Theirs blow democracy,
Why this defuncracy?
Pardon me political dragons,
Yours, the transmission of programmes,
For good, and free cakes.
Well then, political dispensation,
Best of all, Nairanisation of the nation,
The bankrupt political equation.
O, you dogs of power,
Mind your whiskers, it’s not Naira power,
It’s hitch-free not eat-free on power.
Pause, the day will come,
To cheer-up political game,
Bullet-proof democratic game.
Just another marathon,
Nigeria shall not afford to mourn,
Our thirst is for a political don.
Jnr. Shalumma Azare
EDITOR’S NOTE
Originally published in Citizen on 14 Dec 1992, p. 37. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation visible in the archived page.