“The corrupt are stealing the election”

A colleague just wrote this about the upcoming elections in #Guatemala - let’s hope they don’t succeed.

But really, this sentence applies to more or less all recent elections. Solidarity to all mobilising against this, whether successful or not: you are all heroes. #ObiDient #Nigeria #Teal #Australia #Philippines #UK etc etc etc etc

#WeAreManyTheyAreFew

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-warns-interference-could-undermine-guatemala-election-2023-07-03/

@vinayaravind @themantra108

This plays out with a lot of regional variation. #NigerianTwitter, for example, is huge - not just because many people in #Nigeria adore Musk (they do - huge Musk fanclub there, sadly) but also because it plays a key for connection and political mobilisation, eg the #ObiDient movement. Plus many great conversations etc. i miss it all a lot #NigerianFediverse still tiny

@davidnjoku

Just saw this FT article, less accepting than other international accounts and also pointing out that the exceptionally low voter turn out, given all those queues all day long, needs explanation. Let's see what happens in the courts.
#NigeriaDecides2023 #Nigeria #Obidient #PeterObi #INEC

https://www.ft.com/content/ad9bbed0-a2c4-4e20-96ae-c23cd42296fe

@RadicalAnthro one thing i only realised yesterday: #Edo State (the area i know best, former Benin Kingdom) was a real centre/leading force in #Obidient movement. One personal anecdote: the daughter of my old friend and research assistant, who i first met 2 weeks old, in 2003, informed me a few months ago she was now Comrade Cynthia! With a particular role and task in her Edo State chapter. All just increible organising

@RadicalAnthro agree yes, hard to know how much he can do - he does seem to have more integrity but who knows how that will develop, and also of course mammoth mammoth task given state Nigeria is in. But the #Obidient movement behind him really is incredible and i have hope that this can and will make a difference. So many truly excellent people. I don’t know very good sources just now - followed on Twitter (until Musk) Al Jazeera report was good i thought

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2023/2/25/nigeria-can-peter-obis-online-appeal-win-enough-votes

🇳🇬 🗳️The amount of bravery, planning, brilliant organisation, vigilence, ingenuity and sheer amount of labour (now detecting and preventing #rigging) Nigeria’s #youth have put into this is just awe-inspiring. Twitter played a massive role in this, esp #TwitterSpaces - i listened in to quite a few early on and again yesterday. Moe and so many others have done a brilliant job. Do watch polling station announcements here #Obidient

https://twitter.com/mochievous/status/1629499079406264325?s=46&t=Omb8H4gY25cDztUDkL2Xyw

#NigeriaDecides2023 i am hearing some cautious optimism that #PeterObi and the amazing #Obidient movement might indeed pull it off (lots of worries about #rigging attempts). If so, it is THE most incredible, seismic political shift in #Nigeria, one that matters hugely not just for 🇳🇬 but the whole 🌍. A new kind of politics, a #NewNigeria
🇳🇬🙏🏼🤞🇳🇬🙏🏼🤞🇳🇬

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/24/nigeria-election-2023-what-are-the-issues-explainer https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/24/nigeria-election-2023-what-are-the-issues-explainer

Honestly- have almost completely left Twitter but last half hour complete lapse as following #NigeriaDecides2023 - so exciting! What is happening in #Nigeria is so important and amazing, everyone should follow #PeterObi #Obidient. I so hope #Labour wins

@workingclasshistory @cruiser let’s hope this 25th Feb, 2023, will go down in history as the day that #PeterObi and the #Labour party won the elections in Nigeria - making the #Obidient movement one of the most remarkable political mobilisations in history - another peole power revolution

#Nigeria is holding general elections this Saturday. I'm rooting for #PeterObi and the #LabourParty!

#Nigeria doesn't have a great presence on #Mastodon yet, but if you feel like it join me in suporting the #Obidient movement, which, growing out of the couragous #EndSARS protests 2 years ago, has been THE most impressive political organising movement I've ever seen. A Labour victory would be amazing and is possible. #PeterObi

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64719408

@Uwagbale I am sure the #Obidient movement would be moved here. Joined a couple of days ago myself, would probably get many to sign up here, because Elon is acting funny lately!

Wondering what wil happen to #NigerianTwitter, the #Obidient movement and Nigeria’s Labour party campaign if Twitter is paywalled/ends? Are #Mastodon servers supported in Nigeria? @Uwagbale what do you think? Am concerned what it all means for people in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world

9ja to the world and #Obidient