By Alugbeli Obah
The Presidential election of February 25, 2023 has come and gone and has left a large majority of Nigerians feeling robbed of the one chance to have a better country.
They know Peter Obi is the one man among the lot of contestants that can help fight corruption and cut down on the excessive spending of government.
So, they came out massively and voted Peter Obi across Nigeria. Inspite of the hitches on the day of election, the people were patient and stayed long hours just to cast their votes. Even when violence, rain, etc came to prevent them from voting, they stayed on to vote.
At the Presidrntial Election Collation Centre, regardless of the call for patience to properperly collate results and regardless of the fact that INEC refused to transmit the results real time from the pollung units to the INEC Portal, Mahmood Yakubu went ahead to declare Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of that election at about 3am in the morning, a most ungodly hour, when most Nigerians were asleep!
To Nigerians, we call for calm and the need to focus on our Judiciary as they are the last hope of the common man.
To the Western countries, we ask, would you allow this kind of shambolic election to take place in your clime? We ask ourselves, of what use is Chatham House Debates to the Nigerian Polity? If Britain embraces the dubious process of the election by rushing to congratulate it’s supposed winner?
To China, we say, in your country you execute your nationals for stealing public funds and cooperate with corrupt African nations and leaders to steal public funds.
We want to let you know that the Nigerian people today are beginning to question corruption in their country and hope to find a lasting solution one day soon.
On that day all questionable transactions will be treated as theft of public funds and theft of votes and affected public officials and their foreign collaborators will be treated as the theives that they truly are.
To China, we say note Nigerians are beginning to question many shady deals entered into by their past governments and any debts incured in the name of Nigeria and the proceeds from such dealings that went into private pockets will be cancelled and the burden of payment of such debts will be transferred to such currupt Nigerian and Foreign officials.
Nigerians are exhuasted from the rigmarole of the Buhari regime which has culminated in the shambolic Presidential election just concluded by INEC, that brought in its wake, untold hardship on the general populace with fuel and Naira scarcity.
Attention must now focus on the Nigerian Judicial Process, System and Personnel. As the last hope of the common man, the Judicial carries a budden only it can discharge in a manner that will bring credibility and transparency bact to our electorial process and the Judiciary.
Nigerian Judiciary, the whole world is watching you.
Alugbeli Obah wrote from Auchi in Edo State.
