 As the presidential race begins, what are the chances of Bola admittable as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Nigeria's 2023 general election to analyse this on the breakfast this morning? Also on the breakfast, we take an in-depth look at analysing today's newspaper headlines. We're back with the breakfast on Plus TV Africa. You're welcome. My name is Kofi Bartels. I am Mese Bopu. All right, it's a brand new morning and of course we have been having a few days or weeks of people being served political breakfast, mercy. I think that is the new language on the streets. You know, the young people are saying about, you know, political upsets or political upsets rather. Let's say you go to your breakfast. Yes, that's what they say. So for instance, those who lose the party primaries, they say they have been served breakfast or in a Nigerian pigeon English, they don't chop breakfast. So last night, Chiku Ka Moe and King Simogalu, they were served breakfast at midnight. And it was quite interesting. I like how you said. Yes, have you had the name to maybe Kachiku before? It doesn't ring a bell, but you've had of King Simogalu. Why not? You've had of Chiku Ka Moe. Why not? All right. But how would you feel? How would you react if you learned that maybe Kachiku, Dostoe, King Simogalu and Chiku Ka Moe are the ADC presidential primary and comfortably pick the ticket? I would say this is Nigerian. You did them like this. You know, when it comes to politics in this country, it's the more you look the less you see. There are a lot of dynamics at play, a lot of things that go on, including underhand tactics. So these all come together as a dynamics and the challenges that the candidates faced. You think about it, candidates that have done so much to sell the African Democratic Congress, which is the ADC, candidates that have done so much to sell that party, to promote it, and that have a very high profile could not even beat an unknown. Well, of course, it's not unknown to a lot of people. Politically, he's unknown. You know, even members of the party or supporters were not even aware of this guy. You know, so it's quite interesting to see and to be monitoring activities in the action African Democratic Congress already. But look at what people have been talking about. The emergence of Bola Metinubu as the flipper of the uprogresses Congress has generated a lot of reactions online. We hear that, apart from that, he has received a congratulatory message from Al-Haji Atikubuka. Well, let's look at the reactions to Tim Boots emergence. What are some of the things that we've been seeing? Mercy? Well, I mean, it's a lot. The energy is different on different levels and you have all the people who are really saying that he's been very strategic, has been very strategic. And some people are saying, what do you mean by strategic? We're talking about money superiority at this point in time, who has more money to chunk out. And because at the end of the day, politics, as much as we want to deny it and say, oh, we don't have a proof and it's what it is, but you can also take out the fact that money politics dominate electoral process. And that's what we see every other time. And looking at all the issues, the criteria, but usually you find out that there are no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, but just permanent interest. And so I could be your friend today. I could be your enemy tomorrow, but most importantly, I could switch. And what will happen would be interest. So wherever interest has been served or you have your interest been upheld or if you like to say, your interest has been considered, then you would always tilt to that part where interests would be considered. And I say that every other time, the reason why we are where today and until we're able to look beyond all of this, then we will continue to be where we are today until we have people in different sphere, in different strata who would put national interest above personal interest. And that's one we're going to talk about being fair with our policy. So it's a lot. I mean, it's a lot. The energy to begin to talk about all of this is very strong. So I mean, Robert Tillbull, you know, made some statements during his acceptance speech. He said number of first one of the things he said was he talked about. He made mention of Vice President Amir Shibajo. You know, people have been waiting or waiting to hear his speech. And to see whether he will make mention of Vice President Amir Shibajo, being, you know, his adversary in this political race, but also being of his political mentee of sorts, a political ally, let's call it that. And he said to Professor Amir Shibajo that you have been a pillar of support to President Muharrim. You've supported him well. He also, you know, spoke to Ahmed Lawan, Senate President. And he said that even though you challenged me, it's, I still, I still recognize you as the Senate President who stabilized the ship of the nation's judiciary, you know, legislature, sorry. You can go back and leak your wounds. Now, some people read some meaning into that, but he was just joking. You can go back and leak your wounds. And it's politics. You know, he had a lot of praise, eulogy, for faring Bajabiamina. They have a red speaker who said, you know, played a role in ensuring that things worked well for him. Of course, Bajabiamina remained loyal to him till the end. Tinnabu also mentioned the names of all those individuals who stepped down for him at that primary. Each and every mentioned their names. And thank them. Of course, you know, if he wins, they would not go home empty-handed. You know, Tinnabu, we told, never forgets his, those who help him. And we told you also he forgives easily and knows that politics is a marathon, not a sprint. So these are some of the things he said. He, he, he, he threw some jokes at President Muharrim. But Tinnabu, when it comes to the issues, he talked about the Nigerian economy. And he tried to, you know, sell the all-progressive Congress as a, as a forward-thinking party. When you talk about the Nigerian economy, he said, you know, how can Nigeria, at this day and age, we use cars, but we can't even manufacture the brake pads of these cars. You know, as some people said, hey, this man is talking about car manufacturing. Is he using any of the local cars, like Inosin and all that? But that was what he said. And Tinnabu also used his speech to, to try and bridge the divide between the two leading faiths in the, in the country. You know, the Islamic faith and the Christian faith and tried to say, hey, we're all one. They're both religions, preaching love, you know, and that Nigeria is more important than every region. Before you were born, you didn't have any religion. You were born and you simply adopted the religion of your parents. We're all human beings. He also tried to sell the party and said the party is not a party of barbarians. You know, they're not barbaric and that Nigerians need to understand that. He talked about being a progressive. He tried to pass a message of, of love, of tolerance or patience. He said, quote, progress isn't about killing each other. It is not love is about embracing one another. So this is sort of the things that, you know, he tried to, you know, he talked about and it sounded a bit inspirational, you know, to be honest, but some people are saying mercy, that, oh, we had the same thing during the 2015 elections and see where it landed us. So we're not going to take what you're saying like that. That's, that's, that's supposed to be something quite interesting. And it's been a day of people challenging each other. But another aspect of the entire Tinnitus speech and his emergence was his health. So there are three or four instances. The videos are all over the internet in all of our WhatsApp. The first one was when he was making his way to go give a speech. He had to be helped to come down from the VIP area. That was one. When he was standing to give a speech, he was trying to flip from one sheet of paper to one page to the next. You know, in a bunch of papers he carried, his, I think his hands were shaking a bit. When he gave his accepted speech, he tried to put on the microphone, his right hand shook a bit, shook a bit. And then when he was holding the, the flag handed over to him by President Buhari, his hand shook a bit and he had to be helped by the party chairman, Abdulai Adamo, to hold the flag. Now, this hasn't picked on by people, you know, out there, especially on social media to say, Tinnable may not be fiscally fit or sound to be the president. And these are some of the things they've raised. Of course, these are things people will talk about or because they want to see the best of Nigeria. Time will tell. Time will tell. Definitely, time will tell. But you also cannot take out the fact that, you know, Bola Akma Tinnable is very instrumental to having the president, becoming the president, even though the presidency has come out to say, oh, he wasn't, you know, just your effort, it was collective in that statement. That's what he meant, I mean, to me. But I don't know what interpretation we, I mean, we probably would have, but it's politics. Interests would always play. I mean, interests, it's where your interests is being respected. That's what you tilt towards. Lawan and Bajabi Amila are very, I mean, they are products today, what they are, because he recommended. It's what happens. It's negotiation. It's politics. And so I say, hey, I'm going to chunking a lot of money. Imagine that you're going to become a president. You're, you're conversing to become a president. You're vying to become a president. And I say, Kofi, I'm going to put in a lot of money. It's business. It has become business. And so who really cares? Really, whether or not we want to agree that that's what it is, because at the end of the day, I chunking a lot of money and you say, hey, I'm going to compensate to you. With what? Political positions or you are being allowed to, you know, recommend at the end of the day. And that's why we have the country where it is today, where you constantly have policies, because if you look at the policies so far, policies don't reflect the interests of the people. They reflect the interest of the elite. I mean, a select group of peasants. And that's what it is. So, but we can really, I mean, want to wake up and act like, you know, this is actually very different. You have actually mentioned a lot that has transpired. Yes. Before we go to the next room, I'm told you have a video to, to roll. So let's quickly take that and we'll be right back. Republic, Nigeria, Mamadou Goari, the nation, Mrs. Aisha Goari, the First Lady of Nigeria. Today's another historic day. Thanks to God Almighty that you are living healthy to walk, to witness it. We are very grateful to you. Mamadou Goari CFR, the Vice President, a very good and supporting pillar, good assistance to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemio Shiba-ju, G-C-O-N. We thank you for being steady and a good support to our President, President, Senator President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, I would have been a little upset because you compete with me. But that is over now. Since you can easily lick your wounds, it doesn't take away from thanking you for the past cooperation, collaboration, and cool-headedness to build our country. To the chairman of the party, Senator Amulayadamu, appeared some weeks back at some newspapers, and many people were ready to write obituary of this but yes, we put together and pulled ourselves as a cart of nine lives. President Mamadou Goari, please forgive me for keeping you this long. I didn't expect to win. I win. I must be intoxicated for victory. What can I do? Today is the only day I can punish you, make you sit long. Forgive me though. God bless you, God bless Nigeria, God bless APC, God, get rid of all the PDP. All right, so that's the acceptance speech. Quite a lot of things, but of course, like we said earlier, questions on the fiscal, you know, stoutness, let's call it that, of Bola Matinu, with the speech he gave and, you know, his fiscal condition while giving the speech, performance throughout, but we must also admit that, you know, they spent quite some time at the venue, you know, for the age, you know, that staying there overnight, all those hours and everything without rest could make one, it would be a bit weak. So we will look at what happens going forward. President Goari also had such questions over his health. You can see how brisk he was. He went home that night, went to refresh and came back. I think he took a rest and took some breakfast and all that, took his medications and came back. Goari was really brisk. There were questions about his health, but he's made it through. He was brisk even the way he took the flag, gave it to Simbu, took it, handed it over to those who were to hold it, then stood and took the pictures and walked. He was okay. Don't forget that, you know, once upon a time, we're talking about a president who was also military head of state. I mean, you can't take that out, even if you want to at the age, so very disciplined. You already know, you already know that, very commendable. But let's see how all of this pans out. I mean, sometimes you have all of the statement, comments being made, it's okay. It's politics, the, was it called again, you know, at the political party level. And some persons have argued that this has been a lot of transparent. Democracy has actually happened. It's not been an easy, what you have to call it, you know, an easy competition. And so you have a lot of contenders at the end of the day. It's good for our democracy. And what it is, is what the party actually already have. And so, imagine as a winner of the party, it's former governor of legal state. Okay. Yes, of course, he has his supporters, you know, and then you have those who are jubilating. There was a video of M.C. Olou more, you know, dancing. Why not? Were you expecting different? I mean, if you didn't see M.C. Olou more dance. There was a video of M.C. Olou more dancing. But just quickly, I mean, my question is, if you didn't see M.C. Olou more jubilate, would that have been normal to you? No, I was trying to say that there was a video of M.C. Olou more jubilating. You had some of a, I think they say with any R2W officials. I don't know what that's true because it's no longer there. And people reacted to this as well. Some of those were, you know, just joking with the whole situation. It's calling him the incoming Minnesota transportation, you know. And there's a video of, I think it was Popo, walking into an office with a big suit and a portico potomanto, you know, briefcase or something like that. Yeah, oversized suit and then they said that was M.C. Olou more reporting to work on the first day as a Minnesota transportation. But let's see how, I mean, these things are not different. I mean, I made an example and I say that if I invest, whether I'm investing financially, that's what happens. It's an investment politics in Nigeria. And some people want to say, Hey, it goes beyond Nigeria. We have seen that that has become an investment. People even at the point where you have a lot of persons vying for offices. So for instance, about 22 candidates or aspirants came out to via, I mean, to contest the position to become the flag bearer of the party. So you begin to ask yourself really, but we need to move away from that for the want of time. And let's also look at the fact that the former vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alarja Tiku Obuboka congratulated, you know, Bola Akma Tinnabu and via his Twitter handle, he said, congratulations official, but on your imagines as your party presidential candidate, it has been a hard fought contest that you prevail confirms your tenacity. This would, you know, is written and that also has gotten a lot of people talking about it. But you know, one thing that people say about politics is that politics should not be a do or die affair. And so a spirit of sportsmanship, the fact that you it's it, it could just be that you are just being naturally who you are. But people would begin to have connotations and have interpretations to every action, especially at a time where you are, you know, in the opposition. So far, some persons have said that the PDP has an opposition has not fed properly. I mean, they haven't done very well. And some people are saying that this might just also be what we're looking at in 2023. So the fact that you have him sending this congratulatory message, it might just be a replica. Oh, it's done. It's it's it's game over in 2023. This is what's going to happen. My fingers across. And let's see how all of this spanned out because we cannot. Is this is like maybe it's because he's congratulating him. But you know, but you know how Nigerians can be. I mean, you know how we can be with all of this conspiracy theory and with all of this. I think we have a lot of political naivety from supporters of Peter be extreme political naivety. I didn't mention extreme high case of political ignorance and and not being aware, not all, but most from what I see. The base is on Twitter. It's obvious has been has been, you know, has emerged as the preferred candidate for love Nigerians go looking for something different for a third force to emerge. You know, but it doesn't mean that that everything will change overnight. It doesn't mean that the dynamics of politics in in the country are of change just because you wish to see a change. You know, doesn't mean it sentiments only elections. For instance, somebody was was playing to a ticket street and said them, you didn't congratulate me. Toby. What on God's earth is that? You know, this shows that the more the more you are scared, you're scared of an opponent who has higher chances. You see, things don't work that way. Things don't work that way. For me, it's even like a big red flag that PO PO, PTO be, you know, put out congratulatory tweet to a ticket worker and call him his leader and friend, call him his leader. Some will say it's humility. You know, so so these are dynamics. Atiku and Timbu are the old stock, you understand. They've been there for for years. And they know that despite the fact that they're divided by political lines, party lines, that they're all on the same boat, all on the same ship, you know, and they have a history of being together as a part of the Shehu Musayyar Dua political family, you know, so they were in that in that clique. You won't call it that. Another one that we should not forget is the fact that another presidential candidate has emerged for the Labour Party, a faction of the Labour Party. His name is Jude. His name is Wafo. Of course, the judge, you know, I call shallow the case involving the leadership tussle, the factional battle in Labour Party for hearing on June 30. So waiting for that and let's see if, if, you know, PTOB's faction will emerge, you know, but it's okay for politicians to congratulate themselves. Don't be bothered about it. I'm not talking to you now. I'm talking to those other who are. It's okay. It's nothing wrong. These guys are on another level. They think differently. It's not important things, you know. Anyway, final one, Robbie Musa Kwanco has emerged as the flag bearer presidential candidate of the new Nigeria People's Party. I think this is just a ceremonial. It was already for me, to me, the candidate of this party. I mean, the man basically acquired the party structures, you know, not acquired that he paid money for it, but I mean that, you know, his allies and his political structure took over NNPP. You can look at the party chairman as this man, you know. So NNPP is seen as a machine for Kwancoaso and he is standing it for. And you can see the sagacity that he has displayed. Kwancoaso has not just displayed sagacity. He has displayed a high understanding of the Nigerian political system that you don't just walk into a party and put yourself there like a sacrificial goat, you know, that would be slaughtered if someone just decided to slaughter you. He went in with the structure and seized the NNPP. All right. Nobody can do anything to Kwancoaso just like that. Whereas for someone like Pitobi, he's on his own. I mean, who does he have in the party hierarchy? You know what I'm saying? So why begin to talk about that? I remember very well and I'm sure that we're going to have him in no time, you know, to look at all of this. He has constantly on this particular platform talked about the fact that, you know, Rabi Kwancoaso would definitely be of the NNPP. He'll become flag bearer. It's predictable. You can actually already tell. He got that party. So he got that party. At what point did he get the party? Well, he was still a member of, you know, the People's Democratic Party. Is it news? I mean, he just moved. No, no. That's what exactly what I'm saying. So before getting a party, if you were a member of a certain political party, that's what it is. So it would therefore mean that a lot of people could be with a party. So you could be here, but you're having some anti-party activity. It was very glaring every other time that you had statement. And you were saying that, oh, he had the structure ready. How can you be with a certain brand and you are identifying, if it's like you already have structures? And that's why I already knew. So what's happening with Tipi Tobi right now? It's not news. It's not news. Because over time, you have been a member of the People's Democratic Party. It wouldn't be just magic for you to wake up and then all of a sudden, and then you say, okay, hey, I'm no longer of this party, a member of this party, and I belong to a certain party. And you think you're going to get a ticket? You're just going to have a faction? Or you're going to have everybody who just give you a beer hug? And they say, welcome to the party. You are the man we have been waiting for. Really? It doesn't happen that way. We have to go on. I like the beer hug he talked about. Oh, well. But what I mean, it's still early days. We will write back, let's take a short break, and when we come back, I will call the people to see him this morning.