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Ekiti Election; Small But Powerful Lesson for The South East.


One of the most interesting landmark of the outcome of Ekiti election is that the entire Yoruba states are now APC. Apart from easy victory for the President in 2019, they have once again demonstrated their mastery in the act of politics. Opposition is good for any democracy, but no politician embarks on the journey to deliberately play opposition. It's just a child of circumstance. The South East should think again and reconsider their hard stand which has never helped them and integrate themselves to the "national grid" towards actualizing the dreams of the region. We are talking of 2023 and they get so agitated when it's mentioned. They view it as a ploy to woo them for PMB's victory. But they seem to understand very little in the dynamics of Nigeria politics.
With South West comfortably secured, their vote may again never be needed. It breaks my heart to see that we behave in this manner, whatever is their reason, I do not know. However, I am optimistic that PMB will get more votes in the South East in 2019 more than what he received in 2014. In the event that PMB secured his victory (which is sure) in 2019, without the South East, It is most likely that Osibanjo will fly the flag in 2023 and nothing will stop him unless God says no. But why should God say no? The man is loyal to a fault, intelligent, smart, God fearing and well educated. With the understanding between the North and the West, he will surely cruise to victory.
They have used the notion of restructuring to juxtapose contradictory ideas for rejecting the presidency in 2023. The prefer restructuring to the presidency. A very illogical stand forgetting that it will be easy to negotiate restructuring from that position.
My humble advice to them is to key in and stop all those useless whatsapp lies and propaganda they broadcast daily. Someone in the caliber of Asuwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu should either be crowned or emerge to forge a common front for the region. The South East people are a people of great wisdom, industrious, extremely innovative and not lacking in sound intellectual sagacity. Without insulting the sensibility of other regions, they are the salt and cream of the Nigerian society. "Ha nwere ebu nwekwa nfu" (They have everything). Their political backwardness should not be tolerated any longer. No reasonable person will deny the fact that their is marginalization of dishonorable degree in that region, but there should be a more intelligent approach through politicking and negotiation to correct the imbalance. We will take up the challenge. We are working on something and God willing, we will restore the sanity of that region.
Nnaemeka Ikerionwu
Email: meganaija12@gmail.com

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