This is the terrain on which the 2015 elections will be held. The difference from previous elections is that in 2015, there will be no secrets. Jonathan, who received the dubious benefit of the doubt in 2011, has disrobed for the world to see. The election is being billed as APC versus PDP. That is mischievous because the corollary—which is advanced by those carefully hiding their PDP sympathies—is that the parties are “the same.” This is nonsense. Every Nigerian has the right to form a party, and to invite into it only those angels who fit a particular description. Unless you have done that—or you have a coup or a revolution in the works, or you are running for president—the only honest position is to pronounce publicly you want the PDP and its instruments of savagery contained. You may not even have a vote. The least you can do is pronounce that those who inflicted the wounds of the past 15 years cannot be expected to be the doctors of the next four. On this point, there is no fence to sit on, and no place to hide: The PDP, and Mr. Jonathan, have run Nigeria aground. Next month, they must be held to account at the polls, and thereafter. - Sonala Olumhense
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:32:56 +0000
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