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https://podiumreporters.com/index.php/2023/05/07/apprentice-gone-rogue-why-atiku-shunned-humiliated-obi-at-bayelsa-airport/

(Video showing Peter Obi getting snubbed by Atiku while seated in his car)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzFVtTd2BJE

7 MAY 2023

Peter Obi, the unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, suffered another public humiliation at the Bayelsa State airport where his attempt to exchange pleasantries with the PDP candidate and his erstwhile boss, Atiku Abubakar, was rebuffed by the former Vice President.

Atiku was on a two-day working visit to the state partly to attend the commendation service of the father of Duoye Diri, the Bayelsa State governor. The event became a gathering of PDP leaders, a group to which Obi belonged before his foray into the Labour Party.

His exit from the party nevertheless, Obi graced the occasion and wanted a moment with his former principal Atiku at the airport but the former Vice President refused to acknowledge his greetings and remained seated in his vehicle as a visibly disappointed Obi scurried away.

Sources close to the Vice President described the event as an expression of Atiku’s displeasure at Obi whom he holds responsible for his defeat in the last election, having divided the PDP’s traditional voter base and consequently presented APC’s Bola Tinubu a clear path to the trophy.

Indeed, analysts have long maintained that the divided state of the PDP, particularly with the insurgence of Obi who was introduced to the nation by Atiku as his running mate in 2019, was a strong factor in the victory of the APC. Had Obi remained in the PDP, Atiku may have been able to shore up his losses in the North with victories in the south-east which Obi won as the Labour Party candidate in a landslide.

One of the sources told this publication, “Atiku regrets showing Obi the ropes and providing him with a platform upon which he was able to gain national recognition. Until Atiku stuck with him in 2019 and showed him the intricacies of national politics, he was a struggling former governor who couldn’t assert any influence in his home state of Anambra.”

“He never won any local election and many candidates in the state knew that an endorsement from Obi was a surefire sign of defeat because the man lacked any meaningful sway. To take that knowledge and use the same to upend your principal and ruin what may be his final shot at the presidency is a horrible betrayal and Atiku cannot forgive him for this.”

Obi is said to be seeking reconciliation with Atiku to portray the image of a “united opposition” as hearing of the legal challenge brought by both parties against APC’s victory is expected to commence soon. The former Anambra governor has reportedly itted his growing weakness as an opposition vanguard given recent leaks and developments that dented his image and strengthened allegations of bigotry.

His humiliation in Bayelsa is only the latest airport mishap suffered by Obi in the last couple of weeks as he was also hounded by British authorities at the London Heathrow airport where he was questioned for hours over possible involvement in criminal activities.

Mynd44
Nlfpmod

According to my Obi-diot Obidient sources, it appears Tinubu has 'bribed' the FBI too.

Obinwenite:


How does that help you?… uptill now you guys don’t understand what governance is all about.

Always ing criminals. The same Akpabio and Ganduje facing corruptions. Look at Lawan, nothing to show.

Keep recycling criminals. He just finished as a minister with nothing to write home about.

Oga rest with your hypocrisy. The Peter Obi you carry for head is himself a confirmed criminal. Therefore you're free to your own criminal and allow others theirs in peace. There's nothing you can say to convince me that Peter Obi isn't the most corrupt criminal in Africa. He deserves to rot in jail.

helinues:
Done soup

All the best Sen Akpabio

Northerners dey show for Akpabio, SW have been leading the campaign, The SS people are anticipating for emergence of Akpabio as SP except.......

Except those wey dey find mandate wey no loss.

As an Obidient, I must confess that I am very pained by this news report. Therefore, henceforth I refuse to travel to the UK anymore until the current Prime Minister is kicked out of office. I urge my fellow Obidients to follow suit by cancelling the UK and it's Prime Minister. UK economy about to go down . They've messed with the wrong ipobs Nigerians.

Tinubu na Don. His political influence extends beyond Nigeria. Una wey dey find mandate wey no loss and 'dual citizenship', hope say Una eye don clear? Your candidate is no match for Asiwaju. Peteru Obi should heed Nnamani's recent onition. Tinubu no be hin mate. Igi imu jina sori. Y'all better recognize.

Tinubu na Don. His political influence extends beyond Nigeria. Una wey dey find mandate and foreign citizenship wey no loss, hope say Una eye don clear? Una candidate is no match for Asiwaju. He should heed Nnamani's recent onition. Tinubu no be hin mate. Igi imu jina sori. Y'all better recognize.

VaselineCrew:


You Nigerians just want your country to be the worst of the worst

The question though is why?

What's in it for you, that you would want to see your children or brothers children suffer.

Save those tears boy. Dey cry am small small coz you still got 8 long years. It would be a sad shame for you to cry 8 years tears in one day, so save it, bwoy.

No sleep for the Wicked for the next 8 solid years. Ekun egbere ni won mama ke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzOq8oLDIEE

Baba yin ti de o.

I get surplus buckets for Obidient tears.

tsdarkside:


they are many on nairaland....i noticed this back then when i ed nairaland shortly before buhari got elected....
but i was not sure....

The worst part about the Nairaland own is that in spite of their shady tactics of using bots and multiple s to generate 'likes', they'll still be the first to cry to Seun and the mods that Tinubu/APC ers are using multiple s and bots, when in fact they're the main culprits.

The moment some of them get busted they delete the .

tsdarkside:
just let them in their south eastern region to themselves....

they are annoyin and dangerous to be put in power at national level....

Too dangerous and desperate. Nigeria dodged a bullet by rejecting Obi at the polls.

tsdarkside:
they were impersonatin other tribes for years and nobody noticed....

nobody could imagine somebody could have such low morales like igbos....
more and more of them are gettin exposed....

imagine a northerner impersonatin a yoruba online....

igbos have very low morales....its shockin....
when they started singin national anthem in obi rallies,after they insulted nigeria for soo many years was strange....

that guy that wanted to become governor of lagos,didnt use his real igbo name,cant speak yoruba and was on twitter rantin nonesense before....

i dont trust igbos....

They're just too many on social media. The whole Obi hype on social media was built on falsehood. Even here on Nairaland they used bots and multiple s to generate 'likes' to con people into thinking he's popular so they can the bandwagon. But upon all their efforts, na third dem still carry. Their labour was in vain las las.

DenreleDave:


Them plenty well well

Person wey dey sell gala for Lagos go come twitter they brokeshame another man bcox he is not ing the failure Peter obi that sent him to sell gala in another region

If Peter obi had done well in anambra, he won't be a Lagos selling gala.... That's igbos for you..

Even when they know their son is not competent, they will tru every means to force him on you and if it eventually fails, they will start hating you.

They will keep getting exposed. They're as fraudulent as the Obi they're trying to impose on us. Tufiakwa!

It's their hunger for 'giveaways' that exposes them.

Op is right. Their desperate antics on social media are becoming very alarming, especially on twitter. But the good thing is that they're getting exposed. I'll post examples of some that have been busted lately.

Mackenzie, who previously told a reporter that “education is evil”...

Omo, it's like the guy be Kenyan-Christian version of Boko Haram. Religion is one tool that has the potential to be used to brainwash and enslave people, irrespective of their socio-educational level. RIP to the dead.

MrBanner:


I'm a BAT er, but guy you're denser than a Neutron star. This issue has been raised severally and has been subsequently debunked. Jeffery Guterman is a content creator. 99.9% of his tweets has nothing to do with Obi. His gofundme has been up long before Obi dreamt of aspiring to be president, that's how content creators generate funds for their work. Some of them would ask followers for donations on other financial services like Patreon because their s are not monetized so they don't make any money from it. That one or two Igbo persons decide to him doesn't mean that the Gofundme was intended for them. Try dey get sense. Be the change you seek.

You are just another Obidient yahoo boy, else you won't be telling bold faced lies in an attempt to defend a conman like yourself. The GoFundMe came up after he started ing Peter Obi. It was all over social media sef coz the move was connected to his Obidient ass-kissing.

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/7318193/jeffrey-guterman-seeks-10000-deal

https://www.thecable.ng/staunch-american-er-of-peter-obi-seeks-10000-to-deal-with-financial-problems/amp

You Obidients just love to lie like your principal. Like say dem use lies swear for Una.

More evidence

Jeffery Guterman is a Florida-based Caucasian-American conman who saw an opportunity in the Obidient movement, latched on their social media traction in order to gain their confidence, and then bam! He launched a GoFundMe campaign to solicit for funds because according to him he was struggling financially.

Check the names on the list of donors and it becomes clear that this man is no different from a 'yahoo boy' out to con unknowing Obidients. Obidients, Una mumu never do


Mynd44
Nlfpmod

Smh. This is the same oyinbo guy wey wan scam Obidients. The other day he launched a goFund me for the mumu people to donate money to him coz he was struggling financially. When will these foolish obindiots get sense

totit:


More of her comments.

Can you imagine the hypocrisy Omo Sanwo-Olu fall hand. She's an enemy within. Going by her political views, she's actually a security risk that can't be allowed to hold such a sensitive position.

Raslidradre:
lol

So u saw d post ND ur post move was how to bring her progress down...

U are evil and God will frustrate u

She should go and 'progress' in Abia her home state where LP is now in power. She can't come and eat from other people's sweat. Same people she and her people hate and campaigned against. Ibos would NEVER reciprocate what Sanwo-Olu and LASG has done for her to a Yoruba person, NEVER EVER. AND you know it.

Treasure17:

You guys will somehow politicize every damn thing. So she has no opinion because she's a train driver working in Lagos? Yoruba should consider their kin first even if nothing fruitful can come out from that choice? Gosh.

She's just a typical hypocrite like the rest of her kinsmen. Why apply for a job under a government you evidently hate so much? The same government that made the job available to begin with. Abi she isn't aware that the Lagos intracity rail is a Tinubu initiative, and that the same Sanwo-Olu she voted against is pulling all stops to ensure that it's completed.

I can beat my chest that an Obidient-LP government would never reciprocate the same gesture to a Tinubu/Sanwo-Olu/APC er. Never. Ibos aren't that stupid. It's only yorubas that will be caught exhibiting such foolishness to bigoted Obidients. Same Obidients that have been cancelling people that chose not to vote for Obi, gaslighting and even going as far as firing APC-leaning staff (yes, a Yoruba lady was fired by her ibo boss for celebrating Tinubu's victory, even though she has brought millions of naira in sales to her bosses this year alone. The issue trended on twitter when it happened). Yet you people have no problem with the same hate-filled Obidients applying and getting jobs under the same APC-led government you love to hate? What manner of hypocrisy is that Make it make sense.

Why can't you see it? Are you saying you're blind, or you're implying that you may be blind by the 29th of May? Make it make sense.

LagosFirstSon:

Are you an indigine of Lagos? 😂

Yes I am a Lagos indigene. Unlike you who is too ashamed to claim your true state.

LagosFirstSon:

Wailing is obviously in your DNA so wail On

Call it wailing or whatever. I've only spoken the truth. No room for Obidients in Lagos state government. It's an abomination. You can wait for GRV to give you jobs but not under APC Lagos.