(GLEANINGS
FROM UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS)
Well, I think our politicians on
this side of the globe (especially Nigeria) can pick one positive from the US
elections and this is the fact that politics is not a do or die affair, and no
man's blood deserves to be shed just because of another man's political
ambition and elections.
It is unfortunate that in Nigeria
politics have turned into an occupation for many unsuccessful businessmen and
the successful who wish to increase their wealth-span overnight...no wonder
Nigeria will have the highest statistical figure of "Emergency
Billionaires". To so many politicians, it starts with rituals in which
innocent lives are murdered as a diabolical means of securing power which is
something only GOD can give. Then, thuggery in which the hooligans brandish
dangerous weapons and kill at will anyone who is not on their side. And then
when they lose the elections hell is let loose...innocent lives go down the
grave. Imagine an evil politician who lost the seat of ORDINARY Local
Government Chairman in Okene only to go ahead and mobilize gun men to attack a
church of innocent worshippers, killing many in the process. What was his
intention? To create chaos and unrest simply because he lost, not a Senatorial,
Gubernatorial or Presidential election...but a Local Government election. God
have mercy! There is judgment waiting for the wicked.
Our government should put in
place a corruption-free electoral process, and our politicians should accept
defeat with humility. These would be the foundations for the great nation we
seek and pray for.
Meanwhile, as I watched Romney
concede defeat in front of crying Republican supporters, and listened to his
declaration of his support for America and Obama, I could only wish my beloved
country, Nigeria, can tread this same path of politics and honour into a future
of greatness.
Dr. Bukola Williams
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