- He is from the South South
In Nigerian parlance, that usually means it is their time or turn to chop. Let the national cake go round even if no one is baking. This sentimental reason echoes sadly our regional, ethnic and religious divides. Cleavages which no right thinking Nigerian should encourage or perpetuate. It is past due date to throw these antiquated divisions out of the nearest window.
- He is from the Niger Delta
The logic is that GEJ understands the plight of the average Niger Deltan, has their support, knows the roots of their agitation, and has a solution to the issues of the crisis ridden region. The proverbial goose that lays the nation's golden egg and where he hails from. But I can't see how that has panned out though. In 2007 GEJ suffered bad luck when his house in Otouke, in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was bombed by militants, killing four policemen. Under his watch in 2010, MEND detonated twin bomb blasts at our 50th Independence Day Anniversary Celebration in Abuja, the nation's capital. The celebration was marred and several lives lost. The Presidency has however gone to town popping champagne and celebrating that militants have repented and turned their swords to plowshares. The President posted as much on his facebook page. Some militants were even sent abroad for training and rehabilitation. Rehabilitating militants is not the ultimate solution to the crisis in the restive region. There is an urgent need to address the injustices, environmental degradation, unemployment and lack of basic infrastructures in that enclave. Those are the real fundamental issues. Militancy is just an offshoot or symptomatic of the general malaise. Guess it is good luck to the Niger Delta region.
- He didn't have shoes when he was growing up
That campaign is sheer drivel and the message is so infantile there is hardly any point stressing the illogicality and lack of correlation between not wearing shoes as a child and becoming a vibrant, visionary & charismatic leader as an adult. It is probably an appeal at our emotional vulnerabilities. Tugging at our heart strings to vote out of pity and pity ourselves afterwards. What a pity party we will have then!
- His name is synonymous with Good Luck
As such, he is a child of providence. Another infantile postulation. No great nation or any worthwhile endeavour was ever built or achieved by luck alone. The prisons and long list of condemned criminals all over the country are filled with people having fancy good luck names as well. Luck is fickle.
- He has brought an end to fuel scarcity and long agonizing queues at filling stations
Please are the refineries now working at full capacity? Is GEJ treating symptoms again rather than the ailment? Is importing fuel the good luck charm or inspired long term solution to the issue of fuel crisis? Rather than reviving the comatose or dead refineries? I shake my head sadly.
Please vote for GEJ if you find these 5 top reasons compelling enough. I do not.
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