WE MUST BE PARANOID
I recently came across a graffiti on facebook that tried to
link the recent declaration by General Buhari, the purchase of his form the
next day and the subsequent announcement of a cease fire agreement with Boko
Haram and the anticipated delivery of more than 200 young girls who have been
away without holiday for the past 6 months. The creator of the work seem to
suggest a direct link between the three events from which we can infer that the
General must have instructed his previously faceless boys on the North-East
border to arrive at a truce with the rampaging Federal Government. I suppose we
can add another dimension to that by asking why the incumbent president did not
show up for the much publicized mother of all rallies by the gramophone of the
ruling party; the TAN. This organization has been on endless media campaigns to
burnish the image of their president who they have described as “love” and of equal
standing as Mandela and Gandhi. The chief officer in charge of the government’s
propaganda machine was the person who announced the ceasefire, I am not sure
why he could not have waited another day especially with the fact that the
consignment from Sambissa had not arrived. How is it possible that the
insurgent group who they claimed was faceless could reach a suspension of
hostilities deal with the federal government out of the nowhere? I thought they
said that the All Progressives congress and Gen. Buhari were the neurovascular
bundles feeding Boko Haram? Was this deal negotiated with Buhari et al? Why and
how have they suddenly arrived at a deal after many caskets, death sentences
for mutiny, a holy private jet and a 1 billion USD loan? I know many will say
they do not care as long as the girls are returned; I understand but these
questions must still be asked.
So why did Jonathan have a no show at a rally his goons had
prepared so intensely for in anticipation of his grand announcement and
flag-off of his re-election campaign? I understand Sambo said he had important
official issues to contend with even though this rally was not impromptu. Could
he have been advised that launching a campaign after a truce with terrorists
was agreed would be severing one’s carotid? Abati must have said “your excellency
and crown prince of Otueke, I have risked my neck to attack that skinny general,
I am not sure how to spin this one if people accuse you of hoarding the girls
for personal glory”. Mr. Sambo was said to have been presented with books
containing about 17million signatures in support of the president’s re-election
claim. I want to ask if any of you reading this met with anybody hawking books
for people to sign in to support GEJ? Where did they find 17 million dolls from
to sign books? That figure is quite close to what Jonathan was awarded when he
was declared winner of the last presidential elections. I suspect a good number
of people who failed to heed our noise in 2011 are now purposed to withdraw
that mandate from the one who claims he had no shoes in 2015. I do not think
anyone who stood opposed to Jonathan in 2011 has made a 180 turn to now fully
back the man. These people must be indulging in so many lotteries and gambling;
all they see are just figures.
What exactly is Reuben Abati’s obsession with Buhari about?
Did the general take one of his wives from him? He took a swipe at Buhari’s
assessment of the incumbent’s reign and suggested to him to be truthful in his
campaign. Truth? What does the present government know about truth? A
government run like a secret cult and telling lies day and night? They lied
about security issues, subsidy, the resurrected first woman and even Ebola. Abati had in his first week of assuming his
role as presidential spokesman attacked Buhari and labelled him as the source
of the post-election violence in 2011. He was subsequently sued alongside the Guardian
Newspapers who published the report. Why do they find it convenient and easy to
label the man as a sponsor of violence whenever elections are in the air? Why did
the peace and love president give a violence fomenting individual a grand award
during the Centenary events held in Abuja? The other presidential vocal gangsters
have been involved in spreading their purulent material as ammunition to ensure
that their benefactor’s throne is preserved after Valentine’s Day. Femi
Fani-Kayode in a television interview on Straight talk with Kadaira published last
month said he was certain that the opposition All Progressives congress was a
party with an Islamic agenda and sympathetic to the plight of the terrorists.
He pointed out that Buhari was neck deep involved and when asked for proof of
these allegations, he said it was based on his interpretations of the
utterances that came from the concerned APC members. This is the kind of information
gullible Nigerians are getting exposed to daily which seems enough to convince
them to vote for the fellow who said Boko Haram members were in his cabinet. The
attack bull dogs have tried an Islamic agenda, violence, advanced age, past
military history and war crimes to smear the man. Now they have moved to
challenge his stance about abhorring corruption.
Buhari was reported to have expressed his displeasure at the
high cost of the APC nomination form but had to press on even if it meant his
bank account going into the end of the spectrum aided by his relationship with
his bank manager. Many have interpreted this to mean that Buhari is corrupt and
only a corrupt banker could have approved a loan of 27.5million NAIRA without
collateral. Buhari said he did not want to have anyone lay claim to the
purchase of his form and nowhere in the statement credited to Buhari was there
a mention of a loan or collateral. Do these people think that the former head
of state had only 10,000 naira in his bank account even when he knew he would
be contesting in 2015? When one tackles the loan angle, the desperate opponents
of the man spin another trick and say the man must be choking in poverty due to
his inability to pay 27.5 million NAIRA without feeling his bank account become
“cachexic”. Some go ahead to accuse him of lacking economic and financial capacity.
They ask how many factories and businesses he has set up despite being a former
dictator; in order words they ask for the number of jobs he has created and is
still creating from his vantage position. I really am interested in knowing the
number of factories and/or farms owned and operated by Barack Obama, David
Cameron, Bill Clinton and perhaps Tony Blair. The establishment of mega farms
like Obasanjo and Abdulsalami Abubakar did after heading Nigeria has now become
the yardstick for measuring the integrity of a man. They are really surprised
that a former Petroleum minister does not possess oil wells as an individual or
in collaboration. What if Buhari could not eventually afford the required amount?
The same people would have mocked him to death for being a mosque rat. Some then
went on to ask why he did not raise money the way Obama did it. Is that the
same way Goodluck Jonathan is doing his? How many Nigerians believe enough to
join forces with the General and donate 1000 naira to help his ambition? Will
Buhari have access to the presidential fleet of aircrafts to cover the nook and
crannies of Nigeria within 2 months? They will not stop in their attempts to
discredit anyone they think threatens the ambition of their benefactor to
continue his reign; those of us who still retain our senses should not keep
quiet in the face of their noise. They claim to have 17 million signatures, we
should make our own noise about more than 100 million real, dissatisfied and
repeatedly humiliated Nigerians who cannot wait to throw out the garbage come
2015.
Now should be time to get to the real reason why I decided to
put this together. A friend who is concerned that the PDP may get away with
2015 again informed me about a video that is circulating that he fears could be
poisoning the minds of Nigeria. I quickly searched the internet for the garbage
that was put together by a certain Bosun Emmanuel who said he was a Pastor
ordained in the Redeemed Christian Church. I quickly observed that some
churches had uploaded that message on their own websites as a clarion call to
their members in the land to defend their faith. The fellow went on and on
about the Islamization agenda of the North even showing his audience video
footage of killings in the northern region to back up his claim. The summary of
it all was that the APC are hell bent on spreading Islam and killing Christians
therefore Christians should not vote for the APC and halt their agenda. If Christians
do not vote for the APC, that means they should vote for the incumbent PDP who
have a Christian president as that is the only alternative available. I am
astonished that the church leaders do not seem concerned about this purulent discharge;
they seem to agree wholeheartedly with what can only be termed a hate speech.
Do all church members who are into politics join a party because of religion?
Are they no APC members who are members of the RCCG? At least I know a lady who
belongs to both bodies somewhere in Surulere Lagos. Should members of the
church who are APC members rescind their membership and opt for the tattered
umbrella? The people eating the nation raw do not remember tribe, tongue or
religion when they feast, they do not need to say prayers but just devour.
Femi Fani-Kayode accused the APC of using religion to play
politics in Nigeria; can we assume that a pastor who says his kind should not
vote for a certain party based on a religious bias got his inspiration from
angel Gabriel or from a generous infusion from the Almajiri School building
presidential aides? It is sad that such a fellow got to represent Nigerians at
the recently concluded conference, such should be asked to keep silent in
public. The presidency is about their business raising converts to further polarize
Nigeria; another group is going about their own retarded but in a way related
agenda. The group has been all over social media claiming to be representing
the lost tribe of Israel which they say faces annihilation from the rampaging
north. Their spokesperson is one Nnamdi Kanu who many of his followers hail as
a reincarnation of Odumegwu Ojukwu because of his oratory. The man was aired
threatening fire and brimstone if the Biafran nation was not set free from the
forced union named after a river. He threatened bloodshed and anarchy to
achieve their mission while quoting Leviticus to imply a religious undertone to
their struggle. He said that more than 90% of the Igbo nation was in full support
of their agitations and were prepared to shed blood to achieve that. I suppose
that 90% is inclusive of all the Igbo men and women I encountered living and
doing business when I served in Langtang, Plateau state. Many unfortunately
have been nurtured on these half-truths and misguided utterances from who I
must recommend a psychiatric evaluation for. Those obsessed with this ideology believe
that their dreams would be best realized by backing the incumbent hence their
die-hard support for someone who should not even be put forward for a chairmanship slot.
I am interested to know if it was the Northern Hausa/ Fulanis
who sold ancient Igbo people to slave traders. Was it northerners who murdered
the 4 young men in Aluu community? Was it northerners that sparked crisis in Ife-Modakeke
and in several other land disputes across the nation? People have been killing
people for a long time now; evil will thrive in any human body irrespective of
religious affiliation. Those who think the
millions of Christians in Nigeria can be wiped away in 4 years should think
again. Communities exist in Nigeria’s middle belt with family members
consisting of Christians and Muslims in near equal proportion and they have not
turned against each other all these years. Raji Fashola and Bola Tinubu are not
married to Muslims, the late Gani Fawehinmi was not a Christian yet he stood to
protect the interest of the down trodden. Someone expressed the concern that a
Muslim-Muslim ticket by APC would be counterproductive due to the apparent
religious “dichotomy” of the nation at the moment; who is emphasizing that? The
opposition only see Nigerians and not Christians, Muslims, Hindus or whatever
religion. It was Femi Fani-Kayode who preempted a potential Muslim-Muslim
ticket months ago when he reverted to his PDP persona; they are the ones
telling Nigerians that Muslims and Christians cannot exist as mere human
beings. What does it really matter if the APC put forward a Muslim-Muslim
combination? Would it guarantee an end to corruption and enthronement of social
justice? I know somebody is about to convulse and exclaim to me that I know
absolutely nothing about what I am saying but holster your revolver. Did it
matter in 1993 that MKO Abiola and Babagana Kingibe were not Christians in
1993?
Many have hesitated to stick their necks out for the
opposition and appear to be ruminating on the lies constantly being exported by
the incumbent and his goons. Some of these people say that Buhari would have
gained more than the 12million votes he got in 2011 if only the CPC had been
able to negotiate a fusion with the South-west dominated ACN party. That fusion
happened a long time ago yet some people question the integrity of those Buhari
has partnered with unearthing all sorts of accusations and misdemeanors against
them. For how long are we going to choose confirmed evil over good? Those who
voice concern over a potential Muslim duo running for APC did not vote for
Buhari in 2011 even when he had a confirmed pastor as his running mate. It was Christians
who rained insults on Tunde Bakare accusing him of misplacing his calling and
too “unchristian” to agree to partner with an Islamic bigot. Some said he was
still a Muslim internally because of his background and still nursed favorable
sentiments toward the spread of Islam. Christians were the ones who said and
did these things yet they are saying we should now vote for a Christian who
will protect our lives and interests. They say we should vote for the fellow
who says “common stealing is not corruption” therefore abolishing the 8th
commandment. They want me to stand behind the person who said the Niger-Delta
militants were not terrorists and whose wife testified to dying 7 times and
resurrecting again. They want me to vote for someone whose time in office has
witnessed untold violence and nonchalance. If Niger-Delta militants want to
cause severe mayhem to afflict and cripple a government at the center, where
will they most likely attack? Creek towns and villages instead of Oil
installations? If the Northern opposition members were in fact financing Boko
haram, would they watch on as their investments gets wasted on the kidnap of young
girls who the presidency do not give a damn about or the destruction of their
indigenous people? I ask again, have Boko haram with all their sophistication violently
attacked any central government official’s convoy or family member before? In Pakistan,
drastic measures are utilized by insurgents to convey their message like car
bombs to eliminate government officials. Ours fly on their private jets and
call any dissenting voice disgruntled and envious.
Jonathan can go to all the church camp grounds across the
land before February to have hands, buttocks and legs laid on him for all I care.
If Goodluck Jonathan is the option secretly and openly supported by the church
in Nigeria, then I am extremely disappointed. I will expect those who come
across the Bosun Emmanuel man in their parish to halt him in his tracks and
give him a proper verbal dressing down. If your overseer or superintendent
tells you directly or otherwise to vote for another 4 years of suffering and
smiling while you continue in fasting and breaking your head for well paved
roads to drop from the heavens and electricity to be able to sleep and prevent
your freezers from getting defrosted; kindly stay quiet, sit down or excuse
yourself to make a phone call outside. If you pray, then you are a contributor
to the disgrace we have as a nation at the moment. God will send his angels to
fill all our pot holes and stand in for our striking teachers, lectures and
health workers. If as Christians we are canvassing for people to vote for
someone solely because he has a biblical name and his wife a virtue, then we
shame common sense and we shame God. I will not blame those who have turned
their backs on God and opted to live as if there is no God. We and our actions are
evidence to them that there may really be no God.
Good luck Buhari.
16At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.…Matthew 27:16-18(NASB)
Jide Akeju
19/10/2014.
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