₦airaland Forum

mrvitalis:
The issues with Yorubas and Igbos in Lagos is what we call indigenous settlers crisis , it’s same issues we have in Ghana and South Africa.once the average settler is more successful than average indigenous people it bring resentments.

Yes Nigeria as a nations have invested over 100 billion dollars into Lagos infrastructure over the past 100 years, but if Yorubas want to control Lagos completely because the only reason they think they have Control is really because Igbos are not politically active like Hausa/Fulani
If Hausa Fulani had Igbo population in Lagos lmao it would be a different case

As it stands today constitutionally if I move to Lagos today there is nothing Oba of Lagos can do that I can’t do , absolutely nothing

If you want to take control of Lagos tell Tinubu to amend the constitution.He can even make it a law only indigenous Yorubas can vote in elections


You people always tease igbos to tell their senators to present Biafra on the National Assembly now it’s your turn to tell your representatives to present your case

You people can not intimidate igbos into Submission lmao them never born Una well

All these Igbo this Igbo that in Lagos are just noise , do the right thing

You can’t want one Nigeria on paper then get angry when the consequences happens

Another point must be made: Igbos are not the only non-Yorubas in Lagos.

Hausa, Edo, Ijaw, Nupe, Tiv, Efik, Ibibio, Igala and many other Nigerians live, trade, marry, vote and prosper in Lagos without this constant political friction.

So the question is fair: why does this Lagos argument repeatedly become an Igbo-Yoruba confrontation?

The problem may not be residence. It may be attitude.

There is a difference between settling in a place and speaking as though the host community has no history, no identity and no right to cultural sensitivity.

Nobody serious is saying Igbos should not live or succeed in Lagos. But success in another people’s homeland should come with respect, not triumphalism.

Some commentators speak as though constitutional rights mean cultural conquest. That is where the conflict begins.

Lagos is open, but Lagos is not empty. It has owners, history, language, culture and memory.

Coexistence requires humility from hosts and settlers alike.

SlavaUkraini:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/06/17/2027-ill-stop-campaigning-if-anyone-can-prove-i-took-labour-partys-donations-peter-obi/

Peter Obi's response appears to narrow the allegation to one thing: whether he personally took money from Labour Party accounts.

But that was never the only issue.

The allegations made by Arabambi and others were broader. They concerned the management, control and alleged diversion of campaign funds and donations associated with the 2023 campaign, not merely whether Peter Obi transferred money into his personal account.

And that distinction matters.

After all, corruption is not only about theft. It is also about transparency, accountability, oversight and whether campaign resources were properly managed.

More importantly, I find this obsession with personal integrity somewhat amusing.

Muhammadu Buhari campaigned in 2015 on integrity.

Few doubted his personal honesty.

Yet he presided over one of the most corruption-ridden administrations in Nigerian history.

Why?

Because government is not run by one man.

A President does not govern alone. He governs through appointees, ministers, agencies and institutions.

That is why "I am honest" is not enough.

Integrity is necessary, but it is not sufficient.

Leadership is not merely about whether Peter Obi took money.

It is about whether he can build systems that prevent others from taking money.

And history teaches us that personal virtue is no guarantee of governmental virtue.

Which brings me to a larger point.

Politics is not a holiness competition.

Nigeria does not need a saint.

It needs a President.

helinues:
Bro, it's all about exposure. During tertiary, I should be amongst the youngest not only in my department but my level but I was a mini god father to even those who are older than me based on how I do things.

When you are that exposed, there are always ways of discussing or handling issue in a mature way without being petty

If Obi is exposed and conscious of his own doing , he wouldn't even be responding to any questions from the journalist again as those ones are not deliberately setting him up with questions that will make him goof

Exactly.

Rufai did not even set a trap. He threw Peter Obi a carrot.

All Obi needed to say was: “Yes, those are positive steps, but here is how I would deepen them.”

Simple.

Instead, he went into the usual “No, no, no, if I am there things will change” routine.

That is the problem. Every time Obi gets a chance to sound presidential, he often chooses to sound dismissive, emotional and unprepared.

Exposure is not travelling abroad or quoting statistics. Exposure is knowing how to handle questions with maturity, balance and strategic restraint.

A serious leader knows when to concede a good point, then present a better alternative.

Obi missed that opportunity.

Again.

Foot-in-mouth politics is not statesmanship.

blamingthedevil:
Rufai: I can criticize President Tinubu but then commend him for taking our foreign reserves to $50 billion and about 1.5 million students are getting student loans.

Obi: No No No No, All that does not matter. If I am there things will change.

Rufai: I can criticize President Tinubu but then commend him for taking our foreign reserves to $50 billion and about 1.5 million students are getting student loans.

Obi: No No No No, All that does not matter. If I am there things will change. pic.twitter.com/wdQbTWveuD

— Osas (@osazenoo) June 16, 2026

Rufai's point was simple: you can criticize an administration and still acknowledge areas of progress.

That is what intellectually honest people do.

But Peter Obi's response revealed what has become the central weakness of his politics: he has no compelling alternative framework beyond "Tinubu bad."

A serious opposition leader says:

"Those are positive developments. Here is how I would improve upon them."

Instead, the answer often sounds like:

"No, no, no. None of that matters. If I am there, things will change."

How?

By what mechanism?

With what policies?

With what coalition?

With what strategy?

That is the problem.

Opposition is not governance.

Complaints are not policies.

Hope is not a blueprint.

Anger is not an economic model.

And faith is not a substitute for facts.

### Summary of Peter Obi Claptrap

• Facts do not cease to matter because Peter Obi enters the room.

• A leader improves on achievements; a messiah pretends they never existed.

• "Trust me, things will change" is not a policy. It is a campaign slogan.

• Politics becomes dangerous when faith replaces facts.

• Opposition without alternatives is merely performance.

• "Tinubu bad" is not an economic programme.

• Slogans may win applause, but only ideas can govern a nation.

Ultimately, Nigeria does not need another saviour.

It needs a President.

And Presidents are elected to govern with plans, not with promises that "everything will change."

JimD:
Go and create your own content too as long as government is pressured and those kids get rescued. Most of you can't even think critically again because of ChatGPT. Those creating stupid content and skits, dulling your ability to reason are there.

But someone who's actually trying to get the government to listen up is the one creating content.

Everything you wrote self is AI. Can't form your own sentences. Abeg getat.

Interesting.

So now AI is the issue because you cannot answer the argument?

First, demanding accountability is not the same thing as making yourself the centre of the tragedy. Nobody said pressure should not be applied. The question is whether activism should become performance art.

Second, if "as long as the government is pressured" is the standard, then by that logic every content creator, skit maker and attention seeker should insert themselves into every national tragedy. I disagree.

Third, thank you for the unsolicited career advice. But whether I write with a pen, a typewriter or AI is irrelevant. Arguments are judged by their substance, not by the tools used to express them.

Isaac Newton used a pen. You use a smartphone. Should we conclude that you cannot think?

And finally, I find it amusing that a man who cannot answer my points has resorted to attacking my sentence construction.

Apparently, when the argument becomes uncomfortable, ChatGPT becomes the culprit.

The children are still in captivity.

And somehow, you have managed to make this about me.

Which, ironically, was exactly my criticism of VDM in the first place. 😂

Noblechykk:
He said and I quote, "Bros go and rest". He actually care for you because you really need rest.

Instead of answering the Obiano question, you people are now discussing who needs rest.

Apparently, sleep has become the official Obidient response to inconvenient questions.

The Obiano angle is still waiting. 😁

geoworldedu:


When Tinubu was asking for bringing back girls sometimes ago, it was not politics then abi? E reach Una turn e turn politics. Mtchew.

Thank you for proving my point.

So this is now a political tit-for-tat?

"Your side did it, therefore our side should do it too."

Interesting.

In other words, the kidnapped pupils and teachers have become instruments in a partisan revenge game.

That is precisely what I call blood politics.

My criticism of VDM and Makinde is not that they are demanding accountability. It is that a national tragedy is being transformed into content, grandstanding and political theatre.

And your response confirms it.

Instead of asking, "How do we rescue these children?" the question has become, "How do we get back at Tinubu supporters?"

Sorry, but innocent children are not pawns in a political chess match.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

And if your defence is, "Tinubu people did it before," then you have already abandoned principle for partisanship.

The children deserve better than that.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Then why will they attack and kill those innocent teachers and pupils?

It is better if the politicians directs the politics of blood on themselves, on each other instead of descending on these innocent poor hapless people that have absolutely nothing to do with their bloody politics.

Exactly.

That is precisely why I said the cameras can wait.

These teachers and pupils are not political actors. They are innocent victims.

Whether one believes politics played a role or not, the last thing we should do is turn their suffering into content, political theatre or a battle for moral superiority.

My point is simple: the focus should be on the victims, their families and their rescue.

Not on VDM.

Not on Makinde.

Not on who gets applause on social media.

Children are in captivity.

Everything else is secondary.

donself9:
🤣 Big shame, you sound educated buh look what sycophancy as reduced you to, protest from military HQ, across states to Governor office is emotional choreography

I have a friend he is a lawyer, Apc card carrying member, in the desperation to always defend Tinubu all time, even his wife na look at him n shake head

Graduated with 2'1 in law, buh when is defending Tinubu i feel like crying for him ...why reduce yourself so low mentally

What strikes me most about your response is that you have carefully avoided addressing the substance of my argument.

Instead, you have given us stories about your lawyer friend, his wife shaking her head, my supposed sycophancy, and an emotional appeal to shame.

Interesting.

Tell me, how exactly do these anecdotes refute the point I made?

You say I "sound educated." Thank you. Education teaches one to attack arguments, not personalities.

The irony is that while accusing me of emotional blindness, your entire response is built on emotion, ridicule and second-hand stories.

You ask why I reduce myself so low.

I ask: why reduce debate to gossip?

You are free to disagree with me. But disagreement is not evidence of sycophancy. If supporting a position with arguments is sycophancy, then opposing it with insults is hardly intellectualism.

Perhaps your lawyer friend deserves sympathy.

But I prefer arguments to anecdotes and facts to feelings.

After all, a man who cannot answer a point often settles for attacking the person making it.

That may impress a crowd. It does not win a debate.

freshvine:
You win.

Let vote for a convicted drug baron lacking requisite educational background and very incoherent in speech Delivery, let vote your agbado master

You mean I won the argument. Thank you for the concession.

Notice that, like many Obidients, you cannot defend Peter Obi without immediately changing the subject to Tinubu. That, in itself, is revealing.

As for the tired "convicted drug baron" line, that falsehood has been litigated up to the Supreme Court and laid to rest. You are free to dislike Tinubu, but you are not free to invent convictions that do not exist.

The irony is that we were discussing Peter Obi. His judgment. His temperament. His qualifications. Yet you have once again confirmed that his supporters often find it easier to attack Tinubu than to explain why Obi himself deserves the presidency.

So let me ask you plainly: who is your candidate?

If it is Peter Obi, then defend Peter Obi.

Tell us why he is qualified.

Tell us what he would do differently.

Tell us why his inaccuracies, platform-hopping, inability to build enduring structures, and tendency to speak before thinking should be overlooked.

Because "Tinubu bad" is not a manifesto.

Opposition is easy. Leadership is harder.

And if your strongest argument for Peter Obi is Bola Tinubu, then perhaps you have already admitted that Peter Obi alone is not enough.

saintkel:
Obi won Lagos and rivers convincingly, as for who won overall, I don't know but there r 3 states with high electoral turn out.....; Lagos, Rivers n Kano and Obi won 2....we should all pretend Tinubu won

That is the contradiction that defeats your parlous argument.

When Labour Party won Lagos, FCT, South-East states and several legislative seats, the same election was celebrated as proof of a political revolution.

Nobody said the system was totally useless then.

But where Labour Party lost, suddenly the entire process became rigging, fraud and institutional collapse.

That is selective democracy.

You cannot accept the credibility of an election only in places where your candidate wins and reject it everywhere he loses.

If the system was so irredeemably compromised, then even LP’s victories should be questioned too.

The truth is simple: Obi had impressive support, but not enough national spread to win.

Elections are not validated by emotions. They are validated by evidence.

helinues:
Don't sound like a typical Obidients on my mentions.

If you are not interested in sounding coherently on what you re responding to, then stay out without disgracing yourself.

My message is also for your fellow that might quote me later. Be ready to sound coherently

My brother, so you too know them? 😂

I was beginning to think I was the only one noticing the symptoms.

Question Obi, they answer Tinubu.

Present statistics, they present emotions.

Ask for evidence, they prescribe rest.

Challenge the argument, they challenge the keyboard.

At this point, sounding incoherent has become an occupational hazard. 😁

Anyway, thanks for the public service announcement. Some people badly need it.

Elusive001:
Bros go and rest.

The then IG who was appointed by PDP said that Anambra was the safest state in the country for 5 straight years. The same PDP that tried to remove Peter Obi.

Anambra state was the safest state in the country during his tenure. This was said by the IG himself

Peter Obi no be una god mate.

Go and rest.

My brother, na you suppose rest small. 😁

You have repeated the same courtesy-visit compliment three times as if repetition magically converts flattery into evidence.

Meanwhile, you have carefully avoided the Obiano question.

If Obi solved security for five straight years, what exactly was Obiano trying to make history?

As our elders say:

"Sleep no dey cure unanswered questions."

So, after your rest, kindly answer the Obiano angle. 😂

lightwind:
You want to use ur usless grammar to cover the people who have been showing their hate for the Igbos on this forum and in other social media spaces ba?

Useless grammar cannot hide useless arguments.

First, let us stop pretending that tribal prejudice is the exclusive preserve of one group. I have seen countless instances on this very forum where some Igbos express open hostility towards Yorubas, Hausas and Fulani.

The difference is that other groups seem less inclined to cultivate a permanent persecution complex and victim mentality.

Everybody has extremists.

Nobody has a monopoly on prejudice.

Second, in the specific case of Bianca Ojukwu, I asked you a simple rhetorical question.

You conveniently dodged it.

Instead of answering, you changed the subject to "hatred against Igbos."

That, unfortunately, is becoming a familiar pattern.

Not every disagreement with an Igbo politician is hatred of Igbos.

Not every criticism is tribalism.

And not every uncomfortable question is evidence of persecution.

As our elders say:

"The man who cries wolf at every barking dog will one day find nobody listening when the wolf truly arrives."

Please answer the question I asked.

Running away from it and shouting "hatred" is not an answer. 🙂

Macphenson:
https://thenationonlineng.net/ig-declares-anambra-safest-since-five-years

This is a report from your masters Nation Newspaper. IGP was even advising Obiano to emulate Peter Obi.

I won't respond to you on this matter again as you want to earn your 30k.

The discussion to be having is why Tinubu has failed in all round governance and administration. Tinubu is the President not Peter Obi

My friend, you are deflecting again.

The topic here is Peter Obi’s security record as governor of Anambra, not Tinubu.

If you want Tinubu, there are many other threads for that. Stay on the subject.

An IGP praising a sitting governor during a courtesy visit is not the same thing as hard evidence that insecurity was solved. Public officials flatter governors every day.

The more important evidence is what happened after Obi left.

If Obi truly solved Anambra’s security problem, why did Obiano come in and immediately make security a major agenda?

Why did he launch security operations?

Why did he speak about making kidnapping history?

You don’t inherit a solved problem and start treating it like an emergency.


So please, leave Tinubu out of this one and answer the issue:

Was Anambra completely secure under Obi?

Were there no robbery cases?

Were there no kidnapping incidents?

Did Obiano inherit a finished security miracle or a security problem still needing urgent attention?

That is the discussion.

Rayjay45:
How did Jona put am sef?

Only a thief/election rigger is quick to tell you to go to court (whose judges had already been bought} after a very controversial election had gone their way.

My friend, I am fascinated by this line of reasoning.

Tinubu says, "Go to court."

Obi goes to court.

Obi exhausts the judicial process.

Obi loses.

Then you say the judges had already been bought.

Pray tell, what should he have done instead?

Seize power?

Declare himself President from his sitting room?

As our elders say:

"The man who rejects the referee after losing the match should not have agreed to play the game."

And another:

"A child who says the market judges are corrupt should tell us where else disputes are settled."

You cannot voluntarily enter a process and then reject the outcome simply because it displeases you.

That is defective thinking.

Or as another proverb puts it:

"He who blames the mirror for his ugly face will break every mirror in the house and still remain unchanged."

If the courts were bought, where is the evidence?

And if every institution is compromised whenever your candidate loses, then perhaps the problem is not with the institutions but with your willingness to accept reality.

Because democracy without losers is not democracy.

It is fantasy.

Flets:
It’s no secret, He won the elections and shocked the establishment. All thanks to INEC for disenfranchising Nigerians

There is a reason election results was announced in the middle of of the night and told all else to go to court

There is a reason APC is always attacking Peter Obi without giving a hoot about ATIKU who supposedly came second.

It’s too glaring….. on a good day, the average Nigerian politician will win Tinubu at the polls if the votes count. He ain’t popular

My friend, self-deception is perhaps the hardest disease to cure because the patient is also the doctor.

As the proverb says:

"No one is more blind than the man who has decided not to see."

According to you, Obi won.

According to Atiku, Atiku won.

According to Kwankwaso, perhaps he also won.

Yet INEC says Tinubu won, and the courts agreed.

Tell me, did Atiku also rig Obi into third place?

Did Kwankwaso rig Obi too?

Or are we now operating a democracy where every losing candidate crowns himself winner?

You say it is "too glaring."

But what is glaring to faith is not necessarily evidence.

And please spare us the "average politician can defeat Tinubu" theory.

If Tinubu is so unpopular, why have two years of economic pain and opposition mobilisation failed to produce a consensus alternative?

Self-deception is a dangerous thing.

As our elders say:

"The man who deceives himself has an accomplice he can never escape."

Or in simple terms:

"If you keep telling yourself that night is day, the sun will not change its schedule to accommodate your imagination."

Kennitrust:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/06/16/i-won-2023-presidential-election-forget-about-proof-peter-obi/

Courts Cannot Be Useful Only When They Favour You

Peter Obi challenged the 2023 election.

He went to the Tribunal.

He went to the Court of Appeal.

He went to the Supreme Court.

And he lost.

That is the constitutional route he chose.

You cannot invoke the courts when you want validation, then reject the courts when they do not validate you.

That is not rule of law.

That is selective constitutionalism.

A democrat must accept institutions even when the outcome is painful.

Otherwise, what exactly separates democracy from banana republic politics?

Kennitrust:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/06/16/i-won-2023-presidential-election-forget-about-proof-peter-obi/

“I Won, But Forget the Proof”

Peter Obi says he won the 2023 presidential election, but Nigerians should “forget about the proof.”

That statement alone is deeply troubling.

Democracy is not built on personal conviction. It is built on votes, evidence, law and institutions.

You cannot ask citizens to accept a claim of victory while also asking them to ignore proof.

That is not democracy.

That is political faith-healing.

If you won, show the evidence.

If you cannot show the evidence, stop asking Nigerians to treat your belief as national fact.

Democracy counts ballots, not feelings.

Macphenson:
Go and check Anambra was the most secured state during Peter Obi. The then IG said it. Peter Obi never joked with security. He always demanded for a change of Police Commissioner once he feels the one present isn't performing to expectations. Five CPs where change all through Peter Obi's Tenure as a governor.

My friend, you have shifted from evidence to folklore.

If Anambra was completely secured under Peter Obi, why did Dubawa find **549 armed robbery cases between 2007 and 2011**?

Why did FIJ report that Obi himself admitted in 2009 that armed robbery and kidnapping were rising and that he was taking steps to curb them?

And if Obi solved everything, why did Obiano enter office in 2014 promising that “kidnapping will be history” and immediately launch security operations?

That means there was still a problem to solve.

Yes, Obi made efforts. Nobody denies that.

But effort is not perfection.

Changing Police Commissioners is not a national security blueprint.

Buying vehicles is not a doctrine for defeating bandits, terrorists, kidnappers and separatists across 36 states.

So let us ask the real question:

What exactly is Peter Obi’s alternative security plan for Nigeria?

Will he import a new army, new police, new navy and new intelligence agencies?

Or will he still work with the same institutions he and his supporters keep undermining?

Nigeria does not need security mythology.

Nigeria needs a clear, workable blueprint.

aswani:
For the first time ever, I am tired of saying how wonderful someone's lengthy posts are

Obidients will hopefully not wear you down (or out) as the've done to other erudite posters who have now had to repeatedly block them.

Super work anyway.

Edit: You registered over a year ago, how comes I am only just noticing you and your sterling posts?

Thank you, my brother. I appreciate the kind words.

No, they won't wear me out because I have come to understand their tactics too well.

Bullies thrive on intimidation, emotional blackmail and mob attacks. They expect you to retreat.

I won't.

Besides, they are remarkably predictable.

Question Peter Obi . deflect to Tinubu.

Present statistics . accuse you of hatred.

Ask for alternatives . change the subject.

Challenge the mythology . cry tribalism.

At this point, I find the responses more amusing than exhausting. 😁

As Churchill might have said, once you understand the enemy's tactics, half the battle is won.
Bullies feed on fear. I have simply refused to provide the meal.

Kemetian:
Have you noticed that none of them has offered an alternative to Tinubu's reforms?

NONE!

Because they are too ashamed to say what they really want, ie return of the old system.

Because deep down, they know there is no easy alternative.

They want to exploit today's pain, but are ashamed to openly advocate a return to fuel subsidies, multiple exchange rates and the old rent-seeking system.

It reminds me of a patient complaining about bitter medicine but refusing to suggest another cure.

Nobody enjoys the pain.

But merely throwing away the medicine does not make the illness disappear.

Complaining is easy.

Alternatives are hard.

That is why all we hear is outrage, but no roadmap.

Jamesclooney:
Stop using ChatGPT and use your brain.

My friend, if you can use ChatGPT without your brain, then the problem is not ChatGPT.

It is the absence of the brain. 😂

Tools do not replace thinking. They amplify it.

Which is why I keep bringing arguments while you keep bringing complaints about the arguments.

# Peter Obi’s Security Myth Does Not Survive Verification

Peter Obi and his supporters often speak as if Anambra was practically crime-free under his governorship.

But “Go and Verify” also applies to security.

Dubawa fact-checked the claim that there was no armed robbery under Obi and found it false, citing NBS figures showing **549 armed robbery cases in Anambra between 2007 and 2011**.

Vanguard also reported in August 2009 that Obi vowed to end “frequent armed robbery and kidnapping” in Anambra within two weeks. That alone destroys the mythology that insecurity was not a serious issue.

Even Obi’s own actions confirm the problem. In 2013, he donated armoured and patrol vehicles to the police because security had become a major concern.

So the question is simple:

If there was no serious insecurity, why the emergency vows?

Why the armoured vehicles?

Why the anti-kidnapping actions?

Why did later administrations still speak about inherited security challenges?

This is not to say Obi did nothing. He made efforts.

But effort is not the same as perfection.

The problem is the Obidient habit of turning a mixed record into a miracle story.

Peter Obi did not govern a crime-free Anambra.

He governed a state that battled kidnapping, robbery and criminality like many others.

So when Obidients weaponise insecurity today, Nigerians have every right to ask:

What exactly did your own candidate solve when he had executive power?

Facts are not hatred.

Verification is not tribalism.

WizardOfNG:
It is 💯%. Designed to damage the political standing of Tinubu approaching the January election.

If indeed this is what it is becoming, then that is profoundly unfortunate.

There is something deeply disturbing about the politics of blood — the tendency to convert human tragedy into political ammunition.

Children are abducted, families are shattered, communities are traumatized, and before rescue efforts even gain momentum, some people are already calculating headlines, harvesting outrage and positioning for political advantage.

That is not activism.

That is opportunism.

There is a difference between holding government accountable and turning suffering into a campaign strategy.

There is a difference between advocacy and political ambulance chasing.

If the primary objective is to weaken Tinubu ahead of an election rather than secure the release of innocent children, then we have crossed a dangerous moral line.

Because no election is worth the blood, tears and fears of innocent Nigerians.

The kidnapped children must never become props in anybody's political theatre.

Not for government.

Not for opposition.

Not for influencers.

Not for content creators.

Human tragedy should unite us in compassion, not divide us into partisan camps.

The politics of blood is perhaps the ugliest form of politics because it feeds on pain and profits from fear.

And that is something decent people, regardless of political affiliation, should reject.

fernandez1:
Hmm hopefully oo.....the thing is now looking like a political gig

Hmm... hopefully.

But unfortunately, the whole thing is beginning to look like a political gig, and that is deeply troubling.

This is precisely what some of us fear VDM is turning it into — content creation, grandstanding and performative activism.

There is a difference between demanding accountability and making yourself the centre of the story.

The kidnapped children should be the focus, not the influencer.

Families need results, not reels.

They need rescue, not rhetoric.

Activism is not a movie set, and national tragedies are not opportunities for personal branding.

Makinde too should resist the temptation of dramatic sound bites and concentrate on delivering results.

This is not the time for political theatre.

Children are in captivity.

The cameras can wait.

SecuritybriefNg:
Let's Discuss About This.
Cc;  Nlfpmod, Mynd44, Seun, HumbledbYGrace, osystein

# Oyo Is Not Chibok — But Children Are Not Political Props

The Oyo kidnapping is too serious for political theatre.

VDM has every right to speak, protest and demand action. But when grief becomes content and tragedy becomes stagecraft, we must ask hard questions.

Is the goal rescue, or relevance?

Is the aim pressure, or performance?

Because abducted children are not campaign material.

Makinde too must be careful. Saying “Oyo is not Chibok” may sound bold, but families do not need slogans. They need results, coordination, intelligence, rescue and communication.



Not activists.

Not politicians.

Not media influencers.

The facts are painful: armed men attacked schools in Oriire LGA on May 15, and reports say dozens of pupils, students and teachers were abducted. ICIR reported 46 victims; Vanguard reported Makinde’s vow that Oyo would not become Chibok.

So let us be clear.

Hold government accountable.

Demand urgent rescue.

Question security failures.

But stop converting abducted children into political currency.

Nigeria needs sober action, not emotional choreography.

Kemetian:
They want to remove Tinubu from power so they can return to fuel subsidies and dual currency set up.

Exactly.

That is the hidden agenda many of them will not admit.

They want Tinubu out, not because they have a superior reform plan, but because they want Nigeria dragged back to the old comfort zone: fuel subsidy scams, multiple exchange rates, rent-seeking, round-tripping and economic deception.

Tinubu’s reforms are painful, no doubt. But the alternative some people are quietly selling is worse: return to sharing cheap dollars and subsidised fuel for the connected few while the country bleeds.

Nigeria cannot reform by going backward.

Niwdog:
I'm Writing long note doesn't translate to being political mature, I countered you based on igbos lagging behind for not being at the helm of affairs and I tried letting you know that only the political class of South East extraction are to blame not the masses, South East politicians are not getting it right now doesn't mean they won't get it right in the future you talk as if you know how the future next politicians will be like, name any current north or west politician that will be active in the next 30 years, none so keep calm Obasanjo as a president wasn't because there was a politics south west played differently, only Tinubu played his political card well to become president not like you have produced hundreds of president
And per me knowing the common Yoruba man cooking Gas is 2k now maybe your people are buying it at 5h

My friend, perhaps I misunderstood you earlier. My response was directed at your assertion that "Tinubu being President has no benefits to the common Yoruba man but only to South-West politicians."

I buy cooking gas too, so I feel the pain like every other Nigerian.

But LPG price is not fixed by government like a political slogan. It is affected by international supply shocks, Middle East crisis, shipping costs, exchange rate pressure, domestic supply shortages, logistics and market speculation.

The serious question is: how do we increase local LPG production, storage, distribution and supply stability? Just like diesel , kerosene etc the prices of these items cannot be controlled by govt except a kind of subsidy is introduced.

This is the kind of discussion opposition should be having: better alternatives if they have one.

So yes, I feel the pain too.

As for Tinubu, I agree that he played his cards well. Politics rewards strategy, coalition building and patience.

Kushites:
I've always said that FOREIGNERS can see the trajectory and direction of this country better than the people inside the country.

They're like the proverbial elder who can see in his sleep things that young men cannot see standing from the tallest iroko tree.

This Man simply proves it. Incredible.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64sdimsLUn0

Why Outsiders Are Beginning To Understand Tinubu’s Reforms

Sometimes those outside Nigeria see the economic direction more clearly than those trapped in daily political anger.

The point is simple: Nigeria could no longer continue with fuel subsidy fraud, multiple exchange rates, weak revenues and fiscal indiscipline.

Tinubu chose the difficult road: subsidy removal, exchange-rate unification, tax reforms and tighter economic management.

The pain is real. Nobody should mock it. But reforms are not judged only by immediate discomfort; they are judged by whether they correct a broken foundation.

That is why the World Bank says Nigeria has made “notable progress” in stabilising the economy through fiscal, monetary and trade reforms, even while warning that living standards still need urgent improvement. Reuters also reports that Nigeria is projected to grow about 4.2% in 2026, with improved reserves, reduced fiscal deficit and stronger macro stability.

So when a Kenyan intellectual says his country needs Tinubu-style reforms, the message is clear: what some Nigerians call suffering, others recognise as structural correction.

Tinubu did not inherit comfort. He inherited distortion.

And reform is painful because decay was profitable.

agulion:
This Ojudu most be a very stupid man, as if he is not in Nigeria were wicked islamic bandits and Terrorists (BAT) are labelled Repentant terrorists and monthly salaries been paid to them by Nigerian govt, but people with minor offences in Ethiopia he wants them to remain in captivity

No, Ojudu is not the stupid one here.

The stupid thing is your inability to stay on the subject.

Nobody said the prisoners should remain in Ethiopian captivity. In fact, Ojudu did not oppose the transfer agreement. His concern was with the optics of the event and whether a prison environment should assume the atmosphere of a celebration.

Instead of addressing that point, you immediately deflect to bandits, BAT and repentant terrorists.

Classic whataboutery.

By your logic, no issue can ever be discussed because there is always another problem somewhere else.

And for the record, two wrongs do not make a right. If you disagree with the policy on repentant terrorists, criticize it on its merits. But don't use it as an excuse to avoid discussing Bianca's conduct.

The topic is Bianca. The topic is optics. The topic is whether compassion can be expressed with greater solemnity.

Everything else is deflection.

And the fact that your first instinct is to call Ojudu stupid rather than engage his argument suggests that you have abandoned reason for emotion.

Which, incidentally, is how serious discussions are usually derailed.

lightwind:
[bAll t]he Igbo hater's are on this thread.[/b]

Please, don't go there.

Suppose Bianca were a Yoruba woman, the prisoners being transferred were mostly Yorubas, and they were singing her praises in Yoruba. Are you honestly saying no Igbo commentator would question the optics?

And if they did, would that automatically make them Yoruba haters?

Criticism of Bianca's conduct is perfectly legitimate. Public officials are not above scrutiny. Playing the ethnic card only weakens the defence and makes a valid debate unnecessarily tribal.

Not every criticism of an Igbo public figure is hatred of Igbos. Sometimes criticism is simply criticism.

Unfortunately, for people with a deep-seated persecution mentality, every disagreement is interpreted as hostility and every critic becomes an enemy.

That mindset does not strengthen the tribe; it isolates it.

Bianca is a beautiful, classy and cosmopolitan woman who has represented Nigeria with grace and distinction.. None of that is in dispute.
But dismissing critics as "Igbo haters" is an argument for the emotionally insecure, not the intellectually serious.