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Tremor007:
Me the Op? You have lost it completely perhaps if this is what you do for a living in a new year and month I wish you well. Keep comparing if that makes you well fed.

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bounty007:
I see only afons are real scared of Atiku..

Even their God Obj is brutally scared at the mention of Atiku.

To wither Atiku chances. And having be warned to stay out of Pdp affairs. Otherwise

The old trick brought up a letter.. a set up.. to bring in a third force.

...but it's too late only.. only gullible Nigerians will fall for the old trick.

Obasanjo is lucky to be the only "General' from the cartel who is from the south.
And always enjoy Ibadan media publicity.
The Northern Generals that run the Nigeria business, hardly make noise..

And yet, they're there.

Anyone thinking Atiku is not an strong opposition is just swimming on Air.

Wait make buhari decide not to contest.
Buhari is Atikus opposition same goes with h Atiku.

And not some nansense self serving Assembley of obasanjo loyalists.

You are truly in the know my brother!

ur Analysis is one sided, down south Buhari had less than 300000 vote frm southsouth nd pdp had 1.5m in Rivers, 1.2m in Delta, 900000 In akwa ibom, 350000in bayelsa nd 254000 in Edo.do u think Atiku will retain this vote.i want an honest answer

rhidollah:
ur Analysis is one sided, down south Buhari had less than 300000 vote frm southsouth nd pdp had 1.5m in Rivers, 1.2m in Delta, 900000 In akwa ibom, 350000in bayelsa nd 254000 in Edo.do u think Atiku will retain this vote.i want an honest answer

If you really take the pain to study my thread very well I have already answered the question. Yes, Atiku will even do more than that this time around. Atiku contested last in 2007 against 2 favourites, Yar'adua (PDP) and Buhari (ANPP) under a regional party then AC yet polled over 2 million votes despite bearing the unjustifiable "corruption tag" label that Obasanjo used against his person meaning that Atiku came out at the "wrong time"! Right now, Buhari had been tested and found out a failure which makes Atiku the next desirable choice. I repeat, Atiku will do much more better this time around going by the indices around him now. You can quote me on this.

careytommy7:
The show must go on!
Bubu till 2035!

Bubu till 2053 would have been appropriate!

My take on what Atiku has to offer is very simple; he was the head of the National Economic Council (NEC) under Obasanjo that sets Nigeria on a pedestal that was able to pay off backlog of unpaid arrears of civil servants, gave our telecommunication a new facelift, brought life to Nigeria's GDP and Forex, boost economic strength of Nigeria by opening Nigeria's frontiers of business to the outside world thereby boosting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the process. I want to believe that a man that had done this to a Country as an administrator and also being a successful business man over the years deserve to govern Nigeria come 2019! I, Tomakint, will cast my vote for Atiku when the time comes. He is to Nigeria what Trump is to America in the area of economic policies that work!

Ratello:
On Atiku's Corruption Tag

Shortly before 2007 Alhaji Atiku had not been tagged a corrupt man but how did he became corrupt overnight? Olusegun Obasanjo, his boss gave him that tag to mess up his political ambitions which  many unwary Nigerians had fell for. Obasanjo's allegation of "Atiku is corrupt" have not been substantiated since 2007 when they left office to now.  It is instructive to note that, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has a very big problem of human relationship management. He had issues with the five Senate Presidents, some governors, party leaders, associates that served under him. It must be noted that Obasanjo's overbearing attitude and not yielding to superior advises led him to lose the cordial relationship that once existed between him and his erstwhile VP, Alhaji Atiku, whom Obasanjo vowed to deal with and ruin politically for stopping his "Third Term .Agenda" this bold attempt from Atiku to Obasanjo is unAfrican first and unNigerian, hence, "The Atiku Is Corrupt Tag" was launched to tarnish his image politically. Atiku's constitutional role which is assigned to the office of the Vice President is the Chairman, National Economic Council (NEC). According to his portfolio, he is to preside over a meeting made up of the 36 governors of the Federation, CBN Governor, Minister of Finance etc. The National Economic Council plays an advisory role just like National Council of States forum as its decisions or resolutions are not binding on the President who is the chief executive of the country. As important as his roles are, he (Atiku) is not under any power whatsoever to have the final say on decisions taken but everything still ends up at the President's (Obasanjo) table for final decision.

Lest we forget, Atiku stood against injustice when he confronted his boss, Obasanjo, on the illegal third term ambition of the Egba Chief yet no one is giving him credit for stopping what would have been a rape of the highest legal framework in the land - Our Constitution!  Atiku chaired the Council on Privatization under the acronym, BPE, Bureau of Public Enterprises on the express mandate of President Obasanjo with Nasir el-Rufai, who is the present governor of Kaduna State as Director General based on Alhaji Atiku's recommendation and he was never convicted of any crime in the course of serving. As the Vice President who takes orders from his boss, the President, how could he have outsmarted a bossy and overbearing Obasanjo to become dangerously corrupt as assumed by Obasanjo? Alhaji Atiku has never been named among the ten richest people in Nigeria as far back as i know which is common knowledge. That many former governors and even serving ones are far richer than Atiku is no news, and that many of these governors have been convicted of embezzling and plundering their States into hardship is what we know. Yet since 2007 despite not being convicted if any crimes in any capacity he had served his Fatherland, his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo had chosen to tag him "corrupt" just to tarnish his political ambitions of governing the Nation as a President in the future. He has been without immunity since 2007 when they left office, why has he not been prosecuted before any competent court of law? I think Nigerians should start asking questions from Atiku's accusers perhaps they know what only angels know about Atiku that we, humans, don't know.

Right from 2007 till now Atiku had taken a shot at the Presidency thrice (2007, 2011 and 2015) and there was never a time during thise occasions that corruption charges were brought against his person. The question now is, why now? Another angle to this debate has to do with the successive governments we have paraded since 2007 till date (Yar'adua, Jonathan and Buhari) and up to now, none has deemed it fit to prosecute "corrupt Atiku", because Atiku was never convicted by any competent court of law to be corrupt. The truth is, Obasanjo did all he could to nail Alhaji Atiku at the courts but he (Atiku) was on those occasions declared clean from those charges. At this juncture, I make bold to say that Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, Waziri Adamawa seems the most qualified to fly the PDP flag in 2019 presidential election going by his political experience and business acumen, which will portray efficiency and making a Nigeria that works economically a reality. 


The Truth Behind Buhari's Cult Following & Atiku's Bright Chance

I have come to realise that the hype behind Buhari's overbearing influence in the North is nothing but a myth that had been busted time and again through the polls until he got sympathy votes in 2015 at the Presidential Polls. Let it be noted that the bulk of votes Buhari had in 2003 (12,710,022) under a known and popular party (ANPP) then against a Southerner, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (24,456,140) were garnered more from his base in Northwest but when he was contesting against a fellow Northerner, Musa Yar'adua in 2007  still under the national party,  ANPP,  Buhari votes plummeted to a disappointing 6,605,299 compared to Yar'adua's 24,638,063 the question now is, what led to the sharp drop in Buhari's votes? One thing, two Northerners were involved, Yar'adua and third placed Atiku, meaning Northern voters are not blind loyalists as widely assumed. In 2011, Buhari contested against a Southerner, Goodluck Jonathan, for the third time under a regional party called Congress for Progressive Change (CPC),  and he polled 12,214,853 compared to Jonathan's 22,495,187, the surge in Buhari's votes can be attributed to the political tempo in the Country then which favours a Northern candidate over a Southern one (as a result of the sudden death of Yar'adua) but for Jonathan's emergence as the Presidential party of a national and popular party, PDP, he won but the sympathy votes Buhari got from his base in Northwest and partly northeast buoyed by defectors from minor parties swelled his votes. 

In 2015, it was clear that Jonathan was no longer needed for going against his party's unwritten agreement that a Northern candidate should be picked as the Presidential flagbearer which he flouted coupled with the spate of corruption cases his associates were labelled with which he choose not to confront as a leader and not being proactive enough on the issue of insurgency (especially Boko Haram) up North, all these paved way for an influx of biased and emotional propaganda against his persons and government which finally put a nail to his ambition thereby giving Muhammadu Buhari of the APC a chance to emerge as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with votes totalling 15,424,921 compared to Jonathan's 12,853,162 leaving between them a margin of 2,571,759 to make it the closest in the history of the nation perhaps because it was the first time an incumbent (Jonathan) under a ruling party lost to an opponent from an opposition party. It is crystal clear here that Buhari's 15 million plus votes (a little over his usual 12 million plus votes) were as a result of bloc votes from few North Central and North Eastern States like Kwara, Niger, Gombe, Bauchi, Borno and Yobe. 

Going by the above calculations, it is instructive that we factor in what lies ahead for a Buhari Presidency versus an Atiku chance at the polls. Buhari's chance seems to be faltering almost on daily basis especially when one consider the likes of prominent Nigerians who once supported him and are instrumental to his victory at the polls in 2015 now giving him disapproval ratings and even advising him to shelf the idea of going for a second term based on his failures in many policies on the economy and brazen attempts at taking Nigeria back to the age of nepotism. The permutation now is if Buhari at his best can manage just 15,424,921 votes what will now be his chance now that his approval ratings keep dropping especially when one consider the fact that 2019 will be a straight battle between two likely Northern candidates which brings to mind a replay of the Yar'adua versus Buhari contest in 2007 where a popular Buhari lost the elections with a little over 6 million votes compared to now that he has been tested and confirmed a failure by many Nigerians especially his contemporaries and former associates like Obasanjo, Junaid Mohammed, Senator Shehu Sannj, Atiku, Dele Momodu, Wole Soyinka, Cardinal 'Bunmi Okogie, Oby Ezekwesili,  Rev. fr. Mbaka and many more. Atiku's chance is very high especially when the Northern factor is considered and going by the tension in the land as 2019 approaches. The search for a northern element that will bridge the widening gap between the North and South is needed urgently, this is why Alhaji Atiku remains the only candidate up North that can confront a recalcitrant Buhari or whoever APC is pushing forward as its Presidential candidate ahead of 2019!  

From The Desk Of @Ratello

Cc: Lalasticlala

No thinking about it, Atiku's chance against Buhari judging from the above quoted post is ok for me. Buhari was simply overhyped in 2015, this is 2018 now, Nigerians are wiser.

Nigerians!
NTOOOOOOOOR!

Na you are crying for ATIKU!
Hmmmmmm!
Let this WAEC-LESS, DAURA DUNCE deal with Nigerians well well!
Buhari till 3000 jor!

Im sure someone in OP's state or one of his kinsman is also vying to become President. Why does he not support his own kindred, why support the man in Adamawa?

tayebest:
Issorite,
Atiku just dey find attention with his political harlots drama......


....let him win the PDP primaries before I could take him serious!

if Atiku gets pdp ticket i will delete my account on nairaland.

Shawnnn01:
As open minded or as gullible as the next Igbo. I can assure without any iota of doubt that Buhari will beat Atiku in every northern state except Adamawa m ther is nothing pdp or Anatoly can do about it.

Atiku has never won adamawa as an opposition.

alen4smith:
if Atiku gets pdp ticket i will delete my account on nairaland.

I will hold you on this when the time comes.......

Ratello:
I will hold you on this when the time comes.......

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alen4smith:
if Atiku gets pdp ticket i will delete my account on nairaland.

Please I am waiting for you to do as you promised since my man, Atiku has now emerge as PDP Presidential candidate

Ratello:
Please I am waiting for you to do as you promised since my man, Atiku has now emerge as PDP Presidential candidate

him get heart to delete account .. when him never look all those babes profile pics finish...mtseeew

millhouse:
him get heart to delete account .. when him never look all those babes profile pics finish...mtseeew

E be like say you sabi the guy well