When we started our Middle Belt movement, many people who now identify with the Middle Belt did not agree that they were from the Middle Belt. They would tell you they were not. But we never insulted them, we never castigated them, and we gave them room to change their minds. Many of them later changed their minds and we welcomed them and the reason why we took this approach is because we understand Nigeria. The moment you start insulting people in a disagreement, you have lost them. A lot of young people don’t understand this. You have to understand the demographic and country you are coming from. You think it is by insulting people up and down and bullying people that you will make them scared and change their minds? And side with you? This is Nigeria. Nobody is scared of anyone. Also, voting in Nigeria is not an open ballot situation where people have to yell out the person who they are voting for. No. You go to the private booth and place your vote. Nobody is going to know who you voted for. In that kind of situation, what you are supposed to be doing is ensuring that, in the quiet moments of people’s lives, they vote for your candidate. Not that you will constitute yourself into a nuisance, be bullying people online or fabricating lies that people are part of the APC without credible evidence. If you have evidence, that someone is doing something fundamentally wrong, present it intelligently And besides how are these tabloid style actions going to ensure your candidate emerges? All these tabloid gossip. And instead of spending time mobilizing, talking to people, setting up grassroots structures and trying to help your political party, you create many accounts, insult somebody on this one, go to another one and insult them, insult, insult, insult. You go to bed feeling good about yourself: “Oh yes, I’ve done a lot today. Meanwhile, you are even setting your group and party backwards with all these things. A lot of Nigerians, you know, you don’t convince them by insulting them. Just allow Nigerians, give them space to make their decisions. They will make it at the end of the day. Present your facts, present your arguments in a constructive manner and leave it. Even if another person used the strategy that you use now and you think it is working, or worked in the past, it is not going to work long term on the bulk of Nigerians long term. You still have to approach these things without that element of bullying and all of that. I just think back at events in the past weeks and shake my head In the end, this is why history is important. Nothing is new. I still remain of the opinion that only the intellectual class can save Nigeria.