Politics should not be a do or die affair; rather, politics should be taken for what it is – service to the people. Political service is a noble task that should require some high degree of intellectualism, and not even an iota of hooliganism. Seeking opportunities for political service should be as honorable as possible. Therefore, we should begin to do issue-based politics, politics of ideology. It is against this backdrop that I am deeply concerned for decency and peace in the forthcoming National Assembly rerun in Rivers State. Nothing should warrant destruction of lives and properties in the process. Nobody’s ambition should be worth the blood of anybody. Politics is the theory and practice of convincing and influencing people; now, do you convince me by killing me? Or do you influence me after you have killed me? We have to be tolerant, because political tolerance is panacea for electoral violence especially in this part of the country.



Kingsley Onwuka

University of Port Harcourt

Even if everybody says no blood..

Wike must take Blood.