When people are seeking power, they can do anything and go to any length just to win the People's hearts.
Even the most wicked person can disguise himself as a saint, become holy overnight, preach love, and even become a philanthropist, but as soon as power enters his hand, the true color will emerge instantly.
We see this happen every time in politics. In Nigeria, aspirants will be humble, kind, supportive, and so on.
They will promise heaven and earth and vow to make things better. They will live among you and make you feel like they have been touched by your infirmities.
They will make you feel like they understand exactly what you are passing through, but it's all a format to get power.
I remember a time one of the former presidents in Nigeria shed tears during a campaign because the prices of goods were high and the poor were suffering. He swore that things would be better as soon as he became the president.
He got elected, but guess what? Inflation multiplied. With all these things, how can people know who is the right person?
If you judge by looks, you will err; if you judge by character, you don't know the heart; it is just so unfortunate.
The issue of knowing the right person is complicated. If at all we have the ability to know the hearts of people, I would have said it's a piece of cake, but we don't have that ability.
That is why many judge right by works, because they believe that out of what we have in our hearts, our actions are birthed but the reverse is often the case, as people take advantage of that ideology to masquerade as good people.
Seriously, we can't know who is the right person, even our spiritual leaders can make mistakes on this one, because goodness lies in the heart, and only God knows the heart.
We may say someone is good based on certain qualities, only to be disappointed in the end, and in the same vein, we can dissuade people from voting for someone because we think he is bad, only to realize that he was actually the good one.
No one should decide for us on whom to vote. You and I know what we want. In my opinion, everyone should just go for who they want, but before making that choice, we must never forget that there will be consequences, and whatever those consequences might be, we would have to take them until that person's tenure is gone.
It's time we take sentiment and emotions out and stop allowing people to influence us, especially in politics.
We all know what we want, and by experience, we have an idea of what is false. With this knowledge, everyone should decide and vote for whoever they want.
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