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PRESS RELEASE We’re excited to announce that Pat Utomi will join Citizen Monitors’ 72-hour X Space from May 29–31, 2026, for a timely conversation on credible 2027 elections, democracy, governance, and citizen participation in Nigeria.

Titles don’t make leaders; actions do. Vote for those who serve, not those who only seek status. #LockdownYourPollingUnit

@Joejohnseen We can’t wait too😊

@CitizenMonitors That's great. It's gonna be a learning experience, I can't wait.

PRESS RELEASE We’re excited to announce that Pat Utomi will join Citizen Monitors’ 72-hour X Space from May 29–31, 2026, for a timely conversation on credible 2027 elections, democracy, governance, and citizen participation in Nigeria.

Imagine the pride of seeing fairness restored and corruption checked. Visualize communities thriving because people like you took a stand. Your action today creates hope for tomorrow. #LockdownYourPollingUnit

“We have a foundational problem with our electoral laws. How does it make any logical sense that the person that appoints the referee is also a contestant of the same tournament?” - On this space🎙️

“The political class are a direct reflection of the people in that country.” - Live🎙️

HOW AN UPCOMING “OPPOSITION CANDIDATE” IS SUPPOSED TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST A POORLY-PERFORMING “INCUMBENT CANDIDATE”. (All elective positions are involved here; both presidency, governorship, and/or legislative positions) (The Main Point Here Is: “BEING THE BETTER ALTERNATIVE”) 1. The Opposition Candidate should list ALL THOSE BASIC THINGS which the Incumbent Candidate is supposed to HAVE DONE -- Which he Did Not Do. (These things include: basic amenities and necessary infrastructure, Accountability, Accessible Communication, Prompt Feedback To Communication, Transparency, Inclusivity, Effective and Efficient Representation, Effective and Efficient Policy Implementation, Effective Rule Of Law, Prompt and Automatic Checks-and-balances on Government Institutions) 2. The Opposition Candidate should ASSESS and GRADE the Incumbent Candidate on all those points listed in a clear and unbiased manner, and then convert the grades to FIGURES - In such a way that anybody can independently re-assess and re-grade the incumbent candidate based on those same points (as listed) and arrive at similar results. 3. The Opposition Candidate would then tell the people the EXACT ALTERNATIVES which he is bringing in, especially as it concerns all those earlier points he raised -- which the current Incumbent Candidate did not provide, and might not still provide anytime in the future, even if given all the available opportunities. The Opposition Candidate should give SOME IDEAS of the methods he is going to use, which could later be weighed and analyzed by some independent persons or institutions, and even critiqued by some other stakeholders. The Opposition candidate may decide not to give the full details of his methods, especially if he thinks those methods are somewhat classified, secret, or may be sensitive information - BUT HE MUST GIVE SOME IDEAS OF THOSE METHODS WHICH HE IS GOING TO USE, so that we (the voters) would be convinced that he knows exactly what he is campaigning for, and that he knows exactly what he is coming to do. The Opposition Candidate should not have the fear that the Incumbent Candidate (or any other candidate amongst the opposition candidates) might copy his methods, because whatever someone has become in his internal personality is as a result of so many cumulated habitual behaviours which cannot be easily copied or learned or replicated by someone else within a short time. For instance, a contented candidate’s readiness to even SACRIFICE HIMSELF for the General Public cannot be replicated by another candidate who has lots of self-interests embedded inside his pursuit for an elective post. 4. The Opposition Candidate can then tell the people to vote for him if they really want a turn-around of things for the better future. .. The time has gone when we pay attention to some candidates who do not have CLEAR ROADMAPS of what they are coming to do. We do not want candidates who do not know anything about the people or the geographical locality they are campaigning to govern or represent -- not to talk of even knowing the peculiarities, the strengths, and the challenges of the people and the locality. It is high time our politicians start showing us how much they truly know about the office which they are campaigning for.

“If we want the system to change, we have to apply force (just like physics) and the force I’m talking about is PARTICIPATION.” - Live🎙️

“People need to understand that even if the system is rigged, there is power in showing up and coming out in numbers.” - On this space🎙️

“We seem to have loyal to self, loyal to stomach and pocket rather than loyal to politician or party.” - Live🎙️

“The people make the bad people very comfortable and make the good people very uncomfortable.” - Live🎙️

“For the country to move forward, we have to be more loyal to values than to people and parties.” - Live on this space🎙️

@Onyeani_Kalu 🫡

@CitizenMonitors I salute everyone here

“We have rubber stamp senate because the head is corrupt.” - Live🎙️

“Some people are loyal to politicians because the politician embodies the Nigeria they hope to see.” - Live on this space🎙️

“Political parties should be ideological based. It’s because they’re not ideological based that’s why you see politicians cross-carpeting anyhow because they stand for nothing.” - On this space🎙️

“The problem of Nigeria is that we have many Nigerians that do not understand the problem so we keep chasing shadows.” - On this space🎙️

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“Nigerians should wait for government handout because that’s why we have government in place.” - Live🎙️

“Sometimes following party is not good enough because there are some certain bad characters that ride on the wave of the most popular politician in the party (because most people are going to vote parties), once they win they decamp.” - Live on this space🎙️