ScamHunter:
As 2023 is fast approaching, I decided to move into some very remote villages to sample opinions of rural dwellers. What I discovered may shock you.

Unless the Obidient movement moves into the rural areas and hinterlands where all the people know are APC and PDP, it'll be a tough call for Obi.

Most Nigerian rural dwellers actually are excited about elections. Not because they anticipate voting in their leaders but because it a season of free money for them. Guess how much they make from elections? I asked a few people and what they get from politicians range from 500 naira to 4000 naira. These are people with families who probably struggle to see 40-50,000 at once. So free money, even 4k is a big deal to them.

Whether in the East, West, North or South, the story is the same. When PDP and APC talk about structure, that's exactly what they mean. They have people in the rural areas who are conduits for monetary inducement to sway the outcome of elections to their favour. So a politician could actually earmark 10 million for a LG in order to buy 20,000 votes with each voter getting a paltry 2000 naira while the party men and supporters share the balance. Talk about the power of money in the midst of poverty. Nearly every village has a party man. Some have 3 to 4 party men and women from different parties who work as sleeper members that are activated with raw cash when elections are imminent.

One lady told me that she is not a party member but her friends invite her to join them when it's time to go and collect money. According to her, she sometimes collects from more than one party. Her husband also tries collecting from more than a party. She said that during the last election, she escorted her party member friend one early morning to collect money for distribution to the voters in the village. Interestingly, she said she is not keen on such again because of the sort of people and arms she saw at the place where they went to get the money. When I asked her how much her party member friend gave her for the risk? 2000 naira. Not even up the 4k the high rollers get.

In these rural areas, the Labour party is barely known. This is where the Obidients have their jobs cut for them. The good news is that the election is coming after the end of the year holidays. So it is time to reach out to relatives in the rural areas and educate them on the need to end the election business as usual. I tried educating some of these people on the need to elect credible people and not just vote those that give them money. Imagine selling tomorrow for 2k.

I don't really know if the urban dwellers and youths are enough to turn the tide in Obi's favour, but there are so much prospects of sweeping rural votes if the movement goes to the hinterlands. All these people need is voter education and some form of encouragement that with a leader like Obi, the country would actually make remarkable progress.

I think all the Obi support groups should start mapping out all the rural communities for massive outreaches. It should be a strategy of telling someone to tell someone who would also tell someone about Obi and what his leadership portends for the country. In any case, even if Obi is already sure of winning, why not make sure he wins convincingly? Who says that with the rural population on board, that a landslide victory isn't possible for the Labour Party?

Vote4Obi
God1000
Eriokanmi

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SpecialAdviser:
God will help Obidients. Funny thing is that they are fighting even for those ignorantly hating them.

CoronaVirusRelo:
Politics without money is comedy!

How do you want to mobilize people to work effectively when you can’t dole out cash!

Mobilize them on empty belly and see them being bought over on election day.

Some would even get threats and abscond from polling unit!

Eriokanmi:
You meant the way apc spent billions in osun and still lost despite being a ruling party at the state and federal? I remember the apc politician whose house and cars were destroyed after election in osun cos he failed to settle them? Google is your friend. The era of money politics is over. People don get our politicians. Did you hear of the Obidients 2k challenge launched a few days back? Its same local people on empty belly who joyfully raised the money. In less than 24hrs, over 10m naira was raised. Google is your friend. Now, tell me...how much do you think yiu can give to those who willingly donate so their candidate can win?

Eriokanmi:
We're not fighting anyone. Otherwise, you'd not have seen so huge followers today. Only urchins fight dirty

ScamHunter:
As 2023 is fast approaching, I decided to move into some very remote villages to sample opinions of rural dwellers. What I discovered may shock you.

Unless the Obidient movement moves into the rural areas and hinterlands where all the people know are APC and PDP, it'll be a tough call for Obi.

Most Nigerian rural dwellers actually are excited about elections. Not because they anticipate voting in their leaders but because it a season of free money for them. Guess how much they make from elections? I asked a few people and what they get from politicians range from 500 naira to 4000 naira. These are people with families who probably struggle to see 40-50,000 at once. So free money, even 4k is a big deal to them.

Whether in the East, West, North or South, the story is the same. When PDP and APC talk about structure, that's exactly what they mean. They have people in the rural areas who are conduits for monetary inducement to sway the outcome of elections to their favour. So a politician could actually earmark 10 million for a LG in order to buy 20,000 votes with each voter getting a paltry 2000 naira while the party men and supporters share the balance. Talk about the power of money in the midst of poverty. Nearly every village has a party man. Some have 3 to 4 party men and women from different parties who work as sleeper members that are activated with raw cash when elections are imminent.

One lady told me that she is not a party member but her friends invite her to join them when it's time to go and collect money. According to her, she sometimes collects from more than one party. Her husband also tries collecting from more than a party. She said that during the last election, she escorted her party member friend one early morning to collect money for distribution to the voters in the village. Interestingly, she said she is not keen on such again because of the sort of people and arms she saw at the place where they went to get the money. When I asked her how much her party member friend gave her for the risk? 2000 naira. Not even up the 4k the high rollers get.

In these rural areas, the Labour party is barely known. This is where the Obidients have their jobs cut for them. The good news is that the election is coming after the end of the year holidays. So it is time to reach out to relatives in the rural areas and educate them on the need to end the election business as usual. I tried educating some of these people on the need to elect credible people and not just vote those that give them money. Imagine selling tomorrow for 2k.

I don't really know if the urban dwellers and youths are enough to turn the tide in Obi's favour, but there are so much prospects of sweeping rural votes if the movement goes to the hinterlands. All these people need is voter education and some form of encouragement that with a leader like Obi, the country would actually make remarkable progress.

I think all the Obi support groups should start mapping out all the rural communities for massive outreaches. It should be a strategy of telling someone to tell someone who would also tell someone about Obi and what his leadership portends for the country. In any case, even if Obi is already sure of winning, why not make sure he wins convincingly? Who says that with the rural population on board, that a landslide victory isn't possible for the Labour Party?

Vote4Obi
God1000
Eriokanmi

AcuraZDX