@centreGoalHQ Xabi Alonso is clearly targeting power, experience, and goals immediately 👀🔥
Victor Boniface, Granit Xhaka, and Kylian Mbappé would completely change the level of Chelsea.
Enough of the coach and players breaking the heart of the fans.
TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF AVIATION, MR. FESTUS KEYAMO
Contrary to your account of events surrounding Mr. Peter Obi’s transit through the Abuja Airport on Saturday, July 4, it has become necessary to set the record straight.
Mr. Peter Obi does not have any police or civil defence personnel attached to him in Abuja, despite being entitled to VVIP protection by virtue of his status as a leading opposition figure in Nigeria. He certainly does not have a police officer serving as his driver. Your reference to a “police driver” appears to have been based on the assumption that he enjoys the level of security protection ordinarily accorded to someone of his standing. He does not.
Mr. Obi travels through multiple airports across Nigeria well over a dozen times every week. As someone who frequently travels with him, I have personally witnessed repeated instances of unusual discourtesy directed at him by some government personnel.
From your own account of events, it is evident that the incident Mr. Obi referred to during his interview occurred on a different date and at a different airport from the one referenced in your tweet.
However, let me address the incident you chose to publicise.
KEY CLARIFICATIONS
1. The incident you posted is entirely different from the one Mr. Peter Obi narrated in his interview. In that interview, he clearly stated: “I was there…” In the incident contained in your tweet, he was not present.
If we now have at least two separate incidents in which vehicles associated with Mr. Obi were clamped under questionable circumstances, does this not suggest a pattern of targeting an individual simply because of who he is?
2. The entire sequence of events you referenced, from arrival to the eventual clamping of the vehicle, lasted approximately five minutes.
At most airports around the world, including major international airports, a ten-minute drop-off window is generally considered acceptable. Where, then, did the claim of 30 minutes originate?
Do you not agree that half-truths can sometimes be more misleading than outright falsehoods?
3. Is it not a fact that several other vehicles were in the vicinity of Mr. Obi’s vehicle without attracting similar attention from airport officials? Indeed, some of those vehicles had been parked there long before Mr. Obi’s vehicle arrived, yet none was clamped.
4. I have personally been at the airport on several occasions when serving and former government officials arrived in large convoys, blocked access routes, and caused considerable inconvenience to the travelling public, without any agency of government taking similar action.
5. Under your watch, there have been other high-profile airport incidents, including:
The disruption involving Senator Adams Oshiomhole and airline staff.
The incident involving Mr. Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1), a known associate of the President, who allegedly attempted to prevent an aircraft from departing.
You are undoubtedly aware of both incidents.
Where was this same enthusiasm to instigate public outrage and issue official condemnations? Was CCTV footage from those incidents also released, or was the CCTV system only activated when it involved Mr. Peter Obi?
6. Can the publication of CCTV footage detailing Mr. Peter Obi’s movements on your personal social media platform be considered a serious breach of his personal security?
Your footage established no wrongdoing. Instead, you further exposed the movements of a leading opposition figure whose security concerns are already significant.
Would you release equivalent CCTV footage of other presidential candidates of Mr. Obi’s standing who travel in private and presidential aircraft funded by taxpayers?
Should a leading presidential candidate not be accorded security protocols consistent with democratic best practices?
Dear @mehdirhasan
This lying double-mouthed dishonest aide called Daniel Bwala that you publicly exposed his hypocrisy to the world a few months ago, now claims Al Jazeera “apologised” to him over your interview with him.
Please is this claim true?
And if true, what exactly did Al Jazeera apologise to him for?
Dear Nigerians,
Pls retweet until @mehdirhasan sees this and publicly responds to clear the air.
This Binani argument is funny because some people now think one politician can erase Atiku Abubakar from Adamawa.
Please, let us be serious.
Atiku is not a visitor in Adamawa. He is not a candidate looking for introduction. He is not someone whose political identity can be deleted by one defection, one camp, one noise or one social media calculation.
This is Atiku’s home base.
His roots are there.
His structure is there.
His loyalists are there.
His political history is there.
His name has been on the ballot for decades, and Adamawa people know him beyond propaganda.
So when people say Binani will make Atiku lose soundly in Adamawa, the question is simple: since when did Binani become bigger than the political soil that produced Atiku?
This is the problem with wishful thinking.
You people always look for one convenient name and build an entire fantasy around it. Yesterday it was Obi. Today it is Binani. Tomorrow it will be another person. But the electoral map remains stubborn.
Where will Atiku get votes?
From the North-East where he remains one of the strongest political brands.
From the North-West where APC anger is boiling.
From the North-Central where hardship, insecurity and betrayal have opened a serious door.
From the South-South where the Amaechi factor changes the calculation.
From the South-East where Kenneth Okonkwo and other serious voices are helping to reframe the conversation.
From angry workers.
From hungry families.
From market women.
From pensioners.
From young people tired of slogans.
From Nigerians who now understand that 2027 is not for political entertainment.
Atiku does not need fantasy votes.
He needs real votes.
And that is why he is building a coalition, not a fan club.
Binani can play her politics. That is her right. But to imagine that she alone will sink Atiku in Adamawa is political comedy.
Atiku has survived bigger storms than this.
He has faced presidents.
He has faced parties.
He has faced betrayals.
He has faced propaganda.
And he is still standing.
That is what structure looks like.
That is what experience looks like.
That is why they are panicking.
Atiku is coming.
Data is brutal.
@ruffydfire This man is very wicked! When the Iran war caused fuel to rise, it didn't reach 24 hours be he adjusted to current price, while he knew that it was one with cheaper price he was processing then. No sympathy for Nigerians at all. The same monopoly on cement! God will intervene.
@ruffydfire This man is very wicked! When the Iran war caused fuel to rise, it didn't reach 24 hours be he adjusted to current price, while he knew that it was one with cheaper price he was processing then. No sympathy for Nigerians at all. The same monopoly on cement! God will intervene.