I am adding this to the list of reasons I have stopped using @chowdeck (I cancelled my chowpass subscription recently).
I don’t believe we should be giving money to brands that do not have regard for customers as evidenced by how their dispatch riders have become more uncouth and bold that there will be no consequences.
More importantly, I don’t think we should be giving money to brands who weaponise the law to oppress people.
After 6 men including the Chowdeck rider that fractured my spine, claiming to be sent by @chowdeck, showed up at my home looking for me, threatening shooting, I and the other victim @PurityAddereth have been summoned by the @PoliceNG on a petition written AGAINST US for conspiracy, CYBERSTALKING, and threat to life. In relation to the @chowdeck rider accident. When I took their invite to the police station at Area F where it was already being handled, because I reported all this when it happened, their representative admitted the petition was filed by the company. Listen to this again. Six aggressive men including the Chowdeck rider who fractured my spine came to my house, threatening shooting. I am the one now being petitioned for threat to life under the cybercrime act. The men who came to my house to threaten us said they came to inquire about their motorcycle which is being held by Chowdeck on request of the police. But they came to my house because apparently Chowdeck told them it was because of me the bike was being detained and they should come to me. I have a recording of the rider admitting this.
Chowdeck says they didn't send him to come to my house and threaten me. Or even come to my house. But they did say that the bike was being held because I had a case with them. And that until I dropped the case against them, note. Not that until the case was resolved, but until I dropped the case, the bike couldn't be released. This kind of language puts the onus on me. It blames me. Puts a target on my back and makes me the subject of the bike man's ire. Which in turn led to them coming to my home.
Imagine recovering from a spinal fracture. Then all of a sudden you hear the person who fractured your spine, almost killed you is at your home. It's alarming at the least. And not just there, but there with five other people, making a half dozen overall, threatening to shoot the security person at the compound, accusing them of hiding me. I wasn't at home at the time btw. I was recuperating somewhere else. But imagine if I was. My security guy said they looked like they were there to do me harm or fight. That the one that threatened shooting was an agbero he had seen around in a bus stop close by. The rider spoke to me on the phone, and I explained to them the motorcycle wasn't with me, it was with Chowdeck. And it wasn't because of me it was being held. It was because Chowdeck had a case to answer. They were asked to leave by other occupants of the compound and they refused.
If you fracture my spine, give me nothing after, for my care, I shouldn't be the one being hassled to make it go away to clear up the baggage. The onus should be on you to clean this up asap, to do that. And they hadnt. Instead they were using language that made me the aggressor. And now accusing us their victims of cyber bullying and threat to life?
I have been caring for myself to the tune of millions weekly. I had a caregiver to do everything for me, even bath me, because I couldn't bend down, carry anything. Still can't do a lot now, months after. You haven't given me a penny for my care since, but you are telling people their bike is held down because of me. And at this time, they were trying to get me to accept the vastly inadequate settlement they were offering and sign the nda their lawyers @OlaniwunAjayiLP were trying to get me to sign. I had people invade my home to threaten shooting, violate the sanctity of my safe space where I should be healing. They have also been disclosing information of the negotiation to parties who should not have those info. Telling the rider and his folks inflated demands to make me look bad. They told these people that came to my home we were asking for a hundred million naira. At a time when we had agreed to accept 10 and the only thing holding this up was the NDA. All this makes is very unsafe, here at our home and neighborhood.
@NigBarAssoc
Adults with zero emotional regulation irritate the hell out of me, especially at work. Like, be serious you're 35+ acting like a 2-year-old. It's exhausting. Grow up.
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
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Tipping culture
Very high toilet water
Guns being sold in a supermarket
Ability to supersize things
The concept of Jaywalking
Vacation days
Tax not included in final prices of goods
Healthcare
Portion size
“What will Peter Obi do different”
Last time, you learnt how to use watermelon and cucumber to cook stew. By the time you start making soup with pawpaw, you will find out don’t worry