His Excellency, Mr. @PeterObi, the NDC Presidential Candidate, has arrived at the residence of His Excellency, Sen. @KwankwasoRM , PhD, FNSE, the NDC Vice Presidential Candidate in Kaduna, ahead of today’s Obi/Kwankwaso Talk, part of the Kaduna Town Hall Series.
“Let’s assume Peter Obi actually collected the loan, as the Anambra State Government claims. If you remove the amount he left in the state’s account before leaving office, the foreign currency alone would be enough to clear the entire debt Governor Soludo claims he owes, unless there is another debt they are yet to show Nigerians.”
— Rufai Oseni, speaking this morning
"Love him or hate him, many people agree that @PeterObi is one of the few leaders of the country that has his head properly screwed on his neck."
- Alex Otti
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You literally called a sitting president “Half Liver & Half Brain” on national television.
The office of the president wasn’t worth respecting then when it was a man of integrity who was ill that occupied it,
but now that a drug money laundering,
age education and work history falsifying,
certificate forging and convicted criminals honoring,
state capturing criminal lowlife is sitting in the highest seat in the land,
you suddenly remember respect because he has enough money to make your kind change your stand of him being a criminal.
You’re a foundational fool for hire.
Your stomach is your highest court of law.
VIDEO: They sprayed something in the cell after putting us inside, and people started falling down.'
- One of the survivors of the NSCDC horror cell in Niger states
WARRI: WE WALKED THROUGH THE FEAR
Yesterday in Warri, Delta State, I witnessed something that I will not easily forget.
I travelled to Warri to honour the invitation for the One Million-Man March for Obi-Kwankwaso, alongside other committed Obidient leaders and in the company of the NDC governorship candidate in Delta State, and many other Nigerians who came simply because they believe that a new Delta and a new Nigeria are possible.
We set out peacefully. There were no guns in our hands. No knives. No stones. No weapons. We were walking. We were chanting. We were engaging people. We were exercising what should be one of the most basic rights in any democracy, the right of citizens to peacefully express their political choice. And then, suddenly, everything changed. I saw them myself, Men came out carrying sticks, stones and knives. I saw the aggression. I saw the attempt to intimidate us. And, most frighteningly, I personally witnessed firearms being pointed in our direction and shots being fired. This was not something I heard from somebody. I was there. I was standing there. I saw it happen. We captured it on videos including images of individuals carrying firearms. The attackers are APC political sponsored.
But there is another moment from today that I will never forget. In the midst of the confusion, Dcn Chris, the NDC governorship candidate, stood beside me. He looked at me and, with the reality of the danger before us, said words to the effect of: “If we die today, we will die. But we are not retreating. We will march till the end.” Those words were not spoken from a comfortable office. They were spoken while danger was right in front of us. And we did exactly what we said we would do. We marched. We did not retreat. We did not abandon the people who came out with us. We did not allow fear to determine whether citizens would exercise their democratic rights. And something remarkable happened.nThe people stood together.
Mama P, Amb. Young Peiro and others refused to give up. The Kwankwasiyya and Obidient family stood firm. The NDC family stood firm. People who came to march peacefully found courage in one another. And eventually, those who came to intimidate and disrupt the march were pushed back. That moment taught me something profound. The greatest weapon of tyranny is fear. And the moment ordinary people refuse to be ruled by fear, tyranny begins to lose its power.
What happened in Warri is therefore not merely about a political rally. It is a reflection of the dangerous level to which our politics has descended when political disagreement can be met with sticks, knives and firearms. It is a reflection of a system in which some people appear to believe that the easiest way to defeat an idea is to attack the people carrying it. But they have misunderstood the people. You can frighten some people. You can scatter a crowd. You can threaten individuals. But you cannot permanently intimidate a people who have discovered that their collective voice is more powerful than the instruments of fear.
Yesterday, I saw that power. I saw it in Warri. And I saw something else: the enormous strength that emerges when the opposition decides that it will not merely complain about the state of the country, but will stand together, organise and confront the forces trying to silence peaceful political participation. This is why the events of today must not be reduced to a fight between political groups.
The bigger question is: What kind of Nigeria are we building? A Nigeria where citizens need protection from political thugs before they can march? A Nigeria where political competition becomes a contest of intimidation? Or a Nigeria where ideas confront ideas, candidates confront candidates, and ultimately the people decide through their votes? I choose the latter. And that is why we must not respond to violence by becoming violent ourselves.
In 4 days, this man was in the US, Italy, the UK, and Kaduna.
He will still engage Nigerians meaningfully. But the president is always in France, resting.
Nigerians, we must get it right.