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Penguin2:
Which of what I said is implausible or illogical? Tell me which?

Tell me what is implausible about Atiku stepping down for Obi. Or are you saying Atiku is a programmed robot that is incapable of rational decisions?

Again, what is implausible about Obi winning the ADC ticket? What if ADC eventually zones its ticket to the south which narrows the contest between Obi and Amaechi? Who do you think the stakeholders will support to get the ticket if they are serious about winning the election? Amaechi?

Like I said before, you people like to think in a linear direction with only a single possibility in view.

But that anything is possible is a classic maxim which means that it is possible that Tinubu can be beaten in 2027 and he knows that much which is why he’s jittery and trying to harvest everyone to his side.

Seems you don't know not understand the nature of Atiku. This is a Fulani man who was very serious about replacing Buhari, a Fulani who had served two maximum term of four years each as President, without consideration for the potentially permanent and detrimental consequences such may have on the peace and unity of Nigeria.

Atiku embraced and accepted th huge risk of being the possible cause of a rift that would never be healed and would ultimately lead to the break-up of Nigeria given that rotation of power between North and South was suggested and accepted to tackle how the North denied Abiola, a Southerner, his rightfully earned Presidential mandate.

Abacha usurped the legitimately earned turn of a Southerner to be President.

The development caused a lot of bad blood, especially as Abiola and his wife died during the fallouts of the saga, I am sure would have eventually broken up Nigeria had the Yorubas had not been appeased.

Atiku was ready to be the reincarnation of Abacha in his desperation and thoughtless selfishness to become President in 2023.

Will such a desperate character, ready to damn the consequences of Nigeria burning and raging with division and instability as long as he is President, step down for Obi? It is not rocket science bro.

iwaeda:
As expected, he will be one term governor, just like Tinubu.

Nothing sadder than those who cannot see the writing on the wall. Like you.

Jakumo:
Please could you be kind enough to stop bringing up the name of this terrorist instigator whose hate speech has cost so many Igbo lives?

Nazi Kanu is an unhinged, screaming maniac who belongs right where he is, in jail for life, where he cannot any longer urge gullible people to kill each other in his tribal homeland.

Well-said Jakumo. Don't expect him to accept your request though. They are all brainwashed to love, back and worship hatepreachers plus those who are divisive elements galvanising them in victomhood and hatred of 'outsiders' they blame for all their woes.

jamesversion:
You siddon for your house dey see nothing wrong.

The family wey dey ask questions no get sense abi??

Please be sensible and reasonable. An autopsy is where the inquest should begin for sensible and rational people.

AMINDA:
The pens-for-hire have been unleashed. Elrufai is heads and shoulders above your paymasters.

El-Rufai just opened the biggest file in Nigeria.

“How to end darkness.” pic.twitter.com/MDIMsPtHZs

— ADC Vanguard (@ADCVanguard_) January 23, 2026

Lol. Is that why Lagos is one of the safest States in Nigeria by far despite hosting 23 million plus Nigerians which is the largest by far of any State in Nigeria?

Meanwhile Kaduna of El Rufai was a condemnable mess of sectarian killings of Christians in Southern Kadua under your messiah with the situation now only improving under El Rufai's successor. Direct confirmation of El Rufai's anti-Christian complicity his successor rejected retaining.

Same odious El Rufai who confessed he paid Fulani terrorist to stop butchering Christians in Southern Kadua is now your hero. He is paying murderers to not murder innocent Nigerians when they should be wiped out?

This same El Rufai, a Fulani supremacists to the core, bragged:

"We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes."

Can any political leader who Yoruba, Igbo, Ijaw, Ekoi, Mumuye, Edo, Itsekiri, Igala, Idoma, Tiv, Urhobo etal make such a bloodthirsty threat against the entire Nigeria without huge outcry? Does this not show who and what El Rufai truly is?

Your support for this character, to claim he is "head and shoulders" above the moderate, peace-loving, tolerant and visionary Tinubu, speaks volumes about your desperation to see "Yoruba President" depart Aso Rock to the extent you are willing to back any manners of evil you think can help you achieve that fantasy.


I will refrain from saying what I really think of you as I know such will get me banned but don't be fooled many here do not know what you are.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/weve-paid-fulani-stop-killings-southern-kaduna-el-rufai/amp/


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Real talk I challenge anyone to factually dispute.

Most importantly and critically, Mallam El-Rufai represents the class of opportunistic intellectual politicians. He is a master of the system who has served at the highest levels of the BPE, the FCT, and Kaduna State. His critique of weaponizing security rings hollow to many, given his own record of governance.

While El-Rufai speaks of checks and balances from far-away Brussels, his tenure as Governor of Kaduna State (2015–2023) tells a different story. Under his leadership, Southern Kaduna became a flashpoint for killings and displacements, with critics accusing his administration of being slow to act or partisan in response. While serving as Governor, his administration supervised the arrest of journalists, activists, and lawyers including Luka Binniyat and Audu Maikori who challenged his policies.

El-Rufai fails to acknowledge the role the Northern political elite, of which he is a pillar, has played in the region's educational and security crises. Crying foul only when outside the corridors of power suggests that his advocacy is tied to his political exclusion rather than a newfound democratic zeal.

To move beyond form to substance, Nigeria must move past the rhetoric of elites like El-Rufai.

overall90:
But he said the same thing about Tinubu some years ago.
Someone should help with the links please

Lol. Did FFK, Omokri, Bwala, Keyamo and others, all previously fierce critics of Tinubu, not denounce their previous stance and political paymasters, to now be passionately working for PBAT?

Fact is that we are all learning and growing in life. That capacity to learn and grow does not end till we die.

The boss and interest you serve passionately today may seem like huge miscalculations tomorrow when you encounter a much greater boss and greater purpose.

Many detractors of Tinubu, when they actually met the man and his visionary brilliance, simply realised whoever or whatever interest they previously worked for pale into insignificance in comparison to Tinubu's political sagacity, bravery, vision and leadership brilliance.

We can all be guilty of hating and misjudging others because we serve camps and interests opposed to them. Additionally, we have never met them to know precisely their intention, plans and thoughts .

Omokri and Bwala previous stalwarts of Atiku, began to see the policy bravery and brilliance of Tinubu that showed them Atiku is a big fraud and unfit character when we are talking of statesmen and nationalists who mean the best for Nigeria and ready to walk the walk while Atiku only talks the talk from Dubai.

Keyamo and FFK etal simply realised they were worshipping an inferior God (PDP) once Tinubu showed politics should be about delivering for the people and not blind devotion to religion, ethnicity, creed, culture and political affiliation.

Tinubu inspires even cads and those who may have lost their ways, despite being innately brilliant, to be dedicated to the cause and perform excellently.

Today, no one can deny Keyamo is one of the best Aviation Minister we have had since our current democracy began in1999.

Imagine if Tinubu had pettily focused on Keyamo's past criticism of him to then reject a leader now an excellent aviation Minister?

Bosun Tidjani nko? A fierce and ungracious former critic of Tinubu that our President still approached to head a Ministerial portfolio.

Today Tidjani is a performing ICT Minister and bright light of Tinubu's cabinet to the extent El Rufai bragged he will retain Tidjani once him and his fellow Fulani Imperialists and born-to-rule hegemonists (in their dreams) depose PBAT in 2027.

FFK too will deliver as an Ambassador because leaders like Tinubu excel by forgiving, forgetting and rising above petty sentiments and unproductive enmity to bravely and visionarily set example those below them can key into and be inspired by to then dedicate themselves to serving to the very best of their ability.

MarketDispatch:
Just take it that This Fani guy wants to renew his dwindling fame ticket using Obi hence his recent outbursts.

I am not a fan of FFK but I dare you to factually fault his message if you can. Tell us what he said that is unproven, or a lie, against Obi.

Dalohad:
Ambassador to the Amazon Forest don drop opata yarnings.

Where did he lie against Obi? Is Obi not a glorified petty trader and conman with no history of commendable or even mediocre political leadership? A total and forgettable failure many of you cursed while Governor to be praising a 'messiah' fawningly today.

What are his legacy projects for you people to be comparing him to the ankle of Tinubu let alone the whole man, if not that extreme bigotry predisposes you to inordinate love of your own, however unfortunate and worthless they are, and extreme hatred of others?

Where are Obi's mentees when Tinubu has thousands, literally, from virtually every ethnic group and States of Nigeria?

What sort of leader, who wishes to preside over a nation, has never built anything at all nor shown himself minimally adequate at solutions brokering leadership at political Party level?

Tinubu leads every Party he has being involved with while Obi is anonymous (PDP) and/or divisively toxic (labour and APGA) in every one he has used parasitically used for his political ambition.

Only you people I know who do not have what normal folks have which is the capacity to see the distinguished achievements, solutions provision brilliance and undoubted talent of other once you hate them personally.

naptu2:
I've already blocked the guy. I use them for my entertainment, then I block them when they become boring.

Well-done. Going around attacking perceived enemies online, abusively and without restraint, is their nauseating character.

They are so invested in their bigoted and ethnocentric project to the extent many have lost their mind and no longer recognise the concept of democracy.

The way he barked at you, believing you a Tinubu supporter, shows how they wish to brainwash the world to believe support for Tinubu is criminal and evil while supporting their own candidate is virtuous and a duty for the rest of us. Very odious fascists.

naptu2:
See frustration!

I will post where ever I want to, there's nothing you can do about it

Nobody gives a shit about Tinubu and you shouting Tinubu's name morning till night (if you like you can strip naked at midnight and scream his name) won't change anything.

Nobody gives a shit about amala.

However, you are free to continue to he frustrated.

That's what it is. Deep frustration, bile and hateful bitterness against others they blame (mainly Tinubu) for preventing the emergence of an Igbo Presidency they are so desperate for.

Atiku too stands in their way and so too the entire gang of Northern supremacists and born-to-rule hegemonists.

Yet they dare not attack those ones. It is Tinubu and Yorubas they foam at the mouth against daily and reserve their most toxic bile for.

Tears loading for them in 2027. They know it as well hence the reason they are literally snapping off the heads of others online they believe to be Tinubu fans.

DomPerignon:
His support has greatly withered since the last elections and he is left with his tribal and IPOB demented mob who only dare make noise online as their nuisance levels will not be tolerated irl like in 2023.

Obi is a spent force.

A one hit wonder.

A foluke one night stand.

Absolutely. Yorubas youths who voted healthily for him in 2023 have seen through him. He is now a turnoff to many in the SW.

Middle belt he will fare worse than 2023 to see a significant drop in support. Only the SE, because of ethnocentric sentiments, he can count on to do well.

simpleseyi:
Very correct, very very correct. That’s why the party is named Atiku Distressed Cult (ADC). Obidients go weep again

Lol. Or Atiku doomed congregation. ADC.

DomPerignon:
And that only exposes his tyranny in the making.

So by the slimmest margins he gets to Aso Rock, he will not have any favours for his party men.

This is what he did in LP after they gave him free ticket and he refused to endorse or campaign alongside other candidates from the party from other regions.

This is same Obi that was caught horse trading LP gubernatorial candidate for Rivers in exchange that Wike help him rig the Presidential elections for the state in his favour.

The man is a tyrant hoping on his mob support as absolute.

Lol. Well-said. His main claim to fame today is that he has the most toxic, most anarchic and most radical supporters, by far, out of all those who want to be President of Nigeria.

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CyynthiaKiss:
When Nigeria divides, history should have it that core Notherners are the ones that divided Nigeria along religious lines when they adopted sharia law they use to torment poor Muslims and innocent Chrtistian minorities in 12 Nothern states , thereby creating their own separate country inside a country..

Judgment day is fast approaching.

For once, I agree with you 💯%.

What this shows, as some of us have insisted, is that Nigeria is running the risk of Fulani terrorism taking the Country down.

As the Fulani terror network grow in number and financial might, they will co-opt greedy, unprincipled and criminal non-Fulani to join their terror network.

Same thing is happening in the middle belt where Christian and non-Fulani criminals are gun runners and probably even fighting allies of Fulani terrorists.

SonOfDSoil01:
NwOSU, why is it hard for you to be logical and quit with this victim mentality…….no one is forcing you to be together in one country, aleast we can both agree on that….but how can I take you seriously when you keep leaving your region to come and live in my space and yet you accuse me of not giving you freedom and also forcing to be in Nigeria but your actions are contrary to your words ………your kinsman azikiwe made it impossible for you to leave Nigeria without a referendum included in constitution…..so If you want to leave Nigeria, you will still need to have it added to the constitution and that’s why you need your rep members in the NA to sponsor a bill for that, I hope with this simple explanation, your brain will be able to process it because I really don’t understand your illogical reasoning

They need to make the bolded make sense but they will never be able to because no other demanding secession worldwide prosecute their demand for it as hypocritically and as illogicaly as this lot agitate for Biafra.

SonOfDSoil01:
Una just no Dey ever make sense…..so this is your weak defence for wanting Biafra but still want to live and do business in Nigeria, yet you want any serious mind to take your call for freedom and biafla serious? You clowns are just bunch of jokers😂😂

They never listen to themselves sincerely nor look in the mirror to not note how delusional they sound and look to normal folks.

bewla:
Yes but do so with
The mind of resettling does people
Even if it's in another place given them hope to start a fresh new life all over again

Please never let people deceive you with abridged version of the truth that serves their agenda of deception towards keying into/supporting their ulterior motive.

Do a few minutes of research and discer the full truth and scope of the matter.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/sanwo-olu-defends-makoko-demolition-announces-palliatives/%3famp

Sanwo-Olu defends Makoko demolition, announces palliatives
January 19, 2026 5:17 pm


“What we are doing is not demolishing the whole of Makoko. We are clearing areas to ensure they do not encroach on the Third Mainland Bridge and to keep residents away from high-tension lines.

We are aware that some local and international NGOs want to profit from this.

“We are studying it and will present evidence. They make so much money from international donors and have asked for large grants concerning these areas, only to cover their own falsehoods and the fact that they have not done what they promised. That is why they are shouting and crying more than the bereaved.

“We’ve been on this for two and a half years and have held meetings with them. We cannot fold our arms and allow calamity to happen,” the governor said.

Sanwo-Olu also announced that he had ordered relevant authorities to roll out palliative measures for affected residents.

He said, “By the way, I’ve instructed both the local government and the relevant ministries to see how they can provide additional support, palliatives, relocation options, and grants for some of these people, just to show compassion.”

Alsenora:
You said it all bro. They claim to be democrats but push forward undemocratic stance that some candidates they do not want should not contest in an election over spurious claims, as if the ballot is exclusive to them and their preferred candidates(messiahs).

They are clowns just like their Agulu messiah who wants anointing rather than contest primaries like a man.

They also want the presidency handed to them and their messiah because they say so and feel that insulting the hell out of others, or taking some dubious moral high ground we know they are never about, will see them all in Aso Rock.

They and their messiah are toddlers and jokers not ready to man up

ablejesus26:
Shut up,you are wailing uncontrollably.
Politics aside,the average Nigerian does not stand with apc,they have some zombies amongst the people, but they are very petty and few.
I do business and have shops in some States in SW,SS,SE and I recently got into yam business that made me meet with many Northerners and Mb especially Plateau and Benue guys. The average Nigerian even the ones from Tpains village, Iragbiji, the State agrees that tpain is an unrepentant clueless failure who only came to play Politics, zero idea on what to do to savage the mess his apc put Nigeria into.

If a neutral body heads the election, Tpain will not see 10k votes in Osun State, They didn't vote him in 2023,why will They vote him now that he has proven the World to be the GOAT FAILURE Nigeria has ever seen since inception, 70x worse than bubu??

No be everybody be zombie like una apc shameless supporters na😃😁.

You can weep, gnash teeth and lash out against Yinubu all you want. Mr.Emergency lover of Nigeria and overnight 'good governance advocate'.

That will still not help your Agulu messiah ever become President. The seat is no for incompetent weaklings and cowards.

obrian888:
Did Tinubu win at the last poll? people like you are the real danger to yourself and our democracy,even the blind,dumb and lame knows Tinubu have nothing to offer, because he is yet to offer anything,3 years down the road.

Let me guess, your Agulu messiah won ba?

gidgiddy:
You mean the same way Nigerians are trooping to other countries despite having Nigeria since 1960?

Fro Christ sake, do you never grow intellectually or how many times must I chide you about your silly and senseless rebuttal above?

Again, the Nigerians who move to other Countries are very different to you guys in that they do not get to those Countries to begin shouting that their host hates them, are their worst enemies in the world, plot to destroy them and their business daily to then be telling those people in their land you wish to have your own nation away from then..


If you live in the UK or USA and daily make hateful and separatist noise against Brits and Americans you will simply be told "go back to your own fcking Country if you hate us and our nation so much".

You people just get away with your BS non would tolerate globally because Yorubas are too chilled and many lack exposure, that some of us have, to note you don't make separatist, hateful and secessionist noise from the homes of those you hate and insist are the cause of your problem you wish to be away from.

That is insulting and odious hypocrisy non bar the Yorubas tolerate from you. When I say I want regional autonomy, I have the uprightness to say it from Yoruba land with full confidence in the fact I am happy in my SW and do not wish to go and live in the North, SE or any other part of Nigeria permanently or anytime soon.


Especially if, as obtains with you guys, that entail shouting in a town square In Anambra or Kano I hate Igbos and Fulanis and they are the cause of my problem while sane people wonder what I am doing living, trading and working in the land of those I hate when I can go back to where I am from and all will be well with me.

Gajagojo:
I am not a Tinubu supporter I prefer not to take sides but to side with Nigeria
For now I don't see anything better than Tinubu but I believe Nigeria can do better so that saddens me a bit

Indonesia in 1998 after the Asian Financial Crisis
The Rupiah lost 80% of its valuefalling from around 2,400 IDR to the US dollar in mid-1997 to lows of over 14,000-16,000 IDR by mid-1998,
It was even worse than what we gave experienced

They recovered from that and today their GDP has grown to $1.5 trillion

From $95.45 billion in 1998



They had to swallow the kind of medicine we are now swallowing

The bolded is my point precisely. It is also okay to not be a Tinubu supporter but crucially, as you appear to be, it is important to at least side with Nigeria and what is best for her even if one has issues with her leaders.

OneCandleAway:
You insult a group of people and expect so called southern unity, like they are slaves.

Is something wrong with you? You see "insult" in my post and not their own. Precisely same as an observer, who is certainly not neutral, noting a white supremacist attempt to demean and humiliate black man only to remain silent .

Yet when the negro responds to defend himself that is when you find your sanctimonious voice to berate him.

Abeg shift. You must be blind to how every development or discussion here is an opportunity for these people to attempt taking some mythical pound of flesh from Yorubas they believe we owe them.

Gajagojo:
Tinubu is not thoroughly undesirable

He is not worse than Obasanjo Buhari or Jonathan

He has many flaws but in my opinion he is the most purposeful leader we have had

That does not mean he is great just that others have been less purposeful

Whether you agree with his purpose is another thing

One must be able to analyse objectively

He removed subsidy something they all wanted to do but were too scared to do

He has initiated 2 military depots in the South
Got his tax bill through despite all objections
Secured judgment for LGA autonomy
Very likely we will see state police before election

I don't have to agree with these things but recognise a president that has some clear objectives

That was lacking with Jonathan

The problem many people have is they talk emotionally

If there is a better candidate than Tinubu introduce him to us

All these sound bites about how terrible Tinubu is might be populist but lack pragmatism

I am not a Tinubu spokesman but I am happy for him to continue unless I see a better alternative that is not Fulani or Northern Muslim

If he remains there likely will be more corruption but there won't be a Fulani in charge, no grazing reserves or Water bill and the Yoruba won't be marginalised

Top post start to finish that says it all. Nigeria, no capping, would be a great nation if many reasons as you do.

The list of pivotal achievements of Tinubu you put up, that all Presidents before him have avoided speaking of let alone implement, I can add 10- 20 others to effortlessly.

Including MREIF government-backed low interest 20 year mortgage scheme, student loans, stupendous infrastructural development push across Nigeria, floating of the Nigeria to remove two tier rating (bank and black market), unique and new forest gaurd innovation etc, etc.

The bolded is correct about many being about rhetoric and populist soundbites.

Whereas If we do reality of where some of the most positively transformed nations of the world started from and where they are today, crucially factoring in what their people had to endure and sacrifice, can it be argued that the transformation of Nigeria is abnormal or especially more punitive than others stoically endured?

Our people are just lousy and the severely disruptive ethno-religious bias of many Nigerians does not help either because it is what predisposes many against being incapable of looking at a leader or situation dispassionately.

Were Obi to be President and going about issues the exact way Tinubu is, then his people will be staunchly behind him and his greatest cheerleaders today with an example being how they all claim Kanu is completely innocent of involvement in terrorism.

I personally think Singapore etal bounced back spectacularly because of the mindset of their human resources. Whereas Nigerian human resources is 'severely challenged' to say the least meaning the leader who will deliver Nigeria will need plenty of divine assistance behind him/her.n

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helinues:
Those people meaning to words are opposite of the real meaning.

Don't sweat

Don't mind them bro. They need to hear the truth sometime even as we know many of them are hateful and delusional anarchists the truth means nothing to.

DatNiggaDaz:


Save this your lamentations. Anything you sow, so you shall reap. If you are not hypocritical in life, you will know that what the fake certificate holder did to our son gej will be melted out to him. You and your folks joined hands to destroy the fske southern yoonity with your darling daddy.

You are a very very funny creature. See hypocrisy. Taqyiyah will never bring you forward in life. Deal with it

Funny creatures

You are the one lamenting as an adult who behaves like a child who cannot deal with facts. What do Yorubas need from you to court unity with a people behind us that we have nothing to learn from?


Did you not rush to copy Amotekun to create Ebebeagu? Where is Amotekun today if not waxing stronger as the best complementary security force to the NPF whereas Ebebeagu has long been disbanded for armed robbery, extortion, extra-judicial killings, human rights abuse etc?

What does that reality tell sane and dispassionately neutral people about our character and yours,. juxtaposed side by side, in the wider context of who will ever seek unity with the other or who needs to learn from others to better themselves?

Grow up and talk/think like an adult because reasonable people who come here daily to see what you lot post must believe it is easier to see Jesus serving food on the streets of a Nigeria than meet a reasonable, sensible and balanced adult from your region who thinks and talk as if they can conquer emotions and sentiments to reason properly via working with reality.

You lot are all "Buhari is dead and replaced by Jubrin" fantasists. What Southern unity are you divisive lot granting or have power to grant?

As if anyone wants unity with you people who, predictably, only brings hate and Vendetta-driven malevolence against your fellow southerners and Nation to the table.

AAEEI:
Great analysis. The arrogance coming from Atiku and Elrufai and a lot of northerners is pushing us towards southern solidarity, despite Tinubu being a thoroughly undesirable element.

What makes Tinubu "thoroughly undesirable"? Perhaps it is you who lack exposure and knowledge to understand what others like Singapore did to move from slums, shanties and dysfunction to one of the economic powerhouse of the world regularly voted one of the best nations to live.in on Earth.

Go and ask Singaporeans what they went through to understanding what Nigerians must also go through even as you ignorantly and simplistically think deep and fundamentally destructive damages done over many decades, far greater Than Singapore sustained, can be wiped away in 2 years to turn Nigeria Buhari left behind into Dubai meets Singapore.

DatNiggaDaz:


Southern what ? Bro speak for urself like you speak for data boys. Get this, there is nothing like Southern yoonity. We have SW parapoism and tribalism. The SS and SE are inconsequential in the dcheme of Southern yoonity according to data boys

When are you people going to stop making any and everything about your butthurt (Google it) vindictiveness to get even with Yorubas because of all the self-inflicted losses you have caused yourselves unnecessarily fighting and envying Yorubas over one thing or another when we no send una yesterday, no send you today and will never send you tomorrow?

Who goes to live and settle with who? Who needs everything from others while others need nothing from them? Answer truthfully to then understand who would be seeking Southern unity and those that do not give a toss about it.

We are the least-dependent of the big four (Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani and Igbos) on any 'unity' with others, factually and according to how we live on the ground, let alone you guys from the SE we need for absolutely nothing.

Stop bigging up your inconsequential region and people. When push comes to shove, it is only Yorubas from the South, out of the big four ethnic groups, who have shown the capacity to fight their own battles and win. Fact.

2027 will be no different and even assuming we need any assistance, it is not you hateful and vindictive people, lacking capacity and influence, we will turn to. Never.