In a bye election into the House of
Representatives in Katsina State recently, it was reported that voters turned
out en mass to express their anger and frustration, with majority of voters
booting out the APC, the ruling party in the State, which is the home state of
the President. This is not the issue.
For it will be self deception, for
anybody to delude himself that the solution to Nigeria now is to change from
APC to PDP. That is grand delusion indeed, of changing just the garment but
retaining the person. We have seen the worse of PDP in times past and we have
now seen the best of APC. Both are not good enough for Nigeria, because
politicians are the same, at least in Nigeria. It is all about self interest,
nothing more. The corruption of the APC govt, when it will be unearthed
eventually, will be historical. Please mark my words.
The only difference in the APC
misadventure is the active collusion of progressive lawyers, human rights and
pro-democracy activists and labour leaders, not sparing the media.
In the past, especially under the
military regimes and the renegade politicians (PDP in particular), activists
stood tall as the conscience of the people, taking out the programmes of govt
that were considered anti people. In the present dispensation, our
"comrades", lawyers and labour leaders, journalists, etc, changed not
only the lyrics but also the tune of all our familiar battle songs. Some even
said that we should suspend the Constitution and the rule of law, in order to
enthrone civilian dictatorship. We are now told that their counterparts in the
military are now planning a coup. Thank God are eyes are now "open".
Let us not be deceived, to think
that the solution to Nigeria is all about voting out APC. Far from it. Yes, we
must rid Nigeria of this current army of bandits parading themselves as
progressives, but never again shall we fall into the terrible hands of the PDP.
Never again! Not in our lifetime!! Never!!!
Let our comrades come back home.
They have failed Nigeria, but they should come back home to where they rightly
belong, on the side of the suffering masses of our people. It is bad enough to
be a corrupt politician, but it is certainly worse to be a hypocrite, buried
deep in the pit of a so-called progressive government, that has only grabbed
power just for the sake of it.
Activists please come back home,
speak for the people, organize, mobilize and take hold of Nigeria. Let us boot
out this APC, but by all means fence off the PDP and take Nigeria back for our
people.
Organize, mobilize and take over.
Enough of APC and bye bye to PDP.
Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, Esq.,
Itedo, Lekki, Lagos.
22/05/2017
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