I had to write this piece in response to a lot of unenlightend radical opinion going on over the social media and in response to a comment credited to the wife of a late Human Rights Activist.
The issues that we must be addressing is not about changing GEJ. He may be hated but he did not create the system called Nigeria and he can not change it in a jiffy or fix the rot in a few months or years in office. Nigeria has foundational problems and that is basically what we must discuss and address. The eternal word of God declares "if the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do". Nigeria must be restructured whether the North likes it or not. They ruled for over 38 years non stop and no one could talk freely against them as every one is now doing against GEJ. Let the truth be told they are trying to Sacrifice GEJ and make it seem as if no one else can rule Nigeria better than they who claim they were born to rule. They control the wealth and the resources of Nigeria while the people are beaten down. Mrs Ganiat Fawehinmi can have her own opinion but she should remember who and who were ruling or misruling Nigeria when her husband was agitating and fighting the system and being persecuted and thrown into jail now and then.
Nigeria's problem did not start with GEJ and it was not going to fixed by any executive fiat in just four years. If it be so why did OBJ leave a mess and not fix things in eight years even though he wanted to be there for twelve years and how is it that it is now that every one is waking from slumber and talking. Now every one expects what OBJ was not able to fix in eight years GEJ should just fix in four years. Let us all be reasonable and fair and realize that the rottenness in the system was systematically created to favour the "establishment" and the so called "born to rule" who headed absolutely every board and every institution.
Let me make it clear that what GEJ can not do no man from the North can do. People are clamoring for Buhari deodorizing the atmosphere with his stern and principled anti-corruption stand but the truth is that the real "dude" who stood for cleansing and reordering of the system was Tunde Idiagbon. Why was Tunde Idiadgon eliminated and why did they not want his second return when OBJ who knew his worth and principle wanted to bring him into service?
There are more questions than answers that we all have to face in Nigeria. I am a prophet and I have been shown a lot of things about this nation and would not be among those who keep silent when evil is holding sway. We love Nigeria but there are those whose vision of Nigeria is nothing but that of a milking cow and a company that they have acquired for profit to their own cronies and generation. These people are in league with foreign powers and governments. They do not see Nigeria as a country or a nation that is to be built.
People should come out and tell us with all the investment that OBJ made into the power sector if we had better power and more generation than we have today under GEJ. For the avoidance of doubt I am not a GEJ mouth piece or apologist. People know I am not impressed with his style and rate of performance and I have said that clearly to him even here on Facebook and elsewhere. But let it be drummed into the ears of every Nigerian that there are a clique who are determined to make the country ungovernable and to frustrate all good intentions of GEJ just so that he does not leave a memorial that will speak for all to see the difference between 38 years of North rule and four years of GEJ.
They have seen the handwriting on the wall, Nigerians were getting more enlightened by the day. Now it is all about calling a dog a bad name in order to hang it. The issue here is simple that Nigerians after the traumatic years of oppression, misrule and bad and inept governance had placed so much hope on GEJ. He was the hope of the common man, the old forsaken "hags" adorning the villages and remotest corners of the nation. He saw it and he held to them a promise but the fight was not only GEJ's to fight. It must be the fight of all Nigerians who wants to break free from the tyrannical rule devoid of equity and the fear of God.
Why are Churches also the targets and the people perceived to be his people at the receiving end of the hatred? Why should Nigerians who are so learned and who are the brightest and smartest of the black race be so dumb, blind and ignorant to that which happens right under their own nose. Prof. Pat Utomi said it few years ago "Let us crash the system" I believed this highly lettered and well exposed and rightly connected man knew what he was saying. The Nigerian system as it is today can not work for the people but for only those who have set it up for themselves. We got a long road to cover to arrive at nationhood and how much time we have we do not yet know! I pray for Nigeria and I wish Nigeria to survive and rise from the ashes of decay and be set free from those who are scared that they might lose their hold upon it forever! Let us pause here for now..!
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