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In the quest for the truth Proudly APC member
Feb 11, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
From 23yrs of active participation in politics in Nigeria & actively canvassing for votes in the past 4 election circles, I have learnt the following:
1. Beautifully designed posters, speaking queen's English or having well thought out manifestos don't win election To win an election, you need a political structure. A political structure is different from a political party. Every political party is an amalgamation of different structures. That's why a politician will decamp from a party & you will see many decamping with him/her
Apr 18, 2021 9 tweets 2 min read
I was once an impressionable young man. I was a member of CAN brigade trained in martial arts and weapon handling to fight for d Church in late 80s & early 90s, I was a strong advocate of Nigeria's break up in mid 90s, today, I no longer subscribe to any of these ideologies. Any young man that actively participate in church activities in the late 80s & early 90s in Kaduna State will be aware of CAN brigade. It's not everyone that's interested in clout
Feb 7, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
The only reason your curses & death wish against @MBuhari & @ProfOsinbajo will never materialize is because of their integrity before God. That's why Buhari was terribly sick but bounce back when everyone expected him to die. That's why Osibajo survived a crash There is a parallel in the Bible. When the Israelites approached the border of Moan after they had defeated Sihon & Og, the King of Moab knew he cannot defeat them. He hired the best necromancer of the time, Balak, to put a curse on them
Oct 24, 2020 18 tweets 4 min read
My Hypothesis about Lekki Incident

After waiting for over 72hrs for victims of Lekki incident to be identified despite the call by @jidesanwoolu @BBCWorld & many more, I am compelled to begin to string events together in an effort to make sense of what actually happened My hypothesis is that Lekki incident was a display of a well rehearsed script, directed by a very talented director.
Why did I said this?
1. It's over 72hrs & we still don't have the identity of the victims. Could it be because they don't exist?
Oct 15, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
#EndSARS protesters have played into government hand despite continous warning that this will happen & all gained in the past few days is lost. Kindly bookmark this tweet You can still salvage what is left if you stop making life difficult for other citizens by blocking road & organize yourself into a group government can dialogue with
Oct 14, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
I made a promise to provide a website to collate ideas on how to reform police few days ago @Omojuwa @DrJoeAbah @Ade_Nurayn @AyoOyalowo @AdeBanqie @yinkanubi
This site is ready 👇
npfreform.org

I will appreciate if we can get a CSO to manage it For those genuinely interested in police reform, you can start posting your ideas on the website. I promise you that we will collate & find a way to get it to the committee saddled with the responsibility
@OfficialAPCNg @APCUKingdom @OfficialPDPNig

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npfreform.org
Oct 14, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Let me once more appeal to youths remaining on the street to back down for the promise reforms to commence. Please allow that little voice of reasoning to prevail If you don't, I see some of these happening any moment from now:
1. Counter protests will start, they also have right to protest, sponsored or not
2. Anarchy would ensure
3. Some would be injured, some would die
4. Government would send out security to quell the crisis
Oct 14, 2020 17 tweets 3 min read
WHY I RETIRE FROM PROTEST

The was nothing that gave me kick like protest growing up. All my teenage & early adulthood was under d military rule & there is always one reason or d other to take to the street. I grew up reading abt pple like Gani Fawehinmi & I wanted to b like them I was always against injustice, in my secondary school days, I don't usually mind serving punishment alone by tearing the noise makers list if I feel someone's name is unjustly penned down. I stupidly see myself as a sort of Messiah
Oct 13, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
Now that the temper is calming down gradually, maybe it's time to also talk about the attitude of the average Nigerian that is always looking for shortcut. The Nigerian that feel more comfortable to offer bribe than renewing his/her license. The Nigerian that always feel he/she is above the law & therefore cannot b subjected to interrogation by d police. The Nigerian that is intrinsically lawless. D Nigerian that doesn't obey traffic. That Nigerian is who gave birth to SARS or whatever atrocity you see in the police
Oct 11, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
I will like to make an unpopular appeal to the most vocal amongst the organizers of #EndSARS protest, please it's time to develop a line of command. The life of every protester that died would be demanded from @MBuhari but you are also culpable because you call them out 😔 Please, don't lead people to protest in places you know will endanger their lives. Police stations or police headquarters is not a good idea in my opinion, except it's about ego. Please, please & please, allow commonsense to prevail
Apr 7, 2020 15 tweets 3 min read
Let me try a follow up on my tweet on 5G, EM spectrum & #CONVID19 from professional point of view. I will try to use layman language as much as possible for us to understand. 1stly, what is 5G? This is the 5th generation network. The advent of information age started with the 1st generation analog mobile communication in the 80s. This is followed by digital mobile communication in the 90s referred to as 2nd generation 2G, then 3G, 4G & now 5G.
Apr 5, 2020 6 tweets 1 min read
Someone deelly involve in military operation against BH for years shared the information below 👇 with me in DM. Unfortunately, he can't be mentioned here.
Thread 👇 Everything you stated about our war with BHT is true!.

Chad has been giving BHT cover and it is believed there's a gentleman agreement that BHT doesnt carry out attacks on civilian populated areas in chad.
Feb 15, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
A colleague of mine called to in4m me that he defended his PhD yesterday & I have bn over d moon since. He graduated with 3rd class bcos he ws a spoilt child, he got a job he wasn't qualified for bcos of his connection but faced d worst discrimination any can face at workplace He was employed b4 me but I was his direct boss. I ws warned by our boss nt 2 ever showed him anything bcos his a northerner & ws not qualified to b employed but I saw a human being eager to correct his past mistakes. We published ova 15 journal papers in less than 5yrs together
May 26, 2019 5 tweets 2 min read
I often disagree with @MBuhari on most of his political decisions. How on earth as a politician would you come to power & retain the appointees of your opponent? How will you allow rogues to hijack the NASS because you don't want to interfere? How would you allow your performing MoF to be stampeded out of office because of NYSC when you can call the director & give him a directive in her favor? How can you allow your SGF to be stampeded out of office because of less than #300million when previous SGF embezzled billions
Nov 27, 2018 12 tweets 2 min read
I have not tweeted for a while out of respect for the military men we lost recently on the war front with BH. May their gentle soul rest in peace For those of you who think you can make a political capital out of their death, may you experience a double portion of hardship they face at war front & may your family experience the grief theirs experienced at your prime.
Sep 13, 2017 11 tweets 1 min read
What r d indices to support ur Buhari hate theory? Did PMB withhold d allocation d region or failed to execute developmental projects Did he fail to make statutory appointment from such region or those in his cabinet are not Igbo enough?