It Began with Corruption
The political revolution
Nigeria has ever witnessed since its Independence in 1960 has been happening
since February 2022 till date and there is no going back. Before now, it has
been business as usual and corruption grew from Day Care to Post Graduate level
until it was finally given a PhD robe and crown. Most Nigerian politicians saw
Nigeria as their farmland, private business enterprise and their personal ATM
and POS machines. So there, they mine treasures and mineral resources as they
like, recruit who they want and sack who goes against them and embezzle funds
as they want without thinking of the damages and consequences of their actions.
No accountability of any sort! Why will they care? Why will they account for
anything? Do they even have conscience? Who will they give account to when if
one thief leaves another thief will take over and the circle continues?
They intentionally created a
system that will protect them - a system that promotes criminals and imprison
the innocent people who they consider a threat to them. They are the official
criminals that recruited men and woman out of the masses they have impoverished
to cause chaos and spread terror in all the zones in Nigeria. A lot of monsters
they created have kidnapped and killed a lot of people to please their official
criminal masters or at times to force their masters to look their way for their
pay after completing a particular deal. Burning of churches and places of
interest, kidnapping, robbery, mysterious eating of money by animals, rapping
of women in their farmlands and destruction of farmlands by cows became the
order of the day.
Life Became Unbearable
The innocent people were the
worst hit in this tragic drama and political nightmare. Standard of leaving
kept going down and all hope seem to have been lost. Some who can no longer
meet up with life’s challenges joined the bandwagon through praise singing –
they started praising the criminals to sustain themselves, hence, the list of criminals
continued to increase. Those who could not join the ‘moving train’ continued to
work like an elephant and eat like an ant then go on their knees to disturb God
for their daily needs that He has already provided. When the available churches
could no longer contain those who come in to cry unto God for deliverance from
their enemies and those who oppress them, more churches were built and founded;
both good and bad; for people to pray more so that God will deliver his
children from slavery and poverty, and for those who hijacked our God-given
resources to distribute it evenly.
Aside crying to God for help, Nigerians
resorted to creating jokes out of every frustrating and depressing situation
just to get on by. Comedians started increasing day by day and using their
God-given talents to put smiles on the faces of people. Through them, most
Nigerians learnt to overcome their sadness and sorrow with jokes and laughter.
Agitations Started
Some could no longer tolerate
the nonsense going on in the county as a result of bad governance but many did
not have the courage to speak out. However, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu took the bull by
the horn and started attacking the corrupt politicians one by one in his own
way. When he started many saw him as a ranting animal and did not side with him
but as time goes on, as he began to open the eyes of many and as many saw in
reality what he was ranting about, they started believing him. He became a
threat to the evil politicians and they started searching for him until they
caught and imprisoned him for no legal charges. Meanwhile, most of his family
members and IPOB members have lost their lives in that struggle.
Youths were not left out in
this, in fact, they were the most marginalized. They started losing hope in
education and in Nigeria, since there are no jobs waiting for them after
graduation. Not only did Nigerian leaders fail when it comes to job creation
but they also failed to create an enabling environment for many industrious
youths to create jobs on their own. They couldn’t keep quiet any longer when they
were tagged ‘lazy youths’ and when government started encroaching in their
private lives through security operatives, and then ENDSARS started. Youths
started agitating peacefully for their rights and yet again, the shameless
politicians dared to touch the lion’s tale by killing some innocent youths
whose crime was to demand for a better Nigeria.
God’s Answer Came
It is clear from the political
events of February 2022 till date that God has actually answered our prayers
the same way He answered the prayers of Israelites while they were in Egypt,
and that answered prayer was the beginning of the political revolution. An
Eagle rose from the land of the rising sun and decided to be the answer to the
many years of prayer. He refused to be intimidated by the ruling gods but
became the reason why Labour Party, a party without a surname and structure became
a popular party in Nigeria today, and is even shaking the ruling parties.
Power of Credibility and
Competence
Like most politicians whose
campaigns are characterized by intimidation, stealing, kidnapping and lies of
what they will do and will not do when they assume office, Peter Obi started
his campaign by telling the masses what he did as a governor which every true
Nigerian has testified to. He has since changed the political orientation of
people through his speeches on the state of the economy and solutions to
Nigeria’s problems. He has been consulting great minds and politicians of
developed countries to learn their secret, yet his opponents are busy using
microscope to dig up irrelevant faults from him while criminality spews out of
their mouths and prints on their footsteps.
While his opponents were
sharing money because that’s what they’ve got, Peter Obi was busy enlightening
many Nigerians and appealing to the hearts of many. Hence many Nigerians have
come to realize that they have been selling their conscience for a peanut that
can only feed them a short while and throw them into a more severe poverty.
Since Peter Obi emerged as a presidential candidate, many crashed hopes have
been revived and many people have believed again in a better Nigeria. Before
now, many people believe that politics is for the corrupt; to them, vote
doesn’t count, they have already chosen the candidate to be in power and
casting of vote is for formality. Therefore, so many people don’t bother to get
their voter’s card and those who have will rather stay at home on the Election
Day and wash dirty clothes and clean their houses. Today, many people have
decided to give voting a chance because of Peter Obi. Because of Peter Obi’s enlightenment, many
people no longer believe in party politics, rather, they have come to believe
that every credible or competent candidate should be voted for irrespective of
the party they belong.
Still Doubting?
Though there are still people
out there who still doubt, who can’t still read the handwriting on the wall,
still believing that it will still be business as usual, like the doubting
Thomas, they will believe when they see, so we don’t have to crucify them, as
they are still afraid of what the political bullies can do. Meanwhile, the
political bullies who are threatened by Peter Obi’s emergence and credibility
have been busy strategizing on how to rig the election to their favour, so they
can finally sell off Nigeria. They should know that it is no longer business as
usual and prepare for karma and nemesis. Some of them will run to exile, some
will be confined on a hospital bed battling with many deadly diseases while
some will go six feet underground. Our only prayer for them should be that
whether they are on exile or on a hospital bed about to die, may they endeavor
to make peace with their maker before death knocks.
Knock! Knock! Who’s there?
A new Nigeria is about to be
born and no one can stop it. The political bullies may empower their tugs to spread
terror and scare people from coming out to vote. This is not the time to be
afraid because the only weapon against them is our votes. We should rather
prepare for self defense and be at alert while we go to our respective polling
units to cast our votes. Nigeria of our dreams is knocking at our very
doorsteps and we should do our best to give it a chance. Idealolive says: Election is around the corner, Vote
Peter Obi of Labour Party as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
So go collect your PVC now!
