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[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Our National Tragedies are Resources for National Transformation

I have received many calls and text messages from patriotic Nigerians who were annoyed that an Arise News anchor wanted me to answer questions about the 1966 coups, which were national tragedies. I reassured those patriots that, as a presidential candidate, I am ready and able to answer any questions about anything relating to Nigeria. I have a commitment to serve the people, not to hide from them.

As I travel across Nigeria and listen to Nigerians of all ethnic and religious identities, I have had opportunities to reflect on the many tragedies we have experienced in Nigeria, including the 1966 coups, the civil war, and the various mass violence that have plagued different parts of the country.

My view is that we could have avoided these tragedies if we had entrenched and implemented laws justly. These tragedies are the result of leadership failure. It is our responsibility to understand these failures and fix them.
The failure of leadership to guarantee all its citizens equal rights and freedoms, and to enforce the fundamental rights in the constitution without fear or favour.
We must focus on learning from our past. Mistakes in history are not fatal. They can become opportunities for transformation.

This happened in Japan. The Japanese miracle that took place between 1920 and 1970 was a product of patriotic leaders who used the Japanese trauma of colonial rule to drive miraculous economic development. South Korea followed Japan by weaponising cruel experiences under Japan to develop a policy framework of a developmental state, and became an economic giant under the inspiration of General Park from 1960. The same applies to China under Deng Xiaoping, who reinvented China from the tragedies of Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution and the many deaths of that ill-fated policy. Today, China is the second-largest economy in the world. What a transformation. That is our vision. That should also be our history.

For me, my responsibility as Nigerian President is to turn the pains and tragedies of the past into opportunities to make Nigeria united, stable, and prosperous.
We need a leadership that is not trapped in the past, a leadership that focuses on what binds us together rather than what divides us. At this point, we need a leader who believes in the destiny and future of Nigeria, a leader who publicly proclaims that all parts of Nigeria abound in human and natural resources, and that all parts of Nigeria can become productive and prosperous.

The difference in human history is having leaders who do not maximise those pasts for selfish ambition but leverage them to build a prosperous future for all.
Even in Africa, we can learn from Rwanda on how a recent terrible experience is being used to advance national unity and prosperity. We can do the same for Nigeria.

I am ready to speak about what the voters consider important. I am ready to comfort and console. I am ready to lead from the front as we work to turn away from the ugly past and into a future where no Nigerian will suffer on account of his or her ethnicity, religion, or social pedigree. Our past is important, but our past is not our destiny. Our future is what we do with our past. Our past is our resource for national transformation. We are ready to transform Nigeria.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

A bishop!

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

Please, I am urgently appealing to you for help concerning the death of my niece, Rebecca Uankhoba, a nursing student who died in Anyigba, Kogi State, on 6 June 2025.

According to the family's investigation and the police case, Rebecca became pregnant, and we allege that her lecturer, , was involved in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy through an unqualified practitioner. Tragically, Rebecca died. We were later informed that her body was taken and abandoned by the roadside.

The police investigated the matter. The officers who investigated the case were Officer Solomon and Inspector Amos. According to what was communicated to the family, the investigation produced admissions/confessions concerning what happened to Rebecca.

The matter went before High Court 6 in Lokoja. However, despite the seriousness of the allegations, suspects were released on bail, and one of the suspects has reportedly remained at large.

Recently, I personally mobilised the police to apprehend the suspect who was still available. I was subsequently contacted by the State Counsel and informed that the judge had directed that the suspect also be released on bail.

As a family, we are deeply concerned about the handling of this case and fear that there may have been interference or a compromise in the process. We are not asking you to prejudge anyone or replace the court. We are asking for an independent journalistic investigation into what happened to Rebecca and why the prosecution has not brought justice to her family.

Mr Rufai, please, we desperately need your help to bring this matter into the public eye and ensure that the relevant authorities properly investigate and prosecute the case.

I have documents and information concerning the police investigation and court proceedings that I can provide to you privately.

Please, sir, kindly give this matter your attention. Rebecca deserves justice.

Thank you.

Joseph Uankhoba 
Family representative of Rebecca Uankhoba

[Sam Amadi @SamAmadi]

The Subsidy Fiction

If you return subsidy and allow the corruption that led to its removal have you solved the problem?

The problem is the corruption that makes both subsidy and its removal damaging to Nigerian citizens. A corrupt leadership will return subsidy in order to milk public finance for cronies and collapse the economy of the poor.

A corrupt regime will remove subsidy and tract funds to private purses and suffocate the people.

Two of them start at different points but end on the same point: poverty for the people

An honest, competent government will either keep subsidy and improve the welfare of the people, or remove subsidy and honestly use its proceeds to improve the welfare of the people.

I support honest, competent government with or without subsidy

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Worrisome Abduction Story From Borgu, Niger State

I am deeply disturbed by the reports of the mass abduction of Nigerians in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, following attacks on communities including Dekara and the abduction of worshippers during Juma’at prayers.

Reports indicate that as many as 600 people, predominantly women, children and elderly Nigerians, may have been taken. The exact number is still being verified. Tragically, reports also indicate that about 30 people may have been killed.

This is one case too many.

The fact that Nigerians can be attacked in broad daylight, in their place of worship, abducted in such numbers and taken into the forests should shake the conscience of every Nigerian and compel urgent action from government.

Our people are being left vulnerable while the political class appears increasingly consumed by the next election.

Elections will come and go, but the lives of Nigerians cannot be recovered once lost.

Government must treat this as an emergency: deploy overwhelming intelligence-led security operations, rescue every person in captivity, secure the affected communities and dismantle the networks and enclaves enabling these terrorists to operate.

The Police complain that difficult terrain and a collapsed bridge hampered the initial rescue response in Borgu, which supports my consistent plea to concentrate on repairs of existing infrastructure.

I stand with the Niger State Government, the good people of Niger State and the families of those abducted and killed. We must bring our people home and restore the confidence that government exists to protect them.

A New Nigeria is POssible, and Nigeria will be OK. -PO

[Everest @novieverest]

Tinubu raised petrol prices 3 years ago.
Allowed transportation prices to hit the roof. Nigerians suffered. He raised the electricity bill. He raised everything.

Then 4 months to General elections, he ordered that transportation costs be reduced by October 1st.

What a cruel, evil man.

[NEFERTITI @firstladyship]

Dear Nigerians,

Fifteen National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were kidnapped in Kogi State on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, while returning from their orientation camp in Bayelsa State.

They were traveling to Abuja with Peace Mass Transit. They were intercepted along the Ofu/Itobe–Onicha-Igo axis in Ofu Local Government Area. The passenger manifest is attached.

The person in the video is the sister of one of the abducted victims. Please lend your voice & kindly share or retweet. They need to be rescued & reunited with their loved ones. 🙏

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

You cannot break a man’s leg, hand him crutches three years later and demand applause because he can now move around. 😂
That is essentially Tinubu’s CNG miracle .

Yes, CNG can make a converted bus cheaper to run. But the driver still buys expensive tyres, spare parts and food — and the passenger’s empty pocket has no conversion kit.

After the subsidy-removal shock travelled from the filling station to the motor park, the farm, the market and finally the Nigerian kitchen, 120,000 converted vehicles cannot be presented as salvation for over 200 million people.

The problem is no longer simply what powers the bus.

It is whether Nigerians can afford to board it.

@atiku understands the difference: Nigeria needs a broader attack on the cost of living — cheaper energy, domestic production, lower logistics costs and measurable relief across the economic chain.

The crutches may help the man walk. They do not mean his leg was never broken.
Shuabu

[Super Eagles Supporters Club @official_esclub]

Michael Emenalo or Amaju Pinnick.
Who are you backing to take over leadership of the NFF? 👀

[Harmless @HarmlessHQ]

They kidnapped over 500 people in Niger state and you people are hoarding this information... 😔

[Port Harcourt People @AskPHPeople]

Nigeria Police officer allegedly shoots and kill 4 persons this evening at Agip By Ada-George Road, Port-Harcourt.

[Today's City Media @GreatNextLevel]

Did they ever tell us they wanted to complete the project in their lifetime?

[Ibeh @masurge7]

How do you spend nearly 4 years building just 34km out of 700km while spending a whooping N4bn per kilometer?

Mind you they are still on the easy part of the project. They haven't entered the swampy areas yet.

[Ibeh @masurge7]

How do you spend nearly 4 years building just 34km out of 700km while spending a whooping N4bn per kilometer?

Mind you they are still on the easy part of the project. They haven't entered the swampy areas yet.

[Pat Utomi @UtomiPat]

What makes the trouble of Nigeria more depressing is that it is the story of the betrayal of elite. You see it repeated again and again. In 1993 the Igbo woman in Ogbete market voted for MKO Abiola without being prodded. They knew it was about liberation not ethnicity. But the elite had other calculus. Those who ate with Abiola went to sell him to Abacha. That woman chants for Peter Obi in spite of treacherous Governors. The same can be said of the legislators and defectors. They make silly jokes that who or what money cannot buy more money can buy. And they leave the people hungry and angry

[Emir Sirdam @EmirSirdam]

SHOCKING: 600 NIGERIANS WERE KIDNAPPED IN NIGER STATE AND THE NATION IS SILENT?

How do we explain this??

No Media is talking about it, and we the people, are not even aware.🤦🏾‍♂️

Is this staged and another Psyop? How do you transport 600 people without any pushback? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[Sahara Reporters @SaharaReporters]

Lagos Drowns In Garbage As CDWR Accuses Govt, LAWMA Of Failing To Manage Waste | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/xeEqu35Npa

[TheCable @thecableng]

“In recent times, the president did say there was hunger before he was born, which, for me, was a very unfortunate statement because I’m going towards my 69th birthday, and the kind of poverty we have seen in this country in the last three and a half years, I never saw it when I was born. In my own environment, I never saw this kind of poverty.” — George Ehusan, executive director, Lux Terra Leadership Foundation

[Dele Farotimi. A victim of Nigeria @DeleFarotimi]

Ambassador Amupitan continued from where Professor Mahmoud Yahoo stopped, just as Bulaba continued from where Bubu stopped. If it were not so tragic, it’d be comical, an entire race hobbled by little men with pimpish imaginations..🇳🇬��