The Comrade

Selling electoral legitimacy is like sweet-sweet codeine for these judges They have tasted the sweetness from the dark art of stealing & selling the people's will, and they are not willing to let go

Bola Tinubu Weaponisation of Religion For Re-Election The photo in circulation attributed to a visitation of Middle Belt leaders is not actually a gathering of Middle Belt leaders, but a gathering of Northern Christian leaders Yakubu Dogara is from the far North-Eastern state of Bauchi and Ishaya Bamaiyi is from the far North-Western state of Kebbi. These are not Middle Belt territories. How come no Muslim is amongst these so called ‘Middle Belt’ leaders even when there are Muslims in the Middle Belt. Let’s be clear, what these men in this photo have in common is their shared faith in Christianity We in the ADC hereby condemn the weaponisation of religion against any rival candidate for the political benefit of @officialABAT or any other candidate @ADCNig also advises the Middle Belt leadership to distance themselves from any attempts to use their forum and banner in masking this kind of toxic religious weaponisation in our politics Running on a Muslim Muslim ticket is already an attempt to weaponise Islam, extending it to Christianity is a blatant disregard for people’s faith and is condemnable We hereby call on all Northern Christian leaders and Middle Belt leaders to lend their voices in their refusal to be used as tools in this evil political plot aimed at tearing our already fractured union or subjugating their fellow countrymen and women for political incentives and benefits If Bola desperately wants to get reelected, then he must find other non-toxic approach

A Kangaroo Judgment from a Judicial Contractor The framers of our democracy were very wise, and in their wisdom developed a solid democratic governance framework with 3 separate and coequal branch of government. The first two, the executive and legislative arms were intended to be political, and the 3rd arm, the judiciary be apolitical This design framework was intended to serve as check and balance against each other to prevent any form of overreach by any arm. The purpose of this architecture is for intervention of other arms against overreach of the others. However, interference of any arm on the others is an anomaly With this background, it is evident that the judiciary represents a special arm to be insulated from all politics and political machinations. However, this has not been the case as the politicians, recognising he who pays the piper dictates the tune, has recruited this supposed apolitical arm of government as judicial contractors executing political contracts The logic is simple here, one who can’t win by any means possible on the field outsources the task to the willing judges to either prevent their politically superior rival from making it to the ballot, or steal the election from a credible victor after the election. These judges have tasted the sweetness of preventing or stealing the people’s will for a financial cost, and are not willing to let go, and thus even go out of their way to solicit for more of these judicial contracts The thunderous reception and popularity of @atiku in his Sokoto outing brings clarity to the level of grass-root rejection @officialABAT faces especially in the core north that contributed over 60% of the votes that got him into office. Hence, one of the judicial contractors was immediately activated to release the kangaroo judgment of today intended to bar the main opposition Atiku from being on the ballot It is important to note that the legitimacy the judiciary gets is incumbent on trust. Trust in such a way that it gives judgements and the public abides by it, under the assumption that it is just. However, if this trust factor is eroded and the judges are now blatant in their execution of judicial contracts, should the public still trust these judgements or even abide by them? The obvious answer is in the negative Therefore, the kangaroo judgement from one of the judicial contractors trying to stop Atiku from representing ADC on the ballot is an exercise in futility that will be first laughed off, and ignored afterwards. The @ADCNig will continue to carry on with her business as though this judicial travesty never happened. These judicial contractors and their accomplices should save their time and efforts in the future, as all bought-and-paid-for judgements emanating from them will be blatantly disregarded by the ADC, its supporters, party men and women That said, Bola is being pathetic at this point. The self -proclaimed ‘master strategist’ must stop panicking and find a more creative way to surmount his impossibility of getting reelected, just like Aladdin flew and conquered on a magic mat Atiku must be on the 2027 presidential ballot and it is case closed!

Having just listened to @TheSerahIbrahim make a speech in the @seyimakinde APM manifesto unveiling on Arise Live, we in ADC want to congratulate you for your tough decision joining Seyi Makinde Campaign, even though I believe it is not the best of decision While I wish joining the mainstream opposition ADC is better and in your best interest, we in ADC nevertheless welcome your decision regardless of how unpopular it comes across That said, I am also glad you heeded my advice and be like Obasanjo who always pick a struggle and by taking a definite position on issues, rather than always swinging like a pendulum Good luck moving forward, and I hope you will be answering the many questions disturbing Nigerians about Seyi Makinde’s presidential candidacy in the coming days youtube.com/live/wqAwGhKnkjc…

You can’t do this on official government page Government is a trust, and those elected to govern are the trustees. Both the trust and the trustee must work for the benefit of the people The act of the trustee using the franchise of this trust without the consent of the people cannot be for the benefit of the people Prof @CCSoludo must not abuse this trust he is privileged to hold on behalf of the people. While he has the right to support whomever he wants as an individual, using the weight and franchise of the people’s trust without the consent of the people is problematic and subverts democracy Prof, like Rochas Okorocha, you cant afford to leave such anti-democratic legacy History Beckons!

Huh? May 30th 2022😳 So this guys went accross town sharing money at the peak of the campaign, while the rest of us with honour went across town screaming ‘structure of criminality’ and ‘we no dey give shi shi’🙆‍♂️ Some played the old order politics while we were supposed to be the new order Another exposé that creates a dent on the integrity of the one time great obidient movement built on our backs Nevertheless, we will do a clean up of this our movement in due course

The Era of ‘Bambiala Politics’ in SE Must End Now !!! I must use this medium to respectfully express my utmost disappointment with Prof Charles political strategy. In a statement today, Prof rationalise his commitment to support the failed president @officialABAT reelection with arguments that falls flat on its own dead weight First, to express concern over the emotional politics attributed to our regional support for the candidacy of @PeterObi and the need for political alignment at the center, Prof wrongly cited the politics of Zik and Ekwueme, the two highest political achievers from the East This is a wrong citation because Zik and Ekwueme did not play a politics of the center in the same way Prof is inferring. These men got to the center by forging credible political alliance that won power at the center and formed a government. The approach Prof employs today is rather different; be supportive of the current holders of power at the center, and hope that they will be magnanimous enough to grant access or transfer this power out of their sheer goodwill I understand that there is no singular approach to skin a cat, however, the problem with this particular approach employed by @CCSoludo today is that it has been applied before by a certain Gov Rochas and Gov Umahi who supported other APC admin at the center and at the end; did we get railways or gas pipelines in the East as the outcome? For further context, the champions of this formula Prof applies today are still in APC begging for power and access to the center, hence why Prof must not jump on the train of this losing political formula to join the SE begging queue in APC. It is a disaster that will ultimately end in tears On the other side of the bambiala politics is Peter Obi who seemed like he gets the winning political philosophy of Zik and Ekweme by forging an alliance with the north in ADC, but somehow bungled it. Ashamedly, Peter resorted to begging for the presidential ticket rather than fight for it like the political lions Zik and Ekwueme would have done, and ended up moving to a fringe third-wheel party that assented to his ticket-begging and granted it to him even without any winning chance So my point here Prof is, if we are interested to be participants of power at the center, then we must build intentionally rather than beg every 4-years cycle. Case in point is the current president Tinubu who tried to align with the PDP power at the center but felt his region wasn’t getting enough as it should. Hence, rather than keep begging, he built by forging political alliances that mainstreamed his region as a major player at the center and the rest is history That said, the politics you propose that our region play today is not novel and it is not working. Today, Mbah is begging, Otti is begging, Uzodinma is begging, Nwifuru is begging, and you too seem to be advocating for the same bambiala politics. If you must be the next political leader from the SE, then you must do better, except your regular caution about our style of politics were mere rhetorics, but I hope not That said, I advise you think big, like Ekwueme, Zik and Tinubu had done. Do the rigour to forge a mainstream political alliance, build and win power at the center, rather than the rag-tag lazy approach of aligning with owners of power at the center or beg for ticket in any fringe political party willing to offer, and hope crumbs and goodies fall to us as compensation In conclusion, we have a solid regional bloc to be major stakeholders in a mainstream political party. APC has shown no appetite to allow SE be a major power bloc within the party and we can’t beg our way through it. We must forge our own path, and if you must be that new North Star to lead the charge, then you must change your approach by quitting this bambiala politics Finally, the ADC is a virgin and fertile ground with all required ingredients to commence this SE political rebirth and rebuilding, and we must key in now!

Peter Obi: A Man of Character or a Convoy-Loving Candidate? Peter Obi often pride himself as the only politician with outstanding character, meaning of all Nigerian politicians, he stands out in regard to character. With this in his toolbox, he have gone ahead to market himself and evade other issue-based concerns with this tool. It is noteworthy to recognise that no authority of repute ever certified Peter’s character or decertified the character of other politicians In marketing his character factor, @PeterObi often brandish his prudence in spending while critiquing elements of other government spendings as being wasteful. Case in point, Peter criticised large motorcades in govt, building houses for judges and buying cars for traditional leaders Today, the public can confirm that Peter indulged in the latter two spending elements of building houses for judges and buying cars for traditional leaders while serving as governor of Anambra state, but we discuss these findings another day. As per the first spending elements of his motorcades and entourage, much is unknown or fuzzy in the minds of Nigerians and deserves further exploration In a recent state visit, Peter as a private citizen was seen with a long stretch of convoy of over 30 luxury motorcades that reeks of flamboyancy rather than prudence. One interesting element of this outing is that a siren was horning alongside this long convoy. One will think that’s the convoy of the world wealthiest man or a known corrupt president like @officialABAT, rather than a ‘humble’ private citizen like Peter Obi The lawful essence of a siren is to warn the public and other road users of immediate danger, emergency response, or urgent situations. Therefore, even if escorted by security agents, it is still unlawful for Peter and his entourage to use sirens in public road. According to Regulation 154 of the National Road Traffic Regulations 2012 under the FRSC act 2007, unauthorised use of sirens constitutes an offense carrying penalties of a fine, imprisonment up to 6 months, or both With this singular incident, Peter is found to default on this character factor he markets on two counts. First is the hypocrisy of using a very long expensive convoy and then turn around to attack other politicians for doing the exact same thing. Secondly is breaking the law as an unauthorised private citizen using siren in public roads All these put together reveals there was a breach of public trust by Peter here that provokes a deeper public discourse as follows 1) Will Peter actually lead a lean prudent government if elected Nigerian president with public funded access, when as a private citizen his convoy is this exorbitant? 2) If Peter can break the law as a private citizen with such unauthorised use of siren, what will he do as the president with steel executive powers. Will he follow the law to the letters especially when no one is watching, or selectively pick and choose, or his rhetorics was all for the showmanship? 3) Is he truly a politician that stands out amongst the rest, or he is just another Nigerian politician crafting his way into office with platitudes? 4) Like @officialABAT who got into office and expanded the presidential fleets of cars, aircraft and bought a yacht, will Peter do the same or will there be a difference with what we see today? Regardless of the answers to these, there exists a character question that creates doubt in the minds of many. Basically, with this new information, Nigerians from all demography will go to their bed wondering? if they vote Peter, will it be business as usual again

Actually @TheSerahIbrahim While I understand you were trying to make a point of Obidients having a favourite. For eg: they will attack Soludo on the same issue Alex Otti gets away with, you failed to aptly present your logic to accurately pass your message In this situation, making the point of Phyno not being antagonized like a Davido may suggest you discriminately selected Phyno in the group photo, and then using Davido on the other end for the comparison is a very very bad example Davido is not a good example like a Tunde Onokoya would have been for many reasons. And then, for a good faith argument, presenting Phyno and Olamide who both appeared in the photo with Seyi as not being dragged makes more sense than focusing on just Phyno Singling out just Phyno from the group photo, and using a bad example like Davido for this comparison gives it a tribal undertone and corrupts your intended message unfortunately. If your point is to rightly state that Obidients are hypocritically selective in who they critic, then do well to be clear and explicit next time without the ambiguities or misconceptions you face today Your insistence to always be cryptic, playing hide and seek, and failure to be explicit to call out the wrongdoings of Obidients gives room like this to be misconstrued. To be honest, this is the very foundational cause of the issue you face today Love or hate the man Obasanjo, he is a man that is always clear on his positions on issues and leaves no room to be misconstrued. He is a man that always pick a struggle, hence, be like Obasanjo and pick a struggle in the 2027 politics so you won’t be misconstrued further moving forward Finally, for me, a reasonable decision will be for you to join the mainstream opposition ADC. You were with us before, you were doing well, had good relationships within the party frameworks, and hence it will not be outlandish if you rejoin us now it is clear you are no longer with Peter. We look forward to having you aboard

‘Tinubu is Campaign Stunned, While Obi is Campaign Paranoid’ Within a week, two notable presidential campaign flag-off events occurred that indicates a heightened panic level across the incumbent and third-party candidates for the 2027 presidential election First is an unexpected low-energy, low-turnout, low-momentum APC presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna state that left @officialABAT embarrassed. That campaign was so abysmal, with error ladened submissions ranging from the wrong contextual usage of the term ‘AI’ to sycophantic, god-level praises of Bola as the ‘tamer of the Atlantic’ to blatantly fabricated project delivery in NW region In short, everything in that programme seems forced, from the poor crowd size to the concocted projects. If the governor of the state promised to deliver, then he failed woefully, signalling the unpopularity of the president in a way that no money or rented crowd or manufactured infrastructure projects can buy. These incidents culminated with Bola’s interim abandonment of the campaign trail for a surprise tax-payers funded foreign trip to cool off and prevent a quick succession of such embarrassment Now, while Bola campaign was flopping due to grass root rejection in northern Nigeria, @PeterObi, suspecting the same fate awaits him decided to flag off his campaign rally in his native SE where he is guaranteed of notable crowd size. This is an insurance knowing that his supporters has been diminished since 2023, and without the national spread required to win a presidential election Peter knew for certain that if he attempts to campaign outside his native SE, it immediately brings his political vulnerability into the public glare which will demoralise his supporters and embolden his opponents. Note that a recent campaign rally his party conducted in FCT had only a handful of reluctant and disinterested supporters participating, even though this is a territory he won overwhelmingly in 2023. Seeing this failed FCT rally and the flopped Bola presidential flag-off got Peter paranoid, forcing him to re-route his campaign to Enugu state Either way, whatever technique Bola and Peter decides to apply to conceal their lack of political popularity and inelectability in the 2027 presidential polls, the inescapable truth will inevitably be presented to Nigerians with time. Summarily, both of them can run, but can’t hide the truth for so long. They can keep running from their political reality, but only live to ‘politically die’ another day

Kwankwaso: The Political Contractor in Chief- A Rejoinder In a recent remark, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the reluctant Vice Presidential candidate of an outlier opposition political party NDC cried out with an spurious accusations claiming party men and women of ADC, the mainstream opposition party for attacking him for working for the incumbent party APC These assertions by RMK is based on false reasoning, and can be said to be partially true or untrue. It is untrue because these accusations are already in the public domain, and not limited to members of the ADC. In short, the accusation is more heightened within the northern political eco-system, especially amongst the Talakawa who have notoriously nick-named Kwankwaso as the ‘Kano Snake’ for his dubious 2027 political conducts And then it is true because every of RMK’s action since 2023 raises eyebrows. For a man that bragged being superior to Peter in every endeavours of life to eventually become his VP, which he so much detest, so what changed if not in service of a mouth-watery contract from APC? Recall, that few weeks before @KwankwasoRM joined the ADC, he had been engaged in endless negotiations with Bola in APC, at one point he was seen strolling out of Aso-Rock Villa. And then when he finally joined the ADC, left with @PeterObi almost immediately to the NDC in service of the political interest of the incumbent, and never the opposition The aftermath of RMK’s action has not been different. It has been characterised by so many lacklustre defence of Peter, his refusal to acknowlegde Peter as his boss, and non-targeted, low-energy political campaigns intentionally designed to make no impact for their ticket and political party. Recently, RMK was allegedly spotted in a compromising position with the Bola presidential campaign DG Senator Yari, and if the reason isn’t for the supposed contract, then to discuss what exactly? Also, his unhinged continual attacks and name-dropping of the main opposition @atiku , while almost never mentioning or attacking the incumbent he supposedly wants to unseat as a running mate makes it even more suspicious at best and treacherous at worst As the 2027 political campaign progresses, it becomes more apparent to the public that RMK is not a running mate going for a win, but needs the campaign as a means to a future end From a needless public declaration of the one-term deal signed with @PeterObi, RMK and his adviser Buba Galadima sees Peter’s campaign as an opportunity to market RMK in the South to solve a southern popularity problem associated with a fringe northern politician like RMK. To achieve their 2031 plot, they intentionally have to guarantee the reelection of APC’s Bola, rather than ADC’s Atiku. Their lazy maths is easy to see from miles afar While it is a norm for Nigerian politicians to scheme, it is seeming like RMK 2027 schemes has gone beyond the standard of Nigerian politicians, and to an extent that irritates. For the first time in modern Nigerian history, we have a VP candidate treacherously rooting for an election loss for the very ticket he is running on And let’s be clear, the political treachery of RMK here doesn’t automatically make Peter a victim, as Peter by account of his own actions has been treacherous too and is also scheming in his own corner. Theirs is a ticket built on treachery, they are both being clever than half to each other, where both believes they are maliciously using each other to further their respective political ambitions. This is both comical and toxic at same time To conclude, rather than shedding crocodile tears for being called out for his double dealings, RMK, the supposed contractor-in-chief should focus on fulfilling any contractual terms within any agreement framework entered in a bid to undercut the main opposition ADC and Atiku. But in doing this, @KwankwasoRM must be rest assured that ADC and her members will be responding to this offshoot political wing of the APC led by him