The 2023 Nigeria general elections have been a complete sham, and a retrogression of our nascent democracy. Whatever gains Professor Jega made, have been eroded with reckless abandon by Professor Yakubu. However, he has a litany of accomplices in this dance of shame.
The sheer violence, the affront of impunity, the daylight irregularities and perhaps more reprehensible, is the enthronement of ethnic spite. The ethnic and tribal sentiments have been magnified more than ever in recent history. We came into this election believing that we will see a president emerge in the mould of MKO Abiola; where acceptance transcends ethnic and religious lines. But alas, we dreamt too big. The election results shows us that our ethnic and religious differences remain ready tools for manipulation by those whose primordial interests are more sacrosanct than the greater good.
In the final inquest, the post-mortem on the Nigeria 2023 general elections writes itself. A third force have been born but at what cost? Our ethnic and religious divisions are land mines waiting to explode. ‘Service to the people’ is a must by those who ‘want to serve.’ The youths have had their say but not their way. This is Nigeria.
Sometimes, it felt like the entire country was a crime scene, and we were helpless pawns watching it burn.
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