Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

In case you have not noticed it, what we are witnessing is a revolution. If Tinubu could lose Lagos, what other witness do we need? The youth population is hungry (and justifiably angry, in line with the conventional wisdom that a hungry person is an angry person). The masses are fed up with politics as usual, which has not fetched them anything. My wife and I were at our polling station before 7am on Saturday and five women were already waiting ahead of us - mostly for Atiku. Voting began at 8:36 am and my wife voted first, while I voted 3rd. I could guess that Peter Obi won that station handsdown, followed by Atiku, only a few seemed to be likely voters for APC and the Tinubu candidacy, and, mind you, this was a 100% local Yoruba community. I left the place excited, telling myself that there is hope for Motherland. Against every piece of advice, I drove around the capital city of Osogbo and was pleasantly surprised at the heavy turnouts at every polling station. Regardless of who wins this poll, the revolution has just begun!

MOA

On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 11:21:28 AM EST, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

thanks for explaining my words

am i correct

this is the first time since zik decades ago  that a party headed by a non yoruba has gained such a victory in lagos

ground shifting

On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 at 12:29, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

"Obi's win in Lagos is historic...."

How and why is it historic?

Azikiwe of the NCNC, a right wing ideological political party, leading the likes of TOS Benson and Adeniran Ogunsanya dominated the politics of Lagos prior to independence. Azikiwe even represented Lagos in the Federal Parliament.

Awolowo of the left leaning Action Group leading the likes of Sam Grace(SG) Ikoku and Bola Ige came and dislodged Azikiwe and his group.

Awolowo, later leading the equally left leaning Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)continued the dominance of Lagos politics.

This dominance continued in the present era through the instrumentality of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a self proclaimed Awoist.

This dominance appears to have been shattered by Peter Obi's Labour Party (the complete shattering of that dominance would be if Labour Party wins the governorship election in Lagos State).

-CAO.

On Monday, February 27, 2023, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

Obi's win in Lagos is historic, whatever happens next

toyin

On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 at 17:45, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

And majority of plural votes, 50 percent.

In previous, you struggled for the three states with over a million: Lagos, Rivers and Kano. This year, there is a big split, with Obi winning Lagos but his losses elsewhere are deficits.

 

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Date: Monday, February 27, 2023 at 10:29 AM
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

"Section 134 (2) of the Nigerian Constitution requires the candidate in a presidential race to get at least 25 per cent of the votes in two-thirds of the states in order to be declared winner".

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