Jerry Esq

Lawyer. Corporate advisor. Thinking about law, money & power in Nigeria. I help founders and NGOs build properly. DM for legal advisory.

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

A Nation Fails the Most When It Fails Its Children.

Today is Children's Day. Somewhere in a terrorist hideout, the children taken from Ogbomosho are not celebrating. They are afraid. They are in pain. They are wondering if anyone is coming.

We owe them an apology — for a country that was supposed to protect them and did not.

To the children: we are sorry.

To Mr. President @officialabat, forget the elections. Forget the politics. There are children in captivity on your watch. Get them out. Get them out fast. Use everything this nation has.

History will not remember how many rallies were held. It will remember whether you brought them home.

Do more. Nigeria is watching. The children are waiting.

— Jeremiah Babaleye, Esq.
Lawyer | Nation Builder
Children's Day, 27 May 2026

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

@bin_gbada You dey mind revisionists , Asuu was on strike for 9 months under his tenure, I was personally affected

[Abiodun @bin_gbada]

- Halima Buhari attended University of Leicester
- Yusuf Buhari attended University of Surrey
- Zahra Buhari attended the University of Surrey
- Safinatu Buhari attended the University of Plymouth & Arden University

From 2015 to 2023, out of school children increased from 10 million to around 20 million because he couldn’t fight insecurity which led to a total collapse of our basic education.

So how is Buhari’s greatest legacy, Education?

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

@EstherUmoh10 lol, let us win a knock out match in World Cup first

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

I hope she gets arrested and the victim gets help

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

Disturbing video shows a woman allegedly att@cking her maid with a kitchen knife while the maid cries out for help.

The incident is said to have happened at IBB Estate in Umuahia, Abia State, although the exact location has not been independently verified.

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

Kwennuuu

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

Disturbing video shows a woman allegedly att@cking her maid with a kitchen knife while the maid cries out for help.

The incident is said to have happened at IBB Estate in Umuahia, Abia State, although the exact location has not been independently verified.

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[VON Esq @vonw_esq]

Akinboro SAN would have easily won this election but for poor advisers.

I told them on that group that this Egbe Amofin thing will backfire and now it has.

I just hope that Lateef Akangbe SAN can gain more momentum because Badejo-Okusanya, SAN is deeply uninspiring

[Owolabi Adeshina Adeniyi @adeniyi_owolabi]

For God’s sake, this Egbe Amofin issue has been dragged on for too long. Every lawyer has the right to vote for any candidate they choose that’s the essence of universal adult suffrage. While Egbe Amofin is a power bloc within the NBA, they can’t dictate who any lawyer should vote for. They can endorse, as they have done, and while that’s persuasive at best, they can’t force anyone to support a particular candidate. This matter has already been addressed by Aare Muyiwa Akinboro and should be put to rest. By all means, vote for whoever you prefer, but don’t discredit anyone because of an endorsement. Egbe Amofin can endorse, but the vote belongs to individual lawyers. Personally, my vote is for Aare Muyiwa Akinboro.

[eniola_curr£ncy @Olayinka_OA]

imagine the almighty mr beast under scrutiny. trust me your black ass would be demonetized for any slight err. can never be my @Clapmihq where you have freedom to do your thing.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. I know @realDonaldTrump and family did.

250 years ago we declared independence from a king who ran the colonies as a family business. In just 18 months the Trumps have made King George look like an amateur.

A $620 million Pentagon loan, the largest in the program’s history, to a company Don Jr.’s firm bought into three months before.

An Air Force drone contract to a startup the princelings took public through a golf course company they own a piece of.

The Army’s largest drone motor order ever, to a company where Don Jr. sits on the board and holds millions in stock.

A $24 million Pentagon robotics contract to the company that employs Eric as Chief Strategy Advisor.

A stake in the largest undeveloped tungsten deposit on earth, in Kazakhstan, backed by $1.6 billion in US government support.

Jared’s fund seeded with $2 billion from the Saudi crown prince, now $6.2 billion, 99% of it foreign money from Gulf governments. Over $110 million in fees collected from the Saudis alone. He negotiates American foreign policy with the governments that pay him.

$2.3 billion from crypto ventures their father regulates. More than a million people bought in and lost $2.3 billion. The money didn’t grow. It simply moved from the subjects pockets to the crown’s coffers.

And the next one is already drafted. A proposed ATF rule that will allow guns to be shipped straight to your front door. The government’s own estimate is 3.3 million home gun deliveries a year. Don Jr. sits on the board of the online gun megastore built to cash in. He holds 300,000 shares.

And that’s only the fraction they’ve allowed us to see. Not one subpoena served. Not one search executed. Why hide anything when you own the investigators?

Me? They searched a laptop for six years. Federal prosecutors. Grand juries. Subpoena power. Congressional hearings. They found nothing. I made about $200k a year selling paintings when my Dad was President, and they made my paintings part of an impeachment inquiry.

For six years they’ve asked Where’s Hunter? What about the laptop?

Wrong questions. The right one is 250 years old. Does America belong to a family?

They’ve given their answer. Long live the King.

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

As an ondo man, I want to riot 😒. Just pound the yam plainly .

[Aunty Teda @imoteda]

I put butter and salt in my pounded yam.

Been told I make the best pounded yam. But if I tell you it's cause of the butter and salt I added you will start fighting so I don't bother lol.

There are no rules to food abeg!

[okrika first Lady @agnestasia_faka]

What is a Muslim doing in a Catholic school? You people always act like the victim .

[Pat Utomi @UtomiPat]

Impunity and disregard of decent order has become our way. When Yaradua was dying people lied and governed in his name. They did the same with Buhari. They are doing so again. This is high treason. This is why I say nobody over 70 should run for office. I am 70

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

@aaronematos @toonithecreator @MrsBBold Hmmmm, she was really savage 😭

[Tomori @otomporo8701]

A policeman shot me in 2011. The bullet shattered my hand. The Federal High Court said they must pay for the reconstructive surgery.

That was over ten years ago.

The police have ignored the order. I am left with two wounds: one in my hand, one in my soul from the injustice.

I need reconstructive surgery for my livelihood and my family's sake. The police refuse. Will you stand with me?

Your donation and voice can be the justice I’ve been denied. Please help repost 😭

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

@enitandev @AskMichaelTaiwo @grok Is this not shameful still?

[‘Layomi Azeez @MakanakiBrand]

I got scammed of ₦1,228,000 last night & I need you to please retweet this

Nina Rex who said he partnered with his sister Lisa Rex (a Computer Science student in Veritas University) was to provide certain services to me but has ghosted me. They are resident in Abuja

If you have any information that could assist in locating them, please send me a direct message.

Please retweet to help this reach people who may have relevant information.
Thank you.

[Jerry Esq @jerryBabaleye]

@taiwoyedele So we’re supposed to believe you over independent observers?

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

That Dangote grant shows that he has too many “low-quality” people around him. You want to do something good, and it somehow ends up being less than the barest minimum. It shows that it wasn't his idea, and he couldn't really be bothered.

He tasked others who are also less bothered and have minimal interaction with the innovation ecosystem. The cycle of “anyhowness” continues. They are richer by the day and are worshipped by most, so who cares??

Aliko’s relationship with Bill Gates and the lack of impact it has had on local innovation remain the greatest mysteries.

Pierre Omidyar’s philanthropy, combined with targeted interventions by Google, laid the foundation for the software talent stack we have in Africa today. Nothing else sensible was added to it by our wealthy beyond performative acts of charity.

One program that also bothers me is Tony Elumelu’s entrepreneurship initiative. TEP. It is underperforming. A lot of announcements and money have been spent, but there has not been enough impact. I don't think it has been properly run, and it is not his fault. Like Dangote, he has people around him who also do the barest minimum but make the most announcements.

Heirs is a phenomenal institution that I would like to see receive more focus, and they should play a more active role in ecosystem building than Oga Tony’s personal philanthropic activities. Maybe it is all our fault. We have not presented these men with viable ideas for how to do this or with the structure to implement them.

I learned a lot from Edo Innovates about how good intentions can amount to little if you wait for money to come before taking action. Structure first, support next. Both are active, not passive, processes. Jim Ovia and Moniepoint are excellent examples of how to do it. There are many other startups he has supported quietly that are doing great. It is still not enough.

Dangote, Elumelu, Jim Ovia, and others can invest in initiatives that can be white-labeled for their brands and are also very effective. I have seen that with Village Capital’s partnerships and not much else in Africa. We need to do better than criticize them. We can also help them to help us.

[charles aniagolu @charlesaniagolu]

I don’t interview guests to embarrass them. I interview them to test arguments. If an explanation can’t withstand scrutiny, the public deserves to know.

Comparing a fake agency scandal - along with a governance breakdown involving official institutions - to 9/11 isn’t an answer, it’s a distraction.

9/11 was a catastrophic terrorist attack. What Nigerians are asking about is institutional accountability. Those are not the same conversation. When we blur them, we don't illuminate the truth - we detract from it. There's a difference between explaining a failure, and excusing one.

Thank you to everyone who reached out. It’s clear many of us still believe in one simple thing: asking hard questions, and refusing to let bad analogies replace accountability.

Journalism isn't about winning arguments. It's about refusing to let bad arguments replace accountability. That’s the job!