AB Jumbo

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[AB Jumbo @drbjumbo]

Breathe my friend. Breathe.

She wouldn’t have sold you. The people who would have sold you, and are selling you right now, are mostly in Abuja and the State Government Houses.

They are selling you by purchasing hummer buses for election campaigns, but tricycle for ambulances.

They are selling you by not providing clean public drinking water in 2026, but telling you to be patriotic.

I love Nigeria. I am sure Kemi Badenoch loves Nigeria in her heart too. But there’s only so much insanity one can take in a lifetime.

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@FinPlanKaluAja1 Africa suffocates

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Nigeria wasn’t like this in the 2000s, and up to 2023.

What is happening Mr Keyamo? What are you guys doing?

Where are you guys dragging Nigeria to?

[Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK) @fkeyamo]

PETER OBI MUST APOLOGISE TO AIRPORT STAFF AND PAY THE FINE FOR WRONG PARKING

As the Minister of Aviation, I felt a moral duty to investigate and authenticate the claim made by opposition candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, a few days ago that the tyres of his car were ‘unjustly’ clamped at the airport, suggesting a ‘persecution agenda’ against him by the Federal Government. Politics aside, every Nigerian is entitled to fair treatment under the law.

I therefore instituted an internal inquiry over the issue.

Luckily enough, the entire Abuja airport is covered by CCTV cameras, real-time, 24/7. But apparently, this fact was unknown to Mr. Peter Obi. Otherwise, perhaps he would have been more circumspect before rushing to the media to cry ‘persecution’.

From the recordings, these are the facts:

1. On Saturday, July 4th, 2026, Mr. Obi arrived at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at exactly 20:28 pm, driven by a Policeman. He alighted with two other occupants and went into the terminal building.

2. The Police driver then parked the vehicle, almost blocking the entrance and came out himself and went into the terminal building too. The airport rule is that, apart from the fact that it is a drop-off zone, a driver must remain behind the wheels of the vehicle for it to be tolerated for some time within that zone. Still the vehicle tyres were not clamped.

3. The Policeman came back to the vehicle at about 20:32pm and collected something from the vehicle and went back into the building again, leaving the vehicle unattended to.

4. At this point, the dutiful airport security staff came over and clamped the tyres of the car. In doing this, contrary to the claims by Peter Obi, nobody was inside the car and so nobody knew whether it was his car (not that it should matter, anyway).

5. When the Policeman returned again and discovered the tyres were clamped, he was directed to an office and upon getting there, he called Mr. Peter Obi on his phone and gave the phone to the manager. Mr. Peter Obi then introduced himself and spoke with the manager, peddled his ‘influence’ and requested for the release of the vehicle. His vehicle was then released without him paying the necessary fine.

6. It is important to note that the time the vehicle was parked unattended to in that prohibited zone was about 30 minutes, which constitutes a security risk at an airport by global best practices.

What has emerged from this is a clear case of an opposition candidate trying to whip up unnecessary sentiments for a wrong he committed with his driver. The excuse which Mr. Peter Obi gave that there were other offenders too on that day (which is completely false) cannot be an excuse for an individual aspiring to be President of Nigeria. He must live above board.

This is a matter that was not even mentioned at all by the airport authorities and had been put to rest. But ever determined to milk any situation to score cheap political points, Mr. Peter Obi decided to go on air to render a false narrative.

Therefore, he must also face the consequences of his actions. (I have attached the CCTV footages to this statement for the public to clearly see what transpired.)

In the circumstances, consistent with the principle of equality before the law, as Minister of Aviation, I make the following demands on Mr. Peter Obi:

1. That he tenders an unreserved, public apology to those hardworking, ordinary Nigerian workers at the airport, just doing their jobs dutifully and whom he sought to blackmail as his ‘persecutors’.

2. That Mr. Peter Obi voluntarily goes back to the airport and pay the appropriate fine of N25,000 for wrongful parking at the airport for which he used ‘influence peddling’ to bully his way out on that day. He cannot be bigger than the law.

If these demands are not met within one week, I will be giving the necessary directives to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to take the next steps against him.

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Daniel Bwala’s attempt to compare Nigerians earning ₦60,000 at home with those doing care jobs in the UK is, to put it mildly, deceptive, condescending and pathetic.

Deceptive because, buried beneath the rant is a clear attempt at distraction: shifting public focus away from the urgent need to improve incomes, living standards, and purchasing power, and redirecting it towards a superficial “I pass my neighbour” contest.

Condescending, because his remarks subtly reveal a lowered bar for what Nigerians supposedly deserve in terms of quality of life, an outlook steeped in the bigotry of low expectations.

Pathetic, because it must be exhausting, even for someone comfortable with bending the truth, to be placed in the position of defending the indefensible.

In this morning tea rant, I call out Bwala for his deception, drawing from a secondary school experience to describe his stance.

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[AB Jumbo @drbjumbo]

Some people living there call some other people living there “illegal aliens”!

If you scale out enough, in space and time, there’s only foolishness!

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Exactly.

Nothing to concede, nothing to compare, nothing to argue.

I understand you must find 1000 reasons and excuses to defend EVERY position. Well done, it is commendable.

But my approach is simple: Akpabio built one exceptional stadium by Nigerian standards. It’s about the best we’ve had in our nation’s history (hopefully I’m right with this claim).

If someone says, “show me the stadium Peter Obi built in comparison with that edifice in Uyo”, although I may support Peter Obi, my response would be, “That Akpabio stadium is exceptional, I agree Peter Obi did not match that as Governor”.

It is in showing that you are not just some unilateral, one-sided, one-way, person that you show capacity for rational thinking.

Were there valid reasons why he might now have built a stadium that good? Of course. But when some landmark projects in the country are mentioned, you supporters must seize the opportunity to show that you are CAPABLE of rational thought, of agreeing to disagree.

But as one commenter pointed, you are here for a battle in which conceding small grounds could prove fatal. So ride on warrior.

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That is why the story should end at, Akwa Ibom stadium is one of a kind in the country. Let us leave it at that.

Simple things should remain simple.

That stadium in Uyo is one project we don’t need to fight over or about.

But if we can’t understand something as basic as that, then I give up.

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So here we are. Our only recourse is to recycle these lazy, tired words. Everyone is throwing tantrums, accusing the system, not realising THEY ARE THE SYSTEM.

Woe unto the day: a Minister of Defence is speaking like a bystander.

A member of government who should be fixing problems, is listing them out to us.

What should we do Mr Minister? Help you create the database? Help you with kinetic and nonkinetic approach? Help you govern? Help the government with devolving power to the local authorities and establishing a credible, merit based system for selecting Local Government Chairpersons and State Governors?

Honourable Minister, what do you want us to do, since you are listing the problems as a member of government?

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Same rhetorics. The same words recycled for decades: kinetic and non-kinetic, database, local government.

You give people the power of state to govern and lead, they turn back and throw a bunch of recycled words to your face to excuse and dress their failure.

It’s almost like they forget the office they occupy.

No database? Is it my grandfather who is long dead that should create the database?

And what on God’s good earth is this kinetic and non-kinetic thing mouthed since 1900?

There is a problem. If the government of the day CANNOT solve it, they should say so and step aside!

Simple!

Nigeria’s security problem CANNOT be as difficult as building a metal tube that can carry 400 human beings 35,000 ft above sea level, or is it?

[TheCable @thecableng]

"As a nation, do we have a database? Because, for security forces to work, for the police to work, we need to have a database. If you go abroad and you commit an offence, it's easier for you to be identified. They get your face, fingerprints, signature, or your picture because they know everything about you. Do we have that? What is delaying us from putting that in place?" — Christopher Musa, minister of defence

[AB Jumbo @drbjumbo]

A straightforward solution to a simple problem:

Governance MUST WORK!

We have come to that crossroads, that point in our history where misgovernance is no longer sustainable. Decades of grammar without tangible results are beginning to catch up with us.

No systematic postal codes and address system:

No proper and well trained police service.

No discipline and professionalism amongst the rank and file of the law enforcement agencies.

Too heavy with dependence on force, brute force, and little reliance on intelligence.

Lack of prudent use of scarce resources.

Too many unqualified people occupying important positions. They CANNOT get the job done.

[AB Jumbo @drbjumbo]

@ARISEtv Simple logic!

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It is a good story, a good reason. However the Godswill Akpabio stadium is one of a kind in Nigeria. It’s one of those projects in the country no one should feel bad to concede superiority to.

But as a lady explained, the streets on Twitter require that supporters contest all forms of legacies so I understand.

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@ajulunzewi @chukaobi Hahaha okay that makes sense.

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@myabiadaily It’s almost like the Abia Government is listening to us and implementing our suggestions. Commendable step Dr Alex Otti.

https://t.co/rV71cFuOMu