₦airaland Forum

LadyExcellency:
Stop attributing cultist activities and politically motivated violence to Igbo and what has this got to do with Igbo or Christianity? Did you say Christianity? A lair is not even a Christian let alone a violent and greedy person.

If I may ask, is your experience from living in the Southeast or from the news? Because it seems you have swallowed a lot of lies from who knows what or politically engineered news.

LadyExcellency:
Another misconceptions. Obidients are just aggressive and disgruntled Nigerians from all works of life.

Youthful exuberance is part of their existence.

They are angry at everyone that they assume contributed to the suffering and poverty in Nigeria, and that is for a just course.

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the Nigerian youths of Igbo extraction to desist from tribalistic politicking as the country prepares for the 2023 general election.

Ohanaeze warned Igbo youths to participate in politics and support any political candidates of their choice without infringing on the rights of others who do not share their political ideas in the South-East or other regions.

The supreme Igbo group said this in a statement to mark the International Youth Day by the National Publicity Secretary, Chiedozie Alex. Ogbonnia,

It titled the statement ‘Ohanaeze charges Igbo youths to eschew ethnic chauvinism’ stating that it was in reaction to a statement by the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) which warned Igbo youths not to support or vote for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.

The statement reads, “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide led by Ambassador Professor George Obiozor urges the youths in the South East of Nigeria to eschew ethnic chauvinism as the 2023 general election draws nearer. The Ohanaeze admonition is in reaction to a statement issued by Igbo youths under the auspices of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL).

“The group as quoted by the Guardian Newspaper of August 10, 2022, “warned groups and individuals promoting the presidential ambition of Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu to stay clear of the zone”. The group described as “unfortunate how certain persons from Igbo land would allow themselves to be used to promote the ambition of a man who is outdated in all ramifications in the scheme of things to be voted as a Nigerian president come 2023.’”

Ohanaeze said that since Nigerian youths from other regions are also supporting Igbo candidates, Igbo youths are free to support their own preferred non-Igbo candidates.

It called on the youths from the South-East region not to subvert the democratic process or invite hostility through their actions.It continues, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo acknowledges the inalienable rights of individuals and groups to express their views on national issues but advises that such rights should not infringe on the rights of other Nigerian citizens. Clarification is made that each of the presidential candidates has every right to campaign and canvass for votes in all parts of the country.

“In other words, since the presidential candidates of the South East or Igbo extraction enjoy untrammelled access and mass followership in other geopolitical zones of the country, it is a political self-immolation and indeed highly unreflective for COSEYL to embark on a misstep that may diminish the Igbo patina for inter-ethnic friendliness.

Willy7:
That's one thing most people not conversant with Rivers politics doesn't know. Rivers State is like Anambra, they are not zombies. No matter the money and campaign carried out in Rivers State, they will never vote APC ahead of PDP or presently now Labour Party in a presidential election. So if Tinubu is banking on anybody promising him Rivers vote, he should collect his money back because it is very IMPOSSIBLE for APC to get a reasonable vote in Rivers State. Wike can only influence his immediate family members and those whose belly is in his hands, but not the typical Rivers man or woman. Wike's romance with APC is on individual level, he can't influence any vote in Rivers State, let the doubting Thomases go and verify. As it is right now, if the presidential election is to hold today, LP will come first with a wide margin, followed by PDP. APC will come a distant 3rd.

Olasyke:
Same way buhari was a saint in their eyes in 2015.

That mf was the governor of Anambra and that place was still a shit hole when he left.
Wonder what would happen if he becomes president.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want tinubu to become president too.

Yeah, maybe peter obi knows about running a country's economy and can stop state sanctioned inflation.

He's still a politician and politicians can't be trusted.

The reason people are campaigning for obi is because he is the lesser evil and we don't have a choice.

It doesn't mean that he would stop corruption or army would stop killing innocent folks or police would stop collecting bribe or nscds ogas would stop bunkering.
Nigeria would always be a zoo. The best thing we can have is a good economy. That's what people are seeing in peter obi.

Faiththatworks:
I'm sure this data was gathered from the Biafran bureau of stastics,Haba this is a very childish representation of what 2023 polls will look like.
How will Peter Obi win any state in the South-south and 2 states in the North Central,that's a terrible fallacy.
Peter Obi will not win the election of 2023,I daresay he won't even come 3rd,if he's able to get up to 2 million votes around Nigeria then he tried.
Delta will be a straight fight between Okowa,Ibori and Omo-Agege,with PDP pulling off a victory,Edo will witness another battle between Oshiomole and Obaseki,I'm sure the margins between both parties will be small with Peter Obi playing the spoiler.
Akwa Ibom,Cross river and Bayelsa will be very tight also,but Peter Obi will play the spoiler again and reduce whatever large difference Atiku will give Asiwaju.
Rivers is not too certain,if Wike continues with his tantrums until the day of election,then It will be too close to call between APC and PDP, remember APC haven't had an elected aspirant in Rivers in 4 yrs,I'm sure it will be very bitter in Rivers this time around, again Obi will be the spoiler for PDP.
It will be a total decimation for Obi in the North-west and North-East,I expect a fierce battle between Atiku and Kwankwanso in the North-west,with Asiwaju playing catch-up,while Atiku and Shettima will battle out the North-East,I see Atiku winning that zone but with little Margin.
The North Central will be a battle between Atiku and Asiwaju,I expect it to be very close with Asiwaju winning kwara,kogi and Nassarawa,while Atiku will take Niger, Taraba,Benue.
Plateau will be too close to call.
I have left the south west and south east out of it because Asiwaju will win the south west,and Obi will win the South-east but the PDP will.be very close in both region.
Seriously Asiwaju will only win this election if he's able to stay very very close to whatever Numbers Atiku and Kwankwanso pull out from the North-west and North-East.
As for Obi,he will just end up spoiling whatever Numbers Atiku should have pulled to win the Election.
I daresay if u add up Obi numbers and Atiku numbers in 2023,it would have been enough to make Atiku the president of Nigeria.
That's a prophecy.
God bless Nigeria.

donaldking100:
The whole world would laugh at us if a drug baron wins the presidential election.
In saner climes, individuals who have criminal convictions relating to Drugs & Trafficking are not allowed to run for public office.

gaby:
All these cunning politicians trying to take advantage of the Obi buzz to pretend to be relevant and to gain Atiku's attention...lol

Very very cunning people.

Even the Peter Obi sef ready visit anybody now for some photo op

Nigerian politics and the politicians na full-time clowns.

It is always about their personal interests.

whitephoenix:
Wow. This is shocking. I can't believe this is happening in the North!!! It is Youths O Clock. Nigeria will be great again.

Peter Obi will win

atinga1:
Ylink4sure,
The fact that you don't know the difference between indictments and leaked documents, shows that you're clueless and ignorant.
Keep running around like headless chicken with half-baked info, corrupting the minds of guilible folks like you.

Funny enough, you thought you were "educating" me. Educator indeed.

atinga1:
You copied his indictments? Do you even know the meaning of indictment?

An indictment is a formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a jury (such as a grand jury) charging a person with an offense. Hahahhahaha!

I thought I was arguing with an adult/educated person. I don fall hand! I was arguing with a kid.

Pandora papers are combined investigations by international consortium of investigative journalists. They're not indictments.
You just dey run your mouth anyhow to win argument...lol

atinga1:
Hahahaha! I'm not the one defending a drug baron. Its easier to defend Peter Obi.
Unlike me, you have a lot to defend... Criminal indictment, bad health, fake age, fake credentials, dubious means of wealth. Its uncountable.
He had to make the election about religion and ethnicity because he has nothing to offer.
Vote for your thief abeg.

atinga1:
Atiku is not the drug baron, but he's still a thief. He was voted for, because he was the lesser of two evils. This time around, its a clear selection between a drug baron, a thief and a man with vision. We were right in 2015, 2019 and we will still be right in 2023.
You voted for Buhari in 2015 and 2019. What's the state of the economy now? Are you better off? I guess not! You're probably somewhere with a free WiFi network, typing as if your life depends on it.

Eriokanmi:
I disagree with you. Tinubu's popularity in Nigeria can't be compared with that of buhari, layelaye! Even in the south south and south east, he still got some meaningful votes. I was one of those who voted him in lagos too, also my wife and neighbours I, a yoruba Christian canvassing heavily for buhari, a muslim.

That said, let me tell you this simple but hard truth, Atiku's 11 votes of 2019 was made possible because Peter obi was running with him, not because atiku was so popular. 70% of his votes came from the south( south east, south south and south west) while the remaining votes came from middle belt and the remaining northern states. Check the electoral nap of 2019 for details. Atiku lost massively in the north. The majority of the pdp members and governors even till today are from the south.

If you ask me, I'd even say atiku is more popular than tinubu nationwide. Even in the south west, the result of 2019 election was a clear proof of Tinubu's approval rating and low popularity amongst us. Truth is bitter, just ponder on this...how many states did the apc win in 2019 in the south west? Even lagos result was controversial, despite being delayed for weeks after the elections were concluded.

I have a friend in kaduna. I can share her comment with you if you care to see. She's a muslim. She said all they hear in kaduna is Peter obi and she's voting him. She's a mother of 2. Now that Peter obi had left atiku, where would he get half of that 11m voted of 2019 from? Is Tinubu so popular in the northern part of the country like Buhari? Even in the south west, his popularity is lean, only known by those around him. Buhari can walk freely on a northern street and nobody ( except bandits) would stone him. Can Tinubu do the same without a single orderly flanking him? Here in lagos, everyone especially the youth is talking of obi. I've not seen much people who say atiku or Tinubu. Amazingly, these people are both Christians and Muslims.

atinga1:
Speak for yourself. He's going nowhere. If you want a drug baron to be your president, no problem. There are still normal people who wants a better Nigeria.

Liposure:
So what you are insinuating is for Obi should step down

NoToTerrorists:
lol. Yoruba Christians, Northern Christians (including APC members), Victims of Fulani Herdsmen are not supporting bat. It's only blind party members, Yoruba Muslims & Tribal bigots, Fake bishops, MC Oluomo Urchins and vote sellers that want to benefit from bourdilon bullion vans that are supporting him. Between the groups I listed, where do you belong?

atinga1:
Words of consolation. If you're saying this to deter Obidients from voting for him, you just boarded "one chance". Currently, Bobo Chicago is the one who's gonna struggle in 2023 elections. He's going to share the northern votes with Atiku and Kwankwaso. Except kwankwaso backs him, he's left with few votes. Christian votes is a no go area for him in the North and South, so where is he gonna get his votes?

loosecanon50:
Gradually, they are all becoming obedient. Festus Keyamo knows the truth, the guy is just kissing ass. So far he's making his money, he's okay.

Religious and tribalistic sentiments aside, why would anyone in their right senses and sound state of mind vote for an old sick man to pilot the affairs of this country? And you think the plane won't crash?

A country as diverse as Nigeria in this tensed state of insecurity and belligerence we find ourselves in, as a result of gross nepotistic incompetence by the grand patron of Fulani herdsmen.

Someone will still wake up, look in the mirror and say it's APC/PDP I will vote for next year....and you think you're okay. You're not o! It's about our dear country, not tribe....suffer no get tribe. Everybody dey hear nwiii now.

Except you love to suffer, Let's vote personality and not party. Let's make a change and vote in someone who is young and competent, someone with a working brain. Someone like Peter Obi. Not someone who can't even appear on live TV to talk to his bats

Zonefree:
You're being delusional, bro.
Peter Obi is on ballot, Lagos won't be as usual.

Artiiclebeast:
Thank God for this one encouraging testament for once at least. Not the usual e no easy abroad blablabla

If you have the means and opportunity to jakpa and better your condition legally, I'd advise you to do so oh..

Do not, and I repeat, do not put your hopes Obidienting, Athiefkulating, or Batifying...

None of these guys can handle or change Nigeria from the many ills currently eating it up.

By the time anyone of them does his first 1 year as the President you guys will begin to understand what's up and a nickname will soon be coined for that President as usual.

The battle and sickness plaguing Nigeria aren't what one President will just come on and solve in 8 years.

Okay, I'll concede that Peter Obi is perfect for the job in an ideal situation/country, and holds more promise than the other 2 major kleptos. Is Nigeria an ideal country as it is right now?

How about the same Obi acknowledging Atiku as his boss, mentor, and elder brother. I hope you guys know what this means in the Nigerian context. It means an unfettered access to the economy by the same Atiku you don't want to have by declaring yourselves Obidient.

Peter Obi hasn't done anything wrong to admit and acknowledge Atiku as a boss, friend, mentor, or elder brother, but that is one very dicey and double-edged thing with mingling with rogues in the Nigerian political space. The moment you get yourself muddled up with them it becomes difficult for you to come out and remain clean.

This is why some of Nigeria's best brains will rather protect the good name and image that they had built up for themselves over the years than get caught up in the messy demonic system called Nigerian politics.

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A post by Lexilaw for every sensible Nigerian to ponder upon below and the major problem with Nigeria:


In case you are ignorant and fighting your friend of over 20 years because of politics, know this and know peace.

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff was National Chairman of PDP and was also National Chairman of APC at different times. In fact, his supposed Arch rival in politics in Borno State is former FCT Minister, Architect Ibrahim Bunu. Well, did you know that their wives are siblings? They are both daughters of the late Dr. Mohammed Lawan.

In 2011, Ali Modu Sheriff, as acting Chairman of the ANPP sent General Muhammadu Buhari out of the party which led Buhari to create the CPC. Did you know that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff's nephew, Babagana, is the husband of Buhari's daughter, Halima? Babagana's mum, Fanne, is Ali Sheriff's younger sister.

Former Governor of Borno, Senator Maina Ma'aji Lawan's rival in the Borno North Senatorial District is former Minister of Works, Senator Mohammed Sanusi Daggash. The two men have contested the same seat ferociously in the past. Well, did you know Daggash's mum, Laraba's maiden name is Shallangwa while the mother of Maina Ma'aji's wife is also Rebecca Shallangwa? The two women are cousins which makes the two men, in-laws.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is said to be President Muhammadu Buhari's staunch rival but, Atiku was Yusuf Buhari's guardian at Yusuf Buhari's wedding when he married the daughter of the Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Ado Bayero. Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, may have been deposed but his wife is the daughter of Ado Bayero, his predecessor and the current Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and the Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Ado Bayero, are her brothers.

Late President Umaru Musa Yar'adua was a PDP member and a staunch party man but his son, Shehu, just married the daughter of Ali Modu Sheriff's younger brother, Mohammed Nur Sheriff who was a Member of the House of Representatives on the platform of the APC.

The National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, is a founding member of the PDP and was a governor for eight years then a senator on the platform of the PDP. Today he is National Chairman of the APC.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, was running mate to the presidential candidate of the PDP, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, barely four years ago. While the politicians and ruling class are busy forging alliances and building bridges, you are busy fighting your friends and pulling down relationships built over years over people who are either in laws, allies or even blood relatives! Do you have sense at all?


Late Head of State, Murtala Mohammed's son, Abba is married to Fatima Mala Kachallah, daughter of late Governor of Borno, Mala Kachallah.

MKO Abiola's son, Jamiu, is married to Khadihah Kamselem, daughter of former Inspector General of Police, Shettima Kamselem, from Borno.

Ibrahim Babangida's son, Mohammed, married Rahama Mohammed Indimi. Atiku Abubakar's son, Aminu, married Fatima Ummi Bolori, daughter of late Alhaji Bukar Bolori. Fatima Umar Ganduje, daughter of the governor of Kano, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is married to Idris, the son of late governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi.

Did you know that the incumbent governor of Niger state, Abubakar Sani Bello, was sworn in by his mother-in-law, Justice Fati Lami Abubakar? His mother-in-law, the former first lady of Nigeria, wife of General Absulsalam Abubakar, was the Chief Judge of Niger state until her retirement. The governor's younger brother, Suleiman Sani Bello, is married to Aliko Dangote's first daughter, Halima. Dangote's second daughter, Fatima, is married to the son of the former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed D. Abubakar.

Did you know that Ammuna Ashe, the wife of former Governor of Bauchi state, Ahmed Adamu Mu'azu who was also PDP National Chairman, is the younger sister to current APC Deputy National Chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari? They are first cousins with Ibrahim Bunu's children and Bunu is a staunch member of the PDP. Ibrahim Bunu's wife is their mother's younger sister and now Bunu's son has married Kashim Shettima's daughter.

The former first Lady of Yobe state, Dr. Maryam Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff's wife, Fatima, Architect Ibrahim Bunu's wife, Former Minister of Finance, Yabawa Lawan Wabi, Former OPEC Governor, Ammuna Lawan Ali, whose husband, Engr Ibrahim Ali is younger brother to late governor Mala Kachallah, are all siblings! Read that again.

They are busy forming alliances so that they can continue to subjugate you agile you are busy fighting over them all over the place. Who is really playing who? You better wake up and start building your own bridges and stop shouting "I will not marry Hausa! I will not marry Igbo! I will not marry Yoruba!".

Ratorichie:
Oga well done for your binary- one-dimensional analysis.
You forgot to add that they are a considerable numbers of PDP Card carrying member, nay South South(Which i belong to) who believe that a vote for OBI is a waste vote, invarably a vote for Tinubu.
Atiku has more political associates in the Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo, Delta than Obi could dream.
Read my lips the Akwa-cross will overwhelming vote for Atiku rather than Obi, due to the "nde imi nkita" the Igbos derisively and arrogantly tag them

adioolayi:
The OP analysis is spot on...

Where he minces saying the truth is by tailoring his submissions towards Peter Obi's emergence..

For me...

I think Peter Obi's dominance will do PDP more harm...He will conveniently win SS, SE who are before now, the swing States for PDP.

Tinubu will do well in SW....and Kwara.

Atiku will do well in few NE States..

The battle at NW and NC will largely favour APC...simply because they control most of the states... President Buhari and APC Governors factor. PDP will get some votes here too and that's why PDP needs Governor Wike to decimate LP in SS and SE small.

In all...the permutations still favours APC slightly

Penguin2:
In his last interview with Arise TV, Atiku sounded like someone who had everything figured out and hence confident of victory.

But I’ve been cracking my head to see where Atiku is really expecting his votes aside his native Northeast and some states in Northwest, where else is Atiku sure of votes.

To buttress this point, I will tell you what happened when I boarded a Uber in Lagos. It happened that the driver is from the Igbo speaking area of Delta State. We got talking and talks got to politics and he revealed that he’s card-carrying member of the PDP. But guess what, this man told me clearly that he’s support Peter Obi for the presidency.

We were still analyzing his reasons when he got a call from a certain ‘Segun’ who he addressed as “my corrupt officer”. After they exchanged banters, my Uber driver now cunningly told his caller that in the forthcoming election their support is for Tinubu since they are all Lagos boys. But surprisingly, Segun interjected and said “it’s Obi o”. In the end they concluded that for governorship, Senator, Rep, etc, they are voting PDP, but they are voting Obi for Presidency.

When he was done with the call, I now asked him which of the Southwest States Segun is from and guess what my driver told me, Segun is from Kogi State. He’s Okun. The part of Kogi that speak Yoruba. I got to find out that they both belong to PDP but they are both not voting Atiku for the presidency. I asked my driver if he relates with people at home in Delta to know their opinion too and he told me categorically that everybody in Delta is Obidient and dismissed Okowa’s influence.

I’m not telling you this for you to believe; I can only tell you the truth, but not force you to believe it.

Now the question is, how many PDP card-carrying members are like my driver and Segun? How many southerners and MiddleBelters are like them?

So far in the electioneering process, it has been become increasingly obvious that Southeast and Southsouth, a traditional PDP region, is gone with Peter Obi of Labour Party. Again, due to Christian sentiment and for want of competent candidate who would be different from the norm, most North Central states of Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa and FCT seem to be leaning towards Obi. Taraba in Northeast is also looking Obidient. Then you add Southern Kaduna, Southern Bauchi, Southern Gombe, etc. let’s not forget that Christian sentiments might also guarantee Peter Obi about 30% of Southwest votes.

Tinubu on the other hand is looking to do well in Southwest irrespective of the negative sentiments that his Muslim-Muslim ticket has generated amongst Christian voters in his native southwest region. Similarly, a state like Kwara, who are more Yoruba than northern, might also swing to Tinubu. Again being the candidate of the party in power, it is expected that president Buhari and the northern APC governors will work to deliver some votes of the core northern states for Tinubu. Again, with his running mate coming from Northeast, Tinubu is expected to take Borno and Yobe in the region.

Kwankwaso is looking strong in Kano. Some people say Jigawa but I don’t know about that and can’t say it.

Then, there is Atiku. As of today, Atiku can only boast of votes from Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba in his native Northeast. Borno and Yobe are most probably gone with Shettima of APC. Then in the northwest, with Kano gone with Kwankwaso, Atiku seems to be looking strong in other states of the Northwest of Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kebbi and Zamfara. But that’s where it ends. Where else is Atiku sure of votes in Nigeria. We may concede he would garner some votes in Delta because of Okowa but I can place a bet that Atiku will not win Delta. Just like his percentage of votes in the entire southern region will be too insignificant to be significant.

Therefore, I throw this poser to Atiku supporters and those who like to claim that the upcoming election is between Atiku and Tinubu to tell me where Atiku is expecting his votes.

Penguin is a bird of reason!!!

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WhizdomXX:
Stop this your fake analysis. Rivers can now completely cancel out Katsina. Lagos will destroy Kano anytime anyday. Southern President is our concern.

Liebermantic:
Some ignorant ones believe Peter Obi will lose the election..I love the figures from Lagos, South South,North Central, Abuja and Kaduna.These are the places that will determine who will win or lose the election. Peter Obi has to go far in his campaign in my home state of Delta and in Rivers state.Getting 80% votes from these states will erase all the votes the Agbado master will get from Southwest and Borno..In Borno, those ridiculous numbers from Boko Haram infested LGA is no longer possible. Those fake figures won't be appearing.Borno won't record up to 400k votes. Mark my word here.

ChangedMan1999:
Umunna, lekwa


North West 22.67 million voters

North East 12.8 million voters

North Central 14.1 million voters

South West 18.3 million voters

South East 11.49 million voters

South South 15.2 million voters


Don't give any idiot opportunity to tell you South East( Ndigbo) doesn't have significant population.

For certain more than 98% of 11.49 million of the registerd voters in South East are nothing but Ndigbo; People of other ethnic groups don't like staying or living in South East.

More than 30% percent South East people are not living in the South East.

Majority of this more than 30% lives in South West.

The rest are in South South and North.

Now, if you take a look at 18.3 million voters from South West you will see that not less than 4 million are South West based South Easterners.

And if you look at 15.2 million voters from South South you will see that not less than 2 million of the voters are South South based South Easterners.

Apart from South South based South Easterners, there are South South people who identify and are Ndigbo.

More than 4 million South Easterners are based in the North. And they registerd there.

If you add all this numbers together you will see that Yoruba actually doesn't have more people than Ndigbo



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IamAtikulate:
We are voting OBI in 2023