I was woken up this morning by news of defection from political parties especially PDP members and I said to myself these are the real enemies of our nascent democracy. These are merely fighting for their pockets. News like this weaken our democracy. Members of a political parties over the world are the sole of the party. Come rain or sunshine, they stay because they believe that they are part of what the party stands for. Our democracy is filled with people with no philosophy or direction. I don`t know how this kind of news sound to career politicians.

Lagos is Yoruba, Lagos is Hausa, Lagos is Igbo, Lagos is Nigeria. Lagos is the only state in Nigeria where all tribes and tongues are represented in numbers. As the defacto capital of Nigeria, Lagos has always played the role of big brother by providing the check in our democracy even when all other voices has been suppressed.The political role Lagos has played since the birth of Nigeria can never ever be under estimated. Cough in Lagos and Nigeria catches fever.

Lagos is the voice of the voiceless, it has played the opposition to check the excesses of our leaders both in military and civilian governments. Though people will argue that Lagos has suffered more as an opposition state but we have forgotten that it will be difficult for any government at the center operating under our constitution to deliberately starve any opposition state of fund or infrastructures. It was under OBJ that funds meant for the states was seized as result of constitutional conflicts in LCDA/LGA creation at that time. Under GEJ Lagos has been getting it allocation combined with IGR which has helped the state to run smoothly and also play a good check on the central governmant.

I still wonder which other state can play that opposition role. Kano? Akwa Ibom? Ogun? Anambra? Ekiti? Eboyin? Taraba? Kebbi? No, no no, none of these can. I believe under Agbaje Lagos will be a rallying point for the opposition to check the central government.

Pocket Lagos and our democracy is dead. This is my humble opinion.....