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US Citizen 🇺🇸 | Nigerian 🇳🇬 | Engineer|Technical|Obidient | Anti-Looting and corruption in Nigeria

[CKing @ckingdozie]

@DOlusegun Why now? We all know the plot to use them for 2027 elections. The reason why you were buying governors instead of convincing the citizens with good governance.

[DONU KOGBARA @DONUKOGBARA]

One of a kind!!!

[CKing @ckingdozie]

@PeterObi Please can we keep this message hot in media. Let’s not not just move on. Let’s demand implementation after 2027 elections.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

State Police: Commendable Step, but Disorderly Legislation Raises Concerns of Political Misuse

The recent passage of the State Police Bill by the National Assembly marks a significant legislative milestone in addressing a long-standing demand of the Nigerian people. For years, many of us, alongside security experts and regional stakeholders, have consistently argued that a highly centralised policing structure is fundamentally unsuitable for a country as vast, diverse, and complex as Nigeria. However, the legislative and constitutional implementation appears shaky and raises legitimate concerns.

The process should involve greater community participation. Policing should be more visible at the local government and community levels. The mechanism for passing the law appears highly disorganised, with no public hearing on such a sensitive issue. Indeed, the rush to enact the law without proper legislative procedures fuels suspicion among many observers about the political motives behind it.

The greatest concern does not arise from logistical issues; it stems from history. There is a widespread, justifiable fear that state police forces could become instruments in the hands of governors. The suspicion is that a state-controlled police force could be weaponised to suppress political rivals, disrupt opposition rallies, and manipulate elections.

For state policing to evolve from a risky political gamble into a genuine security solution, the law must not only permit states to establish police forces but also clearly provide for independent oversight bodies, such as a state-level Police Service Commission that is entirely free from executive influence, to ensure that policing serves the public interest rather than the interests of the ruling elite.

Going by what Nigerians have seen so far, there is no guarantee that this administration can resist the temptation to take advantage of state policing to influence the 2027 general election by proxy. In view of that possibility and the danger it poses to the polity, it is necessary to defer its implementation until after the general election.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

If police say some people na vigilante these ones sef na INEC staff

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

So, @NGRSenate is so in a haste, they passed the #StatePoliceBill in a few minutes. This is the Committee Report apparently.

[CKing @ckingdozie]

Why should any part of this country be under occupation? In any civilized country a corrupt and incompetent president like Bola Ahmed Tinubu should resign!

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

Tinubu : Why should any part of this country be under occupation? In any civilized country, Jonathan should resign.

http://t.co/tjEbUPYhtl

[Sahara Reporters @SaharaReporters]

WATCH: Police Officers Hailing Armed Bandits As They Pass Freely Through Checkpoint In Northwest Nigeria

[CKing @ckingdozie]

Resign now!

[CKing @ckingdozie]

We are Nigerians, and we understand exactly how this corrupt government operates. The push for state police without transparency or strong safeguards is not about security; it risks handing governors a legalized militia that can be weaponized to intimidate opponents, suppress dissent, and manipulate 2007 elections. The timing says it all.
You know this concern is real. The same political interests lobbying within Nigeria are also working to shape perceptions abroad, including in Washington.
The silence and lack of meaningful pressure from the U.S. on what many Nigerians see as the most corrupt government in our democratic history is deeply concerning. If the goal is to address migration, insecurity, and poverty, the starting point is simple: support free, fair, and credible elections in 2027. When citizens can genuinely choose their leaders and their votes count, accountability follows. And with accountability comes better governance, security, economic opportunity, and fewer reasons for people to flee their country.
Democracy cannot survive where elections are rigged and power is protected at all costs. Nigerians deserve better.

[Rep. Riley M. Moore @RepRileyMoore]

I’m encouraged to see Nigeria’s Senate approve legislation to establish state-level police forces—a reform I’ve called for publicly and privately since I first started investigating the genocide against Christians in Nigeria.

I cant stress how critical this law that will empower states to protect their own citizens and reducing dependence on decision makers in Abuja is to the effort to defend persecuted Christians and address insecurity.

President Tinubu deserves credit for pushing it forward, but now we need 2/3rds of the states to ratify before it will take effect.
https://t.co/vj6wW048so

[CKing @ckingdozie]

@RepRileyMoore We are Nigerians, and we understand exactly how this corrupt government operates. The push for state police without transparency or strong safeguards is not about security; it risks handing governors a legalized militia that can be weaponized to intimidate opponents, suppress dissent, and manipulate 2007 elections. The timing says it all.
You know this concern is real. The same political interests lobbying within Nigeria are also working to shape perceptions abroad, including in Washington.
The silence and lack of meaningful pressure from the U.S. on what many Nigerians see as the most corrupt government in our democratic history is deeply concerning. If the goal is to address migration, insecurity, and poverty, the starting point is simple: support free, fair, and credible elections in 2027. When citizens can genuinely choose their leaders and their votes count, accountability follows. And with accountability comes better governance, security, economic opportunity, and fewer reasons for people to flee their country.
Democracy cannot survive where elections are rigged and power is protected at all costs. Nigerians deserve better.

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

The Judiciary Has Come Under Significant State Capture In Nigeria — Amadi

For example the appointments, if you look at some of those who are called to the bench, they’re family members of politicians. While judges who have done well and are not corrupt are stepped down. There’s an increasing capture of the judicial institution, and the judges are delighted in being dependent rather than being than independent.

Dr. Sam Amadi
ARISE News Analyst

[CKing @ckingdozie]

I have said this before; Nigerian citizens should demand that state police be put on hold until after 2027 elections. This state police will be used by APC governors to rig elections. I have said this before. This is the real reason why president @officialABAT is wooing governors and @inecnigeria instead of Nigerian voters.

[CKing @ckingdozie]

Many Nigerians screaming state police do not know the implications. Passed at the right time so that APC governors have the force they need to rig elections. Dumb opposition will just watch.

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

They say #Nigeria needs #StatePolice to work. And to do that, @NGRSenate has passed a bill for that purpose in minutes, without publishing the Bill & with no #PublicHearing.

The plan is transparent - to establish State Police before #NigeriaDecides2027& hand governors of @OfficialAPCNg lawful militias. That is how to make State Police work!

https://t.co/rRehnLuDHG

[CKing @ckingdozie]

When Datti and others openly admit how difficult it was to sell Peter Obi in the North, it tells a story many people avoid discussing. For decades, Northern voting patterns have largely favored tickets with either a Northern VP or a Muslim VP. The Muslim-Muslim ticket didn’t happen by accident; it was a calculated electoral strategy. It was a red meat for the North.
In contrast, the South East has repeatedly voted for candidates from other regions Atiku, Yar’Adua, and other for example without requiring ethnic or religious balancing acts. We don’t struggle to sell Atiku or any northern candidate in that regard. Yet even now, when many argue fairness should favor a South East presidency, the conversation remains different.
The idea that “the North will decide the election” has become a political reality that emboldens politicians like Atiku to dismiss calls for equity. Beyond religion and regional sentiment, one has to ask: how does Buhari, despite a widely criticized presidency, still command such loyalty in certain areas?
These sentiments are real, and politicians carefully navigate them because they need the votes. I wish there were more voices like @NanaKazaure challenging these assumptions, so we wouldn’t have to keep having this conversation.

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

The reproach of Peter Lifu’s corrupt criminality should not only end with the reprimand of the @NGCourtofAppeal. He needs to be let go.

https://t.co/XggB7UzCIC

[CKing @ckingdozie]

@PivotOladimeji Thought it was just me. He blocked me already.

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

The politicians who took office in various states in #Nigeria since 1999 now appear to believe that they have a right to a Chief Judge in their back pockets.

When, for instance, former governor, @ChibuikeAmaechi, could not get his choice as Chief Judge of Rivers State in 2013, he ensured that the office was vacant until his departure from office in 2015.

The latest theatre for the casualization of the State Chief Judge is Imo State. The state has not had a Chief Judge for nearly 20 months since the National Judicial Council (NJC) sacked its last Chief Judge for age falsification in November 2024.

Today, the State Governor believes he deserves a Chief Judge that is beholden to him & he has procured the State Judicial Service Commission as his tool to make this happen. The Chief Justice of #Nigeria has an opportunity & a duty to put him right.

https://t.co/SSq3St6M88

[CKing @ckingdozie]

Unpopular and hard to believe, but people will remember I said this and I have been saying it.
While you're busy arguing online, APC is allegedly collecting PVCs from INEC; and from the very people you convinced to register. Some are showing unverifiable format videos online and you think all is going well. This video is only the tip of the iceberg. I witnessed it firsthand; try putting the people on ground to investigate for you.

Tinubu is detailed when it comes to election rigging. APC has no clear path to victory except through manipulation, and many of you are making it easy for them by applying no pressure; especially the ADC distracting the real candidate.

Second, ask yourself: why was securing the governors so important?
On election day, governors can deploy state machinery to keep people away from collection centers including the candidates, while results are produced elsewhere.
Don't lose this message.