So we are all still living in Nigeria with bated breaths as
we await the dreaded February 14th 2015, the Election Day. So many threats
have been thrown around and there have been bloodshed in people’s homes. All these
have caused so much tension in a nation that should be enjoying peace and
stability.
The greedy quest for power by our government has turned Nigerian
citizens into pawns in a dangerous game. Nigerians are now used as collateral
in the fight by individuals to rule a nation not for the purpose of bringing
good tidings but to further diminish its national resources and make Nigeria a
failed nation.
I am particularly scared for myself and my family. You cannot
discard all the rumours about the impending doom of the Election Day. There
have been several demonic promises if certain individuals do not come into
power of the State. I fear for my husband who has to go work, I fear for my
parents who do not exactly live in a state security house, I fear for my child
who has to go to school, I fear for my siblings who live around Lagos and I
fear for Nigeria not to break into smithereens. I have always said it that
maybe if we had natural disasters like those Asian countries, maybe our
political circumstances will be more edifying. We have been so blessed with no
such disasters but we have been cursed with government catastrophe.
I heard that a large percentage of the Igbo people who went
home for Christmas celebrations in 2014 have not returned to Lagos because of
the crisis that may follow the Valentine’s day election. That thing that would
keep an Igbo man from his daily business activities is a very scary thing which
is why I am so scared about what these Igbo people may know or be expecting to
happen.
A terrorist recently committed suicide by bombing taking with
him 6 people and he did this in someone’s home. A home is where we all believe
is a safe place. I work in a public place, so imagine my frantic mood everyday
as I resume for work. It does not help that my personal office is like a
penthouse in the building but man must chop now. I have often questioned our management
if they have thought of scrutinizing women dressed in that muslim garb called
Ijab or something. What if a fanatic woman with a suicide bomb walks into our
office claiming she needs our services but has come with a devious intent? There
was an old woman who kept bomb inside a food cooler, wasn’t there? Management
is so calm. What is she talking about? Are we going to shut down our business
because of some bombings that have not reached Lagos?
You see, I believe the people who are calm despite all the
body count in the news everyday are those who are so sure Boko Haram will never
find their way into Lagos. We should not be so relaxed. I have heard that all
those tanker explosions in Apapa were not as reported. It is so easy for us to
read the news about 2,000 dead people, 279 missing girls or so, hundreds of
charred bodies in Jabi Park and as long as we call our families who confirm
they and their properties are intact, we just sigh and move on.
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Now Valentine’s is here, a day I have been looking forward to
since last year not for political reasons but to take time off work, show some
love and of course get or share lovely gifts.
So typical of the government to turn a day of love into a day
where everyone has to go and hide in their bunkers cowering like cornered
rodents. This is the first Valentine ’s Day I am not looking forward to. Even those
times I was single without a prospective date, I still hoped that someone will
always turn up. Last year Val’s was so delish, there was cake, wine, ice cream,
chocolates, dinner dates, dinner gowns and of course luxury hotels. I come dey
think now say, is that my last Val?
I wish I could leave the country with my family but I appear
to them as always scared for nothing. Then again, I think to myself, how safe
is the country I want us to run to? Why are we running like fugitives from our
home country? Should our country not be a haven for us all? We are all first
citizens here, there is no enjoyment living in a foreign state where you are
always second, a minority or considered an inferior race.
So I have decided to stay in Nigeria but I have also become a
prayer warrior. I pray everyday so that I always remember that with God
Almighty, we shall all end well. May we see this “Val-election day” and many
more days in Jesus name. Amen.
Forever Mo.
