Former Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani has reacted to the claim of presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi in the 2023 election that politicians fund young individuals to harass and discredit advocates for good governance on social media platforms.
Obi made this disclosure during his address at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.
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“In the transactional politics of Nigeria, some people pay them to cause confusion. Go to social media, those that are being paid ₦20,000, ₦40,000 monthly to abuse you are the same youths you’re fighting for their live because I am over 60 and I have few years to go,” he stated.
Obi described the situation as both tragic and ironic, where the young Nigerians who should be leading the charge for reform are instead being used as tools against it, defending a flawed system from which they suffer.
He emphasized the critical need for a political awakening among the youth, urging them to reject meager payments from corrupt politicians and instead embrace knowledge, critical thinking, and civic responsibility.
“We must move away from politics driven by money and manipulation. Our youths must be empowered with knowledge, not stipends to insult those seeking change,” he added.
Sani took to X to react to Obi’s claim.
He wrote: Peter Obi’s claim about young people being paid to insult others on social media is not far away from the truth;but another side of the truth is that the same insults also come from the young supporters of the opposition. Social media is not for the faint hearted.Its not a street for gentlemen.Social media and insults is like 5 and 6.If you say what the Government doesn’t like,you can be targeted;if you say what the opposition doesn’t like,you can be mobbed.We live in a hostile society,intolerant of contrary opinions or dissenting views.
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