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Omojuwa is wrong! ~ Rees Chikwendu @drpoetafrica    By Rees
Chikwendu  Based on this tweet, I am almost sure that Omojuwa
misunderstood the intentions of the so-called “Nigerian youths”
he refers to. This is why it behooves me to try to readjust his
understanding in the spirit of mildness. I do not believe that
Nigerian youths hold such notion that social media could oust
conventional politicians – at least not most educated Nigerians
that I know of. However, this is not to say that social media
has no effect at all. The argument I would like to make here is
the need to not underestimate the power of social media.  In an
article I wrote some days ago, Why a Nigerian Revolution Should
Be Expected than a Possible Break-up, I mentioned several
reasons why a Nigerian revolution is more likely to happen than
a possible break-up. Along the lines in the article, I pointed
out that with the growing number of Nigerian youths engaging one
another on social med