THE AGONY OF DIRTY POLITICS.
“Party primaries are just over three months away and at times
like these, I almost sympathize with politicians because live in deep agony.
They ask themselves serious questions. What is the best pathway to my ambition
of becoming president, governor, legislator and so on? Can I make it in my part
or do I seek a new platform? My strong opponent, do I have to kill him or is
there an easier way of getting him away from my ambition? Have I stole enough
money to lubricate my part to power or do I have to secure a godfather to
provide adequate financial power, violence-producing resources and connections
to security agencies to distort the peoples’ choice? What final sources of
extortion can I engage in to increase my financial war chest? What are the most
powerful spiritual and occult forces that I can get to facilitate my partway to
power?
Such questions are posed today for the simple reason that the basic reality of Nigerian politics
is that the worst elements in our society – the crooks, the swindlers, the
daftest and the most selfish constitutes the majority of the political class.
We are therefore paying the penalty spelled out by Plato that when the good
ones refuse to participate in politics, it’s the others that govern them by
default.” (This is the submission of
Jubril Ibrahim on Saturday’s Daily Trust, with the deadline. Politicians,
Citizens and the agony of decision making.)
MY QUESTION IS.
Is it not the masses that elect these kinds of human being to
rule them?
Do Nigerians still want to be together as one indivisible
entity? If yes, what is difficult in choosing the right people?
Since the masses discovered that their votes do not count as
the rumour holds, what are we suppose to do to protect the votes to make sure
that these tugs and desperados does not smell the seat?
Are Nigerians hypnotized by these dirty politicians, or they
also dwell in lies, ingenuinety, or relying on tribal ad religious sentiments?
When the evil ones get the seat, what are the right of Nigerians
to flush them out?
What can justify all these self inflicted agony?
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