A NEW DIRECTION FOR ATIKU AND OBI By Babatunde Awoyemi

With the poor outing of ADC yesterday in Abuja where almost all the critics of this government dwell, it is very likely A tiku hands over the presidential ticket of the party to Obi. When two children are fighting over a talking toy and the elder one realises the talking toy has gone dead, he may willingly release it to the younger one. ADC has gone very damaged before the battle it intends to fight even starts.

Many factors will continue to work against the party. The first one is the inability of its members to tell Nigerians how they can do it differently from the present government. If a new deity is asking me to leave my master, he should tell me how he intends to serve me better

The second one is the toxic nature of the youth wing of the party. They are typically dangerous to democracy. They curse anyone opposed to their views and abuse their tribes. Who would feel safe in that kind of camp where space for respect for leaders and divergent views are not given?

Like I said, Atiku would likely concede the dead ticket to Obi. Obi too, despite realising later that the ticket is dead, would proceed to the poll out of sense of victory over Atiku and not with a conviction that he is winning the presidential race

As a non partisan observer, I wish Nigeria the best