When it started, they laughed it off as a huge joke
They predicted the impossibility
They mocked the reality
For they thought they had the soul of Nigeria in their pouch
Maybe it all started as a joke, borne out of the desire to see a Nigeria that truly works for all
A hunger to have a Nigerian truly committed to serve the people and their best interest.
So it started.
From the people asking him to throw his hat into the ring and declare his presidential intention in the PDP
While demanding that the PDP give him their ticket
Unfortunately the PDP was too blind to read the pulse of the people and the handwriting on the wall
They even had some sinister plan to embarrass him and reduce him to a political wannabe.
Encouraged by the people's resolve to stand by him, he moved to the Labour Party
For though the platform may differ, his ideology has remained unchanged and largely untainted.
The most of them politcal hunchos called the move "suicid@l"
They predicted his politic@l de@th
They laughed him to scorn
And when the people followed him with their full chest
Putting their monies where their mouth is, they laughed again.
And when we started building from scratch, what today is the biggest organic political support in Nigeria
They mocked us.
We said for Peter Obi, we are Obidient
They called us names - crass, aggressive, non-entities, insolent, terrible and some more expletives
They ridiculed us time and time again
But we held our hands together, from different tribes and tongues, not minding religion and political leanings
We forged an unbreakable union, built by Nigerians, for Nigerians
Without `shishi`, we became the structure
Growing from strength to strength across Nigeria and in diaspora
Set to dismantle the status quo of political chicanery
We marched from Edo to Calabar, Owerri to Uyo
When Port Harcourt roared Obidiently, Ibadan answered Yusfully
Even with tear gas cannisters shot to dislodge them, Ebonyi marched
And when they asked Is Peter Obi in the North
Nassarawa, Niger, Benue, Kogi and Taraba answered
Jos showed its hand and we felt it nationwide
Abuja roared and we await Lagos to give us the highest rally of all time, we are Obidiently waiting for the 1st of October 2022.
Today the reality of a Peter Obi presidency is hitting home, clearing doubts and giving them concerns
And the naysayers and political predictors have gone
From he doesn't have structure, so he can't win even a polling unit
To he can only win Anambra state
And from he can only win two states in the South East
To he can only win the South East and South
They have moved from he's not in the North to "he may win some state in North Central
One step at a time, they are accepting the reality that Peter is coming
For the stone they rejected and laughed to scorn
Is coming to be the chief cornerstone
The `Okwute` that holds this failing nation together
To set it on the path of recovery, reconciliation and resurgence..
Indeed, Peter is Better.
Even your candidate know this.
Go and verify.
Samuel Ogorure writes from Oleh, Delta State