Thanks a bunch, my friend, it's a non-Freudian slip, but thanks for being attentive.
MOA
On Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:14 AM, Femi Segun <soloruntoba@gmail.com> wrote:
Prof,
A point of correction. The election took place in Ekiti State not Ondo.
Femi
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:23 PM, 'Michael Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
--Dear God,I am beginning to be happy about some critical developments that I am seeing in my homeland, Nigeria, and the news I am hearing about my people. For these, I want to thank You and thank the people. I am particularly talking about the results of the election that I just read about with respect to Ekiti State. In Your infinite wisdom, You sat back and made my people to depend less on You but more on their guts, which You have provided them before the foundations of this world. For once, Lord, my people did not say, "It's in the Hands of God, sha, and God will help us elect the right person." Instead, they thought with their brains, listened with their ears, rose to their feet, and voted with their hands, and true to their consciences. Dear God, thank You for making my people reject mediocrity, disgrace godfatherism, protest against the smell of religious fanaticism, break the shackles of the evil-money-engendered show of bigmanism at the expense of people's welfare and move on in a new dispensation on their onward march towards liberty, freedom and unabated enfranchisement.Dear God: I want to further thank You for making the State of Ondo a model for what true democracy ought to be. Today, in America as I am sending this letter to you, down in the State of Mississippi in the good old country called America, a candidate from the same party who is challenging the incumbent but has lost the election is refusing to acknowledge the victory of a fellow Republican in a simple primary election, let along give a concession speech. But there in Ondo State, the incumbent lost and conceded without resorting to the age-long "Operation Weti e," of the dark old days of Yoruba politics. The two candidates have spoken together and have pledged smooth transitioning processes. Lord of Mercy, N lo seyi tan fun orile-ede mi atata (You've done this much for my beloved country), I just have to say, "Thank You!"Dear God: I do not know where You live, and I cannot pretend I do, but my people call You the One who has more Hands than the octopus (Ate-rere-ka'ri-aye), Whose eyes are everywhere (Aloju-lara-bi ajere), the One called the Immortal Rock – the stone that never dies (Ota Aiku); the One with the nature of Immutability (Baba-nile-Baba-loko-Okan-lanaa-Okan-lonii). Therefore, I would like for you to trigger the collective will of my people, just the same way You did for the people of Ondo State to rise up and bring our daughters home. Our girls are still not found 300 in number, and still counting. Dear God the enemies (I am talking of Boko Haram people and politicians) have taken the law into their hands and have continued to unleash their mayhem on our land. Our land that used to flow with milk and honey now flows with the blood of innocent children that are kidnapped and raped every passing day. The enemies of our nation and of the civilized world have pledged to take my people for a ride because no one speaks for the poor girls. They continue to capture more children, including a three year old just a few days ago! Father: Please mobilize my people. Tell them to stop looking up elsewhere but "man up," chase these enemies and beat them to submission.Again, Dear God: I am whispering to Your Ears, shouting Hallelujah for the State of Ondo, and urging my nation to rise and act. In all, I have to thank You, again, for giving me something to smile about concerning the homeland after a long time of a bleeding heart. My joy will be complete not only the day our daughters are brought back home but when those anemies of righteousness are uprooted and annihilated for the peace of my people. And for that day, I say in advance, Thank You, Dear God and Thank you, my people!It's from one of Your children,Michael O. Afolayan(Behind the Veil of the Epistolary)
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