Give peace a chance….. Nigeria’s peace is your peace. By Charles Kaye Okoye

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Crises is brewing, and stupid people who will burn in the crises can’t even wait for the crises to start already.

I have been suing for peace on various Whatsapp platforms. There, I showed many reasons why every form of crises should be avoided.

There, I showed who the major casualties of any crises would be.

I caution.

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Of course, no one listens to a ‘saboteur’!

I have restrained myself from saying certain things on Facebook (I am not active on Instagram and Twitter), and it is to ensure that certain people do not read and use the same things I said against the same people I speak to and seek to protect.

However, I am forced to warn publicly and tell Ndigbo spread across Nigeria that they will be the biggest casualty in case of any crises. And I am forced to speak plainly following the senseless responses that I get from the same people for whom I am suing for peace. (See few comments as screenshot).

This election is one election that came with so much tension. It was an election that many who are not yet so knowledgeable in elections in Nigeria thought was between Tinubu/Yoruba and Obi/Igbo/youth, but anyone who understands how elections are done and understands that it is a national election after all, knew it was an election between Tinubu and Atiku.

The results are out, and as expected the battle still turned out to be between candidates of the two main parties. Possibly, political analyst would admit that Obi punched more than they had given him credit. They never knew he could win Lagos. Many had also thought he would come a DISTANT 3rd. Yet, the distance turned out no to be so distant. Kudos to him.

But no sensible adult who knows that national elections are different from regional elections will expect Obi to win a presidential election on the platform of a party that neither has a national spread nor formed alliance with other parties. How on earth!

Those shouting rigging should allow peace, and allow their principals follow the only available route which is going to court. No amount of pressure or protest will make INEC order a fresh election or give mandate to a candidate whom some supporters insist won, when evidence, real or fake, before INEC proves otherwise.

The brewing crises if not stopped now wouldn’t be one-way like the Endsars which was the people vs the government. This one, those brewing it and those being used as pawns should know that it will be “certain” people vs government. But that will be a child’s play to the second prong which will be tribal. We know the tribe that will lose out here.

Again, if anyone is deluding himself that Yoruba will yield their land for agitations against a mandate which their son has won, whether rigged or won, like they did during Endsars, I pity the person. Endsars taught them a bitter lesson which repeat they will resist with everything at their disposal.

In the case of any protest, it will be the ‘youths” against INEC, but when owners of the land say enough is enough, they will spare their own children and go after all Igbos, who they are eager to ensure they are scared from voting against Sanwo-Olu on March 11.

Those who love Ndigbo should sue for peace and quit grandstanding.

Gov. Soludo, in his long open letter, accused Peter Obi of trying to set up Igbos for destruction. Those who divested themselves of sentiment and emotion knew what Soludo meant. Ndigbo had fancied their chances at the presidency, they had been made to believe that it was only rigging that would stop their son from occupying Aso Rock after the election. Soludo knew, like everyone else who understands what a national election is, that Obi’s presidential aspiration foundation was built on sandy soil, without gravel and cement, when he chose to delude his supporters that they were his structures across the nation, even when very few people aside Igbos knew knew him and his party in the far North adjudged the swing states in Nigerian elections.

Obi is no daft! He knew his limitations but chose to enjoy the moment.

Soludo was meant to write a follow-up to his first letter after being handicapped by Obi’s rather peaceful response to the first letter. In the event of any crises that will see Igbos as major casualties, Soludo will do the follow up and show how time had vindicated him.

If Obi truly loves his supporters and his tribesmen especially, he should immediately do a ROBUST press release or conference and accept the results knowing he couldn’t have won.

Alternatively, he should do the same ROBUST press release, and insist on fighting for “his stolen mandate” through legal means, and use the opportunity to call on his supporters to be calm. Otherwise, his love is suspect. He will only end up setting people up for destruction and God won’t forgive him. Obi knows very well that no amount of protest can make him be declared a winner in an election he knew he never won and never had what it takes to win.

Tinubu lost Lagos. I don’t think there is anything else that can be more insulting and disgraceful to him. Yet, even while the results were still being collated and his victory uncertain, he permitted a press release asking his supporters and his people to calm down. Obi must emulate Tinubu to save his supporters and his people.

For those who are being incited to take to the streets, refuse to yield yourself a tool and a pawn. “Endsars 2” as you wish to tag it, wouldn’t be Endsars 1; no government folds hands and watch a people seek to upturn, by force and riots, a mandate supposedly freely given. The security would go hard, supporters of the winner will also fight back. Everyone including you would be left with bloodied and broken nose.

Give peace a chance….. Nigeria’s peace is your peace.

©️ Charles Kaye Okoye