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Cleansing South-West Of PDP Curse

Jul 28th, 2010 | By admin | Category: EDITORIAL, Front Page Story

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To state the obvious, it is the worst of time for the South Western part of Nigeria. The geo-political block that once led the way has become a pitiable reflection of its once glorious past. With the merciful exception of Lagos State which has a vigorous can-do government, the entire region has become the laggard amongst other regions.

Astonishingly, the Western region was where places like pre-independence Malaysia sent its civil servants to understudy a valiant civil service and drink from their fountain of experience. How, we must lament have the mighty fallen? Difficult times such as the one we are in makes one to recall the observations of a rising young journalist analysing not so dissimilar events over a century and a half ago. Observing the tumultuous events which led to the coup d’etat in France, the young Karl Marx noted that – “Men make their own history; but they do not do so of their own free will. They do so under situations which they would not have wanted or crawed for; and they have only a limited amount of time upon which to impart their own agencies; the traditions, the mores of the dead generations weighs like a nightmare upon the souls of living.”

We are in full agreement with this observation. For “the traditions and mores of the dead generations weighs like a nightmare upon the souls of the living.” The PDP has become a nightmare for the Yoruba speaking nationality. What we have throughout Yorubaland is a reign of terror. The stultification of development in Yorubaland is not being wrought by external forces, sadly and ominously the enemy is within. As the great juju band exponent Ebenezer Obey was wont to observe, Eyinkule lota wa, inu ile lase ni ngbe.

After seven years of terror, of indolent government, the survival of the Yoruba now lies in their own hands. For this reason, next year’s elections will be pivotal. The elections will determine whether or not the Yorubas will continue to suffocate under the dead weight of the PDP or seek liberation and redemption. For it is clear that the mission of the PDP in Yorubaland consists of a total attack on the progressive evolution of Yorubaland towards greater heights.

The task ahead is formidable. However the mission of liberation is possible and is a goal that must be achieved. The PDP of course will not give up without a fight. They see their imposition on Yorubaland as a conquest which must be defended at all costs. This is why those who want to get rid of them must see themselves as a liberation movement.

Organization for the next election must start today. Throughout the wards to the street level, there must be unprecedented mass mobilization and political education right down to the street level. New imaginative forms of agitation and propaganda must be brought into play. Dislodging the apostles of do or die will not be a tea party.

However, for the sake of generations yet unborn they must be dislodged and vanquished. Times like the one we are in, makes one to recall the admonition of Henry IV to the commanders of the English troops on the eve of the decisive battle of Agincourt against the French. Elucidating on the difficult task ahead, Henry IV said – “He, who has no stomach for this fight, let him depart.”

We cannot depart from the struggle to have a rebirth of generations yet unborn. At stake is the culture, the traditions, the mores of the Yorubas. The progressive in Yorubaland have an historic duty to roll back the tide of retrogression. The economic consequences of the PDP interregnum has been so horrific it must be halted. At this critical juncture in history, we cannot and must not fail.

The Yorubas at more than any other time in their history face a brutal and unrelenting foe. We must all rise up to the occasion. When we do, victory is certain as it always is for the just.

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  1. com kupoluyi olalekan david July 28th, 2010 11:31 am :

    what ever PDP likes let them do for now all what i know is that there is time for everything under the sun.there time is over even if they likes let them sleep in the shrines,God is ready to take over for his people bcos the punishment of PDP gov is too much,let everybody wait for their downfall that how is going to be in Jesus name (Amen).

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