Fellow Nigerians, good morning.
I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you.
Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances.
We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal.
More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism.
We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power.
Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise.
Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them.
However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building.
Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated.
And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions.
There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline?
Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from.
Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
@Shayolala@Yemi_of_Lagos Are you sure to have a proof for this allegation ?
This man would have been nailed by the FG if there's truly such an allegation like you have so raised. Pls, do your checks and bring your proofs to the fore.
Those who see truth and cloak themselves in the garb of silence, including religious leaders, senior lawyers,and traditional rulers, will someday dance naked in the market place. Speak now and redeem yourselves or forever live with the shame
I don see many men for this my road,
Some loud like generator, some mute like night.
Some talk change with sweet mouth,
But their leg no dey waka am.
But two men dey so, No be noise-makers — na builders.
Peter Obi…
The quiet storm.
No shout, no spray grammar like perfume.
Him voice calm, but e heavy.
Calculator for hand, conscience for chest.
When others dey chop future with spoon,
This one dey count seed for tomorrow.
E no promise heaven,
E just dey ask: “Where the money go?”
Na that question dey fear thief pass police.
Alex Oti…
Straight line man.
No bend for power, no kneel for nonsense.
Banker brain, rebel heart.
E enter system like torchlight for dark room
Suddenly, rats begin run.
E show say governance no be magic,
Na discipline, na work, na spine.
I stand between dem like old guard,
Grey hair, black truth.
I don shout for years, curse corruption,
Beat drum for freedom till my hand blister.
Some say I too loud.
But these ones?
Dem dey prove say resistance fit wear suit too.
Two men, same struggle, different rhythm.
No saint, but clean hand.
No messiah, but better road.
If Nigeria be song,
Na dem dey try tune am back to key.
And me?
I go keep shouting, keep singing, keep disturbing ignorance.
Until sense finally become fashion.
Dia fathers blokus.
On Wednesday, 5th November 2025, I visited LEA Primary School Kpebi Sarki under the #DevelopedAbujaForAll initiative and my heart sank. What I saw was not just a school in poor condition, it was a mirror reflecting the deep inequality and neglect that rural communities in Abuja continue to face.
#DevelopedAbujaForAll
The greatness of a city is not measured by the wealth of its elite but by how it treats its most vulnerable. Abuja must rise to that standard and it must rise now.
A #DevelopedAbujaForAll is Achievable!!!!
@officialEFCC How about stealing public funds ? Cos you channeled your energy only on the youths. Can you pls advice the Politicians too to stop stealing youths future with their massive embezzlements and make the country work for them to thrive ?
@officialEFCC Dear EFCC, don't you think it's more appropriate to charge the political elites to stop their corruption and the Nigerian youths would follow suit. I don't in anyway support any type of cybercrime, but trust me the politicians & the government have made the country unsuitable
@NigeriaStories So what happens to our fundamental rights.
Is court a branch of APC party. No wonder the law is for the poor these days. The politicians flaws on court order and nothing happens. The judiciary glory has departed
@NigeriaStories So protests are now threats, but corruption parades still get police escorts. Freedom of speech in Nigeria only applies when you’re praising those in power.