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A long thread on what you need to know about the forthcoming 2023 election top candidates - Sir BOLA AHMED TINUBU, HE. ATIKU, HE. PETER OBI

Researched, analysed and drafted based on factual historical data.

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1) BOLA AHMED TINUBU. Presumed Age:69 Estimated Networth: $30B Chieftaincy titles: Asiwaju of Lagos and the Jagaban of Borgu kingdom in Niger State.
 A politician who has been national leader of the APC since 2013. He previously served as the Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to

2007 and Senator for Lagos West during the brief Third Republic. Tinubu became an activist campaigning for the return of democracy as a part of the National Democratic Coalition movement. Although he was forced into exile in 1994.

Political background and achievements: Tinubu began his political career in 1992, when he joined the SDP where he was a member of the Peoples Front faction led by Shehu Musa Yar’Adua He was elected to the Senate, representing the Lagos West constituency in the short-lived

Nigerian Third Republic. He was two-term governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007 under the platform of Alliance for Democracy (AD) and (ACN). He returned after Abacha's 1998 death and triggered the beginning of the transition to the Fourth Republic.

In the first post-transition Lagos State gubernatorial election, Tinubu won by a wide margin as a member of the Alliance for Democracy over the PDP Dapo Sarumi and the APP Nosirudeen Kekere-Ekun. Four years later, he won re-election

to a second term over the PDP Funsho Williams by a reduced margin. Tinubu's two terms were marked by attempts at modernizing the city of Lagos and his feuds with the PDP-controlled federal government

After leaving office in 2007, Tinubu retained his status as one of Nigeria's most influential politicians as his allies often filled high offices throughout the southwest and he played a key role in the formation of the APC in 2013. Long and controversial,

Tinubu's career has been plagued by accusations of corruption and questions about the veracity of his personal history and also relating to his enormous wealth status. Although Some people may not like Tinubu. Fact remains that he has shaped the political landscape

of Nigeria for over two decades. Other things he has done in the political sector: Tinubu refused to bulge when former President Obasanjo seized the Federal Allocation of Lagos State, when he created additional 37 LGs. All through the period,

Lagos survived despite its N10.5 billion seized, Tinubu was an instrument in President Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence as president in 2015, after championing an alliance which gave birth to the APC, He singlehandedly delivered the entire Southwest’s votes to Buhari.

in 2019, his contribution also led to Buhari’s winning of  second term ticket.
Tinubu played a huge role in the merger of 2013 as he rallied the South West geopolitical zone to massively support the new party. While it may be true that Tinubu pencilled down Prof. Osinbajo for

consideration as vice president in 2015, It cannot be ascertained though if he single-handedly picked him for the position.
Also, Tinubu’s claim that Dapo Abiodun wouldn’t have been the governor of Ogun State without him, though he played a reasonable part by mobilizing

Ogun residents to vote for the governor.
Popular public opinion why Tinubu should not win the election? School of thought  says Tinubu’s ultra-stupendous wealth should recommend him against vying for the Nigerian presidency. If you can recollect,

the military apparatchik argued along this line against an MKO Abiola presidency. Abiola, they said, was as wealthy as to grant Nigeria loans. While the world knew that Abiola’s wealth was procured from international dealings, especially in ITT, Tinubu is said to own a pie

in virtually every sector of the Nigerian economy, ranging from oil, steel, finance (tax), airline, real estate, media, and you name it. Also, either real or imagined, He has not come in the open to effectively disclaim the allegation that the parents he claimed were not his,

the certificates he claimed to be his are not and that the schools he claimed to have attended, didn’t know him. Also, with the calamity that Buhari presidency has posed to Nigeria, it might be calamitous to have a Tinubu as his successor added to his critical health condition.

2. HE ATIKU ABUBAKAR
Presumed Age: 74 Estimated Networth: $4B
Atiku is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo.
Political Background and Achievements:

Since his entry into politics in 1993, Atiku Abubakar has unsuccessfully contested five times for the Office of President of Nigeria in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. In 1993, he contested the SDP presidential primaries losing to Moshood Abiola and Baba Gana
Kingibe.

Ran as Governor of Adamawa State in 1990, 1997 and later, in 1998, being elected before becoming Olusegun Obasanjo's running mate, He was a presidential candidate of the Action Congress in the 2007 election coming in third to Umaru Yar'Adua of the PDP and Muhammed Buhari

of the ANPP. He contested the presidential primaries of the PDP during the 2011 presidential election, losing out to Former President Goodluck Jonathan. In 2014, he joined the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2015 presidential election and contested the presidential

primaries losing to Muhammed Buhari. In 2017, he returned to the Peoples Democratic Party and was the party presidential candidate during the 2019 presidential election, again losing to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.

Popular Public Opinion why HE Atiku should not be president:
Atiku was the first Nigerian sitting VP that was haunted by the USA for corruption.  Atiku was involved in the Siemens $2.8B bribe scandal. Atiku owns the biggest generator importation company in Nigeria

and that is a threat to the PHCN. Atiku tenure as VP experience long closure of universities due to ASUU strike, He seized the opportunity to get a University license for himself and created his own private university. According to wikileaks, Atiku staged the sharia riots that

caused burning of several buildings, just to embarass Obasanjo. Atiku and Obasanjo tenure was one of the most disrupted and embarrassing regime we had since we began democracy.

3. HE PETER GREGORY OBI
Presumed Age: 60  Estimated networth: $10M
Peter Obi is Nigerian politician and businessman, who was the former governor of Anambra State serving from 17 March 2006 to 2 November 2006, when he was impeached and from 9 February 2007 to 29 May 2007

after his impeachment was overturned. Although a fresh election was held on 29 April 2007, he was reappointed governor on 14 June 2007 after a court ruling that he should be allowed to complete a four-year term.He was re-elected to a second-term in office during the February 6th,

2010 gubernatorial elections. where he defeated Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, former governor, CBN. This election victory gave Governor Obi an additional four years as the governor of Anambra State. On 17 March 2014 Peter Obi served out his second term and handed over the

to Willie Obiano. After the 2015 general election, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Peter Obi as the chairman of the Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Political achievements:
Peter sparked off the industrial revolution in Anambra. His support to Innoson motors has made the company remain and thrive in the state instead of relocating to other major cities in Nigeria. Peter Obi gave many schools back to churches,

..thereby funding them directly and cutting off the ministry that swallow education funds. By this, standard of education was boosted and Anambra went from 26th to number 1 in WAEC. Peter Obi saved millions of naira for the future of Anambra

Peter Obi built the Anambra State Igbariam University and the Onitsha mall. Peter Obi invested Anambra funds in Sabmiller that today, the dividends are so huge that Anambra is one of the highest share holders in the company. Peter Obi was the only governor that saved during

his tenure while others were borrowing. he left 75B naira for Anambra state while leaving office.

Popular Opinion why HE Peter Obi should not win?
Nothing. except tribalistic or religious hatred based on sentiment from citizens.
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