Politics is simply defined as a field of struggle amongst actors pursuing conflicting issues that may result in the authoritative allocation of value. During the period, games are played, canvases are embarked on, manifestos are red, and gimmicks are used just for an actor to emerge as the winner. It is pertinent to state that politics is actually viewed as being a dirty game in view of what people have seen or experienced over time in the field of struggle for power in Nigeria. Ideally, politics does not have to be dirty; it should ordinarily be an interesting avenue to elect the best candidate with an uncommon pedigree that can move the cause of common interest forward.
The history of politics in Nigeria is such that it has never assisted a gentle and sincere person with an uncommon pedigree to surface. A true historian would agree with me that the kind of politics played in Nigeria ad binitio did not help the political foundation of Nigeria. The truth remains that "FOUNDATIONS ACTUALLY MATTER." Permit me to quickly give the synopsis of the historical event in Nigerian politics.
Nigeria was amalgamated in 1914 and it became a country for easy administration of the Colonial Masters, Nigeria was governed based on a regional structure, the West, North, and East. In 1955, the Yorubas felt they should seek independence from the Colonial Masters. THE LIKES OF RANSOM FUMILAYO KUTI AND CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO, AMONG OTHERS, DECIDED TO CARRY ALONG THE EASTERNERS THROUGH THE PERSON OF DR. NNAMDI AZIKIWE. They raised funds from the then western region and embarked on the journey to seek independence, only for Dr. Namdi Azikiwe to come back and accuse the person of Olufumilayo Ransom Kuti of being problematic. However, during the period, the Northerners actually protested against self-governance simply because they were not ready.
In 1959, before the British Government gave Nigeria Independence, there was a parliamentary election in which Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe of NCNC came out 1st with 2,594,577 votes and won 81 seats; Chief Obafemi Awolowo of the Action Group came out 2nd with 1,992,364 votes and won 73 seats; while the Northern People's Congress came out 3rd with 1,922,179 votes and won a high number of seats of 134. The result was based on regional bias. None of them could emerge as the Prime Minister but needed to form coalitions to determine who should emerge as the Prime Minister. The Yoruba delegates led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo quickly came to Asaba to meet with Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and other Igbo leaders for possible coalition, BUT CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO AND OTHER YORUBA DELEGATES WERE TRICKED to stay in the hotel where they lodged while DR. NNAMDI AZIKIWE AND OTHER IGBO PEOPLE SNEAKED TO THE NORTH TO FORM A COALITION WITH THE NORTHERNERS WHO WERE OBVIOUSLY NOT READY FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE. I am personally shocked to read that such action took place and I was worried to know why such action was carried out by these people led by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. Could it be that they just hated the Yorubas or that is the practice of these people?
It's only extreme hate that could have made someone backstab a man who had offered him the position of being the Prime Minister and just for him to give the man the position of the Vice or Finance Minister and then backstab him to go and negotiate for a ceremonial function. I don’t get it. This is what formed the foundation of our country's politics, so no one should be surprised if you see the EKWENSU (DEITY) WORSHIPERS display their true colors. They have always done so.
It is necessary to clear the air by revealing them. Ekwensu is a trickster of the Igbo people, a trickster spirit of confusion, that serves as the Alusi (god) of bargains and the tortoise. crafty in trade and negotiations. He is often invoked for guidance in difficult mercantile situations. He is perceived as a spirit of violence that incites people to commit violent acts. His companion was Ogbunabali. (Go and verify it with Google)
One could say it is comical to note that these people had never voted for any Yoruba hero just for hate's sake. Awolowo an outstanding Nigerian hero, was never voted for by these people at any time. One of the surprising political events was the records of the 1993 election, despite the agitation for a democratically elected President in Nigeria. The whole world witnessed a very peaceful election in the history of democracy, not just in Nigeria but the whole world. Every single person wanted Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola to emerge as the President. Even the biological mother of his opponent (Tofa) voted for him, but the Igbo’s did not.
May I quickly give you the synopsis of the hopes for the 1993 election? A presidential election was held in Nigeria on June 12, 1993, The elections were the outcome of a transitional process to civilian rule headed by the then military ruler, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. The result of the election, though not declared by the National Electoral Commission (NEC), shows that Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won the election by defeating Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC). The winner of the election was thus never declared as the elections were annulled by the IBB, citing electoral irregularities. The annulment led to protests and political unrest, including the resignation of IBB and a weak interim civilian government and culminated in the continuation of military rule in the country, with Sani Abacha ascending to power as the military head of state via a bloodless coup later in the year.
It is regrettable to state that most Nigerian youths were tricked to believe that the End Sars protest was a form of revolution, with due respect to the true, amiable, and reasonable Nigerian youths who sincerely used the avenue to raise their voices for a better Nigeria. I have these questions for our conscience:
I. Is Tinubu (the Jagaban) the President?
II. Does Tinubu have a political position in the Present administration (Buhari`s Regime)?
III. Who are the unknown Gun men that attacked his TV station?
IV. Who sent the unknown Gun men to attacked Tinubu`s TV station and for whose interest?
V. Who was responsible for the destruction of Lagos amenities and for whose interest?
VI. Who burnt Oyingbo and Berger BRT terminus and for who`s interest?
All of this appeared to be a calculated evil orchestrated by these same people in order to destabilize Tinubu`s possible political ambition, despite the fact that he had not declared any intention at the time.
They started by doctoring his picture to look like a great grandfather of 300 years old and circulated to go viral on the social media.
They labeled him with all manners of evil and called him names
They lied against him that he said he does not believe in the youths
They wrongly criticized him for everything he says
His name does not leave their mouth their boys and girls cream his name on the social media every day.
They said his school certificate is fake
One of the stupid things one stupid guy came to say was that he was coughing as if it were a crime to cough. They criticized him on "emi lo kan" and sang an abusive song about it. They mock him for an outstanding solution that he came up with on one of his outings. Agbado in the morning, cassava in the afternoon. These behaviors of theirs really make me feel like EKWENSU may actually be playing football in their heads. Hence, how would they not understand that custard, cornflakes, and pap (Ogi) are all Agbado in the morning while Funfu, Eba and Amala Lafu are all Cassava in the afternoon? They refused to understand that, presently, soldiers are not being fed. We have all watched on social media how some military guys were crying for food in the Sambiza forest. The singular statement he made employed fifty thousand (50,000) soldiers and fed them with agbado in the morning and cassava in the afternoon to solve several pending issues, i.e.
Unemployment
Insurgency
Security
Agriculture
Food security because farmers will be encourage to farm the more.
That singular submission is a solution to some crucial challenges facing the country at the moment, but because of hate, they will never understand.
If they were serious about the End of Sars agitations, which include ignoring previous politicians and bringing in a new generation of politicians, why are they projecting Obi-tuary , a 62-year-old man? Why not a youth that is in his/her 40s? Why are they attacking anyone who says the truth about Obi -tuary now? In my humble submission, it is either we go for the best of the new breed of politicians or the best of the pending politicians. The best of them, based on records of achievement, remains the Jagaban.
It is just comical that they are criticizing Tinubu but promoting Peter Obi Gregory, the same man they have castigated for poor performance six (6) years into his governance in Anambra State on the Nairaland social media platform. (https://www.nairaland.com/870945/what-exactly-peter-obi-doing).
The same Peter Obi who ran as Atiku's vice president and described Atiku as the best thing that could happen to Nigeria was later pushed by Ekwensu worshipers to run as a Presidential Aspirant under the PDP umbrella. When he discovered that Atiku was too strong for Ekwensu mentality, he protested and later fled to the Labour Party. Surprisingly, he turned against Atiku and started describing him as a corrupt politician. We will recognize them by their fruit.
Funny enough, most supporters of this guy are just dummies. No wonder Femi Kuti described them as being Zombies, tell them to go and kill for Obi, they are more than willing. They are all the same, with similar characteristics. When they ask hypocritical questions they are not willing to listen to your explanation. They initiated an election on social media, where there is no single ballot box, and declared Obi as the winner.
They are so dull that the only thing they know how to do best is tricks, lies bully and threaten people. One of the funny things they did was to coin Obedient for the name Obi without considering the fallacious blunder involved. If you have ever been thought about fill in the gap and the name Obi -- - - - grammatically the alphabets that come in are tuary making is name OBITUARY where do they see Obedient from? Except they want to create a dull dictionary for the Obituaries.
NO WONDER THE ANAMBRA HE RULED FOR EIGHT YEARS TURNED INTO A DEATH ZONE TO THE EXTENT THAT HE HIMSELF RAN TO LIVE IN LAGOS STATE, RULED BY THE JAGABAN for safety. None of his family lives in Anambra. What does this tell a smart person? Yet the dummies Obi-tuaries are still talking. They attacked and threatened anyone who said the truth. I have been attacked before. Femi Kuti was threatened when he expressed his mind. Many people are now scared to openly express their candidate. Is this how true democracy is practiced?
Obi-tuary is a good speaker who learned how to sweet-talk customers as a banker before pursuing politics, but he is also a pathological liar. Can anyone sincerely tell me one single thing he said that he did that deos not turn out to be a lie? With his deceptive slogan "GO AND VERIFY," do we really need to go and verify if something is real? Should we list a few of his and his supporters' previous public statements:
In 2019, Obi said on television that he invested $30 million in SABMiller and the investment is now worth $100 million. Checks revealed that only $12 million was invested in the name of the state. Where is the remaining $18 million? Besides, the investment is barely worth $3.5 million today. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu claimed Obi took Anambra’s money to invest in personal businesses. Perhaps, he is talking from facts.
https://prnigeria.com/2022/07/26/fact-check-peter-obi/
https://www.thecable.ng/2023-on-peter-obi-let-us-verify.
https://dailytrust.com/fact-check-did-peter-obi-build-10-hospitals-win-bill-and-belinda-gates-best-gov-award-in-2013
It's so sad that his supporters can see the obvious lies, but for tribal reasons, they're engaging in Ekwensu politics of deception and confusion. However, it is quite unfortunate for them that "Jagaban lo kan" as I always tell many of them. I believe that the Lord God Almighty has ordained Tinubu as the president come the year 2023 and there is nothing a hundred billion amadiohas or Ekwensu can do about it because ”E GBE KINI YI WA” "AWA LO KAN".
Nigeria needs a man with an uncommon pedigree like "THE JAGABAN" who ruled Lagos State when potholes were everywhere and refuse practically littered every street in Lagos State to the extent that Lagos State was declared "the dirtiest" in Africa. He transformed Lagos from a slum to the "ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HUB OF AFRICA." No single past governor has had a record of achievement close to his. So e gbe ki ni yi wa “AWA LO KAN”
Nigeria will rise, may we not experience:
A TI KU – We are dead, or
OBITUARY
Thank you.
Fashina m.J
Fash270@gmail.com
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