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does that name sound Igbo to you??urchins and wicked heart ;Dur cry na start,ur wailing go be one in a million

Obi has inspired a zealous movement of mostly youths and disrupted Nigeria’s traditional two-man presidential contest. But can he go all the way and win the vote?


This month, after eight years of a Muhammadu Buhari presidency under which Nigeria emerged as the world’s poverty capital and endured two recessions in five years, Nigerians will head to the polls to elect his successor, hoping for a new era.

Since the country’s return to democracy in 1999, Nigeria’s presidency has rotated between two political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) now in opposition, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

But now, the trade union-backed Labour Party is campaigning with Peter Obi, former two-term governor of the southeastern state of Anambra, as leader – and people are taking notice.


Several polls and surveys have projected a win for Obi on February 25, including one conducted for Bloomberg News by Premise Data Corp in September 2022 in which 72 percent of respondents named him as their first-choice candidate.

Competition, however, remains stiff despite Obi’s rivals carrying plenty of baggage.

The main one is APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the influential former governor of Lagos who was instrumental in Buhari’s historic victory in 2015. He has been deemed the candidate to beat, despite fighting to shake off controversies of a past life of alleged drug dealing and falsifying his age.


Tinubu’s choice of a fellow Muslim, Kashim Shettima, as a running mate remains divisive in a population split almost evenly between Christians and Muslims. Tickets for the major parties are usually been split between the two major religions.

Allegations of corruption continue to trail Tinubu’s time in office and that of his former friend and business partner, the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who is the PDP’s presidential candidate. There is also the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP)’s Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano and an influential figure in the north.

Both Tinubu and Abubakar can marshal immense resources and may benefit from organised party structures that could help swing the election. But Obi, who was Abubakar’s running mate in 2019, has sought to claim the moral high ground.

“I have challenged everyone, go and see whether there is anywhere a kobo [coin] of Anambra state money’s missing,” the 61-year-old declared emphatically at a town hall series organised this January by Channels Television, one of the country’s leading broadcasters.

In the eight months since defecting from the PDP, Obi’s promises of inclusion and ability have resonated far and wide, resulting in a groundswell of reinvigorating an otherwise lacklustre campaign.

Numerous endorsements that have ruffled feathers in the political establishment have followed, including from former President Olusegun Obasanjo who describes Obi as a “mentee” as well as prominent author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who calls him her “dearest big bro”.


The cost of making jollof rice, one of West Africa’s beloved dishes and a common meal across Nigeria, has more than doubled in about five years. (Al Jazeera)
‘Opportunity meeting preparation’
For Obi, who was born in Onitsha, a town home to West Africa’s largest outdoor market, success first came in business. He is listed as the youngest chairman of a publicly listed bank in Nigeria and also has interests in beverage imports.

His wealth was useful during a lengthy litigation process preceding his first stint in public office as governor of Anambra. His party at the time, the All Grand Progressives Alliance (APGA) alleged electoral malpractice against the PDP’s Chris Ngige.

Obi’s 2006 swearing-in was a seminal moment that effectively distorted Nigeria’s electoral calendar; five of 36 state elections will not be held this year because other candidates have followed Obi’s path in getting the Supreme Court to agree that their tenures began after they were restored to office, not from when election results were initially announced.

Obi was also impeached by the state parliament but the courts reversed the decision.

But how did a wealthy capitalist and establishment figure become the avatar for political disruption and candidate for the union-backed Labour Party?

Amaka Anku, professor at Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and head of Eurasia Group’s Africa practice, said Obi has keyed into people’s desire for change.

“It is less about Obi himself and more a frustration with the status quo which he has been able to leverage. It is opportunity meeting preparation,” Anku told Al Jazeera.

Obi’s ers say he has brought an unfussy style to leadership that downplays the privileges of power and has done away with political “godfatherism”, in which an individual handpicks an often less influential leadership candidate to exert influence over them, an entrenched concept in Nigerian politics.

As governor, Obi engineered a massive public infrastructure drive and invested heavily in primary healthcare and education. He also tried to clean up Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of the southeast that the World Health Organization once named the world’s most polluted city.

His successors dispute the amount he reportedly left in state coffers and have jeered at his frugality. But his istration was also given high ratings by the Senate and Debt Management Office, as well as recognition by organisations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

His frugality with government resources has since come to be one of Obi’s biggest selling points as Nigeria spends up to two-thirds of its revenue on debt obligations.

Citizens of Africa’s largest economy are used to frequent episodes of fuel scarcity and sporadic power supply, despite the country also being one of the continent’s largest oil producers.

Insecurity is also rampant nationwide; for instance, armed groups like Boko Haram continue to carry out attacks in the northeast despite the government’s insistence that things are not so.

“It is not that the enemy is more formidable than the government but because of a lack of leadership and poor governance coordination of the entire security architecture,” Obi told Al Jazeera. “We will find solutions.”


‘Accidental’ killings in airstrikes by Nigerian security forces [Al Jazeera]
The rise of the ‘Obidients’
Obi’s candidacy has instilled a sense of hope among some of the electorate, especially among young people who represent Nigeria’s biggest demographic – 70 percent of its estimated 200 million people are aged below 30 – but have little control over the levers of state that determine electoral outcomes.

Many see Tinubu, 70 and Abubakar, 76 as career politicians who represent a continuation of existing conditions that have failed to deliver economic prosperity and security.

Analysts say Obi’s swift pivot to the Labour Party represents a turning point. For a number of young people, he is perceived as the brightest hope for a country in the doldrums.

There are 10.5 million new voters this season – a record high in a country where voter turnouts are often low – and 85 percent of them are aged 18-34. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, half of the total 93 million ed voters also fall into this age category.

It is from this demographic that a zealous movement has arisen.

Obi’s ers call themselves “Obidients” and have gone to great lengths to sell their candidate, including fervent evangelism on social media.

Volunteer groups have sprung up within and beyond Nigeria to encourage people to campaign and raise funds. Even Nollywood, the country’s film industry, has jumped on the trend, producing a movie about Obi.

“He is proof that charisma, competence and credibility can win elections regardless of ethnicity,” Balami Isaac, deputy national campaign manager of the Obi campaign council, told Al Jazeera. “That represents hope for my people and the youth.”


Campaign posters of Peter Obi (L on posters), presidential candidate of the Labour Party, seen pasted on a wall in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria on January 17, 2023 [Samuel Alabi/AFP]
Floating hope
In a country with endemic corruption, Obi, seen as a rare “principled” politician by his ers, has repeatedly challenged critics to find any evidence of corruption tied to him or even that he has drawn a pension since exiting office.

His critics point to the Pandora Papers investigation of 2021 which listed offshore holdings in his name in tax havens, as evidence of improper financial dealings.

Obi itted to being silent about them in asset declaration filings to the Code of Conduct Bureau, in direct contravention of Nigerian law. He said he was unaware that the law required him to do so for assets tly owned with his family .

He has also been accused of being sympathetic to separatist agitators whose paramilitary wings violently enforce sit-at-home orders in the country’s southeast on Mondays.

“I have said it repeatedly, I will sit down and discuss with every agitator,” he told Al Jazeera. “We will win those who are winnable and then deal with those who are not – carrot and stick.”

Obi has also promised to appoint a special counsel to prosecute corruption cases. He has also proposed replacing the current salary structure with an hourly productivity-based minimum rate as part of a larger drive to move Nigeria from a consumption-based economy to a production one.

Still, analysts say he is also likely to face tougher challenges if elected, as was the case during his tenure as governor.

“Historically, Labour Party is pro-workers and trade unions and not the party that will champion Obi’s cost-cutting ideas,” said Anku. “There may be an ideological clash in which he bends the party to his will or leaves. Either will take time.

“Also, elite consensus is a key part of fundamental reform,” she said. “Obi has struggled to get the elite even in his region to his candidacy. It remains to be seen how he can build national consensus.”

The path to victory seems complicated even if Obi is often welcomed like a rock star as his campaign train crisscrosses Nigeria, sometimes hitting multiple locations in a day.

Cash inducement still reigns supreme in Nigerian politics, which is at odds with Obi’s famed frugality.

The Labour Party has also been dismissed as having little national appeal and his critics point to knottier issues like religion and ethnicity which can often determine how votes are cast.

Obi is Igbo, the only of Nigeria’s three largest ethnic groups to have never had a candidate clinching the presidency since the country’s civil war ended in 1970. His running-mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, a former senator from the northwestern state of Kaduna, is expected to help draw out the northern Muslim vote.

Abuja-based political analyst Mark Amaza thinks making inroads into the north will be a tall order even though areas with religious and ethnic minorities appear wary of the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“[But] even in the core north, there are large non-indigenous populations that can fetch him votes,” Amaza told Al Jazeera.

The duo insist their candidacy is not sectional but represents a different, more inclusive way of doing things. At an interactive session in Kaduna last year, Obi said simply, “I want to give Nigerians hope.”

And their message seems to be winning new .

“I’m here for a radical change,” said Fejiro Orhoro, a 30-year-old Lagos-based financial analyst and first-time voter. “Do I know whether it [voting for him] will work or not? No. I’m just willing to try and see if someone fresh can effect the change we need.”



SOURCE: AL JAZEERA
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OriOko88:
Obi won't win any south south state. Bookmark it!

here in Edo state obi is getting 95% of the votes,the rest will share the remaining 5%

Confirmedzombie:
I feel very bitter why an igbo should be allowed to lead the NLC.

I condemn it I condemn it I condemn it.

This is unacceptable.

It is the turn of the North West, why elect someone from the South East.

I call on all Nigerians to rise up to there voices and condemn this marginalisation of the North West.

very shameful of your disgusting self

The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Wednesday, elected Joe Ajaero as its national president.

Ajaero, who until his emergence as president was the deputy national president of the labour union, made history by emerging unopposed as the union’s president.

Ajaero, who until his emergence was also the general secretary of the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees, emerged as the NLC national president at the 13th National Delegates’ Conference of the labour union ongoing in Abuja.

The conference, which began on Tuesday, February 7, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, and is expected to end on Wednesday with the election of new national officers for a four-year period, a report by The Niche NG says.

One of the delegates, Prince Emeka Kalu, National Vice President (South-East), Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers’ Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU), who spoke to News Express, said, “History is already being made here. This is the first time a President of the Nigeria Labour Congress will be elected as a consensus candidate.”

Ajaero succeeds Ayuba Wabba, whose tenure as NLC national president ends Wednesday.

Born on December 17, 1964, in Emekuku Owerri-North, Imo State, Ajaero has been the NLC deputy president since 2011. He has been the general secretary of the NUEE since 2005. He was Research Officer One Mechanised Infantry Division Nigerian Army Kaduna between 1990 and 1991 (NYSC); Reporter/Correspondent and Assistant News Editor at Vanguard Newspapers 1992 – 2001; and Head of Training/Information, NUEE 2001 – 2005.

https://punchng.com/just-in-ajaero-emerges-new-nlc-national-president/?amp

garfield1:
For presidential polls,obi will win oshimili north and south acis where the state capital asaba is.tinubu will win ndokwa and ukwuani because of hon osanebi while aniocha will be divided by the three parties.pdp will take ika axis via okowa.
In urhoboland,omo agege,majemite and emerhor will capture ughelli north and udu for tinubu.ugheli south will be divided between apc and lp.efe dafinone and baro with igbuya will capture okpe while uvwie will go to obi though oboro will fight gallantly.sapele will be shared.ethiope east will be divided between the three parties while ethiope west will go atiku because of ibori...
In delta south,obi will capture warri south lga but the four itsekiri wards and the okumagbas will go with tinubu.in warri north,the great ejele alongside uduahgan will get votes for atiku but Rita Lori alongside sentiments of remi tinubu will go with tinubu.the three ijaw wards here will share votes.
In warri south west,the six itsekiri wards will swing to apc especially ugborodo and akpakpa where ayiri reigns.ugborodo gave buhari 24,000 votes in 2019 the highest in southern naija while akpakpa gave 5000 votes.mandango and ajudaibo will also go apc while orere and ogidigben will go pdp narrowly.high chief Michael Johnny will divide votes in gbaramatu and oporoza.ogbe ijaw and isaba will go pdp narrowly.the visit of tinubu to gbaramatu and tompolo and the pipeline contract for tompolo will force them to be lukewarm towards pdp..
Orubebe and funkekeme will divide burutu.bomadi and patani will mostly go pdp but Edwin Clark will get some for obi...in isoko, they will mostly go with Joel Thomas the apc senate candidate.Leo ogor and ovuozorie and Nick ozuokporie will get some votes for atiku..

For the guber,all the lgas that went with labour will go apc.omo agege will win 5 lgas in delta north,6 in delta central and 4 in delta south...


In edo,obi will take Benin city which includes oredo,egor,ikpoba okha,orhionmwon.pastor iyamu will deliver uhumwonde for tinubu while denco will get votes from ovia axis.odubu,obahiagbon,val aisuen and Samson osagie will also get votes.useless obaseki will watch helplessly as he won't win any ward for atiku..
Edo central will be divided between pdp and obi...edo north will mostly go apc.oshiomhole will bring etsako west and central,akpatason and Domingo obende will bring akoko edo,prof ihonvbere will bring owan and alimikhena will bring some votes from etsako east for atiku...

In summary,delta will go lp 35% pdp35% apc 30%
Edo will go lp 50% apc 30% pdp 20%

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Labour is getting 80% in delta and 90% in Edo,stop dreaming,suffer no dey tire you

sleek214:
Obi will fail. Obi will be a total disaster, we don't want another disaster after buhari. We are waiting for Obidients after the election. If they try to protest their candidate defeat, I'd the security agencies to shoot them all. Obidients are bunch of dummies, ing a man that has nothing to show after 8 years as governor of a state. Rubbish and Obidients

Every poll shows that obi is ur next president

ChangetheChange:
Jungle don mature
Wike already seeking reconciliation and soft landing from PDP,Ayu and Atiku
He has seen the handwriting on the wall.
Ikpeazu, Ortom have all realigned ,G5 is now completely dead
Kwankwaso is collapsing his campaign for Atiku in few days time...Quote me anywhere
The realignment is already settled

Add Kwakwanso,atiku and tinubu still it won't reach half of what obi will gather

[quote author=yarimo post=120705082][/quote]Calm down,don't be in a hurry to cry, you will cry till death after feb 25th

Breaking: Stears survey indicates Peter Obi will be the next president.

2023/02/07 AT 9:42 AM


What the survey found: According to the poll analysis, made available to Pulse on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, among voters who announced their candidate choice, Peter Obi is the candidate who receives at least 25% of the vote in the most geopolitical zones (5 out of 6). He has a 4-to-1 advantage against Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives’ candidate, while PDP candidate Atiku Abubakar only receives 25% of the vote in two (2) geographical zones.

What you should know: According to two ANAP polls done between September and December 2022, Obi is ahead of other front-runners. In addition, the Nextier Poll recently indicated that Peter Obi will win.

What distinguishes the Stears poll from other polls is: The Nigerian survey with the highest sample size was conducted offline and included more than 6200 respondents.

Additionally, Stears overcame a challenge that had limited all other surveys, making this poll genuinely groundbreaking.


Michael Famoroti, Head of Intelligence & Co-Founder of Stears, explained this issue as now being resolved, “Peter Obi is in the lead with 27% of the vote, followed by Bola Ahmed Tinubu (15%) and Atiku Abubakar (12%), according to a simple examination of the poll results.

This is consistent with the findings of earlier surveys, although it is difficult to draw firm conclusions without taking into the significant proportion of respondents who do not indicate a candidate preference—a figure that has reached as high as 50% in previously published surveys.

Stears’ patented algorithm is able to provide responses by forecasting the most likely candidate for quiet votes in cases where other polls have been unable to do so because of the significant percentage of silent voters.”


Who the quiet voters represent: Stears’ predictive model predicts that Tinubu will receive 43% of the undeclared votes, indicating that the majority of those who chose not to divulge their ballots were BATified.

When the reassigned quiet voters are added to the stated voter count, Peter Obi still leads all other front-runners.

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Fraudsters find another place to sell your fake products and stop disturbing our fvcking peace

Corrinthians:
To vote LP, you must first be a thief and a liar. That is why the op created a thread with only three comments so far but added a "(1)" to the title to make it appear as though the thread is already on its second page

All LP ers are thieves and liars, and behave like zombies.

wailer

Darren95:
Anambra no get reach 1 million votes for election. Stop adding figures these kids on nairaland without pvc shouting Obi

sharap or u get back to ur mothers womb,Anambra has 3million ed voters

Mazisimonekpa:


https://mobile.twitter.com/simon_ekpa/status/1622556321219239937

You don't know what is really happening,the Americans are coming after you.......if you survive and I swear,you are a goner

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don't me misinformed anambra has a voters population of 3million

Osidazz19:
This idiot thinks that Nigerians are just so shallow to believe and trash that he's saying.
Show us where you have performed previously. Even Buhari won because people thought that he will be able to replicate what he did previously. People didn't just vote for him based solely on promises.
Pandora pathological liar Obi tuary should show Nigerians where he performed such ingenious tasks before instead of just making promises.
Any idiot can make promises without any ounce of evidence to back up his ability to perform such tasks.
In the US and most advanced societies, your education is important but your experience and what you have done before is more important.
I will not hire you if you cannot demonstrate the ability to perform the duties for which I'm hiring you for. The best way to do that is to tell me or show me what at you have done previously to show your ability to perform the duties for which you have applied for.

Rubbish talk.

e pain you the reply from obi give you heart attack,BATsard urchins

Indispensable85:



Why not say Obi ask his ers to vote for Denco for house of representatives? Mugu...
Isn't it obvious this was done by a group who's trying to express their choice of candidates!

Ovia progressive mind is a political group in Edo State.

come Edo come talk like that,them go roast your meat,them go feed your meat give juju

APC candidates in Edo state tells ers to vote Peter obi for president

peepydelano:
I Exactly, he goes about lying through his nose. He wants to scam Nigerians to improve his beer business . We all saw how he transformed anambra into London during his eight years as governor.

Dr Innocent Chinyere Ohiri,my uncle,the Man that acted as the Ghost Wili Wili in an 80 series. Indomie generation will not this program.

buhariguy:
that should prove to you that the polls are not realistic.
How can obi.diot win kwara and Kogi,
No be juju be that

must you always display ur stupidity on my post

duro4chang:
Did you say obi will win in kwara and kogi? A joke taken too far

Obi is winning north central,this is not even benue or plateau state

Read/See through our December 2022 and January 2023 poll in broken down detail

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Source:https://bantupage.com/breaking-down-bantupages-december-2022-and-january-2023-poll/

searchng4love:
https://allafrica.com/stories/201109201121.html

urchin is that all you gat after all your diggings

Thinkam:
This means nothing, if all these groups couldn't help Obi in PDP primaries, they can't help him now.

It's that afenifere that is the funniest, if Obi gets 20k votes in South west let motor jam me.

I believe Obi is popular in MB among Christian youths, but I know Obi will drop out of the race latest February 14.

Atiku is coming

mikano Atiku will only cum 3rd in ur mouth