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Jun 20, 2023 19 tweets 4 min read
While many stuck to primordial instincts and politics of party affiliation, some of us chose competency and cutting cost of governance as the top election issues in 2023.
Supporting, campaigning and working as surrogates for @PeterObi was no ordinary civic duty for me. As far back as February 2022 after a meeting while seated with PO at my older egbon @benmurraybruce 's residence, where we engaged in a mentally stimulating conversation for over 2 hours, I had my candidate identified. From banding with a group of 1st Generation Obidients of all… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Apr 6, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
If there is anything I have learnt about establishment politicians in Nigeria, they are lazy and anaemic to change.

Many cannot articulate how the Obidient movement became a 3rd force overnight. They have no concept of how we organize, the DNA of the movement and how a self… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… There was never a "Become an Obidient convention or marketing campaign". How did millions of Nigerians across every tribe wake up and decide to forgo primordial instincts and abandon the old way of politics to disrupt the political status quo ? There is a singular theme among… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aug 16, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Things they won't tell you to motivate the #Obidient movement.

Ruto's party - United Democratic Alliance was only formed in 2021 with 0/47 seating Governors, 15/349 Reps and 16/67 senate members mostly decampees. Ruto belongs to an ethnic minority in Kenya. His dubbing of this new movement "Hustler Nation" in his campaign to highlight the influence young voters will have on the country's future.

He was outspent by Odinga & Kenyatta who became bedfellows after years of being