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Following the unexpected stellar performance of the Labour Party (LP) at the presidential and National Assembly elections held February 25, there are indications that some governors seeking reelection and those who have positioned their preferred successors are now in panic. About 12 governors lost their states to opposition parties during the presidential election; about five of them senatorial candidates, who were unable to win their elections. Four of these governors are seeking second term in office, while one was vice presidential candidate.

The affected governors are Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia); Ben Ayade (Cross River); Simon Lalong (Plateau); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Nasir el- Rufai (Kaduna); Mai Mala Bunu (Yobe); Samuel Ortom (Benue); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Babajide Sanwu-Olu (Lagos) and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa). Ugwuanyi, Lalong, Ortom, Ikpeazu and Ayade, were senatorial candidates but lost. Okowa was vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but failed to deliver his state to the party.

The four returning governors, who lost their states are Sanwu-Olu (Lagos), Makinde (Oyo), Bunu (Yobe) and Sule (Nasarawa). This weekend’s governorship election is another opportunity for them to redeem their image, that is if they would be able to deliver their choice candidates. The reality of what awaits them has dawn on them as they have intensified efforts to woo the electorate with mouth watering promises. Okowa has taken the campaign to religious leaders when he met with Isoko Church Leaders Council for to his candidate Sheriff Oborevwori.

In Enugu, Ugwuanyi also reportedly met with the Catholic and Anglican leaders in Enugu North, which has the highest voter population in the state, and appealed for for his candidate, Peter Mbah. PDP ers are taking the campaign too far, engaging on campaign of calumny to demarket Labour Party (LP) candidate Chijioke Edeoga, whom they see as a threat to the party’s candidate. Makinde, last Friday, commissioned the 500,000 Litres Aviation Fuel Storage and Dispensing Facility located within the Ibadan Airport, Alakia, in Oyo State. This was seen a campaign strategy to appeal to the electorate to return him on Saturday as their governor.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured once again, that the results will be ed at the polling unit level. The commission also assured Nigerians that the challenges that dogged the presidential and National Assembly elections would not occur in this weekend’s state elections. Going by the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections last week, many of the governors are worried as the outcome of elections are now unpredictable. The Labour Party, against all odds, beat sitting governors as well as tested politicians, who hoped to their former colleagues in the National Assembly.

Simply put, LP created upsets and it hopes to repeat a similar thing as Nigerians go to vote their governors and those who will represent them as the States House of Assembly on Saturday. Sunday Telegraph’s investigation indicate Governor Seyi Makinde (GSM) of Oyo State. Makinde, a prominent member of the G – 5 or Integrity Group as the aggrieved of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were called is battling hard to keep his seat.

The state was won by the APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, while the APC made serious incursions at the National Assembly seats. The Group headed by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has others such as Governor Samuel Ortom, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Okezie Ikpeazu of Benue, Enugu and Abia States, respectively. Except Wike, who did not contest, others who vied for seats in the Senate either lost to the Labour Party opponents or to the Atiku Abubakar’s faction. They had vowed to work against the party’s standard flag bearer.

In Oyo State, the PDP did not win any seat in the National Assembly as it lost to the All Progressives Congress, which swept all the seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Also, Makinde has a formidable opponent in Senator Teslim Folarin, a former Leader of the Senate as they square it off on Saturday March 11. Besides, other parties have come together to form an alliance with a view to seeing that Makinde does not win a second term. Others in this category are the Governorship candidates of the PDP in Abia State, Enugu State, Taraba State as well as their APC counterparts in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Kebbi States.

For instance, the APC candidate and Deputy to Governor Umar Ganduje, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, has Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), to contend with in the race to succeed Ganduje. Kabir Yusuf is a veteran of Kano politics, irrespective of his young age. Yusuf served in the Cabinet of Musa Kwankwaso as Commissioner of Works, Housing and Transport between 2011 and 2015. In 2019, he contested on the platform of the PDP against Ganduje, who was seeking reelection. He forced the election to go into a run-off, before Ganduje eventually won. Abba Kabir Yusuf popularly known as Abba “Gida Gida” believes that if could hold Gawuna’s Boss to a second round as an incumbent, it would be walk in the park for him against the APC candidate in the Saturday poll.

Furthemore, Abba Kabir Yusuf is relying on the of his Political Mentor, Kwankwaso, who in the just concluded Presidential Elections, showed that he is the Master of the Game as far as Kano Politics was concerned. Similarly, the NNPP Governorship Candidate, Abba is banking on the of the Kwankwasiyya Movement to swing the contest in his favour. Others, who are now battling to beat the LP and other opposition parties are Sherrif Oborevwori of Delta State .The LP won with 341,866 votes against the PDP’s 161,600 and the APC’s 90,183 votes.

In the same vein, he won in Cross River State – a state that has an APC member, Ben Ayade, as the incumbent governor. However, Governor Babatunde Sanwo – Olu of Lagos State and his Kwara State counterpart of the APC are less endangered. The reason is that they still have their NASS with them. This is even as their Senatorial and House of Representative Candidates are grassroots politicians, who will canvas for them. Similarly, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State appears safe as former Gover-nor Gbenga Daniel and Solomon Olamilekan (Yayi) are still with him and will work for him.

They still have the people with them as shown by the outcome of last week’s result. Also expected to cruise home is Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, Sokoto State PDP candidate, Saidu Babandoma Sokoto, who is riding on the crest of Governor Aminu Tambuwal. Governor Mohammed Matawale of Zamfara too is safe. If the trend that played out in the March 25 presidential election repeats itself in this weekend’s governorship poll, many state governors may not be able to get second term or produce their successors.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com/march-11-elections-govs-panic-seek-remedies-to-avert-disaster/

The fear is real, most governors are begging the Obidients to please them, when they know that the Obidients themselves needs to install their own bases in state houses.

The funniest is watching MC Oluomo begging for votes on camera if you wrote this as a script, moviemakers will throw you out of their offices

Nigerians are taking back their country

"4 people twitting in a room" don scatter everywhere.
"Structureless party aka online only" don cause wahala everywhere.

OBIDIENTS nation wide, let us finish what we have started. we are to dismantle every criminal structures in obedience to PODATTI.

Our principle PODATTI is coming to head this new Nigeria. He is getting back the mandate the majority of voters gave to him and datti. He will be the president that will be sworn in from this election.

Tinubu will be shamefully and thoroughly disgraced. There is no place to hide. The signals are everywhere.

A new Nigeria is here. The new Nigeria is the OBEDIENT Nigeria.

Come out and vote on Saturday. There is need to finish what we started. Vote obediently.

Good

Massiveglory:
4 people twitting in a room don scatter everywhere.

Dem dey shake pekepeke like pepeye.

We shock them.

My dear ObiDients, Evil rooted structures are not uprooted in one single election.

We are marching out on March 11 to vote LP from top to bottom and replace the evil structures with ours, while the battle to retrieve our stolen mandate at the center goes on.

Next Saturday, children of common men without connections and billions will be made Governors and Lawmakers with our votes, against the political burgeoise and their billions.. Their stolen money will fail them.

Vote LP from top to bottom.. 👍👍👍

The only dumb card left on their table is the tribal card but this is beyond whatever they are thinking. The masses have seen their strength and how they can take back their country even the north that they claimed voted apc are not celebrating their purported victory.

The only Governors that should be shaking are those from the SE. Wetin concern us for SW and North. Thank God sey Abuja no get Governor.

I see the LP movement fading out before the ending of this year

This I have seen!

Inec is useless..this is why I love Arab nations..the country for don dey on hold since on Saturday..if I want come life next time I want come as Arab..imagine those people nor dey drink and smoke but still them mad who dey smoke and drink

I'm from Edo state..Tinubu will never become the president
Tinubu didn't get 25 percent from Edo, rivers, lagos, Benue, akwa ibom and so many other states
Inec think we are fools

Every sane Nigeria should look at this and read a meaning to it
1) Tinubu political party and istration is ruling but he was unable to win Abuja where them sit down put
2) his own state of origin osun. Even a twelve year old will win thier own state yet he was unable to win

3) all development in lagos is attributed to Tinubu and he is regarded as the father of lagos yet he was unable to win

Nigerians should put on thier conscience and see that tinubu was rejected completely by Nigerians

If you can't handover your daughter or sister to a man who is old and sick with dementia, who is not mentally and physically strong. Someone not aware of his environment

But you ed the same man to head over 220 million Nigerians at this critical time of our nation suitation then may you and your children know no peace

I can’t believe this is happening in my lifetime.

Governors are panicking?

ONE REASON ONLY. . . .

EEEEEEH-LUUUUUUU P!
OBI NWANEM!

With all this panic from the governors, now tell how that tinubu take win if inec no do what Dey were known for 👇🏽

Knowing fully well that the people will question their performance in their 4 years end of tenure through the ballot, they'll ensure to do well expecially in their first tenure!

dmostcheerful:

If only Lagosians will agree, Sanwolu don't deserve Lagos state.
Helping Tinubu rig Lagos, the end Sars saga, the tout that infiltrate Lagos and a whole lots of things.
But because they want to pepper Igbos, they will still stupidly vote him.
Just so you know, Soludo isn't coming back, he will be retired just as Okezie Ikpeazu and Ugwuanyi was retired.


All this politicians need to be taught a lesson, you are serving the people not the people serving you.
They all need to sit up, thanks to the obidient movement.

Though late in reply, let me reply your useless post.

Which useless endsar? The same useless endsar where Ipob people were burning Lagos Infrastructure as seen in the picture below? The audacity! Meanwhile, Did they tell your dhumbe brain that any governors control the Military?

And Which of your useless people are you talking about in your OSU land because as far as I'm concerned, it's your people you're talking about!

Sanwo olu who employs the largest workers and pay their salaries promptly as well as promptly pay the huge pension of his pensioners don't deserve second term? Are you mad?

Sanwo olu who invested a lot iin several monumental projects such as metro rail, Lekki seaport, largest Africa rice mills, database units etc doesn't deserve second term?

Tell me which of your OSU governor has done such in any state in your OSU region? Are you mad?

I partly blame the useless falz, macaroni etc for the nonsense! Anyway, all of them are already reaping the fruit of their labour. Look at Banky W for example. Just for attention seeking on social media, some useless people put their brain in sand to hands with "never do well" hateful bigoted people who always terrible leaders in their region.

Anyway, you can go eelect the useless leaders you always elect in your OSU land! But Don't dare dabble into our indigenous politics on SW soil if you don't want to kpai!

If only Lagosians will agree, Sanwolu don't deserve Lagos state.
Helping Tinubu rig Lagos, the end Sars saga, the tout that infiltrate Lagos and a whole lots of things.
But because they want to pepper Igbos, they will still stupidly vote him.
Just so you know, Soludo isn't coming back, he will be retired just as Okezie Ikpeazu and Ugwuanyi was retired.


All this politicians need to be taught a lesson, you are serving the people not the people serving you.
They all need to sit up, thanks to the obidient movement.

Omo Agege is coming to take over from the scavengers called PDP in Delta state

Although I am obidient but Seyi Makinde deserves a second term, whatever happens that nwoke semo na ofe Igbono's candidate shouldn't be anywhere near government house. Ndi 042 should bury PDP kpatakpata.
As for sule of nasarawa I will be on ground to ensure the PDP guy wins my PU.
Delta state should go to LP guy Okowa needs to be probed for those dying minutes loans he collected, unfortunately omo-agege won't do that as they are both PDAPC
Lagos also should follow suit, inorder to unravel the affairs of that state since 1999. Benue state case is that of a Liverpool 7-0 manyoo. Ten hag removing a CB to bring in Worghurst. (How they failed to send Ortom to senate because if personal grievances beats my imagination, They were blinded with "yes fada, yes fada"😂🤣. This is democracy you can still have PDP senate and APC governor that the beauty of democracy). Ortom is the kind of people who would propose laws that will most likely impact safety of life, property and occupation. Benue sold tiger to buy dog, whoever told them that Ortom experience will not help them in NA really dealt with them. unlike Ayade("I wish I can help, I wish I can help😭😭😭" crooner), he won't do nada in NA, cross-riverians should not allow anything PDAPC near that governors lodge same as Ugwuanyi(Ndi Enugu), Lalong(Plateau), Ikpeazu(Abia). Abia has really suffered in the hands of PDP very vissionless leaders. Nothing to show since 1999 to date.
I would have loved Ortom and el rufai in senate unfortunately that will not be possible, wasn't going to be possible from the get go.

And some people are saying that Peter Obi is not doing good for Nigerians...

Fear fear governors

Ok

All of them are now up & doing.

Their eyes will clear. Once beaten, twice? No way. All these beggings are medicine after death.
This is fight to the finish!

Lol

God don punish those governors who did not perform but seeking reelection, Nigerians go show them shege

The beginning of the end of moneycracy.

Proudly OBIdient, na dem de rush us now but we no send them

Lol. Fall for for their crocodile tears and get whipped the second time. This election has taught many a lesson.