Ikechukwu Okolo

@PeterObi If the ruling party doesn't concede defeat by midday on the election day, we form a parallel government. Nice you're meeting envoys already. We may not have the patience to beg them to accept the election outcome. We move

This morning, in Lagos, I met with the U.S. Consul General, Mr Rick Swart, where we discussed strengthening the bilateral relationship. We focused on promoting credible elections in Nigeria, ensuring they are free from interference, and fostering a space where all political parties, especially opposition parties can thrive, and contribute. We also discussed trade and business opportunities between our countries. Accompanying me to the meeting was Dr Adefolaseye Adebomi Adebayo. The discussion was very productive, and we are hopeful that, moving forward, Nigeria’s elections will be even more credible and transparent. -PO

@Ivory1957 Since you claim to hold the magic wand, which Obi doesn't have, pls come home and use the wand, let's see how it pans out. Sometimes, spectators assume they see more goal chances than real footballers playing in the field. Hence they blame almost every move, made by best strikers

THE PARTY HOPPER AND THE PAVED ROAD TO TINUBU’S SECOND TERM Peter Obi’s fourth political exit in as many years is not a protest — it is a surrender. And Nigeria’s opposition has no one to blame but itself. By Kio Amachree President, Worldview International Peter Obi has now quit the African Democratic Congress, citing what he calls infiltration by agents of the Nigerian state — the very same forces he blamed, word for word, when he departed the Labour Party.  The statement was poetic. It was also, politically speaking, an epitaph. Obi and Kwankwaso joined the ADC in March 2026 as part of a broad opposition coalition aimed at challenging the APC in the 2027 general elections. Both men quit the party on Sunday, citing internal crises, court cases, and what they described as deliberate efforts to frustrate their participation in the electoral process.  And so, once again, we are invited to mourn the victims — while the architects of disorder in Abuja pour themselves a drink and celebrate. I have watched this man’s political journey with a combination of admiration, frustration, and now, something approaching grief. Not grief for Peter Obi. Grief for the millions of young Nigerians — the Obidients, the idealists, the first-time voters who believed — who have been abandoned on the altar of one man’s serial inability to stand and fight. The ADC’s own National Publicity Secretary accused Obi of showing no interest whatsoever in the party’s policy positions during his entire membership, claiming he could not answer basic questions about the party’s framework on fuel subsidy or security — because, in their words, he was never interested. He was waiting for a ticket to be handed to him.  That is a devastating charge. It may be unfair. But it lands — because the pattern fits. I warned Peter Obi publicly, in writing, months ago. I told him that Nigerian politics is not a seminar. It is hand-to-hand combat conducted in the dark. I told him he needed to put on his boxing gloves. I told him he needed a rallying call — a banner around which his followers could unite and attract new converts. I told him that Gilbert Chagoury — a man with a Swiss money laundering conviction, whose group has been awarded over thirteen billion dollars in contracts by the Tinubu administration without competitive tender, whose son sits on Chagoury Group subsidiary boards alongside Seyi Tinubu — was the perfect target. A convicted Lebanese businessman whose relationship with Nigeria’s president is being paid for by the Nigerian people. That is not opposition research. That is political dynamite. He did nothing. Instead, I became an object of Igbo social media hatred. My father — Chief Godfrey Kio Jaja Amachree, Nigeria’s first Solicitor-General and first African Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations — was attacked posthumously by those who should have been thanking me. History was distorted. The messenger was shot. And Peter Obi’s real enemies — the ones pulling the rug from under his campaign with surgical precision — were never touched. Obi himself has said, “We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness.”  With respect, that reads less like a political programme and more like a farewell note. Nigeria in 2027 does not need a man who philosophises about humility. It needs a man who fights. An ADC legislator has bluntly stated that Peter Obi has pushed the Igbo presidency project twenty years backwards.  That is the real cost of this serial defection strategy — not just for Obi, but for an entire people whose legitimate aspiration for representation at the highest level has now been weaponised, exploited, and squandered. The accusations flying around — that opposition candidacies are SPVs for personal enrichment, that campaign war chests are collected and diverted, that running mates are chosen for fundraising rather than governance — deserve serious scrutiny. Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo has publicly claimed that Obi has already secretly agreed to accept a vice presidential slot under Atiku Abubakar.  Whether true or false, the fact that such a claim lands without causing outrage tells you everything about how much political capital Obi has burned. Meanwhile, Bola Tinubu watches all of this from Aso Rock and smiles. A fractured opposition. A north that has been told, repeatedly, that it will never vote for an Igbo man. An electoral commission that answers to the presidency. A Chagoury network financing infrastructure and political loyalty simultaneously. And an opposition that cannot agree on a candidate, let alone a strategy. There is still a path. But it is narrow, and it requires ruthlessness — the kind Napoleon understood when he said that one does not make war with sentiment. The DEA asset forfeiture records from the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Beryl Howell’s court order requiring FBI and DEA file disclosure. The Swiss conviction. The BVI offshore structures. Seyi Tinubu’s board positions. The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway contracts awarded without competitive bidding. These are not allegations. They are documented facts sitting in court files in two continents. If those files are published. If the assets are frozen. If Tinubu is made persona non grata across Europe and the United States — then the election becomes a different conversation. If not, the opposition’s chaos will do Tinubu’s work for him. And Peter Obi — brilliant, principled, serial-defecting Peter Obi — will have written his own political obituary, one party resignation letter at a time. Kio Amachree is President of Worldview International, a Stockholm-based civic and advocacy platform focused on Nigerian governance and diaspora accountability. #PeterObi #Nigeria2027 #NigerianPolitics #ADC #LabourParty #Tinubu #Opposition2027 #Obidient #NigerianDemocracy #WorldviewInternational #KioAmachree #GilbertChagoury #NigeriaAccountability #2027Elections #IgboPresidency

@AloyEjimakor @onyekanwelue Nice author. However, the mention of Wole soyinka in that book's back cover, diminished his rating so much. This is my opinion

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@avipat_ What exactly is kled? Someone should pls educate me?

We have removed Kled from the Nigerian app store and IP banned the entire region. The first thing I would like to say is I have nothing against Nigeria. I have a ton of friends from this region and these were some of our earliest app adopters. Genuinely, thank you all for the support. Kled has been up and running and out of beta for 4 months now. We have paid out hundreds of thousands of people for their data, and our users have uploaded over 1 billion assets onto our platform. After several months of uploads we found that Nigeria had a ≈95% fraud rate. Instead of real, usable data, users were uploading pictures of black screens, duplicate photos, internet generated images, AI generated images, etc. at an unimaginable scale. In comparison, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines have a less than 10% fraud rate across 10x the userbase size. Our fraud system is fast to catch these issues but the level of complexity of these schemes is getting out of hand. This weekend we were flooded with thousands of fake Japanese passports and identity cards with Nigerians photoshopped onto them in our KYC system. That was the final straw. As a startup we can't afford to eat the costs of that data overhead, so we temporarily removed the app from the region while we improved our fraud detection and banning system to quickly filter out bad actors when the time is right. On top of all of this, every time we make a post there is someone asking us to bring the region back within seconds. We hear you, but it's gotten out of hand. We've made this decision with great care. We love everyone who has genuinely supported Kled from Nigeria, and we hope to return when the time is right. -Kled Team

No country on earth, will loose 2 generals in 3 months to terrorists, and continue to REHABILITATE those terrorists. NONE!

@RhodaSanda You'd better quit the sinking ship. Aling with the progressives ✌️

I have done best in the obidient movement on the plateau since 2023 general elections. In the ADC I also mobilized Obidients into the ADC, actively took party in the formation of the party structure and emerged as the state woman leader. Right now, I must take a decision for me. I wish Nigeria the best of luck. I feel bad that Tinubu is coming back without much struggle

@novieverest So, he prefers staying home to nurse his ailments 🤣🤣

Seriake Dickson is not a baby politician for him to wake up and start the NDC. The NDC movement wasn't an impromptu movement. What quickened it was that when Tinubu found out ADC wasn't the mainstream coalition party, he quickly sent his boys to the NASS to pass a bill which will prevent any last minute movement. Peter Obi and Kwankwaso had to complete their move. You think Tinubu cancelled his health trip for fun? It's bigger than what many think.

Yesterday, it was a pleasure and an honour to receive my brothers and respected political figures in Nigeria, Their Excellencies, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, CON, and Peter Obi, CON, into the NDC. We warmly welcome them and trust that they will join us in building a formidable, ideologically driven party for generations to come — one that embodies the true spirit of selfless service to the people. Congratulations to them. We also extend our gratitude to all Nigerians for their continued support and prayers. ~HSD

@Ivory1957 Oga, you seem to be putting the cart before the horse. How do you expect Obi to begin campaign with the topics you mentioned, when he hasn't gotten the presidential ticket yet? You have good intentions, but you speak like someone not grounded in reality. Oh, you're abroad. Well!

Peter Obi’s Fourth Exit: A Character Flaw Too Large to Ignore #PeterObi #NigerianPolitics #NigerianLeadership #DiasporaAccountability #Tinubu #Nigeria2027 I wrote yesterday with serious reservations about Peter Obi’s fitness for the Nigerian presidency. Today, barely twenty-four hours later, he has left the African Democratic Congress—his fourth party departure in as many years. My suspicions have only hardened. Let me be direct: I do not take Peter Obi seriously anymore, and I do not trust his agenda. There is a particular burden that falls on any Igbo candidate for Nigeria’s highest office. The tribalism is real. The racism is undeniable. To be the first Igbo president requires not just competence, but an iron will—patience, sacrifice, and an unflinching commitment to principle under pressure. It demands a leader who can absorb punishment and stay the course. Obi cannot. His serial party-hopping is not bad luck or circumstance. It is a character flaw. When someone abandons every political vehicle the moment internal friction appears, that person signals something fundamental about themselves: they will not fight. They will not build. They will not endure. These are precisely the qualities Nigeria’s next president must possess. My reservations deepened when Obi failed to mount any serious public attack on the corruption that surrounds Tinubu and his enablers—particularly the vast, undocumented contracts flowing to Gilbert Chagoury and the systematic looting of NNPCL revenues. A serious challenger would have made this his sword. Instead, silence. Now, another exit. Another search for an unchallenged ticket. Another demonstration that Obi is unwilling to do the hard work of leading. I do not see him becoming president of Nigeria. He is too unstable. And Nigeria deserves better. But if the institutions at home have collapsed—if the judiciary is captured, if the security services are weaponized, if the DSS hunts activists and critics—then those of us in the diaspora must act. We must do what Angolans did to Isabel dos Santos. We must coordinate internationally to freeze accounts, seize assets, trigger Interpol alerts, and deny safe harbor to Tinubu and his network across Europe and North America. We must demand that the Americans release his DEA files on June first. There are no more excuses after the Epstein files exposed Trump, Gates, and Clinton. Tinubu is not larger than Donald Trump. The Epstein precedent is clear: when elites face coordinated international pressure, even the most powerful fall. Nigeria’s diaspora has the tools. We have the networks. We have the jurisdiction. What we need is the will to use them. I will not wait for salvation from Lagos or Abuja. The work will be done from Stockholm, Washington, London, and Toronto.

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Peter Obi and Kwankwaso being presented with their party cards

No factions No on going court case No leadership crisis No status quo ante bellum. Ready to serve

Hey, maybe I could run for president! Since certificate forgery is ok now, there’s no reason they shouldn’t accept this. It’s every bit as valid as Tinubu’s documents. What do you think? 🤣🤣

Nigerian military abuses Justice. DSS wants nothing to do with Justice. The irony would be funny if it weren’t for the underlying reality. There’s a young man, tortured, still in Nigerian military custody, for the crime of telling the truth. Here’s what happened. His name is Justice Mark Chidiebere. A blogger. He told the world that soldiers in the field are hungry and abandoned by their brass. He told the world that a 24-year-old corps member, Abdulsamad Jamiu, was shot dead through his own bedroom door at 2 a.m. by soldiers who scaled the family fence and lied about it. For that, the Nigerian Army chained him to a tree. Outside. Under the sun. More than 72 hours. Then they tried to hand him to the DSS — Nigeria’s secret police. The DSS refused. Too battered. Too broken to sign for. Now the Army wants to charge him with mutiny before he dies in their custody. Pray that justice happens in Nigeria before Nigeria happens to Justice. #FreeJusticeCrackNow #EarthShaker

ADC succeeded in bringing two very critical people into alliance. Peter Obi and Kwankwanso. It's a step in the right direction. Anywhere these two gentlemen pitch their political tent, we align with them. Nigeria will be Ok.

And Atiku Abubakar has so much money to throw around. Just signed a lobbying contract worth $1.2 million dollars. If this man was genuine, he would spend such money on lobbyists. $1.2 mila fgs!

@nze_Anambra @KwankwasoRM You need to read his message again. Read it slowly.

@KwankwasoRM If you read this very careful you will understand that a high wired political negotiation have taken place and Kwankwaso have retracted back from being VP to anyone or even joining any third force If you know Nigeria politics You will understand what has just happened

Clarification on My Political Position We have noted recent media reports and discussions suggesting a possible realignment within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) due to the current challenges facing the party. In light of the misleading narratives in the public domain, I wish to state categorically that no final decision has been taken regarding my political future or that of my political associates. The recent Supreme Court judgment, while affirming the legitimacy of the David Mark-led National Working Committee (NWC), also remitted the matter back to the High Court. This has left the party in a precarious position. In addition, the Federal High Court has recently ruled to delegitimise the party’s recent convention. The Attorney General of the Federation has also strangely applied to a Federal High Court to deregister the ADC. We left the NNPP due to externally influenced legal problems that made our stay perilous. The ADC has now been also forced into this difficulty. Consequently, like other major stakeholders, we have commenced wide-ranging consultations — including with leaders from the NDC, PRP and others to explore the best options for protecting our democratic interests. We shall announce our decision in the soonest possible time. On the issue of presidential candidacy, I wish to recall my consistent record as a committed democrat. In the 2014 APC presidential primary, I came second to President Muhammadu Buhari (whom I fully supported to victory), with Atiku Abubakar third, Rochas Okorocha fourth, and the late Sam Nda-Isaiah fifth. Similarly, in 2019, I contested the PDP presidential ticket and immediately supported the winner, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, serving as the campaign’s coordinator in the North. I have always placed national interest and party unity above personal ambition. Furthermore, the ADC is yet to zone its presidential ticket or take any decision on a candidate. I have therefore neither declared any intention to run for president nor endorsed any aspirant. All speculations to the contrary are premature and unfounded. My absence from the two recent ADC stakeholders’ meetings was due to unavoidable personal commitments. I promptly communicated my apologies to the party leadership. We shall continue to engage constructively at all levels. Any definitive position on our political direction will be communicated formally through official channels at the appropriate time. Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, PhD, FNSE Former Governor, Kano State Former Minster of Defence

@Uzzohh @KwankwasoRM He will keep you guys guessing. You will fag out over time

@KwankwasoRM I also asked when did kwankwaso agree to VP Obi? Obidients sometimes likes delusion, they have been shouting OK, but now kwankwaso is denying anything vice. Eyes go peel. x.com/i/status/20507…

@KwankwasoRM Any party Obi and Kwankwanso aligns with, we kowtow. The two men are our party, and we're the structure