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Jul 22 8 tweets 5 min read
Are y’all ready for an HONEST deep dive into the @atiku interview?

It’ll be long o! @abati1990 and @TundunAbiola kept peppering him with questions.

Let’s go! Image
First of all, it wasn’t live

It appears to have been recorded at the Candidate’s residence.

I prefer live interviews bcos you get to see the candidate think on their seats; but I’m happy with this bcos there were no ‘content-edits’ so what you see is what was said.

#AtikuArise Image
First question from Abati is on the messy VP selection process. Atiku, exuding confidence & composure, takes us through the process & calls on his right to select his VP.

He admits s there is an internal crisis but states that talks are ongoing with Wike & his men to resolve it.
Commentary:
Atiku is projecting strength and power, as he must; but serious back room approaches must be made to bring Wike back into the fold. Wike has the sympathies and loyalties of a handful of governors, and their support going into the elections is critical.

Bury the egos. Image
Labour won’t like this 2nd question. Asked about how Obi’s departure would affect his prospects, Candidate Atiku was unperturbed.

“Look at last election in Osun…this is a party without a governor, or members of national or state assemblies…”

#AtikuOnAriseTv
Commentary:
Atiku is right. PDP will fare much better than Labour; however to defeat APC we need a United Opposition going into the elections.

Obi is building an alternative structure that will give him enough votes to harm PDP’s chances, even if he cannot win.

#AtikuOnAriseTv Image
Tundun asks why Nigeria is so divided and how did we get here.

Atiku gives a simple answer: APC.

He also explains how 🦇’s insistence on a Muslim-Muslim ticket as far back as 2007 marked the start of their political divergence.

#AtikuOnAriseTv
Commentary:
Nothing more to add, really. Like the man said, you cannot push for a mono-religious or mono-ethnic presidential ticket in a country as multi-religious and multi-ethnic as Nigeria is today.

To do so, in the blind pursuit of power, is to court chaos.

#AtikuOnAriseTv

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Jul 24
First of, it’s necessary to declare my bias. @AnthonyEhilebo na family member; so there’s that.

I agree with most of what he said. I’ve gone through his tweets and his responses, and I think people are mining outrage where none should exist.

In fact I WANT IPOB to adopt Obi.
I’ve always said Nigeria should be fairer to Igbos. I think the SE should be able to produce a president (see my pinned tweet).

But I’ve also ALWAYS said that the right to self-determination is a constitutional one; and that a referendum should be included in our constitution.
The emergence of the Biafran agitation is in part a symptom of the failure of the Nigerian state to give hope to Igbos.

What @PeterObi has done - to many disillusioned youths and Igbos/Biafrans who had given up on Nigeria - is give them renewed hope in NIGERIA.

That’s amazing!
Read 7 tweets
Jul 21
@atiku: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

1. In 2019, shortly after the presidential election the Supreme Court said he lost to Buhari, Atiku warned about the consequences of our doubling debt and the burden it would place on future generations

2. In 2020 @atiku again warned that debt-to-revenue had reached 99% & that again this voracious appetite for debt would bankrupt the nation and put future generations in financial jeopardy.

He advised the Govt on how to exit this debt trap but they sent Lai Moh’d to attack him.
Today, just like he predicted, debt servicing has finally surpassed Govt revenues.

Yet @atiku continues to proffer solutions out of this crisis: reduce Govt size; create a private sector led infrastructure debt fund; divest from unprofitable businesses; create new markets…
Read 4 tweets
Jan 5
2. How was a question about the need for police reform and state police answered by Baba gloating about how he sent @seyiamakinde packing and instead said the solution to our security problems was a return to the empowerment of traditional/local leaders.

Like…how, Oga?
3. In case you did not hear well, Baba repeated it for the ones at the back:

APC is not going to give you state police.

As Baba start to yarn opps, @seunokin sharply change topic! 😂😂😂
4a. Ignorant.

On the appt of Dr. Doyin Salami, the president recalls being briefed by his new economic adviser that only 2.5% of Nigeria’s arable land is cultivated

That’s a lie.

2.5% is irrigated.

Yet he has based his ENTIRE economic recovery plan on this lie!
Read 9 tweets
Sep 25, 2021
A few random thoughts, as it seems we have forgotten the mistakes of 2015.

Before we start, go take a look at my header. That is politics.

It is not fair. It is not just. It is the pursuit of power. And it will ONLY act fair, or just if that will secure power.

Let’s begin:
1. The 2023 elections will NOT be about fairness, or justice, or equity. It will necessarily be a choice between the two candidates the PDP and APC will present.

2. I’m seeing “anyone but [Atiku/GEJ/Osinbajo/Tinubu] tweets. Stop with the silliness. That’s how we got Buhari.
3. When TWO candidates emerge, dispassionately vote for the one who will protect & advance your interests, & consequently society’s interests

4. Parties do not present saviors or saints; religions & cults do. So PLEASE avoid demagogues. Again, that’s how we ended up with Buhari.
Read 10 tweets
Jul 10, 2021
The Democratic Alternative.

1. The next Nigerian President will be either a PDP or APC candidate.

2. The only role a 3rd force party can play is by either tipping the vote one way or the other for the two aforementioned parties; or forming an alliance with one of them.
3. For legislative elections into houses of assemblies or the National Assembly, 3rd force candidates can shine.

4. We need brilliant people to occupy the vacuums that currently exist there.

5. Securing APC/PDP legislative tickets can be an expensive & non-inclusive process.
6. If you’re passionate about politics & how the legislative process can improve the lives of the people around you; and you can connect with your local community, try alternative parties.

7. But start now. Go home. Meet your people. Find out what they need and how you can help.
Read 4 tweets
Jun 3, 2021
An incident on a 7am @ArikAirlineNg fight to Benin at the Lagos airport left me a lot more understanding of delays caused by “operational reasons”.

So I got to the airport early o; checked in early; boarded early.

Plane started taxing down the runway. Then it stopped.
Ah ah. Engine is turned off. Wetin dey happen?

Pilot says over the intercom: Sorry ladies and gentlemen, we have to deal with an issue.

He comes out of the cockpit and asks his crew to open the door, then goes back in.

Wetin dey happen o?!?
One lady in business class has brought in a piece of luggage that was too big for the overhead lockers. She was also seated at an emergency exit.

They had told her to put it up; she said no. They then told her they would have to check it in. She wanted it with her; they said no.
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