 It has been a day of confusion as to whether the all-progressive Congress has a consensus presidential candidate to analyze developments in the last 24 hours as the ruling party holds its national convention. The APC and NADIN governors have backed a sudden presidential candidacy for the party. What are the chances of this becoming a reality? And don't forget, we'll also be looking through today's national newspapers, analyzing the biggest stories of the day. Very good morning to you. We're back with the Breakfast Live on Plus TV Africa live from our studios on Victoria LaLegas and broadcasting around the world on the DSTV and Star Times platforms. My name is Kofi Bartels. I am Messi Ibo Paul. It's good to have you. Join us this beautiful Tuesday morning. All right. Flurry of activities as far as the all-progressive Congress is concerned in Nabooja, where of course we're told that some civil servants could not access their offices because of the blockade by security operatives for those who had offices close to the APC national convention venue. I mean, the party is so BB, they've had to take two days to have their national convention. And of course, I'm sure today's activities will spill over into the next day into tomorrow. But look at that on the program as you go on. Very interesting. It's a really big, big, big day. If you know what I mean. For the all-progressive Congress. Very big day. Yes indeed. I also saw a lot of persons tweeting and making some comical comment about whether, you know, the electoral act talks about having, you know, the convention at night because he was going to sleep. I mean, when people are looking for trouble, you ask them if they're looking for trouble. Well, we sort of the conversation with a top trending. As always, we tell you, we bring you up to speed with what's making the rounds, generating different reactions in different spaces across. Now, looking at the on the list this morning, it's Banki W winning the PDP rerun, a popular musician, if you want to see all his singer. He's won that rerun election with 24 votes and let's not forget the controversy that surrounded all of that. We could see him taking to his social media to express gratitude and thank everyone that supported him, you know, alter the pattern, being very, very grateful and also acknowledging his opponent in it. He also talked about, now, one of the things that stood out for me is the fact that he talked about the legislative agenda, which will be a collaboration between all of the stakeholders and communities. That's what Banki W said. But tongues are wagging. Some people are saying, what exactly is it going to do, you know, eventually if he gets the win? Because right now, this is the primary levels. He's won at the primary level. He's won in the PDP. Does he start a chance of winning, you know, the APC right here in Lagos? We're talking about the itiosa, you know, constituency. Indeed, congratulations to Banki W. I mean, it's a well-won victory. He's proved the doubters wrong. You know, Banki has been singing. And this time, he's going into music, you know, and of course, we're asking ourselves a question. We're going to have a Lagos party, you know, at the end of the people's Democratic Party primaries that held on a Sunday. You know, he sang a song that says there's no party like the Lagos party. So we're asking whether he was going to have a Lagos party. And then we saw the victory. The, you know, videos came out on social media on the Monday of them counting his votes. But then the PDP did him strong thing. Exactly. He sang a song saying they do me a strong thing, you know. So the PDP did him strong thing, where another result she was sent to the national of the body of the PDP and his opponent had more votes than him. You know, and so of course, when PDP did him strong thing, we're like asking if Banki was going to take a lying down, if that was the end of his aspiration. But I think the goodwill that he enjoys around the country, not just in Teosa, but all over the Lagos state, must have persuaded the party to do the unthinkable, which was to say, okay, we are ordering a rerun of that primary. And then when the primary run held, he showed them that he's capable. You know, he's called Mr. Capable, and he signed this song, what are you capable of? So Banki has just been dishing, you know, his tunes, you know, through his actions at the Teosa PDP primaries. But some people are sad, you know, some would have hoped that he would have faced Babajile Obanikoro, who is the son of Missile Obanikoro, former minister of our defense. Unfortunately, the young Obanikoro lost the APC presidential Teosa federal constituency primaries to one of the Lagoshees son, or by Lagoshees son of Ikate, you know, the popular Lagoshee family. So whilst it won't be Banki W versus Obanikoro Part 2, they haven't finished business from the last election, Banki still has his work cut out against the popular, the son of a popular Lagos family. It remains to be seen if the PDP can for once win the seat on election Lagos. Let's see, has the PDP ever won? They've never won in Lagos state. Well, fingers crossed. It feels like, you know, 2023 might just be different, just like you have mentioned in the course of our conversation. You talked about the fact that Banki W is enjoying a lot of good will. If you look at it, even within the party, I mean, one would look at his opponent, you know, is quite strong and all of that. And so let's just see, it feels like he has lived in the future with his lyrics. Let's see how a lot of that has. I'm telling you, Missile. You know, this is his opponent, won, got five votes, you know, five votes. This time, the primary took place at the party's sectarian on Alfa Beach Road in the Teosa local government area. So it was a neutral. Everybody agreed on that venue, previously had two venues. I mean, 29 votes, Banki won 24, the guy won five. How come that this man, Simon Naiboni, won the first one? You know, it was, it was a bit of a confusion, you know, when it was clear that the PDB had a parallel sort of arrangement in the state. The party chairman and the ex-go say one thing, and then they, those coming from Abuja say another thing. This time they also agree on having everything at one venue. You know, I think that was the problem. So we hope to see, you know, Nigerians have been saying they hope to see more, more entertainers, people who have, you know, Nigerian heart in the national assembly or in politics, even in Lagos State House assembly. But I think you know to see them behave like, like, you know who, let's not go there. So congratulations to you, Banki W. Let's see if you can take this home. Hopefully wish you all the best, think I wish you all the best. As we're wishing also a legushi, all the best as well. Don't forget, you can say it's not far from here, is it? No, it's not. So we wish a legushi all the best as well. All right, another case of sort of fake news, making the rounds. Yesterday, Mercy wasn't too palatable for us in the media because I saw the headline, breaking news, vice, VPs, car somersaults on Abu Jaya Portrait. I mean, the paper that put this out the first time online was so sure, they were so sure that the VPs cars had not just had an accident, had somersaulted Mercy, you know, only for Laolu Akonde, who is the spokesman of the vice president to put out a statement refuting that headline from one of the papers, say no, it's not true that the vice president's car was involved in the convoy, he says on his way to the airport this morning, that was yesterday morning, the vice president came across a road traffic accident, stopped to land assistance and ensure the victim was taken to the hospital with the VPs convoy ambulance. He then proceeded on his trip to Ondo state where he now is heading to the site of, yes, it is attacked in Orwell. So it was quite clear, they put up pictures later, you could see the vice president assisting his security detail to also assist members of the public to get the victim to safety, you know, so it was, this was okay, everything ended well, but I think it behaves on the media to also verify the kind of information. Yeah, very important because I also remember that at the time that, you know, news broke or story broke, I myself was, you know, in a state of, oh really, this really happened. I mean, I was really worried, no one would expect all of that and of course you also want to be looking at the permutations that will be going around, following the fact that you have the APC having their convention. All of that, I mean a lot could just be running through, but it was also good to see that there was a tweet from the vice president's Twitter handle where he said I was not involved in an accident or my way to the airport we ran into an accident scene, my security and medical team assisted in removing victims of the crash from the scene and they have been transported to the Air Force Base Hospital. Very commendable and this is what we talk about, even though you have people saying oh it probably, it's just a time, it's a political period and so you have all of this gestures. I don't know what it is, I don't know the motive behind this, you know, the intention, what it would be, but I think that is a good gesture and it's something that's not just limited to the ruling class. A lot of times we have seen, we pass through accident scene and nobody seem to pay attention. You want to remember the story of the Good Samaritan, that's not happening. So that was a gesture of Good Samaritan, not minding the fact that he is the vice president and not necessarily, that's what I'm thinking, it's not necessary because he's the vice president and also it's a political period. I'm thinking that everyone should be looking out for every other person and that's actually what happened. So kudos to the vice president and that was really commendable. I hope that we emulate this particular gesture. All right, one aspect of this entire story is the fact that even after the vice president and said oh this is what I did, you know, I helped someone out and blah, blah, blah. One would have thought that would have been the end. But then people would have said ah, they're acting in another drama. You know when these politicians will be seeing eating corn, or we're seeing hooking something on the street, or plitting hair, or going to the market to shop with their wives during election time, you know, or buying puff puff from the puff puffs that I can end up taking pictures of them. So some people, you know, said ah, the vice president is acting this out and this is one of those calculated nollywood scenes for them to be presented as humanists, you know. But a friend of mine, Adora told me he's also a media professional as well. He put out something on Instagram and I love it. He said, I know Nigerians are angry at the government but would you have preferred the VP to go his way? He asked. Are we saying that stopping to attend to the accident victim is playing to the gallery? What should he have done, you know? So what should he have done? And that people are coming out saying the vice president is just acting in a script. He just wants to present himself as a humanist, as a good person so that Nigerians can like him. What should he have done? He went his way. So, you know, Wickedman. Maybe they wouldn't have even recognized that he was in that convoy or he probably passed. But like I said, we shouldn't politicize everything and that's a very valid question that he's put out. What should he have done? I'm saying that sometimes it's okay for us to look beyond what's going on. Let's... Everything is not about politics. Everything is not about APC and PDP. You know. There's more to life than APC and PDP. I mean, that's an accident. Someone stopped by to help. It's a big life. It's a big... So we mustn't make everything about it because it feels like you cough now. Oh, it's a political, it's APC. You take the movie. Come on. We have a life before now. But you have to interpret the point. So before all of this political, you know, whatever we have, let's understand that were human beings before were any other thing. And that's actually a kind gesture. And I commend the vice president for that kind act. All right. We commend the vice president for that kind act. Keep doing it. Don't mind what people are saying on Twitter, you know, and it's just a few people, if you compare it to the entire country, I think mostly will appreciate to see something like that. The nation is grieving. People are not happy, you know, and it's understandable, you know, it's understandable. But like the gentleman I quoted said, well, what should he have done? What should he have done? All right. It's been raining, you know, grief in our own state since Sunday's attacks, latest figures I saw, over 53 people, bodies counted, they're deposited many injured and in critical, some in critical condition at a hospital in Kondo state. The national leader of the all progressives, Congress was there, you know what, that's Bola Ahmed Tinibu, as was the vice president, who was also there in OO. We had another APC presidential as well, also visiting as well. I'm trying to remember his name. But Tinibu, it's been said, donated quite a huge amount of money. This is according to some reports, 125 million in total. Some money went to the victims, some money went to the church, the Catholic church in that particular part of Oando state. Now, speaking at the law of our palace, the governor of that state described the Pentecost Sunday's attack as a Black Sunday. So he was also part of Mr. Tinibu's entourage. You can see the governor of Oando state, Rotimiakiri Ulu there. Mr. Tinibu said, well, this is what the governor said is quite interesting and important. He said a group of people, terrorists, came into a very serene area into a city and committed this horrific crime. It's heartbreaking, this is unbearable, challenging to us. Like I said, we're determined to go out and discriminate. Now, Mr. Tinibu, on his part, said the attackers spent more damage than Governor Kerry Lulu described. He assured that he will support the government to find the attackers. And this is what Tinibu said. God, quote, God in His infinite mercy saved some people. Some people died as a result of this evil act. We pray that they will not die in vain. All right. Tinibu was not alone. He was accompanied by a former House of Rep. Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, and former legal deputy governor, Femi Pedro, former head of the EFC, Sinoorobaru, and others. Tinibu donated 15 million era to the families of the victims' mercy of the attack and 25 million era to the Catholic Church. This is what we hear. Also, the Nigerian Governors Forum donated 15 million era to the victims of the attack as well. This was said or announced when the chairman of the NGF, he's also the state governor, Kairi Femi, visited the governor of Ondo State and Government House, so he made that announcement on behalf of the governor's forum. Some good work there. But people have been saying, oh, yes. You can donate money. Feel free. We welcome it. But this will not affect what I will vote for you in 2023 or not. When it comes to voting for you in 2023, we're going to put this donation in this gesture aside. It's a different ballgame. Say, people have no joy. We have no joy. No one is taking it, mercy. Yeah, at all. So it feels like, I mean, we're talking about the vice president stopping at an accident scene and helping and so on. On the other hand, you also have another kind gesture of visiting the scene of accidents. People are saying, ah, why are you doing this? I mean, one would even expect that the president should have visited. In almost all of the, you know, states and places where you have all of this event happening, we're really not seeing the president visiting. When you compare that to order climbs, or you see, or the president will go there, or he will come out and make a speech and all of that. But the president has hardly visited in his time. He normally would say. Yes, he has. He would send him your C-band. Oh, well, it's not the same thing, right? Now, especially where you have the vice president now, it's not the same thing, because a lot of people will be thinking that the vice president is acting in his capacity, especially when he has an interest of becoming the president. And that's the connotation. But the vice president really moves on his own. Maybe he went on a personal note, I don't know, but he's VP. So that's what I'm saying. So at this point, especially, if he weren't vying for the office of the president, he would be different. But now that he's vying for the office of the president, it's almost difficult to say whether or not he was acting on the instructions or the order of the president. But won't you have that? Yeah, maybe all the presidents should have spent a lot of money because, I mean, people went there first, you know, and then... It's commendable of him. And like I would say that, we're humans before any other thing. And that's a kind gesture. But we want to see this action continue, whether or not you're a political office order, whether or not you're going to become a flag bearer. Let it be an action that should continue. Let's see humanity every other time. Credit to the vice president, at times when the president has been aware on a medical vacation, the VP has always visited sites. You know, he always does that. Well, a political campaign or not, it's humanity like messy, you've said. And we just have to allow them to do what they have to do and still keep eyes on important stuff. 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