Comrade Sodipo Olukunle Oladimeji
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November, 2026
Before you were BOOT, APC, PDP, LP, ADC, or any party, you were first a human being.
Before you carried a party flag, you carried a name your parents gave you. Before you wore a party cap, you wore a conscience God gave you.
But look at what politics is doing to us.
A man who used to be a good neighbour has become a monster because of politics. A woman who used to pray for her enemies now curses them on Facebook because of politics. A pastor who used to preach love now preaches hate because his candidate must win. An imam who used to teach peace now teaches division because his party must rule.
What happened to us?
We have allowed politics to enter our blood and poison our soul.
Politics was supposed to be about service. It has become about survival. It was supposed to be about ideas. It has become about insults. It was supposed to be about choosing leaders. It has become about losing ourselves.
Ask yourself this soul-searching question: _If my candidate loses in 2027, will I still be a good person?_
If the answer is no, then politics has already stolen your conscience.
Because your moral values should be bigger than any election. Election lasts one day. Your character lasts a lifetime. A party can change its manifesto tomorrow. A candidate can defect tomorrow. A politician can betray you tomorrow. But your conscience will follow you to your grave.
Do not trade it for anything.
Look around us today. Brothers are no longer talking to brothers because they support different candidates. Friends have blocked friends on WhatsApp because of an argument about politics. Families are divided at the dining table because of who will be president. Communities that lived in peace for 50 years are now enemies because of campaign posters.
Is this the democracy we prayed for? Is this the Nigeria our fathers fought for?
No. This is not politics. This is madness wearing the cloth of politics.
A true Nigerian must understand this: My party is not my god. My candidate is not my saviour. My tribe is not my religion. My religion is not my tribe.
I can support a candidate without hating another person. I can campaign for my party without lying against another party. I can disagree without abusing. I can lose an election without losing my soul.
That is what conscience means.
Conscience is that small voice that tells you: Do not collect money to lie. Do not carry a cutlass to intimidate. Do not spread fake news to destroy a man. Do not sell your vote to enslave your children. Do not insult an elder because he thinks differently.
If you have killed that voice because of politics, you have lost more than an election. You have lost yourself.
In 2027, the greatest victory will not be for the party that wins. The greatest victory will be for the Nigerian who keeps his conscience intact after the election.
Let us make a vow before 2027:
I will not hate my brother because of politics.
I will not lie because of politics.
I will not kill, I will not steal, I will not betray because of politics.
I will not allow any politician to use my mouth to destroy my neighbour.
I will vote with my conscience, not with my anger.
Because when 2027 is over, politicians will shake hands and eat together in Abuja. They will form alliances. They will share appointments. The same men who told you to hate each other will be laughing together.
And you? You will be left with the enemy you created for nothing.
Do not let politics define you. Define politics with your values.
You are first a child of God. You are first a Nigerian. You are first a human being with a conscience. Party comes last.
If we keep our moral values in 2027, Nigeria will survive any election result. But if we lose our moral values, even the best president cannot save us.
Let us go into 2027 with our conscience alive.
*Politics will pass. Conscience will remain. Protect it.*
*I am Comrade Sodipo Olukunle Oladimeji anipr*
Public Affairs Analyst | Security Strategist | Boot Party OGHA Candidate Abeokuta South Constituency II
*Not your Regular Politician, just a Passionate Nigerian.*
