How Imbeciles Will Become Governors In Nigeria Soon!

Nigeria is a stark example of where the blind leads the sighted as a norm. And, it's a major reason we are where we are: Falling into numerous ditches again and again from year to year and from decade to decade.

The problem is: Unless the sighted rise to the occasion, I see the situation plummeting to even more unimaginable lows sooner than anyone can envision. It's what I'm here to point out.

Last December, we were all treated to the news of a state governor who could hardly read out figures already written down for him. 

While many of us didn't seem to consider it as such a serious matter, it reveals that the Governor's cognitive abilities are comparable to those of elementary school kids or even lower. 

Imagine a multitude of other important decisions and actions affecting millions of people that would be subject to this Governor's clearly cringe-worthy incompetence!

And why would anyone be surprised if a close aide of this same Governor occupying a role as sensitive as asset recovery, is caught manifesting such an abhorrent level of irresponsibility as spraying cash on dirty prostitutes? Of course, birds of a feather flock together as they say. 

And, why would anyone be surprised that Nigeria never works? In case you're guessing, there are hundreds of thousands of other Okungbowas occupying sensitive positions at various levels of governance in Nigeria’s impunityocracy.

So, why are we expecting things to get better without some way of actually purifying the system? If you think that Nigeria will ever get it right without a revolution, you need some psychiatric attention. 

You can sit there and cry for centuries until your grandkids live and die suffering like you because your arm-chair social media criticism can never succeed in changing even a dot of the script they're playing for you.

A Crop Of Imbecilic Leaders Are Here For You Nigerians!

People, I don't just mean to be sensational with the title of this message. Rather, I actually see an emerging era where the bulk of, not only our governors, but also senators, house of reps members, and even presidents would be real-life pulsating imbeciles.

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See how it will happen…👇

There is a new trend where almost every Nigerian politician is seeking to build a political dynasty similar to the one Bola Tinubu built in Lagos. They want to be godfathers controlling the destinies of Nigerian political jurisdictions years after their legitimate tenures have elapsed. 

To do this successfully, these extremely self-centred politicians must carefully choose stooges they can easily control, to fill political positions. This way, they can remain the substantive rulers of their localities long after their tenures are over. And, they have succeeded in getting most of us to think that what they are doing is right.

It's why a fellow like Nyesom Wike would be using a federal position to distract an elected governor of a state he just finished governing, and no one hardly sees it as a calamity of epic proportions befalling us. Imagine him the other day addressing a crowd in the state and boasting that the incumbent governor will never succeed until he submits to him! And, he didn't get so much as stones flying over his head? Why are there so many puppets walking around in human bodies in this country?

So, Rivers State’s governorship position is now Wike’s to give and take just because he governed the State for 8 years!?! And, unless it is so, he must mortgage the lives and destinies of up to 8 million Riverians by obstructing the current of governance in the state.

And everyone in the state and the country is so docile and watching it happen for months until the state is on the verge of getting snatched through the most corrupt supreme court on Earth!

At Last, Godfathers Are More Important Than The People In Our Supposed Democracy!

It's more than clear from the foregoing. Now, loyalty to a godfather - rather than to the people - is promoted as a virtue even by our educated class.

See, for example, what Reno Omokri, a lawyer who should understand the principles of democracy far better than the average citizen, wrote recently in praise of Bola Tinubu…

Just pause for a while and reread those 3 paragraphs above and you could see with me just how dangerously our psyche has dipped. 

First, this so-called lawyer commends the fact that Buhari became president “only” with the support of one person rather than the support of the people! Instead, he refers to the people as “fringe elements”, meaning that one person's support of a candidate has more value than the support of the people. In a democracy!?!

The most shameful of Omokri's viewpoint here is this: He actually commends Tinubu’s support of Buhari to have killed Tinubu's Yoruba people just for Tinubu to become President! Therefore, Tinubu's political ambition is hereby exalted far above the people and their lives by a supposed Nigerian lawyer enjoying the fruits of genuine democracy in a foreign land! Chai! I'm actually crying😭 

Now, with the Ultimate Godfather being our President at last, I see this ugly trend proliferating and spreading faster than Covid-19 virus. And, it will affect every sector because none of our selfish politicians would want to be left out in the scramble for godfather positions across the country. 

Every one of them must seek to become some people’s godfather. So, they must install imbeciles in positions of power so that they can control them. That's how the virus would spread and the situation degenerate to a point where an Okungbowa would recover our assets and freely spend the proceeds on prostitutes and no one would lift an eyelid. And, of course, imbeciles must succeed imbeciles indefinitely for the godfathers to remain godfathers.

Leaders should be those who know the way better than the rest. 

But, in Nigeria, it is unfortunately not so. And that's because of a political culture we've all allowed to fester. Let me pause it here for now.

The most important question every one of us should be asking is: How can we arrest this trend? I'd share my little idea regarding this question in another message. For now, let me see what compatriots might have to say about the much I have shared so far.

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