THE SHAME OF A NATION
I just watched a very sad and disturbing
video of our soldiers on the war front begging their President and
Commander in Chief to provide them with food and water. They did this
through footage which was shot on their cell phone cameras and released
as a short video on social media.
They were desperate, angry and very loud and some of them were shedding tears about their deep frustration and sorry plight.
We
saw the lifeless bodies of at least two of them who had apparantly
died, not of bullet wounds, but of exhaustion, starvation and lack of
water.
We saw and heard others as they were slowly dying and we
heard their heavy panting and deep groans. We also heard and saw the
anger, aggression, loud lamentations and startling complaints from the
troops, one of whom had the courage to film the whole thing.
He
and at least three of his colleagues appealed to those of us that were
watching the video on social media to let the President know what they
are going through. It was very moving and even the most hardened heart
would have melted whilst watching that video.
This was a
heart-breaking and pathetic scene. These young soldiers had just won a
major battle on the war front and they had just recovered numerous towns
and villages from Boko Haram yet they were not even given water to
quench their thirst or food to fill their stomachs after what was
obviously a hard fight. How could things have got so bad?
This
is the sort of thing that leads to mutiny and rebellion in the military
and once that starts no-one is safe and no-one can stop it.
I
urge the Chief of Army Staff and indeed our President to do something
about this problem quickly and ease the suffering and pain of our
servicemen and women at the warfront and indeed when they come home.
In
a country with a civilised government members of the Armed Forces that
are prepared to sacrifice their lives just to keep our borders secure
and the rest of us safe are cherished and honored. Their salaries are
paid promptly and regularly and they are not starved of water and food
whilst on the warfront and whilst fighting a battle. The sorry plight of
our gallant warriors in todays Nigeria is indeed the shame of the
nation.
Instead of meeting the needs of our soldiers we are told
that the military authorities are sending them to Argentina to learn
about cattle-rearing and that they are preparing to set up cattle
ranches in every state of the Federation.
One wonders why? What
purpose does this serve? Is there a hidden agenda? Is it an attempt to
smuggle in the rejected Grazing Reserve Bill through the back door? What
on earth has cattle-rearing and setting up cattle ranches for itinerant
and vagrant herdsmen got to do with soldiering? I guess one does not
have to dig too deep to find the answers.
These are indeed
interesting times and those that seek to utterly demoralise, destroy,
demystify and demean the essence, ethos, confidence and very fabric of
our Armed Forces and our military men have gone far.
Instead of
equipping them to fight on the war front and providing them with the
necessary provisions on the battle field they are turning them into
cattle-rearers, herdsmen and farmers.
What a tragedy!
Yet for
our country the picture is even more bleak than that. It is not just
the military that are going through hell but the people, both high and
low, as well.
That is what drove Mr. Edwin Dico Okugbo to write
the following words out of what can only be described as frustration and
anger. He wrote,
"Buhari is not fighting against corruption. He
is stealing the nation blind. 2015 and 2016 budgets have already been
embezzled and they are already moving to 2017. Everyone around him has
been exposed already as crooks. Which corruption is he fighting? He is
only fighting his enemies to consoldate political power. He is the worst
thing that has ever happened to Nigeria. A big scam!"
Harsh words indeed yet there can be little doubt that Mr. Okugbo reflects the thinking of many.
The
bitter truth is that there is unprecedented hardship and suffering in
the land. There is also injustice, wickedness, persecution, abuse of
power, mass murder, corruption, impunity, religious and ethnic
marginalisation, sectarian butchery and conflict, state-sponsored
genocide, extra-judicial killings and massive and debilitating poverty.
Few are feeling the joy and love of Christmas this season. Yet sadly
this is precisely what the Nigerian people wanted.
At the risk
of our liberty, lives and reputation some of us warned them about the
dangers of voting for the great evil of Buhari and his APC.
There is nothing that is happening today that I did not accurately predict would happen if Buhari was given power.
People
laughed me to scorn, insulted me, threatened me, made mockery of me and
said that I was wrong but I have been proved right.
You see the
problem is that most Nigerians do not know the history of their nation
and neither can they possibly comprehend the obsessive, narcissistic and
sociopathic nature and disposition of most of their leaders.
Most
of our people are incapable of any form of logical reasoning or
analytical deduction that is truly detached from or devoid of emotion
and irrational thinking.
Worse of all they do not understand the prophetic or what is known as "revelation knowledge".
Knowledge means nothing to them and, simply put, they worship and rever money and power and nothing else.
Most
Nigerians will do anything, including selling their own heritage, glory
and divinely ordained destiny, to have or achieve that money and power
or to appease those that possess and wield it.
Consequently if a
rich man, a powerful politician or a key government official defecates
in his pants at a party or a public function the average Nigerian will
continue to celebrate him there and then and tell him and the entire
world that he smells like roses or like the finest and most expensive
perfume in the world. That is how depraved some of us are.
.
We have a terrible aversion to truth and we are very comfortable with living with suffering, wickedness and injustice.
In
fact the greater the injustice, violence, persecution and wickedness
that the state metes out to others the more comfortable and the happier
we are.
We actually enjoy it and secretly rejoice when those
around us and our compatriots suffer pain, death, humiliation, shame,
hardship, destruction, injustice and persecution. It is a strange and
self-destructive disposition and a devious form of sado-masochism.
For
example just to spite President Goodluck Jonathan and his Niger Delta
people and get him out of power the Nigerian people brought Buhari upon
themselves. Can there be a greater example of an entire people cutting
their nose to spite their face?
This was made all the worse by
the fact that Jonathan enjoyed massive support in the south east which
has come to be the whipping boy of the Nigerian state. The thinking was
that if the Igbo wanted Jonathan then he had to be stopped at all costs.
Consequently a radical, angry, vengeful, bitter and divisive
Buhari who was viewed and often described by his supporters as the
nations "mahdi" and "messiah" became their choice.
They chose
him over the gentle, soft-spoken, forgiving, accomodating and humble
Jonathan who was maliciously depicted as a clueless, corrupt and
incompetent villain.
This was a grave error. I say that because
the former was malignant and the latter was benign. The former was
malevolent and the latter was benevolent.
It was rather
like the time that the Jews chose our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ over
the armed robber and murderer Barabas for crucifixion.
It was like choosing night over day. It was like choosing s demon over an angel. It was like choosing evil over good.
For
the mess we are in today and the disaster and impending doom that our
nation is facing I blame those in the core north who introduced religion
into our politics and who wanted power back at all costs, those in the
Middle Belt who supported them in that quest for reasons best known to
themselves and those in the south west that have come to be known as the
"Jagaban Yorubas" that supported the diabolical and occultic concept of
"chanji".
I also blame a small but notable and identifiable
section of the media who sold their heritage for a mess of pottage and
who have opted to remain silent and, in some cases even openly encourage
and support, the evil that has been visited upon us as our nation goes
to the dogs.
All these groups and individuals have betrayed the
Nigerian people. They have destroyed their destinies, enslaved their
children, impoverished their lives, shamed their loved ones, dishonored
their forefathers, divided their nation, shattered their dreams and set
our country back by at least 50 years.
The truth is that by the time this is all over we may not even have a country left.
Those
that voted for this mess and put us in it should enjoy their "change"
and live with the consequences of their stupid choice.
Do you
know the number of families that cannot even afford to buy turkeys this
Christmas? Do you know the number of people that will not get presents
or be given Christmas gifts by their parents, siblings, spouses and
loved ones this season?
Do you know the number of children that
will silently shed tears this Christmas and that will secretly wish that
they had never been born Nigerians? It has never been this bad in our
entire history and it really is so sad.
Those that put us in this
terrible mess deserve no mercy and no pity. They certainly do not
deserve a second mandate in 2019. As for the Nigerian people they have
finally got the leadership that they deserve.
Our nation needs repentance and prayer. May God forgive and deliver us from His tool of judgement.
Permit me to conclude this contribution with the following observations.
I
was right when I wrote both in 2008 and 2012 that Barack Obama would
divide America and the entire world and that by the time he finished his
tenure the American people would reject his legacy.
I was
right when I wrote about what the outcome of the war in Syria would be
and how the Americans were making a big mistake by supporting the
terrorists, jihadists and islamic fundamentalists and trying to remove
Bashar Al Assad.
I was right when I wrote that the Americans and
the Europeans were making a huge mistake by removing and killing
Muammar Ghadaffi of Libya.
I was right when I wrote that Europe
was making a mistake by allowing in the Syrian refugees who I described
at the time as a Trojan horse.
I was right when I wrote about
the damage that Buhari would do to our land if he was given a mandate to
lead the Nigerian people.
I was right when I wrote about the
damage that Ali Modu Sheriff would do the opposition Peoples Democratic
Party if he was given the position of National Chairman.
I was
right when I wrote that Donald J. Trump would win the presidential
primaries of the American Republican Party to become their presidential
candidate and when I wrote that he would go on to win the presidential
election against Hilary Clinton.
I was also right when I wrote that Nana Akufo-Addo would win the presidential election in Ghana.
All
these things came to me by revelation knowledge and by the power of the
Holy Spirit and not by logical deduction or any power of my own.
Now
let me share another prophetic word with you today by saying the
following. For President Muhmmadu Buhari, like the biblical King
Belshassar of Babylon, the writing is on the wall. And Like Belshassar
he has been weighed and found wanting.
Soon he will be gone and
the Lord will raise a new leader: a biblical Cyrus with the heart of
David, who will heal, unite and prosper our land.
This new
leader will be a blessing to our people. He will remove our shame,
restore our peace, return our joy, rebuild our walls, encourage and
strengthen our Church and men and women of God, re-establish our sacred
alters, resurrect and re-invoke our covenant with the Living God, defend
our borders, jealously guard our people and bring glory and honor to
our nation.
Thus sayest the Lord and so it shall be. The vision
is for an appointed time. Though it tarry, it shall not prove false. God
bless you and merry Christmas.
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