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By Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill<\/div>\n
\n
\nPolitics like life is always in a state of constant evolution. The way
\nthat things were, back in 1999, changed in 2007. Governor Odili and
\nOmehia found this out the hard way. Since then, things did not stop
\nchanging and it\u2019s now a lot clearer to many, that power of incumbency
\nalone, is not enough to guarantee outcomes. Nothing is guaranteed.
\nNothing. Not even second terms. More and more people are beginning to
\nhave a say. Odili did not choose his successor, Amaechi suffered a
\nsimilar fate, let us see what happens to Wike.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been known to speak my mind in the past. Today is no exception.
\nI\u2019m doing so today, not to offend, but to reveal a foundation and
\nmaybe even a possible solution. Today I just want to talk about the
\nopposition in the opposition and by that I mean the current politics of
\nAPC in the Treasure base of our nation, my own dear Rivers state. Let me
\nstart by saying that my own position on recent events is already on
\nrecord. Though I stand with Amaechi, on two distinct occasions since Hon
\nIgo Aguma\u2019s open letter to the APC National Chairman, I have stated
\nthat even though I do not agree with some of what he said, nor his
\napproach, my default position is still peace, not to attack Igo and
\ndefend my leader. There are many others who can do that. That\u2019s easy.
\nThe position for peace is the one that is very hard. Wayne Dyer once
\nsaid, \u201cPeace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as
\nit is, rather than as you think it should be.\u201d Talking Peace with
\npeople you don\u2019t agree with is not easy, but that is what peace talks
\nare designed for. They require big doses of patience, temperament,
\nmaturity, forgiveness, love and plenty selflessness. Not a long list of
\nqualifications many have time for anymore. But Igo and Emma are my
\nfriends, and Amaechi is my brother and our Leader. We have to find a
\nway.<\/p>\n

The Bible in Matthew 5:9 said \u201cBlessed are the peacemakers for they
\nshall be called the children of God.\u201d In the Bible, this is the last
\nof the 7 beatitudes Jesus handed down to us that define the character of
\na Christian. It is also the hardest. I am reminded by something Thomas
\nWatson said. He said \u201cSatan kindles the fire of contention in the
\nhearts of men and stands back and warms himself in the heat.\u201d<\/p>\n

My exact words in response to Igo Aguma\u2019s letter were: \u201cGranted not
\nall of what he said will go down well with many of us, but he spoke some
\nhard truths and the minds of many silent others. As leaders we must
\nlearn to listen. Roy T Bennet once said that just as you should not let
\ncompliments get to your head, don\u2019t let criticism get to your
\nheart.\u201d<\/p>\n

I then went on to say that \u201cI don\u2019t want another disagreement to
\nlead into a crisis and so on my part I will work for unity and a new
\nstyle of conflict resolution. We are where we are today, as a party and
\nas a state because of choices that we made yesterday. We can\u2019t keep
\ndoing the same thing and expecting different results.\u201d<\/p>\n

So there you have it. My objective is a different result from 2015 &
\n2019. Not a peace built on any terms. That would be way too easy,
\nunrealistic and completely unsustainable. The peace I am referring to is
\na lot more sustainable. I want to see if we can co-exist. Make no
\nmistake, I see no short term reconciliation here. The mistrust is deep
\nseated and well founded. On all sides. Hence I must say it upfront, such
\na peace will be very hard to achieve. Many of the leading actors are
\npretty stubborn.\u00a0 They either don\u2019t mind seeing APC lose in Rivers
\nstate again for a third time or they believe 2015 and 2019 cannot be
\nrepeated in 2023. I for one am not familiar with what it is that they
\nare drinking. In the case of those who are the optimists, I also want
\nsome. A close look at Psalm 55 reveals a deep insight into what we are
\nall going through. I implore us all to read it.<\/p>\n

Many well meaning people frown at peace as an option. That is because to
\nsome, they are tired of betrayal. A war is now their way forward. While
\nfor some, peace means giving up something impossible. There are many
\nbenefits in war. There are many reasons why good people make wrong
\nchoices. It\u2019s important not to generalize or to be too quick to be
\njudgmental. On all sides. Let me start by explaining why these options
\nare not necessarily the way forward and why we absolutely need peace.
\nThis advisory is for all of us.<\/p>\n

There are 3 main reasons:<\/p>\n

1. We have powerful enemies outside of the state and inside the state.
\nNot everyone can love you, but why make it automatic? Stretch out your
\nhand for friendship whenever you can, at least on your own terms. One,
\nyou lose nothing. Two, any image of you as the unfriendly type,
\nunwilling to embrace peace, evaporates. This is politics. Perception
\nmatters. I learnt that from Atiku.<\/p>\n

2. Your powerful enemies inside the state will join forces with your
\npowerful enemies outside the state. Such a collaboration is not what you
\nwant to encourage. I admit it has already started, but you should be
\nreducing their numbers and the impact, not underestimating it or even
\nadding to it. Peace plans include such strategies. Never take any thing
\nor any one for granted. I learnt that from Tinubu.<\/p>\n

3. Today\u2019s politics is edging towards consensus building and less of
\nthe carry go. The vocal minority are more protected in this government
\nthan ever before. If the electoral act is amended, expect many more
\nexhibitions of democracy and more examples of unbelievable compromise.
\nIn other words do not underestimate anybody. In 2015 and 2019, APC in
\nRivers state did. Two different powers at the centre yet, same result.
\nWe not only underestimated our opponents in other parties, we
\nunderestimated our opponents inside our party. Especially at the
\nNational level. I learnt that from INEC.<\/p>\n

The price of war is higher for us. We pay more in so many ways on many
\ndifferent fronts relative to our political opponents. Even if you
\ncompare us with Wike. We don\u2019t need to. Even before 2007 it\u2019s been
\none war or the other, all at the national level. With local players
\ndoing their bidding. Conscious or not.<\/p>\n

Their aim is to show we\u2019re disunited and we have been helping\u00a0 them
\nout by proving it. On the TV, with our back and forth abuses, on the
\nradio, in newspapers, on social media and in beer parlors. Not just here
\nin Rivers state, but across the region, nation and everywhere. The state
\nof Rivers is now synonymous with conflict. Who is this truly helping?
\nWho is it empowering? Certainly not us. Our supporters are in penury. If
\n10% of the money we spend on war was invested in our supporters, we
\nwould all be in a better place today. That I learnt that from the media.
\nIn all its forms.<\/p>\n

Let me address a few myths:<\/p>\n

1. They are sponsored. Don\u2019t have the facts, so I cannot speak to it
\nwith authority either way. But if they are, prove it and discredit them
\nwith a neutral audience, if necessary. Otherwise consider that they may
\nhave their own agenda and are looking for a sponsor. By making them an
\nissue, you increase their value. Many a good thing is achieved without
\nnoise while children are sleeping. In the end, we can agree to disagree.
\nLiverpool and Everton football teams can\u2019t stand each other but they
\nlive in the same city and conduct themselves in public as professionals
\non the field. Politics too is a game. Of interests. It is possible to
\nhave opposition in your space and still co-exist. If you beat them fair
\nand square at a congress or an election, life will not need to come to
\nan end. Why can\u2019t we focus on that? Especially if you are a Liverpool.<\/p>\n

2. They are irrelevant. Really? Is that not what put us where we are
\ntoday? I have no doubt in my mind that Amaechi is the most popular
\npolitician in Rivers state as I speak. Anyone with a different opinion
\nis welcome to visit a psychiatrist if he or she pleases. So why has his
\npersonal choice not won the elections in 2015 and 2019? Is it because he
\nhimself did not run? No. After all we made it about him. Less so in 2019
\nyes, but still. The answer my friends was it\u2019s because we
\nunderestimated the opposition, especially within us and the key
\nrelevance of our institutions. Everybody knows someone and indirectly,
\ninformation is power. I learnt very early on in my political life that
\nit\u2019s not always about numbers. It\u2019s about relationships. Ask Hilary
\nClinton. She had 3 million more votes than Donald Trump. But who ended
\nup as President? She underestimated him. Never make that mistake. That I
\nlearnt from my father. He told me not to believe in my breakfast until
\nI\u2019ve eaten it.<\/p>\n

3. The other one is \u201cYour people are with you.\u201d Maybe. But this
\nconstant war war war is simply designed to shake foundations. China
\navoids wars while they build strength. Not because they are scared, but
\nbecause they are smart. If one can avoid a war, let\u2019s do so. Wars will
\ncome eventually. At least in politics it\u2019s a minimum of once every
\nfour years. That\u2019s more than enough. If you end up spending more and
\nmore on wars and yet more wars, how do you lift your people out of
\npoverty at the same time? You can\u2019t. Therefore you will struggle and
\nby that, you will struggle to keep them. The APC in Rivers state has no
\nelected official in a position to cater for the grassroots. Appointees
\nare underwhelming. Yet the vast majority of our supporters stick with
\nus. Let\u2019s not take this for granted. Perhaps they know that a Minister
\nis not like a Governor. Perhaps they have learnt to fend for themselves
\nor perhaps they just have faith. Maybe all of the above. For us to take
\nRivers politics to the next level, we have to measure our progress by
\nhow many more we can add to our fold and not how many we can keep from
\nleaving. I learnt that from Amaechi.<\/p>\n

My sense of observation is even more keen now that I\u2019m recovering and
\nseeing things from a distance. I\u2019m convinced that the biggest
\nchallenge we have is internal. There\u2019s an old African proverb that
\nsays, if there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.
\nMany of us appreciate this, but few of us take the time to really think
\nabout what it actually means. If we did, we will not be surprised to
\nknow that you are the greatest enemy of you. Once we begin to see sense
\nin that, we start to open our mind to other people\u2019s varied
\ncontributions because we recognize that new ideas contain new solutions.
\nThis is what we need to do more of. God did not give us two ears and one
\nmouth for nothing. He expected us to listen more than we speak. I still
\nremember Obama in 08, in his first election victory speech to Americans,
\nsaying he will \u201clisten more, especially when we\u00a0 disagree\u201d. I was
\nthere on that cold night in Chicago to hear him say the words. Are we
\nhere, not also sophisticated enough? Obama taught us a lot of things.
\nPolitics is one of them.<\/p>\n

I see brothers and sisters on the same side of a divide even now,
\nattacking each other because of different views on how a similar problem
\nshould be approached, only to forget about the problem and commence to
\nlabelling each other as to who is more loyal. To what end? It doesn\u2019t
\nmake any sense!! Unless you give different views an opportunity to be
\nheard, you will only hear the view of yes men and women. How does that
\nhelp us? Healthy debate is the birth place of good ideology. That I
\nlearnt from both Amaechi and Alaibe. Igo and Emma spoke the minds of
\neven people who are abusing them today. I know this because I speak to
\nall. They won\u2019t go public, because they see how Igo and Emma are
\ntreated. While the treatment is expected by virtue of the way Igo and
\nEmma chose to go public, we miss an opportunity to learn very valuable
\nlessons if we simplify that event.<\/p>\n

Conclusion: Somebody in Abuja, preferably the Senate President, should
\ncall a meeting of the key players, to iron out a way forward, devoid of
\nlegal hindrances and anti party activities. The work before a meeting is
\ncalled, should be just as thorough, as the work required after it. This
\nis politics, so conflict is second nature, as is suspicion. No need to
\nsurprise anyone. Consult before making the first calls please. Rivers
\nstate APC has only one Leader. Nobody here denies it. Let\u2019s accord him
\nthat respect as he has earned it, while respecting others too. In my
\nopening statement I said take no one for granted.<\/p>\n

While we wait for Abuja to do the needful, let us all in our own way,
\napply ourselves to a new approach where finally the true enemy of our
\nprogress is tackled. I joined APC to help them win because I believe in
\nthe men at the top that run their affairs and I believe that compared to
\nthe PDP, they are the only other option out there, there is no choice.
\nWhile we succeeded nationally, here in Rivers state, we did not. We must
\nall learn from history or else we again will be doomed to repeat it. Our
\nopponents have sympathizers. Why? Let us do a self assessment and make
\nchanges were possible. Engage new leaders, engineer more grassroots
\nactivity, invest more in young people, position new field generals,
\nreward hard workers and recruit new members. This might save us a lot in
\nwar funding, media expenditure and legal bills. If we\u2019ve considered
\nthe above and still can\u2019t make progress, then we can go to war. In
\nsuch circumstances, I will be one of the ones in the front. Some of the
\npeople making the most noise now could not deliver their LGAs in the
\nlast election and have little or no electoral value in the next one.
\nLet\u2019s be careful in choosing not only our fights but also our
\nfighters.<\/p>\n

Thank you and let us pray that this is indeed a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n

To be continued ….<\/p>\n

Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill<\/p>\n

APC, Rivers state<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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