Idibò lati yan Olóri àti àwọn Òṣèlú wáyé ni ọjọ́ keje, oṣù karun, ọdún Ẹgbãlemẹ̃dógún lẹhin ọdún
Idibò ni Ìlú-Ọba – Polling Station. Election in the United Kingdom. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
marun ti wọn ṣe ikan kọja. Àsikò idibò kò dá iṣẹ́ dúró, kò si ijà tàbi ji àpóti ibò àti iwà burúkú miran ti ó nṣẹlẹ̀ ni ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ilẹ̀ Aláwọ̀-dúdú
Gbogbo Olóri ẹgbẹ́ Òṣèlú meje ti ó jade, polongo pẹ̀lú ẹ̀bẹ̀ fún ibò ará ilú. Wọn kan ilẹ̀kùn, wọn pin iwé lati ṣe àlàyé ohun ti wọn yio ṣe fún ilú. Ẹni ti ó wà lori oyè, David Cameron ti ó ndu ipò rẹ padà, lọ lati ibẹ̀rẹ̀ dé òpin Ìlú-Ọba lati ṣe àlàyé ohun ti ẹgbẹ́ rẹ ṣe fún ilú àti eyi ti ó kù ti àwọn yio ṣe. Àwọn Òṣèlú Ìlú-Ọba kò pin ìrẹsì àti owó lati ra ibò bi ti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ilẹ̀ Aláwọ̀-dúdu pàtàki ni orilẹ̀ èdè Nigeria.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bi òwe Yorùbá igbàlódé, “Ṣàdúrà, ki nṣe Àmin, ijà ò si ni Ṣọ́ọ̀ṣì”, àwọn Òṣèlú Ilu-Oba kò sọ idibò di ijà, ẹgbẹ́ kan kò rán jàndùkú si ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ keji, wọn ò ji àpóti ibò, wọn ò sọ ipò Òṣèlú di oyè idilè bi ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwọn Òṣèlú ilẹ̀ Aláwọ̀-dúdu ti ó nlo ipò wọn lati mú àwọn èniyàn wọn lẹ́rú. Bi ó bá di àsikò idibò, wọn a lo ẹ̀sin àti ẹ̀yà lati pin ará ilú dipò ki wọn sọ ohun ti wọn ṣe tàbi ohun ti wọn yio ṣe lati tú ilú ṣe pàtàki lati gba ilú lọwọ òkùnkùn àti àwọn olè ti ó nṣe Ìjọba. Ó yẹ ki àwọn Òṣèlú ilẹ̀ Aláwọ̀-dúdu fi eyi kọ́gbọ́n.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Voting to elect Members of Parliament was held on the seventh day of May, Twenty-fifteen after the last election which took place five years ago. Election did not hinder work or order public activities, there was no fight or stealing of the ballot box and other bad behaviour that often occur in many of the African Countries.
All the seven Party Leaders that were vying, campaigned with plea to the public to canvass for their votes. They knocked on doors, distributed pamphlets that stated their manifesto. The incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron who was competing to retain his post, travelled the length and breadth of the United Kingdom to give account of his stewardship as well as present his Party’s manifesto laying out what has been done and what the public should still expect in order to consolidate the economy. The United Kingdom Politicians did not share rice and money to buy votes as done in many African Countries particularly in Nigeria.
According to a Yoruba adage “No fight over prayer and response in the Church”, the United Kingdom Politicians did not turn politics to a fight, they did not send tugs to the opposing parties, ballot boxes were not stolen, political positions were not turned to family inheritance as done in many African Countries who used their position to enslave their people. During election, religion and ethnicity sentiments are used to divide the people instead of defending party manifesto or promises to rescue the country from darkness and public looters. It is apt for African politicians to learn a lesson from this.
