Sanwo-Olu wins again for Lagos state; either by selection or election. He remains governor.
Politics is a dirty game. It’s a clichéd expression that I can’t help but use every time I think of what happened during this past election. In politics, after you muddy yourself in potopoto, you dip your hands into it again and fling it at everyone near and far. Smear everyone with the shit…pardon my Spanish.
Thankfully, it’s all over. Winners have emerged; whether by “selection” or by election. The tension, hitherto was at breaking point for many people, especially in Lagos, kilode!
I know of WhatsApp secondary school platforms that were shut down to enable peace among friends. When colleagues began spewing violent ethnic bias at one another, several platforms were shut down by their admins.
I have witnessed people who’ve been friends for years, done business together, and eaten and drunk together, practically tearing each other apart over this recent politics of ethnic bigotry.
This election divided us
I have seen groups, who’ve prided themselves at being one family, regardless of ethnic group, got torn to pieces over this recent election. They can’t ever be friends again or even belong to the same group.
I have seen grown men, and women, too, throw whatever education they have acquired over the years, to pigs, simply because of ethnic bias over this recent election.
There was so much tension and hate rhetoric on social media. The threat to the lives of Igbos and the swearing against Yorubas who supported them over the “takeover of Lagos.” It scared me.
Thankfully, it’s over now; it’s back to business as usual…but this election has shown us in stark reality, who we really are.
It is shocking
It is eye-opening
But most of all, sad and very painful…
However, we have peace…right?
There’s peace. I hope Sanwo-Olu can go to bed, rest assured the “good people of Lagos” voted him in again.
Falz has told him he wasn’t elected but “selected.”
Well, the method of “selection” worked.
Considering that oro cult was done on his behalf to “cleanse the land” against people who are thinking of voting against him-he won
Considering that areas boys were mobilized with guns and machetes to frighten and threaten anyone thinking of voting against him -he won
Then consider the anti-Igbo propaganda engineered online and offline to smear Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour -he won
Good thing, it’s all over. We can go back to the kidnappers who don’t discriminate before they capture there victims.
The armed robbers who don’t mind old notes and don’t ask if you are Hausa or Yoruba or Igbo before they rob you to a shine.
Back to the politicians, elected or selected, who don’t discriminate before they fail to implement policies that will ameliorate poverty in the land.
You see, we have a lot in common; we all suffer from the same people who engineered it all to divide us along ethnic lines.
What politician says to himself, “This money I’m embezzling belongs to the Igbos, I’ll take it and leave that which is meant to help the Yorubas.
Nah, they don’t discriminate unless its politics. Speaking of…
Has Sanwo-Olu thanked Igbos for voting him in?
This recent election proved one thing. We are divided because of politicians, and we will remain so for as long we let them. Power still belongs to the people who want it. Do we want it?
Just asking for a friend.