₦airaland Forum

fergie001:
Bless you too......that's the stark reality,my bro...so you re Igbo...didn't know that

docadams:
Not by birth. But you will never know

fergie001:
I for say

oodualover:
Have you been to the North? Why do you like lying? Yorubas are more than Ibos in population! Which diaspora are you talking about? Even in Ghana, Yoruba outnumber Ibos ten to one

BabaIbo:
That's the truth, kiss it...

Hausas and fulanis are attached/called together to gain number.
Singly they are not up to...
If you have not been to the north, you won't understand.

Do you know that they are the most populous Nigerians in diaspora, and that they have the highest number of people that are in other regions(every other regions in Nigeria).

docadams:
The Ibos I grew up with, schooled and worked with, married into are not being represented well on social media.

fergie001:
Wow..jisike

gurnam:
Hatred can actually leads to trouble.

This is what hatred will get SE.

senatordave1:
South east/south south was locked when pdp were in power.next year will expose everything.again,if you study the votes in these regions from 1999 till 2015,you will discover that federal might,rigging capacity and money decides who wins and not really the electorates.many of these riggers and votes allocators are now in apc so it will not be one way voting.
Secondus is from andoni in rivers state

senatordave1:
That shows that a good number of ibos support apc and buhari.

dejol88:
For states election you are correct but federal you are wrong sir. Igbo would massively vote PDP even in imo state during presidential election,fact..Saraki exposee will further affect APC chances even in imo state where okorocha hold sway

Mynd44:
If Saraki wins the primary, it will be silly to pick a SW VP. They will have to go to the SS if the reports of this article is true.

But if Atiku wins, I guess Gbenga Daniels will be on his way to be his running mate

raumdeuter:
I think its smarter for PDP to choose the VP from SS.

1. SS has a high number of voters

2. Unlike SE, they do not harbor so much hatred towards APC and If they don't have a strong reason to vote PDP they will vote APC

3. SE will never vote Buhari even if he is the only name on the ballot

So the analysis is this. By choosing a SS VP, You are securing that region of 6 states plus 5 SE states = 11 states. If you choose a SE VP, you will get 5 SE states and possibly lose 2 SS states like Edo or Akwa Ibom so its a huge gamble

PDP should pick Atiku and a SS Vice

fergie001:
Hahahahah.....I know where you lean,and trust me my hand no dey oooo...Buhari mismanaged the situation...it was in his hands....his statements sold him off....
Seriously,all I can say is I am more particular about what happens at the local or state level than the Presidency......You will get it right at home first before getting out....though I know you aren't Igbo sha

senatordave1:
Ya,am not ibo.but my lga borders iboland,we relate well with ibos.i have lived in ibo land,related with them.many of my friends are ibos.i love that tribe especially the anambra ibo.

senatordave1:
Pdp will win imo but apc will get the required percentage.my instincts tell me that the south east will make a smart move in 2019 and vote the way the yorubas did in 2015,dividing votes between the two parties in order to have a say whoever wins.

*S/East lobbyists thrown off balance

By ChuksOnyema-Aziken and MykeUzendu

The on-going “battles” between some politicians from the South-East for the vice presidential slot of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s presidential election may have hit the rock as party leadership wants the South-Westzone to produce the occupant.

Already, PDP has zoned the presidential slot to the North, while lobbyists from the South-East working on the zoning arrangement in the party went to work seeking to grab the running mate slot.

But their dreamsare going awry as impeccable sources at the Wadata Plaza headquarters of the PDP informed The AUTHORITY that the current thinking in the National Working Committee (NWC) and other members and affiliates at the apex of the party management are no longer in that direction.

It was learnt that the PDP leadership is under pressure, especially from its patrons, especially retired military brass and former national leaders, to source its presidential running mate from the South-West or the South-South.

The rationale for this move, sources said, is because the South-East is no longer being regarded as a beautiful bride by the PDP.

We gathered that voters from the zone, by virtue of their widespread aversion to President MuhmamaduBuhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC), really have no other option than to vote for the PDP, especially as the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), which would have been a ready alternative for them, is not likely to field a presidential candidate and is billed to support the incumbent president, who would be the candidate of the APC.
Also, the arithmetic of vote count towards winning the forthcoming presidential election does not favour a candidate from the South-East. Even as a vice presidential candidate, it has the least number of registered voters compared with other geopolitical zones.

For example, of the total 73,944,312 registered voters in Nigeria as of January 2018, the North-West geo-political zone has the highest number of 18,505,984 voters, while the South-East trails with 8,293,093 registered voters.

The South-West comes second with 14,626,800 registered voters; South-South is close with 11,101,093 registered voters. North-Central has 10,586,965 registered voters, while the North-East zone has 9,929,015 voters.
“In the crunch to win the elections, PDP is looking at where it can get the votes to enable it fare well.
“It is no longer a secret that up to four or more high-heeled politicians from the South-East have been knocking on every door across the country, lobbying to be picked as the running mate to any Northern candidate that would emerge as the PDP presidential flag-bearer,” a competent source told our reporters.

The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu;former governor of Anambra StatePeter Obi, as well as the former Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan,Chief Ben Ndi-Obi, have before now been positioning themselves for the running mate slot and are known to have been making high level contact though individuals and groups all over the country, to project their wishes to be picked.

Outside these three, there are also former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. ChukwumaSoludo, who was rumoured last week to have attempted to drag AlhajiAtikuAbubakar to APGA, where he is a prominent stakeholder, and to contest from there, a story that has been stridently denied by the Atiku camp and APGA.
However, The AUTHORITY can authoritatively reveal that if Atiku is not picked as the PDP flagbearer, Soludo and like-minded people in Igboland will work for his adoption by APGA.

Another group of stakeholders are rooting for the President-General of the OhanaezeNdigbo,Chief NniaNwodo, as he is also being tipped and would mount serious campaign for Atiku to consider him as his running mate, if he picks the APGA ticket.

The PDP, The AUTHORITY learnt, believes that making further investments like a presidential running mate in the South-East would be an overkill, as it is the other zones where it regards as the “battle zones” that require such an attention.

“With or without a running mate, the South-East is a PDP wet ground any day”, our correspondent was told by top level sources in the PDP.

Presidential aspirants under the PDP platform include Atiku, former Governor of Kano State and serving Senator, RabiuMusa Kwankwaso; former Governor of Jigawa State and former Foreign Affairs Minister, SuleLamido; former Governor of Kano State and one-time Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shakarau, and former Governor of Kaduna State and erstwhile chairman of the PDP National Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Makarfi.

Others are the former Governor of Sokoto State, AttahiruBafarawa;incumbent Governor ofGombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo; former Governor of Plateau State and serving Senator, David Jang; former Minister of Special Duties, TanimuTuraki, and a former member of the House of Representatives, AlhajiDatti Baba-Ahmed.

The late entrants are the incumbent Governor of Sokoto State and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, AminuTambuwal, and the Senate President, AbubakarBukolaSaraki. Saraki formally joined the race last Thursday.

Of the above, PDP sources said the only one who would be under pressure to pick a vice presidential candidate from the South-East is Senator Saraki.

But this option is being shot down by the challenge that none of the governors of the South-East extraction would be willing to contribute generously to such campaign as they have been lukewarm in funding party activities in the last three and half years.

A source said this leaves the South-South as the beautiful bride, as their governors have the resources and are willing to fund the party’s activities.

Efforts made to contact the highest ranking member of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), from the South East, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), for comment proved abortive as his lines could not be reached.

However, one of his aides told The AUTHORITY that “the current permutations have shifted attention of political gladiators from the South-East to ferociously tackle one another to grab the Governorship, Senate and House of Representatives tickets.

“I can assure you that the refusal of our people to register as voters is not helping matters. Our people are politically naïve and this is our greatest undoing despite the fact that we believe that Ndigbo are numerically stronger than any other race in this country, given the fact that all over the country, they are next in number to the indigenous people, but we are politically ignorant, believing that political office comes as a matter of logic or rational thinking,” the aide stressed.

senatordave1:
Please sir,lets not go into this direction.its controversial.lets face the topic.the smartest thing for the east to do is to share their votes

raumdeuter:
I think its smarter for PDP to choose the VP from SS.

1. SS has a high number of voters

2. Unlike SE, they do not harbor so much hatred towards APC and If they don't have a strong reason to vote PDP they will vote APC

3. SE will never vote Buhari even if he is the only name on the ballot

So the analysis is this. By choosing a SS VP, You are securing that region of 6 states plus 5 SE states = 11 states. If you choose a SE VP, you will get 5 SE states and possibly lose 2 SS states like Edo or Akwa Ibom so its a huge gamble

PDP should pick Atiku and a SS Vice

raumdeuter:
I think its smarter for PDP to choose the VP from SS.

1. SS has a high number of voters

2. Unlike SE, they do not harbor so much hatred towards APC and If they don't have a strong reason to vote PDP they will vote APC

3. SE will never vote Buhari even if he is the only name on the ballot

So the analysis is this. By choosing a SS VP, You are securing that region of 6 states plus 5 SE states = 11 states. If you choose a SE VP, you will get 5 SE states and possibly lose 2 SS states like Edo or Akwa Ibom so its a huge gamble

PDP should pick Atiku and a SS Vice

raumdeuter:
I think its smarter for PDP to choose the VP from SS.

1. SS has a high number of voters

2. Unlike SE, they do not harbor so much hatred towards APC and If they don't have a strong reason to vote PDP they will vote APC

3. SE will never vote Buhari even if he is the only name on the ballot

So the analysis is this. By choosing a SS VP, You are securing that region of 6 states plus 5 SE states = 11 states. If you choose a SE VP, you will get 5 SE states and possibly lose 2 SS states like Edo or Akwa Ibom so its a huge gamble

PDP should pick Atiku and a SS Vice

BabaRamota1980:
A SS vp, of Ibo descent or not?

fergie001:
....and why do you say so?

BabaRamota1980:
A SS vp, of Ibo descent or not?

gurnam:
The problem here is that the so called SS is not as homogeneous in thinking and voting as the name portrays. They were only brought (ganged up) together for the sake of Jonathan.
That is why APC is finding it easier to break into than the SE that have almost same way of thinking politically
Also don’t forget there is no one single Political leader for SS.
Easier to break a group without a known leader

docadams:
Some things are just not meant for open discuss.

BabaIbo:
You're wrong Mr.

In 1999 every region participated actively in the election because they were all represented in one way or the other.

In 2007, the same thing. It was in 2011 that SW(natives) didn't participate actively because they felt/realized they're not represented in the election(apathy).
In 2015, the SE(natives) didn't participate actively felt/realized that they're not represented in the election, SE boycott/apathy was more visible as it affected the chance of the incumbent government.

And here you are assuming what you don't know, only time will tell.

raumdeuter:
Though the SS is not homogeneous, they still mostly band together, Their states except Edo have a 20yr history of supporting PDP uninterrupted and no party has been able to break them

Jonathan offered them a rallying point and someone like Duke or Odili(if he had remained active), Ibori(If he didnt go to jail) could have held them together

I dont want PDP to win, I will still support APC but I think their best duo at this point is an Atiku-Duke combination. Many people across the country like Duke and he hasnt had any major scandal even after leaving the governorship seat

Most people dont really hate or have reasons to hate either of them at worst people are just neutral about them unlike Buhari and Tinubu who are either fiercely loved or fiercely hated

raumdeuter:
Facts dont support your assetions

Go and pull the number of votes in 1999, 2007 and 2015 in each region and see

raumdeuter:
Someone acceptable to majority of SS. Maybe like an Akpabio would have been or probably a Donald Duke

Atiku-Duke will win all the SE + SS votes in my opinion

lextube:
[s]http://authorityngr.com/2018/09/03/vp-slot-pdp-goes-to-south-west/[/s]

raumdeuter:
Someone acceptable to majority of SS. Maybe like an Akpabio would have been or probably a Donald Duke

Atiku-Duke will win all the SE + SS votes in my opinion