The house he bought in 1996, Ten years before he became Governor
What Peter Obi said is that he only owns one house in Nigeria, at Onitsha. He never said anything about international. However, this house should not be an issue as he bought the house in London many years before he entered politics
My friend shut up, why are you always trying in vain to defend this serial liar, the question here is not whether he bought the house before or after becoming a governor, but that he said he does not have any at all, a pious leader must be straight forward and not to be speaking from the sides of his mouth
At least no matter how bitter he is he should congratulate now
Shame and pride will not allow him to do so, he has been saying that with out him PDP will not win any election, Atiku has already said that PDP is not Wike's party, that is why he travel to Dubai and brought every dollar that he can lay hands on to do what he is very good at
You don't have eye to see people voting but you have eye to see people collecting money, it means that you are not blind its only anger that blocked your eyes
They are not members of the APC, why bordering your self with what is happening in somebody's party, why can't you Ask PDP to present a Christian Christian ticket to Nigerians and slug it out with the APC,or at best get your PVC and do the needful on election day
Validated: There is currently high tension political maneuvre in the APC owing the muslim'muslim ticket. Indications are rife that Tinubu's hope of getting bloc votes from SW has been put to terrible jeopardy as most churches including allies like RCCG and other big penticostal churches in SW had spurn several efforts to pacify them on the muslim-muslim ticket. Worst still is the fact that the personality of Shettima is seen as a hater of christians who orchastrated the Chibok girls kidnap. With this in mind, the APC may possibly lose in Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Ogun and Oyo in the SW and in Plateau, Banue, Nasarawa, Taraba and Kogi in NC on the basis of the muslim-muslim ticket. The party having realized her mistake, is now looking towards the NC or possibly NE for a menable Christian running mate, who would agree to step down or not seek elections after Tinubu. The arguement in the last 48 hrs according to an insider sources close to the party heirachy is to enable APC win in SW and NC. Then fight Atiku in the NW and NE. The party never envisaged the repulsion that followed the muslim-muslim ticket. The placeholder idea with a muslim, was thought to test the waters, but the announcement has put the party in a dire strait with Tinubu scared of losing even in Lagos, as Kano is already in the hands of NNPP.
With Shettima, APC is not guaranteed any region. With the SW bloc votes in jeopardy and NC revolting, SE/SS being no go area, Tinubu and Shettima would only be looking to the NW, a region where Sokoto, Kebbi and Kaduna have seen very high defections from APC to PDP.
While we await APC's next magic, it is immiment that as prophesied by Tinubu himself, the spirit of 1993 had indeed fallen upon the Jagaban's life long ambition.
What tension and maneuvering are you talking about, Tinubu and Shettima ticket has already been submitted to INEC, the dead line for any substitution has elapsed, inec portal is shut down, I think the only tension remaining now is the one in your brain.
You think that politics is a comedy film where you just walk in to the studio and start shooting anything you like, where every error you make becomes a new scene, you must be joking
[quote author=Penguin2 post=114653150]During Christmas and Easter, the president or Vice President, depending on who is in power, usually attends Christian services at National Christian Centre to represent the Federal Government in such Holy celebrations.
Now, if Tinubu wins, who will do that for Tinubu’s govt?
Or the National Christian Centre will lie fallow for 8 years?
Think about it as Christian.[/quote
You don't have senate president, you don't have speaker of house of representative, so there will be no Christian ministers, What are you gnashing about
OsunOriginal: As the gubernatorial election in Osun draws closer, contestants have been on the road day and night canvassing for votes. We have seen the campaign trains of the APC, PDP, etc. The presidential candidates and national leaders of the parties have also been visiting.
However, some parties have remained largely on social media, preferring to dish out even unverified statistics and numbers from the comfort of their homes and hoping that the social media rhetoric would do the job.
Electioneering is not for the lighthearted. It is for people who really mean business and ready to do what it takes to get their message to the grassroot. This makes me wonder if the likes of Peter Obi are actually in the race or are just noise makers. Otherwise, when will Obi and his social media supporters go to Osun to campaign for their candidate? Won't it be childish to think losing Osun state guber seat doesn't matter?
He is waiting for Aisha Yesufu to raise up N100 billion for his campaign before going
Zikojukwu: You don't tell a blind man that war has started. Tinubu doesn't mean well for any Nigerian. He has made it clear that he can kill Nigerians to achieve his graveyard ambition so he is fighting dirty. Don't follow what will end your life, don't support and vote the evil blood sucker whose only mission is to kill and destroy Nigeria. Buhari rejected it when he suggested it. Which person can think of Muslim-Muslim Ticket at this dangerous time in the history of Nigeria if not the devil himself? Let's join hands and save Nigeria from blood suckers who divide us and loot the treasury. Besides, you know a foolish man by the color of his teeth. How can Tinubu a Southerner defeat Atiku in the north? Does he think northerners are foolish? We are just entertaining Nigerians because the end is clear. Zulum rejected the foolish plan but I love entertainment. Let me help Tinubu waste the money he steals from Lagos.
You were there when Buhari was shouting on Tinubu that he does not sell presidency so he should go Nigerians, you were also there when Shettima was lambasting Tinubu that he cannot defeat Atiku but unfortunately you were not there when Peter Obi was praising IPOB and hailing the stupidity of ipob or when Obi's son was denigrating the Nigerian national flag, my guy you've try
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, OYC, has condemned the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its decision to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential elections. It will be recalled that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Daura, Katsina State, announced the choice of former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate.
The announcement effectively confirmed the decision by the ruling party to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential race despite a good section of Nigerians rejecting the idea.
It has also attracted a barrage of reactions from Nigerians both on social media and off social media.
Reacting to the development, the National President of OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, in a statement on Monday, said the choice of Shettima was a grand plan to sink Nigeria, describing it as against the law of natural justice.
Nnabuike also expressed concern that the Christian community would become a totally endangered specie under the Muslim-Muslim presidency, declaring Tinubu’s decision an insult to the millions of Christians in the country.
“Today, we have deemed it fit to alert Nigerians of a looming danger ahead of the 2023 general elections. This is following Bola Tinubu’s decision to opt for a Muslim-Muslim ticket, despite obvious reasons why he should not go such a route.
“This is totally unacceptable and should be rejected by anyone who means well for the country,” Okwu declared.
Okwu recalled that, “in 2014, Tinubu made efforts to force Muslim-Muslim ticket on Buhari, but the President resisted it by listening to the wise counsel of people like former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki. He balanced the ticket.
“Fast forward to seven years after, Tinubu now desperately wants to actualize a Muslim-Muslim presidency. There is more to this than meets the eyes. The insensitivity of Tinubu and the APC leadership is dreadful and that is their downfall.
“We see this as a grand conspiracy to sink Nigeria. How can anyone contemplate this arrangement in a multi ethnic and multi religious society like Nigeria?
“APC should forget 2023, they have shut themselves on the foot, we can’t allow them to destroy Nigeria. They lost the opportunity to compete very well in the forthcoming election. Nigerians, Christians and Muslim brothers who mean well for the country should rise and resist it to the last, it will never fly.
“The country has never been this polarized and every sensitive person should have been concerned with processes that would engender national cohesion and unity but what we have seen from APC’s Tinubu is a further division of the country.
“Tinubu claimed the choice is based on competence- our question to him is simple: does it mean that from the 19 Northern States there is no competent Christian? We can see the obvious falsehood in Tinubu’s claims.
“No religion is more superior than the other, but this is what Tinubu is making people to believe, a situation that would throw the country into avoidable crisis.”
Do you naturally vote for the APC, so why all these noise about a party you care less about, in the whole of the South East and South South name me one where you have a Christian Muslim governor, or does it mean that there are no Muslims in those areas
For almost 8years we have been hearing of Buhari plan to islamize Nigeria but up till now this mission has not been fulfill, now the goalpost has shifted to Tinibu, I wonder what he will do with his pastor wife if he succeed in doing so
Newsgist24: Pastor Sarah Omakwu of Family Worship Center has said while preaching that Christians will happily waste their votes on that party that they say doesn’t have structure.
She is against the fielding of muslim- Muslim candidates by APC party. While speaking to her congregation on Sunday, she said the fielding of muslim- Muslim candidates is a total disrespect to christians.
She mentioned that christians will "waste" their votes for a party without structure.
"That candidate that they said does not have structure, we are going to be structurelessly ....Structure has not helped us. Structure has taken a way power from us, structure does not have electricity, structure is killing people, structure has left us jobless, structure has killed us. So we will be structureless and we shall waste our votes"
Why all these Lamentations, even if Tinibu had picked Father Mbaka, or Rev Mathew Kuka as his running mate people like Pastor Sarah would never have voted for them anyway, so why can't you just hold on and do the needful when the time comes, or at least wait until during the campaign when they must have told you their mission before judging them, mind you, it's not that glitters is gold
Truthisunique2: Atiku is a household name in the north east how tinubu cum expect shettima that is not relevant outside borno to defeat him
How would north east leave Presidency and go for vice president under a fake Muslim
The North West is now officially kwanwaso turf to play with, he would now rally it as it's candidate and fuse it to atiku
You don't know anything about northern politics, since 1999 till date have you seen Yobe and Borno states experimenting political parties, even after all the other ANPP states moved to the ruling PDP then they remained unperturbed, that is the Kanuri mentality for you, and with their sizeable number in Bauchi state they will come out in full force to support their son, so north east with the exception of Adamawa is a lockdown for Tinibu
Totilopussylick: Nigeria politicians makes themselves an enemy of her citizens that voted them to be whom they are.
Can he walk alone till he gets home without
Those fearlessly looking security men surrounding him .
Come to Germany, a politician walks about without a single security man watching after them.
He cannot walk alone without those fearlessly looking security surrounding him because of your mentality which has been primed in such a way that once a leader is not your kit and kin you always distaste him, by the way Peter Obi is presently a nobody, but can he walk up the streets of Onitsha all alone, I doubt very much
Vulturereloaded: Northerners in serious trouble with poverty, unemployment, inflation, insecurity and out of school children.
So who is in more trouble, the North or Obi?
Useless chap, you are the type of people that will cause the North to revolt against PO, why the insults, is this the North that created this thread or somebody's own personal opinion, we have seen this type of Lamentations in 2014 and of course you all know the repercussions.
On Saturdays you will pick postals and be shouting Peter Obi then on Mondays you trans figure yourselves, pick up arms and be killing and maiming people, who are you deceiving
This Wike is a tyrant, and this is the kind of character you want to make him the vice president of a country, believe you me he will strangulate the president in less than 3 months after swearing them in to office
Win the North and share it with Atiku. Peter Obi will manage to win 25% in very few core northern states. He will win middle belt, South South, South East. Win at least 30% in Southwest states. Cruise to victory.
You people are very sentimental, what bargaining stuff did Peter Obi put on the table during the merger talks with Kwankwaso nothing apart from being a former governor, and you expect somebody who was a former governor, a federal minister and a senator to step down for him just like that, as things stand right now it is only Kwankwaso with the perfect combination has the political jaganaut to wrestle power from the APC or PDP, PO has only 12 days left to decide whether to remain relevant in Nigerian politics or go into oblivion, the choice is his, stop over bloating him
Quintopia: Peter Obi Pricing Pepper and Palm Kernels in the Market
It's always good for leaders to know what the common man is paying for these items at any given moment in time.
Knowing this man, I doubt the woman selling will be able to cheat him of even 50 naira in this transaction. He will insist on paying the real market price for the pepper and no more.
This man is very stingy, at this age and caliber you are still pretending to be a pauper
NgeneUkwenu: *"In pacifying my principal after he lost the presidential primary, he was approached by PDP national leadership to stand as vice president or nominate a candidate, all his efforts in this regards came to naught despite his sacrifices. Now, you want Governor Nyesom Wike to serve as a member in Osun State campaign committee where Douye Diri is the Chairman; Wike had contested elections three times and won, his pedigree as an astute politician is outstanding, his contacts politically spreads across, what advantage or positive influence will Diri's chairman bring to Osun election, a man who became Governor through the power of the court, let me say it here and now, my principal, Governor Nyesom Wike will not participate or interfere in Osun election, he has declined the offer and has notified the party appropriately, all I know is that the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu will completely destroy our party"
Kelvin Ebiri, the Media Aide to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike
Mr man we are tired of the noise of your so-called principal, whether he participates or not Osun belongs to APC, tell your principal to rest in peace
ogododo: Amidst growing tension within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has expressed confidence that the party would remain focused and united ahead of the 2023 general elections.
He said this in a series of tweets on his verified twitter handle @Atiku, on Thursday. Atiku explained that his desire to unify the nation would begin from the party noting that he would continue to be not only a listening leader but also one that takes appropriate actions towards achieving set goals.
The former Vice President said in one of the tweets, “@OfficialPDPNIG will remain united. Focus on our actions; we are taking actions to address the feelings of all party members. Unity in our community is my priority.
“Our resolve to unify Nigerians starts in our party and moves to the community then on to society. Every Governor, Legislator, and Other elected officials produced by our party, and party members and loyalists, are much loved and respected by me.”
In another tweet he said, “When they speak, I listen. I do not only listen. Appropriate actions have been taken, are being taken, and will continue to be advanced.”
Recall that senior party members such as Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, ruffled feathers when the voiced their disappointment at Atiku’s decision to pick Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, instead of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as running mate.
While Ortom who spoke in an interview with Arise Television, said, he was still praying and waiting for God to direct him as to whether or not to support Atiku in the 2023 elections, Fayose said it was time for a southerner to emerge as President after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure elapses in 2023.
In a related development, party leaders are said to have started consultations in a bid to stop the party from imploding ahead of the 2023 elections.
A leading figure in the party who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issues explained that the party could ill afford another major crisis at this point.
The source said, “Disagreements are normal in politics. In fact, political parties exist to resolve crises and harmonize positions for the greater good.
“We in the PDP are facing a challenge like never before, we are in opposition, we have a vicious ruling party in power we can’t afford to leave our flanks open. Another four years in opposition is inconceivable.
“We are in touch with our candidate and work has started. It is not for the media but we are not ignoring our governors although for now they seem not to be on the same page on this issue. In the end, the PDP will come out stronger.”
Your Excellency, our president in waiting, no matter the blackmail and intimidations don't change your mind on the VP Mr Okowa, Orthom and his cohorts want to use Wike to frustrate your government when you eventually win the presidential elections, be proactive
ogododo: Former Jigawa state governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Sule Lamido has named River state governor, Nyesom Wike “the natural heir” to the Presidential seat after Atiku Abubakar, the party’s candidate in the 2023 election.
This is even as Lamido described the governor as an asset to the PDP and a leader who has etched his name in glory given his performance as chief executive of the oil-rich state.
Lamido who stated this in an exclusive chat with our correspondent in his Abuja residence however blamed unnamed persons close to the governor for fuelling issues Wike has been responding to recently, stressing that the party must rescue the Rivers state governor and preserve him for the future.
He said: “Wike is a huge treasure for the PDP and one of the best materials. If we win (in 2023), he is the natural heir to the throne because he has the quality, the aura, the charm, the charisma and the age. I have been saying this: PDP is a family. There was a primary election and there were expectations but some of them were not met. So, it is natural for one to react. I can understand that. Governor Wike is somebody who is very forceful, who has done so well as a governor of PDP in his own state and who has been very supportive of the PDP. But again, he was made by the PDP. He is somebody we must make sure we preserve and we must rescue him from his own anger.”
According to the former Foreign Affairs Minister, whatever support Wike gives to PDP today is the party’s right, adding that “it is the party that made him” and not the other way round.
He continued: “Whatever support he is giving to PDP is PDP’sright because a son does not say ‘I am doing this for my father.’ The party that made him is like a father.”
Recall that a former governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu recently said that Wike lost the Vice Presidential nomination to Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa because of the former’s penchant for talking too much. But for Lamido, Wike is right to be angry, insisting however that he must give peace a chance in the overall interest of the party.
“He is right to be angry for having not achieved his own personal interest or ambition but again that is what leadership entails. He is a party man and the party is not his enemy. The party is his home, is own group, his own support and therefore whatever might have been the failure of him to achieve his interest, should not be taken too seriously at a personal level.
“Wike is now like as a boiling pot. There is so much anger in him because people around him will not allow him to see clearly. People around him who he thinks are his own friends are his biggest enemies. It is a fact and he will see it later on and that is why they are putting more logs under the fire. By now they should be withdrawing all the logs under the fire, to allow the pot to cool down.
Lamido further counselled Governor Wike to be wary of those around him, noting that none of them has the capacity to make him realize his ambition.
“There is no one single person in Nigeria today who can say I can run on the platform of PDP and win election on his own, not even Atiku. It is the people of the PDP who will deliver such a person. Ask those around Wike, can they deliver their states to him? There are governors now using Wike but he is one of our best materials for the future.
“To me, we need to make sure that we assist him to calm down and stop him from spilling over with anger because the pot is literally messing up its body by this unnecessary heat.
At the right time, he will see the wisdom in what I am saying because we are all former governors. We know what we were in office and we know what we are out of office,” he added.
The political parties have the right to substitute the names of their candidates with any other person whether he participated in primaries or not, so what is the qualms
I did not say anything. I just posted a factual detail. Please don’t insult me or threaten my family. If this upsets you, face INEC. Thank you and may God bless you all!
Politics / Re: See Peter Obi House In London After He Lied He Has No House Abroad by samunaka: 3:38pm On Jul 21, 2022 
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