₦airaland Forum

1BillionThumbs:
El-Rufai just ported to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) after consultattions with the immediate past president, Buhari, former vice president Atiku Abubakar of PDP, and Tinubu's once right-hand man and former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola.

Up North now, there is Buhari who is in APC but not in APC (he clearly didn't want Tinubu for president except for the "emilokan" outburst), Kwankwaso of NNPP and the Kwankwasiya Movement, now El-Rufai of SDP, then finally Atiku of PDP. All formidable splinters of the opposition.

In the South, we have current president Tinubu of APC, Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP), and Omoyele Sowore of African Action Congress (AAC). The strongest of these three politically and at the same time the least liked is Tinubu. Peter Obi has the more popularity over Sowore and the most acceptance across the national strata of the three.

Tinubu, though the president, has become even less marketable due to untold economic hardships and hunger brought on the Nigerian masses by his leadership policies -- such as has never been experienced before in the history of the country. Both up North and down South, the general sentiment about him is of regret. The average man won't want to vote him again even with pay (though I won't be too surprised, this is Nigeria where the people are too quick to forget).

Enter Peter Obi

Sowore, despite being the best of the three, if integrity and consistency are yardsticks, still lacks the political reach and structure to realistically emerge victorious. His day will come and I await eagerly for it like the dawning of a new age. And with him out, we're left with Peter Obi and his Obidient movement.

Agreed, the current president, who is a Southerner, is a disaster, nevertheless, it is still the turn of the South. The North was allowed to complete their 8 years in Buhari. The South must also do the same, though not in Tinubu as no one can bear to have him anymore. His ousting for someone from the same region to take over is not only an answer to the heaves and sighs of the suffering and impoverished people of Nigeria, it also serves the political interests of many that he has had a falling out with (and he has no shortagebof those, literally the entire North...South and every honest Nigerian).

To honour the region-by-region power-sharing arrangement, the North is most likely going to align with Peter Obi to wrest the throne from Tinubu and APC with hope that he (Obi) would agree to only do the single remaining turn of the South and then let power revert to them in the North. El-Rufai will fight tooth and nail to see this happen much like Rotimi Amaechi did to remove Jonathan and usher in APC and Buhari. It has begun.

Educationalserv:
In SDP A Southern Candidate Jonathan, Ameachi or Adesina will be used to split Southern Votes
While North Vote in Atiku

kedeojo:
Anybody who allow Igbo Obidients mob to support him and take advices from them, is doomed for life. Their Messiah said he took advices from mad men and Fubara was also taking advice from them too. Look how a just assembly member not even a senator, mocking him. A guy who shouldn't have even look at the governor without fear and respect. Run from this nzogbu nzogbu ambassadors.

Goodmarlian:
Seun,I don't think you realise Nairaland is gradually declining,engagements on this site is gradually going down,in the past comments on a topic can reach 15 pages but now it's no more so it barely gets to 4 pages that's a sign people are leaving or loosing interest, I can mention up to 20 monickers that has being deactivated plus other we don't even know,even yoruba monickers are deactivating because nobody is a fool,if it continues like this for this next 5 years sorry sir you site will be a relic of itself,get rid of this APC miscreants unless you yourself is one of them even I myself is getting tired gradually.

flyinnizam:
fubara still greater than ur whole generation combined