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The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by BafanaBafana: 7:25am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Dr Paul Unongo said President Buhari will win the 2019 election - The chairman of the NEF said Atiku is only desperate to be president - He insisted that Buhari was a tried and trusted candidate Dr Paul Unongo who is the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said that the north is undivided in its choice between President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar. In an interview with The Sun, the NEF chairman said the north has decided to stick with President Buhari because he was a tried and tested leader unlike Atiku who he described as being desperate to be president. He said: "What has Atiku got to offer Nigeria? Atiku would be in one party for two hours and he would abandon it and join another one for three hours and when he does not get what he wants, he jumps into another party. And now he is like saying Atiku must be president, Atiku must be president of Nigeria. There is no single person in Nigeria that must be president. I think money tries to make some people mad; they think they can buy anything they want and everybody. "The North has no problem whatsoever and it is not only the North that elected President Buhari in the last presidential election. Buhari got average of the votes in virtually all parts of the country. Remember that Buhari contested for the primaries with Atiku and he beat him in that election thoroughly. Atiku did not even come second. Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano State got more votes than him. People who are thinking that Atiku can do something when he joins the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) are making a mistake. Nigeria has passed that way and left it behind for a long time ago. We are not impressed by Atiku who jumps from one party to the other and say oh! I have a lot of money and I must be president. Nigerians are not going to put such people in power. "We love Buhari, a man of integrity and principle; you can predict him and when he says a thing, you can be sure that what he is saying is true. Buhari would win Atiku any day, anywhere and any time. On the assumption that the progressive north would support Atiku and that the conservative would be behind President Buhari, Unongo said: “I do not know who are the progressive North and the conservative North. My name is Paul Unongo and I am a Northerner. I have gone to the prison 24 times. I think I am a progressive. I just finished a lecture praising late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe on his memorial lecture in Lagos. I am also the convener, leader and chairman of the Northern Elders Forum. So, where do I belong? Between me and Atiku, who is a progressive and who is not? I can tell you that Nigeria’s democracy is waxing stronger. “If the PDP likes, let them field Atiku. If he contests with Buhari, he would win Atiku by 9 o’clock in the morning. Buhari is a tested and trusted principled leader. We are not for sale and the presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not for sale. The presidency is not for the highest bidder. “We in the North have no problem on who to choose between Buhari and Atiku. We are not divided. I used to say to everybody in Nigeria that we in the North are more radical than the South. We can accommodate both Buhari and Atiku but the North is mature politically and they know where to go and we are going to go where we should go. But we are not going to vote to bring the PDP back to power. “The economy was knocked down by the previous administration and Buhari promised that he would bring it up and he did. The security situation in the country was terrible so much that the Boko Haram sect was taking over some parts of the North and Buhari promised that he would address the situation and he did. Nobody would contest that he has addressed substantially the issue of security in the country. He said he would fight corruption and today, they are recovering piles and piles of money including dollars even buried underground. Nobody had done that before. He promised these three and has delivered on all of them. Everybody is seeing what he is doing. There is no doubt that he is better than Atiku and I can assure you that we would stay with President Buhari." When asked whether the north might miss out on the presidency if a strong candidate from the south emerges, he said: “I can predict exactly what the South would do. In the last presidential election, if you count the votes in the three geo-political zones of Southwest, Southeast and South south, Buhari still had the majority of the votes. We are going to repeat that in the 2019 general elections because the candidate that the PDP is trying to bring is not the type that you can compare with Buhari.” Meanwhile, Atiku said he decided not to wait and participate in the APC primary election because the party had become a one-man business. He said since President Buhari came into power, he failed to take charge of the growth of the party. The former vice president expressed optimism of defeating President Buhari in 2019 saying he has lost a lot of goodwill. https://www.naija.ng/1138361-the-north-chosen-stick-buhari-northern-elders-reject-atiku.html 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by NaijaMutant(f): 7:26am On Dec 03, 2017 |
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Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Atiku2019: 7:27am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Unongo Nigerians are tired of Buhari's negative economic policies 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Nobody: 7:32am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by python1: 7:32am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Lol, the northern youths respect their elders and so shall it be, unlike some uncultured animals that wake their parents with side kicks. They will soon arrive. 13 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by madridguy(m): 7:35am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Sai Baba is sure banker. 4 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by madridguy(m): 7:36am On Dec 03, 2017 |
You saved the meme as you've said and you've started using it to punch the pigs and idiots python1: 9 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by michlins(m): 7:37am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Instead of me to vote either of the two candidates, I would rather sit at home and enjoy the holiday. It's like asking me to choose the best form of suicide when I still have life ahead of me 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by python1: 7:38am On Dec 03, 2017 |
madridguy:Boss, I like the meme die 3 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Nobody: 7:40am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by OGAMINISTER: 7:44am On Dec 03, 2017 |
“If the PDP likes, let them field Atiku. If he contests with Buhari, he would win Atiku by 9 o’clock in the morning“. this means that Atiku will be defeated in less than an hour of voting 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by eTECTIVe(m): 7:50am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Dat one concern una |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Kyase(m): 7:57am On Dec 03, 2017 |
OGAMINISTER:lol even atiku knows 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by thesicilian: 8:01am On Dec 03, 2017 |
2019 is still far. |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by zombieHUNTER: 8:04am On Dec 03, 2017 |
python1: In the land of the skull miners It's a norm for the youths to lick buharis unwashed backside Carry go jare.. Nothing do you 5 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Stalwert: 8:06am On Dec 03, 2017 |
All pigs report for duty.... the pigs and idiots defense forces are under attack 9 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by python1: 8:06am On Dec 03, 2017 |
zombieHUNTER:In the land of pigs, it is a norm to take unadulterated urine from the source. You need evidence? 2 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by zombieHUNTER: 8:08am On Dec 03, 2017 |
michlins: There will be no president worse than buhari Buhari is a certified economic dullard A plague on Nigerians and Nigeria An idiot whose only achievement in office is to gallivant round the world Buhari invented corruption in Nigeria A nepotic fool who is not shy of showing it 7 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Stalwert: 8:09am On Dec 03, 2017 |
What next for cownu zombies? |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by zombieHUNTER: 8:14am On Dec 03, 2017 |
python1: In the zombie kingdom It's normal to kiss buharis asss early in the morning Ogbeni do your duty of defending the Fulani caliphate Your elders did it in kwara So will you continue on social media 5 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by edoman2016: 8:15am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Even a blind man knows Atiku is not a match to Buhari. Atiku lacks the goodwill and Integrity of Buhari. Who will vote Atiku as Nigeria's president? Nigerians just don't trust Atiku. Period. 1 Like |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by python1: 8:17am On Dec 03, 2017 |
zombieHUNTER:Okay, but in which Kingdom do people take it unadulterated directly from the source? 5 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by zombieHUNTER: 8:17am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Kyase: I expect you to know that even propaganda has a limit.. Atiku can get atleast 40% of Northern votes It's safe to call him the next president 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by zombieHUNTER: 8:23am On Dec 03, 2017 |
python1: Beating around the corner cannot save you... Keep on sucking on buharis balls Your elders before you did it You are doing it Those after you will continue where you stopped It's in your DNA You can't help yourself 4 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by zombieHUNTER: 8:26am On Dec 03, 2017 |
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Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Nobody: 8:28am On Dec 03, 2017 |
[s] python1:[/s] Typical afonja kid. Response devoid of anything meaningful. Probably typing from a slum in ogbomosho where he still sleeps in the same room with his mother. Only to come online and defend their caliphate masters who gave them nothing but poverty. 3 Likes
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Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by sarrki(m): 8:47am On Dec 03, 2017 |
python1: With this pictorial evidence You are an unrepentant patriot 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by python1: 8:49am On Dec 03, 2017 |
sarrki:Thank you boss. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Owerri1stSon: 8:52am On Dec 03, 2017 |
BafanaBafana: Less wonder their land is being pillaged with all manner of disease and beggars. 3 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Kyase(m): 8:53am On Dec 03, 2017 |
zombieHUNTER:hahahaha you're funny the only state atiku will win in 2019 is abia state. 1 Like |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by Nobody: 8:56am On Dec 03, 2017 |
I just want Atiku to pick an Igbo Vice Presidential candidate so his defeat can be resounding. The easiest way to rally Nigerians around a course is to make sure Igbos are the subject of discourse. Atiku would have shot himself in the foot and lost the elections before voting if he picks an Igbo VP. We do hope he makes that mistake. 4 Likes |
Re: The North Has Chosen To Stick With Buhari - Northern Elders Reject Atiku by BafanaBafana: 9:12am On Dec 03, 2017 |
Alcatraz005:And if he doesn't pick an igbo candidate? 2 Likes |
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