T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛

i͙͛n͙͛ G͙͛o͙͛d͙͛ i͙͛ t͙͛r͙͛u͙͛s͙͛t͙͛

[Ziyad Yakubu @Ziyad_yakubu]

Them being at the Villa singing and dancing is one thing. But this idea that every Kannywood actor or musician owes us a political position on insecurity is where I disagree.

Why are we begging celebrities to become our political conscience in the first place? These people are singers, actors and entertainers. They are not security experts, policy people, activists or even people whose worldview we have examined. If they choose to stay quiet, good. Let them stay quiet.

Because the same people insulting them for not speaking today will be the same people insulting them tomorrow when they speak and defend Tinubu, APC, PDP or say something stupid. Just as it was the case with Rarara. So which one do we want?

We should be trying to take back influence from celebrities, not handing them more. Demand answers from the President, governors, lawmakers, security chiefs and people whose actual job is to protect lives. Demand expertise from SANs on legal issues, security analysts on security issues and economists on economic issues.

But bullying a Kannywood actresses because they did not become a national security spokespersons is not activism. It is just us looking for somebody easy to insult because the people actually responsible are too powerful to confront.

[Jubril A. Gawat @Mr_JAGs]

Omo !!!! Who is this brilliant lady 🔥🔥🔥

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@Abdul_A_Bello @PrinceC57377793 @Sistaliano He is stupid ni jare!!! Werey po niu won

[Ziyad Yakubu @Ziyad_yakubu]

I watched the recent Peter Obi interview with Rufai Oseni, and honestly, I found him uninspiring.

To be fair to him, there are things I respect.

He clearly studies examples from other countries. When he talks about power, production, governance, security, or the economy, he often refers to places where those things are working. That is not a bad instinct. In fact, it is a good one. A serious country should learn from countries that have solved problems similar to ours.

He seems to operate with a simple principle: if you study what successful people are doing and apply it with discipline, you increase your own chances of success.

That part is commendable.

I also respect the fact that he is now speaking more deliberately about unity, inclusion, and not leaving any tribe or region behind. I wish he had discovered that language more clearly in 2023, but better late than never.

I also respect the fact that he keeps talking about doing only one term. Yes, the North-South power arrangement is informal, and if he ever became president, he could easily keep quiet about it, enjoy the advantages of incumbency, and position himself for re-election like most politicians would. Instead, he keeps bringing it up and putting it on record. Whether he will actually keep that promise remains to be seen, and politicians have broken bigger promises before. It is even possible that the one-term pledge is what he sold to Kwankwaso to agree to be his running mate. But regardless of the political calculation behind it, I still respect the fact that he is saying it openly.

So yes, I can give him credit where credit is due.

But my problem with him, he sounds like a man with good intentions, but good intentions do not rule Nigeria.

Nigeria is not a TED Talk.

Nigeria is not a spreadsheet.

Nigeria is not a country where you simply say, “I have seen how Egypt did it, I have seen how India did it, I have seen how Indonesia did it,” and then everybody should clap.

When Rufai pressed him on how he would deliver 10,000 megawatts of electricity, he refused to explain the details. His argument was basically: look at the person making the promise, look at my track record, trust me.

That is not enough.

Nigerians have been trusting people with beautiful promises since 1960.

The question is not only whether you know that other countries are working. The question is whether you understand the specific Nigerian obstacles that stop things from working here.

Power in Nigeria is not just about megawatts. It is about gas supply, transmission collapse, tariffs, distribution companies, debt, vandalism, regulation, political sabotage, and the federal-state confusion around electricity.

So when you say you will fix it, people have the right to ask: how?

And if your answer is “I will not tell you,” then you cannot be angry when some of us are not moved.

The same thing applies to insecurity.

When asked about insecurity, he spoke about commitment. He said he fought criminality in Anambra. He spoke about being ready to die for Nigeria. He said those who want peace will get negotiation, and those who want war will get war.

Again, good rhetoric.

But Nigeria’s insecurity is not just a problem of personal bravery.

It is an economy. It is intelligence failure. It is forest governance. It is arms flow. It is ransom financing. It is local complicity. It is weak policing. It is porous borders. It is corrupt security structures. It is politics. It is poverty. It is ideology. It is state absence.

So when you reduce all that to “commitment,” I get worried.

Because commitment is necessary, but commitment is not a security architecture.

This is where Obi’s politics worries me. He often sounds morally clean, but politically underprepared for the dirt of Nigerian power.

He left the PDP primaries because he believed the process was too transactional. I understand the argument. But if you cannot survive transactional primaries, how exactly will you survive transactional Nigeria?

What makes him think insecurity is not transactional?

What makes him think the National Assembly is not transactional?

What makes him think subsidy networks, power-sector interests, security contractors, oil thieves, governors, party structures, and ethnic power blocs are not transactional?

You cannot govern Nigeria by simply being the decent man in the room.

At some point, you must fight.

At some point, you must build a coalition.

At some point, you must bend people without breaking the country.

At some point, you must deal with people you do not like without becoming like them.

And that is where I still do not see the steel.

Then there is the northern question.

Obi’s supporters like to pretend that the North’s suspicion of him came from nowhere. That is not true.

Whether some of the allegations against him were false, exaggerated, or taken out of context, they exist in the political memory of many people: the “Yes Daddy” controversy, the mosque demolition allegation, the ID card allegation, and the general feeling around his 2023 campaign sectarian posture.

You cannot just shout “fake news” and move on.

Politics is not only about what is true. It is also about what people believe, why they believe it, and what you have done to repair that trust.

So far, I think Obi is trying to speak the language of unity now. That is good. But trust is not repaired by one interview. It is repaired by consistency, humility, and hard engagement with people who do not already love you.

That is why, overall, I still find him uninspiring.

He is not clueless or stupid. He is not unserious.

But I also do not see the extraordinary messiah that his supporters see.

What I see is a regular Nigerian politician the know some statistics.

Nothing more.

Maybe that is enough for some people.

For me, it is not.

Nigeria does not need only a man who knows what is working elsewhere.

Nigeria needs a man who understands why things refuse to work here, who can explain how he will break those obstacles, and who has the political courage to fight the interests that benefit from national failure.

So far, Peter Obi has shown that he can diagnose Nigeria.

I am still not convinced he can govern it.

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@jon_d_doe But all is well. U should not toll this road please. I say this today. DO NOT BE EMOTIONAL please

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b��͙i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@jon_d_doe U have highly disappointed me Agba

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@YusufAsunmogejo Don't become the likes of ( wizarab or uncle Ayo) that people cannot have their own opinion on this platform. Please I beg u again

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@YusufAsunmogejo @Oluhill Bro I love u but dont be drunk on this ur new love u have here. There many Christians and Muslims that learn so much from u. And as a Christian I wish I could comfortably Learn Islam from u

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@toyofashola @arojinle1 You got it. Many women endure the sex in marriages just to bear the desired children they want once that is achieved, na to turn off their sexual emotions ooo

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@ahmedhalimah02 * in your view!!

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@ahmedhalimah02 I would rather not comment on this issue, as u have been discussing it since yesterday and it seems u remain firmly divided in our views.. Which force me to support u cos I can see the deep pain u are hammering on!

Although I have not visited the North since my childhood,

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@ahmedhalimah02 with the protest of this mass wedding!!! This is not what we need in this our economy. In fact it contribute to more poverty and backwardness we seems to find ourselves.

I have said all I wish to say on the matter.

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@ahmedhalimah02 There are hardworking, ambitious, and law-abiding people across all ethnic and regional groups in Nigeria. Likewise, every region of the country faces its own unique challenges and bears some responsibility for the nation’s current ssituation. But I will definitely stand with u

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@auntyajoke_ @Remi_AFR My next pikin not now oooo. The pikin should just jejely come as a girl. I don tire for male children

[T͙͛o͙͛n͙͛y͙͛ H͙͛a͙͛r͙͛b͙͛i͙͛d͙͛e͙͛m͙͛m͙͛y͙͛ @THarbidemy]

@nuella016 @auntyajoke_ I dey run comot for house 😂😂. Especially if the second born na boy again Haaaa!!! O God of Sioni the fights no be from here.