Beaf:

he fiery speaker disclosed that Lai Mohammed, spokesman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), had suggested that Buhari should run for Presidency on the platform of the ACN, but that trouble came during the search for his running mate.

Though Bakare's choice was former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who he argued fulfilled all the requirements, including formidable credentials, regional, religious, and gender balance, the choice and others did not enjoy the favour of the former governor whose word is scarcely contradicted in the ACN.

eku_bear:

So in a nutshell, if Bakare doesn't get to choose the VP of the ACN (a party which he was not a member of, mind you, much less prominent in), then the ACN and Tinubu are anti-democratic  

Who the F is this jackass? Go f*** yourself, Tunde Bakare.

birdman:

I'm not sure how you came to this conclusion from the article. Maybe its just me, but the article implied Tinubu putting his foot down on Iweala was an example of Tinubu's iron grip on the party,  a grip even ACN mebers have complained about.

Though Bakare's choice was former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who he argued fulfilled all the requirements

birdman:

I'm not sure how you came to this conclusion from the article. Maybe its just me, but the article implied Tinubu putting his foot down on Iweala was an example of Tinubu's iron grip on the party,  a grip even ACN mebers have complained about.

Though Buhari's choice was former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who he argued fulfilled all the requirements

fstranger3:

On this one, I do agree with Bakare


The reason GEJ is going to win the election is looking to be due to Tinubu's foolhardiness. Simple!

Eko Ile:

Are you people not tired of all the anti Tinubu propaganda? Standing strong and not selling out is a great virtue and looking out for your people and your party in general is not a crime. The other members you mentioned are all weak individuals, they will ignore their party's interest and sell out in a minute.

Where is the sense and wisdom in selling off your party with nothing in return?

Bakare belongs to the opposition and his utterances and interests are always going to be anti opposition, it's all politics.

Tinubu remains a great asset and he's yet to fail his people in anyway.

eku_bear:

I'm starting to think that the author of the article made a typographical error. Perhaps it should read

In that case, I think things make more sense. Then it simply becomes a case of Bakare complaining about how the ACN didn't let Buhari have full control over who he runs with on their ticket. Which isn't a big deal, really.

Because the way the sentence is written now, Bakare comes off as a jackass.

Eko Ile:

Are you people not tired of all the anti Tinubu propaganda? Standing strong and not selling out is a great virtue and looking out for your people and your party in general is not a crime. The other members you mentioned are all weak individuals, they will ignore their party's interest and sell out in a minute.

Where is the sense and wisdom in selling off your party with nothing in return?

Beaf:

Buhari never considered Okonjo Iweala, rather Ribadu did and Tinubu fought the choice with sulphur and fire (cos he wanted to impose a candidate and Ribadu refused). Things were so bad that Ribadu didn't look like he would have a running mate. Long and short is, its no typo.

eku_bear:

For many Nigerians, if you don't slit your throat, gouge your eye, sell your firstborn child like everyone else is doing, you are unpatriotic.

Abeg, if you want the ACNs help to accomplish something you cannot do yourself, then let's negotiate a deal.

Nothing is free in this world. If you want me to help you, then you have to help me too. Equal exchange. No discounts.

eku_bear:

I'm starting to think that the author of the article made a typographical error. Perhaps it should read

In that case, I think things make more sense. Then it simply becomes a case of Bakare complaining about how the ACN didn't let Buhari have full control over who he runs with on their ticket. Which isn't a big deal, really.

Because the way the sentence is written now, Bakare comes off as a jackass.

fstranger3:


By running on the ticket alone, he was, in a way, albeit single-handedly, transforming the party from a hitherto regional one to a national party. Believe it or not, Buhari is bigger than Tinubu and the whole of ACN combined. Buhari has a reputation Tinubu cannot touch in this life and in the here-after.

Beaf:

Buhari never considered Okonjo Iweala, rather Ribadu did and Tinubu fought the choice with sulphur and fire (cos he wanted to impose a candidate and Ribadu refused). Things were so bad that Ribadu didn't look like he would have a running mate. Long and short is, its no typo.

fstranger3:

And if I may ask, who are Tinubu's people

DOnt tell me he is looking out for the same people he is stealing from?  the 2 billion naira ABC collects every month, how does that fulfill the principle of quid pro quo.


Lets call a spade a spade, a criminal is a criminal. Tinubu is nothing but a common criminal.


I just hope he is locked up for good!

fstranger3:

And if I may ask, who are Tinubu's people

DOnt tell me he is looking out for the same people he is stealing from?  the 2 billion naira ABC collects every month, how does that fulfill the principle of quid pro quo.


Lets call a spade a spade, a criminal is a criminal. Tinubu is nothing but a common criminal.


I just hope he is locked up for good!

blacksta:

More lies form the camp of GEJ ineptitude  - baseless information - where you in the meeting when this issues were being discussed.  I can happy confirm the current running mate of ribabu  " Fola" matches the credentials of Okonjo  ANYTIME  and i dont know where you got the notation of imposed candidate from.  

Ol boy stick to pdp politics as you know nothing else.  Of all the running mates " Sambo must be dullest"  anyway what does one expect from clueless  GEJ.  

blacksta:

More lies form the camp of GEJ ineptitude  - baseless information - where you in the meeting when this issues were being discussed.  I can happy confirm the current running mate of ribabu  " Fola" matches the credentials of Okonjo  ANYTIME  and i dont know where you got the notation of imposed candidate from.  

Ol boy stick to pdp politics as you know nothing else.  Of all the running mates " Sambo must be dullest"  anyway what does one expect from clueless  GEJ.  

birdman:

Just so everyone is clear. Ribadu is most likely a fifth-columnist. As much as I love the guy, I cant help but think he is an OBJ plant, similar to Saraki in the Northern Elders forum, to split votes. Eh,  what do I know

eku_bear:

OK, let's say that Tinubu is stealing N2 billion from Lagos State every month.

What than of the PDP, who used James Ibori and Delta State as a slush fund? Ibori who is sitting in Dubai right now with $3 billion in his account? If he has $3 billion in his account, he probably stole twice that much.

What of Alams and the billions he stole?

Absolute hypocrisy.

Fstranger, let the PDP take the log out of its own eye before it tries to remove the speck from Tinubu's.

Eko Ile:


Sorry, I can not debate rumor peddling people with not even the smallest evidence to prove anything.

Calling people criminals when they are yet to be convicted in any court of law is not only childish, it's i/diotic and ignorant.


Debate with credible facts, not ridiculous sidewalk nonsense like an illiterate,

eku_bear:

If that were the case, he'd not be running on the ACN ticket. Unless Tinubu is working with GEJ (and thus OBJ.) Which sounds a bit too conspiracy-oriented for my taste.

seanet02:

GBAM.  You can not have said better. Fstranger3 is the only son of a PDP usurper who is very popular in criminal circles. If not for the YORUBA link, i will have slapped the sense out of this childish poster.

eku_bear:

OK, let's say that Tinubu is stealing N2 billion from Lagos State every month.

What than of the PDP, who used James Ibori and Delta State as a slush fund? Ibori who is sitting in Dubai right now with $3 billion in his account? If he has $3 billion in his account, he probably stole twice that much.

What of Alams and the billions he stole?

Absolute hypocrisy.

Fstranger, let the PDP take the log out of its own eye before it tries to remove the speck from Tinubu's.

seanet02:

GBAM.  You can not have said better. Fstranger3 is the only son of a PDP usurper who is very popular in criminal circles. If not for the YORUBA link, i will have slapped the sense out of this childish poster.