Deji Doherty

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[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

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

[Wizkid @wizkidayo]

Love God ❤️

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@yabaleftonline Fake News

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

We Continue to Confirm our ‘Now Disgraced Status’ as a Nation?

Let us all pause and pray for the souls of over 150 innocent lives lost in Kwara yesterday. This tragedy is precisely why I delayed commenting on the outrageous and shameful news surrounding our electoral system. The Senate's blatant rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results is an unforgivable act of electoral manipulation ahead of 2027.

This failure to pass a clear safeguard is nothing short of a deliberate assault on Nigeria’s democracy. By rejecting these essential transparency measures, they are eroding the very foundation of credible elections. One must ask: Does the government exist to ensure order and justice, or to institutionalise chaos? Is its purpose to serve the people, or to fulfil the sinister ambitions of a select few?

The turmoil, disputes, and manipulations that plagued past elections, especially the 2023 general election, stemmed directly from the refusal to fully implement electronic transmission. Nigerians were fed excuses of a fabricated “glitch” that never existed. While numerous African nations adopt electronic transmission to bolster democracy, Nigeria, the supposed giant of Africa, shamelessly lags behind, dragging the continent backwards.

We are wasting time hosting conferences and drafting papers on Nigeria's problems while we, the leaders and elite, are the real issue. Our deliberate resistance to reform is pulling the country backwards, dragging us toward a primitive state of governance.

By rejecting mandatory electronic transmission—a critical safeguard for electoral integrity—we are entrenching disorder aimed at perpetuating confusion according to the whims of a small clique. Have we not reached a point where we must think seriously about the future of our country and our children? Should leadership not focus on building a credible, orderly, and livable nation for the next generation, rather than one permanently ensnared in chaos?

When the former Prime Minister of the UK, aware of our history, labelled us “fantastically corrupt,” we reacted defensively. When President Donald Trump declared us a “now disgraced nation,” we were incensed. Yet, with every act of resistance against transparency and reform, we continue to affirm their claims. Those responsible will later point fingers at others for harming the country while they quietly suffocate its potential.

Let there be no illusion, the criminality witnessed in 2023 will not be tolerated in 2027. Nigerians everywhere must start getting ready to rise up, resist, and reject the backward trajectory, legitimately and decisively reclaim our country from the clutches of deliberate malevolence.

The International community must take heed of this groundwork for continued future electoral manipulation, endangering our democracy and development.

A new Nigeria is POssible but we must all stand and fight for it. -PO

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@DJ_TUNEZ 😂😂😂

[Inibehe Effiong @InibeheEffiong]

The fake love for Nigeria by people whose daily preoccupation on this app is to make excuses for politicians who are destroying Nigeria will always be ludicrous to me.

You want to extricate Nigeria from western and geopolitical influences, but you are working overtime to keep Nigerians In bondage.

You attack those protesting peacefully for accountability and good governance.

All that concerns you is keeping criminally minded politicians in power.

Your fake patriotism is meaningless to some of us.

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@Morris_Monye 😂😂😂

[Mr Macaroni @mrmacaroni]

Nigerian Youths lost their lives, jobs, families and dreams at the hands of the most corrupt and evil People we call Leaders!!!
Even though my people are now in love with their Oppressors, this day 20/10/2020 is never to be forgotten nor forgiven! ✊🏿

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@vict0ny @IamTerryg 🍁

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@channelstv 🤡

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@ARISEtv Obi is Coming

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@channelstv Who’s this clown

[Mr Macaroni @mrmacaroni]

For Emphasis, The Person that the Convicted Professor rigged an election for is the Incumbent Senate President of Nigeria; Godswill Akpabio.
For Clarification, The Senate President presides over the deliberations of bills that become LAW in Nigeria!
Omo, I don tire! 🤦🏾‍♂️

[Omoyele Sowore @sowore]

Whether you are a Muslim extremist who murdered student Deborah Samuel in Sokoto or a vigilante who lynched innocent northerners in Utomi Edo, or @HQNigerianArmy soldiers who extra-judicially murdered Shiite protesters in Abuja, you must face justice for your callous actions without exception.

[Oby Ezekwesili @obyezeks]

I hope those Senators in the Chamber of @NGRSenate today and the ones who conveniently disappeared all heard the last word of their inspiringly bold and unbowed colleague Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan @NatashaAkpoti ?

She courageously said as she left the Chamber today:

“This Injustice shall not be sustained”.

The wise among them will be haunted by this until her words surely come to pass.

The unwise among them will not even understand what she said.

For all of us that care about our democratic processes and principles, we are glad that :
“She Said What She Said!”

A Woman like Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan. ✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾

[MR M$NEY @asakemusik]

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas filled with peace, joy, and love. 🎄❤️

[Wizkid @wizkidayo]

MORAYO 🤍🦅

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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Whatever happens …
Don’t let it ruin your day

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@EsosaIyawe Shame

[Deji Doherty @deji_doherty]

@wizkidayo No 1