Mehn, politics in my country is very funny and laughable at every bit of it. It's damn funny and strange that sometimes I find myself questioning whether the politicians and their 'poor' followers have any dignity at all. Well, it's the way the world is currently—people put away shame and do whatever brings them money. That's fine too.
But come on! Haaaa!
Okay, I have friends, a lot of them, who are into politics and are always bantering others, justifying that where they are and the leader and political party they are following are the best, and anything short of that is rubbish. But these people—football fans are far better than them, because football fans stick to their club or favourite players no matter what is happening, but these political followers? They do not have a say at all. They might be rooting for a particular candidate, doing all manner of rugged campaigns for that person, and once their immediate leader tells them to stop supporting that candidate, they will stop immediately—without questions. OMG! That's laughable!
We are currently having that situation in my state—one of the southern states in Nigeria called Delta State, actually one of the best liveable states in Nigeria.
For a long time, the ruling democratic party in my state has been PDP, which is more 'preferable' to the warlord party, APC, that’s at the top of the country.... ruling the country.
My friends who are into politics have never ceased for any day to talk about the opposing party, APC. Like, they do it every day on social media. You know, their bosses—from the current governor of my state to all his followers—are in PDP, and so, all the followers must be PDP-positive all the time.
Okay, earlier this week, the governor of my state defected to the most hated political party—APC. This is the political party they once hated with their blood. Well, I understood the game—it's purely a game to win the upcoming election.
The governor's defection is not my problem, but the problem is the followers. You need to see how they've turned to love APC overnight and are now making nice posts on social media.
Are these people okay?
Did someone remove their brains?
Oh, those posts must not be from them. Maybe they lent their accounts out.
I pondered a lot with these questions because it's so unbelievable. Mind you, these people going about making posts are not children—they are adults and very literate people.
Okay, even if they're following their leaders and being tossed around without control, the social media thing is very much uncalled for, which makes them very cheap, poor, and unashamed. Even if they're paid to be making such noise on social media, how much could it be??? I'm sure they're not paid. They're making those posts to gain 'eye service' favour from their bosses.
I can't be seen doing such.
I can't be seen in politics.
There are too many shameful things there.