₦airaland Forum

Macphenson:
Politics is a game of numbers. They are welcomed. This is the Peter Obi effect.

Which effect? Do you know APC denied him a ticket ?

pook:
Do the math. If Seyi comes out, he's working for Atiku and don't be surprised they will both merge at the 11th hour.

Akuko

pook:
Good news. Tinubu just lost SW.

These kids self. Just lost SW because of Makinde?

Felabrity:
be serious for once mr man

He is telling you the truth and you are here saying he is not serious

Obi is stranded and running from pillar to post. In the next 21-day window, the defecting to another party will close on him legally..

This is not The Cable's opinion but from a guest writer.

ebuk4real:

When we see paid jornanilsm, we know.

Head or tail, Obi remains the best option for Nigeria

Let the APC efulefus, direct or indirect, continue throwing their tantrums

Tell us anything not correct from what the man wrote?

Why do some people hate their country so bad that they will only want to hear bad news about the country ? I am confused honestly. Everyday some people wake up they pray for bad Nigeria for their own country. This has gone beyond politics. They prey for nepa darkness, for fuel price to rise, for que in the fueling stations and for naira exchange to go high. The same country they are in and will join in the suffering. They want Trump to come and bomb Nigeria even if it will affect them and their families. What is going on? It is beyond my reasoning

At times Obi must learn to keep quiet on certain issues.

iwaeda:
APC really destroyed Nigeria. Even those of them defending here are more hungry.

What is actually your argument here?

The opposition should concentrate on how to win the election. The election is fast approaching and they are doing nothing..

Kylekent59:
During Peter Obi's phone tap conversation that went viral, no one was probed and even people criticized Obi but never the person who taped the conversation


Here we have the one of Ribadu vs El Rufai

People are calling for El Rufai to be probed


When justice is one-sided, it becomes a laughing stock.

OP, Obi is a private man. We are not talking about Ribadu as a person but the implications on the National Security

Dalohad:
Where is the 'chasing' and where is the 'away'. Obi will always win in Akwa Ibom..

They did not vote your Muslim-muslim ticket.

Under which party?

Ihedioha is an Atiku boy. So expect to see him anywhere you see Atiku.

miracle002:
The defection of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has begun to strengthen the party’s presence in the south.

No fewer than eight federal lawmakers are reportedly set to formally defect to the ADC, barring any last-minute changes.

Obi joined the ADC in Enugu last week, calling on Nigerians and opposition groups to unite under a broad coalition to rescue the country from poverty, disunity and democratic decline.

Explaining his decision, Obi said his defection was guided by patriotism and national interest.

His words: “This decision is guided solely by patriotism and national interest. I now respectfully call on my political associates, the Obidient Movement and opposition leaders across the country to join this broad national coalition under the African Democratic Congress. History will not forgive silence in moments of national peril,” he said.

In a post on X, Obi said three serving senators and several members of the House of Representatives were present at his defection ceremony.

“Notable senators present included Enyinnaya Abaribe, Victor Umeh, Tony Nwoye, and Gilbert Nnaji,” he said.

Obi said other political figures and members of the National and State Sssemblies also attended the event.

During the ceremony, organisers announced that eight federal lawmakers, including three serving senators, had collectively defected to the ADC.

The remaining five lawmakers are members of the House of Representatives from Anambra state. They include Afamefuna Ogene, Oby Orogbu, Harris Okonkwo, Emeka Godwin and George Ozodinobi.

However, the defections are yet to be formally announced on the floor of both chambers of the National Assembly.

Source: https://politicsnigeria.com/eight-federal-lawmakers-set-to-join-adc-after-peter-obis-defection/

When governors join APC it does not matter but when ordinary lawmakers join ADC it becomes a serious news.

mrvitalis:
So the former governor of Anambra Dr Chris Nigige left APC today and joined APGA and same today he was attacked by unknown Gun Men

Boom APC supporters started to blame IPOB

Let's this be a record for record sake

Get your facts right. The person for left APC to join APGA is not Chris Ngige but another Ngige.

All you guys commenting against Wike don't know anything. INEC will take the first judgement. I think the Abuja court pronounced the first judgement canceling the convention.

So, where are Plateau and Benue, where the so-called genocides are happening?

After 2027, all the noise will stop. Obi will fade away. He brought a toxic environment to politics in Nigeria.

BrokenTV:
Was Peter Obi on the ballot paper

Will you say the same thing if it is in Lagos and Sanwolu lost?

Shame. They will tell Obi is not contesting. He openly declared support for Moghalu and cannot even win his unit for him. Only going around making noise and creating confusion everywhere

creativejagaban:
Which candidate of which party will he even campaign for The lambanus lienus from agulu man

He openly declared support for Moghalu

ascendo:
Obi isn't contesting... In how many campaigns did you see him?

What do you mean. So he will not have any influence in his own state ?
You are already trying to run away from the disgrace he will get from Soludo today and trying to cover up for him.

onuman:
APC rigging machinery shall be put at test run here for the 2027 presidential election.

Only don't know Tinubu is backing Soludo.

LibertyRep:
Wait that boy too dey look for him name on the register?

Maybe he is checking his parents names who probably cannot read.

Penguin2:
But I thought our Nairaland Diplomats swore Tinubu was going to meet Trump during the G20 in South Africa?🤔

Tinubu will be smoked out of Aso Rock. I told y’all.

You see how France has been quiet.

You see how UK has been quiet.

Russia said they are observing. As if they weren’t observing when Israel pummeled Iran.

Wasn’t Russia observing when Assad of Syria was dislodged and they had to evacuate him with helicopter. This is somebody they defended and assisted for years.

China is somewhere making distant hisses.

Somehow, our Nairaland Diplomats think all those shenanigans will move Trump and America.

I like as una dey tickle unaself sha.

You are indeed a master of delusion

Donald Trump was caught asleep during his own press conference at White House.
If this were Tinubu, the world would have been broken into pieces.
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Justiceleague1:
These types of posts above ^^^^ are the type of people that make Nigeria have a very, very long way to go....so unfortunate!!!

Truth is always bitter.

A former presidential candidate will never rest until he completely destroy Nigeria while leaving his family abroad just because he lost an election.

AMINDA:
Nigeria is having its worst run ever in terms of diplomatic affairs and diplomacy under this government. From the Niger "invasion" fiasco to the ECOWAS exodus and now this. In the midst of all these, we still don't have any ambassador to manage diplomatic fall-outs like this before they blow out of proportion. Diplomacy was left in the hands of pens-for-hire like Reno Omokri and other funny characters.

Not that. Obidients and Ipob propaganda are winning

AMBASSADOR Lilian Onoh has filed a revised defamation lawsuit in Texas against Sahara Reporters and its chairwoman, LaKeisha Landrum Pierre, demanding more than $21 million in damages.

Onoh had previously sued Sahara Reporters and its founder, Omoyele Sowore. But the case took a turn when Sowore told the court he is a Nigerian citizen and no longer affiliated with Sahara Reporters, having resigned in 2017 and that he was returning back to Nigeria to live long term. That left Landrum Pierre—who described herself in court as the Chairwoman and COO of the media outlet—to face the suit.

Pierre is also one of the partners of Emmeline Ventures, a venture capital firm with investment in several US states, including Texas.

Court documents show Onoh has struggled to serve both Sahara Reporters and Landrum Pierre, as they abandoned their New York office and attempts at her California residence were unsuccessful. Onoh has now filed a motion for substituted service, asking the court to allow her to serve them via email—a move the court could grant, given that evading service is viewed seriously in U.S. federal cases.

Alongside her $21 million claim, Onoh is seeking a jury trial for punitive damages, which in American defamation cases can be significantly higher than compensatory damages.

This case also carries political undertones. Sowore testified that former Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama concocted the report that triggered the lawsuit, while Onyeama has denied any involvement during his testimony in an Abuja High Court, instead blaming his former Permanent Secretary, Gabriel Aduda.

Onoh previously represented Nigeria in Namibia and Jamaica. She contends that the actions of Onyeama, Aduda and Sowore, who has republished the concocted report about seven or eight times, violate the Magnitsky Act which was passed by US Congress in 2012 after the fatal Russian Government retalian against Sergei Magnitsky for whistleblowing
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