I saw Baba-Ahmed Datti's interview with Seun on Channel TV a few days ago, and I am still in shock at his utterances and interpretation of the electoral laws. Someone, Obi & co, need to call Datti to order. I watched his interview with mouth agape earing his conclusion and interpretation of the electoral law that governs the criteria for winning the presidential election. He stated that the winner must win Abuja, so, because the APC candidate and his party did not win Abuja, therefore he is not a legitimate winner. That is absurd and weird. What confers Abuja with the special power to decide the winner of a presidential election in Nigeria, nothing?
Then Datti made a lot of apocalyptic statements about the fate of Nigeria, post-May 29 if the opposition who was declared the winner was sworn in... That is inciting the polity into violence, and someone needs to tell him the consequences of stirring up violence on a baseless interpretation of the law. LP, Obi, and Datti are losing the support of reasonable people who voted for them because of this nonsense. They have decided to go to court, so they should follow through with the process if they are confident of their proofs and evidence, they should not take a back door and do exactly what they are accusing their rival of doing.
Nigeria and Nigerians are the losers in all of this. I am a co-organizer of an International Conference that is supposed to hold at IITA in Ibadan in October 2023. The sponsors and organizers have halted the whole plan because of a statement like this - they are planning to move the conference to Senegal. This is just one out of many meetings and visits by foreigners and organizations that Nigeria would lose if the likes of Datti continue to heat up the polity on baseless ground. Millions of dollars in revenue to the hotels, local transportation, airlines, conference venues, food vendors, souvenirs, etc. will be lost. This is how we undo ourselves in Nigeria and sometimes we act as if we are illiterates. Datti has lawyers advising him and his party, Peter Obi is the leader of the party, I bet he speaks for them, otherwise, they would have disowned or walked back his statement.....
Ise ni ogun ise (Work is the panacea to poverty) mura si ise ore mi (Be conscientious my friend in your work) ise ni a fi n di eni giga (Through hard work can we excel) ti a ko ba ri eni feyintin (If there is none to create a pathway to the top for you) bi ole la n ri (It is as if we are lazy) ti a ko ba ri eni gbekele (If there is no one to be your mentor and godfather) a tera mo ise eni, (Work harder then, don't give up, innovate, there is dignity in labor, a way will open up for you soon) Iya re le l'owo (Your mom may be super rich) Baba re le l’esin lekan (You dad could have real estate in choice places) T’oba gbo’ju le won o te tan ni mo so fun oh (If you trust in their riches, your shame is around the corner) Ohun aho j’iya fun kii t’ojo (What you did not labor often does not last, because you might not value them) Ohun ta ba s’ise fun nii pe l’owo eni (It is what you work for that becomes a treasure) Apa lara, Igunpa niye kan (Arms are your f...
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