The problem here is simple,
The North and the West combined efforts
to displace the entirety of the South.
The numbers alone tell the truth,
Not the final result but the independent state
By state breakdown.
In a bid to avoid the precipitation of any
fallacies, the numbers and the sheer margin shows
that the choice is not a general one.
Democracy isn’t built by imposing the choices of
the larger numbers on the lesser, no!
By all means there is no dictatorship more distasteful.
Where the voice of a people remain oppressed by
the selfish pursuits of others. It is hurtful
I cannot say I the APC didn’t push a wonderful effort.
They did!
Campaigning from state to state and filling every
social platform with a plethora of Anti-PDP propaganda.
They have successfully gotten the formula right to build
a working opposition in a complex country like Nigeria.
As such it is totally acceptable💃💃 that they took the bottom home.
All said and done, the numbers tell a slightly different tale.
With GEJ only winning Plateau in the north and Ekiti in the west,
It shows that these elections were won on ethnic lines,
And not the not so preach spirit of nationalism.
The numbers also tell another different story,
The much popularized song of a failed Jonathan
is a song sang only in the North and West.
The now bothersome chant of change simply
didn’t make it home in the South, nor East.
Would it be that not everyone is displeased with the Presidency?
Or the entire issues stems from the power starved
powers in the North and West?
As much as we wish to avoid this hurting truth,
Neither APC nor PDP won today,
Cause if it were, Edo, Rivers and Ebonyi
wouldn’t have happened.
Rather, a committed North/West won,
Over the weaker and now disenfranchised South/East.
If you have so quickly forgotten why we rejoiced
at the GEJ vice presidency of 2007,
I like to remind you
Every person in the South felt cheated on.
The same feeling the easterners had back in 1966.
While having the presidency served to sooth the pain,
We have today opened wounds that we thought were gone.
Because I consider myself a nationalist,
I truly may not be hurt by the turn of events.
I dare say nonetheless, the insult of the North/West
On the remainder of this nation would never be forgotten.
To end my Lamentations I must say,
Today, we have brought ourselves to square one.
A Goodluck Jonathan win would have paved the
Way to a rotational stability in the zoning of presidents.
If the APC waited 4 years more,
We would have set the pace for a contractual partnership.
Today anyways, we have paved the roads back to anarchy,
We have pointed our future to the arguments we once ended.
Today my fellow Niger Deltans,
APC didn’t win,
Nigeria didn’t win,
Democracy itself didn’t win,
The North/West won
And we should not hide away from this truth as we move on.
Congratulations to The gangly Daura General,
We look forward to building a better nation with you.
APC – Change
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