Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The much awaited day came and then passed. Scouring the net that day one could see how vehement people were becoming in defense of their respective candidates. Then came INEC’s two days of heart-rending suspense before the winner of the presidential elections was announced. The elections were adjudged free and fair by local and international observers not because it was devoid of malpractice but because the malpractices were drastically reduced compared to the previous and past elections. Results filtered in online as most of the voters stayed behind after voting to see the outcome in their various units.
The reactions of the people after the results were announced showed their joy or anger at the final results while fireworks were displayed in some parts of Lagos, Bayelsa declared the next day work-free while places like Kaduna, Abuja, Kano and others in the north witnessed some varying degrees of violence.
The other major contender, General Buhari had alleged that the elections were rigged in all the other states that CPC had lost. He cited the fact that his supporters were intimidated against voting for the CPC. Earlier, before the results were announced all the contenders had agreed to accept the results and even Buhari said he wouldn’t go to court but couldn’t stop his party from doing so if they wanted to. Also, the chairman of the CPC at the INEC Institute, where the results were announced had said that the CPC was going to contest the result and when asked the reason when his party officials had appended their signatures at the various polling units thereby accepting the outcome, he had replied with a teaser that those party officials couldn’t have been from CPC and therefore the signatures were forgeries.
My question is this: INEC had before the elections displayed numbers to call or text if one noticed irregularities in the elections. These party agents that were said not to be present at the polling unit should have raised an alarm Why didn’t they? Where were they when the elections were conducted? If Buhari thinks that all the states especially those in the SS and SE were rigged, I would ask him to go to court and to appeal to his supporters that to govern the country is not a do or die affair. No one is an enemy and those in other political parties shouldn’t be seen as one. An international observer even cited the code of conduct that was signed by all political parties as having a clause that stated that a party would not resort to violence if the elections run awry of his expectations.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
I remember when I was young and watched the sound of music, I had wished then that I could be like one of the captain's children.God! How they could sing and the girls were beautiful with pretty smiles & their vocabulary to me then was impeccable...
I have since grown up and have realized that we are all actors, I don't want to use the word hypocrites because that sounds so negative, but yes we are somewhat actors.
The way we cover our pain and smile or when we show others the pain we are going through because we want them to empathize with us...we manipulate the people around us either consciously or unconsciously...
The Babies cry when they feel that attention has wandered away from them, couples smile and dance on their wedding day when what they are actually thinking of is life after that day and if they made the right choice...
The women pretend to give way to the men when they actually resent them and wish they were holding the reins instead.
The way we say 'thank God it's not me' when our friends are in deep trouble while sympathizing with them.
Friday, March 25, 2011
The searing pain,
The quickly stifled scream;
The gasp as he enters.
The darkness reveals nothing save a form,
My struggles brings a blow whose thud barely registers;
Cause I am blinded by the instant pain of my pubic hair working against me.
My mind struggles with the information,
Discarding and at last accepting that I am being raped!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Will you take me like that?
I snore when i sleep;
and fart when i laugh hard...
I make crazy demands;
and pout when you ignore me.
I am touchy about my sensitivity...
yet stubborn about my wishes.
I like things being done my way...
and rarely like no for an answer.
I love criticizing others;
yet i rarely love being criticized.
I may not be what you want;
but i will make you happy.
I will make you laugh,
and be the closest friend you've ever had;
I won't be shocked at your secrets,
no matter how shocking it may seem to you.
I will hold your hands and listen to your rants.
I will let you lean on my shoulder,
if you ever want to.
So will you take me like that?
Imperfections and all...
Friday, September 3, 2010
His eyes still the beating of my heart...
His eyes holds my will at bay
His eyes commands and yes...
I have no choice but to obey.
'Take off your clothes' he tells me
and my body tingles as i concur;
He sits and watches me,
Whilst reassuring me with his voice,his love for me..
Clad in nothing,i stand proudly before him
And watch as his eyes light up
I am pleased that he is pleased
I slowly catwalk towards him & just then......
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