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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

No matter how messy things seem, life is quietly aligning in your favor.

[YabaLeftOnline @yabaleftonline]

Victor Boniface deletes all his Instagram posts shares cryptic message on his story.

[FS YUSUF @FSYusuff]

Watch till the end🙏

People should just have sense!

[Steve Inman @SteveInman]

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[Oluwaseunfunmi_ Akins @bidemi_akins]

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[Somto Okonkwo @General_Somto]

Breaking: This just happened In Delta State💔

[Jude Heavenly 🇳🇬🇱🇷 @JudeHeavenly]

"You are not a doctor; you are Moses Adebisi. I have an honorary doctorate; I don't brandish it around."

Maybe it's Rufai Oseni who will cause the next civil war🤣

[PRECIOUS ORUCHE 📌 @MamaPee__]

Video📹; If you have never been in an Obidient gathering you might never understand the anger lol…
Shoutout to HE peter Obi, Nigeria MUST be OK✔️

[Omega X D 𝕏🤴🏽 @OmegaXDreams]

“The sad reality about the situation in Benue is the truth they don’t want to hear. The truth is bitter.”

“Peter Obi is the standard. And when you become the standard, attacks are inevitable.”

—— Rufai Oseni.

“Peter Obi is willing to go there, see the reality, engage with the people and offer support. Instead of stopping him, the question should be.”

Why aren’t we challenging every presidential candidate to do the same?

— Dr. Moses Paul, reacting to what happened yesterday in Benue

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

Gov. Alia’s Hostility Fueling Rising Political Tensions in Benue — Shija

There is a lot of tension in Benue, principally because the governor appears to be very hostile. On several occasions, he has said that nobody should dare contest against him, while some of his supporters have allegedly threatened to mobilise youths against the opposition.
There is also a group of youths known as “No Alia, No Benue,” who attend public events, including burials and weddings, chanting the slogan.

Prof. Terhemba Shija
NDC Governorship Candidate, Benue State.

[Mallam jabir @Mallam_jabeer]

PRESS STATEMENT

THE ATTACK ON PETER OBI IN BENUE STATE: GOVERNOR ALIA MUST EXPLAIN THIS SYSTEMIC OBSESSION TO STOP PETER OBI.

[PIDOMNIGERIA @UNOFFICIALFACT]

Two months ago, Peter Obi raised an alarm that "I MIGHT BE KILLED BEFORE THE 2027 ELECTION. Because of what he was seeing, witnessing, and being subjected to by this APC government. The presidency was quick to dismiss his claims, rather than beefing up his security, and calling their radical party members to order.

What happened today in Benue state is just a flash to what Peter Obi cried about two months ago.
The plan is to attack his entourage, then use the opportunity to kill him.
The government will later tie it UNKNOWN PROTESTERS, instead of hired thugs, just as the Benue state government did. At best the government will promise to bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book. That would have been the end of the story, as they will gather themselves much later to laugh at us.
We all saw how security officials were left helpless when those thugs started attacking with stones, sticks and other dangerous weapons on them.

If it were to be genuine unemployed protesters, protesting against unemployment and hunger in Benue state, or people protesting against insecurity, i am 100% sure by now so many would have been unalived or sent to different hospitals with bullet wounds by those security agents on ground.

It is the sole responsibility of this APC led Federal government to protect the life of Peter Obi and every other presidential candidate from any form of threat or violence by providing them with adequate security while on their individual campaign trains.

But as things stands at the moment, it is now obvious that we well meaning Nigerians, Peter Obi supporters, NDC supporters can not entrust the life of Peter Obi solely on the hands of the Nigerian security architecture, with the event we all witnessed today in Benue state.

I hereby call on Peter Obi' supporters, Nigerians of good conscience, NDC members in any state Peter Obi is to visit, to mobilize themselves in their thousands to welcome, defend and secure him. They should all gather to the airport, wait for him to land, then escort him to wherever he is visiting in their States.

No one man, group or individual alone has the monopoly to violence. You will beat a goat to a point that he might bite.

Tinubu's government should do the needful to calm down the already heightened political tension in the land.

[FS YUSUF @FSYusuff]

I will never be silent to any form of aggression toward him. We don’t have many of his kind in our polity. ❤️✌🏾

[Nonconformist @_nonconformist1]

They say he should talk about Philip and leave Obi matter. That voting Obi is what they will do and it is non negotiable 😂🤣😂🤣

[Stephen OSEMWEGIE @StephenOSEMWEGI]

Supported 💯

[Prosperity @yeripros]

PRESS STATEMENT

OBSTRUCTING OBI’S VISIT TO YELWATA IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE ~ SEN. OVIE OMO-AGEGE

The reported obstruction of the Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, His Excellency Peter Obi’s visit to Yelwata, Benue State, is deeply troubling and represents a disturbing escalation in the politicisation of grief and public compassion.

2. Peter Obi visited Yelwata to meet residents whose lives have been devastated by violence and who have lost more than 270 members of their community. He went to mourn with them, offer comfort, and stand in solidarity with fellow Nigerians during an exceptionally difficult time. Reports that his visit was met with organised hostility that prevented him from reaching the grieving community are unacceptable.

3. What kind of politics has Nigeria descended into when even mourning the dead requires political permission? This should not be dismissed as an ordinary political disagreement. There is nothing political about preventing grieving families from receiving visitors who come to share their pain. There is nothing democratic about deploying individuals to confront a peaceful visit. And there is nothing consistent with our shared values about turning a community’s mourning into an occasion for intimidation. Those responsible should be held accountable.

4. Yelwata has suffered enough. Its people do not need politicians, political operatives, or their associates determining who may visit them to offer condolences. If Peter Obi had even visited to campaign, he should not be prevented from exercising his rights to free movement and association as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Our right to campaign without let or hindrance should be respected. Those who disagreed with him have every right to challenge his political views and nothing more. But he went to mourn. No one should need a party card to mourn with the bereaved.

5. This incident should concern every Nigerian, regardless of political affiliation or preference. Today, it is Peter Obi being prevented from visiting grieving Nigerians. Tomorrow, it could be another political leader, another community, or another group of victims. Once intimidation becomes normalised as a tool of political control, no one is safe.

6. The authorities must conduct a thorough and transparent investigation. Who organised the obstruction? Who mobilised those involved? Who financed them? Who issued the instructions? Were security agencies aware of the situation, and if so, what action did they take? These are reasonable and necessary questions that any responsible government should answer. There must be no cover-up, political protection, or convenient silence. The incident must not be dismissed as merely another dispute between political camps.

7. The Nigerian people deserve to know who considered it acceptable to place intimidation between a grieving community and someone who came to mourn with them. If anyone in authority believes that political power gives them the right to determine who may visit victims of violence, they have fundamentally misunderstood the responsibilities of public office.

8. Yelwata’s tragedy is not the property of the APC, PDP, Labour Party or NDC. The dead belong to Nigeria, and their families belong to all of us. We cannot claim to be a nation governed by law while allowing intimidation to determine who may enter a community to offer condolences or campaign. We cannot preach peace while political thuggery is permitted to dictate the terms of mourning. And we cannot ask Nigerians to believe that their lives matter while the suffering of their communities is reduced to another opportunity for political confrontation.

9. I stand firmly with the victims, survivors and grieving families of Yelwata. I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, any attempt to use thuggery, intimidation or political influence to obstruct a peaceful act of condolence. Senate

[Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. @batten_von]

We are happy to announce that our Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae and Supplemental Notice of Evidentiary Exhibits have been "officially accepted" and docketed with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Both submissions have now been officially entered on the federal docket in Greenspan v. Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-01816-BAH. We thank President Tinubu (@officialABAT), his advisers, and his ministers for refusing to stop digging themselves into a hole.

Our submissions are now officially part of the docket and before the Court for consideration, regardless of whether President #Tinubu opposes them. This is a major victory for the American and Nigerian people. Our objective was to ensure that the Court is fully aware that the Nigerian Presidency and senior Nigerian officials have publicly discussed this case while President #Tinubu was simultaneously seeking privacy protection before the Court. You cannot demand privacy in a U.S. federal court while publicly litigating the same controversy and attacking those advocating for disclosure.

We are very pleased with this outcome because, regardless of whether the Court ultimately grants or denies our Motion for Leave, our submissions are now on the docket, and the Court has before it evidence concerning public statements by President #Tinubu’s officials and relatives about the underlying controversy, as well as their public mischaracterizations of facts relating to the case. Anyone wishing to review our filings can use the same link to the FBI and DEA records that we provided yesterday. Our court submissions are located in the folder titled “Amicus Curiae.”

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[‘Mō @MoSende_]

On behalf of the decent people of Benue, I apologise to Mr @PeterObi for what happened today.

Not all of us are thugs. Benue people are historically peaceful and welcoming, and the disgraceful conduct of a few should never be mistaken for who we are…

I am sorry!!

[Amnesty International Nigeria @AmnestyNigeria]

Benue: No state is a No-go Area for Any Person

Amnesty International deeply is concerned by the reckless and unlawful use of political thugs that blocked the presidential candidate of opposition NDC Peter Obi from entering Benue state. Benue state government has questions to answer for this brazen act of political repression. No Nigerian needs anybody’s permission or prior notification to visit any part of the country — at all times. No state is a no-go area for any person or supporters of any political party.

What happened today in Benue state is an unprecedented and dangerous act of political hooliganism that undermines the entire democratic process. Heavily armed youth unlawfully barricaded Gboko Road in Makurdi, the state capital in what appears to be a coordinated plan that puts the entourage of opposition NDC at risk. Harassment of rival candidates by state-endorsed armed vigilante groups or thugs is unlawful.

Alarming intolerance, incitements and other efforts to undermine democracy must be decisively addressed now. Since last year, Amnesty International has been documenting shocking level of political repression, including preventing hotels from hosting political meetings organized by the opposition, direct attacks on political activities of rival parties and other acts that undermine the existence of level playing field politically.

We are seriously concerned that the Nigerian Government is doing very little to prevent political repression and violence. Some states have been implementing unpronounced policy of using all means of shutting out any political opposition. We are also concerned by the failure of the relevant authorities to investigate and bring to justice the suspected perpetrators of such acts.

Political parties and candidates must make anti-violence and thuggery stance a clear and integral part of their elections campaign.

[Elvis @Elboss_7]

@ShehuSani Mugu