Students of University of Abuja mock APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at a town hall event hosted for Labour Party's Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, in Abuja, on Friday.


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The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has denied endorsing the Labour Party presidential candidate, LP, Peter Obi.

Abubakar described the reported endorsement of Obi as false.

A report had quoted Abubakar as saying Nigerians should hold him responsible if Obi failed to perform as president.

Reacting, the Sultan of Sokoto said such a report was false, while charging those behind it to produce evidence.

A statement by the monarch’s Media Aide, Prince Bashir said Obi never visited his palace on Wednesday or Thursday.

The statement reads: “For the avoidance of doubt, the statement is fake because such an irresponsible write-up, credited to him, could not have emanated from anywhere near or around His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President of NSCIA.

“It would interest Nigerians to know that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was not one of those that paid a visit to the palace, whether on Wednesday or Thursday.

“The simple challenge is to ask them to publish a copy of the letter purportedly written by the Sultan or a video or audio clip where he endorsed Peter Obi and denied APC’s Tinubu as contained in their peddled fakeness.”

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Peter Obi

National Vice Chairman of APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Friday, received in the audience, the leadership of 250 Presidential Support Groups based in Akwa Ibom State, with a charge on them to ensure the victory for the party at all levels in the forthcoming general elections in the state.

A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Jackson Udom, quoted the former Senate Minority Leader while receiving the groups in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state.

The statement also quoted Akpabio as expressing dismay over anti-party activities by some leaders who he alleged were supporting “Tinubu in the morning and Atiku at night.”

What I will not support is a situation where some leaders of the party in the state would be shouting Asiwaju in the day and PDP (Atiku) in the night. I am very much aware of a particular person in our party, who has publicly endorsed the governorship candidate of the PDP and its Senatorial candidate but would rush down to Uyo to say I am the chairman of the rally for Tinubu. Which Tinubu are you talking about?”

duro4chang:
That is your business. It is none of mine. The election has nothing to do with tribe. We are talking of of competent leader, the best man for the job and you are talking about tribe. Why are you so tribalistic? Think right. Obi is not competent. He is effeminate. Docile and a thief. We don't need him
He should go to Agulu and contest as the president of their town union or better still as the president of spare parts sellers

All of you in the South are mumu akuyas. Keep fighting yourselves, Atiku will be the next President this year.
North don't have time insulting ourselves whether PDP or NNPP. At the end of the day, we will all vote Atiku. Our population is still more than all of you in the South combined plus your Igbo brothers.

The numbers of our PVC will tame your madness on social media with your Obi and Tinubu.

duro4chang:
That is none of your business. Why should my choice be your concern? Are you scared? Are you jittery? Come to think of it, do you know I don't bother myself about who you want to vote for? This is democracy. We have freedom to choose our leaders. Right to vote and be voted for. Choose who you want and let me choose who I want. Don't give yourself unnecessary heart attack about my choice.

I simply think that some Yorubas like you think that 2023 election is a competition between Yorubas and Igbos.. as your politicians have made you believe.

Keep deceiving yourselves....no Southern politician may emerge as President. Power will still remain here in the North.

duro4chang:
No amount of mudsling and character assassination can stop the victory of Tinubu the incoming president.

Tinubu will only win if you're the one to vote on behalf of all Nigerians.

FactBoyz:
See photos below

Is that not photoshop?
Btw I think Peter Obi's image sells more than any other candidate. Reason some politicians in PDP and APC use his pictures for campaigning

Tinubu and his resource teams will waste so much money prelude to the election.

Many of my PDP neigbours attend both APC and NNPP politcal rallies to get as much money as possible. When they come back home, you see them counting how much they were able to get.
Its only LP that is yet to organise any major rally here in the North

NIGERIAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS (NSCIA)

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE SPECIAL EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE EXPANDED GENERAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE (EGPC) OF THE NIGERIAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS (NSCIA) HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 4TH JUMADAH THANIYAH 1444/ 28TH DECEMBER 2022 AT THE NATIONAL MOSQUE AUDITORIUM, ABUJA
COMMUNIQUE

1.0 PREAMBLE
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) convened a special extraordinary meeting of its Expanded General Purpose Committee (EGPC) with a view to appraising the state of the Ummah, considering the reports of its various committees and taking a position on the 2023 general elections.

The meeting was presided over by the President-General of NSCIA and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar IV, CFR, mni. It was attended by Muslim leaders across the country including the Deputy President General, NSCIA (South), Alh. Rasaki Oladejo;
Secretary General, NSCIA, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, CON; the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alh. Yayale Ahmed, CFR; the Secretary-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Dr. Khalid Aliyu; the Executive Secretary of the Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN), Prof. Muslih T. Yahaya; many Senior Advocates of Nigeria; senior Academics; Traditional Rulers; top executives; other eminent personalities and leaders of Islamic organisations from different parts of the country.

2.0 RESOLUTIONS
After extensive deliberations, the Committee resolved as follows:

1. Muslims should collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) as evidence has revealed that many Muslims who registered are yet to collect their cards.

2. Nigerians should freely choose the best candidates and vote those who will lead with justice, fairness and righteousness in line with our usual prayer, “O Allah, make the best of us our leaders, and don’t make the worst of us our leaders. Don’t make us, on account of our sins, be under those who will neither fear you nor be compassionate to us"

3. The Federal Government should ensure free, fair, peaceful and credible general elections in 2023 by providing the necessary environment through adequate voter mobilisation and appropriate security measures.

4. Nigerians should evolve a standard process of electing not only eligible candidates but also suitable ones because the eligibility criteria are too general to the extent that unsuitable people ultimately get elected to the positions of authority. In essence, there is an urgent need to raise the bar of leadership in Nigeria beyond basic qualifications.

5. More Muslims should establish private universities for the educational development of Nigeria as a whole and Islam in particular because Muslim students in some private universities owned by non-Muslims are being subjected to religious victimisation and
oppression.

6. The Supreme Court of Nigeria had affirmed the legality, legitimacy and rights of Muslims to hijab in compliance with Section 38, Subsection 1 of the Nigerian Constitution (as amended in 2011) which states, “Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion…(either alone or in community with others, and in public and or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.” Therefore, Muslim women should feel free to wear their hijab and no person or institution should discriminate against them.

7. The Committee condemned the negative activities of 'accidental Imams’ and ‘emergency Sheikhs’ who promote hatred, disunity and dissension in their mosques and on the social
media. The Committee also warned Muslims to be wary of their antics as they do not represent Islam or Muslims.

8. The Committee called on the federal government to make available financial empowerment
opportunities in the country and thereby tackle the challenges of poverty and unemployment in the society. It also enjoined Muslims to key into the available opportunities.

9. As Muslims are being profiled and killed in what appears as ethno-religious cleansing in the South East by some non-Muslims which is evident in the recent confessions by some
individuals, the Committee called on security agencies to do more to protect the lives and properties of Muslims and bring the perpetrators of such killings to justice.

10. The Committee expressed serious concern about the general insecurity manifesting in terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and ritual killings all over country. It also called on the federal and state governments to work harder on securing Nigeria from the rampaging criminals.

11. The Committee appreciated General Buba Marwa for the excellent job he is doing at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and urge government at all levels to
provide more equipment and morale boosting programmes to support the agency in its noble and strategic mission. It should be noted that there is high correlation between drug abuse and violent crimes, including kidnapping and banditry, Parents, Muslims in particular, should be watchful of their children, spouses and relatives. They should not hesitate or feel ashamed at any time to expose any drug abuser for timely attention.

13. The Committee commended the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, the two Deputies President-General, the Secretary General and the Secretariat in representing and defending the interest of the Nigerian Muslim community.

14. The Committee received with utter shock the news of the death of some Muslim sisters who were involved in a ghastly accident in Shagamu, Ogun state, on their way to a training programme. The Committee commiserated with the late sisters’ families, their organisation
and the Muslim ummah at large while praying that Allah admit the deceased to Aljannah Firdaos and grant the injured complete recovery.

15. The Committee directed all Muslims to pray fervently to the Almighty Allah for peace,
security and wellbeing of Nigeria and for the success of the 2023 elections and the population census.

Signed this day, Wednesday 4th Jumadah-Thaniyah 1444/ 28th December 2022 at the National Mosque, Abuja.


Prof. Is-haq O. Oloyede, CON, FNAL
Secretary General, NSCIA


Arc. Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu
Director of Administration, NSCIA

Little wonder, foodstuffs are cheap in Kano

Have you realised most of the people camapigning for Peter Obi haven't collected their PVCs.
Edo State is one of the strongest states with campaigners for Peter Obi.
Unfortunately, they're yet to collect their PVC.

Election is indeed not won on Social Media or by rally.

APC supporters assume Nigeria is still in 2015

I wonder why some Nairalanders bother themselves about Tinubu that may not even come 2nd in 2023 General Election.

The signs are too obvious that APC is gone. We only have too major political parties contending in 2023; LP and PDP

Are they Dogs to be unleashed?
You don't use that word for humans

Windscribe:
Ogogoro induced prediction.

There is nothing ogogoro in what the OP posted.
Atiku will most likely emerge as President.
The South will lose out with Obi and Tinubu sharing their votes. North will all vote for Atiku.

peepydelano:
Politics is not for them, they do well in things like businesses and they are creative which is enough for them. Politics and power isn’t for them, they’ll mismanage it. Another angle is they don’t truly love themselves and don’t have that political sportsmanship in them. No Igbo man will ever agree to step down for another even if he has just one delegate and his brother requires just that one delegate to win, lai lai he no go give oooo ���

You nailed it on the head.
The opportunity they once had of being in power, Nigeria entered a civil war. The way they go disrespecting the rights of others to support other candidates is proof.

It is a known fact that most Nigerians from the South East are never loyal. Politically, they are the cause of their own problems but are quick to blame Northern politicians with their fulanisation of Nigeria bullshits.

Name one Igbo man that can do what Tambuwal did in the PDP Presidential primary election for Atiku?


Showing that you have too much sense and open eye is not good sometimes, because it will become nonsense and foolishness eventually.

Take a look at the methods used by many Nigerians majorly from the SE region of fronting the only Presidential candidate from there. They resort to abuses and insults on any Nigerian not in tandem with their choice of candidate, not minding the fact that in any election, the opinions of all should be respected.

In the race to 2023, a lot of diplomacy and stepping down will occur across politcal parties to ensure one major candidate emerges as the formidable contestant.

They are still learning the diplomacy and cunninnes in politics and it may take sometime before they understand how politcs is played.

blamingthedevil:

Karya ne. you Yorubanza lier.
All these Tinubu kashi de kwano supporters are political jesters and clowns.

Walahi, I can say categorically is between PDP or LP to win the Election. Bamu da Apc, bamu da tsintsiya. Apc wuta wuta

Usman Yusuf is a Nigerian Professor of Haematology-oncology and bone marrow transplantation and an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University and has practiced medicine across three continents – Africa, Europe and North America – after his MBBS in 1982.
Alma mater: Ahmadu Bello University University of Liverpool
Nationality: Nigerian
Employer: Former CEO of National Health Insurance Scheme

He states:

The PDP did not give Atiku ticket. He bought it with money. Even the southerners could not resist his Dollar. And that is the capacity the party needed. His choice of candidate was based on whom he can control or manipulate. He knew that he will not be able to control Wike.

Bola Tinubu bought the APC ticket with money and threat. There was need to keep to agreement, else the Cat will be let loose. And his choice of candidate was based on who is ruthless enough to champion the Northern Muslim votes.

The supporters of the above two are the long term structures that have kept us in the dark while the world is making progress. And they want the evil to continue. They use their structures to collapse the national structures. And they are boasting about those structures even to our faces.

Obi picked Labour Party ticket based on his integrity, financial prudence and outstanding leadership prowess. He also went for Datti who possess similar qualities. He needed someone who will look into his eye and say no. Because he acknowledged that he doesn't know it all. He believes in team work.

His supporters are the people without structures, the downtrodden, the poor masses, the beggers and the labourers, those that are cursed to Labour till death, those that the structures are trampling upon.
He is not standing for himself.
He is standing for the masses.
He is not the one contesting.
The masses are contesting through him.
He is not standing for any specific tribe or religion.
He is standing for all tribes and religions.
He is the hope of the common man.
With him, Nigeria will be great again.

Prof Usman Yusuf

missimelda01:
You might just get it, who knows

Me: I would like a getaway, my eyes don see shege this period

A 2012 Toyota Camry branded with Labour Party

BAT lost the opportunity of inching closer to the Presidency the moment he picked a fellow Muslim as running mate.

Spilled milk cannot be gathered. Too late for APC.

Many thieves have entered LP.

They want to ride on the influence and popularity of Peter Obi and use it to make money.

They should be flushed out and the party enforce discipline, coz this time next year, decamping to LP will be the order of the day

Peter Obi Labour Party kawai