I disagree that he’s a compound dunce. He knows what he is doing. He understands that an average Nigerian is ridiculously fearful.
He understands the psychology of a typical Nigerian: fearful, lukewarm, impatient, and inpatient, and he builds on these to win elections.
For instance, before the Abuja council elections, he declared that “It is also my duty to ensure that any candidate who is not supporting Tinubu does not win in the election, and I owe no apology for my stand.”
People thought that he was being indiscretional, but he knew what he was doing. He knew that once an average Nigerian hears that the president is involved in an election, his morale sags, and he’s unwilling to come out to vote.
This was the first psychological warfare he deployed. He said that to crush and break the spirit of potential voters, that the election has been concluded and won.
He knows that an average Nigerian fears the stupendous power the president wields.
Second, he reappeared on election day and declared that the President asked him to declare a curfew.
That was another warfare psychology. He acutely understands that because of the inherently appalling fearfulness of most Nigerians and their weird and draconian experience with security agencies, if they hear ‘curfew’ or ‘military intervention,’ they’ll back down from coming to vote.
Despite these mind games, he came out to say, “The election was peaceful and orderly, but the turnout is very low, particularly in the city centre.”
And you ask: how would there be a large voter turnout when you said that whoever is not supporting the President and Commander-in-Chief would not win (paraphrased)?’
For example, as at 11:15 am yesterday, only 18 of the 1,464 registered voters had cast their ballots at Polling Units 001 and 009 in Galadima Gwarimpa.
An Abuja resident, Benson Idoko, attributed the poor turnout to possible voter disillusionment, saying, “I don’t know whether it is due to lack of faith in the leadership. Ordinarily, there should be a huge turnout because it is a local election.”
You must be living in the raw clouds if you think that this man whose picture appears here is a joke in Nigeria’s politics. He’s not a joke: he’s brutal and dreadful in political maneuvering.
