RockHard:


I am only saying that Atiku has the SE bloc vote on lock down, so why not strategically give it to a zone where it will have more impact? It is only common sense, no sentiments.

no one has the SE votes en bloc.If Atiku picks a SW VP he is almost assured to lose the elction as a majority of the SW people will still not vote for him ad the SE will be angry and lots of them will not vote

IbrahimDamola:


Wike told you to go tell, the same way APC yoruba chieftains kept telling SE and SS to go hell because Buhari/APC won presidential election.

SW schemed itself out of PDP politics. The national secretary and treasurer of PDP is already a yoruba man. What else do you want? The SE must be compensated for their staunch support. Atiku is political businessman. In business it's better you consolidate your investment in your 2 high yeilding sources than throwing it away to one unreliable source (SW) where you are not wanted.

Forget sentiments, PDP cannot rely on SW from current realities on ground. The SW we know will not vote him. They just want to damage his chance by forcing him to insult the Eastern bloc by choosing a SW VP, while APC enjoys an easy ride to victory. Atiku will not be that stupid.

Go and pick your towel where you took your bath.

dont worry apc got 55% in 2015 without federal might .2019 election is going to be massive .apc is in control of six south west states it is going to be a massive rigging in favour of buhari and osibanjo apc must also allocate 95% of result to themselve and give pdp the remaining 5% just like pdp did in south east and south south

ORIENTATION101:
dont worry apc got 55% in 2015 without federal might .2019 election is going to be massive .apc is in control of six south west states it is going to be a massive rigging in favour of buhari and osibanjo apc must also allocate 95% of result to themselve and give pdp the remaining 5% just like pdp did in south east and south south

You cannot threaten anybody. The SW has a sizeable population of non-indigenes, you've always acknowledged that when beating your chest about your 'development and sophistication'. They make up more than 30-40% of the SW population, many of who are Easterners, SSners, NorthEasterners, Mbelters and even pro-Atiku Northwesterners. So you see my friend, yorubas are not 100% in control of the SW voting population. It's just reality.

Atiku will do well in SW and get at least 40% in the SW, yorubas cannot give him more than that even if he chooses a SW VP candidate based on what we've seen from them in recent times.

Shuku0kukobambi:
lai lai, it won't happen. You've been told you have no stake in PDP and it won't stop today.

PDP is for SE and they're due the VP ticket.

Any SW PDP chieftain should find something else to campaign for Atiku with

Ipob begging desperately to be slave of the Fulani. Interesting, who says love can't be found in the most unexpected of all situations.

RockHard:


Atiku will get SE votes regardless of where his VP comes from so no need wasting the slot on them. SE is PDP, PDP is SE.

Stop deceiving yourself, Ohaneze and Igbo Youth Forum had already warned them.

I am an Atikulator to the core, but if SE is denied the ticket, I would declare political apathy and join IPOB officially.

We are ready to share that ticket with our ever reliable friends, SS. So we are presenting Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.

IbrahimDamola:
yorubas should stop being greedy and trying to deceive Atiku into handing his political fortunes to unreliable SW and sideling SE and SS.
You cannot eat your cake and have it. You kicked out PDP from your region and want to benefit from same. It's not done. The SE and SS will not be sidelined in order to pander to undependable SW greed that are still under the hypnotic machinations of tinubu. Ko le shele.

We yoruba should go and pick our towel where we took our bath. We cannot bath in river osun and go to river niger to pick our towel. That's madness.

Omo Igbo, why are you denying your ancestral image by using a fake name.

hucienda:
Vanguard, the chieftain no get name?

The Yoruba and Igbo are really hustling for this ticket.

Atiku be like "na dem dey rush me."

Realistically speaking, all politicians of note in Yorubaland are all in the APC. The 6 SW states are in firm control of the APC, even the current VP is from the APC, so politically it would be tough for Atiku to pick a SW over a SE that currently has three states in the PDP column. The PDP as a party obviously made a tactical mistake not ceding the PDP Chairmanship to the SW. They should have been strategic and planned to avoid this potential scenario in advance where the big two in the south slug in out.

Politics is not about sentiments but interests and strategy - and it would pay Atiku to pick his vice in a stronghold - else he risks voter apathy and indifference in such places.

If he picks southeast...that would be suicidal.... A sure loss!!

RockHard....you are telling the truth...

Am very sure he will pick an igbo person as VP. The Director General of his campaign is OGD a south westerner. He won't chose another SW as VP.. he will go for SE for sure. Like when he chose Ben OBI in 2007.

Like Buhari chosed Amaechi as his DG campaign, then chosed Osinbajo as his VP..

IbrahimDamola:


You cannot threaten anybody. The SW has a sizeable population of non-indigenes, you've always acknowledged that when beating your chest about your 'development and sophistication'. They make up more than 30-40% of the SW population, many of who are Easterners, SSners, NorthEasterners, Mbelters and even pro-Atiku Northwesterners. So you see my friend, yorubas are not 100% in control of the SW voting population. It's just reality.

Atiku will do well in SW and get at least 40% in the SW, yorubas cannot give him more than that even if he chooses a SW VP candidate based on what we've seen from them in recent times.

Now ipob suddenly seem to have forgotten biafra or death. I wonder how many of them will jump inside lagoon after election because the bitter truth they can't handle yet until it dawn on them, buahri will win next election...

dazzlingd:


Ipob begging desperately to be slave of the Fulani. Interesting, who says love can't be found in the most unexpected of all situations.

It is the SW that is begging for the VP. We are not begging, we are taking it.

Definitely in order to divide south west vote pdp vp should come from there, pdp is loved in South East and South South already north votes is being sealed, where the problem is in South West because of apc wave there, so vp south west is the solution if pdp want to get votes from there

basilo101:

Afonja. How far with oyo 100+ billion IGR projection?

now this is funny

Afonja stick with APC..una hate Atiku but want his VP slot...which kind devil be this na

On behalf of all Igbos.....we are not bothered where the VP comes from. We need to rescue Nigeria first by sending the dullard back to Daura.

For the first time that the SW was not involved in anything PDP, didn't you see PDP move forward?abeg leave SW alone...let them keep supporting their Lord and savior, Buhari.

hucienda:
Vanguard, the chieftain no get name?

The Yoruba and Igbo are really hustling for this ticket.

Atiku be like "na dem dey rush me."

Realistically speaking, all politicians of note in Yorubaland are all in the APC. The 6 SW states are in firm control of the APC, even the current VP is from the APC, so politically it would be tough for Atiku to pick a SW over a SE that currently has three states in the PDP column. The PDP as a party obviously made a tactical mistake not ceding the PDP Chairmanship to the SW. They should have been strategic and planned to avoid this potential scenario in advance where the big two in the south slug in out.

Politics is not about sentiments but interests and strategy - and it would pay Atiku to pick his vice in a stronghold - else he risks voter apathy and indifference in such places.

If you want support from the SE/SS then choose from either SE/SS to avoid voter apathy, you can trust on where Igbos will vote in bloc but you cant predict where SW will vote easily as they are not reliable in keeping to their political words

Three viable options for VP Nominee.

CityNGR:

If he picks southeast...that would be suicidal.... A sure loss!!

SW gave APC a win of 500k, Anambra gave PDP a win of 600k votes. So Anambra is more strategic to SW going by voting strength.

IamAtikulate:

It is the SW that is begging for the VP. We are not begging, we are taking it.

So what are u doing now? Your really want it.

Whichever, Atiku cannot win the election, that's the bitter truth. My heart only goes out to all the Igbos whose heart would be broken beyond repair after election, then you will begin to scream biafra again for the next 4 years.

IamAtikulate:

SW gave APC a win of 500k, Anambra gave PDP a win of 600k votes. So Anambra is more strategic to SW going by voting strength.

GEJ lost because of the nonsense he perpetrated in the SW. Atiku should not make the same mistake

RockHard:


Atiku will get SE votes regardless of where his VP comes from so no need wasting the slot on them. SE is PDP, PDP is SE.

dont be too sure..except if you are been sarcastic anyway

Nonsense!!

The greatest mistake Atiku will make is to choose a Yoruba man as his VP!!

If he does that he will not get any vote from Southeast and South-South! Southwest already have a VP in Osinbajo. Hence, Southwest will rather vote APC so they can clinch the presidency in 2023 than to vote for Atiku and wait for a whole 8 years in 2027 to have a chance for presidency!

So Atiku vying with someone from Southwest will not make any difference in terms of Southwest votes! But he will definitely lose Southeast votes if he does that mistake!!

If Atiku pick a biafran as his running mate, Buhari will win the general election before 12 noonday

Nonsense!!

The greatest mistake Atiku will make is to choose a Yoruba man as his VP!!

If he does that he will not get any vote from Southeast and South-South! Southwest already have a VP in Osinbajo. Hence, Southwest will rather vote APC so they can clinch the presidency in 2023 than to vote for Atiku and wait for a whole 8 years in 2027 to have a chance for presidency!

So Atiku vying with someone from Southwest will not make any difference in terms of Southwest votes! But he will definitely lose Southeast votes if he does that mistake!!

south east

I am from SW but it will be politically suicidal for Atiku to pick VP from SW. Doing so can not significantly affected his chances there because majority are APC.He has more chances in SE and SS more so APC is having VP from SW

SW want to donate Fayose .

Rubbish!...12 years out of 19 years, the Yorubas have occupied the position of President and vice president...yet you cannot hide your shameless face. If them born u well, let us meet outside the classroom...I want to show u smtn...rubbish!

ORIENTATION101:
open eyes and see pdp has schemed yorubas out of the party.wike told our leaders to go to hell when it was the turn to produce chairman.if south west eventually vote for atiku south south and east will take over his govt and yorubas will be reduced to mere followers of the party.
a vote for buhari is vote for osibanjo and fashola.
pdp did nothing for yorubas from 1999 till date. the infrastructures we enjoy re done by our governors.
apc has embarked on big infrastructural projects that will be delivered by december and first quarter of 2019.
dont allow igbos to blackmail us to vote pdp that did nothing for us