APGA And The Call For Free And Fair Primaries: Of The Latter Day Saints And Sinners

It was the Late President of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yaradua that, shortly after his 2007 electoral victory, boldly came up to describe the election that produced him as flawed. Sadly, he couldn’t live to correct the flaws of the electoral system he condemned. However, there are many people who, unlike Yaradua, have become opportunistic Activists against a system simply because the “flaws of the system” may not be allowed to work in their favour this time around. 
It is this pack of do-gooders that have continued to mouth the call for a “free and fair” primaries as if they are newbies to politics. This characters by their nuances and utterances are working hard to smear a system that has long feathered their nest, to destroy a process that has clearly produced better results for them in the past. 

Now my critical questions are as follows; 

– At what point did it become manifest to these group of persons that APGA is incapable of conducting a free and fair primary elections?
– Was the primary election that produced them in the past as candidates of APGA, wherein they now enjoy reputable elective positions, flawed?
– is there a confession (s)  to make that is yet to be made? Especially one that revolves around subverting credible Primary election processes?
– is their call a boost to the Party’s image or a vote of no confidence on the same Party Leadership that availed them the uncommon opportunity to fly the Party’s flag in their various past elections?
– What is the actual definition of a “Free and Fair Election”. Will they be satisfied if the same template used in deploying their victory at the 2018 Primary elections are reintroduced in the coming Guber primaries?
I think it is important to tackle these questions clinically, so observers can make informed choices on where to stand with these new comity of “Latter Day Saints”. 
Again, I would end by reminding us that those whose palm kernel are cracked for them by a benevolent spirit must always remember to be grateful. 

– Mazi Ejimofor Opara writes from Awka, Anambra State.