Thread by @GbengaWemimo

I had my personal reasons for not supporting the #EndSARS protests. I detest violence in any form and will never be found cheering it
The same trends that I saw that turned me off then are beginning to reveal themselves in one of the camps campaigning right now
It is nauseating!

I am writing this boldly
If you are still hurting from the trauma of @Endsars and for that reason you are supporting a candidate, please separate the issues
You will be doing your candidate a disservice if you're just using him as a smokescreen to mask your evil agenda of Kill,

Steal and destroy
If you really want him to have a good showing in the election, you must give him a chance to follow the political process through
If however your plan is to hide behind him and use his victory or defeat as an excuse to burn the nation down, You shall not prosper

Like the man that stood by the King of Syria and said to Elisha "Look even if the Lord should open the floodgates of heavens, could this happen"
I say to you "You can plan all you want but you will not live to see such plans come to fruition"
If your plan is to burn down any part

of Nigeria, know this, you will burn alone!
Nigeria is not yours to burn, it is a nation dedicated to God for His praise and glory in all the earth
There is nothing wrong with protesting, as long as you do so within the ambit of the law and respect for others
There is nothing

wrong with supporting a candidate of your choice as long as you do so in the spirit of fair play
Many average Nigerians suffered and some died as a result of the #EndSARS protest
On the one side, the government is being blamed
On the other side the protesters are being blamed

Some blamed those that hijacked the protest
Some blamed politicians and saboteurs
And yet the dead, remained dead
Those whose properties were burnt down are yet to recover
Many lost their jobs
Many were so traumatised that they are still getting treatment
And I woke up to a tweet

being retweeted by many saying they should burn some parts of Lagos down
Because of what?
What sort of political rhetorics is that?
It always starts with the small things like calling people baboons and a nation a zoo and then it graduates to killing and pillaging
Enough!
Please

The last time some of us were carried away by the lie and couldn't react on time when the thing degenerated into lawlessness
This time it will not be so
I am praying and it will be very wise not to be the one in the way.
Do your politics fairly
Campaign and win over the people

Get your PVC and vote
Make sure your vote counts
If you're not satisfied by the result, go to court
Trust the process
When the winner is declared, hug and reconcile as a nation
Build Nigeria together
We don't need to burn when we can build as brothers
Please, let's build.

-GSW-