Badru Abdul Rafiu

ADC postpones presidential campaign flag-off - News There is paucity of fund. That is the truth. But that does not mean that they will still not organize rallies in some states. The first set of opposition governors who APC wooed were the south south governors. They brought in the governor of Akwa Ibom. That’s one of the five states with the highest FAAC allocation. They brought on board the governor of Delta state. Delta state is also among the top five. They brought on board the governor of Rivers state. Rivers is one of the top five. They brought on board the governor of Bayelsa state. Bayelsa is number four on the FAAC allocation ladder. Kano is outside the top five but it is the sixth. Kano is APC. Lagos is number one. Lagos is APC. Oyo, Imo, Borno and Ondo states complete the top ten list. Diri Duoye of Bayelsa state who became governor on Feb 2020 might have been considered Atiku’s running mate but before anyone could think of that, Tinubu had invited him to the APC. And no governor appreciates the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway like him. Atiku is owing ADC party staff their salaries. Atiku will not be able to run an effective presidential campaign. The biggest recent thi+ef from Kebbi state can not release fund anyhow. He is being carefully watched and he does not have immunity. The real big businessmen in the country are all happy that they can now source for dollars without knowing anyone at CBN. They don’t also want the country to be put to reverse gear by way of reintroducing the economic cancer called fuel subsidy. Seriaki Dickson said that it is not by wearing suits. He asked if they know the role governors play in campaign. He was a two term governor. Everything is against Atiku. They won’t be able to pay party agents. Their social media choristers do not understand why Tinubu is called the Master Strategist. The best Atiku has resorted to is press conference. That does not cost much. The press conference he has held since he hij+acked the ADC is more than the total number of press conferences he held in all his past six failed attempts to be president and he is just starting. I think that the man is cutting his clothe according to the quantity of the material he has not according to his size. He should also sustain his sponsorship of zanga-zanga urchins to destroy Tinubu’s posters in north west and north east and record it and post it. That will also cost him less or how much does a street urchin need to tear posters? In the immediate past presidential election, even some appointees of President Buhari supported his campaign with kudi but that is not going to happen under this government. In the 2024 presidential election in the United States, Democrats spent about $6.7 billion, Republicans spent about $7.6 billion, and third-party candidates, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., spent a little more than $500 million. It is not as expensive as that here but it is also not cheap and Atiku, being a perennial runner is very much aware of that. The strategy to woo south south governors to the APC before crossing over to south east and the north was not only to get more votes but to cripple Kachalla long before the game kicked off. Now, he is crippled. — Agba man