It is now a common trend for Christian leaders to prophesy the worse about the New Year, at the dawn of every year, the tabloids are replete with their visions of doom. 2015 is an election year and the warnings have once again flooded in but more gruesome than before. As it is said, when elephants fight it is the grass that suffers, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Goodluck Jonathan and the All Progressive Congress’s (APC) Muhamadu Buhari set for yet the greatest political showdown, there is greater fear and anxiety than ever before.
Despite the warnings of carnage during the upcoming elections one religious leader has displayed courage and stood beside one of the two and probably the most controversial political candidate Nigeria will ever know. The consistency of General Muhamadu Buhari, can also be likened to that of Abraham Lincoln on his journey to presidency. The mistake APC a la Buhari is making is repeating the same steps that was taken during his first presidential campaign when he picked Tunde Bakare as his running mate. It makes no difference who your running mate is or which political party you run with, Nigerians are tired of reproducing old leaders. And while President Jonathan has performed abysmally below expectations, the choice of these two for presidency gives room for a prediction of my own; the 2015 will have the lowest turnout of voters ever in Nigeria’s political history.
But the question is can Buhari’s running mate be the joker that seals the deal? Being a pastor of the Olive Tree House of Prayer for All Nations, Banana Island, a parish of in the biggest church in Africa the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is no small feat, but what do the members of feel about one of their anointed running behind a man who as military head of state showed no favours towards a democracy? He brings the balance to the APC in terms of religious bias, even though many will argue that the selection of a pastor is a noting but a political move, after all who really minds a Vice President. But outside the church who is Yemi Osinbajo?....
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Outside church, he is a seasoned Lawyer and a learned Professor of Law

According to Micheal Lund constitutional democracy is a mesurement for durable peace. While peace, according to the university of peace, can be defined as "political condition that makes justice posible. More strictly peace entails political order"

The question I will ask is, since the begining of the fourth republic in 1999 has Nigeria achieved or come close to achieving constitutional democracy? My answer is NO. And as most political analyst will agree what we cellebrate in Nigeria is a democracy tainted with elements of military governance.
Perhaps it was a mistake to put in power a former General as our first president under this republic. May be if a true civilain had been elected (by Nigerian standards) rule of law and human rights as well as credible elections will be taken with very high importance and not the negligence that spells military dictatorship.

We as Nigerians must be carefull not to push our self to hard so that we fall. We finaly attained a democracy... a very slow process that creates eventual development and peace if we get it right. Nigeria is the way it is because we are yet to get our democracy right. Yet we compare ourselves with more developed and stable countries who have practiced constitutional democracy for decades and centuries. We must first aspire to get our democracy right before we aspire to grow.

It is on this level I question the need and rational of electing another General to futher basterdise our already tainted democracy. Yes we do not need Goodluck we need good governace, but we do not also need a General, the worst of them all in terms of upholding the elements of democracy. One who has promised us security yet his administration was topled in a bloodless coup. He was not security concious enough to prevent such a wonder. A general that stop welferism even at a time when Nigeria was experiencing oil boom. No he does not get my vote but nighter does Dr. Jonathan.

We the youth must wake up to a reality that Nigeria is ours (like the NYSC antem says) and fight to salvage it from those who have been in power since we were children and told us we are the leaders of tomorow, yet will not leave honourably (or dishonourably). The grandpas of Nigerian politics who have turned our deomcracy into a complex military-atristo-gentocracy. We must stand to demand political power. Armed with the potential to solve todays and tomorows problems and our vote let us do wat is right and necessary to save nigeria from distruction for the sake of our unborn children.