Those saying Atiku would have picked VP from the SW are wrong. No matter where he picked his VP from in the south, the result would have been the same. Real Nigerians are suffering and there is no way you can buy the votes of everyone in the south, even if the VP is from the SW.

Here are the 4 main reasons Atiku could loose.

1) illiteracy

Majority of voters in the North are uneducated and unexposed. For this reason, they don't expect much from life. That's why food is cheaper in the North. hRe average northern farmer, lives in a small house, goes to farm, sells his or her produce just to feed and go back to farm. while their colleagues in the South want to make enough profit to pay school fees and build a house. So they channel all their energy to religion, since they don't have much to do in life. Even the bokoharam sees western Education as a sin.

Unfortunately, buhari relates and identifies with this group of northerners. From his statements about sharia in the past, they see him as a strong believer. He has always defended bokoharam and even got a faction of the terror group to work with him as president. Believe it or not, many of those jobless northerners admire the bokoharam sect. For the first time Buhari allowed them to move about the streets and the northerners hailed them. By that single act, he openly identified with them.

After being head of state, buhari remain in the North and did not socialize or venture into business.

Atiku is a strong believer in education, which some parts of the North frown at.

He socialized with people from the south. Engages in business, therefore he can't make such public statements about sharia and Islam like buhari. So he is not considered a full or strong Muslim who can defend their interest.

2) 2023 presidency.

A lot of politicians from the south are nursing presidential ambition, and feel Atiku wants to cut short their expectations . They put personal interest above national and fought to ensure Atiku did not win.

3)Unemployment and idleness in the North

Majority of the youths in the North are idle and available for politics. Political season for them is like Christmas season in the south . That's when most of them get to see politicians and Nice cars in their environment. They are readily available, and make their decisions based on what they are told in the mosque.

Here in the south, most people are busy with work, business etc and are less concerned about elections. With all the awareness created even in churches in the south, those who got their PVC still was not much. Even 40% of those that got it did not go out to vote.


4)Restructuring

This is a message that is not tolerated in the North. Buhari never spoke about it, even though it was the first thing in the APC manifesto to deceive southern voters. Majority of the people in the North, don't know what restructuring is , they have been told it's something bad for them.

So for Atiku be going about saying he will restructure Nigeria, was scaring the North. They felt, since he has been associating with the south they will soon deceive him to.restructure and cut their supply. So they don't see Atiku as one who will represent them based on religion, politics and economy .
His message is anti-north.

All this copy and paste people. How can voting buhari mean level of literacy. Is voting not a matter of choice. Most time the excuse u pdp people gv sometimes are annoying.

snrman:
All this copy and paste people. How can voting buhari mean level of literacy. Is voting not a matter of choice. Most time the excuse u pdp people gv sometimes are annoying.

Education and exposure informs your choice.

mekaboy:


Education and exposure informs your choice.

It doesn't inform their choice when they voted Obasanjo, it doesn't when they voted Abiola, it doesn't when they voted Yaradua.

Buhari is adored in the North because of his strong Islamic ideas not integrity.Atiku was rejected because he is liberal. The North don't like liberal Muslims,they want people that can openly support & defend Islamic agenda like sharia & Jihad. Buhari has done this over the years

dguyindcorner:


It doesn't inform their choice when they voted Obasanjo, it doesn't when they voted Abiola, it doesn't when they voted Yaradua.

Obasanjo was a compensation for what they did to Abiola.

The Southern and Northern Protectorates shouldn't have been amalgamated! We have totally different cultures and aspirations!

Seun pls fix these crashes!

sad truth
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StArusi:
Buhari is adored in the North because of his strong Islamic ideas not integrity.Atiku was rejected because he is liberal. The North don't like liberal Muslims,they want people that can openly support & defend Islamic agenda like sharia & Jihad. Buhari has done this over the years

Sure.