Khaleed Yazeedu
In the theatre of Nigerian politics, Peter Obi has become both a symbol of hope and a reminder of our collective amnesia.
To the South-East, he is the long-awaited son who speaks their language of prudence and accountability.
To the youths across the nation, he is a rallying point for dreams of a country that works.
But to the North my North, Obi remains an enigma, caught between admiration and suspicion, between political friendship and historical betrayal.
We Northerners must ask ourselves: what is our true relationship with leaders like Peter Obi?
Are we supporting him because we genuinely believe he can heal Nigeria’s wounds, or because we see him as a tool to break another region’s dominance?
If the answer is the latter, then we have not learned from our own past wounds. We have allowed ourselves to be pawns in the games of the political elite, men who drink tea together in Abuja while the poor in Sokoto, Maiduguri, Katsina, and Bauchi starve.
The truth is, the North has been betrayed as much as the South-East.
The same machinery that crushed the dreams of Biafra also kept Arewa in chains, not with bullets alone, but with poverty, illiteracy, and a system that breeds beggars instead of builders.
Peter Obi is not a messiah, no single man can be, but he is a mirror.
And when the North looks into that mirror, we must see the truth: our real enemies are not in Onitsha, Aba, or Enugu.
They sit in the palaces of privilege in our own land, wearing turbans or agbadas, feeding on the hunger they have manufactured for decades.
The day the North learns this truth is the day Nigeria’s politics will change forever.
Peter Obi represents a glimmer of conscience in a land where truth is often buried under political bargains.
The North, if it truly seeks peace and progress, must listen to such voices and confront its own history with honesty.
For as long as we defend the sins of the past, we remain chained to them, but with courage and leaders who dare to speak truth, like Obi, Nigeria can finally begin to heal.
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2) Beyond Tinubu’s N3.6trillion Bridge~By Khaleed Yazeedu
It is never just about a bridge or a number. N3.6 trillion is not merely a cost, it is a mirror reflecting how a nation values its people, its integrity, and its future. Every crumbling structure, every inflated project, is a question posed to us: Are we builders of our country, or mere witnesses to its quiet disassembly?
The real cost is not just in naira, it is in trust, in accountability, in the generations who will inherit what we choose to leave behind. If we do not awaken now, the structures we depend on will fail, not just physically, but morally.
