An adage from the southwestern part of the country soundly situates the waive of forced military takeovers spreading like wild fires across the length and breadth of African Francophone enclaves when it posits that " the death of one's contemporary is nothing but a proverbial warning for the living to take heed".

First it was Mali, then Bukina Faso, and before anyone could say Jack Robinson, despite barking from ECOWAS, the US and its allies (and non allies alike), Gabon, a nation of barely the size of Yobe in Nigeria fell into the hands of Khaki Boys!

Just less than three months ago, our president, Bola Tinubu still revelling in his 'victory' at the polls, sounded notes of warnings against further military takeovers in Africa while addressing ECOWAS assembly as its chair. Spitting fire and brimstone, so to say, he cautioned of dire consequence for continued military adventures in African politics. Regrettably, recent turn of events in both Niger and Gabon has indeed poopooed his thunderous rhetoric and that of toothless ECOWAS!

Now to the crux of the matter. Though many have disingenuously waived aside any possibility of military reentrance into our political landscape, citing the country's demographic dispositions and inherent diversities, however, the greatest mistake we can make both individually and collectively is to throw caution to the winds and behave like the proverbial ostrich. Let no one get me wrong, I am not as a patriotic and responsible countryman advocating for civil unrest or military incursion into our polity. This piece is intended to serve as a dreaded local gong, calling all of us to the reality of our crucial times, judging from what we can see and hear from far and near.

Our country, without unnecessary padding of words, requires leadership direction at these crucial moments in its annals of history. There's palpable fear among the citizens, of possible civil and ancillary disobedience if the gale of recklessness and power mongering continues unabated in the polity. Our politicians' indifferent postures in the face of excruciating pains of the teeming masses do not by any stretch of imaginations help the course of the nation. Day-in day-out, the gulf between the rich and the downtrodden gets wider in the country. News of electoral and judicial suppressions feel the air. Election tribunals are been allegedly compromised and manipulated all in a bid to keep the status quo.

In not too distant past, our society was correctly categorised as a clime of three tiers of citizenship; the rich, the average livers and the poor. That classification without any iota of doubt has practically evaporated, vanished into thin air and subsumed into two classes of merely the rich and the poor. In other words, in today's Nigeria, one is either poor or rich, no middle ground.

Wastage in public space refuses to take downward slide but the hapless citizens are perpetually reminded of the need to persevere. Many are barely living without direction and assurance of tomorrow.

With such despondence and pitiable quagmires, shall we still pretend and assume all is well with the nation? And if those saddled with the responsibility of remedying the situation are now the ones that constitute themselves as clogs in the wheel of the progress of the nation, what hope lies our democracy?

I am just trying to make sense and I wish our dear country best of luck.

Cc; Nairaland Mods.

Oladd writes from Abuja.

Humn! The fuse have long been lighted. The triggers of these coup frenzy? Legalisation of illegitimacy and unconstitutionality have given rise to it. Lawlessness begat lawlessness. Illegality begat Illegality.Anarchy, lawlessness and unconstitutionality reign supremely where there is no rule of law

As long as Oduduwa, Biafra, Arewa remain subjugated (along with Kingdoms of Bini and co) Nigger+Area will never wake up.

truthhurtsnaira:
As long as Oduduwa, Biafra, Arewa remain subjugated (along with Kingdoms of Bini and co) Nigger+Area will never wake up.

The consequence of further defiance will be too much for the political class to handle.

Racoon:
Humn! The fuse have long been lighted. The triggers of these coup frenzy? Legalisation of illegitimacy and unconstitutionality have given rise to it. Lawlessness begat lawlessness. Illegality begat Illegality.Anarchy, lawlessness and unconstitutionality reign supremely where there is no rule of law

This is the truth many of them are afraid to hear. They try to gaslight obidients like they're clamouring for a Coup, when in fact they're reminding them of the indices.

They claim they don't like the devil but they adorn his regalia (corruption and inhumanity)

They claim they don't like Military regime but they rule with dictatorship

They don't like soldier's whip, but they torment the citizens with scorpions.

I have never seen a more selectively moral group of people. To them, life is about tribe. People are grinding in perpetual hopeless because of the acclaimed democrazy. We can deny the inevitable, but can't stop it from happening. The Judiciary will be the last straw. So, that we can be finally sure that we failed at constitutional democracy and bear the consequences.

Racoon:
Humn! The fuse have long been lighted. The triggers of these coup frenzy? Legalisation of illegitimacy and unconstitutionality have given rise to it. Lawlessness begat lawlessness. Illegality begat Illegality.Anarchy, lawlessness and unconstitutionality reign supremely where there is no rule of law

There's rule of law. Only that politicians and their comrades in crime, circumvent the rules!

OLADD:
There's rule of law. Only that politicians and their comrades in crime, circumvent the rules!

You heard Oma Bongo talking trash today in this regard?

Racoon:
You hear Oma Bongo talking trash today in this regard?

Everyday is for the thief but there's an assigned day for the farm owner. He was caught in the act, so it's time to sing a new song. Nigerian politicians should beware, lest they overstretch their luck.

OLADD:


Our politicians' indifferent postures in the face of excruciating pains of the teeming masses do not by any stretch of imaginations help the course of the nation. Day-in day-out, the gulf between the rich and the downtrodden gets wider in the country. News of electoral and judicial suppressions feel the air. Election tribunals are been allegedly compromised and manipulated all in a bid to keep the status quo.


I am just trying to make sense and I wish our dear country best of luck.

Cc; Nairaland Mods.

Oladd writes from Abuja.

I never thought it was possible to hate Nigerian politicians the way I hate them these days.
Peter Obi was their last saving grace, but see what is going on...
All I see are all manner of thieves and never-do-wells parading themselves up and down as "Honorable".
Since they came, Nigeria's moral and spiritual levels have continued a downward trend.
The morality of the country has been effectively destroyed by these polithieves.
Today, a son beheaded his own father in Ogun state for money rituals, and people were shouting, cursing him, wringing fingers, etc.
But what is different from what that boy did, and what these polithieves are doing to 230 million unfortunate human beings in Nigeria?
I hate Nigerian politicians with a rare passion.

onumadu:


I never thought it was possible to hate Nigerian politicians the way I hate them these days.
Peter Obi was their last saving grace, but see what is going on...
All I see are all manner of thieves and never-do-wells parading themselves up and down as "Honorable".
Since they came, Nigeria's moral and spiritual levels have continued a downward trend.
The morality of the country has been effectively destroyed by these polithieves.
Today, a son beheaded his own father in Ogun state for money rituals, and people were shouting, cursing him, wringing fingers, etc.
But what is different from what that boy did, and what these polithieves are doing to 230 million unfortunate human beings in Nigeria?
I hate Nigerian politicians with a rare passion.

Morality hardly exists in Nigeria again. It's currently endangered in our lexicon. Plain truth.