odds and layman reasoning. I clearly remembered how as a first class
cosmological physicist discovered my hidden gift to write at ease. Good
enough, I write with less big words. I remembered one of my first
articles where I clearly assessed the four major aspirants to the number
one seat of the nation that is currently occupied by my principal
President Goodluck Jonathan. Those in contention with my principal was,
former heads of state Buhari and self acclaimed President Babangida and
Atiku. All other aspirants were at the time very inconsequential
(without threats).
I remembered the article I titled "The Musketeers" (first published on facebook) (link). I dramatically analyzed the unknown theatrics of our recycled leaders in a game of the ruling fraternity. It was clear then that a Goodluck Jonathan was destined to change the direction of the swinging pendulum. It was a mastery about a chess pawn that controled the player. Few months to the elections, there was a cyber battle that created a line of divide in the vitual world amidst the IBB followers (a member of the musketeers)and the GEJ believers. So many in the vitual world believed IBB institutionalized corruption in Nigeria while a majority believed IBB destroyed Nigeria economically. To some of us, we were amazed by the emergence of the seemingly intelligent few that believed that IBB actually was the most visionary leader Nigeria ever had and were willing to have him back as President. That was when superiority of intelligence had to attend to the events of the day.
We went back to our drawing board. The court was set, the players emerged. Wisdom and ethics took over the events of the day. As destiny would have it, the wise men of the council of the north decided that IBB and Saraki a fellow representative of the north were not northern enough to represent them. The consensus ordination of the former vice president created the emergence of the silent but deadly barrier Atiku Abubakar, the next in line that was presented as the next opposition to my principal.
As I write even as in leisure, I remembered the events of February 13th 2011 at the eagle square that eliminated Atiku out of the presidential race. I remembered the stiff opposition presented by Buhari as at the time it was clear that he remained the only tangible opposition. All the losers fell behind him. I vividly remember how we gathered somewhere at Asokoro to devise intelligent strategies to break the untold advantages of Buhari in religion and tribal strength. I then remember the Neighbor to Neighbor. I remember the days to the election. We were so certain that without any fraud, Nigerians had learned. My principal, Goodluck Jonathan was sure to occupy the seat he was holding in lieu. Then the battle line was drawn. The mentality of "we the north" was broken as the middle belters (known as north central) and most north easterners realized that he was a Nigerian first before a northerner. The average northerner knew Nigeria had to be Nigeria not an imaginary north. My principal from the minority was unanimously voted in as the number one occupier of Aso Rock. What a change in the game in an existing game of the ruling class. The die was cast. Lives were lost, could have been easily assessed as a sacrifice.
A few months later, the losers could not bite the bitter pill of defeat. Even after actualizing the threats I failed to mention in my epical tales truth, the minds of the electorates were turned against the government of the day. Was it simple? Yes.
All they did was to enlighten the masses how a perfect society should work, comparisons were made and it pointed out how Nigeria was a failed society without power (electricity). What they did not tell the masses was the fact that they themselves had actually institutionalized the present way of life in the lives of the average Nigerian. They did not infiltrate into the masses that they could not solve the electricity and infrastructural deficits. They did not find the balls to say how our Educational and Health sector was destroyed by them. They did not say how they made employment rates commence a depreciation process that sank into the present in a progression. All they did was enlighten the masses on the fruits of the seeds they sowed.
As I speak, even if those Nigerians that had lived up to the expectations of the minds and strategies of these musketeers, came up with the name of "clueless", a name coined and sponsored by a former minister of the FCT and executed by my friend Omujuwa, the paid hand is gradually dwindling off. My principal had his electoral promises, and I can assure us that these promises are definitely going to be all fulfilled before the end of the electoral term. In an administrative period of four years, the musketeers had given an impression or a conclusion that these promises will not be fulfilled even before the end of the first year. WHERE IS THE WISDOM OF JUDGMENT WITHOUT A JURY?
When I make a release, it is assumed that I only speak what I am asked to, but have we reasoned in reality? Why bother about fantasies that we are far from? The english man defined it as hypocrisy. Must we dwell in hypocrisy because a selfish man wishes so? There is no gains without pains. Whatsoever pains we feel today, let's remember the seeds of accord that was sowed by the past, what we see today is a harvest of the past seeds, and it is only another seed that can bear a different fruit.
Why expect to have a mango fruit from an orange seed? Would it not be wise to sow a mango seed and wait for its harvest if we sincerely need a mango? You cannot undo a past by the fact that you just realized it.... My name is Donald, I will take full responsibilities of my assessments, and I say that to every full pot of sweet wine, there were initial drops that were insignificant. With time, an insignificant and painful multiple drops eventually fills the pot that brings satisfaction only after hardwork and sacrifice.
Today, we can all testify to our improved electricity and maybe the constant absence of the fuel scarcity bulala. Or is it a fallacy? Even our roads are gradually improving, employment rate is increasing amidst criticism, our Agricultural and aviation sector is balancing. Our education and health sector if seriously being understudied with a road map in place... Tomorrow we will head for perfection. Let's join hands to support what we all agreed at the beginning, Just in case you ask for a replacement, who would you find more credible to lead your alternative government? I hope you will not feel bad when you realized that all these while, you had wasted your time in supporting those that wished that Nigeria will remain where it was years ago.
Donald Ekpo..
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