₦airaland Forum

PaChukwudi44:
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Now can you remind me what percentage of the votes Buhari and GEJ got in Lagos in 2015?

do we need to remind you that this context is Buhari and Atiku not Jonathan and also remember Jonathan was in power then with dollars flying around like crazy. Come 2019, Atiku will never get half of what GEJ got

mmb:
hahahha, i feel sorry for PDP and Atiku.

Buhari already has 14+ million votes in his bag from registered APC members.

Na lie.....Na scam

senatordave1:
Your funny.how can ss/se be a no go area when atiku is contesting? This region will give atiku lets votes than they gave goodluck.buhari has penetrated here than atiku has in the north.do you know that pdp fielded unpooular candidates hers while apc fielded popular candidates.

Governorship is different from Presidency.

APC won Edo state house of assembly and NASS but lost the presidency to PDP.

OmoManU:
SS + SE is still lesser than the SW. Indeed empty barrels made loudest noise

remove "the no man's land" and you will realise that there are more brown roofs than pipo in sw. fact!

i want to have this record so that we go know how they rang the election.

maelish:
The number of registered voters from nw and sw dont matter here at all becos as,se,NC,ne will surely give atiku 90% of their votes and their combination is just like sw and nw so it will be tough for the two ,both are Muslims and buhari' s economy is not doing well at all.

North central with Nassarawa,Niger, Platueau, Benue, Kogi and Kwara will give Atiku 90% Lmao.

Northeast with Yobe, Taraba, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Jigawa and Bornu will give Atiku 90%?
Lmao again.
Today i know that kids are allowed to register on Nairaland

UgwuAghachi:
Take me as an example. I'm Igbo but my polling unit is in Nasarawa.

Zones for Atiku

NORTH EAST - his home zone
NORTH CENTRAL - Saraki, herdsmen and northern Christian factor
SOUTH SOUTH - Buhari called them 5% and removed their son from power
SOUTH EAST - Buhari sent Python to dance in this zone

you really reside in Nasarrawa..doing business??

Ozibe:
Man wake up.

Turn out 65 to 70 in which region?

Yes PVC collection in the NW is 18m as stated b4. And a combined Pvc from SE, SS and MB will do the magic. The add NE which is Atiku's base and 40% of Sw.

All SW sitting governors are APC but needed a battalion to rig and win election in Osun, APC:s strongest hold outside Lagos.

Awka ibom, rivers and delta are pdp's strongest base. U must be dreaming.. APC will not even see 5%

I trust the south east we are waiting for APC. Those who died under the watch and machination of this evil government, will not forgive us if we give them 1%

Forget, what u see about Osun in the concluded election, Osun is Pro-Apc, what happen in this last election is to spite Aregbe, it's only in Osun that Ribadu won in 2011 in south west.

Get this to your skull, west wont leave Osinbajo as VP with the hope of presidency in 2023 to vote for Igbo VP.

The better u know this, the better for u

SETIOK:
I don't think so.

Consider the following article:
MY VIEW ON THE 'ONLY ASPIRANT' THAT I THINK IS THE BEST FOR ATIKU ABUBAKAR (PDP PRESIDENTIAL FLAG BEARER) TO HAVE AS A VICE PRESIDENT (RUNNING MATE) COME 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS and an OPEN LETTER to the PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) by OKESOLA OLUWASEGUN TIWALADE (SETIOK):

Dear PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY,

INTRODUCTION:
ATIKU ABUBAKAR (ADAMAWA STATE-NORTH EAST) has emerged as the PDP PRESIDENTIAL FLAG BEARER come 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS and he has been emphasising on RESTRUCTURING which has widely been the main theme of his campaign so far and if that is the case, in my humble view, I think PDP should ZONE their VICE PRESIDENTIAL SEAT to the SOUTH EAST.

Sequel to this, SOUTH EAST States consist of:
(1)ABIA
(2)ANAMBRA
(3)EBONYI
(4)ENUGU
(5)IMO

In view of the above introduction, the PDP's VICE PRESIDENTIAL POSITION should come from the SOUTH EAST and I present my 'one and only candidate' that I believe in from the SOUTH EAST, he is SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU (Senator representing ENUGU WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT of ENUGU STATE and the Incumbent DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT) to the Incumbent SENATE PRESIDENT-Dr. BUKOLA SARAKI.

CONTENT:
Name: IKE EKWEREMADU
Born: 12 May 1962 (age 56)
Place of Birth: Amachara Mpu, Eastern Region , Nigeria (now Amachara Mpu, Aninri Local Government Area, Enugu State , Nigeria )

Ike Ekweremadu is a Nigerian politician and lawyer from Enugu State who has served in the Senate of Nigeria since May 2003. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party and is currently the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate for the third consecutive time, twice under DAVID MARK as SENATE PRESIDENT (6th & 7th Assembly) & presently under BUKOLA SARAKI (8th Assembly).

EARLY LIFE:
Ike Ekweremadu was born in 1962 at Amachara Mpu in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, and is of Igbo origin. He holds both Bachelors and master's degree in Law from the University of Nigeria , Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. He also holds Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Law from the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS:
In 2002, Chief Ekweremadu was appointed Secretary to the Enugu State Government, before then he was Chairman of Aninri in 1997 and won the Best Local Government Chairman Award in Enugu State at the time. He was appointed the Chief of Staff of the Enugu State Government House.

SENATORIAL CAREER:
On April 12, 2003 he was elected to the Nigerian Senate. In September 2003, as Vice Chairman of the senate committee on Information, Chief Ekweremadu stated that the senate would make a serious investigation into allegations of bribery leveled by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister Mallam Nasir el-Rufai. Relations between Nasir el-Rufai and the senate continued to be hostile, and el-Rufai was eventually charged with corruption in 2008.

In 2005, Ike Ekweremadu was beaten in the race for President of the Senate of Nigeria by Senator Kenechukwu Nnamani. In July 2006, as spokesperson for the Southern Senators’ Forum, Ekweremadu denied charges that they had made an agreement to return power to the North in the 2007 elections.

In September 2006, President Olusegun Obasanjo asked the Senate to review a report by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that laid charges of fraud against Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. Ike Ekweremadu promised to establish a committee of inquiry whose report would be submitted to the Senate, although he noted that impeachment would be difficult since it would require a 2/3 majority.

Ekweremadu was returned in the 29 April 2007 Nigerian National Assembly election, and retained his position as deputy senate president. He was given the job of handing out committee chairmanship positions allocated to the south east zone, making decisions that were unpopular with leaders such as Senator Chris Anyanwu, who failed to get the positions they wanted.

In July 2007, Ekweremadu was instrumental in defusing objections to the controversial nomination of Ojo Maduekwe to a ministerial position. When President Umaru Yar'Adua's Principal Private Secretary, David Edevbie, was indicted in September 2009 in a British court for corruption and money laundering, Ekweremadu refused to take a position, stating that he did not know the facts.

In September 2009, Ekweremadu was named co-chairman of a committee to conduct the primary elections for the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate for Anambra State. Senatorial election, Enugu West 2011 Ekweremadu was reelected as Senator for Enugu West in the April 2011 elections, receiving 112,806 votes. The closest runner-up was the candidate of the Peoples for Democratic Change (PDC) party, Jackson Ezeoffor, who got 7,522 votes.

ECOWAS:
In September 2009, he was appointed to lead the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ad hoc committee to would work for the return of constitutional order in the Niger Republic. He was elected First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament and emerged then Speaker of the regional parliament in August 2011.

MY SUCCINCTLY THOUGHT OUT ANALYSIS:
It is very visible to the blind and audible to the deaf that the SOUTH EAST ZONE of NIGERIA hasn't really had a chance in the CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the NATION since we adopted DEMOCRACY in 1999 and that's one of the reasons why someone like NNAMDI KANU has agitated for the creation of BIAFRA as a country on it's own. The SOUTH EASTERN part of NIGERIA has been largely marginalized and segregated in several positions, either elected or appointed positions.

To solve this unequal distribution of man power in Nigeria and to make people happy across all quarters, especially the EAST, EKWEREMADU is the best VICE PRESIDENTIAL Aspirant PDP can use that will be of impact. I know that SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU has already collected the PDP Nomination form to return to the SENATE but I believe he can relinquish that to be the VICE PRESIDENT to ATIKU ABUBAKAR and that would be a classic winning strategy for PDP to regain power in NIGERIA.

APC have already won the GOVERNORSHIP POSITIONS of 3 STATES (ONDO, EKITI & OSUN(tentatively) out of the 6 STATES (ONDO, EKITI, OSUN, LAGOS, OGUN & OYO) in the SOUTH WEST and I believe APC will win LAGOS again via BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU's gubernatorial candidature. OYO STATE (ADEBAYO ADELABU-APC vs SEYI MAKINDE-PDP) & OGUN STATE (DAPO ABIODUN-APC vs OLADIPUPO ADEBUTU-PDP) is 50/50 for now according to my critical observation and analysis.

In view of the paragraph above, I see APC having at least 4 states in the SOUTH WEST out of 6 states in this geopolitical zone and I'm absolutely sure that they will all be in support of PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI's 2nd term ambition come 2019. At such, ATIKU ABUBAKAR should forget the SOUTH WEST ZONE, MUHAMMADU BUHARI will defeat him in this Zone, even if it's by a small margin. So, he should focus on other places that will be he would have a comparative advantage.

I am very sure that with the likes of those that contested with ATIKU ABUBAKAR (ADAMAWA STATE of NORTH EAST) in the PDP Primaries such as:
*NORTH CENTRAL:
BUKOLA SARAKI of KWARA STATE
DAVID MARK of BENUE STATE
JONAH JANG of PLATEAU STATE
KABIRU TURAKI of NASARAWA STATE

*NORTH EAST:
IBAHIM DANKWANBO of GOMBE STATE (ATIKU ABUBAKAR's ZONE-ADAMAWA STATE)

*NORTH WEST:
RABIU KWANKWASO of KANO STATE
AMINU TAMBUWAL of SOKOTO STATE
ATTAIHIRU BAFARAWA of SOKOTO STATE
SULE LAMIDO of JIGAWA STATE
DATTI BABA AHMED of KADUNA STATE
AHMED MARKAFI of KADUNA STATE,

ATIKU ABUBAKAR will give the incumbent President MUHAMMADU BUHARI a good run for his money in the NORTH CENTRAL, EAST (ATIKU ABUBAKAR's ZONE-ADAMAWA STATE); and most especially the WEST (BUHARI's Zone-KATSINA STATE) because PDP have at least 6 of those that contested with ATIKU in the primary election coming from that Zone as seen above with majority of them been the former GOVERNORS of those States. I have a strong believe that President Muhammadu Buhari might not even see draw in the 3 NORTHERN ZONES (CENTRAL, EAST & WEST).

Everyone knows that I have been in support of OMOYELE SOWORE as PRESIDENT for some time now because he is a youth & he is positve minded. I would still love to but after reading this quote by JIM ROHN which says: "Don't join the easy crowd. You won't grow. Go where the expectations are high. Go where the demands are high. Go where the pressure is to perform, grow, to change, to read, to study, to develop new skills" and since the time I came across this quote, I've had a rethink about my choice of Presidential aspirant because I want my votes to count and not just to make up numbers.

Sequel to the above paragraph, if PDP can choose SEN. IKE EKWEREMADU as ATIKU ABUBAKAR's running mate (VICE PRESIDENT), I will definitely jump ship from supporting OMOYELE SOWORE and I will start supporting ATIKU ABUBAKAR for PRESIDENT come 2019. The SOUTH EAST Zone have been neglected enough, they need to have a position in the Executive arm of government in Nigeria too and I believe the IGBO's will definitely be in support of this inclusive form of governance which to me, will definitely be the greatest start to the RESTRUCTURING agenda of ATIKU ABUBAKAR.

If that comes to reality, no one needs to crucify me for my change of choice from OMOYELE SOWORE(48) to ATIKU ABUBAKAR(71) because I'm entitled to support whoever I deem fit to support which I believe it is in the best interest of our fatherland, Nigeria. PDP have a concrete structure on ground already for almost 20 years and you can't expect a Party that was just formed less than a year to defeat such a party or the APC. I also do not expect a party that doesn't even have a structure in the 774 Local government areas in Nigeria to IMMEDIATELY defeat the likes of APC or PDP in their first shot at the PRESIDENTIAL seat. That's the bitter truth. Take it or leave it.

In all the geopolitical Zones, SOUTH WEST have had 8 years as a PRESIDENT through OLUSEGUN OBASANJO (OGUN STATE) and NORTH EAST also had 8 years as a VICE PRESIDENT through ATIKU ABUBAKAR (ADAMAWA STATE); 1999-2011. NORTH WEST have also had about 3 years through Late President UMARU MUSA YAR' ADUA (KATSINA STATE) and SOUTH SOUTH have also had 3 years as VICE PRESIDENT through GOODLUCK JONATHAN (BAYELSA STATE); 2007-2011. SOUTH SOUTH also had another 5 years through GOODLUCK JONATHAN (BAYELSA) as PRESIDENT and NORTH WEST have also had 4 years as VICE PRESIDENT through NAMADI SAMBO (KADUNA); 2011-2015.

NORTH WEST are presently ruling again through the Incumbent President MUHAMMADU BUHARI (KATSINA STATE, same state with late ex-president UMARU MUSA YAR' ADUA) and the Incumbent VICE PRESIDENT (YEMI Osinbajo) too is from the SOUTH WEST (OGUN STATE) just like the ex-president OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, 2015 till date. Now, In view of these analysis, it will only be egalitarian, good and just enough for ATIKU ABUBAKAR who is from the NORTH EAST (ADAMAWA STATE) to pick someone like IKE EKWEREMADU from the SOUTH EAST (ENUGU STATE) as his VICE PRESIDENT.

I am from the SOUTH WESTERN (OGUN STATE) geopolitical zone but I have lived all my life in LAGOS STATE for almost 3 decades (30 years) and I believe that the SOUTH WEST have had their fair share of inclusiveness in the democracy of our great country, just like other geopolitical zones but the SOUTH EAST have been left behind in the EXECUTIVE arm of governance in Nigeria and it will only be just and egalitarian enough to spread this political positions across all zones in the polity and I believe now is the time for that to happen with a relatively not too old (56) man like IKE EKWEREMADU as the VICE PRESIDENT to ATIKU ABUBAKAR.

ATIKU ABUBAKAR / IKE EKWEREMADU as PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT respectively would bring into reality the promise of ATIKU to restructure NIGERIA. With this, I see ATIKU ABUBAKAR winning the SOUTH EAST and SOUTH SOUTH (Strong hold of Ex-president GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN) with EKWEREMADU as his VICE PRESIDENT, he will also win the NORTH CENTRAL & NORTH EAST (HIS ZONE) comprehensively and Incumbent PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI will win the NORTH WEST that he comes from but not even with a wide margin as PDP have big wings in this Zone and he will win SOUTH WEST too which is the MAIN BASE of the APC.

A TURNING POINT (EBORA OWU).
Chief Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo , GCFR , Ph.D. Born on the 5th of May 1937 is a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation's head of state. He served as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979, and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. From July 2004 to January 2006, Obasanjo also served as Chairperson of the African Union. I used this paragraph to introduce and remind us of the human being tagged 'EBORA OWU'.

Finally, this is the man that will finally aid ATIKU ABUBAKAR and if picked, IKE EKWEREMADU to become the next PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT of NIGERIA come 2019. He might have torn his PDP membership card but he was, he is and will always be a PDP man. He might have had some issues with ATIKU ABUBAKAR in the past, especially during their reign together as PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT respectively but he once said that he has forgiven him and others that offended him. I believe the PDP Chieftans and leaders should pay EBORA OWU series of visits and get him to fully support ATIKU ABUBAKAR and IKE EKWEREMADU who is also a trusted companion to BABA IYABO.

SUB-CONCLUSION:
I am an advocate of a positive minded youth emerging as the PRESIDENT in 2019 but after the show of shame that happened to the PACT (Presidential Aspirant Coming Together) that these youths formed, I can only see that they are not diffrerent from these so called old leaders in power. FELA DUROTOYE was picked by the PACT but I guess for the selfish interest of others, they didn't agree with the results. If these youthful aspirants fail to still support just one of them, they won't make any impact or get anywhere near 1,000,000 votes in 2019. I'm not a PDP or an APC member and I'm not considering to be, at least for now but I don't see these newly formed parties standing up to be counted in 2019.

Sequel to the first paragraph of this sub-conclusion, how can these youths survive the 2019 election individually without amalgamating together? Impossible! I am a fan and supporter of Omoyele Sowore and I've convinced a lot of friends to support him too but there have been great division amongst us. Some prefer FELA DUROTOYE, some KINGSLEY MOGHALU, etc. With this, the youthful aspirants will only make up the numbers come 2019. I wish most of these youthful aspirants were bold enough to support one aspirant fully and aspire at the NASS (National Assembly-Senate & House of Representatives (example-SHINA PELLER), the State House of Assembly like DESMOND OLUSOLA ELLIOT, and at the Local government area level. A house divided against itself cannot stand. It is a bitter truth that we need to know.

I will also have you know that I once wrote an article on my timeline going against ATIKU ABUBAKAR, BUKOLA SARAKI & DAVID MARK becoming the next president in NIGERIA but at this juncture, I've realised that there is no saint anywhere. If you have never been involved in one act of misdeed, cast the first stone, before doing this, search your conscience deeply and do justice by casting the first stone like those who wanted to stone the woman who was referred to as a prostitute was told in the biblical words of the holy bible. It is as if we are in between the devil (ATIKU ABUBAKAR) & the deep blue sea (MUHAMMADU BUHARI) but the truth is that these two are the major Presidential aspirants that we have in the forthcoming 2019 general elections.

WIFE FACTOR (PROBABLE FIRST LADY):
ATIKU ABUBAKAR married 4 wives, later divorced one and remarried a 4th wife which is the maximum in Islam. His newly married 4th wife will always have a role to play, especially amongst the IGBO's who have been sidelined and marginalized enough in the executive arm of the government so far since 1999. Atiku Abubakar, is married to a beautiful Igbo lady, Jennifer Jamila Iwenjora, who was until their marriage, a reporter with the popular Nigeria Television Authority (NTA). She is from the SOUTH EAST too just like IKE EKWEREMADU. This is also another reason I chose and prefer IKE EKWEREMADU to be ATIKU ABUBAKAR's VICE PRESIDENTIAL Running mate in 2019.

CONCLUSION:
I have observed carefully and have also considered a lot of political indices, statistics and facts and I'm certain that if someone from the SOUTH EAST, preferably IKE EKWEREMADU is picked as ATIKU ABUBAKAR's Running mate, the PDP 'MIGHT' oust APC from power come 2019 and there won't be any form of inconclusive election. If RESTRUCTURING will happen, it needs to start now and that will provide a blueprint of how the governance will be, if it will be filled with unequal distribution of human and material resources or not.

Some of my friends as an undergraduate have been saying am a PDP member and I've collected money to support ATIKU ABUBAKAR when I've not even stopped supporting OMOYELE SOWORE as at now as my PRESIDENT but I can't be so blind to face the obvious reality that 2019 is not the year for SOWORE and the newly formed party-AAC (African Action Congress) doesn't even have a concrete structure in the 774 Local government areas of the country. I might decide to support ATIKU ABUBAKAR or any other PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL tomorrow but that doesn't change who I'm, an egalitarian and an upholder of Justice against Injustice.

Yes, I might just be a learner who is learning the ropes in POLITICS (macro world) but having held varying positions in UNIONISM (micro world) as an Undergraduate, I have learnt in ample ways. If all these analysis of mine can be considered by the ATIKU 4 PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN TEAM and the PEOPLE's DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) and not considered inconsequential, I see ATIKU ABUBAKAR wining the PRESIDENTIAL SEAT IN NIGERIA in the forthcoming 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS regardless of the power of incumbency. GOODLUCK JONATHAN was ousted from power by BUHARI despite his power of incumbency and the same can happen in 2019 with ATIKU ABUBAKAR.

I will use part of the lyrics in ERRIGA's SONG (MOTIVATION) ft VICTOR AD to end this article and an open letter to the PEOPLE's DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
"Pikin (NIGERIANS) wey dey find Party rice (GOOD LEADERSHIP) no suppose to fear Dance (VOTE). Respect who GET (Incumbent President MUHAMMADU BUHARI) but fear who Never Collect (ATIKU ABUBAKAR)."

I so submit.

Yours sincerely,
Okesola Oluwasegun.


Written by:
OKESOLA OLUWASEGUN TIWALADE
(SETIOK)
A POSITIVE AND PROGRESSIVE MINDED YOUTH
E-mail: Okesolaoluwasegun3@gmail.com

We shall never vote for atiku if he chooses Ike, Of all the millions of people in the south east Na he know see one technocrat to be his vice instead Na all crook MANY TIMES senator he wan impose on us, tufikwa

murphyibiam15:
you really reside in Nasarrawa..doing business??

I was in school when I registered

Ozibe:
SOUTH EAST
Abia 1,481,191
Anambra 1,758,220
Enugu 1,301,185
Imo 1,611,715
Ebonyi 876,249
TOTAL 7,028,560
----------------------------------------
SOUTH WEST
Lagos 6,247,845
Ogun 1,869,326
Osun 1,293,967
Ondo 1,588,975
Ekiti 750,753
Oyo 2,577,490
TOTAL 14,298,356


SOUTHWEST minus Lagos

14,298,356 - 6,247,845 = 8,050, 511

Compared to the South east..7,028,560

The difference is 1,021,951. This tells you that the southwest voting strength is a myth. Lagos doesnt represent the southwest. In 2019, Lagos will be divided, while osun will vote Atiku because his wife is from Ilesha in osun state and then Ekiti, Ondo and Ogun will give atiku not less than 30-40%. With that Atiku is good to go from the south west.

In this game the igbos as a people is much more important than the southeast as a region. The Igbos are spread all over the country especially Lagos and kano. They will be doing their magic with other nigerian groups esp SS and MB in those places by voting in block to divide Lagos and kano vote to not less than 35%. Once that is done, Buhari is a gonna. All Atiku need is to pick his VP from the SE, in a bid to encourage them to vote. If not, IPOB will exploit it to discourage people from voting. We shouldn't forget the " No Referendum, No Election" mantra is still active. If Atiku hopes to will this, his VP must come from SE, unless people will boycott the election which will be to PDP's disadvantage. Igbo people no kuku send Nigerian politics before. We are living fine without government and Nigerian politics, so we lose nothing.

same goes for atiku...adamawa will not vote him because PMB Wife is from Adamawa...if thatz ur basis of comparison!

PassingShot:
Buhari has always scored beyond what Atiku has ever scored in his outing in 2007.

In 2007, PMB got 6,605,299 votes to Atiku's 2,637,848 votes.

In 2011, PMB got 12,214,853 votes.

In 2015, PMB defeated Atiku, Kwankwaso and others in the primaries despite their dollars. He later went on to win with over 15 million votes and that figure is sure to climb in 2019.

The most Atiku will get in 2019 will be 8 million votes and he will be permanently retired from politics.

Mark this post, the North will use the opportunity to tell Atiku that he's not liked and not wanted.

forget about all these past votes that PMB garnared, that was when we thought he had integrity. Now we know better
now that we know better, he cant have such votes again. Remember the recent Osun state electoral shock, that forced u people to seel alliance in ur own back yard.

revolt:
dont know what rock you're living under but buhari had a myth surrounding him as the saviour .....his winning the election was an eye opener. There is hunger in the land and this could have been avoided if the senile old man listened to calls from technocrats not to hastily implement some stupid policies. He was more interested in hurting southern interests and everybody got burned. Even mallams on bikes do not want a buhari. Atiku isnt the best option in Nigeria bit compared with the dullardeen .... hea our Donald trump.

Word bro.

I don't like Atiku wither but he seems more intelligent and knowledgeable compared to PMB. He also has more experience ruling in a democratic dispensation.

The hubris from passing shot reminds me of how GEJ supporters boasted before 2015. One drunk PDP chieftain even vaunted that they'll rule for 60 yes or thereabouts. Pride, they say comes before the fall.

The truth is Nigerians are fed up with this present dispensation and it'll show in the polls come 2019.

BabaRamota1980:
[s]With these figures the odds is stacked against Atiku. Look at Lagos and Oyo population, both APC owned. Compare to SE, Atiku's only stronghold.[/s]

There are more Igbos in Southwest than Yoruba's!!

TundeBricklayer:
Atiku is from North and Muslim unlike GEJ who is a Christian and from south, it's a different ballgame now not 2015.

By this, do you mean the north will vote Atiku just because he is Muslim. Big big FAUL.

When dealing with the NW, you have to be ready to deal with
1. Religious sentiment
2. Ethnic sentiment
3. Regional sentiment

By this i mean that, the issue in 2015 was Religious sentiment, 2019 it will be Ethnicity. In 2023 it might be regional sentiment.

It is obvious, NW will not leave Buhari now or in future. Dont forget NW + Lagos is the swing arrangement.

mmb:
hahahha, i feel sorry for PDP and Atiku.

Buhari already has 14+ million votes in his bag from registered APC members.

Honestly YOU muu muu kraaaaaaa


Like YOUR muu muu STRONG pra pra praaaa

chisco82:
Really?

The way you deluded fools reason. There are more Yoruba in the north than ibos. Keep deceiving yourself with foolish propaganda. Go to Kano, sokoto, maiduguri, kaduna etc. Yorubas don't just make noise like you pigs.

Born2Breed:
Governorship is different from Presidency.

APC won Edo state house of assembly and NASS but lost the presidency to PDP.

No sir.pdp fielded hated legislative candidates unlike apc.this will rub off on buhari.most governors here are going for 2nd term and wont bother with atiku.atiku doesnt have men here like buhari.

Elliot2:
remove "the no man's land" and you will realise that there are more brown roofs than pipo in sw. fact!

Gej a southerner and president got 42% of south west votes.expect a northerner to get below this.

uthlaw:
minna, Kaduna,Kano and Sokoto.

A lot of Yoruba in port Harcourt

goaldynman:
There are more Igbos in Southwest than Yoruba's!!

There are more ibos in the north than northerners sef. Osus and delusion are 5&6. You claim there are 2m ibos in Kano but could not give 100k vote to Jonathan. Even if there are 100m ibos in SW, they can never vote against yoruba interest.

MrJanuzaj:
Igbos this, Igbos that. If you guys make this elections about Buhari vs An Igbo candidate ( Atiku) . Be rest assured that Atiku will lose that elections before noon.

You are very correct!! They need to learn!! It seems they have not learn from last election. We are watching!

mycar:
Why?
They registered where they reside, hence eligible.

Beside, Buhari has nothing more to offer, we can come back to APC in 2023 if they present a better candidate if Atiku fails, power should belong to the people and not the other way round.

You are being sentimental in your thinking.

Eligiblity does not translate to vote. In Nigeria, when a polling unit decides to give a particular candidate their votes, no one can go against that. An Igbo man going amidst 200 Hausa people to vote an unpopular candidate should not expect to get home unhurt.

biafranation:
For all major states outside of SE, you should know that 10-30% of registered voters are Igbos. This is something most people fail to understand. SE registered voters is just bonus to over 15-20 million scattered in major states. 20-30% of Lagos registered voters are Igbos. One way to know this is simple...Agbaje votes. Agbaje almost won. 20% of Kaduna voters are also Igbos. This may shock sfonkas because most have never stepped foot in the North. I lived in Kaduna so I know.

So igbo votes are more than kaduna indigines now abi. Come 2019 una go wise

Have everyone ever imagined; what if the military is truly holding Nnamdi Kanu
What if they military are holding NK and decides to release him few weeks to presidential elections, what do you think might happen to igbo votes??

senatordave1:
Gej a southerner and president got 42% of south west votes.expect a northerner to get below this.

looks like you have fre time today giving free education to people who will abuse it.

Lets wait till we see Atikus vice and his manifesto before we start dishing out permutations.
For now everybody's comment here is based on emotions.

BabaRamota1980:
With these figures the odds is stacked against Atiku. Look at Lagos and Oyo population, both APC owned. Compare to SE, Atiku's only stronghold.

South East attiku stronghold.
Are you high in ossogbo weed,
is attiku an Easternal?
All these jambites self,
you better go and read for your screening excise,

You're very intelligent

adanny01:
You are being sentimental in your thinking.

Eligiblity does not translate to vote. In Nigeria, when a polling unit decides to give a particular candidate their votes, no one can go against that. An Igbo man going amidst 200 Hausa people to vote an unpopular candidate should not expect to get home unhurt.

PaChukwudi44:
It is not the same as number of eligible voters by ethnicity. We all know a sizeable number of voters in some regions belong to non-indigenes

PaChukwudi,you are taking about Lagos alone,anything other than that one state is wrong and it belongs to APC,APC will win it,don't doubt about that.

Proudlyngwa:
looks like you have fre time today giving free education to people who will abuse it.

Lets wait till we see Atikus vice and his manifesto before we start dishing out permutations.
For now everybody's comment here is based on emotions.

My brother,your one of the liberal south easterners here.lets just wait sha although rumours point to bruce.but ikpeazu must go

geadom:
INEC REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED AND HERE IS HOW WE STAND IN NIGERIA
[right]The total number of eligible voters in the 6 Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria for the 2019 General Elections as registered by INEC are as follows;

SOUTH EAST
Abia 1,481,191
Anambra 1,758,220
Enugu 1,301,185
Imo 1,611,715
Ebonyi 876,249
TOTAL 7,028,560
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SOUTH WEST
Lagos 6,247,845
Ogun 1,869,326
Osun 1,293,967
Ondo 1,588,975
Ekiti 750,753
Oyo 2,577,490
TOTAL 14,298,356
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SOUTH SOUTH
Edo 1,412;225
Delta 1,900,055
Bayelsa 472,389
Akwa Ibom 1,714,781
RIvers 2,419,057
C/Rivers 1,018,550
TOTAL 8,937,057
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NORTH CENTRAL
Benue 1,415,162
Kogi 1,215,405
Kwara 1,115,665
Nassarawa 1,224,206
Niger 721,478
Plateau 1,983,453
TOTAL 7,675,369
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NORTH EAST
Adamawa 1,714,860
Bauchi 1,835,562
Borno 2,730,368
Gombe 1,266,993
Taraba 1,308,106
Yobe 1,182,230
TOTAL 10,038,119
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NORTH WEST
Jigawa 1,852,698
Kano 5,135,415
Katsina 2,931,668
Kaduna 3,565,762
Kebbi 1,603,468
Sokoto 2,065,508
Zamfara 1,746,024
TOTAL 18,900,543

Grand Total - 66,878,004

with the new registration, delta state alone recorded 500000 new registrants and most of the new registrants are from the south south

biafranation:
For all major states outside of SE, you should know that 10-30% of registered voters are Igbos. This is something most people fail to understand. SE registered voters is just bonus to over 15-20 million scattered in major states. 20-30% of Lagos registered voters are Igbos. One way to know this is simple...Agbaje votes. Agbaje almost won. 20% of Kaduna voters are also Igbos. This may shock sfonkas because most have never stepped foot in the North. I lived in Kaduna so I know.

Does it indicates those same number of percentage
are guarantee votes for Atiku? Will All igbos vote in support of anything PDP? Does is it indicates that igbos are antagonist to the interest of other regions going by your analysis?
You guy's should be very careful when you are making this careless permutations