Re: Buhari in Bayelsa

Indeed, it is human nature to protest against oppression, of any sort. That Muhammadu Buhari campaigned in Bayelsa, “and nobody stoned him; nobody shouted ‘Sai Jonathan!’” and that, as Dr Nelson assumed, Jonathan cannot campaign freely in such a manner in the core North, says a lot about the two candidates and much less about […]

Indeed, it is human nature to protest against oppression, of any sort. That Muhammadu Buhari campaigned in Bayelsa, “and nobody stoned him; nobody shouted ‘Sai Jonathan!’” and that, as Dr Nelson assumed, Jonathan cannot campaign freely in such a manner in the core North, says a lot about the two candidates and much less about the “people in that region”. The oppressed is an angry wolf, and an angry one that bites back too. Certainly, if President Jonathan had showed equity, fairness and justice in his leadership, then no follower would groan and moan when he shows his face for re-election; but to roll out the carpets and open loose mouths to utter more false hope to the same populace that have been undermined, maimed and killed under his watchful nose and yet, you do not expect them to revolt and reject even in the slightest, is surely an injustice to the human psyche and conscience. Besides, these are people that protested and revolted against Colonial Europe’s injustice; these are people that protested against the faltering traditional ruling class elites; these are people that protested when the Sardauna’s ruling NPC erred in their actions; these are people with an acute sense of their rights and neediness for fairness and equity throughout the centuries; so why should they succumb to cluelessness and fatal-jamboree leadership and then keep mum? It is not ‘to change human nature’ we should pursue, but the despicable conventions that pervert it. Surely, every oppressed voice should be heard!
Sada Malumfashi<[email protected]>;; @SerOverall