@RealOlaudah You need a practical example of divide and rule? It has just got to the east ..and you know what? A region's/people's weakest point would normally be used to achieve such. I weep for my country.
@royal7188 If I follow the write up exactly how the author has put it, then there is more to the laughter "As in...You?, love?" Anyways, the Author, na she know best...just thinking from a different angle.
#PeterObiWillNotWalkAlone
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As I sit here before you, I am afraid at this new step I am about to take. Courage,
they say, is not the absence of fear. Courage is stepping forward despite the fear.
Twelve years ago, on the day of my 40th birthday I decided that silence was no
longer going to be an option. My silence was also part of the problems that Nigeria
was grappling with. On that day I made a covenant with God that if God gives me
another 40 years, I will devote those 40 years to Nigeria. Four months later, on
the 14th of April 2014 #ChibokGirls were abducted
And on the 30th of April 2014, I came out with other well-meaning Nigerians to
march for the 276 schoolgirls that had been abducted from their school. Every
single day, we were on the streets, marching, crying, demanding justice until the
lockdown during Covid-19 in 2020 when we stopped the daily physical sit outs
and protests and continued online. Today, I see my sisters and brother who
walked that journey with me standing here and the fear has lessened but let me
be clear: it has not disappeared.
By 2018, four years into the demands for #ChibokGirls I realised something
clearly: everything leads back to politics. Politics determine who governs us.
Politics decides whether we have good governance, or we suffer and if we refuse
to participate in politics, we leave our lives at the mercy of people who were never
meant to lead in the first place.
That was when, for the first time, I joined the campaign of a presidential
candidate. I was part of the campaign team of Dr. Oby Ezekwesili who has been
my aunt and my mentor. I walked the length and breadth of Nigeria, speaking to
people with her and other well-meaning Nigerians. We had done the
#RedCardMovement before she joined the race, reminding Nigerians that they
had the choice, capacity, and power to choose from other than just two political
parties. In 2022, I was again in the campaign of a presidential candidate, Mr.Peter Obi. You all saw how it played out
On the 31st of December 2025, Mr. Peter Obi officially came with his allies,
friends, and supporters and declared for ADC. That day, I told him something
very simple and very clear: I have never been a card-carrying member of any
political party, but because my leader has called, I would become a card-carrying
member of ADC. Today, I am here to redeem that pledge. I have picked my ADC
membership card.
Let me speak to every Nigerian listening to me. We are at a moment where our
country needs us. When I told you earlier that I am afraid, I was not joking. I am
truly afraid. I love my voice. I own my voice. I say things the way I choose, when
I choose and how I choose. But I had to ask myself a hard question: Is refusing
to join a political party, refusing to be where decisions are made, refusing to
influence who become flag bearers of political parties, acceptable? Is it about me,
or is it about Nigeria?
If I truly believe in Nigeria, if I truly believe that this country should be a place
where the child of nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody, then
I must step in. I must put my hat in the ring.
Many of us are afraid that our whites will be stained. I asked myself this
question: If Allah (SWT) grants me life to 80 years, will it be said that my white
remained clean because I stayed away from the mud, or because I entered the
mud, fought through it, and my white came out spotless?
Today, I make my choice.
We have been told again and again that politics is dirty. Politics is only dirty
because good people refuse to enter it. We leave it to those who believe they
have a monopoly of dirt That dirt is the only way to play politics. That must end
now. This is the time for us to enter, one by one, and clean it up. That is how we
will build the politics that produces candidates with competence, character, and
capacity. Candidates who care. Candidates who will defend Nigeria and stand forNigeria.
@alexottiofr Show me your wife and I will show you how far you will go.....Ugwu di ya, The woman behind the man of grace. May God be glorified for your impact to your husband, family,Abians and humanity at large. Happy birthday, ๐ ma.
As country leaders, it's not much about the 'bambuzzling Economatics or Economagic' but, more of how it translates to 'the man on the street'. If it does not trickle down? A sensible leader wouldn't sleep..Not like; 'Talking the work, rather than working the talk' - Stedi
@Kechi Sis, thank God for life. No matter what state we're in, we should never forget that the best kind of beauty lies within. May God continue to see you through, sis. Amen.
O - Organized
B - broad-based
I - Inclusive
D - democratic
I - international
E - excellence-driven
N - Nigerians from every ethnic group.
T - Transparency in governance. -PO
I Came to the United States in 2004 ,and I have helped 7 of my relatives Japa to America and the uk including my best friend. In total we are now 12 family members.
When you are the only one with light in your family ,you are still in darkness
@PeterObi It's funny to read that some people said that the reason HE @PeterObi visited was b'cos he was called out. Really? Assuming but not conceding to that, ...does it not further define our leader as one who listens? is that not the minimum Nigerians expect from their leaders?
This campaign song I did for His Excellency Peter Obi @PeterObi should go viral in preparation for 2027. Dear Obidients let's make it go viral. Listen, like and share please ๐๐พ
@tudobams I am proudly Obidient and one of our qualities is objectivity..So I can tell you that the Ilera Eko works to some extent but like every other good thing it can be improved on, to serve more people and extend what it covers.
@Morris_Monye How I wish it was the same Moghalu that contested to be president in the past...it would just be a sweet ride having this kind of support from Obi. In any case, I hope this Moghalu is also competent to wear the 'big shoe'..I wish him well.
@UkomahM Congratulations ๐ dear UC Maxwell ' prefer to call you that,bro. The way you were 'lawyering' during our 2023 joirney I taught you were already called to bar. Jisike my noble "Barrister lawyer". You don already be SAM, waiting for you on the SAN floor.
@ObaOfVibes@PeterObi Let's just imagine but not concede that he does it for political reasons. Guy, if all the Nigerian Politicians you so support can do a quarter of what he does, trust me there won't be anyone tagged as; 'very poor' in this nation but for real, you know not the man you write of.
Peter Obi Serving Food At An Event in Imo - The Actual Story.
He stepped into the hall as a demigod, his presence electrifying the crowd to cheer in wild ecstasy. Moments later, he was their servant, serving them in chaste humility; an unbelievable odd gesture.
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