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Hypocrisy of Shackled States: Nigeria Canโ€™t Judge Traorรฉ

๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐จ๐ซ๐žฬ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ก๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐š ๐…๐š๐ฌ๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐จ๐ซ๐žฬ

It is a tragic ironyโ€”almost comedic in its absurdityโ€”that politicians from Nigeria, a nation submerged in ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ, ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, would dare to condemn Captain Ibrahim Traorรฉ and the revolutionary direction of Burkina Faso.

These are men and women from a polity where ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ without public outcryโ€”where the rule of law is not a sacred principle but a tool of convenience in the hands of the powerful.

Nigeriaโ€™s presidency today is ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, choreographed by shadowy foreign interests who leverage the ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ-๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซโ€”a man whose ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. Yet he presumes to preach constitutionalism to a people forging their own path toward self-determination?

The ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, meant to be the last bastion of justice, has become a hollow institutionโ€”๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ฌ who issue rulings not guided by jurisprudence, but by whispered instructions from the corridors of political power. These courts no longer protect the people; they protect the predators in power.

The National Assembly, which ought to embody the voice of the people, has been reduced to a congregation of kleptocrats, narcotics traffickers, morally bankrupt power brokers, and opportunists, ever eager to echo sycophantic praise to the executive in exchange for contracts, cash, or political protection. These are not lawmakersโ€”they are court jesters in agbadas, dancing for the king in a crumbling palace.

And yet, these same political actors have the temerityโ€”the unblushing arroganceโ€”to castigate Burkina Faso for having a military leader?

Captain Ibrahim Traorรฉ stands as a symbol of unyielding African resistanceโ€”a young, visionary leader who has rejected the neocolonial chokehold of the West. He has reclaimed the sovereignty of his people, expelling exploitative foreign powers, confronting corrupt elites, and placing African dignity above personal comfort or Western validation.

Under his leadership, Burkina Faso has rekindled the spirit of Thomas Sankaraโ€”a spirit long extinguished in countries like Nigeria, where revolutionary ideals have been bartered for foreign loans, luxury SUVs, and secret offshore accounts.

Traorรฉ is not perfect, but he represents ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉโ€”๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐›๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ . While Nigerian leaders surrender their mandate to foreign embassies and IMF prescriptions, Traorรฉ looks inwardโ€”to the land, to the youth, to African solutions.

To Nigerian politicians serving as ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž, understand this: You do not possess the moral currency to critique those who are actually attempting to liberate Africa. Your hands are too stained, your record too shameful, and your conscience too deadened by greed.

History will not be kind to cowards in power who mocked a revolution while kneeling to imperial puppeteers.

Burkina Faso may be under military leadershipโ€”but it walks upright. Nigeria may claim democracyโ€”but it crawls in chains.


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