When Peter Obi announced his plan to run for The Presidency,
no one gave him a chance. It was adjudged to be mere participation with the
plan B to become Vice President of Atiku or any one else. But right from the
outset, he did not hide his serious and commitment to this course by
undertaking an engagement journey that will see him be the first candidate to
visit all the 35 states of the country except Adamawa state which he left as a
mark of respect for his former boss as he calls him, Atiku Abubakar.
The more he continued to Criss cross around the entire
country with his message of Hope, to salvage the country, give the youths a
better life through creation of wealth and jobs to end poverty and production
as against consumption capital we have come to be, the more the message resonates
across all the four corners of this country.
The tipping point that fully changed the game and exploded
his message and popularity was after he granted Brekete Family Radio Station
interview in Abuja. His messages resonated among all nationalities who live in
Abuja and other environs like Nasarawa State and Kaduna that always listen to
that station. His name became household name and subject of discussion at
dinning table of all families irrespective of their religion and nationality.
The second phase of the explosion of his brand which was now becoming a household name came after the #1MillionMatch4PeterObi when all the youths across the federation matched to their PDP offices to call on the delegates to give them Peter Obi at the convention. But PDP and their money bag politics of cash and carry could not listen rather they forced him to resign his membership as he will not dent his integrity by meddling in the mud of PDP dirty politics of porridge of Dollars for anyone who was ready to sell his birth right and conscience. Peter Obi is not the one to mortgage his conscience or sell out his growing massive supporters who are youths that believe in him as a different brand of politician.
To compound the woes of PDP, he did not only leave them, but few days after he joined an unknown party then called Labour Party.
Many of his detractors laughed and mocked that he has
embarked on the journey of oblivion as he has joined a party without any
structure and no known money bag politician who can bankroll the campaign. They
mocked that he is finished but no one writes Peter Obi off. Man is a lion and
shrewd professional whose style of politics is that of Obama and US which is
based on strategy and not on how much Dollar you can share to buy people’s conscience
only to recoup your money when elected as practised here in Nigeria.
So out of the blues while everyone was asleep, he woke up
with a movement that is self funding and has gulvanised Nigerian youths from
across all regions of this country as they have found a symbol of unity,
success and hope who they believe his message and trust he will not betray them.
As the movement started growing in leaps and bound first from
the social media, they said oh its mere social media excitement by people who
do not have PVC to vote. He continued to deliver his message of hope and
reminded his supporters that this movement will not accomplish its goals on
social media if there is no PVC to vote on election day or structure across all
the federation to vote, and protect their votes as soldiers of the movement.
The youths were gulvanised to go get their PVC before the
window closes by June 30th and this has created an upsurge that is
unprecedented and proving tough for INEC to meet the demand. Many of the
#EndSars leaders and all those who identified with the Soro Soke movement all
embraced the movement as their only hope to build a better future away from the
cankerworms and from the money bag political parties. The youths suddenly woke
up to realise that the grand fathers of corruption in Nigeria will finally
finish anything that remains of the youths with another 8years of hell fire if
any of them is elected for another 8 years again after Buhari. Many of the
youths realised that another 8 years will mean 16 years of their lives waisted
with no job, no future and nothing to show for their existence and of course living
in hell without light, no food, and no future.
This was enough motivation for all the youths to sleep at
INEC registration centres to make sure they are registered and to join the
movement by joining campaign groups and the Labour Party to become the
structure which other parties have mocked that does not exist in LABOUR party.
Today, the narrative is changing day by day. Many are joining
the Labour party, many are donating their money, others are printing campaign materials
while others are donating their time to work and campaign for this symbol of
hope.
The movement is gradually growing beyond even the founder
himself as churches are donating their churches to support the movement, while
also mandating their members to endeavour to go get their PVC with some issuing
statement saying no PVC, no entry.
Markets that do turn over of Billions on Naira Daily are closing
with a mandate to their members to go get their PVC as it will soon become the
only ID to allow u open your shop by the Union that govern those markets like
multi Billion Naira Alaba International Market that has been recognised and
used as case study in Harvard School of Studies US.
Just few weeks ago out of the blues, one Okafor came online
to claim ownership of Labour party to create impression that the party is
factionalised and his faction as he claimed was the recognised one. Few days
ago it was reported that they went ahead to conduct their own Primaries and
elected a presidential candidate. This seemed to send jitters into the spine of
Peter Obi Supporters but that will eventually be so ephemeral that just two
days ago it was announced that the so called factional leader has withdrawn and
just yesterday, Labour Party issued the Certificate of Return to Peter Obo as
their authentic Presidential Candidate also recognised by INEC.
This means that the movement will enter the next level of
building a strong structure across all the 774 Local Govts in Nigeria and of
course opening campaign offices in all the states too to get set for the
official lifting of campaign Ban by INEC to herald the beginning of campaigns.
Gradually, the lines are falling in for this most competent
great leader of our time whom many have described as the one Jesus our Saviour described
in the Bible as Peter the rock upon which He will build his church. This movement is indeed made in
heaven. Have you joined, what are you waiting for? Don’t be left out. This is
for your future and that of your children.
Anayo(MBA, BSc, DAIT) writes from Dubai.
#PeterObi4President
#ObiIsComing
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