[READ & SHARE] So Jonathan allowed Aregbesola to win Via @iKanzee_RR

AFTER
all
the
noise
and
the
heightening
of
the
blood
pressure
of
Nigerians
by
the
irascible
All
Progressives
Congress,
APC,
it
was
a
delightful
surprise
that
the
President
and
Commander-
in-
Chief
of
the
Armed
Foces
of
the
Federal
Republic
of
Nigeria,
Dr.
Goodluck
Ebele
Jonathan,
was
magnanimous
enough
to
let
the
noisy
and
lying
party
to
win.
Why
would
Jonathan
flock
Osun
with
security
forces
when
he
did
not
plan
to
give
victory
to
his
ruling
Peoples
Democratic
Party,
PDP?
Either
the
President
is a
waster
of
precious
national
resources
on
a
group
that
has
continued
to
denigrate
him
and
almost
set
the
country
on
needless
fire,
or
the
zoologist
is
simply
naive.
Or,
as
many
of
his
praise
singers
have
been
inundating
the
media
space,
he
is
the
one
this
nation
has
waited
for
since
1960
to
become
the
beacon
of
hope
in a
political
system
that
has
been
at
the
root
of
all
our
malaise.
And
while
the
self-
confessed
street
boy,
Aregbesola,
was
talking
like
the
street
kid
that
he
still
remains,
the
Presidency
had
this
to
say
of
the
election
that
consolidated
Aregbesola’s
term
for
another
four
years:
“President
Goodluck
Ebele
Jonathan
congratulates
Governor
Rauf
Aregbesola
of
Osun
State
on
his
victory
in
Saturday’s
governorship
election
in
the
state.”
According
to
Reuben
Abati,
Jonathan’s
spokesman,
the
President
commended
the
Independent
National
Electoral
Commission
and
national
security
agencies
for
ensuring
that
the
election
was
free,
fair,
credible
and
peaceful
in
keeping
with
the
avowed
commitment
of
his
administration.
He
also
wished
Governor
Aregbesola
continued
good
health
and
a
successful
second
term
in
office.
The
comment
of
the
street
kid
was
way
different
from
the
general
opinion
of
those
who
monitored
the
elections
and
applauded
Jonathan’s
management
of
the
Ekiti
and
Osun
elections.
Read
Aregbesola:
“Ordinarily,
this
should
be a
moment
of
joy
and
celebration
consequent
upon
the
hard
earned
triumph
of
the
people’s
will.
However,
this
election
shows
that
democracy
is
still
gravely
endangered
in
Nigeria.
We
witnessed
gross
abuse
of
power
and,
of
due
process
before,
during
and
even
after
the
actual
voting
process.
It
is
so
sad
and
unfortunate
that
what
should
be a
normal,
routine
process
was
maliciously
allowed
to
snowball
into
a
needless
virtual
war
by
the
Federal
Government
and
the
PDP.
“Osun
State
was
unduly
militarised
in
an
unprecedented
manner
through
criminal
intimidation
and
psychological
assault
on
our
people.
This
election
witnessed
an
abuse
of
our
security
agencies
and
amounted
to
a
corruption
of
their
professional
ethics
and
integrity.
“The
security
agencies
were
unprofessionally
utilised
in
Osun
State
to
harass,
intimidate
and
oppress
the
people
whose
taxes
are
used
to
pay
their
salaries
and
provide
their
arms.
Hundreds
of
leaders,
supporters,
sympathisers
and
agents
of
our
party
were
arrested
and
detained.
Also,
hundreds
of
other
innocent
citizens,
including
women
and
the
aged,
were
harassed,
brutalized
and
traumatised.
In
spite
of
this
condemnable
repression
and
abuse
of
human
rights,
the
unflagging
spirit
of
our
people
triumphed.”
But
President
Jonathan’s
measured
reaction
actually
diminished
the
APC
and
its
re-
elected
gubernatorial
candidate
in
Osun.
He
said:
“The
outcome
of
the
election
has
also
given
the
lie
to
the
false,
unfair
and
uncharitable
allegations
that
measures
put
in
place
by
the
Federal
Government
for
the
Ekiti
and
Osun
states
elections
were
partisan
and
designed
to
achieve
a
favourable
outcome
for
his
party.”
The
President
gave
a
thumb
up
to
Osun
people
for
coming
out
in
large
numbers
on
Saturday
in
all
the
local
government
areas
of
the
state
to
peacefully
and
freely
exercise
their
democratic
right,
trusting
in
his
assurance
that
all
necessary
measures
would
be
taken
to
ensure
their
safety
and
the
sanctity
of
their
votes.
While
the
President
was
being
a
statesman
and
should
be
commended
by
the
benefiting
Governor,
he
rather
chose
to
behave
less
than
a
man,
declaring
that
a
strong
signal
had
been
sent
to
all
that
no
might
is
powerful
enough
to
thwart
the
will
of
the
people,
forgetting
that
the
same
might
saved
him
from
the
political
hawks
in
the
PDP.
Aregbesola
said:
“This
should
always
strengthen
our
resolve
to
ensure
that
as
from
now
on,
every
vote
must
not
only
be
counted
but
must
count
in
this
country.
Nobody
or
party
must
ever
exercise
power
unreasonably
at
any
level
except
in
accordance
with
the
will
of
the
people
to
whom
sovereignty
belongs.”
As
the
President
reiterated
his
belief
that
the
free,
fair
and
peaceful
conduct
of
the
elections
had
fully
reaffirmed
his
administration’s
determination
to
positively
reform
Nigeria’s
electoral
processes,
the
beneficiary
was
busy
fouling
up
the
air
with
base
comments.
However,
Jonathan
said
he
looked
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
Aregbesola
and
other
state
governors
to
further
improve
the
living
conditions
of
Nigerians
in
Osun
and
other
states
of
the
country.
With
the
ingratitude
that
Aregbesola
has
displayed,
there
is
no
doubt
that
his
opponents
should
set
up
a
robust
system
to
monitor
his
every
step,
or
like
the
APC
National
Chairman,
John
Oyegun,
suggested,
set
up
a
parallel
government
to
keep
him
on
his
toes.
Since
they
thought
up
this,
it
will
be
necessary
to
use
Osun
as a
test
case.
Addressing
a
huge
crowd
of
supporters
at
the
party’s
mega
rally
for
the
re-
election
of
Aregbesola
at
the
Osogbo
Township
Stadium
in
Osogbo,
the
APC
National
Chairman,
Odigie-
Oyegun,
said
the
battle
line
was
drawn.
As
he
put
it:
“The
battle
line
is
already
drawn.
“The
APC
is
prepared
for
free
and
fair
election.
If
anyone
steals
our
mandate
on
February
20, 2015,
we
will
resist
it
and
set
up
a
people’s
government.
Let
them
be
warned,
there
would
be
dire
consequences
for
this.”
Now
that
Jonathan
has
spared
APC
the
honour
of
setting
up
a
parallel
government
in
Osun,
nothing
stops
Iyiola
Omisore
from
doing
so
with
a
“shadow
cabinet”
of
his
own.
to
dog
the
daily
moves
of
the
APC
government
in
his
home
state
and
save
his
people
what
he
considered
the
tyranny
that
was
their
lot
in
the
first
four
years
of
the
Aregbesola
administration
in
the
State.
Mr.
Femi
Ayelabowo,
a
political
analyst,
wrote
from
Agodi,
Ibadan,
Oyo
State.