{"id":68072,"date":"2019-08-02T17:48:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68072"},"modified":"2019-08-02T17:48:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:48:07","slug":"revolutionnow-declaring-nigerias-orange-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/revolutionnow-declaring-nigerias-orange-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"RevolutionNow: Declaring Nigeria\u2019s Orange Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Adebayo Raphael<\/div>\n
There is not a tittle of doubt that Nigeria, as is currently configured
\nand being run by insatiable savages, is unsalvageable. Politically,
\neconomically, socially, and in every other way you can imagine \u2014
\nNigeria is a failed country. And the decayed state of this country is a
\nresult of more than half a century of elite-conspiracies.Since the beginning of this week, the social media has been awash with
\nhashtags of the latest zeitgeist in Nigeria: #RevolutionNow, #DaysofRage
\nand #OrangeRevolution. These three hashtags are indicative of the new
\nwave sweeping across Nigeria \u2014 the general mood of the majority of
\nNigerians who are tired of the existing political order, and thus
\nyearning for a new order that would rekindle the hope for national
\ntransformation and prosperity.<\/p>\n

It comes as no surprise to me, for I am convinced that Nigeria has
\nreached the point where it must embrace the common axiom that emphasises
\nwhat is perhaps the truest of all universal truths: that all things with
\na beginning must have a corresponding end.<\/p>\n

In my last piece, I wrote about the importance of a Nigerian Revolution
\nas the panacea to our nearly fifty-nine years sojourn in the doldrums.
\nIt may seem like an attempt to get a quart into a pint pot, but I dare
\nsay nothing can stop an idea whose time has come. The conspiracy against
\nNigeria\u2019s progress is simply elitist, and the solution to Nigeria\u2019s
\nproblems lies with the masses. Both in recorded and contemporary
\nhistory, we have seen that when leaders fail to deliver on their
\nmandate, as has been the case in Nigeria since the first republic, a
\nradical expression of the people\u2019s disaffection through civil
\ndisobedience and other means possible becomes inevitable.<\/p>\n

In the year 2004, the state of Ukraine was engulfed by a people\u2019s
\nrevolution that would later be commonly known as the Orange Revolution.
\nPrior to the Orange Revolution, there was great disaffection among
\nUkrainians over the absence of economic and political transformations.
\nThe president of Ukraine at the time \u2014 Leonid Kuchma \u2014 had become
\ngreatly unpopular following a huge scandal generally known as the
\nKuchmagate or the Cassette Scandal of the year 2000. In 2004, he decided
\nto throw his weight behind his Prime Minister, Viktor Yanukovych, to run
\nfor the office of the president since he couldn\u2019t run for a third term
\ndue to his unpopularity.<\/p>\n

The desperation in Kuchma to maintain power, even if indirectly,
\ninstigated him to deploy every political instrument within his command
\nfor his candidate to achieve political victory. As a result, Ukraine\u2019s
\npresidential runoff election in 2014 was marred by electoral fraud and
\nirregularities, including the abuse of state apparatus, voter
\nintimidation, outright rigging, and absolute subversion of the will of
\nthe citizens \u2014 all in a bid to abet Kuchma\u2019s preferred candidate
\nViktor Yanukovych, in becoming the winner of the presidential runoff
\nelection.<\/p>\n

In response, the presidential candidate of Our Ukraine, Viktor
\nYushchenko, called for nationwide protests against the unmitigated
\nelectoral fraud which had happened in the country, and with the resolve
\nof disaffected Ukrainians on the streets, and the commitment of the
\ncourts to justice, the behemoths of Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovych
\nwere defeated, and Yushchenko became the duly elected president of
\nUkraine in January 2005, after a re-run election in which Yushchenko
\nemerged winner in December 2004.<\/p>\n

It is a glaring fact that Nigeria is currently buried in the same
\nwhirlpool that led to Ukraine\u2019s Orange Revolution. Even more,
\nNigeria\u2019s current situation is worse than Ukraine\u2019s in 2004, and
\nthus we are more than ripe for our Orange Revolution.<\/p>\n

Prior to Ukraine\u2019s Orange Revolution, Ukrainians were deprived of
\njustice at the ballot; the same way Nigerians were recently deprived of
\njustice at the ballot. Prior to Ukraine\u2019s Orange Revolution, every
\nstate apparatus was deployed by Leonid Kuchma and Yanukovych to upend
\nthe will of Ukrainians; the same way General Buhari and his toadies in
\nkey government institutions upended the will of Nigerians during the
\nlast general elections.<\/p>\n

Prior to Ukraine\u2019s Orange Revolution, President Leonid Kuchma was
\nmired in the Cassette Scandal; the same way General Buhari\u2019s regime
\nhas been tainted by several scandals, including his public declaration
\nof support for Abdullahi Ganduje \u2014 despite the Gandollar Scandal; his
\ninsidious but failed attempt to reinstate Abdulrasheed Maina to office;
\nhis offering of sanctuaries to manifestly corrupt politicians \u2014
\nincluding those working closely with him and those under investigation
\nat the EFCC; his clampdown on dissenting voices and stifling of
\ndemocratic rights of citizens; even his utter disrespect for women \u2014
\nhis deafening silence on the raids on women in Nigeria especially in
\nAbuja; and many more from which he has enjoyed outright immunity or been
\nwriggled out of \u2014 with impunity.<\/p>\n

For one man to remain in power, Nigeria lost innocent lives including
\nthat of Daniel Usman who was gunned down in Kogi whilst trying to
\nexercise his franchise. For one man to remain in power, Nigeria\u2019s
\ndemocracy was butchered and buried in one fell swoop. By allowing an
\nincompetent president to remain in power, we obliquely sanction the
\nperpetuation of his backward, fascist, and ethnocentric regime in power,
\nwhich ultimately ensures the frittering away of the last vestiges of our
\nnational fabric.<\/p>\n

But more than General Buhari, Nigeria\u2019s Orange Revolution is about
\nreturning to the basics. It is about redefining our country \u2014 our
\ndemocracy, and the \u201chermeneutics of citizenship.\u201d It is about
\ncreating a new order \u2014 a radical departure from oligarchy to popular
\ndemocracy \u2014 a paradigm shift and a new beginning. It is about justice;
\nsocial, economic and political justice. Nigeria\u2019s Orange Revolution is
\nwhat we need to right the social, economic and political wrongs which we
\nhave had to live with for nearly fifty-nine years of this barren
\nindependence.<\/p>\n

During Ukraine\u2019s Orange Revolution, Eastern and Southern Ukraine \u2014
\nthe strongholds of Yanukovych, hinted at the breakup of Ukraine if their
\ncandidate didn\u2019t have his way \u2014 the same way many pro-disintegration
\nadvocates are clamouring in Nigeria today. But they failed. In the same
\nway, Nigeria\u2019s Orange Revolution intends to replace the calls for
\ndisintegration with justice and cohesion. Every Nigerian worker \u2014
\nwhether in Oyo or Nassarawa \u2014 deserves a good pay and humane working
\nconditions. Every Nigerian farmer \u2014 whether in Benue or Cross River
\n\u2014 deserves as much subvention as is given to monopoly capitalists.<\/p>\n

The average Okada-rider, Danfo-driver and Keke-driver are all desirous
\nof an environment where they can work and reap the benefit of their
\nlabour without fear of what unscrupulous government agents might do to
\nfrustrate them. The average Nigerian artist is gravely concerned about
\nintellectual property and the ability of government to provide basic
\namenities. Every well-meaning Nigerian desire a country where corruption
\nis not the common currency among politicians, but service and dignity.
\nThese are some of the existential realities spurring the Nigerian Orange
\nRevolution.<\/p>\n

The coming days of rage which will commence on Monday, 5 August 2019,
\nwill be defined by mass protests, general strikes and civil
\ndisobedience. The Nigerian Orange Revolution, like Ukraine\u2019s Orange
\nRevolution, will remain a peaceful and civil series of demonstrations
\n\u2014 for as long as the government and its instruments of oppression
\nremain peaceful and civil. A call for revolution does not automatically
\nmean a call for violence. The intensity of any revolution, in fact,
\ndepends on the response of those in power.<\/p>\n

It is important to note, as I conclude, that although Ukraine\u2019s Orange
\nRevolution appealed to citizens of all age groups, the revolution was
\nlargely defined by young people. And this is a trend that is still as
\ntrue in contemporary revolutionary demonstrations. Young people ensured
\nthe end of Park Geun- hye in South Korea; they ensured the end of Dilma
\nRousseff in Brazil; they ended twenty-three harrowing years of Ben
\nAli\u2019s regime in Tunisia and kickstarted the Arab Spring; they ended
\nthree decades of Omar Al Bashir\u2019s regime in Sudan; they ensured Puerto
\nRico\u2019s Governor, Ricardo Rossell\u00f2, resigned from office; and even
\nnow, they are on the streets of Hong Kong fiercely opposing China\u2019s
\nanti-democratic agenda.<\/p>\n

It follows that those of us in Nigeria \u2014 the most poverty-stricken
\ncountry in the world \u2014 must demonstrate an unequalled resolve to end
\nthe nearly six decades of economic and political deprivation, social
\nexclusion and unbridled oppression of the majority of us. It matters not
\nhow many are willing to flood the streets at the beginning of this
\nrevolution, or the number of counter-revolutionary forces that will be
\nbankrolled by the government \u2014 for this is an allied concomitant of
\nrevolutionary actions across the world. The success or failure of
\nNigeria\u2019s Orange Revolution will be determined by our resolve \u2014 both
\nold and young \u2014 to never give up on the revolution until it is
\nachieved.<\/p>\n

_ADEBAYO RAPHAEL IS A WRITER AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. HE WRITES FROM
\nABUJA AND CAN BE REACHED ON TWITTER VIA @ASOROSOBIORO._<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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