The Failing Nigerian State and Our Wicked Oppressors

The rapid rise of the Nigerian Presidential candidate Peter Obi especially in the South shows that Nigerians are tired of bad governance that both the ruling party APC and PDP are dispensing.

Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar have no popular support especially among the Youths because we all know their antecedents as extremely corrupt politicians who looted billions upon billions from the public treasury. This two politicians should only compete for who is the most corrupt since the return to civil rule in 1999 and not who will rule the country.

Leadership is a trust from God and people will be asked one day how they utilized this trust. For the extremely wicked and corrupt Nigerian ruling elites, leadership is about having access to the public treasury and looting the wealth of the nation or states.

It is a conservative estimation to declare that more than 95% of Nigerian politicians are extremely corrupt. Yes, not corrupt but extremely corrupt. Their goal is always to enrich themselves, families and cronies. This is the main reason why Nigeria that is rich in mineral resources is backward in all indices of progress and development.

Today as I write ✍️ we don't have a single world class hospital in the whole country despite our wealth. We don't have good roads. Our schools are dilapidated. As for electricity, Nigeria with a population of more than 200 million people generates a meager 4,000 megawatt that is not enough for the big cities of the world.

In Nigeria we provide our own electricity with generators. Nigeria is the biggest importer of generators in the world. There are companies in China that exist only to manufacture generators that are exported to Nigeria. We provide our own water with boreholes. Almost all the Water Boards are extinct.

No single Refinery is working today in Nigeria. We import all our petroleum products. Nigeria is the only oil producing nation in the world without a functional Refinery. Over the years billions of dollars were budget for maintenance work on the Refineries, all funds looted.

Despite the astronomical corruption in the country, Nigerian prisons are not full of corrupt government officials. Very unfortunate! The Accountant General of the Federation was recently arrested for looting more than 100 billion Naira. He was detained for few days and release. We all know that his case will die a slow death because this is the standard Modus Operandi. The extremely corrupt Buhari regime recently released two jailed corrupt Governors that looted their states blind.

The extreme destruction and dislocation of the Nigerian entity makes it ripe for a popular Revolution but unfortunately our wicked Oppressors successfully divided the Nigerian Oppressed using our fault lines of tribe, region and religion. While the Nigerian Oppressed are busy hating, abusing and killing themselves, the Oppressors are united smiling to the Bank.

It is an understatement to say that Nigeria is the most looted country in the whole world. The Buhari Minister of Agriculture recently looted more than 18 billion Naira to 'clear grass'. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Buhari's Minister of Humanitarian Affairs fed school children at home with billions of Naira. Tukur Buratai, former Nigerian army chief, looted billions and bought choice properties in Dubai, London and Paris.

On a final note, the Oppressed and suffering Nigerian masses should unite to liberate their country from the extremely wicked and corrupt Nigerian ruling elites. This our wicked Oppressors are already positioning their children to takeover from them and the vicious cycle continue.

Harun Elbinawi
elbinawi@yahoo.com

Jennifer663:
Yet they are still voting Atiku and Tinubu

and you think Obi is not part of the gang? Ok