By Sulaiman Kazeem.
Firstly, you will agree with me that both great nations and
unprosperous nations are products of thoughts and actions, of their leaders and
undaunted supports from a majority of the people. Specifically, great nations
are not products of political mediocrity, bad leadership, distorted loyalty,
ethnic rivalries and religious hypocrisy.
Today, again, the Nigerian layer in the social media sphere has
been filled with opinions and comments from concerned Nigerians, on the recent
attack on Charly Boy at Wuse market, Abuja. Interestingly, these opinions and
comments have again further substantiate my submission that we are our own very
problems and that we are not ready to change our ways of life and lines of
thoughts for better. Thus, we are yet to begin our journey to sustainable
greatness.
You have the suffrage to choose to be either on the side of
those uneducated miscreants who almost lynched Charly Boy to death because he
is of the opinion that President Buhari's return from his medical leave is long
overdue and then go further to criticise him for taking his 'protest' to a
market dominated by Northerners or choose to applaud his decision, share in his
concerns and demand that those involved in the inhuman action are arrested and
dealt with accordingly. The choice is yours.
Mind you, neither am I interested in whose side you have chosen
nor am I ready to criticise you or give accolades but let me reawaken your
brutalised brains and sentiment-filled minds that violence is neither a sexist
nor a tribalist.
Today, a majority of you guys are always battle ready to shout
down and cast aspersions on anybody seen or perceived as an antagonist of the
present day President Buhari led government and remind them of where they have
erred in the past and how their forefathers misjudged. Unfortunately, your
preys knows no bound and includes senior citizens and those who have made
meaningful contributions to the growth of the country, if they dare say
anything against President Buhari or his led government. Issorait, tiri gbosas
for you pipus.
Hey guys, this is definitely not loyalty or patriotism at any
level, but stupidity, gullibility and crass illiteracy at its ugliest form. Let
me remind you that speaking the truth to power and redirecting the cameras of
the ruling class to matters that affects the downtrodden is patriotism and
revolutionary. This new trend of jungle justice on suspected criminals and
attacks on anti-government protesters will boomerang very soon, if not well
checked.
Grab your internet enabled device and write as many fantastic
and appealing words as you can, all to show your unflinching loyalty to the
incumbent administration and to castigate people who refuse to align with your
thoughts and opinions. It is very fine, but be reminded that something unprecedented
will hit the ground running sooner than you may think, and change the rhetorics
forever. You may just be consumed or completely paralyzed by the monster you
have joined to create or by your own very shadow.
Guys, read about democracy, and how it is practiced in great
countries. However, democracy is the government of the people by the people and
for the people, until proven otherwise.
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16/08/2017
16/08/2017
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