Theflint1:
Peter Obi choosing to contest in LP does not mean he wouldn't have preferred to have been PDPs candidate. Of course, the PDP is the bigger party, the party with established structures and the party that would have given him the easiest path to victory in the general elections.

He didn't believe in himself two days to the elections, he believed in himself enough before then, and backed that belief with #40 million.

Segedinho:

He left cos he left......what you think is just ur way of disturbing your brain.


you can assume from today till next year and it could all be false.....


He left and has got many supporters ..so it is a calculated risk that has yielded result...

Theflint1:
This isn't different from what I said sha...his family has a business incorporated in the UK, they can't be conducting their business that's at least 25 years old from hotels, it would stop making economic sense then, and that was the idea behind his thinking, the economics of owning a property in a country you barely live in or have business in.

nihilistjnr:


He's not comfortable with the way primaries were being conducted, but has previously contested as Atikus VP

He's not desperate to be president but contested two primaries in two different parties in the space of around 2 months, after previously making a run for VP on the Atiku ticket.

The only logical explanation for this behaviour is that Peter Obi is an altruistic saint from heaven, who was physically blind during the last elections, and only received healing a few months ago.

izzou:


I never said it wasn't

I said it even paid off..

Relax, my oga. We no dey fight

Theflint1:
Errm...he didn't contest in the PDP's primaries, so technically he contested one primary and him being picked as Atiku's VP and contesting the primaries of the elections personally are two different things. Besides, the way the primaries were conducted in 2018 was different from how it was conducted in 2022, it's possible things got worse, so the man had to check out. He wasn't the only party member that left the PDP in 2022 because of how the primaries were being conducted.

There's no way to tell the true reason he left but by leaving, he took a calculated risk which seems to be paying off.

nihilistjnr:


If you haven't watched the video, then I advise you to go and watch the video and stop clutching at straws.

The man literally said, if you don't live (not run business) abroad as a Nigerian, you have no business buying property abroad.

Your argument about economic model doesn't even make sense.
1. London property prices are propped up by investments portfolios of thousands of empty properties owned by foreign investors, most of whom have never even physically seen their investments.

2. Why do you have to buy a house in London to run a business there? How can paying periodic hotel bill be less economicslly viable to running a business than buying a house? Is it everybody that runs business in London that owns a house?

Segedinho:

my get power to fight

I am telling you that your assumption,my assumption and the next person's assumption could be false and can easliy be discarded as propaganda....


[b]He left cos he left....[/b

Theflint1:
I don't have specifics on how long he stayed in the UK and I understand if you have an issue with the economics of buying or not buying a property where you're running a business but I'm sure if he or his family needed to stay a stretch of 2-3 years like you'd expect for someone starting a business in a new location, it's not completely silly to buy a property in that place. I think his son did University in the UK too and works there, so you might understand why he'd have chosen to buy a property there.

izzou:


Let's assume he won the PDP ticket.

Who and who would he work with?

These same corrupt people we are slandering?

izzou:


I would have to look for it, but I read it somewhere.

It's the reason why people like Akpabio, Umahi and Lawan are having issues

nihilistjnr:


Again nothing you're saying here really makes sense.

At the time when this man said what he said, he was a multi-property owner in the UK.

He said, he has been to several countries and was asked to buy houses there by people. The reason he gave for not buying is that he belongs in Onitsha and that's where he lives.

This is another video of Obi saying again that the only place he has a house officially is Onitsha, and if you see any other house for him, even in Lagos or Abuja, we should confiscate it

https://fb.watch/ePyQfz7j5y/

I'm waiting for the explanation on why a director of Fidelity bank doesn't have a house in Lagos or Abuja but needs to own a house in London to run his business

Android22:
I thought Akapbio and co had their issues resolved recently?

I am asking for citation because I don't see how that electoral law makes any sense tbh. It still can't explain why Wike is angry at Atiku as well if he knew Atiku was handicapped by the law.

izzou:


https://www.nairaland.com/7272745/inec-denies-recognising-lawan-akpabio

Wike is angry with Atiku because he believes power should shift to the South.

Wike never wanted any VP slot. All he was fighting for is that the ticket should be zoned to the South.

That's his annoyance

nihilistjnr:


Lie.

Theflint1:
To be fair he has no property in Lagos or Abuja so yea...in the video he said "I don't live in America, I have nothing (business?) to do in America", so it's likely he doesn't have any serious business interest in Lagos, Abuja or America and that's why there's no property to his name there.

The property he has in London was purchased since 1996, and for 570K pounds...this property talk we've been having goes to show for how long the man has been doing business successfully, way before politics.

I don't think Peter Obi has denied owning properties in London though, so I think the context of why he said what he said matters more.

https://twitter.com/AfamDeluxo/status/1529357316658692097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1529357316658692097%7Ctwgr%5Eacd64b223098a07af6a946c86778b66419193080%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghgossip.com%2Fi-acquired-my-house-in-uk-since-1996-peter-obi-says-as-she-shows-documents%2F

nihilistjnr:


Stop lying

Peter Obi in the original video said that he has been to several countries, including USA, and SA and everytime he is invited to buy property there, he refuses because he doesn't live there.

He then added that it only costs him $200 to travel to USA from Nigeria, so he doesn't need to live in Yankee. The small applause he was recieving stopped at that point.

Peter Obi, a former chairman of Fidelity Bank with headquarters in Lagos, is on stage saying he doesn't have any other house anywhere in the world including Lagos.

Flint1, what is the business that Obi owns in London that is causing you to theorise the reason for his purchase?

Somebody lied severally ON STAGE that he has only one house in Onitsha. Obi did not declare his overseas assets when contesting for Government
in accordance with the law. Pandora leaks had to expose him.

You are now presenting an obviously leaked private video of Obi admitting he owns property in London, filmed in the back of a taxi as proof that what? Bruv that video was another exposé

The only way we find things out about obi is when he is exposed, either by the press, or through leaks, or when he lies severally in public.

izzou:
Omo....

Just in two days, this thread don scatter

I hope you guys are not this bitter and hateful in real life sha

izzou:


Yeah

3 days to the PDP primaries.

Theflint1:
This is not true, what he said was it costs him $200 to lodge, not to travel.

Theflint1:
This is not true, what he said was it costs him $200 to lodge, not to travel.

nihilistjnr:


Stop Lying like your Principal.

Thank God, YouTube has trascript these days even though it struggles a bit to translate his accent

The man literally says at minute 8.38 "what will I do with the America - it only costs me 200 dollars to come here and go"

$200 return flight from Lagos to Yankee. This guy is a prolific and merciliess liar. He needs to be stopped.

Theflint1:


If you're searching at

Where was Bola Tinubu before 35, who was Tinubu before politics? *Crickets*

Segedinho:

All this are just mere assumptions and can be discarded as propaganda. .



I believe ..he believed in himself and his capabilties wch in all honesty is seen presently .........

raumdeuter:


So he didn't believe himself until 2 days to primary

Android22:
Here is why to vote Peter Obi;

We don't want the possibility of another northern Muslim taking the reins of power for a possible 8 more years after Buhari.

Atiku is a northern muslim so reject him.

Tinubu is from the southwest but his vice presidential candidate is a northern muslim. Imagine the scenes should Tinubu kick the bucket. So reject him.

Peter Obi on the other hand. . .

I mean if he dies or is incapacitated. . .

Hmm . . .I did not think this one through.

raumdeuter:


Accountant at Delloite
Treasurer at Mobil

Theflint1:
Lol...the context of the speech was owing a property, him saying it only costs him $200 to come and go was in reference to what it would cost him to lodge there. When he can spend $200 on hotel bills, why then spend hundreds of thousands purchasing a property there. Follow the context of the speech. Like I said before, most of these things have a certain nuance to it, I admit, Peter Obi does need to make the things he says more explicit to avoid confusion.