![]() ![]() It is at that time that we shall find out whether they are the men and women they claim to be or that they are mere children, venting on social media and expressing their frustrations at any and every public event. It is after they have tasted and suffered that defeat that their resolve will be truly tested. I doubt that they will win one Senatorial district or one seat in the House of Representatives let alone a Governorship election or the Presidential election. What worries me the most for them is, given their high expectations, the rude shock and sense of despair that will engulf them and the suffering and mental trauma they will experience after they receive a crushing defeat in next years presidential election. Needless to say the wings melted and he came down crashing. They remind me of the Greek mythological figure known as Icarus who overeached himself by flying too close to the sun with his wax wings, challenging the gods and boasting that he could touch the heavens. ![]() Worst still, hubris, which always leads to nemesis, is beginning to creep into their ranks. Yet if the truth be told, as at today, they are more like a loose canon than a guided missile.Īnger alone cannot fuel a revolution: there must be purpose.Īnd that clear purpose is something that they seem to lack and which their leader, other than just wanting to be President of a so-called New Nigeria, clearly is incapable of providing. I am glad that they have ventured into the dark and murky waters of Nigerian politics and it is my prayer that they survive it and last, even if they don’t make an appreciable impact at the polls next year. They are a formidable movement as I said in my earlier write up and I, unlike many others, take them seriously. Yet the truth is that like a rough and uncut diamond they are still very far from their mark, they still have a long way to go from achieving perfection and they still have much to learn. I also believe that if they stay together and don’t run out of steam and if properly harnessed and managed over the next few years they may present a formidable challenge to us somewhere down the line. I admire and respect the energy and passion of the Obidients and like I said in an earlier write-up titled “Who Are These Obidients?”, I believe that they wish to effect a social and political revolution which those of us in the larger political parties have to be very wary of. ![]()
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