The Southwest pentecostal church members will definitely not vote against anyone again from the southwest, be it Christian, Muslim and non Muslim or Christian Yoruba except Obasanjo. The hyper reactions and attitude of the Obidients who were once referred to as fascistsic by Wole Soyinka must have taught them or any reasonable person from the Southwest that blood is thicker than water.
At least our eyes are now open. We can now infer Emefiele’s agenda. We know Peter Obi better after the elections. We know them better and we should not be quick to forget that when one of their teenagers from the southeast, Mmesoma forged UTME’s results, they defended her vehemently as evident in the shouts by Ezekwesili and others because she is an Igbo until they were forced to shamefully tuck their tails after the facts of the matter came out.
We now know that those who think it is equity, to pick a non Yoruba by APC as if Rotimi Amaechi and people of the present day southeast were excluded from APC presidential primary, do so because of their hate for Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They are just malicious, ready to trade off Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was favoured above Engineer Funso Williams, by the same set that always professes marginalisation by Fulani or northerners.
We can now see that the Muslim-Muslim ticket is not in bad faith in terms of religious bigotry. Muslim – Muslim was a decoy target to garner lock-up votes from important electoral blocs in the country. It is now shown that it is a harmless option pioneered by Chief MKO Abiola.
Towards 2027, we must all come together to support Tinubu
After the lessons of the recent events where we see that each zone is working towards protecting its political interests through homegrown representatives, it is instructive to see that we must all support president Tinubu.
The CAN in 2027 will probably lead the campaign train of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They will come out to testify that Christians are not marginalised. Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government is not about Christianity or Islam. He is about politics and development even if the policies are hard to implement due to years of mismanagement.
The cleric, seer who predicted Atiku will win in 2027 and rule for 4 years can be already dismissed. He is not a seer, but a player. People like him failed in the past. On many occasions, his prophecy does not fly. He is a fan of Atiku and probably one of Vice President Atiku’s spiritual warriors that cut across all religious groups. The Primate thinks Atiku’s interests are the interests of the whole north that only tasted a complete 8 years democratic rule for once. They will rather wait till 2031 for another 8 years that will end in 2039 and then it will become the turn of the south again.
The APC has set a standard of rotating the Presidential flag bearers of APC between the north and south. APC will not be naive to deviate from their inclusive political master stroke that gave them victory over PDP for three consecutive times.
Back to the Obidents
For the Yoruba members of the Obidient movement, I hope they have learnt their bitter lessons after the elections. As stated very often, Peter Obi ran on the wave of sentiments and lies. He was a carefully packaged impostor that had a terrible track record in Anambra where he neither built a single school nor established a robust health system for the people of the state. Thanks to Soludo, “the era of local governments without befitting government general hospitals or specialist hospitals” maybe coming to an end”. In 2027, we must all gather to support the re-election of President Tinubu bigger than ever as the geopolitical game in Nigeria is a big one with many things at stake!
Abdulwaheed Badmus writes from Scotland. He can be reached via abdul_waheedbadmus@yahoo.com
