The development that is gradually manifesting in the Nigerian politics as the 2015 general election approaches looks very painfully interesting. It is interesting because certain characters and characteristics, apology to Nigeria’s former permanent representative to the United Nations, Sir Yusuf Maitama Sule, are introducing vieled sadism, dressed in the garb of kindness to the game of politics.
Though the picture has not come out clearly, but there are signs to show that our politicians are suddenly mending up the wrongs that had dogged the polity all these years. These category of the politicians, mostly in the leadership positions, remind me of one of those Indian movies I watched when I was in Zaria, Kaduna state, as far back as 1977.
In the movie, members of the campaign team of a popular and wealthy Presidential candidate of one of the political parties took a dangerous decision to unleash terror, using thugs on some prominent communities where most of the votes that would decide the winner would come from.
The thugs, who were tutored on how to go about the planned attack, went to the communities, burned down the houses of the poor people, maimed many of them and killed some.
A day after the attack, the heartless Presidential candidate of the desparate party went to the affected communities to sympathize with the victims. They went ahead to distribute cash, clothes and other items to the victims and other people in the communities. They promised that if their Presidential candidate win the election, the government would not only rebuild the houses which (their) thugs pulled or burnt down but would bring the culprits to book.
The innocent, unsuspecting people in the communities hailed the “kindmess” of the concerned political mathematicians and schemers. The people went ahead to vote enmass for the “concerned” Presidential candidate.
The way Nigerian politicians are carrying on with the campaign for election in 2015 is having a semblance of the picture of an Indian movie scenario that has just been painted.
As the campaign gets underway, one would not be surprised to see that many things that have gone wrong in the system all this while are gradually turning into normalcy.
Let us keep our fingers crossed, open our eyes to see how it all turns out and, ears to the ground.
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