Rivers State in the run up to today’s poll 19th of March, 2016 has been mired in violence, with mindless killings of opposition APC members rampantly reported. The speeches from Governor Wike and other Political Gladiators had only stoked tension, with calls for the killing of people who attempted to rig the polls.
Between Thursday and Friday, 17th and 18th of March, two Military personnel were killed in the high seas of Akuku,-Toru and Omoku headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area.
The Federal Government wants to ensure that the election is conducted without rancour and violence that characterised the March/April 2015 elections. Over 6,000 policemen, including 14 Mopol formations are in the state. Soldiers are on standby. Three police commissioners are manning three senatorial districts.
For the main political gladiators, they await the decision of the voters at polling booths.
It is after today’s rerun election that Governor Wike or Amaechi, will know who has the political bragging rights in Rivers state power game. Both of them had charged the political atmosphere of the state to its elastic limits with their speeches.
Rivers needs more than deployment of security. The state needs prayers to avoid more blood letting. The stakeholders need to sit down and examine themselves, which one is preferable, destroying the entire state because of someone ambition or protect the interest of the entire state and preserve posterity? Who wins?In less than 48 hours, a clearer picture will emerge.
The main question and puzzle in my heart all through the week was that, must we go through this route all the time, must we keep repeating the errors and blunders of the past? Can't we play politics without bitterness, violence, killing, rigging election and wastages of life and properties?
About 241 years ago, Africans are called Barbarians and unfortunately, Nigerians, the elites, the political class and the electorates are still behaving and acting like a barbarian. Too sad and unfortunate.
What Rivers people don't know and understand is that, the political class will always have their ways each time eventuality and uncertainty happen but the people will end up being a victim. When Rivers people are killing another Rivers' man and woman because of politics, our humanity has a question mark.
We must reinvent our humanity, ourselves, systems, structures, electoral laws, voting systems, our ways of life and human interaction, Government must be proactive all the time. except we do that on time at the government level and at the citizens level, we are heading no where and our journey to eldorado will be far and unattainable.
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