The
last time I painstakingly checked, Imo – and Nigeria in general – was on the
verge of yet another electioneering era that is meant to usher in another
interregnum in our political system. The last time Imolites and of course
Nigerians witnessed such a moment was in 2014.
We aren’t unaware that a period of this kind
is usually characterized with a lot of intrigues and intricacies, hence this
very one wouldn’t be exceptional.
Soonest various political parties domiciled in
the state would, according to the timetable of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), be involving in their respective primary elections
towards nominating the candidates that would be posing as their flag-bearers
for the forthcoming governorship polls in the state.
This implies that, at the moment, several
aspirants are littered all over the state in the name of looking forward to
occupying the number one seat in the Eastern Heartland after the awaited
expiration of the ongoing Rescue Mission Administration.
Presently, each of these aspirants is deeply
involved in consultation tours across the length and breadth of all the
existing twenty-seven (27) Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. In the
visit, he would be opportune to meet with the leadership of the political party
in which he belongs.
In
every tour any of them embarked upon, as the custom demands, he is expected to
therein formally disclose to the hosting clan or LGA his intention to vie for
the state’s guber seat come 2019. He would equally be required to tender his
mission statement. In other words, he would be expected to tell the people what
he intends to achieve if eventually elected as the governor of the revered ancient
state.
A tradition of this type didn’t commence now
or this year. It’s needless to state that it has been one of the features of
any pre-electioneering era. It’s noteworthy that, in most cases, the hosting
community is usually induced with a huge sum of money with the aim of seeking
their collective support.
However, it’s also worthy of note that, at
such a time like this, most of these aspirants are mere pretenders while just a
few are contenders. What I’m saying in essence is that most of these men who
have disclosed interest to emerge as Imo governor come 2019 are only pretenders
whilst only few of them are truly seeking for the number one position.
It’s
imperative for us to comprehend that those I referred to as pretenders are only
interested in distracting the electorate. It suffices to assert that they do
not have any iota of mission as regards the impending guber race. Their only
concern is to distract the mindsets of the unsuspecting Imolites with a view to
causing havoc at the polls.
This set of aspirants is very dangerous, to
assert the least. Some of them are looking for an avenue where they would make
money through the so-called aspiration. What they do is; in the long run, they
would decide to merge with, or throw their support behind, other aspirants,
hence would expect the benefiting aspirant to lobby, or present gratification
to, them.
Similarly,
some of them are only interested in making themselves popular. They are of the
view that by printing posters and posing on various banners and billboards,
Imolites would get to know that someone like them truly exists. Hence, in
future, they would irritably be criticizing the government in power by
presenting themselves as one-time gubernatorial aspirant or contestant.
The point is that, this set of aspirants is
visionless and lack Imo blood in their system. This is so because, anyone who
really possesses the Imo blood or who such blood flows in his veins will never
attempt to deceive the good people of the state let alone looking forward to
defrauding them.
Imolites,
therefore, are required to beware of this ugly happening. They must acknowledge
that not all that glitters is actually gold. They must understand that among
these numerous aspirants, most of them could simply be described as vampires,
because their only mission is to suck the blood of innocent people of the
state.
On the
other hand, they must equally take into cognizance that we still have
contenders in the midst of these aspirants. They need to comprehend that there
are those who truly want to emerge the governor of the state and actually
possess genuine mission and vision.
The fancy fact is that the contenders among
the countless aspirants are just a few of them. Why it is amazing is that, if
the electorate are wise and cautious enough, they can easily detect the
pretenders amidst the aspirants. It’s very easy to separate the pretenders from
the contenders because by their steps and speeches, we shall know them.
Against this backdrop, I challenge my
fellow Imolites to become wiser than the serpent. They need to become much more
awake to enable them separate the chaffs from the grains. They cannot be able
to do so if they refused to become wiser than the serpent.
The pretenders need to be fished out as
soon as possible with a view to enabling the electorate concentrate on only the
contenders towards averting any form of distraction at the polls. And, the time
to do so is now.
We cannot continue to claim that Imo is
made up of discerning individuals and groups, yet these deceits would have the
opportunity to play on their intelligence. Think about it!
Comrade
FDN Nwaozor
National Coordinator, Right Thinkers Movement
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