I have a family friend whose child lived with this before he died. The boy himself begged his parents to stop taking him to school because kids like him never stopped bullying him,even teachers made subtle jokes about his condition. When he died,the father said it was a relief
Peter Obi is not a messiah, Heβs just a decent guy thatβs why many young people support him. It will obviously take more than one person to save this country but a few good people can become the catalyst to direct our country towards the path of recovery
@Faladynamite@officialpeacenk Yes because of so called
You know you have a bias so cut the pretense please
You have no idea if sheβs been chastised by her church but here you βso callingβ the church she identifies with
I can't believe I am talking abut politics agains.
We need Peter Obi in this nation. Or A Peter Obi.
We need a moral revolution in this country. We need someone whose morals are clean at the top.
Look, everyone, forget economy. Forget all these things.
We need a moral revolution. We need a high trust society.
We need a nation with a soul and conscience again.
Nigerians do not understand the concept of good and evil anymore.
Corruption is now a celebrated means to material advantage.
There's no consequence for wrongdoing anymore.
We need a moral awakening.
This is why we need Peter Obi, or someone like Peter Obi.
And I don't even know how else to say this.
I find this perspective sad, especially from someone I respect.
βTerrible politicianβ compared to who exactly? The ones who perfected the art of looting? The ones who know how to share money at ward level because theyβve been stealing it at federal level?
What are your yardsticks for measuring a great politician? Someone willing to steal, terrorize, run a quasi-dictatorship? Someone who diverts public funds and puts personal interest above 200M+ lives?
I saw you cited Mao, a man who killed 45 million of his own people in 4 years, as the template? Sir.
Youβre telling an Igbo man to build a mass ideological movement in Nigeria. The same country that labeled Obidients as ethnic insurrection? The same country that can flip any organized Igbo political structure into a security threat overnight?
Awo built his structure in the West, among his own people, with relative ethnic safety. You think Peter Obi, a Igbo Christian from the East has that kind of luxury?
If competence, frugality and integrity make you a terrible politician in Nigeria, then I donβt think that is Peter Obiβs indictment. I think itβs more of ours.
"He needs to build and own the platform either structurally or ideologically. I see neither!"
MoG, it is almost as though Peter Obi can never win in your assessment.
Firstly, he has an ideological platform. The Obidient movement.
That is why his followers will move to any party he joins. Why? They believe in something that he stands for.
There is nothing more ideological a structure than that.
Secondly, Peter Obi was criticised for 'not knowing how to play politics'.
So, he aligned with those who know how to 'play' it. Now, he is being criticised for doing it.
Secondly, we are making these conclusions as though Peter Obi is not the number one target of the current administration.
This man's passport was forged.
This man was denied a venue for his convention.
This man has been denied the chance to create his own party.
The president's Chief of Staff is on record asking some people to go to his party to destabilize it.
An entire Act was passed into law to trap him in ADC.
Rev'd, how are we ignoring all these obstacles and still saying Peter Obi is a weak politician?
Have we ever seen any politician in recent Nigerian history who faced this much pressure without either being in jail, collecting bribes to join the opposition, or just outright quitting?
A person is going against the behemoth that is Tinubu while still standing, and we call that man weak?
Lastly, you said he should build a new structure. With what time?
2027 is just next year. We have a nation to save from the deathly fangs of Tinubu.
Thank God you are a finance professional. If your company is facing bankruptcy, you need bailout cash first.
It is not building a side business to save the company that would be your priority.
That will come after the company is saved.
Peter Obi has shown such resilience, agility, and inventiveness.
They truncated one party; he pivoted. They passed a law to trap him in that one; he pivoted, too.
Now he is a flagbearer with an army of obidients and Kwankwasiyas ready to scale hurdles to vote for him.
The goal of his enemies was that he would not be on the ballot.
He is on the ballot. He won. That's all that matters.
Peter Obi overcame all barriers. And that's why we can never call the man an amateur or weak politician.
No, we cannot.
@pfemiolaleye@pfemiolaleye
Our nation is much steeped in the rut of dirty politics.
One who would steer us a different way should have the conscience to be abhorrent to doing things the old way himself.
Letβs not frustrate the good things waiting to happen with divisive discourses please.
"He needs to build and own the platform either structurally or ideologically. I see neither!"
MoG, it is almost as though Peter Obi can never win in your assessment.
Firstly, he has an ideological platform. The Obidient movement.
That is why his followers will move to any party he joins. Why? They believe in something that he stands for.
There is nothing more ideological a structure than that.
Secondly, Peter Obi was criticised for 'not knowing how to play politics'.
So, he aligned with those who know how to 'play' it. Now, he is being criticised for doing it.
Secondly, we are making these conclusions as though Peter Obi is not the number one target of the current administration.
This man's passport was forged.
This man was denied a venue for his convention.
This man has been denied the chance to create his own party.
The president's Chief of Staff is on record asking some people to go to his party to destabilize it.
An entire Act was passed into law to trap him in ADC.
Rev'd, how are we ignoring all these obstacles and still saying Peter Obi is a weak politician?
Have we ever seen any politician in recent Nigerian history who faced this much pressure without either being in jail, collecting bribes to join the opposition, or just outright quitting?
A person is going against the behemoth that is Tinubu while still standing, and we call that man weak?
Lastly, you said he should build a new structure. With what time?
2027 is just next year. We have a nation to save from the deathly fangs of Tinubu.
Thank God you are a finance professional. If your company is facing bankruptcy, you need bailout cash first.
It is not building a side business to save the company that would be your priority.
That will come after the company is saved.
Peter Obi has shown such resilience, agility, and inventiveness.
They truncated one party; he pivoted. They passed a law to trap him in that one; he pivoted, too.
Now he is a flagbearer with an army of obidients and Kwankwasiyas ready to scale hurdles to vote for him.
The goal of his enemies was that he would not be on the ballot.
He is on the ballot. He won. That's all that matters.
Peter Obi overcame all barriers. And that's why we can never call the man an amateur or weak politician.
No, we cannot.
MoG, Peter Obi tried severally to create his own party, INEC didnβt approve it.
Esther Ummoh said this. This same INEC? MoG, during the time of Zik and all, there were democratic principles.
Now, Tinubuβs aide is making press releases for INEC.
INEC Chairman makes posts supporting APC.
Wikeβs aide has access to INECβs backend.
Heck, Abuja denied Peter Obi access for conventionβs venue.
A government will to deny access to a venue would allow the creation of a political party?
Peter has momentum in 2023. He still has it more even now.
Iβm saying we cannot say he is a terrible politician. Nigeria is a terrible political landscape.
And Peter is trying as much as possible to navigate it without losing his core principles.
And thatβs what endears his supporters to him.
He is head and shoulders above every politician on the Nigerian political scene today.