DEARTH OF COMRADESHIP, DEATH OF BROTHERHOOD AND DEAFENING DECIBELS OF MOUTHY REVOLUTIONARIES I – BY CHRIS MUSTAPHA NWAOKOBIA JNR

"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Every so often I receive the deluge of compliments which has become my daily lot since I discovered my call some 29 years ago, precisely at 18 when with a few friends we birthed the group called VOICE OF THE PEOPLE in Sapele, a town once renowned for housing the biggest Timber & Plywood facility in Africa, one case of 'a paradise lost', blame the horrible leadership we grow in this clime. Yes, back to the compliments, too many nice words, lacking in support and action, lacking in commitment and comradeship, lacking in sincerity and sacrifice, and lacking in brotherhood, in backing and barking.

As humans, we of the progressive left have made huge mistakes, letting those who did not fight the Military to take over in 1999 was the most grievous, equally grievous was settling for Buhari in 2015 as the alternative to Goodluck Jonathan, when names like Prof Remi Sonaiya of Kowa Party, Engr. Martin Onovo of the NCP, Dr. Nani Ibrahim Ahmad of the ADC et al were candidates. Indeed we owe the nation an apology, as we all suffer under the present watch. Who says that if we had pulled our resources, reach, leverage and experience around one of our own, we will be where we are today?

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As 2019 approaches the same lies and hubris that fueled the fears that brought us this low, resonates. We are shopping for moneybags rather than putting our money where our mouth is, have you wondered what mileage our little support can give to an ORDINARY PEOPLES candidate? THINK and let us walk the talk.

·  Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr, Barrister-at-Law, is the Convener, Countryfirst Movement

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