They are not afraid of politicians.
They are afraid of you.
Politicians can be bought. Governors can be persuaded to cross over. But millions of ordinary Nigerians with PVCs in their pockets cannot be bought all at once. That is their real fear.
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Their power depends on you staying home. Their worst night is the one where you come out.
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Remember how they reacted when young people marched in 2020 and in 2024: soldiers at Lekki, children charged with treason, Twitter blocked for 222 days. People who are not afraid do not respond like that.
On 16 January 2027 they cannot send soldiers into every polling unit. They cannot block 20 million phones. They cannot buy 68.5 million people.
They are not afraid of politicians. They are afraid of you and your PVC.
They can buy governors. They cannot buy 68.5 million people. 16 January 2027.
Their power depends on you staying home. Their worst night is the one where you come out.
They are afraid of…
- Emeka, Amina, Tunde, Miracle
They are afraid. They are afraid of what happens when young and old people come together to organise.
- The ones who gave up
They are afraid. They are afraid of what happens when the people they frustrated into giving up decide to give this fight one more go.
- The jobless
They are afraid. They are afraid of what happens when millions of Nigerians without decent work wake up and demand it.
- The diaspora
They are afraid. They are afraid of Nigerians abroad, who sent home $22.8 billion in 2025, deciding it is time to build a Nigeria where their passport no longer brings them shame.
- The girl with a laptop
They are afraid. They are afraid of a girl with a laptop and a voice who is tired of the rising cost of everything.
- Five people in a room
They are afraid. They are afraid of five people tweeting in a room who organised one of the most consequential civic movements of our time.
- The market woman
They are afraid. They are afraid of the market woman who is tired of struggling to feed her children.
- The middle class
They are afraid. They are afraid of the middle class: tired of inflation, tired of rent, tired of being afraid of kidnappers, tired of sitting on the sidelines.
They are afraid of a girl with a laptop and a voice who is tired of the rising cost of everything.
They are afraid of five people tweeting in a room. That is how the biggest movements begin.
They are afraid of the people they frustrated into giving up, deciding to give this fight one more go.
Dem no fear Obi. Dem no fear Kwankwaso. Na you and your 20 people dem dey fear.
Together with you,
Nigeria will be okay.
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