fact, 'loans' that yielded interest as high as 15% to the banks were collected from the said banks by Atiku and his proteges AFTER PTDF millions of dollars has been lodged with the illegal account. It was all business! When the deal was busted in 2006, Atiku simply said that he 'kept the monies for safe-keeping' and even claimed that he deserves commendation. He brought back the PTDF "capital" that he put in private account and benefited hugely from it.

Atiku Abubakar was indicted by EFCC, Senate, and a Presidential Committee. He is yet to clear his name. As usual, a court that he went to never discussed whether he was innocent or guilty, but simply said the FG Committee lacks power to investigate and indict Atiku Abubakar because they weren't courts. You may look these for reference. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6402241.stm
www.saharareporters.com/2006/09/24/objatiku-scandal-what-efcc-failed-disclose-thenewssaharareporters
www.saharareporters.com/2007/02/28/breaking-news-ptdf-scandal-senate-indicts-obj-atiku-impeachment-motion-looms

It is a shame that we are in a country where we forget easily. Otherwise, how could sane Nigerians be asking for Atiku's Presidency when Nigerians in unison were asking for him to come out clean as for back as 2006.

Apart from the PTDF, Nigerians are yet to understand how Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from a humble background became an extraordinary billionaire despite the fact that most of his productive adult life was spent in the Nigeria Custom Service.

There is also an indictment on Atiku in the USA, I am yet to see him take up the challenge to take a trip to the United States as requested by exPresident Olusegun Obasanjo in 2014.

2. Tribal Supremacism:
One of the challenge of President Buhari's administration is that he is more aligned with his brothers in the north than with the rest of the country, hough Buhari has never hidden where is primary loyalty lies (his north). While many think Atiku is detribalised (we can only be patriotic and not detribalised anyway), the bare truth is that Atiku is a northern supremacist that believe that his northerners should always align with their own. Unlike Buhari, Atiku is pretentious about his- but his sin shall find him out.

In 2010, in their bid to stop Goodluck Jonathan from seeking the ticket of PDP in the 2011 Presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, Aliyu Gusau, Gen IBB and Bukola Saraki(now Senate President) all submitted themselves to Adamu Ciroma led Northern Political Leaders Forum to come up with a consensus NORTHERN candidate to upstage Southern Goodluck Jonathan. Atiku was eventually chosen as the eventual "northern candidate" over Saraki, who wasn't considered "northern enough" by the Ciroma led Forum. Atiku led a campaign in the north that he christened "Naka Sai Naka" meaning "Northerners go for your own".

The record is there for all to see http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12193681

3. Insincerity And Deception:
Atiku is a very wealthy man no doubt, but of late we have seen a picture of him drinking sachet water aka pure water. When did Atiku start drinking such? Who is he trying to deceive? We won't forget the N40 sacthet Milo/tea gimmicks that the Buhari campaign employed to deceive gullible Nigerians into believing that he was a "poor man". We won't forget the "akara" frying stunt of Mrs Aisha Buhari during the electioneering period in 2015. We should realise that when politicians are desperate, they take to any act just to impress and deceiving the gullible into giving them their votes. #NeverAgain should we be falling for such. It amounts to deception in the part of the elite to continue to use such gimmicks.

Also, Atiku has been making case for federalism and stuffs, but in ALL his years in Aso Rock as VeePee, he never initiated nor suggested such. In fact, Atiku was a very powerful VeePee between 1999 and 2003, as he was in charge of home-front while Obasanjo was travelling the world, yet he never thought of any pro-Federalism/restructuring policy. It is true that he fought against the third term agenda of Obasanjo, but we all know that he did it so that he can be able to succeed the president in 2007- he didn't do it for Nigeria.

4. What Does He Have To Offer That He Can't Suggest To Incumbents?
Atiku is part of the political system in Nigeria. In 1993 he ran for President, but lost to MKO Abiola in the Social Democratic Party primary election. In 2007, he ran for Presidency under Action Congress, but lost to Umaru Yaradua of PDP, and coming behing ANPP's General Buhari. In 2011 he ran for Presidency and lost to Jonathan in the contest for PDP ticket. In 2014, he ran again but lost to Muhammadu Buhari in the APC primary, coming behind second placed Rabiu Kwankwaso. Now he is eyeing 2019! What is Atiku looking for after serving as Vice President for eight years? What did he forget in the villa that he wants to go back to get?

Atiku is already 70, he will be 73 in 2019, he is not an outsider of the system (like the American Trump), what does he have to offer that he couldn't offer as VeePee? What stops him from sharing his "developmental" ideas to the incumbents since 1999 (considering that he was always in the incumbent parties)? What stops Alhaji Atiku from grooming younger, smarter and intelligent politician for the plum job?


Like I said earlier in my first paragraph, I am not against the right of Atiku to seek office, but I am against the idea of him becoming President. Nigeria cannot afford to continue to rotate failures and grannies. We need generational shift in leadership, we need to retire the system elite and bring him visionaries in 2019.

Nigeria has to be great for our own good, and we must make it great!



May God Bless Us All and Bless Nigeria

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yet they will keep on saying leaders of tworrow still the set of people who be ruling since independent are the ones who is still ruling till date.What a country are we?

no matter what happens, no matter the outcome, it is still the ordinary masses placed at the receiving end.

atiku, el rufai, buhari, Jonathan, ibb and so on are just mere names use to describe the governing Bourgeoisies who have been RULING this country directly or indirectly for the past few decades.

power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely

muyibaba222:
Nigerians will never learn. I knew it was political, when he was shouting 'Restructuring'. I Still Dont know the power hungry Nigerian politician like Atiku that will want lose his presidential power to the various regions.

OP has said it all...... Atiku can never be trusted

He has never been trusted anyway, and he will never be trusted. OP you are right. Atiku is only a dreamer, he won't smell close to that ASO Rock power again.

I expect him by now to be a full farmer/businessman. But instead, he's always running after a shadow over a loss battle. Meanwhile, one of his reason to become a president is a personal issue towards Baba Obasanjo. He is trying hard so that he can seek for vendetta on him

Atiku! I have a word for you. 'Failure is your second name if you continue on that quest. You ain't going anywhere nigga!

TonyeBarcanista:
Is it that some of you are used to aligning with failed projects? How can a sane Nigerian ask for Atiku?

Cry us rivers, Atiku must chop our vote from SS/SE.


Atiku must chop Ofe-Owerri and become our President.

nwabobo:
If the president must come from the North, Atiku is the man.

..
21st century Nigerian youth ,shior!

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TonyeBarcanista:
For where? Which President? maybe the President of IPOB... He can't rule Nigeria!

Dear op.
I used to love and respect your writeups in this forum. You are one of the few people that I respect a lot in this forum and is coming from a man that has been in this forum for close to 6 years now ( was known as Alexander pope and later as Achilles ) . But of late i can not help but notice that you have joined the tribalistic gangs in this forum.guy you are bigger and better than that.. not everyone who disagree with you is an IPOB youth. And not all that agree with you is a sane person.

If he contest for governorship, he will loose

I am with TonyeBarcanista on this one. Id rather vote for Nuhu Ribadu or Raji Fashola come 2019.

We need new crops of tested hands at the helms of affairs of our dear natiom not all these old crews.

If Atiku takes over in 2019 he will run the economy to the ground that US,Britain or CHina will step in to recolonise Nigeria so as to prevent anarchy.

Kalu was right, igbos dont understand politics, the yoruba 6 states voted GEJ out and you say 6 states is minority, listen, Atiku will only become president when OBASANJO dies, if OBJ is still alive come 2019 Atiku/Obi has failed already, some of you dont know that the North respect OBJ more than Atiku, go find out how OBJ prevented Atiku from getting the presidency in 2007, 2011 and 2015. GEJ and PDP finished the day OBJ tore his membership card, who knew yaradua and jonathan brought them out under the nose of Atiku? I know a northerner will be president 2019 but 100% sure its not Atiku, do you guys know how many times Babangida tried to come back, is he not a northerner, northerner politics goes beyond how you guys are viewing it

mayoor15:
Kalu was right, igbos dont understand politics, the yoruba 6 states voted GEJ out and you say 6 states is minority, listen, Atiku will only become president when OBASANJO dies, if OBJ is still alive come 2019 Atiku/Obi has failed already, some of you dont know that the North respect OBJ more than Atiku, go find out how OBJ prevented Atiku from getting the presidency in 2007, 2011 and 2015. GEJ and PDP finished the day OBJ tore his membership card, who knew yaradua and jonathan brought them out under the nose of Atiku? I know a northerner will be president 2019 but 100% sure its not Atiku, do you guys know how many times Babangida tried to come back, is he not a northerner, northerner politics goes beyond how you guys are viewing it

wat is the guarantee OBJ will make it to 2017? Go and sit down, OBJ will attend Atiku swearing into Office as President.

The hardest region 4 any northerner to win is the SS/SE, Atiku is from the NE, the north central are mainly between the SE/NE muslim and christians.


he will win a sweeping victory.

Lol. These people will continue to be 5%. Just look at their reasoning. They support candidates only because of hatred for other tribes. This is a sure way to fail in 2019. The 2015 election has proven that SE and SS votes are irrelevant in swaying the outcome of elections.

TonyeBarcanista:

Lol your hero belongs to the past, he isn't coming back! Atiku same

Thank you bro, ati Ebele, ati Buhari, ati Atiku o, they should all go,we want new hands I beg.

waternogetenemy:


wat is the guarantee OBJ will make it to 2017? Go and sit down, OBJ will attend Atiku swearing into Office as President.

The hardest region 4 any northerner to win is the SS/SE, Atiku is from the NE, the north central are mainly between the SE/NE muslim and christians.


he will win a sweeping victory.

what guarantees you that Atiku also wil make it to 2019, listen dont be surprised when people like ekeremadu or duke are brought into limelight come 2019 with a core northerner-NE especially, atiku wil lose hands down, you need to go learn about politics, understand nigeria politics, dont let tribalism get hold of you

If God says yes, no one can say the reverse. Why didn't the incumbent president help his predecessors with possible suggestions or solutions to the chronic insecurity and devastating corruption that had eaten deep into the nooks and crannies of this country, if at all, he has any? In a nutshell, they're all the same, only God will help nigerians.

nwabobo:
If the president must come from the North, Atiku is the man.

Have you taught of Sule Lamido

Alariwo2:


stick to trading, you won't listen
like Uzor kalu rightly said, igbos don't understand politics.

mark my words today, igbos and ss will repeat the mistakes they made in 2015 to become 5%
This time around, you'll be termed -0.5%

I am very sure only SS/SE will vote massively for him cos he can't defeat Buhari anywhere in the North
An average Northerner won't vote for a nothern traitor who wants to give igbos federalism. That's how they think

use your brain

North central and northeastern minority regions will vote Atiku over Buhari.
Buhari can only win in his Northwestern region. He cannot challenge Atiku in Northcentral and Northeast. Am from the northcentral and i can tell this to u.

You guys will be writing reasons why he is not qualify while he will be winning the heart and soul of those with pvc

God bless u tonyebarcanista .We are tired of dis BABACRACY/1935 years oldies.2019 gonna be diff ball game.No amount of Agege bread,Akara,ponmo,rice go work.They kip using d youth for election and abandoned them thereafter.Enuf is Enuf

i agree with you 70% but one important thing you frgt is that nigeria is run by a magic cycle and we the youth have no option except to select from that categorie of ppl which 90% of them are Atikulike capitalist

TonyeBarcanista:

Unfortunately, I had better offers from APC camp telling me to rescind my decision when I dumped the party prior to 2015 election. Why do most young people think everyone is like them that is motivated by their stomach?


When it comes to track record, I am yet to see anyone as consistent as Tonye. The painful thing with young Nigerians is that they play a zombie kind of politics without factoring the interest of the country. As APC, I was disgusted by the inconsistencies of Buhari campaign and refusal to even articulate his plans by subjecting himself to debate. No USA candidate will be elected if he shunned political debate.

I recall in the just concluded USA election, Sen John McCain was initially anti-Trump, but days to election he switched to pro trump. will you say McCain is inconsistent? Of course, his reasons for switch had to do with a few factors but not money. Even Trump himself was anti McCain but he later switched sides. Let's desist from insulting our intellectual sensibilities.


I have no idea what you mean by those pix

Im not concerned about your personal choice to switch sides, that is a prerogative of anyone in the electorate. McCain respected that independence and did not actively persuade his constituency to view Trump the same way he perceived the then candidate. I am alarmed that you label yourself youth leader, in my view promoting a brand, and then using that notion to persuade and bring a following behind you..."herding"!

You can make personal switches to serve your individual interest without any contention . Be mindful of your persuasion, the gathering herd and the effect of you, as a branded youth leader, exercising a switch to the opposition. You might not see a problem with it, they will.


The idea Im trying to convey in that picture is the dynamism of party politics and zoning for the forseeable future.

That is the picture of our living leaders post civil war. Murtala, Abacha and YarAdua are not shown simply because they can no longer influence decision in our polity. All three are from NW zone. There is no leader, dead or alive, from NE and none from SE....post civil war! In fact we have never had a leader from NE, pre or post war!
Sooner or later we will be led into yielding for NE to take power, deputized by SE.

Before this can materialize an enabling arrangement needs to be in place. We will get a sneak peek, next Saturday in Ondo, into the intrigues of how everything else we've known will reshuffle and settle into a forecast for 2019 and 2023.

Ibadan is the seat of Yoruba political thrust and force but Ondo is the place where we are reminded of our democratic rights and purpose.
Ondo has always been a hot bed of political opposition to the regimental order issued forth.

In the days of Kiriji Ogedengbe disrupted the political order. In the 60s Agbekoya farmers cooperative disrupted the status quo. In the 70s and 80s Omoboriowo defied Awoism and challenged the order. In the 90s Fasoranti and others came out with Afenifere and OPC and re-purposed democracy. All these started in Ondo. In the 2000s Ondo defied the order again and remained the only Yoruba State outside the grip of ACN influence. Ondo shapes outcome in Yorubaland. Yorubas take the input from Ondo and molds into a strategy for political investment in Nigeria. Pay attention to next Saturday, the outcome will be translated into a formative plan for Yoruba engagement in 2019.

If Yoruba disengages from APC this will make PDP happy. The Senate and NorthEast will be the two pivotals they use to weaken Buhari and El Rufai and snatch power for candidate Atiku.

Atiku will do anything to become President. He does not believe in restucturing but he is giving it lip service. He will support Biafra secession if he can get their vote.

Sorry for bringing Yoruba into focus here, I could not give you the picture of Atiku and 2019 without saying his candidacy is hopeful of a diminished support for Buhari in SW, which may or may not come to fruition in the aftermath of Ondo exercising a catalyst enext Saturday.

waternogetenemy:
No other Northerner in a free and fair election can win SS/SE and definately Nigeria will disintegrate becos conflict we see now will escalate, if we see anybody there besides Atiku, remember Igbos(SE) have not had their turn.

Atiku is uniquely position to deal with boko haram in his north east, fulani in north central and calm the militant/ipob in the SS/SE.


The presidency is going North East.

Have thought about this North East-president South South-VP, South East-SP, North Central-DSP, South West-speaker North West- Deputy speaker, that is what APC will use to kill Atiku+ Obi come 2019, buhari isnt from NE so he may not contest, remember northern cabals are in charge of APC not Tinubu again

So after all the hardships Nigerians are facing, they still wish to discuss on bringing in another dullard from the north..



Infact the problem is not even the politicians but the electorate..


Look at soludo, look at Rufai, look at Okonjo iweala, look at Donald Duke, look at Akpabio, look at Bruce, these people are worthy

Nigeria and Nigerian are serious case study. That's why I called this country "Fuji House of Commotion" too many drama unfolding everyday, no still action. Action, like this man or that person has been found guilty and sentenced to a jail term or death. All we hear is stories! Chai....so help us God in this country.
Imagine,"Now he is eyeing 2019! What is Atiku looking for after serving as Vice President for eight years? What did he forget in the villa that he wants to go back to get?"

This guy has nothing to offer, this guy wants to consolidate his greed and re write corruption in another form. This man is part of our problem, we should do away with him. Where are the youths of this country? If nobody will put my name forward then I will do it myself rather than to vote or suggest name like "Atiku" for presidency!

There are vibrant youths, intelligent and articulated ones among us where do we want to recycle a dead and useless product of no value.

Nigerian youths owes this country of ignoring this old forsaken men,they have nothing to offer. But you and I, can offer this country a whole lots of things if only we can hold our ground and speak with one voice.

The revolution to take back this country from these dirty forsaken cabal starts now. You must not allow yourself to be used or bride to vote for any of these retired and certified thieves, nothing will come from them rather something from us. They are closer to the grave than you and I. All they want now is what they can take home for their children yet unborn and the only way to do so is to steal, Rob and embezzle public funds.

Nigerian youths, we need to think, please.
Great People,One Nation, Nigeria will be great again, it depends on you and I.

mayoor15:
Have thought about this North East-president South South-VP, South East-SP, North Central-DSP, South West-speaker North West- Deputy speaker, that is what APC will use to kill Atiku+ Obi come 2019, buhari isnt from NE so he may not contest, remember northern cabals are in charge of APC not Tinubu again

Oya yoruba dullards make una stay off my mention. Quote me wen inferiority complex and bigotry exit ur mind.


SS my anus, majority tribe in SS are igbo. The longer u try to hide power from igbos, the longer the north will rule and SW lose.

We don't need old cargo again! They should offer us good thinking proffessioner,with high class cerebrum .

nonsobaba:
Please also add as the 5th reason that he is carrying a political failure in the person of Peter Obi with him. A mass murderer of MASSOB members in Onitsha and Ezu River can never appeal to Igbos, more especially as APGA is set to field an Igbo presidential candidate in 2019.

And how does the apga candidate intend winning?

Yoshy:
i agree with OP, is Nigerian youths brain drained or something? How can a sane person consider Atiku or his likes for presidency?

The OP is right. We must encourage experts who have stuffs to offer to come out. We will make sure we select different crop of people as our leaders

waternogetenemy:


Oya yoruba dullards make una stay off my mention. Quote me men inferiority complex and bigotry exit ur mind.


SS my anus, majority tribe in SS are igbo. The longer u try to hide power from igbos, the longer the north will rule and SW lose.

can you see how dull and contradictory you are, its down to your lack of political understanding, that why you talk trash, who is talking about SW losing here, am telling you what will likely be done to cast Atiku, whether atiku decides to contest under PDP or APC he cant get it, Pdp wil rather go for sule lamido than atiku whyl Obj is alive, anyway Apga can give him the ticket...lols