Elijah Salihu Malgwi

I find it difficult to believe that in 2026, Nigerian youths would still allow themselves to be used by politicians as instruments of violence and political intimidation. How can you allow yourself to be recruited to disrupt another Nigerian's political rally? We are all citizens of the same country. We are all feeling the economic hardship. We are all struggling with the same challenges. Yet, politicians whose children are nowhere near these dangerous political activities will send you out to attack fellow Nigerians. Their children are safe, their families are protected, but you are willing to collect ₦50,000 or ₦100,000 at the risk of your life. You know you could get injured, arrested or even killed, and you might never return home to your family. For what exactly? For whose political ambition? This is 2026. Wake up! What happened in Asaba is highly condemnable. Nobody has a monopoly on Nigeria, and nobody is more Nigerian than another. Every citizen has the constitutional right to support a political party, attend a rally and express their political opinion without intimidation or violence. I am encouraged to see Nigerians becoming more conscious of the need to protect our democracy. We cannot allow political thuggery, intimidation and violence to become the order of the day. Politicians are elected to serve the people, not to recruit the people to fight one another. Our democracy must be protected. Our lives must be valued. And Nigeria belongs to all of us