(In
memory of Gen. Murtala R. Muhammad)
It’s February again
The month of
assassination
The month of special
prayers
After thirty six years
of your departure
To the domain of rest
and peace
You may have heard
from good Nigerians
That joined your
company
The foundation you
laid
Was blown-up by the
people you left
And the people you
know well
My hero, the country
you know
The country you
sacrificed your life for
Is now a death zone
From corruption and
poverty
Illiteracy and
joblessness
Robbery and explosions
Crimes of all sorts
My hero
The flag: green-white-green
you fixed
In the centre you love
Is now the incubator
of
Saboteurs of humanity
Hatching eggs of
puppet leaders
Who rigged elections
My leader
The Africa you know
Which has come of age
Has lost its focus
In the new style of
globalisation
It imitated directly
And lost the virginity
of its creativity
Now it has neither the
bird nor the trap
Even African’s giant,
Nigeria
Has no priority agenda
Oh God! Help Africa
and Nigeria
29th
February, 2012
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