Centenary: Still in search of sanity

Many things are happening that many people cannot understand. So many circumstances have proven to us beyond any reasonable doubt that in this part of the world, we know it is a spade and call it a spoon. It takes insanity to do so. Since 1914, we have journeyed through four different types of government which includes: colonial rule, parliamentary system, military rule and the presidential system, but unfortunately, none of this government system have located the sanity missing in the country.
As Prince Tony Momoh has rightly said, only the mentally retarded would glow with pride when misfortune strikes the nation and the nation is always been struck with misfortune anytime we do things outside the laid down procedures for doing them. This has been witnessed in the areas of defection to another party, impeachment of public office holders and so many other areas in which the provision of the constitution is been aberated.  Our constitution which is seen as a road map has been ignored in the breach than the observance. The constitution has become a victim of misinterpretation and has suffered as an orphan. Even when it clearly states a point, we still have to say what it means in another way, and since the majority has this problem of insanity, they all neglect the clearly stated interpretation. Even those who defended it with integrity over the years have changed gear.
Considering the misfortune that has befallen this nation within 2003 till date base on this same aberration of the constitution, we can jump to conclusion without committing any fallacy that the country is densely saturated with insanity. Putting the following analysis into consideration, I believe you will bow to my argument. Taking the case of Alamieyeseigha as the first instance, a man who stole and almost emptied the treasury of his state, with the provision of the constitution, the only body that could tame him was the House of Assembly, but he bought them over and all the constitution could do was weep. He took a self proclaimed medical leave from office to allow the news of his public fund misappropriation faint and gradually fade away. The only radio station that was updating the people about him was closed down, the police and the army were sent to a very peaceful Yenagoa. At the long run, the House could not resist the pressure of probing him, they fixed a meeting outside Bayelsa which is another aberration, they signed his impeachment at that meeting which does not pass through the normal procedure, the House should set their claims to the chief judge of the state, the chief judge will set up a panel that will look into the claim and decide if he should be impeached or not.
Another analysis I want to make is that of the unfortunate Governor Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, he was also a victim of the insanity dominating the system. Two-third of the 32 members of the House would decide that the allegations of misconduct be investigated before the chief judge would pick a panel, but we introduced a new approach to calculating the two-thirds as it Chief Richard Akinjide did in the case of twelve two third, members of the House suspended some of their colleagues which are loyalist of the sitting governor, the decision for the suspension of the governor was taken afterward depriving their people a voice in deciding whether the governor should stay or go. The two-third was calculated on the number present and voting which should be two-third of the total members of the house. Afterward, the Court of Appeal was able to give verdict and vindicate him, but Ladoja once again suffered from system insanity when he was not allowed to step into the government house until the Supreme Court effect the order. He has to return with thick security atmosphere since the general officer commanding Ibadan politics has threatened that the court is just wasting its time. Aint that insanity?
Another insane scenario was spotted in Ekiti state, where the chief judge picked a panel and refuse to grant the House their request in respect to the impeachment of the governor, the House their request in respect to the impeachment of the governor, the House sat afterward and impeached the chief judge, the newly selected one picked his own panel and found Governor Ayo Fayose and his Deputy guilty which prompted the House to successfully impeach them and replace the governor with the Speaker. They created a situation where the speaker and the deputy governor will be struggling for power. This chaotic situation led to the dismissal of both and declaration of a state of emergency.
Other scenes of insanity were seen when a president could openly say his election was not free and fair, but he still won in Tribunal, when a President was away for over three month without any information of where to find him placing the country under security threat. Another insane act is asking an aspirant to sign a one term agreement; it was this particular act that has prompted the problem that befell the largest party in Africa, which has led to the formation of new PDP. Another act of insanity is what has cost people like Godwin Agbroko, Funsho Williams, Bola Ige, the senior Officers in the 2006 air crash, their lives. They have to eliminate them in order to retain or attain power.
Morever, individuals have to correct his insane acts as it has become the order of the day, mental revolution needs to take place, the people should force sanity back into the system as it was rightly done in Ghana, our people should change their suffering mentality and quick adaptation, we should all voice out against those who have seen the public office as a means of siphoning the public fund. Some years ago, Chief Obafemi Awolowo said, “we don’t need to act for the people, a time will come when frustration will push the people to act for themselves”, it has happened in South Africa, people were ready to face gun with stones and sticks, and here they are today, India has done their own, Egypt is doing their own, Syria is doing their own, but in Nigeria, we fear everything, we fear to fight for freedom , happiness, basic amenities, we fear to request for our fundamental rights, they hurt us every term and we still allow these people to come, rule for four or eight years, leaving sorrow, tears and pains, but, Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, therefore, allowing this acts of insanity on the government part over and over again is an act of insanity on our own part also. SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE MUST ACT NOW!
Finally, I believe this sanity is not totally gone but hidden somewhere in you and in the constitution, it is expected of every citizen to be a loyal patriot, if this is truly believed in and the land is served because you love the land, then, definitely, sanity will return and insanity will disappear, but without this mind of loyalty and patriotism, insanity will continue to be the order of the day.