Yes. It is very easy to snatch power.
Yes. It is even easier to grab power.
But running with it is where the problem lies.
Especially so when the power in question is weighted with so many baggages:
The baggage of electoral malfeasance,
The baggage of judicial corruption,
The baggage of legislative connivance,
The baggage of constitutional breaches.
Not even the best of athletes can race to the finishing line, with these shackles.
According to a deep African proverb:
“It is very easy to steal the King’s trumpet.
But where will you blow it?”
Another profound Nigerian proverb says:
“The remnants of food scooped from the fringes of the pot must end up around the corners of the mouth”.
At the beginning of this transitional experiment,
INEC disappointed the people.
The LEGISLATURE failed to rise to the moment.
Then the JUDICIARY dashed the last hopes of the common man.
It was the turn of the LABOUR UNION.
Again the people were taken for a long, bumpy and futile ride.
Now the PEOPLE have chosen to take their collective destiny into their own hands.
Protest is fundamental to democracy.
The fear of protest is the beginning of good governance.
The citizens can no longer be deceived or dissuaded.
This government lacks credibility and honesty of purpose.
The trust deficit with the people is palpable and undeniable.
Meanwhile, media minions are busy pointing fingers at imaginary adversaries.
Instead of advising their principal sensibly, in the light of reason and reality.
Security scoundrels are preoccupied chasing elusive sponsors of protest.
Instead of speaking the truth to power,
At least for the benefit of history and posterity.
There is always an ominous calm before a destructive storm.
As the clouds gather in readiness for a heavy downpour,
Rainmakers do not tell the sky to postpone the storm.
They appease the gods to assuage their anger.
The gods of any true democracy are those helpless and voiceless masses.
Mr. President, it is time to put your media and security dogs on the leash,
And engage the people whom you claim voted you into power.
Mr. President, the strength or fragility of your pestle is about to come under test.
If you know how to pound, please aim at the mortar.
But if you lack the requisite skill and dexterity, pound on the ground.
Either way, the hungry masses must eat their yam-fufu, well pounded.
Learn from history while the time-window is still open.
The clouds have gathered.
So have the hungry vultures.
