ACCOMPLISH MAGAZINE AUGUST 2023

APPEAL TO VOTERS
By Diiyi William-West
Not a few Nigerians
have lost hope in
their patriotic preelection
pursuit to
take back Nigeria
from the admixture
of cabals and deceptive fiends
in power! Many Nigerians think
that the horde of the crooked
in the corridors of power, the
self-serving equivocators in
the kitchens of power and
the band of hypocrites in the
tributaries of power have
totally overran the movement
that sought to entrench real,
progressive and pan-Nigeria
development; equitable
development that shall be
driven by true appreciation
of the numerous human and
natural resources the country
is bless with and equitable
harnessing and exploitation of
same for equitable benefiting
of the peoples of the country.
Let’s say it as it is. The fears
of those who have embraced
doubts and despair in the
fulfillment of the loud hopes
of the many who lined up at
polling stations across the
country on February 18, 2023
can’t be laughed at or taken
for granted. It looks quite like
their fears are true and their
preferred candidate’s case in
the chambers of the Law are
dead on arrival.
Making the effort to
appreciate why those patriots
bear flagging faith is the
reason we should continue to
point out why the seeming lull
of apparent activism should
not be taken for the defeat of
our patriotic cause. Those of us
who understand the unfolding
realities at the Presidential
Election Petitions Tribunal’s
proceedings should continue to
point out how incontrovertible
facts and truth can’t cower
to steeped falsehoods,
desperately reactive
shenanigans and panic-driven
propaganda. Rather than get
vexed with the recent doubters
among us or even mocking
them, we should caringly help
them to rise in faith again by
pointing out how unfolding
facts can’t be buried with legal
technicalities if the judges are
conscientious.
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