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I've noticed something on the timeline, and honestly, I just smile when I see it. Many of the foundational Obidients, the big names and former Obidients, who have left the movement for the APC have been pushing a lot of bigotry. I'll say it as it is, regardless of who is involved. When you were in the Obidient movement, you used vile words and insulted people in defence of Peter Obi. Now that you're in the APC, you've suddenly turned to bigotry because some Obidients insulted you. Yet you were among those who instigated and fueled the bigotry and violence we saw in that movement. Some of you held leadership roles and prominent positions in the movement and even in the campaign structure. And now, every single day, it's bigotry. To me, that is the height of cowardice. You can leave the Obidient movement and join the APC without becoming the loudest voice for bigotry. I know what it is to be insulted. Over the years, there has been no insult that hasn't been poured on me, and even on my family. But does that mean I should start attacking people's tribes? I have friends from the South and the North. One of my father's closest friends is from the North Central, a Yoruba-speaking man from Kaba. Imagine someone like me suddenly pushing bigotry. If you choose bigotry, I think that reflects the lowest standard of intelligence. There are many better ways to advance your ideology and speak your truth without descending to that level. But if you must do it, don't use "I left the Obidient movement" or "they insulted me" as justification. I also know many of these people. Some of them set others up and were very vile when they were in the Obidient camp. So I'm advising some of my close friends, people I respect a lot, to be careful with such characters. You can support Tinubu without pushing bigotry. I'm not a fan of the Obidient movement because of how its supporters go about their mindless support, but that has never made me a bigot, and it shouldn't make anyone one. We shouldn't encourage it. We're young people, and I've said it several times: by the grace of God, I pray never to see the day something makes me change the person I am. I can disagree with you on politics, and I don't have to agree with you, but it should never reach the point where we glamorize bigots and give them attention. The bigot you claimed to hate when you were an Obidient, and are now nurturing in your new camp, will one day come back to haunt you, and people will say, "We told you so." So we all should speak against this and refuse to let anyone use subtle forms of bigotry as payback for being insulted. After all, you said all manner of things against people who never supported the Obidient movement. This "because they insulted you" excuse is, for me, the lowest level of IQ. Regardless of which party you support, be it ADC, APC, NDC, or PDP, engaging in bigotry sports should be vehemently resisted and condemned.