By
Political Animal
When you see some of the security details and escorts of governors and some government officials, you would think they are going for war.May be they are under instructions.
May be they are going for war against fellow citizens for whom they have refused to provide the needed basic amenities.
Of course they are always expecting war from Nigerians whose wealth they keep stealing for themselves . Unfortunately we have not given them war yet.
They know that without the sirens and the security agents surrounding them ,if Nigerians catch any politician one-on-on ,they will give them the beating of their life, especially those that have learnt wrestling and boxing.
When they are done with them ,they will loot everything on them or in their pocket phones,house keys,car keys, ATM cards including their dresses and possibly,
leaving them with their inner wears.
Politicians are taking Nigerians for granted.
They may feel for women but for the men,
I am sure they will only leave them with boxers to go back home with.
This reminds me of a story that a former commissioner of sports in one of the states in the south-south told me as a friend some years ago.
He had a simple altercation with a young man in the village after leaving office .The argument became so sharp that he never knew that the young man could go that length.
He told my friend according to him;
“By the time I rumple and cover your face with that agbada you are wearing,
and soak you together with it,
in this red muddy water,you will know how serious I am with you because I now have the opportunity.Do you think that I have forgotten when you used to harrass us with your security operatives and siren while you were in government?”.
My friend told me that when he saw the young man’s determination and red eyes,
he quietly apologized and disappeared,
before the young man changes his mind.
What a lesson!!
The behavior of our political class during traffic or in some occasions explain the height of the feeling of insecurity , stemming from failed electoral proceses and lack of democratic dividends.
They have become enemies of the commoners.The best way they live secured,
through office tenure is to spend on personal security and depend on the security guards to fight imaginary foes.They forget that one day they will be out of power.
Because they know that the citizens ain’t happy with their governing style and lifestyle in government ,so they protect themselves because they know that their ways are evil.
They are protecting themselves from the monsters they are creating,but for how long?.
The way their security guards position their guns in the midst of harmless citizens, you think that they are very close to their opponents.Or that the citizens are terrorrists.
How can leaders be more afraid than those they are leading who don’t have bodyguards?You get the shock of your life at the number of vehicles and security personnels in their convoy.
Always in a rush to nowhere.Well, the wicked runneth when no man pursueth according to the holy writ.
Author
Blogger
Publicaffairs Analyst
Activist.
The Political Animal 