JARRETT TENEBE: DEMOCRACY AT GUNPOINT?

THISDAYLIVE | 06-10-2026 02:48am |

A viral video reportedly shows Edo State APC Chairman Jarrett Tenebe warning that anyone standing in the path of his party's electoral objective would face what he described as 'AK-47 fire'. The article argues that in a democracy, political leaders may campaign vigorously but persuasion is not coercion, mobilisation is not intimidation, and competition is not conquest. It emphasises that eligible voters carry PVCs, not rifles, and politicians should approach them with arguments, not ammunition. The piece stresses that elections are contests, not conquests, and votes must be courted.

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