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bernf16:
plsss, ignore Atiku...abeggggg

bernf16:
be patient, more aspirants will emerge...

PaChukwudi44:
did the abokis not vote for him from 2003-2011 when he was losing from back to back?

Ratello:
Most times it pissed me off when I see youths reasoning this way and still forming analyst. You must understand that this time around many factors are working against Buhari like it worked against Jonathan in 2015. Buhari's popularity even in the north keeps dropping everyday, he is contesting against a fellow northerner this time around which will affect his usual bulk votes of 12 million, remember this was how he lost more than 6 million votes when he contested against a fellow Northerner, Yar'adua in 2007, compared to his usual 12 million+ votes he had in 2003 when he slugged it out with a Southerner, Olusegun Obasanjo. The strategy is, use a fellow Northerner that is strong against Buhari in 2019 and that is all, not talking of his rudderless and autocratic style of governance on one side mind you. Stop this unnecessary analyses bro, the only option available to Buhari now is rigging and he will destroy himself if he tries that. Regarding your schemed skirmishes being planned in those aforementioned states I think with some smart politicians now at the helms of affairs of PDP like Secondus, Wike, Fayose, and many more, I don't see that working. 2019 will be very interesting definitely not for Buhari.

LRNZH:

Osinbajo is a disappointment. I expected more from him just like Ngozi under GEJ.

He should know better.

CROWNWEALTH019:
You no no play when you see one

Goan sit down joor

ebullientkay:
Atiku has paid me nothing. Haven't even met the man before.
Am only writing from conviction and facts on ground, and from firsthand account of someone who knows him.
He is not an ethnic, stone-cold bigot.

Like I've been saying, there is nobody who can snatch power from Buhari apart from Atiku.
If you know any one person, mention him. Kwankwaso may be a likely bet, but he's still in APC.
The West is only comfortable with the position of Osibanjo, not minding that herdsmen are now sweeping into their territory, or that the core north is rubbishing their heavyweight, Jagaban.
Take your time and do a thorough research on Atiku, and you will discover the truth.
By the way, fielding a young president now, will still give Buhari an edge. Nigeria is moved by the cog of the first republic politicians who are still in power today. Eventually, that is not much of a case if power resonates from the wrong camp.

senatordave1:
Can atiku win adamawa state like buhari wins katsina without sweat?

ebullientkay:
What people don't understand about Turaki, is that he is a detribalised Nigerian.
So many of us on this page only rely on what people say, or perhaps what the media say, instead of digging Deep.
When Atiku says something, he means it.
Before you lynch me, I am proud to identify with my tribe- the Ibos. But, and again, we're talking of principles here.
If 20 northerners were presented to you and Turaki is among them, pick him out, and separate him from the rest. It's just like comparing Umaru Yaradua with Buhari. Quite true, both are fulani, but what defines them is a large gulf of individual ideologies and principles. Let's say Buhari has good intents, but it isn't enough.
He is suppressed within a cabal that is stifling his political skeleton.
Atiku is self-made.
Some people have always believed he is in the league of corrupt officials, but that's a petty way to judge a man who personally, by his goodwill, put money into politics.
Obasanjo and Buhari both rode to presidency through the financial muscle and support of Atiku. Atiku was already 'made' before he became Nigeria's vice president in 1999. After retiring from Custom as its boss, he ventured into business and built his empire. He owns Adama Beverages and co-own Intels.
It was Atiku who, through his collective wealth of the economy, introduced IT into the nigerian communication sector; Vodacom and MTN having being prior beneficiaries of this endeavour, as well as serving as the engines to Nigeria's march towards mobile telecommunication independence and its benefits.
Atiku single-handedly picked the first cabinets in the presidency in 1999. The collective giants who transformed our polity, the likes of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Soludo, Ribadu, and El-Rufai (who now finds him repulsive), were a product of the Atiku discovery effort. Together, they transformed the economy, strengthened our banks, constricted corruption, and transformed FCT. It takes someone who has the 'stuff' in him, to detect others who have the 'stuff' in them.
By 2007, it was Atiku's shot at the presidency, by way of agreement, but Baba manipulated the move to favor Yaradua, owing to a grudge that Atiku motioned the plan to halt his third term ambition.

What am saying is, before you nail the man, know him. As a businessman, it would be in the interest of Nigeria that we strengthen our economy.
Take Donald Trump for instance- the view is to see the country like a company,...a business venture in which, for it to succeed, the best hands must be on deck. No, you don't employ people based on tribe or religion, you go for the best. Atiku proved that in his two terms as vice-president.
Am not saying Atiku is a saint,..nobody is,...but Atiku is qualified by standard. He is not under a godfather, he is a godfather himself. He is not pro-north, neither is he anti-north, or anti-south. His mandate to capitalize on restructuring solely borders on his financial independence. This man is not a gold-digger. Gold-diggers come on stage, having nothing before in their accounts, but leaving office as billionaires.
This man finances elections from his own pocket, initiates projects, and has thousands of employees under his payroll, PRESENTLY.

The Turakin Adamawa was not a military man (wouldn't consider customs as a military outfit). And for years, he has grown fond of the economy, encouraging the likes of our own Dangote to flourish. If you want a stable and prosperous economy, elect a business man. A military man only sees military life. The two successors after OBJ, were not military men, but truth be said, Nigeria moved from zero to hero under their watch.

Why am I speaking for him?
While am not basing my conclusions on solely that fact my uncle worked under him, Atiku is not tribalistic. He's not an extremist, and by way of understanding, is principled.
Business = economic growth. And for Nigeria to grow to the level of industrialized nations of the world, power must be decentralized from the centre. States must be independent and allowed to function separately, and with their resources. That is how good restructuring can be. If this is done, every region will grow. That's how it's done in the states (US).
But of course, the northern elites are afraid of this move.
Atiku is not subject to the elites, or to rather put, not subject to the extremist far left (he is an independent elite gone rogue, or so 'they' think), and is moderate. Such a person, not compelled by the ropes of the puppeteers, is considered persona non grata. When you see a country as a business venture, and the people living in it as staffs, you flourish.

Besides, unless an experienced and respected man like Atiku, who cannot be shouted down, and who is an industrialist, is elected, Nigeria would lose it's chance to get a working youthful president in future.
This is because a younger president, now, would be clearly intimidated by a powerful elite that can frustrate his political plans.

GavelSlam:
And you milked it for 8 good years.

NwaAmaikpe:



Nigerians gambled by voting in a dullàrd who promised imaginary change.
God forbid that they gamble again with the country's future by voting in a gambler.

AtikuNetwork:
Hell Rufai the short man devil is dreaming. He will be SHOCKED along with his devilish party how they will be swept away next year.

#PatriotsForAtiku

cbrass:
don't tell me you dont know FD