POEM: COOKED ELECTORATE

By Babalola Toheeb Ademola

Sadly, the Electorate has disowned

Their listening-ear in a pit.

Exchanged their constitutional rights

For freebies.

What can we say about their decision?

Few years back, political lords stormed,

Cooked and Conquered the Electorate

With static ideologies.

They called it strategy,

Electorate took it as a blessing.

Political lords achieved their aims,

Poisoned the land, poured boiled water

On the Electorate.

"E Gbawa O, We would've not cast them in"

They clamoured.

Now, same political lords return

To the grassroot, to preach to them.

With same Ideologies.

Electorate abandons their grievances

And welcomes them with smiling face.

When will Electorate learn from history?

Electorate keeps repeating same mistake,

Political lords keep repeating ideologies.

Economy keeps worsening.

 

Nigeria Yi si maa dun,

If Electorate amends.

Nigeria will be great,

If political lords amend their ways.

Nigeria will be great,

If a true and God-fearing human rules.