​PADLOCKS AND CHAINS

​PADLOCKS AND CHAINS​

I think I should make us understand this before we start the struggle this morning. I,  Adeyeye Olorunfemi, wish to remind you all that I am Nigerian who is tired of the nonsense going on in all sectors of this system of contraption called Nigeria. It pains me so deeply when I see those who are not so sure of their intelligence play on our intelligence and we smile and "take it easy". "Take it easy, God would fight for you" has always been the prayer and advice given to the common man. We now live in a Country where they are different "constitutions", one for the elite, one for the masses.  The bitterness in me grows much deeper when I listen or read the youths in my generation. The oppressors who destroy our lives on a daily basis are doing so with the speed of light yet we "take things easy". The National Assembly has become the home of comedy, scandal and impunity. Imagine!, a Senator in Nigeria goes home with about 50 million naira every month for dishing out good jokes and for fighting his colleagues
anytime the national cake is not shared properly. Even Ali Baba does not make that much monthly yet we "take things easy". Kemi Olunloyo was arraigned for bail in Court yesterday and she was taken to Court in prison uniform. This is a blogger who was arrested for criticising a Pastor. I do not know too much law but let me ask- Have any of the Dasukis, Fani-Kayodes, Reuben Abatis and co; those who allegedly stole our billions with all reckless abandon, I repeat, Have any of them appeared in Court in prison uniform?. We are in the best jungle in the World yet "we take things easy".   A journalist was remanded in the DSS custody for 57 days because he published a story against the powers that be. An activist was killed few metres away from his house 2 weeks ago. There are Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. Nigerian students are being killed in India. Victimization and Expulsion are the order of the day in the Zombie grounds we call  Universities yet we must 'take things easy". I still don't understand how we've so much loved our chains that we even electroplate them with gold when the pains are very evident. I can "take things easy", maybe because of what I hear and see everyday. As I was just breaking the news of the blind student in UNILAG who was rusticated, I received another call that a verdict has just been passed by the FUTO Senate to expel 6 student activists who stood against the corruption and mismanagement of the University administrators. So pathetic!

When you hear "take it easy", you would think a good idea would come from those preaching the easy mantra until you wait till thy Kingdom comes. The time to stop the rubbish is NOW! . A mad man gets well the day he knows he's mad.

I do not know how this struggle I have vowed to fight with all I have would end. But there is one thing I am sure of and that is ​THERE WOULD BE NO PART OF MY HISTORY WHERE IT WOULD BE READ THAT I GAVE UP​. I believe in Nigeria. For the struggle tomorrow, it is as sure as death and it would be peaceful as planned. All offices would be locked as early as possible.

If God has not lost hope in Nigeria, then He should for once answer the prayer in our National Anthem- ​HELP OUR YOUTHS THE TRUTH TO KNOW​