franchasng:
Igbos make up 25 - 30% of eligible voters in Southwest (especially in Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, and Osun).

Igbos make up 3 - 7% of eligible voters in Northwest (especially in Kano and Kaduna...have u heard of Sabo-ngeri)

Igbos make up 15 - 30% of eligible voters in Southsouth (especially in Rivers State, Delta State, Cross River State and Akwa-Ibom State)

Now, 90 - 95% of eligible voters in Southeast are mostly Igbos because every other tribe living in Southeast usually travel back to their states to vote while majority of Igbos remain wherever they reside and vote there during election.

You can verify this if you are honest to yourself.

Jim Agbaje followed Ambode closely in the last election all because of Igbo people's majority vote in Lagos....this is also the reason EL-Rufai resspect Igbos in Kaduna.

Take it or leave it, Igbos are the only single tribe in Nigeria that has the highest number of voters cross across all regions of Nigeria, so play with them at your own peril!

Igbos will massively counter Yoruba people's vote for Buhari in Southwest come 2019 because Igbos make up close to 30% of Southwest voters.


You can argue with your keyboard for all I care, the truth is there for all to see...


Goodluck lost because the northerners he trusted to deliver him in the north failed him....Buhari didn't win Goodluck with huge margin in Southwest, thanks to Igbo voters who voted for Goodluck massively and will do same for Atiku come 2019!

Other people u cited...back then, Igbos never cared about who becomes the president of Nigeria...only the few political Igbo elites cared back then and aligned with whoever favored them...and the Igbo masses never followed them to vote and will never vote based on what one political elite demands....Igbos vote based on individual perception of the candidate based on how peaceful, liberal minded and success-driven that candidate is....we don't follow godfathers like Southwest!

blackgold90:




So obiano will force anambra people to vote Buhari....

franchasng:
Igbos make up 25 - 30% of eligible voters in Southwest (especially in Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, and Osun).

Igbos make up 3 - 7% of eligible voters in Northwest (especially in Kano...have u heard of Sabo-ngeri)

Igbos make up 2 - 8% of eligible voters in Middlebelt (especially in Plateau Jos, Makurdi Benue and Kaduna)

Igbos make up 15 - 30% of eligible voters in Southsouth (especially in Rivers State, Delta State, Benin Edo State, Cross River State and Akwa-Ibom State)

Now, 90 - 95% of eligible voters in Southeast are mostly Igbos because every other tribe living in Southeast usually travel back to their states to vote while majority of Igbos remain wherever they reside and vote there during election.

You can verify this if you are honest to yourself.

Jim Agbaje followed Ambode closely in the last election all because of Igbo people's majority vote in Lagos....this is also the reason EL-Rufai resspect Igbos in Kaduna.

Take it or leave it, Igbos are the only single tribe in Nigeria that has the highest number of voters spread across all regions of Nigeria, so play with them at your own peril!

Igbos will massively counter Yoruba people's vote for Buhari in Southwest come 2019 because Igbos make up close to 30% of Southwest voters.


You can argue with your keyboard for all I care, the truth is there for all to see...


Goodluck lost because the northerners he trusted to deliver him in the north failed him....Buhari didn't win Goodluck with huge margin in Southwest, thanks to Igbo voters who voted for Goodluck massively and will do same for Atiku come 2019!

Other people u cited...back then, Igbos never cared about who becomes the president of Nigeria...only the few Igbo political elites cared back then and aligned with whoever favored them personally...and the Igbo masses never followed them to vote and will never vote based on what one political elite demands....Igbos vote based on individual perception of the candidate based on how peaceful, liberal minded and success-driven that candidate is....we don't follow godfathers like Southwest!

IamAtikulate:


Can you add a new certificate to a running website?

ogene007:

Statistician, please provide the voting population of Ndigbo and other non yorubas in Lagos, bearing in mind that the biggest Landlords in Lagos are not yorubas which reflected in more non yorubas winning elections into state and national assembly in 2015 despite the rigging machinery of thief-nubu. Keep fooling yourself with those vague statistics. Ndigbo and non yorubas have a very strong voting presence in the SW.

Osagyefo98:



Nobody reads baseless allegation.

smileyoo:
so how 've these your so-called electoral achievements imparted possitively in the living standard of the masses from your region? because the national indices still indicates that they 're still the poorest, and the most insecure place to reside. pls choose competence above tribal mediocrity.

Checked86:
baseless because it doesn't service your ego?

Checked86:
this is why Anambara people are known as heartless people. So, somebody from Ebonyi, Enugu or Imo is not qualified until the person comes from Anambara? This attitude is very bad. Anambara people's wickedness is holding the Southeast back. I have never seen or heard yoruba person craving to see that a certain political post is given to a particular state. Let me just say this, even if the person comes from Anambara, you will still not be satisfied more than Enugu people because you will be crying that the person didn't come from your local government or even from your community. that is Anambara people for you. Being fooolish in wicked way.

boy16:


Corruption meets corruption.

murphyibiam15:

I doubt if that guy is actually Igbo...Anambra people I know in real life are pan-igbo forget this nairaland hogwash

soloyes:

The same decisive mentality that has continued to make the SE politically backward and always shouting marginalization. MSCHEWWWWWW

Daplux4:


Now you know that South East has 7 million votes.
So tell me if South East and South South lost hope like you did will you be counting your number of votes now.

iammo:


Are you statistics backed by NBS or census commission, if not stop spreading falsehood. Through out Yorubaland Igbo's don't account for 2 out of 10 people and that's a golden fact. Abok1 are even everywhere here as may suya, may guard etc, you would only see Igbos in one out of over 10 indigenous market

owunabastard:

You should know that fool you are quoting is not an Igbo man

dgee1:


Chest beating and funny figures as usual. Do you know the number of northerners in the SW?

iammo:


Are you statistics backed by NBS or census commission, if not stop spreading falsehood. Through out Yorubaland Igbo's don't account for 2 out of 10 people and that's a golden fact. Abok1 are even everywhere here as may suya, may guard etc, you would only see Igbos in one out of over 10 indigenous market

Osagyefo98:


He has the wherewithal to deplet pdp vote in anambra state.

franchasng:
The thing with you Yorubas is, u hate Igbos so much that you deny obvious truth.

Yes there are many Abokis in Lagos and few Yoruba states now but all of them will go back in a trailer truck to their respective states to go vote in their states but Igbos stay back and vote wherever they live. I have been voting in Lagos since when I started voting and I am Igbo...same with my siblings and other Igbo friends I know.

Go to Alaba Intl market, Ladipo, Lagos Island, Trade Fair market, just name it...Ajah, Computer village, Igbos are the dominant of millions of people there and I am an Igbo person and I can tell you that 95% of them registered to vote in Lagos and will remain in Lagos and vote in Lagos during election.

Igbos don't usually travel back to their states to go vote...they vote wherever they live except in some few extremist northern states like Borno, etc.


Argue honestly and stop being mischievous to nobody's gain.

You and others know what I am saying anyway, no need arguing baselssly with you...enjoy your day

franchasng:
The thing with you Yorubas is, u hate Igbos so much that you deny obvious truth.



Yes there are many Abokis in Lagos and few Yoruba states now but all of them will go back in a trailer truck to their respective states to go vote in their states but Igbos stay back and vote wherever they live. I have been voting in Lagos since when I started voting and I am Igbo...same with my siblings and other Igbo friends I know.

Go to Alaba Intl market, Ladipo, Lagos Island, Trade Fair market, just name it...Ajah, Computer village, Igbos are the dominant of millions of people there and I am an Igbo person and I can tell you that 95% of them registered to vote in Lagos and will remain in Lagos and vote in Lagos during election.

Igbos don't usually travel back to their states to go vote...they vote wherever they live except in some few extremist northern states like Borno, etc.


Argue honestly and stop being mischievous to nobody's gain.

You and others know what I am saying anyway, no need arguing baselssly with you...enjoy your day

franchasng:
Yes there are many northerners now in Southwest too, but you can't compared their number or population to the number of Igbos in Southwest and 99% of northerners in SW will definitely board the next available truck 2 days to the election to go back to their respective states to vote, you know this...and you will still see it happening next year.

But Igbos stay back and vote in the SW state where they reside, u know this truth, stop arguing like a kid bra

Hector09:
So what happen to south south atiku should be ready to fail

Daplux4:


Now you know that South East has 7 million votes.
So tell me if South East and South South lost hope like you did will you be counting your number of votes now.

NonsoWow:
Soludo is the perfect choice though but we need him for Anambra guber in 2021. Atiku should pick Ben Obi, he is another trustworthy person with deep roots in APGA and PDP and is also a friend of Atiku.

onuebonyi:
•To decide on zoning of position between South-west and South-east tomorrow
•Age, knowledge of economy key criterion for nomination

The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun earnest search for his running mate as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of parties’ candidate expires on Monday.


By the 1999 Constitution as amended and the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, no candidature is complete without a running mate.
THISDAY sources close to the Atiku camp said at least three technocrats and two politicians have been penciled down for the position.

The technocrats are, former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo; former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; and former Managing Director of Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Chike Obi.

The politicians being considered for the number two position are, former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, and the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.


According to a source, the candidate and the PDP hierarchy are still undecided on the zone the position should be allotted. But he said the scope had been narrowed down to the South-west and the South-east.

“We would have to weigh the electoral value of both zones and decide where we would allot it,” the source said, explaining that there was the need to maintain a balance between the existing political configuration, which requires the party to challenge the dominance of the APC in the high voting South-west by picking a running mate that would challenge the electoral advantage of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; and the need to retain the loyalty of the South-east that had remained a PDP stronghold.

Both zones were believed to have helped Atiku to neutralise the Northern zones’ delegates’ votes that went to Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal during the presidential primary on Saturday.


A source told THISDAY that the matter would be trashed out tomorrow at a meeting of the presidential candidate with the party hierarchy.
Apart from zoning, Atiku is also said to be considering age and knowledge of the economy and economics as two major criterions for the selection of the running mate.

According to a source, the presidential candidate thinks his running mate has to be a much younger person as a strategy to appeal to the army of youths, which is already up in arms against the old brigade.

Atiku is, however, said to be insisting that such a young man must also have deep knowledge of the economy as his focus is on the revival of the economy to create jobs for the teaming unemployed population.

“His challenge, therefore, is how to strike the balance between getting a youthful running mate and an economy savvy candidate. Both must be rolled into one,” a source said, explain that this might have informed the short list that was revealed to THISDAY.

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/09/atiku-considers-soludo-adesina-chike-obi-peter-obi-ekweremadu-as-running-mate/%3famp