I never knew I was going to write on this today. I was actually
writing on “revolution and Nigeria” when I came about the videos of
the free for all fight that transpired in the Rivers State house of
Assembly.
It is pitiable, the situation we find ourselves in this country. When the
so called leaders who advice the youths to shun violence, adding the
catchy phrase that “cultism doesn’t pay” are avid members and
sponsors of secret cult groups around our campuses and environment.
These leaders who have sworn to protect us are the ones causing the
mayhem and killing us.
It is rather unfortunate that the hallowed chambers of a state House
of Assembly will be turned into a ring likened to the WWE cage fight,
but this time around, unlike the WHO WANTS TO BE A
MILLIONAIRE show, there’s the option of “call your cult members”
and the assembly men made sure they used it. I watched with utter
dismay as a Hon. Member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, in
the person of Hon. Evans Bipi, brought thugs to the House and kept
chanting cult slangs notably “Aro Mate!” with them. It was even more
saddening that the Deputy Governor of the state was there and could
not do anything. I saw security operatives being challenged by the
cultists in a brazen show of power, there has never been a more
disturbing sight.
I would love to use the phrase “we are doomed!” but for my
optimistic nature. We live in a country where our “leaders” come out
to talk against corruption, but when they leave their office, they
leave with their state treasury in their pockets. We live in a country
where everybody is a hypocrite. We live in a country where we see
the evils being perpetrated by people in power, but we keep quiet
for fear of being persecuted or killed. We live in a country where
anything goes. Some years back, there was a fight in the National
Assembly in full glare of the world, what a shame. It is high time we
stood up and speak against what is wrong. We should stand up and
make our voices heard, not because we want to get popular like most
twitter activists, or that we want to get our political career back on
track like irrelevant politicians now do. We should refuse to be taken
for ride by these politicians, they should all go!
We are on the brink, and silence or the “sidon look” attitude should be
discouraged. Our future is being ruled and decided by cultists. Our
Nigeria is being violated by criminal elements wearing Agbada,
Jarabiya, etibor and red caps sitting in air conditioned offices. I
watched with dismay as Hon. Chidi Lloyd, the leader of the Rivers
State House of Assembly broke a mace — the symbol of authority
on another assembly man’s head and the man was covered with blood.
We need a complete overhaul of our politicians in Nigeria, from the
PDP to the APC, from Sokoto to Rivers. We need politicians with
character and not the touts sitting in air conditioned offices. We need
politicians with heart not politicians who pledge allegiance to various
secret cult groups. The time has come to speak up. There has never
been a grander stage and there might never be a greater time for us
to do that. We need people to steer our Nigeria from this ditch
ahead, and neither the PDP nor recently formed APC can boast of
the license to do just that.
They say “evil doesn’t pay” well it pays 29 million naira per month in
the senate, puts the whole state treasury in your pocket if you’re a
governor. It is obvious that evil is now a job, and our politicians are
the highest earners. Like Emma Goldman said, and I quote “People
have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to
want and the courage to take.” Or like Fidel Castro said “A
revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a
struggle between the future and the past.”
Are we ready to stand up for our future? I am.

Correct my brother and the Governor of a state went to the state assemble and supervised the beating of people with police and SS men.

Joyfullyme: Correct my brother and the Governor of a state went to the state assemble and supervised the beating of people with police and SS men.

my brother that part is so bad for a governor no matter what, the best thing he would have done is getting media immediately as a governor of a state. I hate other act of the members but his act didn't show as a leader at alll