By Musa Bakare.
Enough of the lies. Enough of endless sermons on patience. Enough of political slavery disguised as strategy.
In 2019, Kogi West was told to wait until 2023. In 2023, we were told to wait again. Now, they are asking us to wait until 203, planting discordant tunes – promising some with appointments, while others continue preaching patience. This is not negotiation; it is deliberate political enslavement. Only Kogi West loses from this endless political waiting game.
They rotate power among themselves, share appointments exclusively, and control resources tightly. When justice is demanded, they tell Kogi West: Be strategic, be patient.
Patience has become a weapon to disarm us. They expect us to wait eight more years on empty promises, harboring a malicious agenda planted in the minds of gullible Kogi Westers to parrot mindless obedience.
The most painful betrayal, however, is internal. A handful of Kogi West political errand boys have chosen personal survival over our collective destiny. They regurgitate lines scripted in power corridors and backrooms, insulting our intelligence under the guise of realism.
Let it be said plainly: any Kogi West politicians selling 2031 are not confused, they are compromised. Kogi West is not weak, Kogi West is not irrelevant, Kogi West is not short of qualified leaders.
What oppressors fear most is a united Kogi West – from Gegu Beki to Ẹgbẹ, from Iyamoye to Abugi, and from Agbaja to Ejuku, speaking with one voice, making one demand and moving in one direction.
No zone in Nigeria ever gained power by waiting. Power bows only to pressure. Justice responds only to resistance. History favors those who refuse to kneel.
From Yagba to Kabba, from Ijumu to Koto Karfe, Oworo to Budan, let the message be loud and unmistakable: no more excuses, no more delays, no more betrayals.
This is a call to the streets, town halls, churches, mosques, markets, and the ballot box.
Kogi West must rise as one force. Kogi West must speak with one voice. Kogi West must demand leadership – NOW !
Those who stand against this demand stand against history. Those who preach waiting preach submission. Enough of being spectators in our own land, 2027 is our line in the sand. Kogi West will no longer wait.
– Musa Asiru Bakare, APC political analyst, writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
