Topic: Dear Nigerian youths dont let politicians use you as a tool for violence (Read 354 times)

I can't really call it low self esteem. Ignorance sometimes made some youths to believe there is joy in violence. Imagine a situation where a thug moves about in the town with vehicles full of thugs as his excort and the government didn't do anything about it. Most of them may see it has a pride associating with such thug as their boss forgetting the negative impact this may have on them in the future.

This mater no be small thing oo low self-esteem na very bad deseas it is no long new in our society where some youth are being influenced by politicians as a political body guard, youths that have no better dreams for life are always influenced by this politicians they indulge in so many illegal act and promoting crime of all kinds. please be careful and also give this advise to our brothers and sisters expecially our younger ones that it is a bad act to stand for what is right say the truth and make the country a better plac.

You are right, and another thing to even think about is the fact that the youths who usually give themselves up to be used as tools for violence during elections periods are not even on this forum, and no way they can see or read the op's advice, but all the same, this won't be the first, neither is it the second, or the last they will read or hear people giving such advice, and will still go on to do what ever they please all in name of money.

Coming back the leadership of this country called Nigeria, the reason we might never get it right when it comes to choosing leaders is the fact that our political system has be turned into one big business empire where people just go and become rich over night, people are not fighting to become leaders in Nigeria to serve or govern the people, but are fighting to become leaders to enrich themselves.

Until we develop a system where leaders have no choice but to serve the people, and when they don't, they are shamefully and disgracefully thrown out of office, we may never find the right people to lead this country.

Op many Nigerian youths are money mongers so no matter what you say here they will still allow themselves to be used by the political class because of money, we have forgotten that the good change of this country is in our hands, then you cut across both the military and paramilitary so with the power we have as the youths, we can say no to impunity, I have watched closely and I find out that the problem of this country is not only the people at the helm of affair, the problem is also as a result of the security personal who are youth in majority that keeps protecting criminals as leaders, election is meant to be free and fair if only our leaders are sincere but the story is different, we have underperformed leaders who are ready to do anything to assume power.

Omo na true sha, because e just be like person come just trigger you about watin you already sabi do and plus say the person go add small change on top for something wey for do sef for free so this politicians dem know say this kind of people dem na watin dem love to do and nai make dem dey target those set of persons because I believe say person wey get sense no go fit because of small change to do watin dem fit kill am join sef although sha the country don get K-leg so I fit no dey surprised at watin men fit do.

Most of the time, it's not about hunger or anything relating to that. The thing is, most of the youth that the politicians target are already tugging at the kind of life they have chosen to live; it's not something new to them, and they don't just go to someone's house who is not living a destructive life to use them against their will.
 
Most of these people are already doing some sort of ill thing in society just to make a living and for fun.
 
Even before they are hired by the politicians, the money they promise them can add up, but truth be told, they have already made up their minds to do ill things for in society just to make a living and for fun, so it takes little to easily convince them to work for the politicians 

Sometimes I begin imagine is it out of hunger or lack of self control that makes most of our youths fall to the tricks of these politicians? Meanwhile their own children are in overseas, most of die on the process trying to hijack the ballot box. But with the current hard ship in the country now I don't think any responsible youth will allow any politician use him as tool for violence.

E get one story I been come across how a politician told one of his boys to go kill e opponent way dey follow am contest for election, one of the boys come tell am say if e go allow e piken to follow them go the mission say them go go but the politician no gree why because e value the life of e piken simply means e no value the life of the boys that was how that mission was terminated because those boys refuse to do what the politician asked them to do.
I just pray our youth should learn from it.

At this age and time in the Nigeria politics, I don’t think many youths will still fall victim of been used as a political tool by the politicians to drive and achieve their political ambitions. Any youth still falling for this act should be termed an ‘ignorant youth’ even though he/she is educated. Today, even the uneducated ones are staying far away of falling victims of such. We are praying and hoping to birth a great nation soon, we should all try as much as possible to shun election violence and show a good representation of a great Nigerian youth.

The Government policy in Nigeria is to use young youth to fight themselves Instead of empowering them or creating job opportunities, million families are now homeless because of the violence act of the youth, most youth end up becoming criminals just to survive and all the government does is to give them guns and make all sort of fake promises which they never do making our youth end up doing what they are not supposed to do even the ones that are graduates. So youths should not let their right be taken away from in exchange of chicken change and fake promises, they should fight for their right and their future.

The election in Nigeria has become a tug of war. Our politicians  have made the Nigerian youth an object of violence to achieve their goals (fame, power, and money), which has led to the loss of lives and properties among Nigerians. In my estimation, it is high time Nigerian youth said a big NO to any politician who wants to use them during the forthcoming election to cause trouble. because the politicians will only remember the youth during elections. The moment they are in power, the youth will be forgotten again. I see no reason to fight for those who are unable to provide job opportunities for graduates or security for their citizens. They all leave their families abroad, leaving the poor masses to suffer in Nigeria. There is currently no good educational environment, and they will seek to use the youth as weapons of violence during the election.

Zaguru you have said it all. Fighting during or before election is an act of illiteracy, it's only the fools that will want to face more suffering one million times.

Any one who try to cause violence during this coming must be those streets niggas because I have been seeing a lot of people who have been saying this about how our politicians go round to bribe the street boys to cause violence during or cause many issues, my advice for our youth be say make we know how we go follow some people talk during election because some of them are not there to vote, they are there to cause violence, we are there to choose our right candidate not to go and loss our life's.

If only our youths go be wise this time around to know sae any politician wey d send them to cause mayhem during election time to mean well for am and the country at large.

The future of a country suppose d for the youths hands to decide who suppose to rule or not rule them. But reverse is now the case, the old politician nah them the tell or  decide for us who go rule over us. No be shameful thing sae up till now we still d fight one another during election, fighting for those wey no regard the youths as anything but as an instrument of causing mayhem for the country. Na God go punish any youth wey go cause problem for this coming election.

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It is time for the youths to woke up and reclaim their position as leaders of this country than allowing this wicked politician to be using and dumping them after election. Make we come together and vote for our preferred candidate and say NO TO ELECTION VIOLENCE

Na better talk you yen my sister @ SatoPrincess, because gone are those days wey person go just finish university con dey house without any job or money, because right now, levels don change, boys don see money, and simply with the use of smartphone, boys dey on steady cash out either weekly or monthly, wey at this point now, nobody ready to die on top any politician matter oh.
And all thanks for tech skills, this forum and other platforms whereby a guy can now make good money to live a comfortable life such as Youtube etc.

The major reason why we are suffering especially the youths we always sell our right. When is time for election they will use us the youths for all their evils crisis. I urge all my fellow youths to stand for there right . A course that you will spend 4 years is now 10 years where is the country going to I beg all my fellow youth to vote for a better leader to move the country forward

What are you saying, where we reduced go? You know how many graduates university they vomit on a yearly. What about if you come add polytechnic and other schools that produces graduates. Nothing dun happened when you check the percentage of those having something to do compared with the greater masses. Just because 1/2 person dey chop no mean say e dey reduced anything. Infact if we want talk of wetin dey reduced the crimes wey we dey see for street before like cultism, stealing etc is because boys dun leave local street enta foreign street via yahoo.

Wetin go reduced vote buying this time around or youths engaging in criminal activities for the politicians is enlightenment. The Nigerian youths are getting enlightening on a steady and small small boys dun dey wise up. Hunger still dey the land oh but boys dun understand say a better government is better than getting handouts wey dem dey take from the politicians. Sha na small small, we go get am right one day.

Is only those that are food will be deceived by this our so-called politicians people are really really suffering in Nigeria. When is time for election they will promise us all the good things with sweet mouth after the election the suffering continue from where we stop all what we pray for in Nigeria is a good leader that will lead us well know when you are in pain and know the need of his people

No learned and exposed man would get themselves involved in election violence and thuggery. I believe as an educated man, you are fully aware of the tenets of democracy and therefore would not want  to do or get involved in anything that would smear your image, name and reputation for just some peanuts. Just as you have noted that people who mostly get themselves involved in election crisis are mostly illiterates who have no value for human life. They easily sell their conscience and allow the politicians do their bidding into them. I have come to realize something that most of these acts are encouraged and led by the so called PA"s, SA"s and what have you that were assigned by their various bosses to lead these thugs to the polling units for their actions and they do this things with the mindset that their bosses would release them and that is the case. They release immediately via seconds after phone call. I will advise each and everyone eligible voter to go out and vote, after voting you adjust and watch while  you  wait for your vote to be counted but if otherwise, my people safeguard yourselves o. No life is worth losing in the cause of vooting for a politician that would not even want to hear your name when they get into power. Be wise!

Thank you so much my brother for your advise,but they say those who have ear let them hear,my fellow youth please be not decieved by this politicians, election didn't start today in Nigeria then you should ask yourself if really this people are keeping their promises this country wouldn't have be like this,and again why is it that all this politicians when it's to cause violence they will look for you and when it's job opportunities you will not be informed and they will fixed they children and their children's children there,and why not send there children to go to the pulling unit and snatch the ballot box why because them know too well that it involves a matter of life or death and didn't want to lose the child or their relations and that is why they are looking for you,my fellow youth any politician who approach you that he wants pay you hugs amount of money, just for you to cause violence on the Day of election my brother and sister that politician hate you and he is not helping you oooh rather he is looking for a way to kill you oooh shine your eyes and be wise there is no gain in fish head..

Na true you talk my brother, my own be say if any politicians meet any set of youth to pay Dem money, so that Dem dey come cause election violence on the day of the election, make the youth tell that politician to go bring their children to dey front and lead the show of violence, then you go see the reaction of the Politicians say Dem no go gree, Dem go vex say why you want risk the life of their children then na for there you go know say this politicians value their children pass us (youth) Dem no dey joke with the lives of their children nai make Dem no dey send their children to engage in electoral violence,

I know say our youths don dey get small sense to use follow this Politicians Dem shall, because Dem (politicians) don show us pepper, and we Don learn this time.

On that election day I go still urge the youth to come out in mass and vote their preferred candidates, irrespective of the party differences, make we cast our votes in peace, go home and wait for INEC to announce results...

Make we try let those evil politicians Dem to know say Dem no go fit use us for violence again, enough is enough...

The number of jobless youths don reduce because of internet money like tech jobs, programming, sales, forex and crypto trading. The youths now don dey see money, all those 20k way politicians they rub for their face no go fit work again this time. Make them call their children to come from abroad come support their father political ambition.

Na mumu dey carry weapons go fight another man battle when him pikin dem full around but dey inside house dey protect demselves. Before you fight for anybody make you ask yourself where him own pikin dey and why him no dem come out to come carry the weapons demselves to fight for their pman or mumsy. I think our mumu dun too much and anybody that kills his fellow human being for this greedy men needs to be punished heavily. We supposed dun learn from our past mistakes and see say violence has never been an answer to anything.

Since wey we dey use the violence dey run the election, where him dun keep us so. Na so so mumu mumu leader dem wey we dey produced. This time around make we try something different and see if we fit get a positive result. Sha make I just believe say we dun wise up and we go consider our safety first before we begin to put our life on the line for this criminals dem that'll forget us immediately they enter that seat.

This talk na wetin we suppose dey tell people outside the forum, especially those people wey feel say election na means for them to do all kind of dirties to get funds. I remember one time like that wey those hopeless political thugs been go another people community to go cause kata kata, before you know it,all of them die finish and their Boss dey alive.

I know say my fellow bitcoiners no go fit go do political thug hustle because our mindsets don pass that level. Sometimes people for pulling unit wey come cast their vote fit mistakenly fall victim for these thugs,so when we go vote,make we just dey our dey till e reach our turn to vote. The exercise dey very easy na just patience you go need till e reach your turn.

Say No to electoral violence.

You don talk am finish my brother, and i know say Nigerian youths don get small sense now because I KNOW SAY DEM NO FIT USE US ANYHOW LIKE BEFORE.

All wetting they happen for this country we don see am because this current government don make us see shege for this dir last tenure, na why you go see say the youths now don wake up as we all see the rate at which youths register voters card and their rate of interest in the election don increase.

All I de pray for is a Better leader, who know our problem and will love to solve them for us, and a free and fair election.

Hosea 4:6 says it all. Ignorance is the major cause of all these happenings, imagine someone saying I'll collect the money and hijack the ballot box because when they get there I won't be recognized anymore.

From my own point of view, politics in Nigeria has always been a dilemma. It's left for us to work towards the change we talk about; the youth have always been the politicians' targeted audience for violence, electoral property destruction, and ballot box hijacking. Unless those who are always involved in election crises decide to change on their own, there is nothing that we say here that is going to add any positive change.

If you look well at the people been use for this political thuggery of a thing you find mostly the illiterate ones at the fore front of it. People can’t express their political views without engaging freely in Arguments which are not constructive and this later ends with fights. One thing I always tell this kind of people is where are the children of these politicians? 90% chance they are abroad until the Chaos is over.
The thing we all Nigerians most especially the youths needs to know is this fights is against bad government and not against ourselves because even the politicians we are fighting for are mostly friends.

Since independence violence has been a frequent practice and nearly every general election held in Nigeria has been affected by violence.
My mother used to tell me stories of how people are fighting and killing themselves, so ever since I was a young child when an election is approaching i always had this fear.
A lot of bad things happen during election which results to loss of lives and properties.

My people! As Election day is quickly approaching with only a few days left. I've heard reports and seen evidence in my community of politicians using some young people as weapons of violence. Let everyone know that no matter what we do, our lives are much more valuable than the meager sums of money we are given to use as justification for violence against others.
Let everyone know that voting is about exercising one's freedom to choose their candidates, not battling someone else because they did not vote for their preferred candidate. Please let know our point of view can never be the same, with that I don't see any reason why we should let politicians use us as a tool of violence.

Please i urge my fellow youths to refrain from letting any politician take advantage of us and we should turn out in large numbers on election days to cast our votes for the betterment of this country. As we all pray for free and fair election may we all witness it. Amen