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Olanrewaju AjiboyeThursday, September 18, 2014
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DEMOCRACY: WHEN VOTERS ARE MUGUNS

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imple and universally acclaimed as Abraham Lincoln's definition of Democracy as revolving around people during his decision to release slaves in the interest of justice, Democracy in Nigeria leads the people to servitude and bondage.

It is when a Democracy is powered by the people that the people become the power and even that is to a great extent in any Democracy because there is no blameless Democracy in the world.

A robust Democracy safeguards the rule of law that makes bad conduct by any individual or corporate punishable irrespective of status, influence and power. A rogue Democracy subverts the rule of law where the high and mighty ride a roughshod over the vulnerable ones. In America for instance, a governor risks jail term for compromise in the exalted office, while in Nigeria an individual under corruption trial has state protection and can win an election with ease.

Moral restrictions is enough to douse the political aspiration of a prospective politician in a mature Democracy but malfeasance and anti social conduct are the necessary filip that buoy elective aspirations in a caricature Democracy as is practiced in Nigeria. Personalities with moral deficiency baggage upload such deficiency to capture political power for himself, his cronies, his spouses, his mistresses, his bed mates and his goons.

The actual "Muguns" who share crumbs from the corruption risen tables of "Guy Men" in politics ridicule vicarious and susceptible voters as "Muguns" in political environment where anti-Christ and enemies of Islam take advantage of the naivety of Believers of both faith to extort their political rights and power as voting power is supposed to be. A rogue politician will wear a catholic robe, a loafer will raise both hands up in a church in halleluyah praise or even do the unimaginable before a lesser Being in order to win votes.These "vikings" are not far away from "Tajud" vigils when election is approaching from where they elope to their guest house with their mistress after they have made a statement among the naive members of their congregation whom they want to hoodwink just to court for votes.

A rupture Democracy allows for state protection for goons used for election advantages. Once the elections are over, the rewards for the goons are their license to oppress as council officials, as ad hoc security guards , traffic regulators and revenue collectors where they must exploit, extort and bully the "Mugun" voters who queued in the tortuous process of getting their principals elected. These roughnecks must build houses; must "turn the backs" of their dead parents in an elaborate "Owambe" parties; must "wash" their purchased but unmeritable chieftaincy titles; and must acquire more spouses while the reign of their principal lasts. And the cows that must produce the milk are those naive voters who thought they were doing a civic duty but unbeknown to them that they are often seen as "Muguns" who must fall for the deception of the demagogues.

A Democracy for Guy men powered by the "Muguns" confer oil well opportunities on these Guy men called political leaders and their cronies at the expense of the naive "Mugun" voters. Illicit proceeds from such oil wells buy for them SUVs that must be driven at top speed, with siren blaring pilot vehicles occupied by horse whip bearing security agents who must ward off Mugun voters to ditches and gullies for their misfortune of simultaneously being on the road when the "Kings of the roads" are using it.

Too much money from allocations, deductions, extortions and other forms of free money by the "Guy men" vote seekers give them the privilege of buying through proxies the land that serves as a market where the Mugun voters earn their legitimate but subservient daily bread.

Democracy by the "Guy men" empowered by the Muguns hardly makes it impossible to wrestle power from them at subsequent intervals tagged "Elections" as real Democracy allows. The intervals or period of mandate renewal is supposed to be a landmark period where elected traitors are punished by being voted out, but in a mockery Democracy, the electorate are weakened and the election seekers are more powerful that umpires and agencies that are supposed to be unbiased exhibit biases with impunity. Under that circumstance, the Muguns of few years back are forcefully compelled, intimidated and scared to submission.

I have wised up. If I happen to be in a state that produces a virgin in a maternity ward by way of a trustworthy candidate I shall vote and if at the federal level, I can detect a candidate whose passion is to give a good deal to the masses, I shall vote. However, count me out as I have ceased to be a Mugun to the Guy men, I will rather roast chicken, buy wine, turn off the television and play good songs in my house till the election rituals are over but will be very careful in stepping out of my house to see that there is no violence initiated by competing rogues where a faction has outsmarted the other.

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